My wife and I noticed a particularly specific trope while watching Despicable Me 4 tonight. An old man with a dog is sitting in front of a remote gas station when an extraordinary vehicle (space ship, high tech car, huge bus, etc.) arrives. A regular person exits the vehicle to do normal gas station things while the old man stares in stunned silence and the dog usually runs to hide. It’s not the creepy gas attendant trope. It’s always done as a comedic moment. We were wondering where this trope started from. If this isn’t the place to ask, would you please point me in the right direction? I tried tvtropes but all I got from there is the creepy gas attendant trope.
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