Isn't it supposed to be about an character that coming back an a sequal that you didn't expect to come back?
So maybe Unexpected Recurring Character? That doesn't sound quite right, but something along those lines.
Think of the mooks!
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Nope, and it doesn't even need to be in a sequel. It happens frequently in crossover works as well. In the original Super Smash Bros, Ness from Earth Bound qualified. It also covers adaptations that manage to dust off characters that may not have been at the top of various people's lists. And they don't necessarily have to be recurring. Unexpected Character makes sense for a new name to me.
Gentleman Troper!
Also, this should be YMMV and Audience Reaction: who the watchers/players do or do not suspect in an installment is clearly a reaction.
Rhetorical, eh? ... Eight!
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Waiting on a TRS slot? Finishing off one of these cleaning efforts will usually open one up.
Why an outer join? Are there any entries that return null-values in the join that we need?
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Crowner's called in favor of renaming the trope.
SWAP
"If you aren't him, then you apparently got your brain from the same discount retailer, so..." - Fighteer
"Unexpected Character" doesn't sound too bad... The problem is, there's a few exemples that AREN'T about characters, such as the Monty Python exemple.
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Bumping for votes.
Waiting on a TRS slot? Finishing off one of these cleaning efforts will usually open one up.
^^Remove them, since they're misuse?
Reymmã
The Monty Python sketch is not listed in the examples, but it needs to be removed as page image, it's unrelated to the trope and could lead to misuse, it's so misleading.
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Why is the Monty Python sketch there? ''That has nothing to do with this yrope. Can I just get rid of it?
Rule of Funny. Image Pickin' Discussion here
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If you want it removed, open a new Image Pickin' Discussion about it - although it'll help to have a good image suggestion in mind that actively, unambiguously displays the trope (or at any rate, does a good enough job of it).
edited 19th Oct '12 12:00:43 PM by ShadowHog
Moon◊Crowner called.
"If you aren't him, then you apparently got your brain from the same discount retailer, so..." - FighteerAnd it looks like we're done.
"If you aren't him, then you apparently got your brain from the same discount retailer, so..." - Fighteer
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Pretty broad name for a trope about characters you don't expect to see a particular work. Unexpected Character would work better. Lots of other things are unexpected.
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