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I know of at least three shows (Life, Chuck, and Mr. Robot) that all paired this trope with The Reveal, set to an evocative musical track, of course. I feel like this special usage is common enough to mention so I'll add a note in the description, but feel free to discuss/revise/suggest further.

Previous Trope Repair Shop thread: Ambiguous Name, started by LaundryPizza03 on Sep 3rd 2020 at 7:43:11 AM

"For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled." - Richard Feynman

Needs a new name. "String Theory" is misleading. Anyone who hadn't read the trope page already would have no way of knowing it was a pune or play on words instead of refering to actual string theory.

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What's the first media usage of this trope?

Is this a troop or a comic?

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Why do people use strings for these instead of something else like... I don't know, very narrow tape or something?

Have you ever tried to tie the very end of a piece of string around a thumb tack, and the other very end around another, then stick them both to a board so the string is pulled taut at exactly the length you need to connect two clippings... and not have either end of the string fall off its respective tack in the process? Well let me tell you, its hard as all hell, and damn near impossible without more than one person (which these crazy loner conspiracy theorists generally do not have). And using the tack to skewer a piece of yarn down the middle will only fray the yarn, not pin it to the board.

Surely the set designers have pointed this out countless times.

Also: does anyone know something I could use instead of string? Not a conspiracy theorist or anything. I've only got the board because it looks cool (and because its a fun way to plan out conspiracy stories ahead of time).

Edited by 69.172.221.4 If it ain't broke, fix it 'til it is

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