TheMountainKing
Since: Jul, 2016
#2: May 30th 2018 at 9:20:26 AM
![[up]](https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/smiles/arrow_up.png "[up]"){kind=icon}
At least the way I’ve seen them used, Follow the Leader refers to a specific work drawing on a successful older work. Genre Turning Point is more general, when enough works do this that it permenantly changes the genre.
SharkToast
Since: Mar, 2013
#3: May 30th 2018 at 2:13:20 PM
I don't know, a lot of the examples on the Follow the Leader page refer to general trends, not just a specific work drawing inspiration from a successful one.
#4: May 30th 2018 at 2:40:58 PM
There's also From Clones to Genre to compare to.
We can never truly eradicate the coronavirus, but we can suppress its threat like influenza
Total posts: 4
It seems to me that these two tropes are very similar. Genre Turning Point refers to when a work is so influential that it affects the rest of genre. This seems to be the same as Follow the Leader. Is there a distinction between the two. The only difference I can think of is that Genre Turning Point refers to a lasting impact on the genre, where as Follow the Leader refers simply to a trend.