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* OlderThanTheyThink/CyberpunkLab

See also the more extreme FleetingDemographicRule. Compare with classical music CoveredUp, PopCulturalOsmosis, SeinfeldIsUnfunny, RevivalByCommercialization, SequelDisplacement, and ParodyDisplacement. FranchiseOriginalSin is this trope applied to a fan complaint. Somewhat related to AdaptationDisplacement. Can be the result of SmallReferencePools making fans miss older works. Contrast with NewerThanTheyThink, which goes in the ''other'' direction. Do not confuse with OlderThanTheyLook. There will be a short quiz at the end of class.

[[caption-width-right:350:Think the PaletteSwap started with video games? A [[FashionDesigner dressmaker]] for this old [[FashionMagazine fashion journal]] used it to sell [[PrettyInMink winter]] [[PimpedOutDress dresses]] to fit [[BlueBlood ladies' tastes]].]]

See also the more extreme FleetingDemographicRule. Compare with classical music CoveredUp, NamesTheSame, PopCulturalOsmosis, SeinfeldIsUnfunny, RevivalByCommercialization, SequelDisplacement, and ParodyDisplacement. FranchiseOriginalSin is this trope applied to a fan complaint. Somewhat related to AdaptationDisplacement. Can be the result of SmallReferencePools making fans miss older works. Contrast with NewerThanTheyThink, which goes in the ''other'' direction. Do not confuse with OlderThanTheyLook. There will be a short quiz at the end of class.

!!Examples:

* [[OlderThanTheyThink/AnimatedFilm Films — Animation]]

See also the more extreme FleetingDemographicRule. Compare with classical music CoveredUp, NamesTheSame, PopCulturalOsmosis, SeinfeldIsUnfunny, RevivalByCommercialization, SequelDisplacement, and the WeirdAlEffect. FranchiseOriginalSin is this trope applied to a fan complaint. Somewhat related to AdaptationDisplacement. Can be the result of SmallReferencePools making fans miss older works. Contrast with NewerThanTheyThink, which goes in the ''other'' direction. Do not confuse with OlderThanTheyLook. There will be a short quiz at the end of class.

* [[OlderThanTheyThink/AnimatedFilm Films -- Animation]]
* [[OlderThanTheyThink/{{Film}} Films -- Live-Action]]

Simply defined, a fan thinks a trope, plot, or line was invented by a show they watch, when in truth its origins lie farther back in history.

* OlderThanTheyThink/{{Other}}

* [[OlderThanTheyThink/AnimatedFilm Film - Animation]]
* [[OlderThanTheyThink/{{Film}} Film - Live Action]]

See also the more extreme FleetingDemographicRule. Compare with classical music CoveredUp, NamesTheSame, PopCulturalOsmosis, SeinfeldIsUnfunny, RevivalByCommercialization, SequelDisplacement, and the WeirdAlEffect. FranchiseOriginalSin is this trope applied to a fan complaint. Somewhat related to AdaptationDisplacement. Contrast with NewerThanTheyThink, which goes in the ''other'' direction. Do not confuse with OlderThanTheyLook. There will be a short quiz at the end of class.

See also the more extreme FleetingDemographicRule. Compare with classical music CoveredUp, NamesTheSame, PopCulturalOsmosis, SeinfeldIsUnfunny, RevivalByCommercialization, SequelDisplacement, and the WeirdAlEffect. Somewhat related to AdaptationDisplacement. Contrast with NewerThanTheyThink, which goes in the ''other'' direction. Do not confuse with OlderThanTheyLook. There will be a short quiz at the end of class.

* OlderThanTheyThink/WebComics

->''I, of course, used a time machine to "get the idea" of Unseen University from Hogwarts; I don't know what Paul [Kidby, the illustrator] used in this case. Obviously he must have used something.''

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[[caption-width-right:244:Think the PaletteSwap started with video games? A [[FashionDesigner dressmaker]] for this old [[FashionMagazine fashion journal]] used it to sell [[PrettyInMink winter]] [[PimpedOutDress dresses]] to fit [[BlueBlood ladies' tastes]].]]

[[quoteright:244:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/elegant_dress_colors.jpg]]

[[caption-width-right:244:Think the PaletteSwap started with video games? A [[FashionDesigner dressmaker]] on old [[FashionMagazine fashion journals]] used it to sell [[PrettyInMink winter]] [[PimpedOutDress dresses]] to fit the [[BlueBlood lady's tastes]].]]

[[caption-width-right:244:Think the PaletteSwap started with video games? A [[FashionDesigner dressmaker]] on and old [[FashionMagazine fashion journals]] used it to sell this [[PrettyInMink winter]] [[PimpedOutDress dress]] to fit the [[BlueBlood lady's tastes]].]]

->''[[SarcasmMode I, of course, used a time machine to "get the idea" of Unseen University from Hogwarts;]] I don't know what Paul [Kidby, the illustrator] used in this case. Obviously he must have used something.''

->''I, of course, used a time machine to "get the idea" of Unseen University from Hogwarts; I don't know what Paul [Kidby, the illustrator] used in this case. Obviously he must have used something.''

See also the more extreme FleetingDemographicRule. Compare with classical music CoveredUp, NamesTheSame, PopCulturalOsmosis, SeinfeldIsUnfunny, RevivalByCommercialization, SequelDisplacement, and the WeirdAlEffect. Somewhat related to AdaptationDisplacement. Contrast with NewerThanTheyThink. Do not confuse with OlderThanTheyLook. There will be a short quiz at the end of class.

Simply defined, a fan thinks a trope, plot, or line was invented by a show he or she watches, when in truth its origins lie farther back in history.

For examples of people referencing this trope in fiction, see ItsBeenDone. See also FanMyopia for the same effect when it's over work knowledge rather than time knowledge.

* [[OlderThanTheyThink/AnimatedFilm Film -- Animation]]
* [[OlderThanTheyThink/{{Film}} Film -- Live Action]]

* OlderThanTheyThink/{{Film}}