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homogenized Since: Oct, 2009
2020-06-18 09:24:08

Considering it doesn't even mention a single trope I'm pretty sure this is not an example, maybe ask redandready45?

GnomeTitan Since: Aug, 2013
2020-06-18 11:39:29

This seems to be not so much Unbuilt Trope, but som sort of equivalent for real-world phenomena.

For example, in the first example, real-world crackpots are not a trope, but what the example says is that the work presents some sort of half-formed version of the concept.

I find that particular example suspect for another reason: crackpots are not a new phenomenon that emerged from the internet; people like that have existed at least as long as the printed media, and I'm sure that the books models its examples from them. So what we're seeing is not so much an "unbuilt" phenomenon, but a phenomenon that has changed over time.

DayBreakChannel Since: May, 2019
Libraryseraph (Handed A Sword)
2020-06-18 15:58:15

I think those are just Older than You Think, not unbuilt trope

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DayBreakChannel Since: May, 2019
2020-06-18 19:16:19

Also, they got them for Religion, for Folklore, for..... automobile.

I think this page needs a cleanup.

DayBreakChannel Since: May, 2019
2020-06-18 22:02:08

https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/UnbuiltTrope/LiveActionFilm

"Man of the Year was made in 2006, 10 years before the 2016 election in which Donald Trump was elected"

"The Siege is a movie that looks at how a major terrorist attack in New York would disrupt life greatly... three years before September 11, 2001."

Yeah.... I really think Unbuilt Trope needs a cleanup

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Excessive-Menace (Fifth Year at Tropey's)
2020-06-19 02:42:43

Those examples are closer to Harsher in Hindsight, and even that trope might need a cleanup due to misuse.

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DayBreakChannel Since: May, 2019
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