old hat vs stereotypical

old hat

adj
  • Very familiar; common, hackneyed or out of date. 

stereotypical

adj
  • Banal, commonplace and clichéd because of overuse. 

  • Pertaining to a stereotype; conventional 

  • Relating to stereotypy. 

How often have the words old hat and stereotypical occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )