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| 5 | [[caption-width-right:350:[[https://web.archive.org/web/20110930052238/http://www.maximumpc.com:80/article/features/100_websites_see_you_die_part_1?page=0,3 Oh look! It's us!]]]] |
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| 7 | ->''"Oh my god! Website/TVTropes used one of my quotes!"'' |
| 8 | -->-- '''[[WebVideo/AtopTheFourthWall Linkara]]''', review on ''ComicBook/{{Daredevil}}'' #306 (once again using one of his quotes) |
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| 10 | It's no surprise that the TV Tropes Wiki is one of the most popular websites on the Internet,[[note]]([[https://www.similarweb.com/website/tvtropes.org as of the last time we checked, we're 1,917th on Similarweb]])[[/note]] and, equally, it's no surprise that other webpages want to give us a ShoutOut, or that we would want to return the favor by shouting back to the pages that reference us. |
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| 12 | Also see JustForFun/WeirdestInboundLinkOfTheDay. |
| 13 | |
| 14 | '''''Note''''': Many terms and concepts used on this site have [[OlderThanTheyThink been around since before this site ever even existed]], so be sure to check if a reference is ''definitely'' about this website before adding it as an example. A mention of the name TV Tropes would count, but just the word "trope", even in the sense we use it, wouldn't. |
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| 16 | [[foldercontrol]] |
| 17 | |
| 18 | [[folder:Comic Books]] |
| 19 | * The comic series ''ComicBook/TheTransformersMoreThanMeetsTheEye'' has had three references to TV Tropes so far, in the form of drinks. Issue #11 had "NightmareFuel", issue #13 had "MoodWhiplash", and issue #18 had "[[BerserkButton Berzerker Button]]". Should be noted that [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/remarks.php?trope=ComicBook.TransformersLastStandOfTheWreckers Roberts is known to visit here]] on occasion. |
| 20 | * ''ComicBook/LokiAgentOfAsgard'' knows their tropes. Not only is an early chapter called "LetsYouAndHimFight", but the following chapter has an airplane passenger read "Movietropes.com" ([[JustForFun/TVTropesWillRuinYourLife "You will never leave"]]) and check out the trope "Something On The Wing" (which admittedly doesn't exist... ''yet'') when that trope happens to himself. |
| 21 | [[/folder]] |
| 22 | |
| 23 | [[folder:Fan Works]] |
| 24 | * ''FanFic/ThinkingInLittleGreenBoxes'' has Literature/HarryPotter celebrate when he learns we made a page for the fic here. He even passes out a link to the page to everyone. |
| 25 | * The ''Series/DoctorWho'' fic series FanFic/ThisTimeRound: |
| 26 | ** ''Storytime'' ''[[http://www.ttrarchive.com/spec2.html The Speckled Band]]'', has Baby Mel shout "[[IncomingHam Did somebody order]] A [[LargeHam LARGE HAM]]?" when Creator/BrianBlessed {{Expy}} Prubert Gastridge appears as the villain. |
| 27 | ** [[http://www.ttrarchive.com/yatr.html Another TTR story]] states at the bottom that it was written purely because the FanFic/ThisTimeRound entry said there wasn't a genderbent 'Round. |
| 28 | * Several chapters of ''FanFic/ShinjiAndWarhammer40K'' refer to several tropes. |
| 29 | * Gregg Landsman, author of ''Fanfic/NobodyDies'', has referenced tropes in his story multiple times. For instance, [[spoiler:Iruel greeting Asuka]] with "Hey there {{Woobie}}, how's Mommy treating you?", and Shinji somewhat-sarcastically referring to himself as a "BigDamnHero". He even has a link to the trope page for ''Nobody Dies'' in the signature of his spacebattles.com account. |
| 30 | * ''Fanfic/KyonBigDamnHero'' is a story that is described as a crossover between ''Literature/HaruhiSuzumiya'' and Website/TVTropes. Based on the [[{{Troperiffic}} massive number of tropes]] listed on [[Fanfic/KyonBigDamnHero the Main Trope page for the story]], not to mention several tropes [[ShoutOut referred to]] [[ConversationalTroping by name]]. |
| 31 | * The author of ''Fanfic/LightAndDarkTheAdventuresOfDarkYagami'' was apparently pleased to find our entry on it. Dark randomly declares himself a "sutle [sic] MagnificentBastard" as a TakeThat to the wiki claiming Dark had no subtle gambits, and we're suddenly told Near did a lot of [[FelonyMisdemeanor supposedly evil things]] after Website/TVTropes claimed Near did nothing worthy of his ChewToy status. Later, he thought it was awesome that @/{{Slowzombie}} is {{l|etsPlay}}iveblogging it, [[LiteralMinded Slow's eye problems notwithstanding]]. |
| 32 | * The round-robin, multibranching fic ''[[http://addventure.bast-enterprises.de/frecent.php?tag=Switching+Places%2FEva%21 Switching Places/Eva!]]'' on the Anime Addventure. In this ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion''/''Manga/RanmaOneHalf'' crossover, [[EmotionlessGirl Rei]] [[NoSocialSkills Ayanami]] has begun using [="TVTropes.jp"=] as a tool to help her understand human interactions. [[http://addventure.bast-enterprises.de/253452.html It's unclear whether this is a good idea or not]]. |
| 33 | * ''Fanfic/{{Progress}}'' has the author reccommend us to any readers who want to know what [[SanitySlippage Cutie Mark Failure Insanity Syndrome]] is. Later we see 'Trope's Library of Literary Tools' in Celestia's library. |
| 34 | * Another Pony fic is outright titled ''Fanfic/ShippingGoggles''. |
| 35 | * Fanfiction author [[http://www.fanfiction.net/u/849822/Shadow_Crystal_Mage Shadow Crystal Mage]] makes constant references to tropes by name, and admits outright that his goal is to be referenced on as many pages as possible. |
| 36 | * ''Fanfic/TheSecretLifeOfDolls'' has an [[http://cleoland.pbworks.com/slod-09-0303-monsters installment]] titled after the trope HeWhoFightsMonsters. (Example is not an OlderThanTheyThink. Cleo links to the article.) |
| 37 | * ''WebVideo/PrincessTutuAbridged'' often refers to tropes by name. An entire sub-plot was created because of a single run through the ShippingTropes. It's the Shipping Bridge! And being put in a CargoShip is the worst thing that can happen. But no worries, the [[RomanticPlotTumor the entire plot]] is now focusing on Duck and Fakir. Drusselmeyer hates it. |
| 38 | * ''FanFic/TotalDramaEquestria'' has Izzy at various points flat out ''asking'' people to edit the TV Tropes page for the story, even begging in some cases. |
