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'''Basic Trope''': A story starts with a part that takes place at the middle/end, and then tells the story of how they got to that point.
* '''Straight''': The movie ''Alice and Bob'' opens with the titular characters having just gotten into a car accident. Most of the movie tells the story of how they got into that collision, with it finally being shown again in a scene towards the end.
* '''Exaggerated''': The movie ends up telling Alice and Bob's entire life stories before getting to that point.
* '''Downplayed''': The scene where Alice and Bob get into a car crash only happens about 15-20 minutes into the movie.
* '''Justified''': In-universe, Charlie is the one witnessing the accident, and Alice and Bob are telling him about the events leading up to it.
* '''Inverted''': ???
* '''Subverted''': Towards the end of the movie, there's a scene where Alice and Bob are in a car together. The scene plays out very much like the collision shown at the beginning of the movie, but they manage to safely avoid it instead.
* '''Double Subverted''': [[SuddenDownerEnding ...and then they crash anyway.]]
* '''Parodied''': The film then tries to "start at the beginning", only to show some {{Embarrassing Old Photo}}s of Alice and Bob's childhood, much to their confusion.
* '''Zig-Zagged''': ???
* '''Averted''': The fact that Alice and Bob get into a car accident later in the movie is never brought up until it happens.
* '''Enforced''':
** To set up a DrivingQuestion and/or FramingDevice.
** The creators are trying to create a sense of suspense/mystery in the audience.
* '''Lampshaded''': ???
* '''Invoked''': ???
* '''Exploited''': ???
* '''Defied''': ???
* '''Discussed''': ???
* '''Conversed''': "When that movie opened with the characters getting in an accident, I kept watching and wondering when it'd happen."
* '''Played for Laughs''': The work opens on the protagonist in a ridiculous situation, with a RecordNeedleScratch and FreezeFrameIntroduction, as the protagonist narrates "Yep, that's me. You may be wondering how I got into this situation..."
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That's me. You may be wondering HowWeGotHere...
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%% Optional items, added after Conversed, at your discretion:
%% * '''Implied''': ???
%% * '''Deconstructed''': ???
%% * '''Reconstructed''': ???
%% * '''Played for Drama''': ???
%% * '''Played for Horror''': ???

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