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Author: kjnoren

Oct 2nd 2013 at 5:19:50 AM

I think you have an overly broad definition of PeopleSitOnChairs.

Having a plot is no requirement for a trope. A trope can be a setting, or a character type, or an item. As long as you can associate reasonably fixed plot or characterisation elements to an idea, then it's fair game to me.

CampingTrip or GoingCamping both imply lots of things that can be used to hang a plot on, but it's primarily a '''setting''', not a plot:

* people doing things on their free time for fun
* people trying to connect with each other, by switching environment and doing something together
* people choosing to do something which they end up not being capable of, and then having to deal with it
* people being miserable, wet, hungry, cranky, and stuck together
* people simply being stuck together
* as a frame story for meeting new people or see new places
* meeting interesting wildlife or other dangers they are ill-equipped for

For what it's worth, I don't think {{Series/Survivor}} to fall under this trope, since their situation is pretty far removed from what I think of as camping, and the situation can hardly be viewed as a vacation.