What Are Records?: Difference between revisions

* Opus in ''[[Bloom County]]'' took it to a large extreme, where a person wearing a brown outfit seemed to be completely unfamiliar with what a newspaper was, even when Opus tried explaining what it was ''three times'' when selling the Bloom County local newspaper. The guy, when Opus could give the simplest explanation he could give (paper), also mentions that it "feels like kleenex."

* One ''[[The Born Loser]]'' strip dared to take this trope to the next level:

'''Wilberforce''': What's a CD? }}

* [http://www.gocomics.com/peanuts/1953/03/01 This] old ''[[Peanuts]]'' strip would be a [[Double Subversion]] of this trope [[Unbuilt Trope|had it existed then]].

* In ''[[My Wife and Kids]]'' the children are genuinly stunned and amazed that Micheal was able to turn on the tv by pressing buttons on it rather than use the remote. Even asking how he did it.

* One episode of ''[[The Colbert Report]]'' had Stephen interviewing an NYU art-history major. The conversation went something like this:

'''NYU Major:''' ''Buy'' music!? }}

* ''[[Doctor Who]]'' pulls it quite often in the new series, as most born sometime in the '80s or later have little to no frame of reference for Police Boxes (other than from the cultural impact of ''Doctor Who'') -- improved communications technology (cell phones and walkie-talkies among them) have rendered the whole point of a police box completely irrelevant.

* Inverted by Mayor on ''[[The Powerpuff Girls]]'', who tries to play a CD on an old-fashioned record player (and proceeds to mistake the horrible scratching noises that ensue for "techno music").

* Played straight in the ''[[Arthur (animation)|Arthur]]'' episode "Francine Frensky, Superstar". (Note: This was one of the earliest episodes of the show, the second season of a program that is in its fifteenth as of 2012 and shows no sign of stopping.) The kids shot blank looks at Mr. Ratburn when he talked about Thomas Edison's invention, the phonograph, and prompted the following exhcange:

'''Binky:''' Is this some kind of a joke? }}

* Used liberally in ''[[Futurama]]'' pretty much anytime old technology is mentioned or found.

* Not records, but in the same spirit of the trope: An episode of ''[[Batman Beyond]]'' has Terry going to the home of a Science Fiction writer, and finding a typewriter. He pokes at it and asks, "What is this? Some kind of word processor?"

* One episode of the original ''[[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 1987|Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles]]'' cartoon had the turtles take cover behind a stack of boxes. Raphael looks into the boxes and the following conversation takes place:

'''Michaelangelo:'''Whoa! Someone really burned these pizzas! }}

* In ''[[Kim Possible]]'', the grandmother gave Kim's younger brothers a collection of vinyl records. This was played with: they knew what the records were, and were excited to receive them.

'''Second twin''': C'mon, let's burn them into [[MP 3|MP3s]]! }}

* Both played straight and subverted in ''[[Ed, Edd 'n' Eddy]]''. In one episode: The Eds are rummaging through Eddy's attic, Ed finds a 7-inch 45rpm record and says: "I found a doughnut!" Eddy corrects him and says: "That's a record."