| 39 | * ''Fanfic/TheManySecretOriginsOfScootaloo'' does a meta chapter with an author insert where Twilight insults him and says he doesn't deserve a TV Tropes page. The author gets very sad and cries. |
| 40 | * [[Creator/RalphHayesJr RHJunior]]'s ''My Little Pony'' fanfics occasionally quote trope names verbatim, such as this quote from ''Fanfic/TheRiseOfDarthVulcan'' (and yes, the capital letters are there in the original): |
| 41 | -->...no matter where you were the atmosphere could swerve from a cloying sugarbowl into a nasty round of [[SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome Reality Ensues]] without warning. |
| 42 | * ''Fanfic/TheBridge'': When faced with an unfamiliar situation, [[FourthWallObserver Discord]] conjures up a Kindle and looks up the fic's own TV Tropes page to get himself up to date, and even mentions the usernames of some of the fic's editors. |
| 43 | * ''Fanfic/ManOfDreams'': the author mentions TV Tropes in the first author's note and later references the fact that JustForFun/TVTropesWillRuinYourLife. |
| 44 | -->''May I again recommend checking out a certain wonderful site called [=TVTropes?=] ''[sic]'' It will ruin your life. But in a good way.'' |
| 45 | * In ''WebVideo/DeathNoteTheAbridgedSeriesKpts4tv'', Raye Penber uses Website/TVTropes to aid in the Kira investigation: |
| 46 | -->'''Raye Penber:''' So far all I have is from Website/TVTropes. Did you know that Kira means glitter in Japanese? |
| 47 | * ''Fanfic/EbottsWake'' mentions the website by name during a conversation. |
| 48 | -->''"TV Tropes has like half a dozen entries on that alone on the [Ace Attorney] movie page."'' |
| 49 | %%* TheAbridgedSeries of ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'' makes quite a few references. |
| 50 | * ''VideoGame/MarioLuigiAndGary'' contains several references to Website/TVTropes. Bowser of all people seems to be a troper, describing his new minion as a PsychoForHire in those exact words! |
| 51 | [[/folder]] |
| 52 | |
| 53 | [[folder:Films -- Live-Action]] |
| 54 | * The Creator/{{Netflix}} special ''Attack of the Hollywood Clichés'' is essentially a review of various TV Tropes articles such as the WireDilemma, CowboyCop, FatalFamilyPhoto, MirrorScare, RedRightHand, ManicPixieDreamGirl, and TheSmurfettePrinciple with commentary from various Hollywood actors, directors, and movie critics. As the title indicates, it takes a decidedly more hostile view on the tropes it discusses than TV Tropes itself does, often criticizing them from an {{Anvilicious}} left-wing perspective. On this website, the more neutral view that Administrivia/TropesAreTools predominates -- [[DiscreditedTrope most of the time]]. |
| 55 | * ''Film/{{Searching}}'': The web address "tvtropes.org/pmwiki.php/Main/Searching" pops up when David is typing "Website/{{tumblr}}" in his URL address bar for a brief moment. |
| 56 | [[/folder]] |
| 57 | |
| 58 | [[folder:Literature]] |
| 59 | * ''[[Literature/MediochreQSethSeries Black, White and Shades of Mediochre]]'' features a character named XanatosGambit. No, really. First name Xanatos, second name Gambit. Since the character is a NerdInEvilsHelmet and the author reads TV Tropes, the reference is certainly intentional. |
| 60 | * A brief one in book five of Charles Stross's ''Literature/TheLaundryFiles'', ''The Rhesus Chart''. A mathematician who was given a certain line of calculations to visualize wakes up to find himself unusually photosensitive, possessed of superhuman reflexes and mind-warping abilities, invisible in the mirror...and thirsty for blood. Naturally, his reaction after calming down from a rather understandable freakout is to check Website/{{Wikipedia}} and [=TVTropes=] for information on vampires. |
| 61 | * ''Literature/WeCantRewind'' thanks TV Tropes on its Acknowledgements page "for bringing me considerable insight into [[RealityIsUnrealistic just how thin the barrier between fiction and reality truly is]]." |
| 62 | * Gary Karkofsky, protagonist of ''Literature/TheSupervillainySaga'' mentions TV tropes and specific tropes several times during his adventures. Creator/CTPhipps is notably a troper on the site. |
| 63 | [[/folder]] |
| 64 | |
| 65 | [[folder:Live-Action TV]] |
| 66 | * TV Tropes began with covering ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer,'' which would mention tropes by name throughout the series. With the release of Season Ten Episode 4 in the comics, it's come full circle with Willow and Andrew discussing Dark Willow as a trope where it becomes a RunningGag, before Andrew says he's not CaptainObvious and Spike goes INeedAFreakingDrink. |
| 67 | [[/folder]] |
| 68 | |
| 69 | [[folder:Printed Media, Blogs, and other Publications]] |
| 70 | * [[https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/black-panther-is-ready-to-take-dark-skinned-actresses-and-colorism-seriously_us_5a7a090ce4b0d0ef3c0a2049 This Huffington Post article]] discussing positive representation of dark-skinned women in ''Film/BlackPanther2018'' features a link to {{Mammy}}. |
| 71 | * The September 2010 issue of ''Wired'' magazine featured [[http://www.wired.com/magazine/2010/08/pl_brown_story_reheat/ a short article on us.]] |
| 72 | -->A visit to TVT&I will teach you [[RuleOfThree three things]]: (1) originality is dead, (2) no one misses it, and (3) [[JustForFun/TVTropesWillRuinYourLife you've just blown six hours]]. |
| 73 | * Wired's September 2012 article on [[http://www.wired.com/magazine/2012/10/tv-tropes-alternate-reality-game/ the Alternate Reality Game]]. |
| 74 | * Scans_daily mentions us a lot, especially in the comments (usually a link, accompanied by LOTS of warnings about [[JustForFun/TVTropesWillRuinYourLife life-ruining side effects]].) |
| 75 | * Been mentioned in the editorial for the January edition of SFX magazine. |
| 76 | * LetsPlay/{{Rao|cow}}[[https://www.youtube.com/user/raocow cow]] has occasionally referenced us in his {{Lets Play}}s. In a [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZbP8yS2MiFQ video]], after mentioning "EpilepticTrees", he outright tells people to visit the site. |
| 77 | * [[http://www.reddit.com/domain/tvtropes.org On Reddit.]] |
| 78 | * David Sirota of ''Salon'' linked to our page on the NobleSavage in his February 2013 list of [[http://www.salon.com/2013/02/21/oscar_loves_a_white_savior/ major Academy Award-nominated or -winning films from the past quarter-century]]. He referred specifically to ''Film/DancesWithWolves'' as "the modern era's emblematic example" of films whose protagonist "went native" among {{Noble Savage}}s. |
