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Paxjax123
Since: May, 2010
mauveavenger
Since: Feb, 2011
28th Feb, 2011 08:42:53 AM
Assuming it's in the form of a montage, it sounds closest to Avengers Assemble (if it's being used as a way of introducing the characters), or possibly an A-Team Montage (if it's not).
Plot in which a scheme is explained while the actions described in the scheme occur on screen. Ocean's Eleven is one of the most triumphant examples, but I'm not sure it is the first. Other shows that use the plot usually are made as parodies of Ocean's, and it's been at least double subverted by Codename: Kids Next Door, in which, after the entire plot is explained with the scene playing out, the scene cuts back to Numbuh 1 finishing the briefing, met with Numbuh 4's, paraphrased, "That plan'll never work!" Cut FORWARD, to the scheme's end, "I can't believe that worked!" The convention is recognisable and very in line with other plot tropes, but I can't seem to find it anywhere.
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