History Administrivia / HowDidWeMissThisOne

But we ''must'' have this, you say. It's so obvious! Surely it's here ''somewhere''. I really can't believe that we don't have this yet. Come on, people! It's the '''TrueMeaningOfChristmas'''! It's one of TheOldestOnesInTheBook, and it's all over the place. And TheGreatCrash of 2008 had nothing to do with its absence!

Some tropes are so pervasive that they're like [[TheAirNotThere air]], normally difficult to notice. Then one day, it suddenly hits you: of course, TheEpic! Or BankRobbery, or MagicCarpet, or what have you. Oddly, nothing comes up on a site search, so you take it to [[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/ykttw.php YKTTW]] in puzzled disbelief.

'''Important Note:''' This kind of thing happens in real life all the time, many of the most earth-shattering philosophical ideas of all time are now known as "common sense", mathematically even more so: someone had to actually design the standard punctuation system of mathematical processes. ''"I think therefore I am?"'' Not before Descartes, ya didn't.

-->--'''Creator/DouglasAdams'''

The answer's pretty ironic: usually, it was missed ''because'' it was so bleeding obvious, [[OmnipresentTropes common]], and/or basic. So nobody thought an entry was needed, or everybody figured it was already here. Or everyone just FailedASpotCheck. (Or, in rare cases, because Administrivia/PeopleSitOnChairs, and thus not actually a trope.)

Some tropes are so pervasive that they're like [[AllPlanetsAreEarthlike air]], normally difficult to notice. Then one day, it suddenly hits you: of course, TheEpic! Or BankRobbery, or MagicCarpet, or what have you. Oddly, nothing comes up on a site search, so you take it to [[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/ykttw.php YKTTW]] in puzzled disbelief.

[[TitleDrop How]] ''[[TitleDrop Did]]'' [[TitleDrop We Miss This One]]!?

'''DO NOT [[color:red:EVER]] use this phrase in the trope sections of work pages, or the examples sections of trope pages.''' If you think of an obvious trope example that has been missed, just add it without drawing attention to it. We won't tell anyone we missed it if you won't.

This phrase should never be used in the trope sections of work pages, or the examples sections of trope pages. If you think of an obvious trope example that has been missed, just add it without drawing attention to it. We won't tell anyone we missed it if you won't.

->''It is a rare mind indeed that can render the hitherto non-existent blindingly obvious. The cry 'I could have thought of that' is a very popular and misleading one, for the fact is that they didn't, and a very significant and revealing fact it is too.''
-->'''Douglas Adams'''

See also Administrivia/DoWeHaveThisOne and Administrivia/ConversationInTheMainPage

See also Administrivia/DoWeHaveThisOne and ConversationInTheMainPage

See also Administrivia/DoWeHaveThisOne

'''DO NOT [[color:red:EVER]] use this phrase in the trope sections of work pages, or the examples sections of trope pages.''' If you think of an obvious trope example that has been missed, just add it without drawing attention to it.
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See also Administrivia/DoWeHaveThisOne
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Again, '''DO NOT [[color:red:EVER]] use this phrase in the trope sections of work pages, or the examples sections of trope pages.''' If you think of an obvious trope example that has been missed, just add it without drawing attention to it.

The answer's pretty ironic: usually, it was missed ''because'' it was so bleeding obvious, [[OmnipresentTropes common]], and/or basic. So nobody thought an entry was needed, or everybody figured it was already here. Or everyone just FailedASpotCheck. (Or, in rare cases, because PeopleSitOnChairs, and thus not actually a trope.)