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- A fairly peculiar subtrope of No Export for You that applies often to video games but can happen in any medium where a product is blocked or delayed at length from reaching other countries and then gets referenced in another work.
Source: Marth Debuted in "Smash Bros."
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Delayed and Blocked. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 13, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/blocked/delayed
Blocked & Delayed. N.p., 2016. Web. 13 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/blocked/delayed>.
Delayed or Blocked. 2016. Accessed August 13, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/blocked/delayed.
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