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The following is a list of very common trollpastaTrollpasta clichés. It's important to note that just because they've been used so many times, that doesn't mean you shouldn't use them. A common mistake among trollpastaTrollpasta writers is the assumption that random mentions of clichesclichés makes the story automatically funny or entertaining. More often than not, pastas will say stuff like "An old man gave me a creepy disc for free and it had scary blood and death in it then I died" and call it day. This is lazy writing. So if you're going to include clichesclichés in your pastas, try and attempt to make them funny/interesting or add a twist that makes the clichecliché seem fresh. If used correctly, almost all of the clichés listed on this page can be funny.

#'''Creepypasta parodies''': Parodying famous pastas such as Jeff the Killer, Sonic.exe, and Squidward's Suicide. These pastas could sometimes get derivative by just editing the original story and adding/removing stuff from it. These were especially common around trollpastaTrollpasta's peak.

#'''Lost media''': PerhapsPastas theabout mostsinister commonlost/cursed pasta-typemedia are pastasperhaps aboutthe amost sinistercommon lost piece of mediapasta-type. The story usually begins with the main character stumbling upon a strange disc/tape/cartridge of a piece of (usually) kid-friendly show/game they grew up with. They then take it home and document watching/playing the media. The lost media will portray the original media as something evil or creepy, often accompanied by static, eerie silence, blood, violence, and death. Depending on the story, the lost media can sometimes affect real life and make bad things happen to the characters. At the end, the main character will usually attempt to destroy the media and vow to never watch/play the original ever again.

#'''Hyper-realism''': Describing something, especially blood and eyes, as "hyper-realistic." This clichecliché is most common in pastas about cartoony media, likewith video gamescartoony andart cartoonsstyles.

#'''Creepy sellers''': Another veryA common clichetrope found in creepy/lost media pastas. Typically, the main character will run in to an elderly person selling a lost piece of media at a yard sale, and sometimes they'll give it away to the main character for free.

#'''Satanic elements''': Many creepypastasCreepypastas rely on Satanic imagery in an attempt at being scary. For trollpastasTrollpastas it is mainly used to be ironic, with "666" being a common phrase used.

#'''Death''': Death in creepypastasCreepypastas and trollpastasTrollpastas are very common. The main character dying, or everyone in the story dying is especially common in trollpastasTrollpastas.

#'''Unoriginal characters''': You know Jeff the Killer? Well, this is a new character nakednamed Bleff the Killer! These types of characters are usually made to mock creepypastaCreepypasta characters. Taking a character and putting "XXX" at the end is another thing some pastas like to, as homage to PATRIXXX.

#'''Poor grammar and spelling''': A trollpastaTrollpasta staple, especially in the beginning. Popular misspelling were usually of the word "the" with stuff like "le", "teh", "hte", "de" or "da". Over time purposely terrible grammar/spelling got stale quick, so steer clear of making your pastas borderline unreadable, because most of the time it falls flat and makes the story obnoxious. "1337" text also used to be common, but this has fallen out of practice in recent years, and for the better.

#'''ALL CAPS''': A very common gag in trollpastasTrollpastas is making the entire story in ALL CAPS. It stopped being funny quick, so it's best to avoid making trollpastasTrollpastas in this style.

#'''!!!!11''': One of the most common formatting clichesclichés is the excessive use of exclamation marks, which is done to emphasize dumb or satirical moments in the story.

#'''Shrek''': Back when Shrek was a big meme, many pastas revolving around Shrek would put him in a creepy, rapey role, where he would often violate the main character. They were usually formatted in green text, a popular post formatting used on 4chan. Many stories with this clichecliché have been deleted due to their overly explicit NSFW nature. The most popular of these stories was [[The Tale of Shrek]].

#'''My Little Pony''': The MLP fad was extremely popular during the height of trollpastasTrollpastas and creepypastasCreepypastas, so dozens of MLP pastas were made across both genres. The creepypastaCreepypasta stories would involve the pony characters being put in extreme horror situations, such as in the notorious [[Cupcakes (Original Fanfic)|Cupcakes]]. At one point there was an even a category for MLP pastas on the site, but it's since been deleted.

#'''Vinesauce memes''': 2014 to 2016 saw the rise of memes like Expand Dong and BonziBuddy, which were heavily associated with Vinesauce. Sometimes they would be used in trollpastasTrollpastas during the time.