Never Will I Ever Write This Stale Plot in My Fan Fiction!

Anyone who has watched two or more daily dramas knows that they recycle each other's plots. Sometimes, it seems that the most nonsensical situations, things that no one would experience in real life, pop up from nowhere to drag out your favourite story, as if the writers have a checklist.

Well, this is the place to tell everyone that you, as a self-respecting fan fiction writer, are above these hackneyed situations in your plot. Please reply to tell us which ones you chose (vote for as many as you like), and which other situations I should have included in the list.

Warning: these are not writing prompts!

Who voted? It looks like one person voted for nine out of ten choices, meaning that this person would write a villain off-handedly confessing to a crime that the hero doesn't suspect.

This was the ending of the Marathi daily drama Jiv Jhala Yeda Pisa (Hindi remake: Bavara Dil): ruthless politician Atyabai's long-lost daughter Siddhi is standing for election against her; Atyabai orders her loyal follower Shiva, Siddhi's husband, to disrupt Siddhi's rally, and pregnant Siddhi is injured; Atyabai urges Siddhi to accept her as mother, saying that Shiva already does, and makes a non sequitur remark that "I was the one who murdered his girlfriend, years ago, so that he wouldn't be distracted from me," which Shiva overhears, of course, and suddenly Atyabai is vulnerable to the weakest blackmail ("Leave town or it will be my word against yours!) and needs it explained to her that Siddhi will never accept her as mother, so Atyabai puts a gun to her own head, and happy ending!

Anyone else want to share examples of the villain's confession out of nowhere? Or other stale situations from the list?