Back
Back noun - A behind part or surface.
Copout
Copout noun - A failure to face some difficulty squarely.
Both words in one sentence
- As some of the the Film Serial examples may suggest, whenever the Mystery Science Theater 3000 gang watched back-to-back chapters of an old serial short film, someone would always point out the copout.
Source: Cliffhanger Copout -
Plot Twist: When Critic finds himself back in his home after entering the Plot Hole, he gripes about how much a copout that ending was and how it was The Untwist.
Source: Web Video / To Boldly Flee -
Cliffhanger Copout: Likely to show up whenever the gang watches back-to-back chapters from old Film Serials, such as Radar Men from the Moon and Undersea Kingdom.
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