We Have This, I Swear

I could have sworn I saw this trope somewhere on this site before.

Maybe the trope was unpopular, or maybe it just has a weird name and thus is hard to find, but man, the familiarity vibes are overpowering!

... Or maybe I'm just having vague memories of an old Trope Workshop entry that died long ago. Or perhaps in The Great Crash.

Either way, carry on with this discussion. If we have this one already, and the original trope is one day unearthed, Wiki Magic will take care of it...

And if the Trope Workshop post fails, I can still ask on the Lost and Found page!