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1''Everything that is an element of the whole package immediately encompassing the [[{{canon}} text]] and not part of the text itself.''
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3In other words, all that stuff that isn't a part of the show/movie/story itself, but still comes with it. The stuff on the box, the stuff that comes before the show/movie, etc.
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5See also TextTropes.
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8[[index]]
9!! Tropes:
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11[floatboxright: Categories
12+ CoverTropes
13+ CreditsTropes
14+ RatedIForIndex
15+ TitleSequence
16++ ThemeTune
17+ TitleTropes
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20* AboutTheAuthor
21* AltText
22* AllThereInTheManual: Information not apparent from viewing the work is given in official books and documents.
23* AllThereInTheScript: Information not given in the work itself but from a closely related material, such as the credits, closed captioning, or the script itself.
24* AnimatedOuttakes
25* TheAnnotatedEdition
26* AnonymousAuthor: The identity of the person who wrote the story is unknown.
27* {{Blooper}}: Funny mistakes made during the production of the movie that may be shown in a montage during the end credits or included as special features in a home media release.
28* BonusMaterial: Additional content for a movie or television show exclusive for home media releases.
29** PrintBonus
30** SideStoryBonusArt
31* CharacterizationTags
32* CommercialPopUp
33* ConceptArtGallery
34* {{Dateline}}: The location, date, and sometimes the source of a news story.
35* DearNegativeReader: The creators respond to audience complaints by insulting the audience.
36* DeathByNewberyMedal: A children's work kills a character off for the sake of pathos.
37* {{Dedication}}
38* DictionaryOpening
39* DoNotSpoilThisEnding
40* DramatisPersonae
41* DVDBonusContent
42* DVDCommentary: A DVD release has an audio track where the production team talk about the development of the movie while watching it.
43* {{Epigraph}}
44** BigBookOfWar
45** EncyclopediaExposita
46* FaceOnTheCover
47* FantasyWorldMap
48** FantasyCounterpartMap
49** LeftJustifiedFantasyMap
50** PatchworkMap
51* FalseCredit: Someone is credited on a work they did not contribute to.
52* {{Feelies}}
53* FoilerFootage
54* FootnoteFever
55* FourthWallMailSlot: Fictional characters respond to fan mail.
56* FreezeFrameBonus: Something briefly shown the audience will most likely catch by pausing or slowing down the video at the right moment.
57** UnreadablyFastText: Text scrolls by at a speed that it's impossible to read all of it without pausing or slowing down the video.
58* FunWithSubtitles
59* HiddenTrack
60* HilariousOuttakes
61* IDoNotOwn
62* InSceneTitleText
63* InternalHomage
64* {{Intermission}}
65* LimitedSpecialCollectorsUltimateEdition
66* MedleyOverture
67* MilestoneCelebration: An installment celebrating the work or franchise's anniversary.
68* MinimalisticCoverArt
69* MisplacedNamesPoster
70* ModelMuseum
71* MontageEndsTheVHS: A series of promos, intros and trailers after the main feature on a VHS tape.
72* NeverTrustATrailer
73** TonightSomeoneDies
74** TonightSomeoneKisses
75* NoAnimalsWereHarmed: A movie features a disclaimer that, while animals are shown abused, killed or in peril, such acts were simulated and no animals in the film were harmed for real.
76* NoTalkingOrPhonesWarning: Before playing in theaters, a movie is preceded by a short film warning the audiences not to talk or have their phones on when the movie is being played.
77* OnTheNext: Every episode of a television show features a sneak preview of the next episode.
78* OnscreenChapterTitles
79* PackagedAsOtherMedium
80* ParadiegeticGameplay
81* PopUpTrivia: A version of the movie or television episode where footnotes describing trivia related to the work periodically show up briefly.
82* {{Precap}}
83* PreviouslyOn: The subsequent parts of a MultiPartEpisode are all preceded by recaps of what happened in the preceding episodes so that viewers who missed the earlier episodes aren't left in the dark on what's going on.
84* TheRant
85* RedAndWhiteComedyPoster
86* RepeatingAd
87* SellingTheShow
88* SpoiledByTheFormat
89* StationIdent
90* UsefulNotes/SwitchToColor
91* {{Tagline}}
92* TelevisionTieInMagazines: A work's official {{magazine|s}} that contains {{trivia}} about it.
93* ThisIsAWorkOfFiction
94* TitleSequenceReplacement
95* TrailersAlwaysSpoil
96** SpoilerOpening
97* TrailerSpoof
98* TrendCovers
99* UncreditedRole: An actor isn't credited for the role they played in the work.
100* UniquePilotTitleSequence
101* UniverseChronology
102* UnusualChapterNumbers
103* VanityPlate
104** LogoJoke
105* WebcomicTime
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