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I'm working on works pages for the novella Women Without Men (as well as The Film of the Book) and I could've sworn there was a trope in which a character is fixated on a rather insignificant thing that recurs throughout the text. My example from the book is how the character Faizeh, having picked up pseudoscientific ideas, thinks her friend Munis would be smarter if she didn't have such a round head. The chapters from her POV repeatably mention "Munis' stupid round head" and variants thereof.
While I'm using a literary example the same effect can be achieved in visual media (via close-ups, for instance). It's not a Single-Issue Wonk or Berserk Button — the effect and cause is more benign in these cases: it's not something the character can take action about. Nor does it seem overt or intense enough to be covered by related OCD tropes.
Edited by mahidevrans