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Commonly referred to as "Five Things" and sometimes "Five Times", this is a fanfiction or other fanwork structured in six small "scenes" with an event happening in the first five scenes and then either not happening or happening differently in the last. There are also some works that use different numbers, like three things or ten things.

The title is usually a NumberOfObjectsTitle: "Five times (event happens) and one time (event either doesn't happen or variation on event happens)" in an example of ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin. This trope occurs most often in romantic fics, where common titles include "Five times [x] kissed [y] and one time [y] kissed back" or "Five times [x] said 'I love you' and one time he didn't need to."

* ''Series/NorthernExposure'':
** ''Fanfic/FiveSecretsMauriceIsHiding'' shows the secrets Maurice will not say like letting Nikolai win a game or that he occasionally likes something that Chris plays on the radio.

** ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/5345081/chapters/12342179 Five Times Finch Compared Reese To Dillinger]]'' adds the "...and one time he didn't" part in the description. The fic puts some canon interactions in context of what Dillinger might've done to make Finch so suspicious of Reese.

** ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/12134205/chapters/27524823 Bargains]]'' by Zaniida was originally titled with an inverted version: ''One Bargain Harold Could Not Agree to (and Five He Could)''. It showcases variations on the deal that Harold made with the mob boss Elias to save John's life. (The original deal in canon was played up like the sacrifice would be dramatic, but it turned out that Elias merely wanted [[spoiler:a chess partner]]... which he used as a chance to regularly [[spoiler:exchange information with Harold]].)

* ''Series/HoratioHornblower'':
** [[https://archiveofourown.org/works/329362 "Five Times Somebody Noticed Horatio and Archie Were a Couple (And One Time Nobody Did)"]]: Fairly self-explanatory title. This one is a shipping fic with slash pairing Hornblower/Kennedy.
** [[https://wig-powder.livejournal.com/15294.html "Five Times Horatio Looked After Archie (And One Time Archie Returned the Favor)"]]: CaretakerReversal fic.
** [[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/2344073/1/Five-things-that-never-happened-to-Archie-Kennedy "Five things that never happened to Archie Kennedy"]]: 5 alternate reality and/or fanon discontinuity fics. The "plus one" fic is missing. Some stories are dark and have a downer ending, while some end on a good and hopeful note.
** [[https://archiveofourown.org/works/181418 "Lives And Deaths of Archie Kennedy (Five Things That Never Happened)"]]: Five divergences of Archie's path, moving backwards from point of death in the series. Rather dark divergences.
* ''Series/TheManFromUNCLE'':
** [[https://archiveofourown.org/works/7734208 "Tripping Balls; or, Five incapacitants THRUSH considered using (and the one they went with)"]]: In alternate-reality versions of the same scene, Napoleon encounters a series of {{Fantastic Drug}}s including KnockoutGas, a LovePotion, and a TruthSerum. The sixth one is [[spoiler:a placebo]].
* ''Series/DoctorWho''
** "[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/522393/chapters/923589 Five Times Jack Died For Love Of Ace, And One Time He Didn't]]" by [=JohnAmendAll=], playing on Ace's CartwrightCurse, and the one character that's not a problem for.
* ''Series/BlakesSeven'':
** "[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/19856467 Painted Smiles]]" by thisbluespirit has the synopsis "Five times Servelan smiled and someone died".
* ''Series/TheShadowOfTheTower''
** "[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/16966815 i love the rose both red and white]]" by thisbluespirit is a series of canon divergence [=AUs=] with the synopsis "Five other ways it might have gone for Elizabeth of York and Henry Tudor."

* ''Music/{{Avantasia}}''
** In the fanfic series ''Fanfic/AvantasiaProtagAU'', ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/26351812/chapters/70184325 5 + 1 (Aaron)]]'' is the [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin aptly]] named chapter featuring, according to the summary, "five times the others were there for Aaron and one time he was there for them".

* ''Franchise/KingdomHearts'': ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/3440708/1/Kiss Kiss]]'' is a Aerith/Tifa fanfic of this sort. It involves six kisses between them, with the sixth being when Aerith kisses back.

* ''Franchise/{{Danganronpa}}'': ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/7689082 First Meetings]]'' follows a 3+1 format with three times that Chiaki greeted Hajime and the one time that she did not.