| 79 | * [[http://www.costik.com/paranoia/2009/01/tvtropesorg.html Allen Varney blogged about the site on Paranoia.]] |
| 80 | * [[http://www.metafilter.com/65131/TV-Tropes-Wiki MetaFilter likes us too, apparently.]] |
| 81 | * [[http://209.85.129.132/search?q=cache:czJhtOfX_JMJ:www.nanowrimo.org/eng/node/3014547 Let's hope the NaNoWriMo writers don't waste their time on TV Tropes when they should be writing.]] |
| 82 | * [[http://www.killerstartups.com/Site-Reviews/tvtropes-org-writer-s-tricks-and-tropes The site was reviewed on Killer Startups.]] |
| 83 | * [[http://fritzfreiheit.com/blog/2008/10/05/exploring-the-tvtropesorg-wiki/ Fritz Freiheit wrote about the site on his blog.]] [[http://fritzfreiheit.com/wiki/Exploring_the_TvTropes.org_wiki He included a copy of the blog post on his wiki.]] |
| 84 | * [[http://library.calvin.edu/content/resource_abstract/7980 The Hekman Library includes the site as a research resource.]] |
| 85 | * A blog called [[http://grimreviews.blogspot.com/2009/01/lovecraft-on-film-from-tvtropesorg.html Grim Reviews]]. |
| 86 | * Bruce Sterling [[http://blog.wired.com/sterling/2009/01/tv-tropes-the-a.html mentioned us]] on ''Wired'' blogs. |
| 87 | * This [[http://www.boingboing.net/2004/03/11/tv-cliches-catalogue.html Boing Boing]] front-pager sticks out a bit. |
| 88 | * [[http://web.archive.org/web/20041023053636/http://www.bbc.co.uk/comedy/blog/000090.shtml The BBC]] even referenced this site in its comedy blog. Its favorite trope, apparently, was TrappedByMountainLions. |
| 89 | * The Viking's Progress, a blog by a Physician Assistant gives us a shout out [[http://febrifuge.blogspot.com/2009/07/royal-pains-ep-4-tb-or-not-tb-but.html here]] |
| 90 | * [[http://dizzy.pestermom.com/?p=index This]] ''Franchise/TouhouProject'' fansite references some tropes and [[JustForFun/TVTropesWillRuinYourLife warns about the dangers of Trope Addiction]] with every link to this site. It's a {{Troper Work|s}}, and the main site of Webcomic/TouhouNekokayou. |
| 91 | * A Semantic Web researcher discovers that [[http://www.semanticuniverse.com/blogs-mary-sue-magnificent-bastards-tv-tropes-and-spontaneous-linked-data.html we have the Linked Data nature]],and that we may be able to teach the experts a thing or two about building data webs. Maybe ''this'' is why it's so addictive. |
| 92 | * [[http://www.televisionwithoutpity.com/show/eastwick/pilot_93_1.php?page=6 At least one mention]] on a Website/TelevisionWithoutPity recap, not to mention their forums. |
| 93 | * German weekly newspaper [[http://www.zeit.de/kultur/literatur/2009-11/tv-tropes Die Zeit]] |
| 94 | * Blog/CartoonBrew mentions TV Tropes in its article "[[https://www.cartoonbrew.com/ideas-commentary/how-can-we-make-adult-animation-truly-adult-86385.html How Can We Make Adult Animation Truly Adult?]]", criticising the way some animation is treated by the site (at the time, since it was published in 2013), but otherwise calling it a good resource. |
| 95 | * Website/{{Cracked}}: |
| 96 | ** [[http://www.cracked.com/article_18409_the-5-most-statistically-full-shit-national-stereotypes.html An article on bullshit stereotypes]], linking to CheeseEatingSurrenderMonkeys and BritishTeeth. |
| 97 | ** On [[http://www.cracked.com/article_18412_6-absurd-movie-tv-plot-twists-that-really-happened.html implausible TV and movie plots that actually happened]] linking to SwitchedAtBirth. |
| 98 | ** They even have a [[http://www.cracked.com/funny-4848-tv-tropes/ page]] on us. |
| 99 | ** In the October 2010 Cracked contest for what the movie posters would look like for certain web sites, [[http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_143_if-every-website-got-dramatic-movie-adaptation/ we had the winning poster.]] |
| 100 | ** [[http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_199_17-board-games-too-awesome-to-exist/ Another Photoshop bit]] postulates Website/TVTropes the BoardGame. |
| 101 | ** And another [[http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_385_21-tiny-changes-that-would-ruin-great-websites_p2/ found our Kryptonite]] (We're #13). |
| 102 | ** [[http://www.cracked.com/article_22058_6-insulting-movie-adaptations-strong-female-characters.html The article]] on [[AdaptationDecay insulting adaptations]] of female characters has a reference to TV Tropes and a link to the WolverinePublicity page. |
| 103 | ** TV Tropes is mentioned in a far less flattering light in [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/4-websites-that-are-clearly-f2123king-with-me_p2/ this article]], which argues that the Tropers posting in the Real Life categories often have no idea what the real world is actually like. |
| 104 | ** [[http://www.cracked.com/article_20178_the-5-most-badass-movie-scenes-that-happened-in-real-life.html The article]] about awesome movie scenes that actually happened in real life links to "RammingAlwaysWorks" when talking about the #2 item, which was about a US ship ramming into a German U-boat and winning during World War II. |
| 105 | * Website/TheAgonyBooth referenced a few trope titles in [[http://www.agonybooth.com/recaps/Repo__The_Genetic_Opera_2008.aspx their review]] of ''Film/RepoTheGeneticOpera'', then [[http://www.agonybooth.com/recaps/Repo__The_Genetic_Opera_2008.aspx?Page=5 page 5]] features this tidbit: |
| 106 | -->This song is just awful, so much so that TV Tropes, which is run by people who like ''everything'', lists this scene as Repo's DarthWiki/DethroningMomentOfSuck[[invoked]]. |
| 107 | * Here's [[http://io9.com/5479423/behind-the-wiki-meet-tv-tropes-cofounder-fast-eddie?skyline=true&s=i a thing from io9]], a great online 'zine for all things [=SFnal=] and cool. |
| 108 | * Dragonfree lovingly peppers her [[http://www.dragonflycave.com/movies.aspx movie reviews]] with links to tropes that pop up in the Pokemon films. |
| 109 | * The LA Times had [[http://tinyurl.com/ybkph8r a look at us.]] |
| 110 | * Website/KnowYourMeme used this site to confirm if YouTubePoop was a [[http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/youtube-poop meme]]. It's not just YTP, though. There are at least five other articles that have mentioned or linked back to this wiki. |
