Renaka

Romance

Fate/Destiny Object or Activity —  An object such as a good luck charm is used as a passive motivator for the protagonist to pursue tas love interest. An activity that the couple do together can be incited by a minor character suggesting that the couple "was meant to be" for being able to succeed in such an activity.

Don't Question Anything — Probably a result of bad writing, characters in this type of storyline have scripturally-retarded rationality in which they will helplessly accept their cruel fate and not "consider the alternatives" so blatantly apparent to the viewers.

Love At First Sight — The first person of the opposite sex that the protagonist encounter in the story is usually always tas love interest.

Obligatory Love Triangle — Three corners  in the relationship is the standard count for most romances.

Obligatory Best Friend — Companion and mentor to the protagonist so ta won't have to talk to taself the entire story. Usually has an underdog, loved-and-lost, or cautious typecast.

Love Triangle Loser — The necessary victim of the romantic tug-of-war, ta may sometimes look like the better match for the protagonist. But despite flowers, dates, gifts, errands, protection, encouragement, and other attempts to court the protagonist, the loser will suddenly realize that it was all for nothing as the protagonist is plot-blindedly bounded to the winner. At least if ta is lucky, ta'll get a rebound with  a hot neglected friend who was probably doing the same thing ta was doing.

Eavesdropping — Corners of a love polygon is commonly seen jealously moping in the background while the other two [forbidden or unlikely] lovers confess their passion. Such events are usually a source of misery for the characters who are listening.

Never Seen Working — Main and supporting characters either have no obvious occupations or are just assigned with the most free and flexible job in the world. Proof of this is the frequency of characters dating during daytime.

Cover the Sleeping Love Interest — Characters in dramas have AIDS-like susceptibility to cold, so the protagonist is always seen covering tas love interest (who is sleeping) with a sheet, or most often tas own clothing; ta can later be seen happily shivering while gazing at tas object of affection. A related trope applies whenever the love interest is cold, usually in a rainy scene.

Push the Love Interest from Danger and Take the Hit — A way writers portray the protagonist as deeply caring and sacrificial is when the love interest is about to get hit by an oncoming car/van/truck, in which the coincidentally-nearby protagonist will hastily arrive to push the love interest to safety, but incidentally not fast enough for tamself to dodge the car.

Romance (To Do)

• Everyone's connected
• Pass by and miss each other in crucial moments
• Rain sad scene
• Overconcerned for sickness
• Female main no car
• Always bump into each other
• All couples at end
• Don't explain misunderstandings
• Superstitions/fortune telling are true
• Overheard confession
• Drunk/insleep confession
• Accidental first kiss
• Running through traffic, shove or hug
• Lover's memento — discard
• Flashback of the good times
• Repeat what speaker says on phone
• Unhearable confession, confession to sleeper
• Train/airport departure catch
• Not calling and involuntary stand someone up
• Stop being so good to me
• Coincide both meet when returning home
• Food ready then talk about incident
• Korean gasp/sigh of indignation, look to the side
• Obligatory Sick Love Interest Episode
• Scream/yell together into the open as catharsis then laugh
• Alternative dates are always horrible to make the protagonist appreciate tas love interest more
• Seen in one scene leading up to drama but then disappear in the next frame

Wuxia (To do)

• Let your mortal enemy go
• Hostage easy negotiate shoot
• Teammate yells trap too late and see hapless members get killed
• Easily knocking enemies unconscious
• Eager to die
• There's always an abandoned house/temple for lodging
• Rule of plurality in combat

Misc (To do)

• Slowly take off glasses when seeing something shocking

About

These notes are my observations from watching plenty of Hollywood films and Asian dramas, and they were included here for their humor or banality. Browse TV Tropes if you enjoy reading these kinds of information.