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SeptimusHeap MOD (Edited uphill both ways)
Mar 23rd 2021 at 5:55:46 AM •••

Linking to a past Trope Repair Shop thread that dealt with this page: How is this not the same as Red Herring?, started by VVK on Mar 5th 2011 at 4:19:48 AM

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Kohdok Plastic Maniac Since: Apr, 2010
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Jun 30th 2018 at 11:31:04 AM •••

What about when a more obvious plot twist is used as chaff in order to keep the audience in the dark about another, different plot twist? Example: The two twists in [[Coco]].

henry42 '''[REDACTED]''' Since: Mar, 2012
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Oct 11th 2013 at 8:26:33 PM •••

I really don't see what makes this different from a regular Red Herring.

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