Crop up
Crop up verb - To come to one's attention especially gradually or unexpectedly.
Show
Show verb - To come into view.
Usage example: another car showed just as we were thinking we'd have the whole place to ourselves
Both terms in one sentence
- This is an acknowledgment of the many inconsistencies that crop up throughout the show's history, and how the authors don't intend to make the show consistent.
- One of the many ships that crop up in The Legend of Korra is P'heer (P'Li/Zaheer), which was canon on the show... but P'Li didn't survive the Book in which she was introduced.
Source: Ghost Shipping - You wouldn't expect this to crop up in a Gundam show but the full crew of Naze's vessel in Iron-Blooded Orphans is made up of his harem.
Source: Battle Harem
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Show and Crop up. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 18, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/crop_up/show
Crop up & Show. N.p., 2016. Web. 18 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/crop_up/show>.
Show or Crop up. 2016. Accessed August 18, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/crop_up/show.
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