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{{trope}}
[[File:Let's Make America Great Again button.jpeg|thumb|250px|This trope even applies in politics.]]
{{quote|''Ponder Stibbons was indeed first drawn in 1996. I, of course, used a time machine to
Simply defined, a fan thinks a trope, plot, or line was invented by a show he or she watches, when in truth its origins lie farther back in history.
Tropes tend to be much older than they appear, even if they aren't one of [[The Oldest Ones in
This can also be inverted by fans, who see a modern adaptation of some older classic they're unfamiliar with, and incorrectly assume some newly introduced trope was part of the original work. The ultimate expression of this is the [[Unbuilt Trope]]
See also the more extreme [[Fleeting Demographic Rule]]. Compare with classical music [[Covered Up]], [[
For examples of people referencing trope in fiction, see [[
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{{The Oldest Ones in the Book}}
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[[Category:Common Fan Fallacies]]
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