Hello, friends! As much as I adore Newsies, I've noticed there are a lot of clichés in this wonderful fandom. No, they're not all that bad, and can work if it's well written and the plot is interesting, but if you include like, 4 of them, you can count me out.
Disclaimer: I don't own Newsies. I will one day, though. You just wait.
Girls from the twenty-first century start by getting into an argument over which guy is best or cutest, travel back in time (but it's never explained how), and the guy they liked always loves them. They also have literally everything they could ever need, including a change of clothes, glasses or contact lenses, a cell phone (ignoring the fact that they wouldn't work because there's no cell towers in 1899 New York), etc.
The other boroughs besides Manhattan and Brooklyn are never mentioned, despite the fact that the newsies from The Bronx, Queens, etc. did play a role in the film.
Harlem newsies are NEVER good.
Wiesel is either never mentioned or part of a creepy slash pairing.
Spot is either a love interest, a total wuss, or completely evil.
Bumlets, Pie-Eater, Snoddy, Itey, Snitch, Snipeshooter, Boots, Specs, and other minor characters are either never mentioned or part of a slash pairing.
Race and Spot get all the girls, and Crutchy NEVER gets them.
There's either one girl newsie or a million of them, and they're always from Brooklyn.
Sarah is either completely ignored or an antagonist.
Les? What's that?
Blink is always part of a slash pairing or he's bi.
If the boys are in the 21st century, they always have their newsie names and that is their real, given name, despite the fact that it'd be pretty strange to run into a boy named "Spot" or "Crutchy".
Girl newsies live in the lodging house with the guys, even though there would be a separate house for them, or at least half of the house would be for boys and the other half for girls.
Medda's is only a place to hang out and not a major character.
Pulitzer is never mentioned or has a daughter who falls in love with a newsie. (This was in the Broadway musical! It makes me want to cry laughing.)
Spot has an airheaded female best friend, even though she would most likely get on his nerves in about 20 seconds.
All the characters that got arrested at the end of the movie reappear and take up their old jobs.
Any male OC's are brothers to one of the newsies and only cause drama.
Spot and Jack have little sisters and are RIDICULOUSLY protective.
The accents people write in are kind of hard to read and are not only in the dialogue, but throughout the entire story and narration.
Spot is considered either a jackass, a ladies' man, or a drug by all the females.
We are expected to know who all the OC newsies are, despite that there were no characters named "Relic" or "Matches" or whatever in the story, and the author doesn't explain that you have to read another story first to know who they are.
The Delancey Brothers are never mentioned.
Who's Denton?
If it's set in the 21st century, the newsies are either on a game show or at a summer camp or they work at a restaurant. Things are out of control 300% of the time.
Tumbler, if ever mentioned, is related to Skittery.
Everyone wonders who "Blanket" is because he's on the character list but isn't in the movie. (Seriously, who the hell is Blanket?)
People pair Swifty with EVERYONE.
Girls just tuck their hair into their hats instead of CUTTING IT OFF.
Spot hates Christmas.
Everyone ignores that Jack's real name is "Frances Sullivan".
Spot cheats on his girlfriend. She forgives him.
Girl newsies either hate Mush or think he's sexy as hell.
David has parents? Since when?
Going from Brooklyn to Manhattan and vice versa takes about 2 minutes even though there's a huge bridge to go across.
The food Jack stole was bread. No exceptions.
