->In a long-form work of fiction, the author parcels out information in pits the reader can handle. Page by page, steadly accumulating... and at the end, the reader has enough material for a satisfying experience.\\
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With something like, say...a webcomic, the reader is given a single piece...one per day. It seems innocent enough. But then they realize...\\
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...it's connected to archives.
-->--''Webcomic/KevinAndKell'', [[https://kevinandkell.com/2024/kk0121.html 2024-01-21]]

->'''Dave:''' You know, if you're really jonesing for sci-fi, you could just watch...
->'''Greg:''' No, just stop there. You are not going to get me to watch Series/DoctorWho, so just give up now.
->'''Dave:''' Come on, dude. It's a great show, and it's right up your alley, really.
->'''Greg:''' Yeah, you and everyone else says that, but it's not going to change my mind on the subject.
->'''Dave:''' So you're just being ridiculous.
->'''Greg:''' No, I'm being ''smart,'' Dave. When I commit to watching a new TV show, I can't just jump in willy-nilly into an episode right into the middle. I have to start from the very beginning, and work my way through the episodes one by one... and there are '''TWENTY SIX''' seasons of Series/DoctorWho.[[note]]Actually, there were 32 at the time of the comic’s publication, and as of 2021, currently has 38+ seasons.[[/note]]
->'''Dave:''' So it's out of self-preservation, then.
->'''Greg:''' Exactly. I can't watch Series/DoctorWho because I have a functioning survival instinct.
-->--Webcomic/RealLifeComics, [[http://www.reallifecomics.com/archive/110511.html 2011-05-11]]

->''"I still have never seen a Series/{{Doctor Who}} episode. Where do I start?"''\\
''"Blimey, Tyler - that's a bit like saying "I've never eaten any food. Where do I start?""''
-->--Exchange with '''Creator/{{Alastair Reynolds}}''', [[http://approachingpavonis.blogspot.com/2011/07/harvest-of-time.html blog thread]]

->People commonly direct [others] to this site when they want to explain an oft-used plot device or cliché to others— rather than explain it themselves in simple words.\\
These linkers feel guilty shortly afterwards because they know that their victims are now locked in a seven-hour marathon of browsing through what feels like every single page of the entire archives of the wiki and getting thoroughly lost.
-->--Website/{{Uncyclopedia}}'s entry on TV Tropes

->''It's 60 episodes? 60 '''FUCKING''' EPISODES, YOU THINK THAT'S ENOUGH?! FOR ''ONE SEASON''?!''
-->--Creator/JamesRolfe's [[http://cinemassacre.com/2017/02/16/power-rangers-a-noobs-review-part-1/ reaction]] to seeing the amount of episodes from the ''first'' season of ''Series/MightyMorphinPowerRangers'' (which is also the first iteration of the [[LongRunners long-running]] ''Franchise/PowerRangers'' franchise)

->'''Gigguk:''' Alright. How long does that''(reading VisualNovel/FateStayNight)'' take?\\
'''Fate Fandom Gigguk:''' ''(with gusto)'' Around a 100 hours!\\
'''Gigguk:''' That's a ''pretty'' big commitment...\\
'''Fate Fandom Gigguk:''' Just read the visual novel!\\
'''Gigguk:''' But I don't have a 100 hours!\\
'''Fate Fandom Gigguk:''' Read the visual novel!\\
'''Gigguk:''' Can't I just--?\\
'''Fate Fandom Gigguk:''' ''(dramatic close-up on his face as he slams the desk in frustration)'' READ THE ''FUCKING'' VISUAL NOVEL!\\
''(beat as a startled Gigguk stares back at him)''\\
'''Fate Fandom Gigguk:''' ''(cheerfully)'' ...Or not! I can never agree with myself anyway.
-->-- ''WebVideo/{{Gigguk}}''

->'''Jenny''': Poor Leonard. I hope it works out for him and Tiffany.
->'''Jack''': We'll see... That's only up to 2002. There's 64 more years of stuff to read.
-->-- ''Webcomic/TwentyFirstCenturyFox'' [[http://techfox.comicgenesis.com/d/20020823.html characters]] reading ''Webcomic/TheSuburbanJungle''[[note]] Ironically, 21st Century is set in the year 2066, while Surburban Jungle ended in 2009, making it a pretty tame read in reality[[/note]]
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