The Other Troper
#2: Aug 30th 2011 at 3:50:21 PM
It is a premise trope. Just because it's misused doesn't mean it isn't one. It's been a long standing joke in show business where someone would describe a movie or show idea as this.
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#3: Aug 30th 2011 at 5:02:05 PM
Hell a lot of actual pitches boil down to this. Or else, the idea that causes a story or a script to be written. Done it myself!
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#4: Aug 30th 2011 at 10:11:36 PM
Can we at least do something to keep it from spreading like kudzu all over the main pages? Maybe move it to YMMV?
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I think this should be tagged as Just for Fun or something. Seems every other page I come across has someone shoehorning in their own opinion of how Show Z is X Meets Y. X Meets Y is not a trope!