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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."

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:

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.

Anal historical note: feudalism existed in some form in BC times; movable type in Greece about 300 BC; steam engines in the first century.

See also The Oldest Tricks In The Book.

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