Most Common Anime Cliches

1Death of parent or downfall

Death of parent or downfall


2Abnormal colored hair

Abnormal colored hair


3Fan service

Fan service


4Happy resolution


5Boy as main character

Boy as main character


6Fillers

Fillers


7Plot armor

Plot armor


8Girls with large breasts

Girls with large breasts


9Main group of characters are friends

Main group of characters are friends


10Main character in class sitting by a window

Main character in class sitting by a window


11Usually set somewhere in Japan

Usually set somewhere in Japan


12Girls flying onto the screen out of nowhere and wildly overreacting to things


13Characters shouting the name of their attack


14Perverted male characters


15When the male character falls, he always lands on a girl's breasts


16Girl running late for school with toast in her mouth

Girl running late for school with toast in her mouth


17Boys between 10 and 14 as heroes who are way more brave, smart and skilled than most adults in the series


18Tsunderes

Tsunderes


19Harem

Harem


20Little girls that are actually 30+ years old


21Chicks are always super badasses with no background as to how they got that skilled..


22Shonen characters eating a lot

Shonen characters eating a lot


23Annoying dere types

Annoying dere types


24Boy wants a normal life but ends up in some nonsense

Boy wants a normal life but ends up in some nonsense


25Opening and ending credit songs with songs that are more emotional, poetic or dramatic than the actual series


26The really hot guy that wants to date the unpopular outcast girl


27Teenager protagonists

Teenager protagonists


28Tentacles

Tentacles


29Overpowered characters

Overpowered characters


30Everyone is hot


31Nosebleeds

Nosebleeds


32Hammers, pans, etc. are pulled out of nowhere to hit a character who said something stupid over the head


33People frequently get punched or beaten by friends and come out unharmed, however suffer serious injuries when villains do it.


34Anime facial expressions

Anime facial expressions


35Girl as the main hero

Girl as the main hero