History Tropers / MrZAP

* {{QI}}

* DavidMitchellsSoapbox (Youtube show that is ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin)

* ShippingGoggles (just plain irritating... also {{Shipping}} of all non-canon couples, to a lesser extent)

* most of the HollywoodIndex, with a few AcceptableBreaksFromReality, like HollywoodDarkness being the exceptions

[[FavoriteTrope Favorite Tropes]]
I generally appreciate these tropes a lot when done right, though none of them should be used in just any situation. A lot of them are favorites due to aligning well with my personal sensibilities. I'm also more likely to play these straight in my own stories.

[[PetPeeveTrope Pet Peeve Tropes]]
These lists mostly apply only when played straight, and none of them can break a work on their own.

* too many YouTube channels to count

* [[Tsukumogami 99 Spirits]]

* KatawaShoujo (one of my Favorite Games Ever)

* [[BubblegumCrisis Bubblegum Crisis Tokyo 2040]]

* TheTwentyFifthAnnualPutnamCountySpellingBee

* {{Peanuts}}

* BlazingSaddles (1974)

* [[DoctorStrangelove Doctor Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb]] (1964, one of my top 15 films, at #11)
* DoubleIndemnity (1944, one of my top 15 films, at #6, and the final shot is my Favorite Shot Ever)

* TheGodfather (1972, one of my top 15 films, at #4)

* TheLionInWinter (1968, one of my top 15 films, at #8)

* ManOnWire (2008, my Favorite Documentary Ever, and one of my top 15 films, at #10)

* OnceUponATimeInTheWest (''C'era una volta il West'', 1968, one of my top 15 films, at #7)
* OneFlewOverTheCuckoosNest (1975, one of my top 15 films, at #12)

* TheProducers ([[RuleOfThree 1968]], one of my top 15 films, at #5, and my Favorite Comedy Ever... 1968 was a great year for film!)
* {{Protagonist}} (2007, documentary)

* [[StarWars Star Wars Original Trilogy]] (1977-83, counted as one film, more or less permanently grandfathered as my #2 film of all time)

* {{Fahrenheit451}}

* {{Baccano}} (dub preferred)

* DeathNote (manga preferred, though the anime isn't bad... sub preferred, mostly because of L)

* FullmetalAlchemist (both versions)

* MobileSuitGundamWing (sub preferred)
* RurouniKenshin (manga preferred, though I like both, dub preferred)

* SupermanRedSon

* ButchCassidyAndTheSundanceKid (1969, one of my top 30 films, at #27)
* CitizenKane (1941)
* [[DoctorStrangelove Doctor Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb]] (1964, one of my top 30 films, at #12)
* DoubleIndemnity (1944, one of my top 30 films, at #6, and the final shot is my Favorite Shot Ever)
* {{Disney/Fantasia}} (1940, one of my top 30 films, at #28)

* ItsAWonderfulLife (1946)
* TheLionInWinter (1968, one of my top 30 films, at #8)

* ManOnWire (2008, my Favorite Documentary Ever, and one of my top 30 films, at #10)
* Film/MarchOfThePenguins (2005, documentary)
* OnceUponATimeInTheWest (''C'era una volta il West'', 1968, one of my to 30 films, at #7)
* {{Film/Patton}} (1970, one of my top 30 films, at #24)
* TheProducers ([[RuleOfThree 1968]], one of my top 30 films, at #5, and my favorite comedy... 1968 was a great year for film!)

* SuperSizeMe (2004, documentary)

* {{Walden}}

* MartianTimeSlip (mid-career Philip K. Dick)

* SmokeAndMirrors (Gaiman short story anthology)

* MobileFighterGGundam (dub with sub preferred)
* MobileSuitGundamWing
* RurouniKenshin (manga preferred, though I like both)

* DarthBane

* IJedi

* BeetTheVandelBuster

* DragonBall
* FullmetalAlchemist

* LoveHina (though I don't like it as much as I used to...)
* MobileFighterGGundam

* AmericanGods

* {{Beowulf}}

* AChristmasCarol

I intend to create a page for ''Satan: His Psychotherapy and Cure by the Unfortunate Dr. Kassler, J.S.P.S.'' one of these days.

One of the main reasons why I like TV Tropes so much is because of my love of stories. I love stories in any medium, and in any genre, so long as they're done well. It matters much less to me whether or not a story has a happy or a sad ending, or what the subject matter is, or whether the characters are even likeable, so long as it's well done. Maybe it makes me a bit of a story connoisseur... there are some stories I absolutely didn't enjoy for varying reasons, while admitting wholeheartedly that they were well done and that it was specifically because of my own hang-ups that I didn't like them. TheSorrowsOfYoungWerther is probably the best example. I absolutely loathe Werther as a character, which makes the whole things a pain to read... but it's really well-written, with good characterization and description, and a decent plot. I'm the same way with {{Fargo}}, for the most part, an I can appreciate that.

One of my great passions is history, and I think a lot of that is because it's kind of like the greatest, most intricate and in-depth story ever, and I often say that the most well-realized characters in fiction pale in comparison to the nuance of real people.

This is just a placeholder for an expanded page later. As in when I feel like not procrastinating on it.

This space is just filler until later, when I plan to create a ridiculously long contributor page with all sorts of tidbits. You know, the usual things like tropes I embody or have in my life (...it's a fairly Troperiffic life...no, really), works I like, works I'm going to get to eventually, maybe a vandalism section...you know, basically your standard big effort Contributor page.