www.TVTropes.org
This is a website I have been glued to. It's a wiki-style collection of popular tropes (similar to clichés, but sans the pejorative tone) used in various media. It just takes an instant for me to get lost in these articles. If you have watched T.V./watched films/read literature to, pretty much, ANY extent, you'll quickly notice that you've seen a lot of these elements before. People who are experienced viewers/readers will find names and sometimes hilarious explanations of trends they have already been aware of. Each article has a funny description of the trope and also includes a list of usages of the trope. Most of these articles include references and links to articles for other tropes, and thus initiates the downward spiral...
I hope you enjoy this as much as I do.
