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I'm embarrassed to say that I have encountered this, this particular type of story on multiple occasions... So I got curious, is there a name to this trope?

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[-] davidgro@lemmy.world 74 points 2 months ago

Assuming it's a surprise, this is Earth All Along. Genre Shift is similar, but that's more about tone than plot

[-] Silentiea@lemmy.blahaj.zone 24 points 2 months ago

Specifically the After the End variant

[-] xmunk@sh.itjust.works 10 points 2 months ago

You maniacs, you blew it all up!

[-] somethingsnappy@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago

Flintsonian/Jetson

[-] zlatiah@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago

Thanks! I think this is it... because I guess the more important part to this trope is that "hehe this is actually the world that you - dear viewer - lives in"... the high-fantasy part is secondary and depends on the genre I guess.

[-] uid0gid0@lemmy.world 6 points 2 months ago

I think the trope From Cataclysm to Myth actually fits better. It even says in the description "Cousin to Earth All Along, but a premise or a plot twist rather than a Twist Ending. "

[-] AwesomeLowlander@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 months ago

What happens when the story is not set on Earth?

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