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* Tasslehoff becomes rather close to becoming one in the ''[[Dragonlance]]'' Trilogies of the War of the Lance and The Twins. |
* Tasslehoff becomes rather close to becoming one in the ''[[Dragonlance]]'' Trilogies of the War of the Lance and The Twins. |
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* In some books of Robert Jordan's ''[[Wheel of Time]]'', unimportant characters like Galina can get more page time than the [[Chosen One|hero]], Rand; due to the [[Loads and Loads of Characters|large cast]] and the [[Long Running Book Series|length of the series]], every main character has books in which they barely appear. |
* In some books of Robert Jordan's ''[[Wheel of Time]]'', unimportant characters like Galina can get more page time than the [[Chosen One|hero]], Rand; due to the [[Loads and Loads of Characters|large cast]] and the [[Long Running Book Series|length of the series]], every main character has books in which they barely appear. |
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* [[Terry Pratchett]] has stated this as an explicit problem of writing the [[Discworld]] at times - it's difficult to write a story set in Ankh-Morpork without the Guard getting involved, at which point it is inevitably a Guard story, regardless of the former plot outline. In fact, this trope was the primary reason for the creation of the protagonist character Moist von Lipwig (of ''[[ |
* [[Terry Pratchett]] has stated this as an explicit problem of writing the [[Discworld]] at times - it's difficult to write a story set in Ankh-Morpork without the Guard getting involved, at which point it is inevitably a Guard story, regardless of the former plot outline. In fact, this trope was the primary reason for the creation of the protagonist character Moist von Lipwig (of ''[[Going Postal (Discworld)|Going Postal]]'' and ''[[Making Money]]''); as a con artist and known criminal, Moist would naturally wish to avoid interaction with the Guard whenever possible. |
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** ''[[The Wee Free Men]]'' was originally set in Lancre, one of the reasons for the change was that it would be too damn hard to keep the Ramtops witches from taking over. |
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* Season 3 of ''[[Stationery Voyagers]]'' very nearly turns into The Liquidon and Cindy Show. And as for the painful breakup when Cindy {{spoiler|becomes a Glowmatti to save everyone}} near the beginning of season 4? Only Rhodney has a more painful separation from his lover. Of course, that's before {{spoiler|The Mystery Wanderer}} decides "screw this" and nearly hijacks the entire plot. |
* Season 3 of ''[[Stationery Voyagers]]'' very nearly turns into The Liquidon and Cindy Show. And as for the painful breakup when Cindy {{spoiler|becomes a Glowmatti to save everyone}} near the beginning of season 4? Only Rhodney has a more painful separation from his lover. Of course, that's before {{spoiler|The Mystery Wanderer}} decides "screw this" and nearly hijacks the entire plot. |
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* Take a look at the ''[[Honor Harrington]]''s Crowning Moment Of Awesome listing, and you'd be forgiven for thinking the series was entirely about Victor Cachat rather than, you know, Honor Harrington. |
* Take a look at the ''[[Honor Harrington]]''s Crowning Moment Of Awesome listing, and you'd be forgiven for thinking the series was entirely about Victor Cachat rather than, you know, Honor Harrington. |
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* So prevalent on ''[[Glee]]'', it's actually becoming a recurring plot point (along with repeated lampshadings). Series 1 had the focus remain almost solely on [[Official Couple|Rachel and Finn]]. They were designated female and male lead both in the Glee club (despite the fact that Cory Monteith is arguably one of the weakest singers and dancers in the cast) and on the show itself, with almost every important plotline revolving around them in some way and even getting major subplots in the rest of the cast's [[A Day in the Limelight]] episodes. Season 2 reduced Rachel and Finn's screentime and spread more focus to other characters, like Brittany and Santana (who got promoted to regulars) and Mike (who had more lines in six episodes of S2 than in the whole S1), but then turned the spotlight on [[Ensemble Darkhorse|Kurt]] and his much-discussed homophobic bullying storyline, and, later, Blaine. In fact, it's Kurt lampshading this in Original Song which leads to the couple's [[Relationship Upgrade]]. |
* So prevalent on ''[[Glee]]'', it's actually becoming a recurring plot point (along with repeated lampshadings). Series 1 had the focus remain almost solely on [[Official Couple|Rachel and Finn]]. They were designated female and male lead both in the Glee club (despite the fact that Cory Monteith is arguably one of the weakest singers and dancers in the cast) and on the show itself, with almost every important plotline revolving around them in some way and even getting major subplots in the rest of the cast's [[A Day in the Limelight]] episodes. Season 2 reduced Rachel and Finn's screentime and spread more focus to other characters, like Brittany and Santana (who got promoted to regulars) and Mike (who had more lines in six episodes of S2 than in the whole S1), but then turned the spotlight on [[Ensemble Darkhorse|Kurt]] and his much-discussed homophobic bullying storyline, and, later, Blaine. In fact, it's Kurt lampshading this in Original Song which leads to the couple's [[Relationship Upgrade]]. |
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** Actually, Kurt's a pretty odd example, in that he never really got ''that'' much screentime, even in Season 2 - in his entire ten episode stint at Dalton Academy, he sung ''one song'' solo and was lucky to get two or three scenes an episode - but that which he did get was particularly memorable, thanks to his monopoly on the [[Alliteration|season's serious storylines.]] Let's face it, if you have an episode which consists of 42 minutes of good natured Glee club hijinks, but ends on one 2 minute scene of a gay teenager having his life threatened and [[Wall Slump|sinking to the ground, crying]], what's going to stick in your mind more? |
** Actually, Kurt's a pretty odd example, in that he never really got ''that'' much screentime, even in Season 2 - in his entire ten episode stint at Dalton Academy, he sung ''one song'' solo and was lucky to get two or three scenes an episode - but that which he did get was particularly memorable, thanks to his monopoly on the [[Alliteration|season's serious storylines.]] Let's face it, if you have an episode which consists of 42 minutes of good natured Glee club hijinks, but ends on one 2 minute scene of a gay teenager having his life threatened and [[Wall Slump|sinking to the ground, crying]], what's going to stick in your mind more? |
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