| 111 | * ''Arcade'', Stanford University's salon magazine, has a [[http://arcade.stanford.edu/tvtropesorg-future-of-humanities write-up about us.]] |
| 112 | * Major online newspaper Slate.com has reference not once, not twice, not thrice, but a bunch of times: |
| 113 | ** [[http://www.slate.com/id/2218464/ Here]] under [[KickTheDog "a dog to kick"]]. |
| 114 | ** A now-deleted page referring to ''Webcomic/{{xkcd}}'' referring to us. |
| 115 | ** In [[http://www.slate.com/id/2246621/ this]] podcast. |
| 116 | ** An explicit reference and link [[http://www.slate.com/id/2256473/ here]] in an article about Music/LadyGaga's use of NaughtyNuns. |
| 117 | ** Two more links come from a [[http://www.slate.com/id/2264312/pagenum/all/ lengthy examination]] of the {{Dead Horse|Trope}} moving to ForgottenTrope of {{Quicksand|Sucks}} in media. |
| 118 | * [[Website/BadassOfTheWeek Amazing Ben]] has referenced this site in some of his articles. |
| 119 | * The site received an entry in the 2011 edition of ''Schott's Almanac'', a catalogue of recent events, trends and phenomena, along with a list of some of the {{trope}}s present here. |
| 120 | * The Febuary 2011 issue of ''Maximum PC'' includes this site on a [[http://www.maximumpc.com/article/features/100_websites_see_you_die_part_1 list of 101 websites everyone should see once]]. |
| 121 | * Wired's Geekdad [[http://www.wired.com/geekdad/2011/06/banned-books-tv-tropes-and-other-ways-to-trick-teen-boys-into-reading-great-literature/ recommends]] [=TVTropes=] to keep kids reading over the summer. |
| 122 | * The "distributed recommendation system" [[http://skipforward.opendfki.de/ Skipforward]] provides a linked-data wrapper for [=TVTropes=] called [[http://skipforward.opendfki.de/wiki/DBTropes DBTropes]]. Among other things, it provides a machine-readable interface to the wiki. |
| 123 | * Ralph Keyes mentions TV Tropes in the bibliography of his book ''Euphemania''--though there's no mention in the main text. |
| 124 | * In [[http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2011/nov/24/fanfiction-deserves-more-respect this article]] in ''The Guardian'' on fanfiction, there's a direct reference to the trope MostFanficWritersAreGirls. |
| 125 | * The Macintosh Garden [[http://macintoshgarden.org/games/lexi-cross page]] for ''VideoGame/LexiCross'' includes the game description from [=TVTropes=]. |
| 126 | * ''[[Magazine/NGamer Nintendo Gamer]]'' Issue 76 references ContractualBossImmunity in an article on boss battles. |
| 127 | * ''Whedonistas: A Celebration of the Worlds of Creator/JossWhedon by the Women who Love Them'' includes several trope references, the most notable being Nancy Kay Shapiro's essay on why Spike is her {{Woobie}}. |
| 128 | * The University of Southern California digital news magazine has an article about TV Tropes here. [[http://www.neontommy.com/news/2012/12/hive-mind-what-you-never-knew-you-never-knew]] |
| 129 | * ''Entertainment Weekly'''s Sept. 20/27, 2013 issue mentions us in [[http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20302134_20733792,00.html their B- review]] of the then-upcoming Creator/{{CBS}} {{sitcom}} ''Series/{{Mom}}'', criticizing its {{Flat Character}}s as something "tvtropes.org could've drafted". |
| 130 | * [[http://animefeet.blogspot.com/2014/01/bare-feet-as-trope-in-media.html This post]] at the Anime Feet blog criticizes our former Does Not Like Shoes page. |
| 131 | * Apparently Mark Rosewater, Head Designer for ''TabletopGame/MagicTheGathering'', [[http://markrosewater.tumblr.com/post/79331518021/do-you-have-an-opinion-on-tv-tropes thinks we are "awesome"]]. |
| 132 | * In the August 2014 issue of ''Otaku USA'', Jason Bradley Thompson's review of ''Literature/DragonarAcademy'' has this reference: |
| 133 | -->[[ClicheStorm Every element of this story feels ripped off]] from a [=TVTropes=] page, from the {{tsundere}} {{love interest}} who's cold on the outside (the love interest isn't [[OurDragonsAreDifferent the dragon]], incidentally), to the evil technological [[TheEmpire Empire]] whose secret agents [[AnachronismStew wield Uzis while everyone else is running around in pseudo-European garb]]. |
| 134 | * In a ''National Review'' [[http://www.nationalreview.com/corner/432350/if-i-say-do-it-theyre-going-do-it-thats-what-leadership-all-about column]] on the 2016 US Presidential election, Jim Geraghty discusses how ''Series/TwentyFour'' AntiHero Jack Bauer refused to cross the MoralEventHorizon by killing an eleven-year-old child, complete with a link to the trope page. |
| 135 | * NASA's Astronomy Picture of the Day article for August 23, 2016 [[http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap160823.html]] links to the ThatsNoMoon article. |
| 136 | * Rose Wild's "Feedback" column in ''The Times'' of 5 August 2017 answers a reader's question regarding the meaning of the word 'trope', making reference to "[=TVtropes.org=], an entertaining and admirable wiki". Though she does include the caveat: |
| 137 | -->While innumerable examples of all these spring to mind, I can't help feeling that filmgoers who [[MeasuringTheMarigolds spend their time trope-spotting]] rather than following the plot [[JustForFun/TVTropesWillRuinYourLife may be missing some of the finer points of the art form]], but to each his own. |
| 138 | * Sunday Comics Debt has [[http://sundaycomicsdebt.blogspot.com/2016/04/pet-peeves-name-calling.html an article]] on the overuse of of SayMyName in comics and how it can devolve into RockyRollCall, with characters who [[AsYouKnow already know each other]] stating their names and abilities for the readers' benefit. The article links to SoBadItsGood, EvilOverlordList, and BreakoutCharacter. |
| 139 | * This Polygon article [[https://www.polygon.com/tv/2018/10/5/17938178/doctor-who-tardis-black-fans on issues with the TARDIS for]] black fans of ''Series/DoctorWho'' links to PutOnABus when talking about Mickey Smith. |
| 140 | * The Website ''Nerdist'' posted an article with the title [[https://nerdist.com/article/fanfiction-romance-better-than-hollywood/ "Why Fanfiction Does Romance Better Than Hollywood"]], and it mentions and provides links to the tropes MeetCute and BigDamnKiss. |
| 141 | * Two opinion articles in The Daily Beast by Matt Lewis, anti-[[UsefulNotes/DonaldTrump Trump]] conservative writer, link to TV Tropes articles. |
