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LondonKdS Since: Apr, 2009
#1401: Aug 2nd 2016 at 2:08:36 AM

I think the new Zero-Episode Wonder trope should be trivia, as it is about circumstances affecting a work, not its content. Agreed?

Morgenthaler Since: Feb, 2016
#1402: Aug 2nd 2016 at 7:30:26 AM

^ I agree. Zero-Episode Wonder looks like it's pretty much "shows that were cancelled before even being produced". In addition, I now think One-Episode Wonder does not work very well as a trope either, as it's just "shows that were cancelled after one episode".

I've added those two and the suggestions on the previous page to the crowner. Not a lot of votes have been cast on any other item in the past few weeks so far, so nothing can be called either way yet.

edited 2nd Aug '16 8:08:03 AM by Morgenthaler

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#1403: Aug 2nd 2016 at 5:32:46 PM

A zero episode wonder needs to have been produced. If the idea is dropped before production, then it is just an idea, not a show. We don't trope ideas.

Due to a technicality, namely that the work in question is unpublished, I think this actually belongs in darth.

MyTimingIsOff Since: Dec, 2011
#1404: Aug 6th 2016 at 9:16:11 AM

Chart Displacement should not be trivia. It should be YMMV, for the same reason that Signature Song is YMMV.

Morgenthaler Since: Feb, 2016
#1405: Aug 6th 2016 at 9:58:59 AM

I'm nominating Vacation, Dear Boy. Like Money, Dear Boy and Awesome, Dear Boy, it's simply production trivia about why actors took certain parts.

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#1406: Aug 9th 2016 at 12:46:08 PM

Should Role Reprisal be trivia too?

[up][up] I suppose I'll bite: why is Signature Song YMMV in the first place? I don't recall any discussion about it being added.

edited 9th Aug '16 12:49:21 PM by Spinosegnosaurus77

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hamza678 Red Like Santa from Christmas Beacon. Since: Apr, 2013
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#1407: Aug 9th 2016 at 1:09:22 PM

Because it's a subjective reaction? People have a variety of different songs that they associate with one artist.

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MJTrooper Since: Apr, 2011
#1408: Aug 9th 2016 at 7:58:16 PM

[up][up]I second that Role Reprisal, which is about actors reprising their roles, should be reclassified as a Trivia trope, because other tropes related to actors, like The Other Darrin and Actor Allusion, are classified as Trivia tropes.

edited 9th Aug '16 7:58:56 PM by MJTrooper

Morgenthaler Since: Feb, 2016
#1409: Aug 14th 2016 at 12:04:26 AM

Bump for votes. Still too early to call anything.

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eroock Since: Sep, 2012
Morgenthaler Since: Feb, 2016
#1411: Aug 21st 2016 at 11:13:09 AM

Calling for trivia:

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#1413: Sep 2nd 2016 at 1:20:59 PM

I have launched right now the Unfinished Dub trope. I think it should be a Trivia page.

AnotherDuck No, the other one. from Stockholm Since: Jul, 2012 Relationship Status: Mu
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#1414: Sep 2nd 2016 at 1:32:07 PM

Basically, the existence of non-dubbed material. That's not apparent from within the work.

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AnotherDuck No, the other one. from Stockholm Since: Jul, 2012 Relationship Status: Mu
No, the other one.
#1417: Sep 9th 2016 at 11:13:45 AM

[up]Seems like it. It's about an actor's career, not about any particular work.

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Morgenthaler Since: Feb, 2016
#1418: Sep 9th 2016 at 12:14:00 PM

Calling for trivia:

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DracMonster Since: Jan, 2001
#1419: Sep 16th 2016 at 9:13:47 AM

Added School Study Media. It's being listed on works in the trope section, but it sure feels like trivia.

StFan Since: Jan, 2001
#1420: Sep 17th 2016 at 1:58:05 AM

I'm of two minds whether Out of Order can be considered external trivia to a series. Still adding it, let's see what the hivemind says...

edited 17th Sep '16 1:58:19 AM by StFan

AnotherDuck No, the other one. from Stockholm Since: Jul, 2012 Relationship Status: Mu
No, the other one.
#1421: Sep 17th 2016 at 2:36:56 AM

I think Out of Order kind of depends on the work. It is only noticeable in works with an ongoing continuity, but if it's noticeable, I'm not sure it's external from the work.

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MagBas Mag Bas from In my house Since: Jun, 2009
#1422: Sep 17th 2016 at 7:55:46 AM

Reading the description, Out of Order is about the order of production, not about the continuity.

AnotherDuck No, the other one. from Stockholm Since: Jul, 2012 Relationship Status: Mu
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#1423: Sep 17th 2016 at 9:12:23 AM

Broadcast order, not production order.

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MagBas Mag Bas from In my house Since: Jun, 2009
#1424: Sep 18th 2016 at 4:24:34 PM

"order that they were written in.", following the description. This is about the broadcast order and the production order being different.

edited 19th Sep '16 2:41:22 PM by MagBas

AnotherDuck No, the other one. from Stockholm Since: Jul, 2012 Relationship Status: Mu
No, the other one.
#1425: Sep 20th 2016 at 4:45:02 AM

I read "written in" as the order they're supposed to be in. What order they're written to be in, not in what order they were physically written. The trope is all about the actual broadcast order not being the intended broadcast order. In which order they were technically created is irrelevant to that.

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20th Jan '20 8:53:18 AM

Crown Description:

The Trivia category is for narrative conventions that cannot be determined from the final product itself. These are details of production and behind-the-scenes events that influenced the end result of the product.

This crowner is used in conjunction with this thread. Please post in the thread before adding tropes to this list.

Previous crowner here. Make a new crowner after 40 tropes.

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