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* Rob's going-away party in ''[[Cloverfield]]'' was used to reveal considerable exposition, such as Rob's relationship with Beth and Hud's crush on Marlena. |
* Rob's going-away party in ''[[Cloverfield]]'' was used to reveal considerable exposition, such as Rob's relationship with Beth and Hud's crush on Marlena. |
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* Used and Parodied all over ''[[Reservoir Dogs]]''. |
* Used and Parodied all over ''[[Reservoir Dogs]]''. |
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* The beginning of "Swing Kids" has a party where four of the main characters: Peter, Thomas, Arvid, and Otto, meet up with some girls to swing dance. |
* The beginning of "Swing Kids" has a party where four of the main characters: Peter, Thomas, Arvid, and Otto, meet up with some girls to swing dance. |
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== [[Literature]] == |
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== [[Live Action TV]] == |
== [[Live Action TV]] == |
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* In "Endgame", the final episode of ''[[Star Trek: Voyager]]'' the story begins at a party at Admiral Janeway's home to celebrate the 10th anniversary of Voyager's return to Earth. Each of the surviving major characters makes an appearance to drop important expository information. |
* In "Endgame", the final episode of ''[[Star Trek: Voyager]]'' the story begins at a party at Admiral Janeway's home to celebrate the 10th anniversary of Voyager's return to Earth. Each of the surviving major characters makes an appearance to drop important expository information. |
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* Most episodes of ''[[ |
* Most episodes of ''[[L.A. Law]]'' begin with the partners meeting to recap/argue about their current cases. |
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** Very rarely do they do this at a birthday or any other party though. |
** Very rarely do they do this at a birthday or any other party though. |
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* A dark version of this trope features in the season 2 finale of ''[[Robin Hood (TV series)|Robin Hood]]''. Robin's birthday party is the pretext for getting the gang in one room, but the exposition comes about when the party turns out to be a trap, and the characters decide to share their secrets, thinking they will all be dead by morning. |
* A dark version of this trope features in the season 2 finale of ''[[Robin Hood (TV series)|Robin Hood]]''. Robin's birthday party is the pretext for getting the gang in one room, but the exposition comes about when the party turns out to be a trap, and the characters decide to share their secrets, thinking they will all be dead by morning. |
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* This was used in the ''[[Firefly]]'' episode "Out of Gas" during a dinner/birthday celebration. The writer of this episode, Tim Minear, has talked about how he threw out as many words as he could 'wife', 'whoring', 'shepherd', 'doctor', 'married', 'companion', 'preacher', 'warrant' (that's all I can think of) to introduce the characters, their relationships to one another and what their place is as part of the crew of Serenity. |
* This was used in the ''[[Firefly]]'' episode "Out of Gas" during a dinner/birthday celebration. The writer of this episode, Tim Minear, has talked about how he threw out as many words as he could 'wife', 'whoring', 'shepherd', 'doctor', 'married', 'companion', 'preacher', 'warrant' (that's all I can think of) to introduce the characters, their relationships to one another and what their place is as part of the crew of Serenity. |
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* The [[Stargate SG-1]] episode "2010" starts with Carter meeting with her husband and then going to a commemoration service to honor Earth's alliance with an alien race. These two scenes serve to fill the audience in on what has "happened" since the audience will be completely baffled by the sudden jump 10 years into the future. |
* The [[Stargate SG-1]] episode "2010" starts with Carter meeting with her husband and then going to a commemoration service to honor Earth's alliance with an alien race. These two scenes serve to fill the audience in on what has "happened" since the audience will be completely baffled by the sudden jump 10 years into the future. |
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== [[Theatre]] == |
== [[Theatre]] == |
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* The [[Stephen Sondheim]] [[The Musical|musical]] ''Company''. |
* The [[Stephen Sondheim]] [[The Musical|musical]] ''Company''. |
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* [[Cyrano De Bergerac]]: Act I Scene II. All the important characters are in scene (except the protagonist) waiting to see [[Show Within a Show|a play]]. Some of them are presented to [[Naive Newcomer|Christian]], and [[Mr. Exposition|Ligniere]] talks about the relationship between Roxane, De Guiche and Valvert. The protagonist himself is absent, so everyone talks about him… because he promised to ruin the play they intend to attend. |
* [[Cyrano De Bergerac]]: Act I Scene II. All the important characters are in scene (except the protagonist) waiting to see [[Show Within a Show|a play]]. Some of them are presented to [[Naive Newcomer|Christian]], and [[Mr. Exposition|Ligniere]] talks about the relationship between Roxane, De Guiche and Valvert. The protagonist himself is absent, so everyone talks about him… because he promised to ruin the play they intend to attend. |
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== [[Web Comics]] == |
== [[Web Comics]] == |
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