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Describe But For Me It Was Tuesday Discussion here.
Anonymous Mc Cartneyfan: Is this covered by Unknown Rival> Yes and no. This, as I type this, looks like when the hero is an Unknown Rival to the Big Bad. Unknown Rival is a pathetic supporting character: this trope is someone who kicked the dog, hard, without even realizing there was a dog. Related, but not identical in scope or in tone yet.
Man Without A Body: I'm glad this trope exists; I had been considering proposing the same idea under the exact same name.
Haven: Removed the pothole to Trope Codifier; as e.g. the Princess Bride and Batman examples show, there were already more than two examples, and I don't think the trope namer really changed how they happened in any way. Also, removed all this natter, because that's a rather odd interpretation of the line, as the subsequent disagreements show (I think the second-last one has it right).
- Ironically, the movie is not only the Trope Namer, but a probable subversion of the trope. Notice Chun-Li's shocked reaction just after Bison says "It was Tuesday." Not only did Bison remember killing her father, he remembered it well enough to know on which day of the week it had happened. His initial remark that he didn't remember any of it was his way of messing with Chun-Li's mind, and in that moment of her shocked reaction, she knew it too.
- He probably really didn't remember killing her father, just the village. He probably has a schedule that goes: "Monday - buy weapons and ammunitions for army. Tuesday - clear out a couple of villages for a parking lot. Wednesday..."
- "Wednesday, take over the world."
- OF COURSE!
- He didn't really remember it. He was just naming a random day. Chun-Li was shocked because Bison verbally flipped her off.
- I think he meant that he razed a village every tuesday.
- Ironically, the movie is not only the Trope Namer, but a probable subversion of the trope. Notice Chun-Li's shocked reaction just after Bison says "It was Tuesday." Not only did Bison remember killing her father, he remembered it well enough to know on which day of the week it had happened. His initial remark that he didn't remember any of it was his way of messing with Chun-Li's mind, and in that moment of her shocked reaction, she knew it too.
Kkachi: Something similar to this used to be a running joke when Norm Mc Donald did the news on Saturday night live. One example was something like "Tomorrow marks the beginning of Chanukah, or the Festival of Lights, in which Jewish people around the world celebrate the rededication of the Temple in Jerusalem...or as non-Jews would call it, Wednesday."
This doesn't quite fit with this trope, but does follow the spirit of it closely. Where does this belong?
