1 | '''Basic Trope''': In a SoapOpera or other LongRunner series, one story arc begins part-way through another story arc. |
2 | * '''Straight''': In the hit soap ''Endless Drama'', a plotline unfolds about Alice CheatingWithTheMilkman and becoming pregnant by him. Halfway through that, Alice's husband Bob goes into a coma following a skydiving accident. Then Alice has a ConvenientMiscarriage, and breaks things off with the milkman, at which point Bob wakes up from his coma with amnesia...and begins falling for Clarissa [[FlorenceNightingaleEffect the nurse]]... |
3 | * '''Exaggerated''': ''Endless Drama'' is a KudzuPlot with ''multiple'' dangling plot threads. |
4 | * '''Downplayed''': TwoLinesNoWaiting. |
5 | * '''Justified''': It's a complicated story, and there's a lot going on. |
6 | * '''Inverted''': The plotline about Bob's coma doesn't begin until the plotlines about Alice's affair and illegitimate baby are resolved. |
7 | * '''Subverted''': |
8 | ** YoYoPlotPoint. |
9 | ** JustEatGilligan |
10 | ** MeanwhileInTheFuture |
11 | ** Everything ''not'' related to Bob's coma is revealed to be AllJustADream |
12 | * '''Double Subverted''': |
13 | ** FourLinesAllWaiting |
14 | ** SimultaneousArcs |
15 | ** Except it really happened |
16 | * '''Parodied''': Alice watches a SoapWithinAShow, and is seen ExplainingTheSoap to all her friends. |
17 | * '''Zig Zagged''': Some plotlines resolve midway through others, some wait until another plotline is resolved. |
18 | * '''Averted''': The series has [[StatusQuoIsGod little or no continuity]] and runs on ComicBookTime. |
19 | * '''Enforced''': |
20 | ** "We need to keep this LongRunner exciting, [[CashCowFranchise so we can make money off it for years to come."]] |
21 | ** WritingByTheSeatOfYourPants |
22 | * '''Lampshaded''': "PreviouslyOn ''Endless Drama''..." |
23 | * '''Invoked''': Bob's coma begins just on the day that Alice finds out she's pregnant and that [[MamasBabyPapasMaybe the child might not be Bob's after all]]. |
24 | * '''Exploited''': Bob goes into a coma, and Alice is seduced by Milton the milkman, and eventually winds up pregnant with his child. But, since Bob is comatose, [[{{Jerkass}} Alice]] decides to [[OopsIForgotIWasMarried start a new life with Milton]]. |
25 | * '''Defied''': Alice breaks off the affair, has an abortion, and waits faithfully for Bob to wake up. Neither [[TheScrappy Milton]] nor his and Alice's love child are ever mentioned again. |
26 | * '''Discussed''': ??? |
27 | * '''Conversed''': ??? |
28 | ---- |
29 | Back to SoapWheel |
30 | ---- |
31 | %% Optional items, added after Conversed, at your discretion: |
32 | %% |
33 | %%* '''Implied''': ??? |
34 | %%* '''Deconstructed''': ??? |
35 | %%* '''Reconstructed''': ??? |
36 | %%* '''Plotted A Good Waste''': ??? |
37 | %%* '''Played For Laughs''': ??? |
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