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Line 1: {{~~trope~~Useful Notes}} {{quote\|''It is a rare mind indeed that can render the hitherto non-existent blindingly obvious. The cry 'I could have thought of that' is a very popular and misleading one, for the fact is that they didn't, and a very significant and revealing fact it is too.''~~\|'''Douglas Adams'''}}~~▼ ~~'''DO NOT {{color\|red\|EVER}} use this phrase on the wiki itself.''' If you think of an obvious trope example that has been missed, just add it without drawing attention to it.~~ \|'''Douglas Adams'''}} ~~----~~ ▲{{quote\|''It is a rare mind indeed that can render the hitherto non-existent blindingly obvious. The cry 'I could have thought of that' is a very popular and misleading one, for the fact is that they didn't, and a very significant and revealing fact it is too.''\|'''Douglas Adams'''}} Some tropes are so pervasive that they're like [[All Planets Are Earthlike\|air]], normally difficult to notice. Then one day, it suddenly hits you: of course, [[The Epic]]! Or [[Bank Robbery]], or [[Magic Carpet]], or what have you. Oddly, nothing comes up on a site search, so you take it to [~~http~~[:~~//tvtropes.org/pmwiki/ykttw.php~~Category:Trope Workshop\|the Trope ~~YKTTW~~Workshop]] in puzzled disbelief. But we ''must'' have this, you say. It's so obvious! Surely it's here ''somewhere''. I really can't believe that we don't have this yet. Come on, people! It's the '''[[True Meaning of Christmas]]'''! It's one of [[The Oldest Ones in ~~The~~the Book]], and it's all over the place. ~~And [[The Great Crash]] of 2008 had nothing to do with its absence!~~ ~~[[Title Drop\|~~'''How]] ~~[[Title Drop\|~~''Did'']] ~~[[Title Drop\|~~We Miss ~~ThisOne]]!~~This One?''' The answer's pretty ironic: usually, it was missed ''because'' it was so bleeding obvious, [[Omnipresent Tropes\|common]], and/or basic. So nobody thought an entry was needed, or everybody figured it was already here. Or everyone just [[Failed a Spot Check]]. (Or, in rare cases, because [[People Sit Onon Chairs]], and thus not actually a trope.) '''Important Note:''' This kind of thing happens in real life all the time, many of the most earth-shattering philosophical ideas of all time are now known as "common sense", mathematically even more so: someone had to actually design the standard punctuation system of mathematical processes. ''"I think therefore I am?"'' Not before Descartes, ya didn't. See also [[Do We Have This One?]] ~~----~~ ~~'''DO NOT {{color\|red\|EVER}} use this phrase on the wiki itself.''' If you think of an obvious trope example that has been missed, just add it without drawing attention to it.~~ {{reflist}} Line 22 ⟶ 19: [[Category:Stock Phrases]] [[Category:Predefined Messages]] [[Category:~~How Did We Miss This One~~{{PAGENAME}}]] [[Category:~~Trope~~This Index Asked You a Question]] [[Category:Trope Workshop Stock Phrases]]