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[[File:tokyo towerd 2563.jpg|link=Kyoryu Sentai Zyuranger|frame|That's the Tokyo Tower...[[wikipedia:2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami|yeah]].]] |
[[File:tokyo towerd 2563.jpg|link=Kyoryu Sentai Zyuranger|frame|That's the Tokyo Tower...[[wikipedia:2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami|yeah]].]] |
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{{quote|'''Leland:''' 1993. World Trade Center bombing, remember? During the trial, one of the bombers claimed the CIA had advanced knowledge. The diplomat who issued the terrorists' visas was CIA. It's not unthinkable that they paved the way for the bombing, purely to justify a budget increase. |
{{quote|'''Leland:''' 1993. World Trade Center bombing, remember? During the trial, one of the bombers claimed the CIA had advanced knowledge. The diplomat who issued the terrorists' visas was CIA. It's not unthinkable that they paved the way for the bombing, purely to justify a budget increase. |
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This leads to a rather heart-wrenching moment and makes some people feel uneasy about it when they view the event in the original work. |
This leads to a rather heart-wrenching moment and makes some people feel uneasy about it when they view the event in the original work. |
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Compare [[Funny Aneurysm Moment]], [[Too Soon]], [[Cerebus Retcon]] (elements that were originally comedic are later deconstructed and played as tragic). |
Compare [[Funny Aneurysm Moment]], [[Too Soon]], and [[Cerebus Retcon]] (where elements that were originally comedic are later deconstructed and played as tragic). |
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Note that if the event in question is something inevitable, such as people dying, that's not necessarily this trope. Everyone dies eventually, as far as we know. It would be this trope if the death had some link to how they appeared on screen. |
Note that if the event in question is something inevitable, such as people dying, that's not necessarily this trope. Everyone dies eventually, as far as we know. It would be this trope if the death had some link to how they appeared on screen. |
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'''CONTAINS SPOILERS'''. |
'''CONTAINS SPOILERS'''. |
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* [[Harsher In Hindsight/Advertising|Advertising]] |
* [[Harsher In Hindsight/Advertising|Advertising]] |
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* [[Harsher in Hindsight/Anime And Manga|Anime And Manga]] |
* [[Harsher in Hindsight/Anime And Manga|Anime And Manga]] |
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[[Category:Index]] |
[[Category:Index]] |
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[[Category:Harsher in Hindsight]] |
[[Category:Harsher in Hindsight]] |
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