History PlayingWith / DiscoDan

* '''Enforced''': "We need a character who can be the laughingstock of [[CrapsaccharineWorld Crappy Town]]."

'''Basic Trope''': Someone whose NostalgiaFilter has been turned UpToEleven.

'''Basic Trope''': Someone whose NostalgiaFilter has been TurnedUpToEleven

** Dan is actively planning and working to restore his life / society in general back to the tastes and mores of the era he feels most comfortable with.

** Dan is a very up-to-date person who keeps up on the latest trends, and refuses to acknowledge anything that's over five years old.

** When we first meet Dan, he is dressed in 1970s disco gear... because he's going to a fancy dress party and thought it would be funny. He consequently shows no unusual amount of interest in disco culture.

* '''Parodied''': Dan wears the leisure suit everywhere, and walks around [[GratuitousDiscoSequence to some disco beat]] a la the opening to ''Film/SaturdayNightFever''
* '''Zig Zagged''': Dan wears a disco costume to a Halloween party and plays up a disco persona [[PlayedForLaughs entirely as a joke]], but finds he likes it so much he [[BecomingTheMask decides to adopt that persona full time]]. Eventually, though, he tires of it and even starts making fun of his tastes himself without abandoning them.

** "Disco is ''not'' dead! [[SeriousBusiness Disco will]] ''[[SeriousBusiness never die]]!!!''"

* '''Conversed''': "Poor Dan. Apparently, someone neglected to tell him that TheSeventies are over, and so is disco. That, or he knows and just doesn't care.
* '''Deconstructed''':

** Dan also founds nostalgia at negative aspect of 70s such as cults, which carries unfortunate implications.

** Dan learns that other music and fashion is good too. He can relate to others better...and they (usually) forgive his undying love for ''Music/TheBeeGees''.

* '''Played For Laughs''': Dan's character only shows up when it's convenient for a joke, and anything dealing with how he manages the rest of the time is completely ignored to prevent FridgeLogic from kicking in.
* '''Played For Drama''':
** Dan won't talk about or acknowledge anything that occurred after 1979. This keeps him from using computers, the internet, and many other facets of modern technology. Dan only uses calendars from the 1970's, so he shows up for appointments on the wrong day. People around Dan find him embarrassing to be around in public, and desperately try to get him to tone it down. Any attempts to question his dedication to this lead to violent and sometimes dangerous outbursts. Eventually, it's revealed that Dan underwent some trauma in the 1970's, and is psychologically unable to move on. The plot of the story is based around working through Dan's inner demons and helping him overcome his past.

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* '''Deconstructed''': Dan will be missing out on a lot of things that may not be from his favorite decade, but are still good. He's also alienating himself from others and making himself the laughingstock of the town.

* '''Zig Zagged''': ???

* '''Straight''': Dan pretty much only listens to disco, even though it's not TheSeventies anymore, and disco is, well, DeaderThanDisco.

* '''Conversed''': "Poor Dan. Apparently, someone neglected to tell him that TheSeventies are over, and so is disco. That, or [[TheyJustDidntCare he knows and just doesn't care.]]

* '''Parodied''': Dan wears the leisure suit everywhere, and walks around [[EverythingsFunkierWithDisco to some disco beat]] a la the opening to ''Film/SaturdayNightFever''

** Dan has about the average amount of NostaliaFilter.

* '''Downplayed''': Even though Dan is a very big fan of TheSeventies, he doesn't let it get in the way of his life.

* '''Basic Trope''': Someone whose NostalgiaFilter has been TurnedUpToEleven
* '''Played Straight''': Dan pretty much only listens to disco, even though it's not TheSeventies anymore, and disco is, well, DeaderThanDisco.

** Dan is actively planning and working to restore his life / society in general back to the tastes and mores of the era he feels most comfortable with.

* '''Deconstructed''': Dan will be missing out on a lot of things that may not be from his favorite decade, but are still good. He's also alienating himself from others and making himself the laughingstock of the town.
* '''Reconstructed''':
** Dan learns that other music and fashion is good too. He can relate to others better...and they (usually) forgive his undying love for the BeeGees.
** Dan is blinded by nostalgia, but he's still pretty nice and easy-going about it; consequently, the people around him indulge his eccentricities and let him get on with it in good humour.
* '''Parodied''': Dan wears the leisure suit everywhere, and walks around [[EverythingsFunkierWithDisco to some disco beat]] a la the opening to ''SaturdayNightFever''
* '''Exploited''':
** A local nightclub hosts disco night, knowing that Dan and others like him will be there.
** A flier is handed to Dan telling him of a Disco night at the local roller derby, specifically to lure him there for other reasons.

* '''Averted''': Dan is not blinded by a NostalgiaFilter and consequently has a range of interests and tastes from numerous different periods, some modern, some older.
* '''Enforced''': "We need a character who can be the laughingstock of [[CrapsaccharineWorld Crappy Town]]."

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* '''Exaggerated''': Dan wears [[OutdatedOutfit a polyester leisure suit, medallion, and platforms]] to work, always speaks using [[TotallyRadical funnily outdated slang]], and he refuses to use anything invented after the end of Disco Era.

* '''Justified''': Dan is a FishOutOfTemporalWater; he was transported from TheSeventies to the present.

* '''Inverted''': Dan is living in TheSeventies, but [[AnachronismStew somehow has technology and music from the present.]]

* '''Subverted''': Dan listens to disco, but he listens to other music, too.

* '''Double Subverted''': Which he unfavorably compares to disco. And he wears the leisure suit when he goes out clubbing.

* '''Reconstructed''': Dan learns that other music and fashion is good too. He can relate to others better...and they (usually) forgive his undying love for the BeeGees.

* '''Exploited''': A local nightclub hosts disco night, knowing that Dan and others like him will be there.

* '''Lampshaded''': "Disco's dead, Dan."

* '''Played For Drama''': Dan won't talk about or acknowledge anything that occurred after 1979. This keeps him from using computers, the internet, and many other facets of modern technology. Dan only uses calendars from the 1970's, so he shows up for appointments on the wrong day. People around Dan find him embarrassing to be around in public, and desperately try to get him to tone it down. Any attempts to question his dedication to this lead to violent and sometimes dangerous outbursts. Eventually, it's revealed that Dan underwent some trauma in the 1970's, and is psychologically unable to move on. The plot of the story is based around working through Dan's inner demons and helping him overcome his past.

Dan is actively planning and working to restore his life / society in general back to the tastes and mores of the era he feels most comfortable with.

** Dan is actively planning and working to restore his life / society in general back to the tastes and mores of the era he feels most comfortable with.

** Dan refuses that acknowledge anything that's less than a year old.

** Dan is a very up-to-date person who keeps up on the latest trends, and refuses to acknowledge anything that's five years old.

* '''Inverted''': Dan is living in TheSeventies, but [[AnachronismStew somehow has technology and music from the present.]]

* '''Averted''': Dan has no interest in disco whatsoever. Nor does he have any interest in 70's fashion.

* '''Invoked''': Dan is rummaging around the attic and finds his old leisure suit and disco records.

* '''Exploited''': A local nightclub hosts disco night, knowing that Dan others like him will be there.

* '''Played For Laughs''': Almost always is.
* '''Played For Drama''': See "Deconstructed."

* '''Exaggerated''': Dan wears [[OutdatedOutfit a polyester leisure suit, medallion, and platforms]] to work, always speaks using funnily outdated slang, and he refuses to use anything invented after the end of Disco Era.

* '''Exaggerated''': Dan wears [[OutdatedOutfit a polyester leisure suit, medallion, and platforms]] to work.