Everything that is an element of the whole package immediately encompassing the text and not part of the text itself.
In other words, all that stuff that isn't a part of the show/movie/story itself, but still comes with it. The stuff on the box, the stuff that comes before the show/movie, etc.
See also Text Tropes.
Tropes:
- About the Author
- Alt Text
- All There in the Manual: Information not apparent from viewing the work is given in official books and documents.
- All There in the Script: Information not given in the work itself but from a closely related material, such as the credits, closed captioning, or the script itself.
- Animated Outtakes
- The Annotated Edition
- Anonymous Author: The identity of the person who wrote the story is unknown.
- Blooper: Funny mistakes made during the production of the movie that may be shown in a montage during the end credits or included as special features in a home media release.
- Bonus Material: Additional content for a movie or television show exclusive for home media releases.
- Characterization Tags
- Commercial Pop-Up
- Concept Art Gallery
- Dateline
- Dear Negative Reader: The creators respond to audience complaints by insulting the audience.
- Death by Newbery Medal: A children's work kills a character off for the sake of pathos.
- Dedication
- Dictionary Opening
- Do Not Spoil This Ending
- Dramatis Personae
- DVD Bonus Content
- DVD Commentary: A DVD release has an audio track where the production team talk about the development of the movie while watching it.
- Epigraph
- Face on the Cover
- Fantasy World Map
- False Credit: Someone is credited on a work they did not contribute to.
- Feelies
- Foiler Footage
- Footnote Fever
- Fourth-Wall Mail Slot: Fictional characters respond to fan mail.
- Freeze-Frame Bonus: Something briefly shown the audience will most likely catch by pausing or slowing down the video at the right moment.
- Unreadably Fast Text: Text scrolls by at a speed that it's impossible to read all of it without pausing or slowing down the video.
- Fun with Subtitles
- Hidden Track
- Hilarious Outtakes
- I Do Not Own
- In-Scene Title Text
- Internal Homage
- Intermission
- Limited Special Collector's Ultimate Edition
- Medley Overture
- Milestone Celebration: An installment celebrating the work or franchise's anniversary.
- Minimalistic Cover Art
- Misplaced-Names Poster
- Model Museum
- Never Trust a Trailer
- No Animals Were Harmed: A movie features a disclaimer that, while animals are shown abused, killed or in peril, such acts were simulated and no animals in the film were harmed for real.
- "No Talking or Phones" Warning: Before playing in theaters, a movie is preceded by a short film warning the audiences not to talk or have their phones on when the movie is being played.
- On the Next: Every episode of a television show features a sneak preview of the next episode.
- Onscreen Chapter Titles
- Packaged as Other Medium
- Paradiegetic Gameplay
- Pop-Up Trivia: A version of the movie or television episode where footnotes describing trivia related to the work periodically show up briefly.
- Precap
- Previously on…: The subsequent parts of a Multi-Part Episode are all preceded by recaps of what happened in the preceding episodes so that viewers who missed the earlier episodes aren't left in the dark on what's going on.
- The Rant
- Red-and-White Comedy Poster
- Repeating Ad
- Selling the Show
- Spoiled by the Format
- Station Ident
- Switch to Color
- Tagline
- This Is a Work of Fiction
- Title Sequence Replacement
- Trailers Always Spoil
- Trailer Spoof
- Trend Covers
- Uncredited Role: An actor isn't credited for the role they played in the work.
- Unique Pilot Title Sequence
- Universe Chronology
- Unusual Chapter Numbers
- Vanity Plate
- Webcomic Time
