One-Shot Revisionism: Difference between revisions

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The important thing about [[One Shot Revisionism]] is that it ''works''; generally the only problem with it is that it draws attention to all the other times it theoretically could and should have been used but wasn't. This distinguishes it from a [[Voodoo Shark]], which doesn't even work on its own terms.

* From ''[[Star Trek]]'', taken from the aforementioned essay:

** The "Kirk Maneuver" in the second movie: a ship "diving" and then "resurfacing" before the attack. It's a clumsy break from the [[~~Two~~-D Space]] convention, still unconvincing (why resurface?), and making it impossible to just discount [[~~Two~~-D Space]] as a TV convention that doesn't reflect [[Literary Agent Hypothesis|how the space battles "really" went]].

** The "Kirk Maneuver" in the second movie: a ship "diving" and then "resurfacing" before the attack. It's a clumsy break from the [[2-D Space]] convention, still unconvincing (why resurface?), and making it impossible to just discount [[2-D Space]] as a TV convention that doesn't reflect [[Literary Agent Hypothesis|how the space battles "really" went]].

** In the sixth movie, there is the one time when a ship loses artificial gravity. Which only highlights the fact that it breaks much more rarely than it should.

*** In fact, in the Voyager episodes Year of Hell, the ship is scarred and barely holding together, but never does the gravity give out.

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** The [[Novelization]] of the episode has the characters [[Lampshade Hanging|lampshade]] [[Aliens Speaking English]], which confirms that yes, the aliens do speak English after all; it's not merely translated for the audience's benefit after Daniel reconstructs the local language and teaches it to his teammates off-screen.

* In ''[[Dragon Quest II (Video Game)|Dragon Quest II]]'', when the [[Kleptomaniac Hero]] opens a locked door in Midenhall, the guard initially reacts the way you'd ''expect'' somebody to when someone breaks in to loot a chest. However, he then recognizes the Prince and apologizes.

** Similarly, in ''[[Dragon Quest III (Video Game)|Dragon Quest III]]'', your hero is the son/daughter of Ortega. When you break into the treasure chamber of your liege's castle, the guard recognizes you and says that he respects your father too much to stop you. He still mildly [[What the Hell Hero|calls you out for it]], particularly since the king will actually give you permission to raid the treasury late in the game...

** Similarly, in ''[[Dragon Quest III (Video Game)|Dragon Quest III]]'', your hero is the son/daughter of Ortega. When you break into the treasure chamber of your liege's castle, the guard recognizes you and says that he respects your father too much to stop you. He still mildly [[What the Hell, Hero?|calls you out for it]], particularly since the king will actually give you permission to raid the treasury late in the game...

* The ''[[Doctor Who (TV)|Doctor Who]]'' story "Midnight" took on the oft-used idea that the Doctor could show up with no history, no credentials, and a lot of knowledge which he refuses to explain, be detained for two minutes, and then be treated like an authority because there's a crisis going on. In this one story, these traits actually make everyone else ''suspicious'' of the Doctor as would happen in reality.

** Which is only highlighted by the fact that Donna's absent from the episode. With a human to vouch for him, the Doctor's okay, but when this man shows out of nowhere with no ties to anyone and he seems to know ''everything''...