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A single plot element that was once a minor part of The Verse swells in importance as the series progresses, growing more in focus and elaboration to the point that it becomes the focus of major arcs and plot development. As a result, the Plot Tumor's tentacles get wrapped around other elements of the work, either via retcons that connect the Plot Tumor to things it wasn't originally conceived for or just by crowding out other elements in the story. Examples of Plot Tumor include:

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  • A single plot element that was once a minor part of The Verse swells in importance as the series progresses, growing more in focus and elaboration to the point that it becomes the focus of major arcs and plot development. As a result, the Plot Tumor's tentacles get wrapped around other elements of the work, either via retcons that connect the Plot Tumor to things it wasn't originally conceived for or just by crowding out other elements in the story. Examples of Plot Tumor include:
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  • A single plot element that was once a minor part of The Verse swells in importance as the series progresses, growing more in focus and elaboration to the point that it becomes the focus of major arcs and plot development. As a result, the Plot Tumor's tentacles get wrapped around other elements of the work, either via retcons that connect the Plot Tumor to things it wasn't originally conceived for or just by crowding out other elements in the story. Typically this occurs when the creative reins pass on from one writer to the next, as writers forget the original quirks of the element or their creative juices enable them to actualize the untapped story potential of taking a small but notable aspect and expanding on it. However, it's most visible in Derivative Works, where a single element that was important in the source material's success becomes the major focus of the adaptation, especially if late-to-the-party fans or non-fans of the original don't realize the Plot Tumor was once a small part of the original storyline when the work was first being published and it can seem almost unnatural for it not to be part of the status quo of a derivative work. Keep in mind, however, that Tropes Are Not Bad and fandoms expound on minor details just as much as canonical writers; sometimes with the latter ending up into the former. Compare: Adaptation Decay, Flanderization, Romantic Plot Tumor, Never Live It Down, and Motive Decay. A Malignant Plot Tumor is the single-plot counterpart, where a minor plot at the beginning crowds out the other plots at the climax. Contrast Adaptation-Induced Plothole. Examples of Plot Tumor include:
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