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1	Most tropes are obviously either present or absent in a work, and can be added to a work page immediately after the work is released. Others, particularly {{Audience Reaction}}s, tropes that involve the passage of real-world time, and those that span a large number of installments, can take a little bit to be sure that they apply. See also: Administrivia/SpeculativeTroping.
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3	The following is a list of tropes and {{Audience Reaction}}s that, for one reason or another, have a formal, mandatory waiting period before examples may be added to work pages, YMMV pages, or the main trope page.
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5	Even where no formal mandatory waiting period is in place, before adding an example of an AudienceReaction, it's a good rule of thumb to ask oneself: "Will this still be relevant in a year? In a month? In a week?" If the answer is "no" or even, "I'm not sure," maybe hold off a little while and see what happens. Fan reaction can often be knee-jerk. It takes time for fan and critical consensus to form. Controversies that burn brightly often burn out quickly. Attempting to catalog every flash-in-pan {{Audience Reaction}} often results in pages that are cluttered and/or overly complain-y.
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7	Not to be confused with Administrivia/ExamplesAreNotRecent, which is about why examples and descriptions should not have the word "recent" in reference to episodes, events, etc.
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9	'''Note:''' Entries on this list have been agreed upon by consensus in [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/posts.php?discussion=15523303630A12937700 this thread]]. Do not add or delete them without first reaching consensus there.
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11	If not mentioned otherwise, the time listed is the mandatory waiting time after the work (or the relevant part(s) of the work) has been released. For RealLife events, it's the waiting time after the event in question occurs or ends.
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14	!!Pages with a mandatory waiting period:
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16	[[index]]
17	* AcclaimedFlop (After the work has finished its initial run): To prevent knee-jerk reactions.
18	* AdaptationDisplacement (6 months from release of the adaptation): To prevent knee-jerk reactions.
19	* Ambiguity tropes for sexuality and gender (end of season for episodic works, 3 months for episodic works without seasons. No waiting period for non-episodic works): To allow the work time to develop characters and resolve initial ambiguity.
20	** AmbiguousGender
21	** AmbiguousGenderIdentity
22	** AmbiguouslyBi
23	** AmbiguouslyGay
24	* ApparentlyPowerlessPuppetmaster (No Real Life examples until 20 years after the person leaves office): To avoid ROCEJ problems over current or recent politicians.
25	* AudienceAlienatingEnding (6 months after the work ends): To prevent knee-jerk reactions.
26	* AudienceAlienatingEra (5 years after the era began): To prevent knee-jerk reactions.
27	* BaseBreakingCharacter (6 months after the character is introduced or becomes controversial, whichever comes later): Due to the trope being a magnet for knee-jerk reactions whenever a character is disliked by any portion of the fanbase. [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/posts.php?discussion=14667066520A94266400 Cleanup thread here]].
28	* BoxOfficeBomb (After the film has finished its initial theatrical run): It's impossible to tell whether a film can qualify while it's still in theaters, since some movies take longer to recoup their budgets than others.
29	* BreakawayPopHit (5 years after the work featuring the song falls into obscurity): To make sure that the song's popularity lasts beyond the work it originally promoted.
30	* BrokenBase (6 months after release or the issue becomes divisive, whichever comes later): Due to being misused for any disagreement within a fanbase, no matter how minor or short-lived. [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/posts.php?discussion=14667066520A94266400 Cleanup thread here]].
31	* CareerResurrection (5 years): To make sure the resurrection actually sticks.
32	* CharacterPerceptionEvolution (5 years): Due to it being a Subtrope of both CondemnedByHistory and VindicatedByHistory.
33	* CompleteMonster (2 weeks): Since all examples require group consensus, this allows more people to experience the work so that consensus may be reached on newer examples. [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/posts.php?discussion=16706336400A42573900 Cleanup thread here]].
34	* CondemnedByHistory (5 years): Enacted per [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/posts.php?discussion=1613181960019228900 TRS discussion]]. We cannot determine whether or not something from recent times will go from being loved to being reviled.
35	* ContestedSequel (6 months): Due to it being a Subtrope of BrokenBase.
36	* CreatorKiller (10 years or, for studios or production companies, official confirmation): In order to prevent knee jerk reactions.
