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Basic Trope: An episode is split into multiple parts so each part is a more reasonable length.

  • Straight: One episode of Alice and Bob is split into 2 parts.
  • Exaggerated: The episode has 10 parts.
  • Downplayed: The episode takes up an entire time slot that would otherwise contain 2 episodes.
  • Justified: ???
  • Inverted: One timeslot of normal length has 2 back-to-back episodes.
  • Subverted: ???
  • Double Subverted: ???
  • Parodied: ???
  • Zig-Zagged: ???
  • Averted: All of the episodes only have one part.
  • Enforced: The creators wanted to make a plot line too long to fit in one normal-length episode that has more continuity than the rest of the series, so they split it into multiple parts.
  • Lampshaded: "Why does this have to be the end of the episode? Our problems are not solved yet"
  • Invoked: ???
  • Exploited: ???
  • Defied: ???
  • Discussed: ???
  • Conversed: "Why do shows have to split longer episodes into multiple parts? I get quite impatient waiting for the next part to solve the cliffhanger at the end of the first part."

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