Basic Trope: A break or pause in a work of fiction (especially a long one).
- Straight: In The Legend Of Hiro And Robertus, during the three highest points of change (Hiro and Robertus agreeing to embark on their journey, the two brothers gaining two allies (later Love Interests), and arriving at Emperor Evulz's lair), a message plays saying "Thank you for watching our film, but we are currently taking a break. We will be back soon." The message is accompanied by a 5 minute long pause, giving the audience members time to use the bathroom and/or process the plot.
- Exaggerated:
- Same as the above, but the pause lasts 10-20 minutes.
- The pause occurs after every scene that offers some sort of importance to the plot, whether it be the titular brothers being taken in by Master Siht as kids, Hiro receiving the Sword of Troperiite and Robertus receiving the Axe Of Foruminium after a training montage, Hiro and Robertus encountering the Griefian Tribe and meeting up with Alyana, Alyana and Robertus becoming attracted to one another and promising him that after The Quest, she will bear lots of children with him, Hiro meeting up with Beatrix and forming a genuine connection with her, assulting Emperor Evulz's castle, rescuing Beatrix, Emperor Evulz being murdered by our protagonists, or the Time Skip ending showing the protagonists as parents.
- Downplayed: The pause lasts 2 minutes and 30 seconds.
- Justified: The film was either made before the rise of home video and streaming, has a ridiculously long runtime, or both.
- Inverted: The Legend Of Hiro And Robertus is only 5 minutes long, but the intermission(s) take(s) up most of its runtime.
- Subverted: The message listed above plays, but then text under it appears saying "Not really" and resumes the film.
- Double Subverted: ... but the pause actually occurs not to long afterwards.
- Parodied: The pauses are comically short, and consist of Robertus mocking the audience for not being able to go take a break without fearing that they'll miss out on the show.
- Enforced: The multi-reel film was made on the assumption that cinemas only had one projector per viewing room. (was Truth in Television in the early days of cinema)
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