Basic Trope: The first (or at least very early) installment in a series involves the main cast meeting each other.
- Straight: The first episode of "Tropers" involves the main characters Alice, Bob, Chris, and Debra meeting each other, along with getting their first threat from either a Starter Villain or the Big Bad.
- Exaggerated: There are loads of characters in "Tropers". They all meet each other in the first episode.
- Downplayed:
- The episode where the main cast comes together isn't in the first episode, but it is early in the series - this is due to the first episode of "Tropers" involving Alice moving away from her hometown.
- The episode has a brief scene where the main characters meet up.
- Justified: The characters of "Tropers" don't know each other, so it's understandable that they'd introduce themselves.
- Inverted: The episode involves the characters forgetting about each other.
- Subverted: Bob, Chris, and Debra are all killed off by the end of the episode, kicking off the real plot with Alice as the sole main character.
- Double Subverted: Bob, Chris, and Debra return as undead creatures near the end of the next episode, and become Alice’s companions for the rest of the series.
- Parodied: The episode is a short clip where the characters go around in a circle and say their names.
- Zig-Zagged: ???
- Averted: The main characters don't meet each other in this episode.
- Enforced: To provide exposition for the audience.
- Lampshaded: "Four people who just met each other, teaming up against a common enemy. This is like a TV pilot episode!"
- Invoked: ???
- Exploited: ???
- Defied: Being more experienced with dangerous situations and fearing that her new friends will get hurt, Alice insists on taking on the threat alone.
- Discussed: ???
- Conversed: ???
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