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KD
Since: May, 2009
12th Feb, 2021 05:25:59 PM
Cassandra Truth - A character claims something (such as they saw a weird animal, an alien, a monster etc) but none of the other characters believe them.
Gave Up Too Soon - they all give up but the thing they were looking for appears but nobody notices because they all left.
FurAndStone
Since: Jan, 2015
Synchronicity
MOD
(4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
eroock
Since: Sep, 2012
13th Feb, 2021 12:17:45 AM
Cryptid Episode, see first bullet point.
This trope is common in sitcoms and some kids shows
A character claims something (such as they saw a weird animal, an alien, a monster etc) but none of the other characters believe them. The rest of the episode consists of them trying to find it again (such as searching in the woods, setting traps, going to the location where it happened etc) but it never appears and the attempts to prove them right usually comically fail.
At the end of the episode, they all give up but the thing they were looking for appears but nobody notices because they all left.