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* PunctualityIsForPeasants: Arriving "fashionably late" is a trait of the rich and powerful because their time is more important than that of the "commoners" they look down upon.
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* CouldHaveAvoidedThisPlot: The characters find out too late that they didn't have to go through an IdiotPlot.
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Punctuality is a virtue. Not being where you need to be or doing what you need to do on time can have bad consequences depending on what's at stake. Sometimes a RaceAgainstTheClock ends in failure. These tropes are about what happens when someone or something is late. Sub-index of TimeTropes. Contrast {{Just In Time}}.
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Punctuality is a virtue. Not being where you need to be or doing what you need to do on time can have bad consequences depending on what's at stake. Sometimes a RaceAgainstTheClock ends in failure. These tropes are about what happens when someone or something is late. late.
Not to be mistaken for [[Series/DoctorWho The Doctor]]'s space and time travelling machine for British audiences where the phase isn't used as often
Sub-index of TimeTropes. Contrast {{Just In Time}}.
Not to be mistaken for [[Series/DoctorWho The Doctor]]'s space and time travelling machine for British audiences where the phase isn't used as often
Sub-index of TimeTropes. Contrast {{Just In Time}}.
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Punctuality is a virtue. Not being where you need to be or doing what you need to do on time can have bad consequences depending on what's at stake. Sometimes a RaceAgainstTheClock ends in failure. These tropes are about what happens when someone or something is late. Sub-index of TimeTropes. Contrast {{Just In Time}}.
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* AcquittedTooLate: The exoneration comes too late to save someone from being executed.
* AdaptationalLateAppearance: A character or plot device appears later in the adaptation than they did in the source material.
* AirVoyance: A lover missing meeting their other half, since they missed the flight.
* BelatedLoveEpiphany: A character only realizes that they love someone when it's too late to do anything about it.
* CaughtComingHomeLate: You should have been home hours ago. You get busted on your way in.
* TheCavalryArrivesLate: By the time backup arrives, the hero was already forced to defeat the enemy without them.
* ComebackTomorrow: You think of a retort too late for it to be snappy.
* DelayedExplosion: You wonder "WheresTheKaboom" The kaboom is late.
* DelayedOhCrap: You're late to the realization that you're in trouble.
* DelayedReaction: Someone doesn't react to a shocking statement until several moments later.
* DelayedReleaseTieIn: A tie-in for a movie [[ReleaseDateChange whose release has been delayed]] still releases when the movie should have originally been released.
* DelayedSafetyFeature: A safety feature is uselessly late in its activation.
* DevelopmentHell: A series of unfortunate circumstances cause a work to be delayed indefinitely.
* ForgotToPayTheBill: If you're late paying your utility bills, the utilities will get shut off.
* HappinessRealizedTooLate: You only realize you were happy when it's too late to enjoy it.
* ImpededMessenger: A messenger either arrives late or doesn't arrive at all.
* LateArrivalSpoiler: If you start watching a TV show later than everyone else, people won't wait for you to catch up before posting spoilers for it online.
* LateCharacterSyndrome: A party member introduced later than others sees little actual use.
* LateExportForYou: Exporting media from its country of origin is delayed.
* LateForSchool: You're missing out on your education.
* LateToTheAction: a hero bursts onto the scene to save the day, only to be told it's already been saved.
* LateToThePunchline: Someone takes a long time to understand the joke.
* LateToTheRealization: A character realizes something very later than most.
* LateToTheTragedy: A character arrives after the tragedy has already struck, too late to witness it happening.
* LongestPregnancyEver: When pregnancy takes a lot longer than it should.
* MissedTheRecital: A character is delayed on their way to watch a performance and by the time they get there the show is over.
* NoDelaysForTheWicked: Thanks to ContrivedCoincidence, the villains are never late, but the heroes are delayed and inconvenienced.
* NowYouTellMe: Information is given just after it would have been useful.
* ObsessedWithPerfectAttendance: A character is never late for school/work, and refuses to break that record.
