Answer: stereotypes

AnswerCrossword Clue
STEREOTYPESFilm heroes, often
STEREOTYPESConventions
STEREOTYPESHackneyed expressions, for example.
STEREOTYPESCategorizes
stereotypesA person or thing that conforms to such an image
stereotypesA widely held but fixed and oversimplified image or idea of a particular type of person or thing
stereotypesSTEREOTYPE, a fixed conventionalized or stock image
stereotypesA relief printing plate cast in a mold made from composed type or an original plate