Hopefully this thread'll do better than it did at HF. It's really not complicated.

We all know video game stereotypes -- specifically RPG's -- exist in games everywhere. But hey, once you get used to 'em, you kind of don't mind that they're there. I'll post some off the top of my head, and add some more later. Most of these apply to RPG's. Go ahead and post some of the stereotypes (meaning typical things that always happen in video games) you've noticed.

• The main character in any RPG will always be an orphan of some kind. Later on in the story he will find out that his parents (if he had any) aren't his real parents, and he must go on a quest to find himself.

• The main female character will always have a large rack. In fact, they'll put in another female character who doesn't so everyone can laugh at her.

• You don't need to show remorse when fighting an enemy's army. I mean, they don't have families or lives or anything. The fact that they're in the group you oppose is reason enough for you to slaughter them without mercy.

• In fighting games, you will always have this one boss who's impossible to kill, but once you kill him and unlock him, he sucks.

• Sleeping at an inn will cure anything and everything -- even death.

• You're just a small-town guy, but you can wield enormous swords, and you and your party who have little-to-no battle experience can quickly and easily shred an entire trained army to pieces.

• If you have any really cool abilities in an action game, ten minutes later it'll be revealed as a flashback and you'll have a character who sucks. Same goes for RPG's.

• Standing on buttons or pushing blocks will easily open well-designed traps.

• Your characters always wear the same clothes, no matter what the occasion. Even if you were supposed to be meeting the president of a well-renowned company, showing up in your soldier's garb with a few of your casual buddies won't give any bad impression at all.

• Swords > guns. It's common sense.

• The main character will always encounter a mid-life crisis after being separated from the rest of the party during the game.

• After you beat the final boss, whatever you're in, no matter what it is, will explode with you escaping at the last minute.

I'm sure there are more I skipped, but that's a good start.