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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 [[ |
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 [[:Category:Trope Workshop|the Trope Workshop]] in puzzled disbelief. |
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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 Book]], and it's all over the place. |
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 Book]], and it's all over the place. |
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'''How ''Did'' We Miss This One?''' |
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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 on Chairs]], and thus not actually a trope.) |
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 on Chairs]], and thus not actually a trope.) |
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Latest revision as of 20:23, 18 December 2023
Some tropes are so pervasive that they're like 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 the Trope 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 Book, and it's all over the place.
How Did We Miss This One?
The answer's pretty ironic: usually, it was missed because it was so bleeding obvious, 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 on 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?