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12	->''"The Internet has given everyone in America a voice, and evidently everyone in America has chosen to use that voice to bitch about movies."''
13	-->-- '''Holden''', ''Film/JayAndSilentBobStrikeBack''
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15	Some poor, innocent, hapless newbie wanders into a forum and wonders aloud if that guy in that show should be with that girl in that show. The forum erupts into flames, igniting all the boards that deal with the show, which ignites whole sections of the Internet into a [[FlameWar blazing Inferno]].
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17	The innocent newbie has opened the door, causing an Internet Backdraft.
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19	It works like this: Controversial Event X occurs, resulting in {{flame war}}s, including ones spanning multiple forums. Internet vigilantes occur who muck up the issue even more into a morass of rumors. Eventually it gets to the point where people are so sick of flame wars about Event X, that this in turn causes flame wars conducted by those who want it to just die. Which it eventually does, sort of, in a smoldering-ember sort of way. Then some [[{{Noob}} n00b]] gives it enough oxygen to make it flare up all over again.
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21	This is also known as [[http://catb.org/jargon/html/H/holy-wars.html "Holy Wars"]]. {{Troll}}s and FanDumb are drawn to to them like flies to a carcass. Mike Reed's Flame Warriors refers to this, when the metaphorical "door" is opened on purpose, as a [[http://www.flamewarriorsguide.com/warriorshtm/grenade.htm Grenade]]. It is also why we have the Administrivia/RuleOfCautiousEditingJudgment, and one of the most frequent reasons for a trope page specifying Administrivia/NoRealLifeExamplesPlease. Some tropes and/or audience reactions are themselves this - which is why they are listed as FlameBait.
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23	The single item in common for these is that people outside the involved communities are astounded that [[CavemenVsAstronautsDebate anyone could care enough about the issue to get in any kind of argument about it at all, much less a]] ''big'' argument.
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25	It sometimes leads to people saying "PassThePopcorn."
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27	Not to be confused with InternetCounterattack -- that's when the internet acts as one to make someone in real life pay.
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29	See also FlameWar, which is a common terminology for this, FlameBait, a normal ''cause'' for this, and [[ForumSpeak GIFT]].
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31	'''No examples, please. This just defines the term.''' Everything can cause this to an extent, whether it's on the Internet or not. Besides, having an examples section for this is just asking for [[WikiVandal vandalism]]. Applicable examples may fit one of the following tropes instead:
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33	* AmericansHateTingle: A hated character seems to be more excused on his homeland for some reason.
34	* AngstAversion: Audiences are disinterested in a work because it's too dark or depressing.
35	* AssPull: Fans don't like a plot twist or plot development that wasn't properly foreshadowed.
36	* AudienceAlienatingEnding: Audiences are discouraged from checking out a work after hearing how bad the ending is.
37	* AudienceAlienatingEra: Fans consider installments of a series or franchise released during a certain period to be inferior to those that came before and after it.
38	* AudienceAlienatingPremise: A work's premise turns away enough buyers to cause the work to become a commercial failure, regardless of the work's quality.
39	* BaseBreakingCharacter: Two sides (sometimes more) get into an incredibly heated argument over a character.
40	* BrokenBase: Two sides (sometimes more) get into an incredibly heated argument over an event or aspect in a work.
41	* CanonDefilement: A fan work upsets the source work's fanbase by deviating too much from the tone, content or characterization of the source work.
42	* CharacterDerailment: Fans get angry when a character changes characterization with no reason or explanation shown or given. Only place examples on-page or in the appropriate subpage.
43	* CharacterShilling: When the Author talks about a character's traits rather than showing them, the audience will generally not take him at his word.
44	* TheChrisCarterEffect: The audience loses interest in a work because its plot points haven't been resolved for too long.
45	* ChristmasRushed: Production of the work was forced to finish faster so that the final product could be released in time for the holidays.
46	* CondemnedByHistory: A work used to be very popular, but, due to a huge amount of retroactive backlash, it is now almost universally despised.
47	* ContestedSequel: Some fans like a sequel, some don't.
48	* CreatorsPet: The audience doesn't like a character that is loved by the creator, put in big scenes for no good reason, and is talked up by the other characters.
49	* CriticalBacklash: Criticism of a widely panned work receives a significant amount of backlash from people who don't think it's as bad as critics and other detractors say it is.
50	* CriticalDissonance: Audiences disagree with critics over the quality of a work.
51	* DearNegativeReader: A creator's response towards negative feedback tends to produce fighting between the fanbase and the creator.
52	* DesignatedHero: An unlikeable character is really going to be hated if the story expects the audience to cheer for them just because they're TheHero.
