Why was this turned into a redirect?: Peril Rollover

So I was adding Peril Rollover to the Tiger And Bunny page, and noticed that it's been turned into a redirect to Only the Author Can Save Them Now. This seems really weird to me, since I remember it being the very distinct trope of one problem being rapidly followed by another until the heroes are run ragged. A disaster marathon, if one will. For instance, the example I wanted to add was of a ludicrously overexaggerated case where a getaway in a stolen van turned into a taxi-jacking... then a train-jacking... then a train crash... then an airship siege... then a maritime disaster. Like I said, quite distinct.

Any idea what this was all about?

edited 15th Apr '11 3:16:07 AM by Iaculus

It never had that meaning.

It was renamed a couple years ago because... people kept misunderstand what it meant.

('peril rollover' == the amount of peril keeps increasing until it 'rolls over' like a car odometer and becomes a joke. But the name was vague enough the people just free-associated anything onto it.)

edited 15th Apr '11 9:09:25 AM by hatless

Disaster Dominoes?

I guess the trope would be like that, only the disasters were not natural consequences of each other. Like if the heroes had to deal with an alien invasion, and just as they beat off the last flying saucer, an oil refinery exploded. Then, as soon as they'd rescued the last worker, Godzilla woke up. That sort of thing.

Maybe I should chalk it up in YKTTW?

Yeah it would go there its related to Humiliation Conga and Trauma Conga Line as well.

(Would it include someone having a chain of like Accidental Pervert moments in a row just as they get out of the last one one after another? I would have more than a few examples if it included that... Bah I will wait till the YKTTW is up to really figure that out.)

Disaster Conga.

Did ya ever YKTTW it?

Nah, been busy. Will get round to it, though.