This is discussion archived from a time before the current discussion method was installed.
Working Title: Unbuilt Trope: From YKTTW
Fast Eddie: Huh. No reference here or in Replacement Goldfish to Pinocchio, from 1883.
C Trombley: Who was Pinnochio replacing?
Fast Eddie: A child in Geppetto's life, of which there were none. Too tenuous a 'replacement', I'd agree.
J Chance: I'm not too sure about the Cyberpunk bit here...I was under the impression that MegaCorps, vast inequality, and a general film-noirish tone were still considered standard.
Tzintzuntzan: Deleted the part about Mendele the bookseller's real name being Lamed Shapiro because it wasn't — Lamed Shapiro is a different writer. (Mendele's real name was Sholem Yankev Abromovich.)
arromdee: Deleted:
SenatorJ: I have to add my confusion about the Cyberpunk section. Snow Crash was from the 90s, and the genre has been around far longer than months prior to 1992. It would be helpful if anyone can clarify that bit.

- The Coneheads portrays illegal aliens in a very positive light and makes many good arguments in favor of immigration and accepting other people's ways of life. This was way before immigration became a major issue.
- A work like Neuromancer would today be seen as a Deconstruction of the idea that the Internet brings the free flow of information.
- Cyclic Trope has to bounce back.
SenatorJ: I have to add my confusion about the Cyberpunk section. Snow Crash was from the 90s, and the genre has been around far longer than months prior to 1992. It would be helpful if anyone can clarify that bit.