| 142 | ** "[[https://www.thedailybeast.com/trumps-arizona-speech-proves-his-shock-comic-act-has-jumped-the-shark Trump’s Arizona Speech Proves His Shock Comic Act Has Jumped the Shark]]" links to CousinOliver and JumpingTheShark. In it, he talks about how Trump's brand of ShockJock politics may be [[ShockFatigue wearing out its welcome]], and how he took on a fresh young face in Kari Lake[[note]], who would go on to lose her bid for Governor of UsefulNotes/{{Arizona}} in 2022,[[/note]] in an attempt to lend some rejuvenation to his flagging brand. |
| 143 | ** Near the end of "[[https://www.thedailybeast.com/nikki-haley-is-starting-to-look-like-a-real-threat-to-trump Nikki Haley Is Starting to Look Like a Real Threat to Trump]]", he discusses how the former US ambassador to the UsefulNotes/UnitedNations has an uphill undertaking to clear out the rest of the 2024 Republican presidental primary field, much less take on Trump himself, linking to FinalBoss.[[note]]However, even though she lasted longer than anyone else in a Trump-dominated primary field, she called off her campaign on March 4th, 2024.[[/note]] |
| 144 | * The Website/{{Tumblr}} blog [[https://textposttropes.tumblr.com/ Text Post Tropes]] takes popular posts on the social media site and tropes them. |
| 145 | [[/folder]] |
| 146 | |
| 147 | [[folder:Tabletop Games]] |
| 148 | * ''TabletopGame/ChangelingTheLost'', in the sourcebook ''Swords at Dawn,'' details Talecrafting, a way Changelings can tweak fate to force life to follow story conventions, such as the RuleOfThree, the Evil Stepmother, or the [[EccentricMentor elderly mentor]]. Guess what site they reference as a good place to find inspiration? |
| 149 | * ''UsefulNotes/{{Fate}} Core'' system ([[http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/evilhat/fate-core link]]) has the following advice about the setting for a Fate game: |
| 150 | -->If you're inventing a setting, you have more work cut out for you. It's beyond the scope of this chapter to tell you how to make a setting; we're assuming you already know how to do that if that's what you're choosing to do. (Besides, we live in a vast world of media. See '''tvtropes.org''' if you don't believe us.) |
| 151 | * ''TabletopGame/{{Outgunned}}'': In addition to their Role/Class, each character gets a "Trope", and they include things like GeniusBruiser, JerkWithAHeartOfGold, BattleButler and MagnificentBastard. |
| 152 | [[/folder]] |
| 153 | |
| 154 | [[folder:Video Games]] |
| 155 | * The indie game ''Bear and Breakfast'' drops ''this'' line in the trailer: |
| 156 | -->"I'm too young to suffer a TV trope death!" |
| 157 | * ''VideoGame/KingdomOfLoathing'' has a ''monster'' in its 2010 Christmas content called the [[http://kol.coldfront.net/thekolwiki/index.php/Tome_of_Tropes "Tome of Tropes." ]] |
| 158 | --> "You can't focus your attention on working, or on much of anything, so you turn to the nuclear solution of boredom: the Tome of Tropes. It's a giant book that explains and gives clever names to all of the recurring themes in literature, popular culture, and even real life. There are two things about the book that make it purest evil: the first is that anyone can add to it, so it's always changing and growing larger. The second is that [[WikiWalk every entry contains several references to other cleverly-named tropes, and touching one of those names sends you to an explanation of that trope's name, complete with references to other tropes]]... and at some point you look up and see you're eight years older than when you started." |
| 159 | * One of the ''VideoGame/{{Minecraft}}'' title blurbs reads: "Less addictive than TV Tropes!" |
| 160 | * In ''VideoGame/{{Terraria}}'', the achievement for crafting [[spoiler:the Zenith]] is called "InfinityPlusOneSword" |
| 161 | * Two of Peacock's moves in ''VideoGame/{{Skullgirls}}'' are tropes documented on this wiki, and [[AllThereInTheManual the move list]] says that their names actually are "BigBallOfViolence" and "ShadowOfImpendingDoom". [[ReferenceOverdosed Given the nature of the game]], and ''especially'' [[CloudCuckoolander the nature of Peacock]], this ''really'' isn't surprising. |
| 162 | * In the English localization of ''VisualNovel/DanganronpaV3KillingHarmony'', Monokuma and the Monokubs mention the "DeathIsCheap" trope by name after Monokuma comes BackFromTheDead in the first chapter. They hate said trope, however. |
| 163 | * ''VideoGame/TheFabulousFearMachine'' publisher, Creator/{{AMC}} Games, has [[https://x.com/amc_play/status/1709786603911098678?s=46&t=7YT7yMPCw2VMMwQUxWj5_A tweeted]] that the game is the first of theirs to receive a TV Tropes game. They have even described the game as “taking over the world with TV Tropes”. |
| 164 | [[/folder]] |
| 165 | |
| 166 | [[folder:Web Animation]] |
| 167 | * An episode of an ''WebAnimation/ExtraCredits'' column focusing on the first five minutes of a game (and their importance), titled [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EFU4tjMndi4 "Starting Off Right",]] shows the "TraumaInducedAmnesia" TV Tropes article (that is, an excerpt of it) at around two minutes in. |
| 168 | %%* ''WebAnimation/ZeroPunctuation'' has made references to trope titles in the past. |
| 169 | * In the description of one of ''WebAnimation/IfTheEmperorHadATextToSpeechDevice'' shorts, Alfabusa notes "for the chroniclers over at TV Tropes" that the current episode is canon -- the recap page of the series is keeping notes of which short is and isn't. |
| 170 | * During one of her superchat reading streams, Kiara Takahashi of WebAnimation/{{hololive}} EN was pointed to [[Characters/HololiveEnglishGenerationOneMyth her entry on the hololive characters pages]], and proceeded to read several examples from it live with a mix of amusement and shock. [[JustForFun/TVTropesWillRuinYourLife She concluded by saying she would read more of the page later, off-stream.]] |
| 171 | [[/folder]] |
| 172 | |
| 173 | [[folder:Web Comics]] |
| 174 | * Every strip at ''Webcomic/TheBestGamepiecePhotocomic'' links to a TV Tropes page with a relevant trope. |
| 175 | * As ''Webcomic/DorkTower'' admits, [[http://www.dorktower.com/2011/01/18/dork-tower-tuesday-january-18-2011/ TVTropes will indeed ruin your life]]. |
| 176 | * ''Webcomic/ErrantStory'': in one of the [[NoFourthWall chapter commentaries]], Bani calls Sara the [[TheWorfEffect Worf]] of ''Errant Story''. Sara's response? "You're not allowed to read [=TVTropes=] anymore". |
