Is there a term for Simpsons opener trick where small vignette/sketch cues up unrelated main story arc? It's my ideal for ribbonfarm ledes.
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. no. cold opens are before credits, but belong in main story, not non sequitur prequel vignette
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. no that's the couch gag seq. I mean 1st scene of actual ep. Eg family at fair, Homer buys dumbell. Story about dumbell, not fair
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Borrow the term "throwaway panels" from Sunday newspaper comics?
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This is an awesome technique, it feels like getting a bonus mini-episode.
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something like a “garden path opener”? I just made this up, I don’t know of an existing term.
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