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M*A*S*H pothole
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{{Useful Notes}}
{{quote|''The whole is greater than the sum of its parts.''
|Aristotle, [[Averted Trope|averting]] the fallacy.}}
'''[[wikipedia:Fallacy of division|Fallacy of Division]]'''
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* "Hey, ''[[MythBusters]]'' is popular, and it has explosions in just about every episode! Let's make a [[Smash Lab|show]] centered around [[Stuff Blowing Up]]!"
** Leads to a great deal of [[Follow the Leader]] behavior. For any successful premise, particularly in cheap-to-produce game shows and reality shows, expect to see numerous imitators.
* Subverted in the ''[[
** Applied full-force to the ''M*A*S*H'' television franchise itself, which had ''two'' unsuccessful spinoffs - ''[[AfterMASH]]'' and ''[[W*A*L*T*E*R]]'' - that, for the most part, banked on the popularity of the second-tier cast and connections to the parent show itself. A third, ''[[Trapper John, M.D.]]'', was somewhat more successful than the other two, but did not include any of the original actors and was legally recognized as a spinoff of the movie.
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