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My old least-favorite-trope isn't on here, maybe writers have finally stopped writing it.

> (Somehow, a man and a women end up alone on a planet. This is the last dialog.)

> Man: I never caught your name.

> Women: I'm Eve.

> Man: Hi Eve, I'm Adam.



My first encounter with this one was Alan Moore poking fun at it in 2000AD: https://64.media.tumblr.com/27760dbb610ca38e29db4551f3991cbb... (I guess it was a hoary old chestnut even back then)


> Madam, I'm Adam

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Wow. Mind blown! /s




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