History Main / PopculturalOsmosisFailure

Note that A - E can go both ways (for example, someone too old to know who BritneySpears or TheBackstreetBoys may have fond memories of ILoveLucy or [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herman%27s_Hermits Herman's Hermits]]), and F is the natural conclusion of PopculturalOsmosis, when even AllThereIsToKnowAboutTheCryingGame is forgotten (along with TheCryingGame itself).

This, by the way, is the reason many {{Character Named Trope}}s are renamed. For example, if you're not familiar with SherlockHolmes, who is InspectorLestrade; if not well-read in 19th-century French literature (or [[AllMusicalsAreAdaptations Broadway musicals]]), InspectorJavert may be unknown to you; and if you've never watched anime, InspectorZenigata will be a stranger.

#The person from Group B doesn't get it at all because of a failure of PopculturalOsmosis. This seems to be the most common

#The person from Group B gets it wrong because of a ''clash'' of PopculturalOsmosis, and he's [[TheWeirdAlEffect referencing something that referenced the original]], [[OlderThanTheyThink referenced a reference of the original, etc.]]

* B) is an outsider of the clique or subculture or is an immigrant or foreigner

* D) is young and the bit of pop culture is (relatively) old.
* E) simply is not familiar with a genre or a work
* F) the work itself is [[FanMyopia thought to be so popular that all who know it]] think it will be passed on through PopculturalOsmosis--with the result that it ''isn't''.

This, by the way, is the reason many {{Character Named Trope}}s are being renamed. For example, if you're not familiar with 19th-century English literature, who is InspectorLestrade?; if not well-read in 19th-century ''French'' literature (or [[AllMusicalsAreAdaptations Broadway musicals]]), InspectorJavert may be unknown to you; and if you've never watched anime, InspectorZenigata will be a stranger.

See also SeinfeldIsUnfunny, SimpsonsDidItFirst, {{Nohamotyo}}.

* F) the work itself is thought to be so popular that all who know it think it will be passed on through PopculturalOsmosis--with the result that it ''isn't''.

This, by the way, is the reason many CharacterNamedTropes are being renamed. For example, if you're not familiar with 19th-century English literature, who is InspectorLestrade?; if not well-read in 19th-century ''French'' literature (or [[AllMusicalsAreAdaptations Broadway musicals]]), InspectorJavert may be unknown to you; and if you've never watched anime, InspectorZenigata will be a stranger.

-> '''Souichirou:''' Oh, [[StreetFighterII back then]], Bison was dressed up as Mike Tyson. Pretty cool.

-> '''Souichirou:''' Today, I felt the generation gap in a deep and very personal way.

-> '''Souichirou:''' Oh, [[{{StreetFighter2}} back then]], Bison was dressed up as Mike Tyson. Pretty cool.

* Apparently, Reid's never heard of the sitting in a tree song.
** Who? What show? '''''Say the name of the bloody show if you're going to put in an example'''''.

* ''{{Armageddon}}'': Owen Wilson's character says he hates when someone says JethroTull [[IAmNotShazam is the name of the lead singer]]. The psychiatrist asks back "What is Jethro Tull?".

[[AC:Video Games]]
* SamusIsAGirl: Is common knowledge amongst gamers. Except for gamers and their families who showed no interest in {{Metroid}} games who end up finding out much later.

** and a JRPG (''{{Xenosaga}} 3: [[GratuitousGerman Also Sprach Zarathustra]]''),\\

** and a JRPG (''{{Xenosaga}} 3: [[GratuitousGerman Also Sprach Zarathustra]]''),
\\pretty much in that order.

* Someone uses the fanfare from Strauss's "AlsoSprachZarathustra" to refer to ''[=~2001: A Space Odyssey~=]'', and someone else think's it's a reference to RicFlair (who used the same as his {{Leitmotif}})
** As an added level of confusion, on seeing the name this troper thinks of JRPG ''{{Xenosaga}} 3: [[GratuitousGerman Also Sprach Zarathustra]]''.
** And this troper thinks of the original Nietzsche book.

Compare NotSelfExplanatory.

* F) the work itself is thought to be so popular that all who know it think it will be passed on through PopculturalOsmosis -- with the result that it ''isn't''.

Note that A - E can go both ways (for example, someone too old to know who BritneySpears or TheBackstreetBoys are may have fond memories of ILoveLucy or [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herman%27s_Hermits Herman's Hermits]]), and F is the natural conclusion of PopculturalOsmosis, when even AllThereIsToKnowAboutTheCryingGame is forgotten (along with TheCryingGame itself).

This, by the way, is the reason many CharacterNamedTropes are being renamed. For example, if you're not familiar with 19th-century English literature, who is InspectorLestrade; if not well-read in 19th-century ''French'' literature (or [[AllMusicalsAreAdaptations Broadway musicals]]), InspectorJavert may be unknown to you; and if you've never watched anime, InspectorZenigata will be a stranger.

** As an added level of confusion, on seeing the name this troper thinks of JRPG ''Xenosaga 3: Also Sprach Zarathustra''.

* In [[AtoptheFourthWall Linkara]] and [[TheSpoonyExperiment Spoony's]] crossover review of "Warrior #1", Spoony mocks the Ultimate Warrior's disjointed speech patterns by quoting [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=68mbFvenlaQ Col. Campbell's infamous line]] from Metal Gear Solid 2 near verbatim (only adding a "Hoak Hogan" to keep with the theme). Months afterward, TGWTG fans who apparently never played [=MGS2=] would often spout "I need scissors! 61!" when talking about the Ultimate Warrior, as if believing the line only came from that review.

#The person from Group B gets it wrong because of a ''clash'' of PopculturalOsmosis, [[OlderThanTheyThink and he's referencing something that referenced the original, referenced a reference of the original, etc.]]

This, by the way, is the reason many CharacterNamedTropes are being renamed. For example, if you're not familiar with 19th-century English literature, who is InspectorLestrade; if not well-read in 19th-century ''French'' literature, InspectorJavert may be unknown to you; and if you've never watched anime, InspectorZenigata will be a stranger.

*''Live Free or DieHard'': Generational differences are a major theme in this belated sequel, and so various sorts of this come up frequently. For instance, Justin Long's character fails to understand what "Fortunate Son" by CCR is -- to him, ''it's'' noise. (The writers and [=McClane=] are hit with IsntItIronic here, but oh well...)

* Someone uses the fanfare from Strauss's "Also Sprach Zarathustra" to refer to ''[=~2001: A Space Odyssey~=]'', and someone else think's it's a reference to RicFlair (who used the same as his {{Leitmotif}})