History Main / TheOldestOnesInTheBook

-->-- '''[[Literature/TheBible Ecclesiastes 1:9]]''', ''Literature/TheBible''

* OlderThanTheNES -- Predating the introduction of the UsefulNotes/NintendoEntertainmentSystem in the U.S. (1985). A special cutoff date for video game tropes, since they're even more recent than television.

See also TheOldestTricksInTheBook, OlderThanTheyThink, and UrExample. Contrast TheNewestOnesInTheBook, tropes that have existed for a short period of time.

* OlderThanFeudalism -- First seen between the invention of the Greek alphabet (c. 800 BC) and the fall of the Roman Empire (476 AD).

* OlderThanSteam -- First seen between the invention of printing press (1439) and the steam engine (1698).

* TheNewestOnesInTheBook -- Tropes first seen after 1980.

See also TheOldestTricksInTheBook, OlderThanTheyThink and UrExample.

Contrast with TheNewestOnesInTheBook.

{{Trope}}s that predate the UsefulNotes/NintendoEntertainmentSystem, divided by period:

'''An historical note:''' Several of the listed milestones in tropes existed well prior to the appended dates but either had minimal impact or were lost in later years. For example, movable type blocks existed in Greece around 300 BC but did not have the same impact on history as the Gutenberg Press. OlderThanPrint is simply short-hand for the more accurate trope name as [[OverlyLongName Older Than The Widespread Adoption Of Movable Type To The Point That It Had A Widespread And Irreversible Severance From The World As It Was Before]] is rather difficult to type.

An historical note: Several of the listed milestones in tropes existed well prior to the appended dates but either had minimal impact or were lost in later years. For example, movable type blocks existed in Greece around 300 BC but did not have the same impact on history as the Gutenberg Press. OlderThanPrint is simply short-hand for the more accurate trope name as [[OverlyLongName Older Than The Widespread Adoption Of Movable Type To The Point That It Had A Widespread And Irreversible Severance From The World As It Was Before]] is rather difficult to type.

-->-- ''[[Literature/TheBible Ecclesiastes 1:9]]''

* OlderThanCableTV -- First seen between the rise of broadcast television (1940) and the rise of cable television (1980).

Anal historical note: Several of the listed milestones in tropes existed well prior to the appended dates but either had minimal impact or were lost in later years. For example, movable type blocks existed in Greece around 300 BC but did not have the same impact on history as the Gutenberg Press. OlderThanPrint is simply short-hand for the more accurate trope name as [[OverlyLongName Older Than The Widespread Adoption Of Movable Type To The Point That It Had A Widespread And Irreversible Severance From The World As It Was Before]] is rather difficult to type.

See also TheOldestTricksInTheBook and OlderThanTheyThink.

* OlderThanPrint -- First seen between the end of the Western Roman Empire (476) and the invention of the printing press (1439).

* OlderThanTheNES -- Predating the introduction of the NintendoEntertainmentSystem in the U.S. (1985). A special cutoff date for video game tropes, since they're even more recent than television.

* OlderThanDirt - Predating the Greek alphabet (circa 800 BC).
* OlderThanFeudalism - First seen between the invention of the Greek alphabet (c. 800 BC) and the fall of the Roman Empire (476 AD).
* OlderThanPrint - First seen between the end of the Western Roman Empire (476) and the invention of the printing press (1439).
* OlderThanSteam - First seen between the invention of printing press (1439) and the steam engine (1698).
* OlderThanRadio - First seen between the invention of the steam engine (1698) and the radio (1890).
* OlderThanTelevision - First seen between the invention of the radio (1890) and the start of mass television (1939).[[/index]]
* Classic TV - Tropes originating in TV itself, between 1940 and the election of UsefulNotes/JohnFKennedy to the U.S. Presidency (1960), such as SpaceX[[index]]
* OlderThanTheNES - Predating the introduction of the NintendoEntertainmentSystem in the U.S. (1985). A special cutoff date for video game tropes, since they're even more recent than television.

Contrast with TheNewestOnesInTheBook.

See also TheOldestTricksInTheBook, OlderThanTheyThink.

Any tropes that predate the election of UsefulNotes/JohnFKennedy to the U.S. Presidency (November 1960), divided by period:

* Classic TV - Tropes originating in TV itself, between 1940 and 1960, such as SpaceX[[index]]

Any tropes that predate the eating contest of UsefulNotes/JohnFKennedy to the U.S. Presidency (November 1960), divided by period:

Any tropes that predate the election of UsefulNotes/JohnFKennedy to the U.S. Presidency (November 1960), divided by period:

* OlderThanDirt - Predating the Greek alphabet (circa 800 BCE).
* OlderThanFeudalism - First seen between the invention of the Greek alphabet (c. 800 BCE) and the fall of the Roman Empire (CE 476).

* OlderThanFeudalism - First seen between the invention of the Greek alphabet (c. 800 BCE) and the fall of the Roman Empire (AD 476).

* OlderThanDirt - Predating the Greek alphabet (circa 800 BC).
* OlderThanFeudalism - First seen between the invention of the Greek alphabet (c. 800 BC) and the fall of the Roman Empire (AD 476).

* OlderThanDirt - Predating the Greek alphabet (circa 800 BCE).
* OlderThanFeudalism - First seen between the invention of the Greek alphabet (c. 800 BCE) and the fall of the Roman Empire (CE 476).

Anal historical note: Several of the listed milestones in tropes existed well prior to the appended dates but either had minimal impact or were lost in later years. For example, movable type blocks existed in Greece around 300 BCE but did not have the same impact on history as the Gutenberg Press. OlderThanPrint is simply short-hand for the more accurate trope name as [[OverlyLongName Older Than The Widespread Adoption Of Movable Type To The Point That It Had A Widespread And Irreversible Severance From The World As It Was Before]] is rather difficult to type.

-->--''[[Literature/TheBible Ecclesiastes 1:9]]''

* OlderThanDirt - Predating the Greek alphabet (circa 800 BC).
* OlderThanFeudalism - First seen between the invention of the Greek alphabet (c. 800 BC) and the fall of the Roman Empire (AD 476).

* OlderThanTelevision - First seen between the invention of the radio (1890) and the start of mass television (1939).
* Classic TV - Tropes originating in TV itself, between 1940 and 1960, such as SpaceX

* OlderThanDirt - Predating the Greek alphabet (circa 800 BCE).
* OlderThanFeudalism - First seen between the invention of the Greek alphabet (c. 800 BCE) and the fall of the Roman Empire (476 CE).

* OlderThanTheNES - Predating the introduction of the NintendoEntertainmentSystem in the U.S. (1985). A special cutoff date for video games, since they're even more recent than television.

Any tropes that predate the election of John F. Kennedy to the U.S. Presidency (November 1960), divided by period:

'''Classic TV''' - Tropes originating in TV itself, between 1940 and 1960, such as SpaceX

'''Video Games''' have a different cutoff date, since they're yet more recent than television:

* OlderThanTheNES (Predating the introduction of the NES in the U.S. in 1985)

->''"The thing that hath been, it is that which shall be; and that which is done is that which shall be done: and there is no new thing under the sun."''