Zeppo

A character who is part of the main cast but often sidelined and given little to do.
"The dog was the Zeppo of the show, but hey, you can't blame the writer, a use for a guard dog left in it's kernel all day except for once in two weeks has almost no part in a family time traveling to stop Titanic sinking"
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As You Know, Bob

A dialogue technique where characters tell each other information they already know, but they audience don't, for solely the audience's benefit. It is a writer slang.
"As you know, Bob, we're on a spaceship hurtling towards the sun and if we don’t fix the hyperdrive in five minutes, we'll be dead. But let's talk about our high school years."
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Franchise Zombie

A series that continues long after it should have ended, often losing quality and storyline over time.
"The story went from A Yorkshire man finding out he is the heir of the Multiverse in the first one to him losing his spaceship keys in Neptune, talk about a Franchise Zombie"
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Time Skip

In movies or stories, a 'Time Skip' is a narrative device where the story jumps through time
"The last chapter had a ten-year time skip, and suddenly everyone was having kids, mortgages and unpaid water taxes"
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Chekov's Gun

The principle that every element introduced in a story should be necessary and used later.
"When it was said in Chapter one that Timmy's hamster used to only eat the tail fur of the Namaqua chameleon found in Southwestern areas of Namib desert. I knew it was Chekov's gun waiting to go off"
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Narrative Deadweight

A character, part or sub-plot in a book, or movie that adds nothing to the overall story.
Ron: "The part about the protagonist's goldfish was total narrative deadweight, but it did give us a great fish funeral scene."
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Villain Decay

When a once-scary villain becomes less threatening over time.
"By the third season, the main antagonist had suffered such villain decay, he was less scary than a wet sponge."
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