Ok, first things first, the plot trope needs at the very least, a qualifier: Brigadoon Plot, A Place Like Brigadoon, something. It might be better to just go for a whole new name, but I'm coming up blank on any decent suggestions.
Since I personally am not familiar with Brigadoon, I think it's at least likely that a lot of other people won't be either, so I would keep Brigadoon out of the title if possible. Fading Town Plot? Escape The Fading Town? Escape The Town That Wasnt There Yesterday to mark it as similiar to The Little Shop That Wasn't There Yesterday? Though that's kind of longer than I'd like.
edited 1st Jul '11 7:20:50 PM by Arha
I agree with Arha about trying to keep Brigadoon out of the title (unless it is a pre-existing term).
I made a single proposition rename crowner here
by the way.
As for alternative titles, I feel like there has to be some word that means "only appears once a century or only appears once every few years" but I cannot remember what that word is.
edited 2nd Jul '11 8:50:07 AM by LouieW
"irhgT nm0w tehre might b ea lotof th1nmgs i dont udarstannd, ubt oim ujst goinjg to keepfollowing this pazth i belieove iN !!!!!1 dI wouldn't be opposed to The Little Town That Wasnt There Yesterday if we want to play on a famous trope.
A Google search of Brigadoon brings up a plot synopsis immediately, so I'm not buying unfamiliarity as a great reason for a rename.
A review of the examples indicate that there are several works that specifically reference Brigadoon when using the device to create a plot. So naming it Brigadoon Something is not completely unintuitive.
I know that all of the splitters will splutter, but, renaming it to reference The Little Shop That Wasn't There Yesterday would make all those who lump, jump at the chance of merging the two.
edited 2nd Jul '11 9:08:23 AM by blackcat
The Little Town That Wasnt There Yesterday addresses the "Only there under certain circumstances" part, but it doesn't indicate the "characters are in danger of being trapped there when it disappears" part — and that's all that makes it different from simply being a LSTWTY But Moreso.
In a prior thread on this topic, someone suggested Brigadoomed, which I thought was amusing.
I know Brigadoon is the best known example of this work, but I really think we should be looking harder at the fact that Brigadoon is actually Not An Example of this trope, as the description itself admits.
Dunno why we need a single proposition crowner for this. I thought this type of thing was a reason for an automatic rename.
Brigadoomed from the first thread seems to have been the most popular option. I don't like it though.
edited 2nd Jul '11 10:37:10 PM by Arha
But, as Leaper pointed out, Brigadoon is not an example of Brigadoon.
edited 3rd Jul '11 1:19:26 AM by Camacan
But if Brigadoon is not an example of Brigadoon what is it an example of? Because it is an example of something.
If it is absolutely necessary to the description of the trope that you can be trapped for ever then what you have done is create a trope for trapped forever and another trope for not trapped for ever.
Seriously?
edited 3rd Jul '11 6:54:31 AM by blackcat
The new name needs to have a qualifier of some sort. But even if the town of Brigadoon isn't an example, would Escaping Brigadoon really be that confusing? What most people think of when they hear "Brigadoon" is "Town that disappears". Escaping Brigadoon is pretty clear in that light — getting out of the town that disappears.
Not as far as I know. We have this subtrope, and the subtrope The Little Shop That Wasn't There Yesterday, specifically for magical disappearing businesses. But we don't have the supertrope "Locations that magically appear and disappear (at will or on a schedule)"
edited 3rd Jul '11 9:38:23 AM by Madrugada
Ah, this is true. Brigadoon was a trap, just only for the people in it.
Still, maybe this would be better as a supertrope. The trapped bit is a risk, but it seems kind of shoehorned into the examples. If it's in the examples at all. It doesn't seem to be a common theme in all the current examples.
edited 3rd Jul '11 10:05:52 AM by shimaspawn
Reality is that, which when you stop believing in it, doesn't go away. -Philip K. DickMaybe the original story is the Unbuilt Trope version.
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The page Brigadoon appears to refer the plot rather than the musical. At least some of the links it has appear to be referring to the musical instead. Thus this trope needs a new page. Unfortunately, I'm not familiar with the work, so I'll need some help with this.