37	* CreatorsPet (6 months after the character is introduced or becomes hated, whichever comes later): inherited from TheScrappy, as all examples must also qualify for that trope.
38	* CriticalDissonance (1 month or the end of the season/theatrical run, whichever is later): Due to it being a magnet for shoehorned early reactions, often based on pre-release hype.
39	* CriticProof (1 month after release, 1 month after end of season for episodic works, 4 months after release for episodic works without seasons): To avoid knee-jerk reactions and allow time for reviews to impact the work's reception.
40	* CruelAndUnusualDeath (150 years for RealLife examples): To avoid gore and gossip about recent examples.
41	* DeadFic (2 years after the previous update, unless confirmed by WordOfGod or [[DiedDuringProduction author mortality]]): Per our rules on FanficRecommendations, and to match its sister trope QuietlyCancelled. This restriction long predated the NREP thread.
42	* DeadMansChest (150 years for RealLife examples): To avoid gore and gossip about recent examples.
43	* EatenAlive (150 years for RealLife examples): To avoid gore and gossip about recent examples.
44	* EndOfAnAge.RealLife (5 years): To prevent knee-jerk reactions.
45	* EnsembleDarkhorse (1 month after the character is introduced): To prevent knee jerk reactions and to also see if a character remains popular in the long run.
46	* EthnicScrappy (6 months after the character is introduced or becomes hated, whichever comes later): inherited from TheScrappy, as all examples must also qualify for that trope.
47	* EvenBetterSequel (6 months): To prevent knee-jerk reactions.
48	* FairForItsDay (15 years): An extended period of time is required for culture to change enough for this to be possible.
49	* FandomSpecificPlot (1 month): To prevent knee-jerk reactions and allow time for fanfic to be written.
50	* FanPreferredCouple (1 month after the work releases/season ends): The romantic landscape and fan preference for a work can change drastically in a relatively short time, which can lead to a fanon ship either falling out of favor with the audience or becoming canon.
51	* FedToTheBeast (150 years for RealLife examples): To avoid gore and gossip about recent examples.
52	* FirstInstallmentWins (6 months): To prevent knee-jerk reactions. This also applies when removing existing examples that may be disqualified by a new installment.
53	* FlayingAlive (150 years for RealLife examples): To avoid gore and gossip about recent examples.
54	* FoldSpindleMutilation (150 years for RealLife examples): To avoid gore and gossip about recent examples.
55	* FranchiseKiller (5 years, unless officially confirmed): An extended period of inactivity is required to prove the franchise "dead".
56	* FullCircleRevolution (50-100 years for real-life examples): To avoid any knee-jerk reactions for current regimes and allow time for historians to assess revolutions accurately.
57	* GenreKiller: (10 years): Per [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/posts.php?discussion=1605977622057292000&page=3#comment-70 TRS decision]]. Done in order to avoid knee-jerk reactions to recently failed pieces of media.
58	* GenreTurningPoint (10 years): To avoid knee-jerk reactions and allow time to prove that the genre has indeed changed.
59	* HangingJudge (100 years for RealLife examples): To avoid [[Administrivia/RuleOfCautiousEditingJudgment ROCEJ]] problems with more recent events.
60	* Hindsight Tropes (When the event causing hindsight is over): In order to avoid knee-jerk reactions about events that are still ongoing. [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/posts.php?discussion=15816392660A25032600 Cleanup thread here]].
61	** HarsherInHindsight
62	** HeartwarmingInHindsight
63	** HilariousInHindsight
64	* ItWasHisSled (5 years after release, unless the spoiler becomes a LateArrivalSpoiler): To give the PlotTwist enough time to become known to the general public.
65	* LaterInstallmentWeirdness (No examples until after the work has ended): Recent changes in the formula that are seen as weird in the moment can become the new standard over time. Troping after the work has concluded ensures that the late episodes stay as an anomaly.
66	* Long Runner tropes: To ensure that the work or franchise endures the test of time and remains in production. If there's a significant break in the run, the time required to qualify will be longer than the minimum listed here.
