Basic Trope: A story arc is revived after being forgotten about.
- Straight: In Alice and Bob, a story arc about Alice's parents is quickly aborted in Season 1. However, this story arc is later expanded upon in Season 3.
- Exaggerrated: Un-Canceled
- Downplayed: The Bus Came Back
- Justified: The trace went cold in season 1, but information found in season 3 caused it to go hot again.note
- Inverted: ???
- Subverted: ???
- Double Subverted ???
- Parodied: ???
- Zig-Zagged: ???
- Averted: No Aborted Arc is ever revived.
- Enforced:
- The authors forgot about the arc, but their editor or producer told them to wrap it up.
- The executives wanted the Police Procedural to have an episode about a cold case, so the writers decided to take an aborted background arc from season 1 to not have to spend too much time on establishing backstory.
- The arc depended on a rescinded prior to (intended) completion crossover license that either just got renewed or has been rendered unnecessary due to expiration of copyright.
- Lampshaded: A character comments when an arc suddenly appears again that they thought they'd never resolve it.
- Invoked: ???
- Exploited: ???
- Defied: ???
- Discussed: ???
- Conversed: "Why do the Alice and Bob authors keep placing forgotten story arcs into the middle of later seasons?"
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