I agree on several of these! Really everything in the 'story dangles something interesting and unusual in front of you and then goes haha, nope, we're taking the lazy way out' meta-trope—of which I'd call the second, third, fourth and last on your list examples—is really frustrating. My least favourite variety is the one where a female character begins the story happily single and talking about how she never wants to get married or fall in love with a man, then marries/gets together with a man at the end.
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