| 177 | * JustForFun/TropeTan and CaptainObvious are characters in ''Webcomic/TheWayOfTheMetagamer''. The comic also directly mentions ''JustForFun/AvatarAndTheAirbendingFellowshipOfVampireSlayers'' and tropes on Website/ThisVeryWiki. |
| 178 | * ''Webcomic/IrregularWebcomic'' mentions this wiki in the notes a lot. So does ''Webcomic/DarthsAndDroids''. As {{@/Dmmaus}} is a known [[Administrivia/TVTropesGlossary Troper]], this should be expected. |
| 179 | * [[http://www.superstupor.com/sust02132009.shtml This strip]] of ''Webcomic/SuperStupor''. |
| 180 | * ''Webcomic/StickmanAndCube'' mentions us a few times. or at least refers to tropes by name. |
| 181 | * ''Webcomic/NowhereUniversity'' has references to this site. |
| 182 | * The commentary on [[http://www.partiallyclips.com/index.php?id=1596&c=1 this strip]] of ''Partially Clips''. |
| 183 | * Phil Foglio has a link to us on the ''Webcomic/GirlGenius'' [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/fun.php Fun Stuff page]]. |
| 184 | * ''Webcomic/{{xkcd}}'' once mentioned us [[http://xkcd.com/609 here]]. And linked the comic to this site. Randall Munroe is a cruel man, as the people [[http://echochamber.me/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=42391 in this thread]] can certify. |
| 185 | * ''Webcomic/{{qxlkbh}}'' mentioned us in [[https://qxlkbh.github.io/42 42: regarding tvtropes]] and the title of [[https://qxlkbh.github.io/70 70: the one that has the title that says "hey tropers mark down theme naming in your trope bingo"]]. |
| 186 | * TheRant for [[http://www.shortpacked.com/comic/ripcord This]] ''Webcomic/{{Shortpacked}}'' strip is "Is this something already covered by Website/TVTropes? I haven't checked yet". [[StrawVulcan It is]]. |
| 187 | * ''Webcomic/TheAdventuresOfDrMcNinja'' recently had a strip that features a blurred website that looks [[http://drmcninja.com/archives/comic/15p48/ veeeerryy suspicious.]] |
| 188 | * ''Webcomic/TheOrderOfTheStick'': [[http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showpost.php?p=8006917&postcount=137 According to the Giant]], he's aware of Website/TVTropes, but has never directly referenced it; everything that seems like a reference is OlderThanTheyThink. |
| 189 | * At least two of the authors of ''Webcomic/ExterminatusNow'' are tropers, and Silversword is one of them. Eastwood is the other. |
| 190 | * In at least [[http://www.egscomics.com/egsnp/?date=2010-02-12 one]] ''Webcomic/ElGoonishShive'' strip, Dan has linked to Website/TVTropes in TheRant. Specifically, the RedShirt page. |
| 191 | * Creator/AndrewHussie of ''Webcomic/{{Homestuck}}'' has mentioned us a few times. While he doesn't completely agree with our specific list-based methods, he seems to like the general troping idea and has said that he's found a few articles to be interesting reads. [[note]]Which is understandable, considering how many tropes are pulled off, {{lampshaded}} and {{zigzagged}} in ''Homestuck''.[[/note]] |
| 192 | * ''Webcomic/DinosaurComics'': The archive title of the [[http://www.qwantz.com/index.php?comic=1582 Oct 28, 2009]] page is "inspired by the tvtropes 'WeaksauceWeakness' page. tvtropes it great, it'll remind you of how ridiculous your body is, AND also suck up endless hours of your time". |
| 193 | * ''Webcomic/TheUnspeakableVaultOfDoom'' linked this site's "good summary" of ''[[TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}} Warhammer 40K]]'' in [[http://www.goominet.com/unspeakable-vault/vault/341/ strip #341]]. |
| 194 | * ''Webcomic/UnwindersTallComics'': Barbecue Sauce [[http://tallcomics.com/?id=72 has an anime to recommend]]. |
| 195 | * The chaps that create ''Webcomic/VirtualShackles'' might well be tropers, as [[http://www.virtualshackles.com/187 this comic]] references ManicPixieDreamGirl. |
| 196 | * ''Webcomic/AnsemRetort'' has [[http://ansemretort.org/ansemretort/index.html?comic=627 this]] as a sort of TakeThat joke to the site. Duke then added in his update that people check out the site, as well as a disclaimer that he doesn't edit his own page and leaves it up to the fans. |
| 197 | * ''Webcomic/APathToGreaterGood'': Guido (who does occasionally post on the TV Tropes forum) [[http://www.neorice.com/aptgg_263 wonders if there's a trope for that hair]]. (AnimeHair or ImprobableHairstyle, by the way.) |
| 198 | * ''Webcomic/{{Bobwhite}}'': [[http://www.bobwhitecomics.com/?webcomic_post=20081218 This page]] discusses the TzadikimNistarim. The AltText notes "This one is on TV Tropes for some reason." |
| 199 | * The commentary to [[http://www.escapistmagazine.com/articles/view/comics/critical-miss/9001-Critical-Miss-Stowaways-Assassins-Creed this]] ''Webcomic/CriticalMiss'' strip (referencing ''Franchise/AssassinsCreed''): |
| 200 | --> "The Templars are winning in the modern portion of the games because they finally have access to [[HomePage a certain website]] and thus can avoid embarrassing situations like the one illustrated in today's comic. That and they presumably outlawed hay." |
| 201 | ** When Erin went to visit her therapist [[http://www.escapistmagazine.com/articles/view/comics/critical-miss/9201-Therapy in this strip]] he references several tropes to explain her mental problems. She accuses him of not being a real doctor and then the audience sees he has [=TVTropes=] open with "goatfuck crazy" in the search engine. |
| 202 | --> "Alright, Miss Stout. From what you've told me you have a severe case of... hold on... SanitySlippage, which is an ambiguous disorder caused by... huh... You're now what we technically call a [[{{Cloudcuckoolander}} 'cuckoolander']]." |
| 203 | ** After Erin takes Kratos' (from ''VideoGame/GodOfWar'') advice and try to destroy her friend's Platform/XBox360 and almost seriously harming another in the process, she gets thrown out of their house. [[http://www.escapistmagazine.com/articles/view/comics/critical-miss/9527-Consensus She then decides to get drunk,]] and comments that "This is going to look '''terrible''' on my Website/TVTropes page." |
| 204 | ** Johnathan Grey Carter, the writer of ''Critical Miss'' is pleased that it has a page: |
| 205 | -->One of our readers, some might say our '''best''' reader, has started a ''Critical Miss'' TV Tropes page! I've always wanted my own TV Tropes page. So much so I even considered starting my own. But that'd be kind of like like signing your own yearbook, or masturbating in public. It's just not done. Whoever started the page may step forward and receive a moderate amount of praise and adulation. |
