Dead Horse Trope: Difference between revisions
Moved the Deader Than Disco reference to the 'Seinfeld is Unfunny' paragraph, as it fits in better there than it does in the paragraph referencing other Trope Tropes.
Chris Lang (talk | contribs) (No Animals Were Injured is still played straight when needed, though it's been parodied enough that parodying it is a trope itself. That makes it an Undead Horse Trope) |
Chris Lang (talk | contribs) (Moved the Deader Than Disco reference to the 'Seinfeld is Unfunny' paragraph, as it fits in better there than it does in the paragraph referencing other Trope Tropes.) |
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Naturally, '''Dead Horse Tropes''' tend to be [[The Oldest Ones in the Book]], too.
If a '''Dead Horse Trope''' is still used straight in recent works despite seemingly being subverted or parodied to death, it's an [[Undead Horse Trope]]. If it was never really played straight enough to be a trope in the first place, it's a [[Dead Unicorn Trope
A common cause of [[Seinfeld Is Unfunny]], because it's hard to imagine yourself back into the innocent frame of mind when this was ''new''. A similar trope is [[Deader Than Disco]], where something once extremely popular falls out of popularity and becomes better known for being mocked as a past fad than for its own merits.
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