A Cluster of Cliches

Take one of the cliche plots and brainstorm as many twists and off the wall approaches as you can.

• The princess has been kidnapped and must be rescued.
• A boy and girl from families who are mortal enemies, fall in love.
• Character wakes up with amnesia.
• Two characters who hate each other, must work together for a common goal.
• A character is granted 3 wishes.
• Characters dare each other to spend the night in the "haunted" house.
• It's revealed the character is "the Chosen One."
• An inheritance stipulates the heir must do accomplish something that's counter to their nature within a year or they don't get the inheritance.
• A character has sold his soul to the devil, and now it's time to pay up.
• Au unpleasant character is visited by ghosts from Christmas Past, Present and Future.
• Character has prophetic dreams.
• One character meets their perfect match, but the perfect match is in love with the wrong person.
• The relative from hell moves in for a couple of weeks.
• A ghost has some unfinished business.
• Character is imbued with superpowers or a destiny when all they want is to be normal.
• Aliens want to take over Earth.
• Two brothers, one ruthless and one principled, are in competition with each other.
• The "monster" who is trying to be good.
• Santa Clause can't deliver the presents this year.
• The character has been hidden and his evil twin has taken his place.
• Character wakes up (from spell, from cryosleep, etc.) 100 years in the future. (Or past.)
• Character must go into the past to stop something from happening.
• The ultimate evil has been unleashed.
• The Search for the Holy Grail.
• The Search for eternal life.
• Characters get shrunk to bug size.
• Characters need to be shrunk to bug size to accomplish something.
• The parent/spouse you thought was dead is actually alive.
• The aliens can take on human form and are secretly among us.
• Character is yanked into the past with a head full of modern knowledge.
• "Angel" must redeem himself on Earth to get back into Heaven.
• A period of time keeps repeating until the character gets "it" "right".
• Bodies of two very different people get swapped.
• Sucked into a video game.
• Modern person sucked into a fantasy world.
• Imaginary friend no one else can see isn't imaginary.
• The "prince" and the "pauper" switch places.
• The ugly duckling must be turned into a swan before the time is up.
• We want our town back!
• Long lost love has returned.