CloverGoldngreen
Since: Jan, 2011
Jun 5th 2014 at 9:35:41 PM
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Is there a non-actor variant of this trope? Like how, say, Go-Bots were poor man's Transformers?
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SeptimusHeap
MOD
(Edited uphill both ways)
Jun 5th 2014 at 10:11:51 PM
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Not as far as I know. And the scenario you listed would be Complaining About Shows You Don't Like.
"For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled." - Richard Feynman
GenericOscout
Nia
Since: Jun, 2012
Nia
Jan 29th 2014 at 1:53:41 PM
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I'm surprised this isn't a trope about jury rigging or replacing premium quality goods with inferior ones that fit the same bill. I.E. Using honey on cucumbers as a substitute for melons
R.G.
Since: Jan, 2001
Oct 3rd 2010 at 5:31:41 PM
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Question: Who would be a poor man's Arnold Schwarzeneger?
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"For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled." - Richard Feynman