alt title(s): Oldest Ones In The Book
The thing that hath been, it is that which shall be; and that which is done is that which shall be done: and there is no new thing under the sun.
—Ecclesiastes 1:9 (ca. 250 BC).
Any tropes that predate the election of John F. Kennedy to the U.S. Presidency (November 1960), divided by period:
Classic TV - tropes originating in TV itself, before 1960:
- My Car Hates Me - Exact first use unknown, but the coming of the freeway age in the 50's means it certainly must have been established by then.
Video Games have a different cutoff date for being
The Oldest Ones In The Book, since they're more recent than television:
Contrast with
The Newest Ones In The Book.
