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It's a fact of life that something which portrays itself as "cutting-edge" is eventually going to become mainstream, and from there passé. However, given enough time -- usually about 20 years -- what had been seen as behind the times, old hat, or just plain uncool suddenly begins to make a comeback. It's gone through the ups and downs of the Popularity Polynomial. Given enough cycles, it becomes an equivalent of Cyclic Trope for shows.

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  • Popularity Polynomial
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  • It's a fact of life that something which portrays itself as "cutting-edge" is eventually going to become mainstream, and from there passé. However, given enough time -- usually about 20 years -- what had been seen as behind the times, old hat, or just plain uncool suddenly begins to make a comeback. It's gone through the ups and downs of the Popularity Polynomial. Given enough cycles, it becomes an equivalent of Cyclic Trope for shows.
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  • It's a fact of life that something which portrays itself as "cutting-edge" is eventually going to become mainstream, and from there passé. However, given enough time -- usually about 20 years -- what had been seen as behind the times, old hat, or just plain uncool suddenly begins to make a comeback. It's gone through the ups and downs of the Popularity Polynomial. How often the item cycles back and forth between "cool" and "not cool" depends on many factors. If something reached a peak when you and your friends were kids, then when you become teens, it is a reminder of a childish time -- and as the fear of childishness and the desire to be very grown up kick in, you don't want to think about it. But when you become adults again, it is seen as harmless. And once your kids discover it, it may even become cool again (as long as they don't associate it with their uncool parents). Now apply that on a larger scale. Given enough cycles, it becomes an equivalent of Cyclic Trope for shows. The name comes from the fact that we like alliteration, and some of us are math geeks. Here's also a more detailed explanation about what a polynomial is and what it has to do with the ups and downs of popularity.
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