Roger Ebert's Little Movie Glossary

I recently had the pleasure of discovering Roger Ebert's (Bigger) Little Movie Glossary. In this book Ebert assembles a list of film tropes, conventions, and clichés. Many of these insightful and hilarious terms can be found here.

Some of my favorites include Baked Potato People, the Engine Equalization Law, and the Law of Economy Characters.

I'm not sure why, but sorting entertainment tropes into easily referenced categories like these holds a strange appeal for me. Check out the book or the sample list above and see how many movies you can name that included one or more of these clichés.