Cheap
Lame
Lame adjective - Arousing or deserving of one's loathing and disgust.
Usage example: just some lame stereotyping of ethnic minorities
Both words in one sentence
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Ironically, a villain could also be ostensibly lame, and killing them off is seen as too 'serious' a treatment rather than just putting them on a bus or a cheap attempt to ramp up the stakes.
Source: Joker Immunity -
Parodied repeatedly and beaten to death with a stick in the horror movie parody film Shriek if You Know What I Did Last Friday the Thirteenth, where characters keep being scared by cats with tell tale names, like "Cheap Shot" and "Lame Gag".
Source: Cat Scare
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