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MetaFour MOD (Old Master)
2024-05-30 16:47:07

We have Overshadowed by Awesome for characters and things in-story, but I don't think we have a specific trope for movies or other media getting Overshadowed IRL. We do have a few articles adjacent to the concept:

  • Screwed by the Network: Any case where Executive Meddling hurts a work artistically or financially. Scheduling a movie to release at the same time as the latest entry in an already popular franchise is a great way to screw it over.
  • Dueling Works: Works that came out about the same time and competed with each other (either because they were made by rival creators, or because plot and genre similarities led audiences to see them as competitors).
  • No-Hoper Repeat: A TV-specific variation. When a major event is happening on one channel (like the Superbowl), other channels know they can't hope to compete with it, so they just fill that airtime with the cheapest programming they can spare.

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