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MetaFour
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Since: Jan, 2001
19th Jul, 2017 11:01:34 PM
Probably one of the tropes on the Time Marches On index.
So let's say a show makes fun of an author and twenty five years later said author is now a famous singer. The viewer watches the show and is left scratching their heads because the author is actually a singer but they don't know that. What is that called?