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1'''Basic Trope''': An episode of a series that consists of fragments of previous episodes.
2* '''Straight''': ''[[DomCom Domestic Comedy]]'' features an episode where AliceAndBob sit on TheCouch and reminisce about stuff that happened to them in previous episodes.
3* '''Exaggerated''':
4** An entire season consists of these.
5** The entire episode is assembled out of old clips and voice lines.
6* '''Downplayed''':
7** [[FullyAutomaticClipShow There is a rapid-fire sequence of Bob saying his]] CatchPhrase over and over.
8** Only two flashbacks are used, and only briefly.
9* '''Justified''':
10** The story centers around AliceAndBob's 50th wedding anniversary, and they are reflecting on their relationship (from the MeetCute to the highlights of their marriage thus far).
11** It's a RecapEpisode, meant to catch viewers up on the events of a season or arc.
12** It's a [[BoringVacationSlideShow vacation slideshow]] for their friends that couldn't (or wouldn't) come along.
13** The episode serves as a GrandFinale to ''Domestic Comedy'', highlighting its best moments. Said "best moments" were [[AudienceParticipation picked by the fans.]]
14** Each week, there's a short Recap before the new episode starts.
15** The introspective nature of the episode ends up bringing certain things to light, which may sour certain relationships...
16* '''Inverted''':
17** An episode of ''Domestic Comedy'' reveals things about the characters [[BigLippedAlligatorMoment never revealed before...or since]].
18** An episode of ''Domestic Comedy'' is made mostly from clips of ''upcoming'' episodes.
19* '''Subverted''': During their anniversary party, AliceAndBob express their hope for many more years of happiness.
20* '''Double Subverted''': After highlighting some of their best moments, either in a long-winded toast, or an ImagineSpot.
21* '''Parodied''':
22** RememberWhenYouBlewUpASun
23** The second episode of the series is a clip show.
24** The events shown never happened and/or contradict the events that actually happened.
25** One of the events shown had just happened in the same episode.
26** Almost all of the clips are new, having not originated from previous episodes.
27* '''Zig Zagged''': Part of the episode shows clips, between new segments.
28* '''Averted''': ''Domestic Comedy'' does not piece together clips of previous episodes.
29* '''Enforced''':
30** A GrandFinale or VerySpecialEpisode.
31** We need to do a BottleEpisode to save money.
32** A ChristmasEpisode or similar.
33** "We need to do a ContinuityNod or a Recap for our (newer) fans".
34* '''Lampshaded''': "I've put together some clips of our home movies that will show what we've been up to these last few years. Anyone got popcorn?"
35* '''Invoked''': AliceAndBob reach a milestone (such as their 50th wedding anniversary) that they want to share. For example, during the champagne toast.
36* '''Exploited''': Charlie uses the time Alice and Bob spent watching clips to steal their prize jewellery.
37* '''Defied''': AliceAndBob don't want to bore everyone at their party to death, so rather than expounding on every event from the day they met to the present, they just [[ContinuityNod casually mention a few great moments]] in their speech and let everyone's memory fill in the rest.
38* '''Discussed''': "I can't wait to tell my friends about this adventure tomorrow!"
39* '''Conversed''':
40** "A clip show? The writers aren't that unoriginal!"
41** "So...I guess ''Domestic Comedy'' just JumpedTheShark or will soon. [[GenreSavvy They just did a]] ClipShow!"
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45%% Optional items, added after Conversed, at your discretion:
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47%%* '''Implied''': ???
48%%* '''Deconstructed''': ???
49%%* '''Reconstructed''': ???
50%%* '''Plotted A Good Waste''': ???
51%%* '''Played For Laughs''': ???

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