Covers
Reality
Reality noun - Something that actually exists.
Both words in one sentence
- In reality that is likely to happen when the car actually covers the victim or when the victim gets catapulted out of sight, as can be seen on footage of real accidents.
- It's only things which don't play well with reality that the Foundation contains and covers up.
- In short, this trope covers any time a character explicitly wonders or exclaims that there is an earthquake, but in reality the shaking has a non-seismic cause.
Source: Mistaken for Quake
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