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'''Older Than the Web''' tropes were named or invented before the widespread use of the '''World Wide Web'''. For the purpose of this page, that means the trope was developed prior to September 1993 but after widespread use of television in the 1940s (see [[Older Than Television]] for that).
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* [[Anal Probing]]: The earliest reference in any media to this activity between extra-terrestrials and humans comes from Whitley Strieber's book ''Communion: A True Story'', first published in 1987.
* [[Dancing Is Serious Business]]: Anyone can throw a punch, but it takes the art of dancing to really settle it. Those versions exist before, but for performance in the media… [[West Side Story]] (1957) got you covered.▼
* [[Bullet Time]]: Originated with the obscure 1981 action film ''Kill and Kill Again'', but now overwhelmingly associated with ''[[The Matrix]]'' films.
▲* [[Dancing Is Serious Business]]: Anyone can throw a punch, but it takes the art of dancing to really settle it. Those versions exist before, but for performance in the media… ''[[West Side Story]]'' (1957) got you covered.
* [[Digital Piracy Is Evil]]: Although there were plenty of efforts to strictly enforce copyright laws, it only became a media trope some time around 1980 with the "Home Taping is Killing Music" campaign.
* [[Eighties Hair]]: Because [[The Seventies]] had its own hair looks.
* [[First-Person Shooter]]: While Wolfenstein 3D may have made it popular in the 1990s, but Maze War was one of the [[Older Than They Think| first example made in 1973]].
* [[Fur and Loathing]]: It was just around since the early 1980s. There were people against fur before, but the effect on general media was just since that trope.
* [[Getting Crap Past the Radar]]: Potentially-lewd information being missed by the censors. The name of the term came from [[Robin Williams]] during his time
* [[I Ain't Got Time to Bleed]]: Where a hero doesn’t know about an injury until it’s seen. Name for a line in '''''[[Predator]]''''' (1987).▼
* [[Gun Fu]]: It was invented for the 1986 film ''A Better Tomorrow''.
▲* [[I Ain't Got Time to Bleed]]: Where a hero doesn’t know about an injury until it’s seen. Name for a line in
* [[Jumping the Shark]]: The quality of a show starts to go on a decline. Through [[Happy Days]] display a literally example with the Fonz doing just that, but examples have appears since the beginning of television, such as ''[[The Flintstones]]'' with the [[The Scrappy| Great Gazoo]].
* [[Kent Brockman News]]: Sesame Street had this in the 1970s with Kermit the Frog before the [[The Simpsons (animation)| Trope Namer]] came along.
* [[Mrs. Robinson]]: An older woman who falls in love with a younger man. Trope was named after a character of the same name in
* [[Non-Giving-Up-School Guy]]: ''[[The Huckleberry Hound Show]]'' had the title character
* [[Teenage Death Songs]]: Only the good die young… as far as the story in the song is a concern. Examples of this subject goes back to mid- [[The Fifties| 1950s]].▼
* [[Teenage Wasteland]]: Where the juveniles rules over the adult, [[There Are No Adults| if they are exist]]. Early examples of this tropes includes '''''[[Lord of the Flies| Lords of the Flies]]''''' (1954), but the name came from lyrics in “[[The Who| Baba O'Riley]]” (1971)▼
▲* [[Teenage Death Songs]]: Only the good die young… as far as the story in the song is a concern. Examples of this subject goes back to mid-
* [[Think of the Children]]: Though it wasn’t coined until [[The Simpsons (animation)| Helen Lovejoy]] made her debut, works with this kind of aware was present following the Second World War. It’s where something in the media creates [[You Can Panic Now| moral panic]] due to what can happen to children.▼
▲* [[Teenage Wasteland]]: Where the juveniles rules over the adult, [[There Are No Adults| if they are exist]]. Early examples of this tropes includes
* [[With This Herring]]: A character must embark poorly equipped.▼
▲* [[Think of the Children]]: Though it wasn’t coined until [[The Simpsons (animation)|
▲** [[Only a Flesh Wound]]: A character functioning well despite a serious injury. Named for a scene in '''''[[Monty Python and the Holy Grail]]''''' (1975).
▲* [[With This Herring]]: A character must embark poorly equipped. Named for a scene in ''[[Monty Python and the Holy Grail]]'' (1975).
* [[You Are Already Dead]]: Death is delayed after a fatal injured in sustained. Coined by [[Fist of the North Star|Kenshiro]] thanks to his ability to go after pressure points to cause a fatal injury (1985).
* [[You Meddling Kids]]: Someone who was able to foil a villain’s plans just when the plan almost went through. Coined by several of criminals stopped by
▲** [[Manly Tears]]: It’s okay for someone to cry and still remain badass about it.
▲* [[You Meddling Kids]]: Someone who was able to foil a villain’s plans just when the plan almost went through. Coined by several of criminals stopped by '''''[[Scooby-Doo (animation)| Mystery, Inc.]]''''' (1969).
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