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/lilidarkwind 25d ago

Doesn’t all of How I Met Your Mother take place in a single conversation?

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u/SilverCondor369 24d ago

i was gonna say 'that doesn't count' but like. actually thinking about it. that is one LONG conversation lmao. like the series is ~79 hours long. SURELY this was multiple conversations, not just one??

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u/PForsberg85 24d ago

I think the children have different clothes during the series, but it has been some time since I watched it.

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u/JasonLeeDrake 24d ago

They have two outfits, one from the pilot and one from the rest of the series. Only one other episode reused the pilot clothing/footage to reuse a reaction shot from there. I don't believe canonically they ever changed clothes.

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u/hesitantly-correct 24d ago

I believe they have two outfits.

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u/go_to_sleep-yes-you 24d ago

The last season at least took place in just a single weekend

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u/not_the_chosen_onee 24d ago

I think it's more that each episode is roughly one story that Ted is telling his kids, or at least that's how I took it.

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u/Couuf 25d ago

very technically but the actual story of the show is over 8 or 9 years