| 206 | * On the ''Webcomic/EarsForElves'' [[http://www.earsforelves.com/ links bar]], our page is the first entry in "extras". We are also now the official [[Characters/EarsForElves character sheet]], being the link under "about", though the [[http://www.earsforelves.com/characters original page]] (which our content is heavily based off) is still there if you know the URL. These links account for the main page having >800 inbounds and the character page having 150, despite the main page only having 50 wicks, as of the 3rd of June 2012. |
| 207 | * ''Webcomic/TimesLikeThis'': [[http://www.timeslikethis.com/index.php?id=625 This strip]] goes out of its way to be {{Troperiffic}} with [[{{Dialogue}} Dialogue Tropes]] before name dropping the "TV Tropes Foundation". Thomas Overbeck links to TV Tropes in the commentary:[[note]]He had been linking to it in the top-right-hand corner of his site for the previous few months already.[[/note]] |
| 208 | -->I'm really loving that site (and all the referral traffic it gets me). |
| 209 | * In [[http://get-medieval.livejournal.com/393251.html one of the author's comments]] during the commentary rerun of ''Webcomic/GetMedieval'' Irony-chan said in regard to Franchise/BillAndTed appearing as knights in her story: |
| 210 | -->Somewhere on the TV Tropes Wiki is a theory that Bill and Ted are Time Lords, but I'm not going to provide a link because that would involve ''entering'' the TV Tropes Wiki, and it might be months before I came out again. |
| 211 | * [[http://skin-horse.com/comic/a-desk-at/ This]] strip from ''Webcomic/SkinHorse'' (currently used as a trope image for DescriptionCut). |
| 212 | * Colonel Glass in ''Webcomic/{{Spinnerette}}'' takes GenreSavvy to a whole new level simply [[http://www.spinnyverse.com/index.php?id=521 by reading TV Tropes]]. |
| 213 | * In ''Webcomic/FullFrontalNerdity'', Frank finally found a way to make his plots less predictable when he [=GMs=] - [[http://ffn.nodwick.com/?p=1441 a random plot element table cross-referenced with TV Tropes]]. |
| 214 | * The [[https://www.bittersweetcandybowl.com/extras.html#otherlinks Extras Page]] for ''Webcomic/BittersweetCandyBowl'' has a link that leads to the TV Tropes page of it. |
| 215 | * ''Webcomic/TheToonTeensComic'' has a character called Tropey The Talking Lampshade that supposedly runs its respective TV Tropes page in-universe. |
| 216 | [[/folder]] |
| 217 | |
| 218 | [[folder:Web Original]] |
| 219 | * [[http://www.snopes.com/info/news/cookies.asp This article]] on ''Website/{{Snopes}}'' links to the StrawFeminist trope page in describing the sort of content of the tale that it is examining. |
| 220 | * Nice essay on The Millions examining whether or not we have a [[http://www.themillions.com/2011/09/the-million-basic-plots.html chilling effect on creativity.]] Also relays some information about Creator/ChinaMieville's opinion of the wiki. |
| 221 | * ''Wired'': |
| 222 | ** Lore Sjöberg features us [[http://www.wired.com/underwire/2010/08/alt-text-procrastinators/ here]]. The page on the screen is RidiculousProcrastinator. |
| 223 | ** The Angry Nerd, another feature of the site, has a video wherein he prepares for the apocalypse by printing out the site in its entirety. |
| 224 | * [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i2_2YfyOytM While Googling himself]], WebVideo/ComboPanda comes across a TV Tropes article on WebVideo/RyanToysReview, the parent channel... |
| 225 | --> '''Combo''': TV Tropes- Even though [[ArtifactTitle we're on the Internet.]] Guess we're INTERNET TROPES! |
| 226 | ** and a special section about him. He proceeds to comment on some of the examples given to him and is impressed by how much TV Tropes documents him. |
| 227 | ---> '''Combo''': These TV Tropes guys really watch like every episode of my show! [[SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome That's awesome!]] TV Tropes is part of the Combo Crew! CONFIRMED!! They even put in our little dialogue we have. |
| 228 | * Fundies Say the Darndest Things: On the top of [[http://fstdt.com/QuoteComment.aspx?QID=78590 this page]], it says "The "High Octane Nightmare Fuel" Award". Also, [[http://fstdt.com/QuoteComment.aspx?QID=79897 this quote]] got the "ArsonMurderAndJaywalking" award. |
| 229 | * The Website/SCPFoundation lists this site as an safe-class object: [[http://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-4445-j SCP 4445]]. (Granted, it's a joke entry, written in response to our article about them...) Seems that in the SCP-verse, this wiki is a front for the Foundation, used for psychological screening and recruitment. Also, in [[http://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/supplemental-report-239-b-192 Supplemental Report 239-B-192]]. [-Not to mention members showing up on the forum occasionally.-] |
| 230 | * The ''WebOriginal/{{Inglip}}'''s main (so to say) artist Prodlly (alias The Troll) evidently is deeply in love with Website/TVTropes, to the extent that he sometimes mentions it directly in the comics, for surplus metalulz. |
| 231 | * The ''WesternAnimation/LittlestPetShop2012'' fan site The Pet Shop Insider has [[http://www.thepetshopinsider.net/2013/02/littlest-pet-shop-has-page-on.html a page]] about our page on the show. |
| 232 | * This ''Series/DoctorWho'' [[http://www.doctorwhotv.co.uk/what-to-expect-the-day-of-the-doctor-55464.htm TV article]] about the "[[Recap/DoctorWho50thASTheDayOfTheDoctor Day of the Doctor]]" is very aware of TV Tropes; the entire article is about 80% Administrivia/WikiWord references. For example... |
| 233 | -->''Watch the special and tick off all the {{Continuity Nod}}s you recognize because there will be tons of them! Expect dozens of {{Call Back}}s to previous stories also. Well…even more than usual. We already know that TheBusCameBack for [[Creator/DavidTennant Tennant]] and [[Creator/BilliePiper Piper]] and [[Creator/StevenMoffat Moffat]] {{Dropped a Bridge|OnHim}} on Creator/PaulMcGann's Doctor in the prequel, so who else can we be expected to see."'' |
| 234 | * Ars Technica's 'Page Not Found' banner advises: |
| 235 | -->If this is a really long outage, check out a cool site like Website/{{reddit}} or TV Tropes to pass the time. |
