H6cker's face was too round and mild to make him fit the film cliche of a German officer; he seemed more Bavarian peasant than Prussian aristocrat.

The final scene of the millworkers returning to the re-opened mill while Fields leads them in the rousing title song, has become an almost iconic film cliché.

It referenced many teen film clichés (such as casting Hilary Duff as Anne, and having her dot the letter i in her diary with hearts) and included a teen pop song.

The smoky, sinuous title trumpet solo for "100 Centre Street" begins like a film noir cliche but takes a series of surprising harmonic turns that sound more like the devices of a concert composer.

The film develops through a series of witty conversations and is filled with sharp dialogue, obscure movie references and indie film clichés.

It is a soft rock song dedicated to a popular film cliche in which characters are depicted leaving the scene of an explosion unfazed by the destruction behind them.

The simplicity of the technique and its over-use in American film vocabulary has led to its status as a film cliché.

A viewing of the 1946 movie beforehand may enhance the "Mailman" experience, though the film noir clichés are so well established that no prior exposure is necessary.

According to Falsk, he and Mathisen were determined to break every screenwriting rule and ignore every film cliché when writing the script.

To parody the horror genre, the developers inserted many film clichés into the story.