Mango88
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The trope that absolutely sends me over the edge is the "Witch Gun" or "Evil Gun" theme that I remember being popular in the 1960's but still persists. It is the theme of a gun circulating from person to person and as every person acquires this particular gun they proceed to do all kinds of evil and stupid deeds with it that they would not have done otherwise. I've seen this in shows from Dragnet, Barney Miller, to NCIS. Absolutely makes me gnash my teeth and spew venom!