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24.7.14.218
Since: Dec, 1969
sunsroad
Since: Jun, 2011
Jeysie
Since: Jun, 2010
2011-08-11 11:41:34
There is O.O.C. Is Serious Business, but that kind of covers characters rather than plots, admittedly.
Apparently I am adorable, but my GF is my #1 Groupie. (Avatar by Dreki-K)
Chariset
Since: Jan, 2001
sunsroad
Since: Jun, 2011

I'm wondering if there is a trope in which a show has a formula and one of the characters notices, one episode, that the formula is not being followed. The two examples I can think of have that character confronting the other characters and learning that things are not what they should be. The examples are (1) the Quantum Leap episode "The Boogeyman," and (2) the House episode "No Reason." Others may exist as well.