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An adult digs up their old record collection out of the attic and their kid asks them what they are. The parent nostalgically names all the singers of their day whose works have been put to their vinyl discs. Then the kids says, "No, I mean, what are records?" Followup with the parent saying, "I was ''going'' to say these made me feel young again."
This trope can also be used for 8-track tapes of course (arguably more understandable, since many people know ''of'' 8-track but don't know what the actual cartridge looks like). Expect it to be applied to audio cassettes any time now, VHS in about five years, and to CDs in 10-15 years or so, possibly taking the whole notion of going into a store and buying a physical object with recorded music on it into the history books with them.
A subtrope of [[Technology Marches On]]. However, this trope is not nearly as [[Truth in Television]] as [[Most Writers Are Adults|sitcom writers seem to think]]; most people born before the 90's will at least vaguely know what a vinyl record looks like, even if they've never listened to or owned one. Modern DJs still use them, for instance. They've also been [http://www.wired.com/entertainment/music/commentary/listeningpost/2007/10/listeningpost_1029 undergoing a resurgence of popularity] among audiophiles and indie music fans, since they're immune to the abuses of the [[Loudness War]]. It remains to be seen if their recent semi-popularity will [[Cyclic Trope|show up on TV]] any time soon, but it's enough to make this a [[Discredited Trope]].
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== Live Action TV ==
* ''[[Tower Prep]]'' showed where this trend might be going. When they find a record, CJ and Suki ask what it is. Gabe responds that "it's kind of like a hard copy of a [[
* Used in ''[[My Family]]''.
* In an episode of ''[[Home Improvement]]'', Jill offers the boys "her old 45s" for a party, to which one of them responds; "You're giving us guns?"
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== Video Games ==
* ''[[Fallout|Fallout 3]]'' - Three Dog says "I'm your friendly neighborhood disc jockey. What's a disc? Hell if I know, but I'm gonna keep talking anyway." But Fallout is very [[Zeerust]], so records were not replaced with tapes, CDs, and MP3s, but with giant square cassette tapes the size of 45s.
** Somewhat justified by the fact that they have survived a nuclear holocaust plus two hundred years of post-apocalyptic conditions. They're also a lot more versatile than most data storage mediums, seeing as they can be read by anything from robots to Pip Boys and can contain anything from a voice recording to programming instructions for a robot.
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== Western Animation ==
* An episode of ''[[Garfield and Friends]]'' had a similar situation, where Jon was trying to impress a potential date with his record collection but lacked a record player to actually play them with (due to Garfield and Odie inadvertently breaking it). She didn't know what records were; unfortunately, neither did the clerk at the electronics store. The antiques dealer needed a hint.
* Used in ''[[All Grown Up!]]'', with Suzie Carmichael.
* Inverted by Mayor on ''[[The Powerpuff Girls]]'', who tries to play a CD on an old-fashioned record player (and proceeds to mistake the horrible scratching noises that ensue for "techno music").
* Played straight in the ''[[Arthur (animation)|Arthur]]'' episode "Francine Frensky, Superstar". (Note: This was one of the earliest episodes of the show, the second season of a program that is in its fifteenth as of 2012 and shows no sign of stopping.) The kids shot blank looks at Mr. Ratburn when he talked about Thomas Edison's invention, the phonograph, and prompted the following exhcange:
{{quote|'''Ratburn:''' It played music, with a needle.
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* In ''[[Kim Possible]]'', the grandmother gave Kim's younger brothers a collection of vinyl records. This was played with: they knew what the records were, and were excited to receive them.
{{quote|'''First twin''': Wow, vinyl records! The legends were true!
'''Second twin''': C'mon, let's burn them into [[
* Both played straight and subverted in ''[[Ed, Edd 'n' Eddy]]''. In one episode: The Eds are rummaging through Eddy's attic, Ed finds a 7-inch 45rpm record and says: "I found a doughnut!" Eddy corrects him and says: "That's a record."
** Also subverted with Eddy having a turntable in his bedroom and is frequently seen playing records.
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** And regardless, it's justified by Ed being [[The Ditz]] [[Cloudcuckoolander]]. His knowledge of everything is a bit... off.
* In the ''[[King of the Hill]]'' episode "Just Another Manic-Kahn Day", Bobby and Joseph find a box of Hank's old record albums. Bobby knows what they are but Joseph picks up a record and says: "The computer these things go into must be huge!"
* In an episode of ''[[The Cleveland Show]]'', Cleveland takes Rallo to a record store ("it's where insufferable people come to find obscure music no one likes") and Rallo asks "where do they keep the [[
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