67	** LongRunners (10 years)
68	** LongRunningBookSeries (10 years)
69	** PrintLongRunners (20 years)
70	** WebcomicsLongRunners (10 years)
71	** VideoGameLongRunners (10 years)
72	* MagnificentBastard (2 weeks): Since all examples require group consensus, this allows more people to experience the work so that consensus may be reached on newer examples. [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/posts.php?discussion=16706345050A65984200 Cleanup thread here]].
73	* MainstreamObscurity (20 years): To ensure that a well-known work really does fade into obscurity.
74	* AMoltenDateWithDeath (150 years for RealLife examples): To avoid gore and gossip about recent examples.
75	* MorePopularReplacement (6 months): To prevent knee jerk reactions.
76	* MorePopularSpinoff: (6 months): To prevent knee jerk reactions.
77	* MultipleDemographicAppeal (1 month): To prevent knee jerk reactions.
78	* MurderByCremation (150 years for RealLife examples): To avoid gore and gossip about recent examples.
79	* NeverLiveItDown (6 months after the moment happens): What can be seen as a major embarrassment in the moment can die down quickly after its release. We ask that you wait and see if the character's reputation still stands in the long-run. [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/posts.php?discussion=15828442380A78428600&page=1 Cleanup thread here]].
80	* NintendoHard (1 month): To prevent knee-jerk reactions and give the audience enough time to judge how hard the game is.
81	* OnceOriginalNowCommon (10 years): To provide a time barrier to give a proper analysis of its cultural impact rather than just observing brief trends, and to curb its use as thinly-veiled gushing for a work.
82	* OneHitWonder (5 years, unless the artist retires/disbands): To prevent knee-jerk reactions for a succeeding work flopping.
83	* OppressiveStatesOfAmerica (No Real-Life entries past the UsefulNotes/CivilRightsMovement of the 1960s): Due to concerns around the Administrivia/RuleOfCautiousEditingJudgment.
84	* OvershadowedByControversy (6 months after the work is released or becomes controversial, whichever comes later): Controversies often burn bright and then flare out, meaning that controversies that seemed important at the time can be forgotten soon after. [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/posts.php?discussion=15417159170A60176600&page=1 Cleanup thread here]].
85	** OvershadowedByControversy.RealLife (For heads of state and politicians - 10 years after leaving office): Due to the subject matter being more contentious than others, political examples need more time to allow passions to die down enough to properly judge their legacy.
86	* PortingDisaster (6 months): To prevent knee-jerk reactions.
87	* PosthumousPopularityPotential (6 months after the creator dies): To avoid knee-jerk reactions.
88	* PropagandaMachine (50 years for RealLife examples): To avoid [[Administrivia/RuleOfCautiousEditingJudgment ROCEJ]] problems with more recent events.
89	* QuestionableCasting (1 week after the release of the work or the actor's first appearance as the character, whichever comes later): To prevent knee-jerk reactions and allow time to consider the actor's performance in the work.
90	* QuietlyCancelled (2 years after the final entry in the series, unless confirmed by WordOfGod): To avoid knee-jerk reactions if a season takes a little while to premiere (most seasons usually have a 1-2 year gap between them, anyways). If a "gap" is longer than two years, then the network likely doesn't want another season.
91	* RescuedFromTheScrappyHeap (TheScrappy's 6-month waiting period + 3 months for audience attitudes to shift, 1 month for gaming characters who were a HighTierScrappy or LowTierLetdown): to avoid knee-jerk reactions to the character's initial status (TheScrappy also has a waiting period) and their subsequent rescue.
92	* LaResistance (50 years for RealLife examples, measured from the end of the resistance campaign): To avoid [[Administrivia/RuleOfCautiousEditingJudgment ROCEJ]] problems with more recent events.
93	* RoleEndingMisdemeanor (2 weeks after a controversy negatively affects an artist's role): To ensure the termination of the role sticks. [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/posts.php?discussion=1632140731005032700 TRS discussion]].
94	* TheScrappy (6 months after the character is introduced or becomes hated, whichever comes later): Introduced due to constant misuse and character-bashing. [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/posts.php?discussion=13598973560A64980100 Cleanup thread here]].
95	* SeasonalRot (6 months after the show ends or one year after the season has ended, whichever comes first): To prevent knee-jerk reactions to recently released seasons.
