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WarJay77
(Troper Knight)
12th Mar, 2020 03:54:04 PM
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Grotadmorv
(Fifth Year at Tropey's)
12th Mar, 2020 06:29:26 PM
No, that's when they've never said it at all. This is for when the character hardly says their catchphrase, but it is well-known and associated with them.
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Scorpion451
(Edited uphill both ways)
12th Mar, 2020 08:54:49 PM
That would still be catchphrase, just Downplayed
A catchphrase becomes associated with a character, particularly in tie-in video games and merchandise, but they don't actually say it often; usually it's just in reference to the fact that it is their catchphrase.
Abandoned Catchphrase is when the character used to say it a lot but doesn't anymore, not when they didn't say it much in the first place. Only other thing I can think of is Common Knowledge, but that might be too vague.