53	* DieForOurShip: A canonically-existing character is demonized in or written out of fanon in order to make way for the fans' preferred pairings.
54	* DontShootTheMessage: The creators attempt to communicate a noble message in their work, but the execution leaves a lot to be desired.
55	* EightDeadlyWords: A FanSpeak phrase for when the characters in a work are written poorly enough that the audience doesn't care about what happens to the characters.
56	* EsotericHappyEnding: An ending wants to present itself as a happy ending, but it rubs the audience off the wrong way.
57	* FandomEnragingMisconception: Make this mistake as a casual viewer, and suffer the wrath of the fandom.
58	* FandomHeresy: State an opinion that goes against what the majority of the fandom thinks, and incur the fandom's wrath. Administrivia/NoOnPageExamples.
59	* FandomRivalry: Two different fandoms hate each other, and may attack each other online.
60	* FanDumb: Loud, obnoxious fans. No examples, please.
61	* FanonDiscontinuity: The fandom disapproves of an installment in a franchise enough that fans pretend that it's not canon.
62	* {{Glurge}}: A work that was supposed to be emotional or inspiring ends up rubbing the audience the wrong way due to the way it was handled.
63	* HateDumb: Loud, obnoxious haters. No examples, please.
64	* HePannedItNowHeSucks: Fans get angry at a critic for giving a work they like a negative review.
65	* HypeBacklash: An acclaimed work receives a significant amount of backlash from people who don't think it's as good as critics and fans say it is.
66	* ItsTheSameNowItSucks: Audiences feel a sequel is too similar to a previous entry in the series or don't like how an aspect was kept the same.
67	* {{Macekre}}: A strongly held opinion that a cut and paste translation of an anime is a mockery of the original work. No examples, please.
68	* NoExportForYou: A work is not officially released or localized in a certain region, which often leads to backlash.
69	* NoPortForYou: Backlash occurs when a video game is made exclusive to a certain platform or a work in a different medium is made exclusive to a certain form of distribution.
70	* NotBadassEnoughForFans: A character receives flak for not being perceived as badass as other characters.
71	* ObviousBeta: A game is very buggy or without technical polish, to the point that it significantly detracts from the overall experience.
72	* OvershadowedByControversy: Controversy, often related to a work's production, overshadows the work itself.
73	* PortingDisaster: Fans complain of a drop of quality when a video game is ported to another system.
74	* QuestionableCasting: Fans think a creator associated with a work may be ill-suited for their role.
75	* RoleEndingMisdemeanor: A creator is dropped from a work due to their real-life actions. Often hotly debated among fans.
76	* TheScrappy: The audience doesn't like a certain character.
77	** DamselScrappy: The DamselInDistress is more trouble than she's worth, making the audience wonder why the other characters keep rescuing her.
78	** EthnicScrappy: The audience doesn't like a character based on racist stereotypes.
79	** HighTierScrappy: The gamers complain about a character that is [[GameBreaker disproportionately powerful]].
80	** LowTierLetdown: The gamers complain about a character that is disproportionately weak.
81	** ReplacementScrappy: The audience doesn't like the replacement of a character.
82	* SeasonalRot: Fans consider some of the later seasons to be lacking as more of them are produced.
83	* {{Sequelitis}}: Fans consider later installments of the franchise to become more inferior as more are produced.
84	* ShipToShipCombat: Supporters of different pairings of characters within (and many times outside of) the work get into ugly fights regularly.
85	* StrangledByTheRedString: Two characters are made to end up in a romantic relationship that fans consider poorly developed.
86	* SweetnessAversion: Audiences avoid a work they perceive as too saccharine.
87	* TaintedByThePreview: The audience doesn't get a good first impression of the work before it is released.
88	* TheyChangedItNowItSucks: Audiences feel a sequel is too different from a previous entry in the series or don't like how an aspect was changed about it.
89	* TheyCopiedItSoItSucks: The audience is upset that a work copied something from another.
90	* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodCharacter: The fandom complains that a character does not get enough screentime in the work.
91	* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot: Fans feel a certain plot point did not get enough focus.
92	* TooBleakStoppedCaring: The audience stops caring about how the story ends because it's too dark and depressing.
93	* UnfortunateImplications: The audience sees an offensive message in a work, even if it wasn't intended. Examples of this require a citation from a reputable source.
94	* UnnecessaryMakeover: Fans mostly prefer a certain character before the makeover made them less attractive.
95	* UnpleasableFanbase: Fans get upset by anything, no matter what. No examples, please.
96	* ValuesDissonance: It gets ugly when certain groups of the audience have different cultural or social values to a work created in a different time and place.
97	* WTHCostumingDepartment: Fans don't think the costume or character designers did a very good job.

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