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HersheleOstropoler You gotta get yourself some marble columns from BK.NY.US Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: Less than three
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#26: Sep 18th 2010 at 12:40:39 PM

Innocuously Important is good. I don't think this quite fits the Crouching X Hidden Y snowclone, which is mostly characters anyway.

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ROFLopadous Since: Jan, 2001
#27: Sep 24th 2010 at 9:08:39 PM

Prelude to a Twist?

Because when you really think about it, a Wham Episode is basically a twist that changes the entire face of the story or what not. Plus, it's an Incredibly Lame Pun

skilaatara Since: Aug, 2009
#28: Oct 26th 2010 at 10:31:32 AM

Innocuously Important fits the description, and seems to fit all of the examples. Prelude To A Twist sounds more specific, since many of the examples (including the Trope Namer) appear to be reference points not just for a later plot twist but for later general plot arcs.

Rakath Purple Since: Jan, 2001
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#29: Oct 26th 2010 at 11:38:03 AM

Chekhov's Episode seems like a good pick, as this isn't a bad choice to snowclone for thematic reasons.

Some trope name involving First Domino might work, the idea that this is the event that put everything else into line, you just didn't notice. Or maybe Retroactive Twist.

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#31: Oct 26th 2010 at 6:57:19 PM

^This (as a matter of fact, I was about to suggest it myself). Or Wham Preparation.

troacctid (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
#32: Oct 26th 2010 at 7:02:01 PM

I was browsing through the examples and I'm a little confused as to what separates this trope from just being "An episode that contains one or more Chekhov's Guns". Just getting this straight...it's an episode whose significance to the arc isn't evident (to the point that it could be mistaken for filler or a Breather Episode) until a later episode reveals its true importance?

Could probably use a clearer description.

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#33: Oct 26th 2010 at 7:03:43 PM

^You've got it.

Rakath Purple Since: Jan, 2001
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#34: Oct 26th 2010 at 7:22:02 PM

Yeah, its an episode that, on its face, seems unimportant. However when you get to a later point that episode was of serious importance.

For instance, every episode of Series 5 of the new Doctor Who had something leading to the season ending.

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HersheleOstropoler You gotta get yourself some marble columns from BK.NY.US Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: Less than three
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#35: Oct 27th 2010 at 5:09:22 PM

I like Chekhov's Episode and Innocuously Important.

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sgrunt Sigil Spam from the depths of your mind Since: Apr, 2009
#36: Oct 27th 2010 at 5:56:21 PM

Crowner. (I think I got all the suggested names.)

edited 27th Oct '10 5:58:35 PM by sgrunt

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sgrunt Sigil Spam from the depths of your mind Since: Apr, 2009
#37: Oct 29th 2010 at 10:03:58 AM

Bump for more vote-age.

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#38: Oct 29th 2010 at 12:51:20 PM

I edited Inocuously Important to Inocuously Important Episode...so that I could vote for it. Overly broad otherwise.

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sgrunt Sigil Spam from the depths of your mind Since: Apr, 2009
#39: Nov 1st 2010 at 8:08:37 AM

Bump to draw attention to the above and hopefully improve the vote spread?

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troacctid (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
#40: Nov 11th 2010 at 9:51:10 PM

I notice the page seems to have disappeared. Did this just get cut or what?

edited 11th Nov '10 9:52:10 PM by troacctid

sgrunt Sigil Spam from the depths of your mind Since: Apr, 2009
#41: Nov 11th 2010 at 10:05:00 PM

It's still there... it's just that the link in the header is wrong. Try Midnight On The Firing Line.

Also, it looks like we have a preferred name to rename to at this point.

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#42: Jan 12th 2011 at 11:04:04 AM

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