| 1 | [[WMG:[[center:[[AC:This trope has a [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/posts.php?discussion=16509479720A72263400 dedicated clean up thread]].]]]]]] |
| 2 | [[quoteright:250:[[Webcomic/ElGoonishShive https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/el_goonish_shive_wasted_perfectly_good_plot_trope.png]]]] |
| 3 | [[caption-width-right:250:Yeah, your version of that movie would have been pretty dang awesome...]] |
| 4 | ->''"My God! A giant intelligent gorilla and an alien are about to fight robots on jetpacks! WHY IS THIS STORY NOT ABOUT THEM?!"'' |
| 5 | -->-- '''Linkara''' on ''ComicBook/JusticeLeagueCryForJustice'', ''WebVideo/AtopTheFourthWall'' |
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| 7 | You feel like you've been given the first three chapters of a story, a story that you really would have liked to see to its conclusion, but either a) it's on a whole different set of rails now, or b) while you ''do'' see it to its conclusion, it ignores the intriguing possibilities allowed by its conceits that you'd hoped to see realized. Note that this is not about those plots/ideas you dislike in an otherwise well-written story/well-made game/etc., and that this easily steps into rewriting the work. |
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| 9 | Compare AbortedArc, WhatHappenedToTheMouse, FanPreferredCutContent, DarthWiki/WorseThanItSounds, MoreInterestingAsAVillain. Not to be confused with OffscreenMomentOfAwesome, where the thing you would have liked to see ''did'' happen but only implicitly (they never actually showed it). Often results in AlternateContinuity FanficFuel. For this applying solely to characters ''in'' the plot, see TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodCharacter. See UnderusedGameMechanic for examples pertaining to functional video game elements. |
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| 11 | Has nothing to do with IntendedAudienceReaction, otherwise known as They Plotted A Perfectly Good Waste. |
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| 14 | ''[[Administrivia/NoOnPageExamples No examples here, please]]. This easily overlaps with FanPreferredCutContent, not to mention it is a matter of personal tastes for some, and examples could easily get excessive.'' |
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