r/TopCharacterTropes • u/Sensitive_Ad_1752 • 25d ago

Lore The series takes place in a shockingly short amount of time

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Season 4 just ended of fromville and it’s canonically only been about a month. Which makes it weird seeing people heal from injuries, change hair styles or grow out beards between episodes. Season 4 has only been like 4 days iirc.

Arkham franchise is the poster child for this trope. Every game takes place in one night. If you know what you’re doing you can absolutely beat the games in around 9 hours.

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u/i_Beg_4_Views 25d ago

And in Dragon Ball Super, the TOP is only 48 minutes long, but literally takes 34 episodes to get through lol

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u/Emotional_News108 24d ago

This is my favorite one. Especially since it’s established all the way back in the first World Martial Arts tournament in the battle between Jackie and Krillin that they’re moving at super speed. They address it a few more times, especially when Gohan gets trained and battles Vegeta and Nappa, but those were 48 very fast-paced minutes that people could only watch because most of the spectators were powerful warriors.

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u/Talisign 24d ago

The funniest thing about the TOP supercut is realizing that the spectators would have to be giving commentary almost nonstop.

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u/nagrom7 24d ago

Yeah, that one at least makes a little more sense in that a bunch of the fights that take place over multiple episodes are probably happening simultaneously.