A Sub-Trope of Geographic Flexibility, when writing a small town setting for long enough, you start introducing new characters everyone apparently knows, but has never mentioned before. In Police Procedural and medical shows, new neighbours are handy for Ripped from the Headlines and Freaks of the Week plots. Can be a feature of a Quirky Town. If the city was larger, it'd be a City of Adventure. See also Twenty-Four-Hour Party People, Long-Lost Uncle Aesop, and Remember the New Guy?. Examples of New Neighbours as the Plot Demands include: