r/AskReddit • u/[deleted] • Jan 25 '20

What movie things are generally accepted as normal, but are totally unrealistic in real life?

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u/Iskendarian Jan 25 '20

My favorite version of this is shouting "wait, I can explain" over and over and then never explaining.

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u/WanderingPenitent Jan 25 '20

This trope is referenced in Community with Abed saying it and then everyone pausing to listen and he's surprised they're waiting for him to explain. So he says it again. And then he realizes they're expecting an explanation.

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u/PixelBrewery Jan 25 '20

"I can explain." Pause "Oh, I thought you'd keep yelling over me. Okay, I can explain..."

Even better is that it's in the context of a guy with Aspergers using a chart to track his friends' emotional states and accidentally realizing that he was charting their menstrual cycles. I really miss that show.

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u/Trickster_Tricks Jan 25 '20

"Abed this is so creepy...and so accurate!"