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Opened.
No, the other one.
It kind of looks like a supertrope of Poor Man's Substitute, with more than just actors, but it's not substantial enough to say more than that.
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Wow, Poor Man's Substitute is labeled YMMV but it looks like trivia to me. They both look like trivia.
edited 6th Oct '14 4:02:28 PM by rexpensive
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The problem is that Poor Man's Substitute also seems to be about six tropes mashed into one, as well.
The name is also problematic. When I first saw it, I thought it was about a situation where a character is offered two choices, with one being clearly more advantageous and preferable than the other.
I agree it needs a name change. I don't have an exact idea, but what about something with "second hand" or " second class" in it?
Seems like a different version of What Could Have Been to me.
Bump. Any suggestions here?
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Obvious Second Choice is not thriving at all. Only a couple articles link to it, and only six examples are given. That's a really low rate for a page that's been around since 2011.
The examples don't seem to match up to each other, either. Some seem to be Poor Man's Substitute, others just seem random and unrelated.