Roblox Creepypasta Wiki:Clichés

The following is a list of overused clichés. That doesn't mean to avoid them at all costs; in fact, some of these are overused because they are highly usable. But if the story you're planning on writing incorporates many of these, that should be a warning sign, as they tend to bring the reader out of the story, and will more than likely interfere with their suspension of disbelief.

And remember: this is a list of actual clichés, not complaints or opinions (no matter how valid they may be). If you have a complaint that isn't about clichés and more about things that generally tick you off in pastas, try making a blog post about it instead.

However, these aren't always to be avoided. If you can work one into a story well, then for God's sake make it.

Keep in note that if your story gets deleted for having the cliché reason, that means it wasn't par to the Quality Standards. These cliches may not relate to Roblox creepypastas, but as anyone may upload something with this, I needed to make this. Please note that clichés may also be blacklisted subjects, which usually warrants a pasta to be Marked for deletion. Please see the Blacklisted Subjects for more information.

General Clichés

 * 1) "Big mistake."
 * 2) Zalgo text.
 * 3) "My parents were affected by an online video game because someone told them I was going to die!"
 * 4) The starting phrases "I know you're not going to believe this", "I was a intern at", or "I used to be a skeptic, but..."
 * 5) Making the first word/letter of every paragraph spell out something, usually something along the lines of "DON'T LOOK BEHIND YOU!" This usually makes the reader laugh from such a silly attempt to scare, especially if they're sitting with a wall behind them.
 * 6) Ending the pasta with "YOU'RE NEXT!!!!" or implying that the audience is the next target. This typically fails to scare the audience and comes off as implausible. How would a ghost/being/killer track down everyone that read a story to murder them, and why?
 * 7) Satanism. That's all.
 * 8) The numbers 6, 13, or 666.
 * 9) Starting a story with "Don't read this or you'll be cursed," or similar will just make people not read it (or, they might read it and lose interest within seconds).
 * 10) Evil shadows.
 * 11) Using "This actually happened to me" or "This isn't a creepypasta, it really happened!" in an attempt to turn up suspense only kills it. Especially "You have to believe me" or "You won't believe this" is added on. Suspension of disbelief is broken when directly addressed.
 * 12) Pointless violence and excessive gore with Roblox models.
 * 13) Altering well-known historical Roblox events and stating they were actually a result of hackers and 'evil' entities (e.g. altering the April Fools, 2012 incident). This only works with Roblox events shrouded in mystery, but altering well-known ones will result with your Creepypasta being a laughing stock (Not the Laughing Stock from Kris Straub's Candle Cove creepypasta).
 * 14) While we're at it, describing ANYTHING as "realistic" or "hyper-realistic." (This goes for photos and videos too.)
 * 15) Creator of game dying or going insane.
 * 16) Classic childhood game with super-violent content added.
 * 17) Obviously technically impossible stuff, such as games that delete themselves in such a way that you can't recover them, or games with "perfect" copy protection. This includes older games having graphics/sound/visual effects beyond the system's technical limitations.
 * 18) "Hidden" content in popular games.
 * 19) The game knows my name (even though I never put it in anywhere/the game has no ability for me to change my character/save file's name).
 * 20) On the same note, being unable to turn the volume off/down. Extra cliché points if the volume becomes deafeningly loud.
 * 21) Not being able to turn off/unplug the game console/TV. Assassin's Creed has a good (bad) example of this one toward the late middle. Rather than doing this in order to explain why you didn't just turn off the game when it started getting creepy, simple human curiosity is a much more sane explanation.
 * 22) Trying to relive some childhood nostalgia.
 * 23) Characters begging you (or appearing to beg you) not to go to certain places or do certain things.
 * 24) The game's talking to me, telling me to go away, turn back or something of that sort. MARIO, even though it's a real hack, is exactly this.
 * 25) Downloading obviously suspicious game exploits because "you desperately needed to play the game".
 * 26) Ending the pasta by vowing that you'll never play the game ever again. Specifically if it’s the normal version of the game aswell.
 * 27) As your character gets hurt/maimed in the game, the protagonist gets hurt in real life. Related cliché: dying in the game makes you die for real.
 * 28) Mentioning creepypastas in your creepypasta. Doing this isn't being meta or enhancing your story in anyway. At best it breaks immersion and at its worst, it reminds the reader that they could be reading a much better story.
 * 29) Characters with abnormal eyes (especially blood red eyes), and everyone hates them because of it.
 * 30) There's something behind you/Don't turn around!
 * 31) Catchphrases. Contrary to opinion, your entity saying "GO TO NAPSVILLE" doesn't make it more terrifying.
 * 32) Stories about the HORRIBLE TRUTH of the things you've seen in the corner of your eye.
 * 33) Computer screens being accosted by horrible images of NSFL (not safe for life) and NSFW (not safe for work) after the protagonist/author plays a creepy game/visits a creepy website/opens files on an "abandoned computer/hard drive", followed by the computer blue screening, then restarting with one (or more) of those images as the desktop wallpaper, which the author can't get rid of or obscure with other windows.
 * 34) Opening the story with "I don't have much time to write this" or "I'm going to die soon". Why would the protagonist spend their final moments doing this, especially when there are means of escape or calling out for help?
 * 35) "No escape" either written or said constantly. I really wish I could "escape" all the pastas that use this...
 * 36) The Unfaithful Narrator, in which the speaker of the story turns out to be evil, or possessed, or a ghost.
 * 37) Cleverbot. That is all.
 * 38) References to pasta monsters/memes (1x1x1x1, 4nn1, c00lkidd, Vault 8166, Noli, etc.) This includes spinoff/copycat characters like tubers95.. I mean, tubers93. Not only is this a cliché, it totally shatters the willing suspension of disbelief. Not only Roblox creepypastas, but also references to non-Roblox creepypastas (ex. 1999, Slenderman, Squidward's_Suicide, Jeff the Killer, etc) will also get your story deleted.
 * 39) Coming upon a game to see your dead model there.
 * 40) "I thought it was just a prank, but then it ended up being real! HOLY ####!"
 * 41) 'If only I wasn't such a fool back then,' or 'If I had known better'. These two are used so often it's bad.
 * 42) "You cannot hide!" Why can't I just hide from all the creepypastas that have this?
 * 43) I was permanently banned from Roblox and was to never return again.
 * 44) When I saw the monster, my computer shut off and I never got to go back on Roblox again.
 * 45) The music that's playing in-game starts getting edgier or "scarier".
 * 46) "I'm watching you."

The Hacker Formula
Using this formula is a horrible idea and will most likely result in the eventual deletion of your pasta. If you want a example of one of these awful pastas, (don't) read BL33D1NG 1 3Y35.
 * 1) The hacker has found you in real life!
 * 2) Typing in a random username or using the creepypasta as an opportunity to advertise your own Roblox user.
 * 3) Making you act like a victim of this user's actions and joining their game, only to find dead Robloxian models everywhere.
 * 4) The narrator says they never want to play Roblox again and states everything was real, providing a link to the user's profile and to the game.
 * 5) The hacker intentionally disappears after he/she causes the narrator's Robloxian to suffer.
 * 6) Having the aforementioned hacker do something to the narrator in the game causing them to get banned from Roblox.
 * 7) The hacker supposedly being one of the most "dangerous hackers" ever.
 * 8) "Hackers" from TikTok. INC0MU manages to do this well.