So they're finally making
The Movie of your favorite
franchise (probably from
The Eighties). And you hate it. They're doing the casting wrong, they have the wrong director, they're
ruining your childhood and so on.
And then they bring out the one thing that makes you go, "
Holy crap, this is going to be awesome."
The reasons for this can vary depending on the individual production and the individual fan. It seems that the most common instance of this happening is getting someone involved with the original to come back either in a major role or at least give their approval of the new direction. Other instances can be an actor or director proving themselves as a
Promoted Fanboy, a demonstration of costumes or set design or a petition for a certain actor/actress and
actually get them.
As a side note, this is a term describing a reaction. In a surprising inversion of
Sturgeon's Law, most of the time this is a very good omen as to the quality of the production. But there are always those productions that screw it up even after such a moment. That is not this trope; see
They Wasted a Perfectly Good Plot,
One-Scene Wonder and
Adaptation Decay for more on that.
A
Big "YES!", a
Squee, and/or something similar will be shouted by fans when these moments occur. Across the internet, the
Memetic Mutation "
Reaction Guys / Gaijin 4Koma
" is sometimes used to convey these reactions. Users on
TV Tropes tend to mark these moments by making a sentence that defines the rejoicing moment and
Potholing it to this page.
Contrast
Tainted by the Preview and
Ruined FOREVER. Related to
Pandering to the Base, although that doesn't always get this result.
Not to be confused with
And There Was Much Rejoicing, unless a
Scrappy is involved.
Examples:
