Dr. Barbara Benson’s Pulp Science Fiction BooBoos:

BBPSFBB One - You can solve any technological problem on any machine by reversing the polarity of the wires, the leads, the engines, the laser flow, or whatever.

BBPSFBB Two - The least senior member of any group is the most likely to get screwed. For example, if the captain takes a group of five to the deserted island, the private is the one aliens will zap first.

BBPSFBB Three - The bad guy or gal in the story just doesn’t ever believe that his or her malicious wrong doing will come back to bite him or her on the butt before he or she ever gets to spend a penny of his or her ill-gotten gains. Corollary – bad guys never win.

BBPSFBB Four - If you transfer through time to stop something from happening, you will either make it happen or have something else bad happen.

BBPSFBB Five - The hero wakes up in bed and realizes it was all a dream.

BBPSFBB Six - The damsel in distress is always saved with just a few ticks left on the clock.

BBPSFBB Seven - All lady researchers in white coats are beautiful.

BBPSFBB Eight - Villains are lousy shots, especially at point-blank range.

BBPSFBB Nine - Bad people can always guess what the good people will do when the bad people do their bad things, thus preempting what the good people will try to do to stop the bad people.

BBPSFBB Ten - Intelligent, brave and really pretty lady researchers are never hit on and remain celibate until the bad or good guy comes along.

BBPSFBB Eleven - Big doses of atomic radiation will never cause physical problems to people, such as reducing them to cinders; they just become super smart, strong, or big.

BBPSFBB Twelve - Gynoids, androids, cyborgs, and other mechanical folk always fall in love with people as a way to evolve.

BBPSFBB Thirteen - Government officials are usually evil, especially those in dark glasses and raincoats.

BBPSFBB Fourteen - Smaller, poorer, less-physical people can always triumph over the forces of badness if their hearts are pure.

BBPSFBB Fifteen – Bad people can’t resist monologuing at the worst possible times, which buys valuable seconds for the good people to regroup or reload or whatever.