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| rdfs:comment | - Putting the cast of a (relatively) fantastical setting into a contemporary, "normal" one. The entertainment often comes from the incongruity of not fitting in or the fact that we're seeing the characters in a realistic setting. Exemplified by the famous and much enjoyed Star Trek episodes where characters either go to the past or get involved in a holodeck novel, and (in practice) leave their show's tropes behind a bit. However, doing this as a Genre Shift (or a Retooled series's whole premise) is often too obvious to be successful. Examples of Mundanization include:
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| abstract | - Putting the cast of a (relatively) fantastical setting into a contemporary, "normal" one. The entertainment often comes from the incongruity of not fitting in or the fact that we're seeing the characters in a realistic setting. Exemplified by the famous and much enjoyed Star Trek episodes where characters either go to the past or get involved in a holodeck novel, and (in practice) leave their show's tropes behind a bit. However, doing this as a Genre Shift (or a Retooled series's whole premise) is often too obvious to be successful. If it involves people from a futuristic setting travelling into the past (or a recreation of it), expect there to be a Fan of the Past who provides exposition or takes charge. Compare Brought Down to Normal, Refugee From TV Land, Universal Adaptor Cast, Welcome to The Real World. See also Transplanted Character Fic and High School AU for Fanfic version of this trope. Examples of Mundanization include:
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