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Long time reader, first time commenter! So I might be misformatting here... warning on that. This is a specific iteration of One-Episode Wonder that I often see in TV or in episodic media. A character shows up for one episode who then out-does a regular character who is known for being a particular person. The regular character then gets jealous or angry, but luckily the guest character leaves by the end of the episode. For example, in the "Uncle Grandpa" episode "Nacho Cheese," big-talker cool guy Pizza Steve gets stood up by his actually radical and talented father, Nacho Cheese. This makes Pizza Steve jealous and feel unappreciated by his friends. It's kind of a plot and a character - the plot is dealing with arrival of the character, the character trope is the One-Episode Wonder variant. Is this a trope, do we have it, or do you feel it has the potential to become a trope?
Edited by Strontiumsun