User blog:PoseidonR/Skylanders Cliches

You proabably already know what a cliche is but for those who don't know I will explain any; A Cliche is an Expression or Element that is used alot and sometime considered overused. Cliches can be done right and there are good cliches and well as bad ones, so I will let you decide which are good and which are bad. So cliches are not something you should avoid but you should avoid having too many. Please don't feel this list is "Bashing" your works as I am guilty of some of these my self. Feel free to add to this list via the comments.

Back Story

 * The Skylanders were banished to earth- This one is kind of needed but is used in both Canon and Fanon alot.
 * The Skylanders were banished to earth by losing a battle- In Canon this only happened once and that was spro's adventure. In giants they won then were banished in swap force they were banished by a magic vocano erupting.
 * Backstory involves a battle- this to is kind of needed but I thought I should include it anyway
 * Backstory Involves Kaos- Only Spyros adventure had kaos in the back story, Giants involved the arkeyans and I am not sure what the swap force had but I am sure it wasnt kaos
 * Not including the 3DS version backstory- This is one of the ones I too am guilty of myself

Biographies

 * Kaos having an involvement.
 * Dissaperance of a loved one
 * The Skylander was not always the way they were
 * The Skylander was once bad

Names/Character Development

 * Crash Bandicoot- I think a lot of poeple want him in skylanders
 * Most names rely on rhyming then actual puns- I do got to admit some ryhming names are clever.like Stealth Elf
 * Names dont rhyme and are not puns- These can work well like the tech skylander called Sproket
 * Characters in a single element lack variety
 * Having a classic Spyro character- A good way to fill in space
 * Games only have one type of Special skylanders