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Whereas [[Steampunk]] involves a ''setting'' that is faux-retro, this trope is entirely one of [[Painting the Fourth Wall|how the fourth wall is painted]]—entirely stylistic, in other words. Sound is intentionally scratchy, marks of damaged reel, and faded appearance are common in Film or television. Some films go out of their ways to open with studio [[Vanity Plate|vanity plates]] pulled directly from the era that they depict (See [[Logo Joke]] for that).
'''Retraux''' may involve [[Deliberately Monochrome]], [[Antiquated Linguistics]], or [[Silence Is Golden]]. If it's a supposedly past speculation about [[The Future]] or [[Twenty Minutes Into the Future]] (i.e., the present), will inevitably invoke [[Zeerust]] or [[Raygun Gothic]]. If it's a [[Show Within a Show]], it may include [[Stylistic Suck]].
In video games, retraux frequently arises (incidentally or deliberately) in freeware games and other small-scale productions for practical reasons—pixelated sprites and backgrounds and [[Chiptune]] music tend not to be as prohibitively time-consuming and difficult to make as quality 3D assets and orchestral performances on quality acoustic instruments. Indie Gaming and [[Retro Gaming]] go hand in hand. Low-resolution sprites are also common starting from mid 2000s even in flash games due to low memory consumption and being easier to make accurate hitboxes.
Compare [[George Lucas Throwback]], where a production is made evoking old-style works but with modern production values (in contrast, something that's Retraux can be mistaken for an ''actual'' old-style production). When the work is produced in a ''format'' suitable for the era, it becomes [[Old Format, New Work]]. Can overlap with [[Newer Than They Think]] when done especially well. See also [[Retraux Flashback]]
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