* PottyFailure: Someone fails to make it to the bathroom in time.
* PregnancyScare: A character thinks she may be pregnant, often because of a late or missed period.
* RememberedTooLate: recalling something when it is too late to actually use that information.
* RepeatedCueTardyResponse: One character's lack of reaction to a cue prompts the other character to repeat the cue until the first character reacts late.
* ScheduleSlip: A work misses their intended release date for some reason.
* SpringIsLate: Nature is in trouble, there are plants and animals holding out for winter to end, but it's still winter.
* ToastOfTardiness: You're so late for school, you don't have time for a proper breakfast.
* WaitForYourDate: Possibly can make people late to an event, waiting for their late date.
* YouAreTooLate: The heroes arrive too late to stop the villain's plan.
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* AcquittedTooLate: The exoneration comes too late to save someone from being executed.
* AdaptationalLateAppearance: A character or plot device appears later in the adaptation than they did in the source material.
* AirVoyance: A lover missing meeting their other half, since they missed the flight.
* BelatedLoveEpiphany: A character only realizes that they love someone when it's too late to do anything about it.
* CaughtComingHomeLate: You should have been home hours ago. You get busted on your way in.
* TheCavalryArrivesLate: By the time backup arrives, the hero was already forced to defeat the enemy without them.
* ComebackTomorrow: You think of a retort too late for it to be snappy.
* DelayedExplosion: You wonder "WheresTheKaboom" The kaboom is late.
* DelayedOhCrap: You're late to the realization that you're in trouble.
* DelayedReaction: Someone doesn't react to a shocking statement until several moments later.
* DelayedReleaseTieIn: A tie-in for a movie [[ReleaseDateChange whose release has been delayed]] still releases when the movie should have originally been released.
* DelayedSafetyFeature: A safety feature is uselessly late in its activation.
* DevelopmentHell: A series of unfortunate circumstances cause a work to be delayed indefinitely.
* ForgotToPayTheBill: If you're late paying your utility bills, the utilities will get shut off.
* HappinessRealizedTooLate: You only realize you were happy when it's too late to enjoy it.
* ImpededMessenger: A messenger either arrives late or doesn't arrive at all.
* LateArrivalSpoiler: If you start watching a TV show later than everyone else, people won't wait for you to catch up before posting spoilers for it online.
* LateCharacterSyndrome: A party member introduced later than others sees little actual use.
* LateExportForYou: Exporting media from its country of origin is delayed.
* LateForSchool: You're missing out on your education.
* LateToTheAction: a hero bursts onto the scene to save the day, only to be told it's already been saved.
* LateToThePunchline: Someone takes a long time to understand the joke.
* LateToTheRealization: A character realizes something very later than most.
* LateToTheTragedy: A character arrives after the tragedy has already struck, too late to witness it happening.
* LongestPregnancyEver: When pregnancy takes a lot longer than it should.
* MissedTheRecital: A character is delayed on their way to watch a performance and by the time they get there the show is over.
* NoDelaysForTheWicked: Thanks to ContrivedCoincidence, the villains are never late, but the heroes are delayed and inconvenienced.
* NowYouTellMe: Information is given just after it would have been useful.
* ObsessedWithPerfectAttendance: A character is never late for school/work, and refuses to break that record.
* PottyFailure: Someone fails to make it to the bathroom in time.
* PregnancyScare: A character thinks she may be pregnant, often because of a late or missed period.
* RememberedTooLate: recalling something when it is too late to actually use that information.
* RepeatedCueTardyResponse: One character's lack of reaction to a cue prompts the other character to repeat the cue until the first character reacts late.
* ScheduleSlip: A work misses their intended release date for some reason.
* SpringIsLate: Nature is in trouble, there are plants and animals holding out for winter to end, but it's still winter.
* ToastOfTardiness: You're so late for school, you don't have time for a proper breakfast.
* WaitForYourDate: Possibly can make people late to an event, waiting for their late date.
* YouAreTooLate: The heroes arrive too late to stop the villain's plan.
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