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Author: Escher

May 16th 2012 at 12:56:23 PM

^ Correct.  For the same reason, most of Buffy, X-Files, and Dresden Files won't fit the trope -- in those, the heroes almost always find evidence of the supernatural whatsit, then go back and say, "Oh, you know what?  This kind of looks like a _____.  Let me tell you about them."  (Doctor Who also does that about half the time, but there's enough before-the-fact ancient legends in there that he gets an entry.)  You hear about the legend after it's already clear something weird is going on, so there's no Chekhov.  There's no detail that seemed unimportant at the time and then comes back to become a major plot point.

^^^ (Alexei)
I know, right?  This is such a SeenItAMillionTimes trope that I was surprised we didn't have it already.
Or rather, actually we DID have it already in AllMythsAreTrue, but that trope got hijacked by IThoughtItMeant until it turned into an alternate name for FantasyKitchenSink.

^^^^ (Stratadrake)
As we said in the TRS thread, the version with the "The" sounds better, but we'll also create aliases for LegendOfChekhov, CheckhovsLegend, and probably ChekhovsMyth as well.