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* '''Straight''': The movie "Troper Tales" features a flashback to an event that happened a few minutes ago.
* '''Exaggerated''': Every scene in "Troper Tales" gets a recap of some sort a few minutes later.

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* '''Straight''': The movie "Troper Tales" ''Troper Tales'' features a flashback to an event that happened a few minutes ago.
* '''Exaggerated''': Every scene in "Troper Tales" ''Troper Tales'' gets a recap of some sort a few minutes later.



** The work has ''VideoGame/{{Minecraft}}'' parkour footage or ''VideoGame/{{Clustertruck}}'' footage constantly playing next to it to make sure viewers pay attention.

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** The work ''Troper Tales'' has ''VideoGame/{{Minecraft}}'' parkour footage or ''VideoGame/{{Clustertruck}}'' footage constantly playing next to it to make sure viewers pay attention.

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* '''Parodied''': Charles can have flashbacks, and is shown having a flashback to something that just happened. Diane tells him that the event just happened a few minutes ago. Then Charles has a flashback of Diane saying that.

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* '''Parodied''': '''Parodied''':
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Charles can have flashbacks, and is shown having a flashback to something that just happened. Diane tells him that the event just happened a few minutes ago. Then Charles has a flashback of Diane saying that.that.
** The work has ''VideoGame/{{Minecraft}}'' parkour footage or ''VideoGame/{{Clustertruck}}'' footage constantly playing next to it to make sure viewers pay attention.
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** The original version had weekly five minute episodes as the B of a [[ThreeShorts Three Shorts Series]]

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** The original version had weekly five minute episodes as the B of a [[ThreeShorts Three Shorts Series]]Series]] and they didn't bother to remove the recaps for the compiled version.

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* '''Justified''': It was being repeated for a character that wasn't there to witness the event.

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* '''Justified''': '''Justified''':
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It was being repeated for a character that wasn't there to witness the event.event.
** The original version had weekly five minute episodes as the B of a [[ThreeShorts Three Shorts Series]]
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* '''Lampshaded''': ???

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* '''Lampshaded''': ???"Why did you tell us this? It was just five minutes ago and we're all were here with you!"
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This is how you can play with the trope ViewersAreGoldfish.

'''Basic Trope''': The work repeats things more frequently than it should, believing that the audience isn't paying attention or has forgotten.
* '''Straight''': The movie "Troper Tales" features a flashback to an event that happened a few minutes ago.
* '''Exaggerated''': Every scene in "Troper Tales" gets a recap of some sort a few minutes later.
* '''Downplayed''': Alice experiences something and tells Bob about the experience a few minutes later, and details it more heavily than she probably should.
* '''Justified''': It was being repeated for a character that wasn't there to witness the event.
* '''Inverted''': The work assumes that viewers have an impressive memory. For instance, the very beginning features foreshadowing for something that doesn't happen until the very end.
* '''Subverted''': ???
* '''Double Subverted''': ???
* '''Parodied''': Charles can have flashbacks, and is shown having a flashback to something that just happened. Diane tells him that the event just happened a few minutes ago. Then Charles has a flashback of Diane saying that.
* '''Zig-Zagged''': ???
* '''Averted''': The work doesn't assume that its viewers have a short memory.
* '''Enforced''': The creators of the work were unsure if the audience would understand a scene, so they decided to have a scene repeating it.
* '''Lampshaded''': ???
* '''Invoked''': ???
* '''Exploited''': ???
* '''Defied''': "That just happened, we're not going to repeat that."
* '''Discussed''': ???
* '''Conversed''': "Does this movie think we're going to forget something that just happened?"
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%% Optional items, added after Conversed, at your discretion:
%% * '''Implied''': ???
%% * '''Deconstructed''': ???
%% * '''Reconstructed''': ???
%% * '''Played for Laughs''': ???
%% * '''Played for Drama''': ???
%% * '''Played for Horror''': ???

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