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* ''Webcomic/HetaliaAxisPowers'': ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12967904/1/Five-Times-America-Forgot-His-Own-Strength Five Times America Forgot His Own Strength]]'' by Dear Inconspicuous details five times America accidentally used his superstrength along with one time he remembered he had it (and used it intentionally). Unlike some of these fics, this one has an interwoven plotline where Germany witnesses each accident and attempts to learn why and how America is superhumanly strong.
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* ''WesternAnimation/HeyArnold'': ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/6213131/1/Five-Times-and-First Five Times And First]]'' is an Arnold/Helga fic about how four times they held hands and the fifth they kissed

** ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/10597298/1/Beware-the-Nice-Ones Beware the Nice Ones]]'' (not [[BewareTheNiceOnes that one]]) is a ''Young Justice'' fanfic by [=DragoneseElf=] about five times Nightwing showed his protective side to the Team, and one time they protected him.
* ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'': ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/6122375/1/Five-Times-Aang-Didn-t-Propose Five Times Aang Didn't Propose]]'' is an Aang/Katara fic revolving around Aang repeatedly trying to propose to Katara.

Commonly referred to as "Five Things" and sometimes "Five Times", this is a fanfiction or other fanwork structured in six small "scenes" with an event happening in the first five scenes and then either not happening or [[TheLastOfTheseIsnotLikeTheOthers happening differently in the last]]. There are also some works that use different numbers, like three things or ten things.

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The title usually follows the pattern of "Five times (event happens) and one time (event either doesn't happen or variation on event happens)" in an example of ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin. This trope occurs most often in romantic fics, where common titles include "Five times [x] kissed [y] and one time [y] kissed back" or "Five times [x] said 'I love you' and one time he didn't need to."

Commonly referred to as "Five Things" and sometimes "Five Times", this is a fanfiction or other fanwork structured in six small "scenes" with an event happening in the first five scenes and then either not happening or happening differently in the last. There are also some works that use different numbers, like three things or ten things.

* ''Music/{{Avantasia}}'': In the fanfic series ''Fanfic/AvantasiaProtagAU'', ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/26351812/chapters/70184325 5 + 1 (Aaron)]]'' is the aptly named chapter featuring, according to the summary, "five times the others were there for Aaron and one time he was there for them".

* ''Webcomic/AxisPowersHetalia'': ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12967904/1/Five-Times-America-Forgot-His-Own-Strength Five Times America Forgot His Own Strength]]'' by Dear Inconspicuous details five times America accidentally used his superstrength along with one time he remembered he had it (and used it intentionally). Unlike some of these fics, this one has an interwoven plotline where Germany witnesses each accident and attempts to learn why and how America is superhumanly strong.

* ''Disney/{{Cinderella}}'': ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/922859 Five Things The Baker Taught Anastasia, and One Thing They Learnt Together]]'' is a fanfic about how Anastasia's relationship with the Baker affects her recovery over her abusive childhood.

The title usually follows the pattern of "Five times (event happens) and one time (event either doesn't happen or variation on event happens)" in an example of ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin. This trope occurs most often in romantic fics, where common titles include "Five times [x] kissed [x] and one time [x] kissed back" or "Five times [x] said 'I love you' and one time he didn't need to."

* ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/7880923/chapters/18000238 If My Feelings had Wings, the Only Thing I'd Want Would Be for Them To Reach You]]'' is an ''Anime/OsomatsuSan'' fic where Homura meets Jyuushimatsu's identical brothers five times and then reunites with Jyuushimatsu the sixth time.

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* ''ComicStrip/{{Peanuts}}'': ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/9194793/1/5-Times 5 Times]]'' is a ''Peanuts'' fic about fivr times that Lucy said "I love you" to Charlie Brown. The fifth time, Charlie said it before her.

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* ''Franchise/KingdomHearts'': ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/3440708/1/Kiss Kiss]]'' is a Aerith/Tifa fanfic of this sort. It involves six kisses between them, with the sixth being when Aerith kisses back.

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* ''Webcomic/AxisPowersHetalia'': ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12967904/1/Five-Times-America-Forgot-His-Own-Strength Five Times America Forgot His Own Strength]]'' by Dear Inconspicuous details five times America accidentally used his superstrength along with one time he remembered he had it (and used it intentionally). Unlike some of these fics, this one has an interwoven plotline where Germany witnesses each accident and attempts to learn why and how America is superhumanly strong.

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* ''Franchise/KingdomHearts'': ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/3440708/1/Kiss Kiss]]'' is a Aerith/Tifa fanfic of this sort. It involves six kisses between them, with the sixth being when Aerith kisses back.

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* ''WesternAnimation/HeyArnold'': ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/6213131/1/Five-Times-and-First Five Times And First]]'' is an Arnold/Helga fic about how four times they held hands and the fifth they kissed

* ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'': ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/6122375/1/Five-Times-Aang-Didn-t-Propose Five Times Aang Didn't Propose]]'' is an Aang/Katara fic revolving around Aang repeatedly trying to propose to Katara.

This type of fic is most popular on Website/{{Tumblr}} and Website/ArchiveOfOurOwn, but also ppears throughout fandoms on various websites.