96	* SequelDisplacement (6 months from release of sequel): To prevent knee-jerk reactions.
97	* {{Sequelitis}} (6 months after the relevant sequel's release): To prevent knee-jerk reactions. This rule also applies when updating existing examples due to a new sequel.
98	* "So X, It's Y" tropes (1 month after initial release): To prevent knee-jerk reactions based on pre-release information.
99	** SoBadItsGood
100	** DarthWiki/SoBadItsHorrible
101	** SoOkayItsAverage
102	* StarDerailingRole (a minimum of 5 years until their career recovers, if it recovers. No waiting period if the star directly announces their retirement during this time): To ensure the role has a lasting impact and avoid knee-jerk reactions.
103	* StarMakingRole (6 months from release of relevant work, or first appearance of character): To prevent knee-jerk reactions.
104	* StillbornFranchise (5 years, unless officially confirmed): To ensure that the work will (likely) only have one installment.
105	* SurprisinglyImprovedSequel (6 months): To prevent knee-jerk reactions.
106	* TrendKiller (5 years after the work's release): To avoid knee-jerk reactions.
107	* TruceTrickery (RealLife examples no more recent than 50 years ago): To avoid controversial examples.
108	* TwoHitWonder (5 years after the second "hit", unless the artist retires/disbands): Due to knee-jerk reactions to a succeeding work flopping.
109	* UncertainAudience (1 month): To prevent knee jerk reactions.
110	* UnintentionalPeriodPiece (10 years): Most entries need at least ten years to determine what the dated hallmarks of a given time period are. In rare cases, works released before the ten-year limit is up can be added if there are exceptional circumstances that make a work dated. [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/posts.php?discussion=14387018770A95034700&page=1 Cleanup thread here]].
111	* UnpopularPopularCharacter (3 months after the character is introduced): To avoid knee-jerk reactions.
112	* Values Tropes (For time period dissonances - 20 years after a work's initial release): In order to ensure that the values of the times are different enough to be noticeable. Cultural dissonances do not require a waiting period. [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/posts.php?discussion=15943768520A49909700&page=1 Cleanup thread here]].
113	** ValuesDissonance
114	** ValuesResonance
115	* VindicatedByHistory (5 years): In order to ensure that history has judged the work more favorably.
116	* VoteEarlyVoteOften: (30 years for Real Life political examples): In order to avoid knee-jerk Administrivia/RuleOfCautiousEditingJudgment-violating reactions.
117	* WinBackTheCrowd (6 months): To prevent knee-jerk reactions.
118	* WitchHunt (50 years for RealLife examples, measured from the end of the witch hunt). To avoid [[Administrivia/RuleOfCautiousEditingJudgment ROCEJ]] problems with more recent events.
119	* WonTheWarLostThePeace (No Real Life entries until 20 years after the war's end): To prevent people from adding examples about recent events.
120	* WrittenByTheWinners.RealLife (200 years): To minimize the potential of political edit warring. Note that this restriction [[https://web.archive.org/web/20170425011548/https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/RealLife/WrittenByTheWinners was already in place for years]] before it was officially required by the NREP thread.
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122	!!Other pages with a required time gap between two events:
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124	* TheBusCameBack: If a character [[ChuckCunninghamSyndrome wasn't explicitly written out]], this needs an absence of one season for episodic works with seasons, one year for episodic works without seasons, or two sequels for non-episodic works. There's no such waiting period for characters who were explicitly PutOnABus.
125	* DuelingWorks (released no more than a year apart, or overlapping runs in the case of series): To ensure that the listed works are in fact competing with each other. [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/posts.php?discussion=1632187675075650300&page=7#comment-168 TRS discussion]].
126	* RoleReprise (5 years between appearances, based on release date): To ensure the actor's spent significant time away from the role. No such waiting period if playing the same PublicDomainCharacter or HistoricalDomainCharacter in two unrelated productions. Voice acting during the gap doesn't disqualify a live action reprise of a previous live action role.
127	* SequelGap (5 years between releases): To ensure a long gap between the previous instalment and the sequel itself.
128	%% "Instalment" is the commonwealth spelling of "installment", not a typo - do not change it

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