| 236 | * [[Website/TheAgonyBooth Mr. Mendo]] reviewed ''Film/TheRoom2003'' on [[http://www.agonybooth.com/video1191_The_Room_2003_Movie_Review.aspx this site's request]], and referred to the Booth's occassionally rocky website relationship with Tropers. Still, he calls TV Tropes his favorite website. |
| 237 | -->"Even if you are going to Hell..." |
| 238 | * Indirect example: In March 2014, Website/AVClub published an article co-written by several staff members titled "[[http://www.avclub.com/article/what-tv-trope-aggravates-you-most-202160 What TV Trope Aggravates You the Most?]]" Although the article never directly references this site or its trope names, the title is a dead giveaway. For the curious, the tropes listed are: InMediasRes, ChristmasMiracle (more or less), FakeBand, EnhanceButton, WillTheyOrWontThey, ConvenientMiscarriage, DisneyDeath, AntiHero (overused), Bikini Bar (now merged with FamilyFriendlyStripper, also overused), DisposableWoman and OldFriend (you guessed it--overused). |
| 239 | ** TV Tropes is mentioned on the 'Fun!' page on [=AmazIn.com=]: https://amazinhub.wordpress.com/ |
| 240 | * In preparation for the release of ''VideoGame/KirbyTripleDeluxe'', Gamespot wrote [[http://www.gamespot.com/articles/why-is-kirby-always-angry-in-the-us-nintendo-explains/1100-6419263/ a news article answering why Kirby is always angry in American box art]], referencing AmericanKirbyIsHardcore in the process. |
| 241 | * Rob Bricken's [[http://io9.com/brett-ratners-hercules-is-a-lie-dont-fall-for-it-1610881361 unfavorable review]] of ''Film/{{Hercules 2014}}'' claims that the film "refuses to show anything that doesn't have a 3000-word TV Tropes page devoted to it". He proves his point by linking to the TrainingThePeacefulVillagers entry ("we begin with Herc training a misfit army of villagers into an elite fighting force as seen in countless films"), then listing the plot's [[ClicheStorm numerous other cliches]]. |
| 242 | * In [[http://web.archive.org/web/20100823113054/http://www.toonzone.net/news/articles/22845/the-pebbles-and-bamm-bamm-show-the-modern-stone-age-hannah-montana his review]] of ''WesternAnimation/ThePebblesAndBammBammShow'', Ed Liu notes that Pebbles is "the one most often saddled with the IdiotBall, since most of the episodes rely on her misunderstanding something and then finding the worst possible way to fix her mistakes", complete with a link to the trope. |
| 243 | * There's another animation review that links to IdiotBall: [[https://www.flayrah.com/4045/review-legend-rabbit-impossible-enjoy this piece]] on the Chinese film ''Legend of a Rabbit''. |
| 244 | * [[http://wehuntedthemammoth.com/2015/06/25/will-a-meme-celebrating-single-mothers-bring-about-the-end-of-civilization-one-mens-rightser-says-yes/ This article]] at We Hunted the Mammoth, a site that ridicules "the new misogyny" of anti-feminism, uses a link to the YouWouldntLikeMeWhenImAngry page to make fun of the post it's discussing. |
| 245 | * Another indirect example: Pop culture analysis site The Mary Sue[[note]]It's already named after a trope, albeit one that predates this wiki[[/note]] published [[http://www.themarysue.com/nightmare-hippy-girls/ an article]] titled "What We Can Actually Learn by Re-Imagining the 'ManicPixieDreamGirl' Trope". It doesn't mention this page, although it gives due credit to Creator/NathanRabin for naming the concept. |
| 246 | * ''Website/{{Cracked}}'' links to Brother Chuck (since renamed ChuckCunninghamSyndrome) in [[http://www.cracked.com/article/117_the-5-most-maddeningly-unresolved-tv-plotlines/ The 5 Most Maddeningly Unresolved TV Plotlines]] under "#3. Mr. Turner Eats Pavement on ''Series/BoyMeetsWorld'', since Mr. Turner crashes his motorcycle offscreen and proceeds to never appear again. |
| 247 | -->''In most cases we'd accept this turn of events, as characters on sitcoms vanish [[ChuckCunninghamSyndrome all the freaking time.]]'' |
| 248 | * After Ellen, a site that critiques pop culture from a lesbian perspective, links to BuryYourGays in [[https://web.archive.org/web/20170114194914/https://afterellen.com/tv_shows/529373-fan-fiction-clexa-revived-raiseyourgays-anthem this article]] about professional creators and fanfic writers who [[DefiedTrope defy the trope]]. |
| 249 | * Feminist site theestablishment.co has [[https://theestablishment.co/dave-chappelle-your-transphobic-misogynistic-rants-arent-funny-60fc9f8c7a41 an article]] criticizing Creator/DaveChappelle for the "homophobic, transphobic, misogynistic rants" in his 2017 Creator/{{Netflix}} specials. When the article discusses Chappelle's routine about "an ugly superhero who [[BlackComedyRape rapes women to activate his superpowers and save lives]]", it links to PoliticallyIncorrectHero (under its alternate name LicensedSexist). |
| 250 | * The website Website/AtomicRockets, which discusses many science-fiction space tropes, has linked to TV Tropes several times and even quotes our trope definitions on some pages. |
| 251 | * Wonkette.com is a site that covers American politics from a satirical perspective. [[https://www.wonkette.com/ben-sasse-knows-why-there-are-two-americas-youre-a-bad-parent One of its articles]] has a reference: |
| 252 | -->But surely there are more important divisions in this divided, fractured nation? Not to be all Andy Borowitz about it (and to be all Andy Borowitz about it), there are families who put the toilet paper over the top of the roll, and families who do it wrong; families who leave the television blaring away all day whether anyone's around to watch it, and families who will never stop telling you they don't own a TV because it's all ''garbage''; and families who observe the RuleOfThree, and families who swear eternal vendetta on anyone who links to TV Tropes. |
| 253 | ** Wonkette references us again in [[https://www.wonkette.com/rand-pauls-brain-is-full-of-spider-theres-also-garlic-in-his-soul this article]] on Kentucky senator Rand Paul, which says that "Paul took the Senate floor Monday afternoon to give his own ReasonYouSuckSpeech", including a link to the trope. |
| 254 | * Website/BombReport is a website that catalogs, as the title implies, {{Box Office Bomb}}s. [[https://bombreport.com/yearly-breakdowns/2017-2/blade-runner-2049/ In the header]] for the ''Film/BladeRunner2049'' write-up, the term "AcclaimedFlop" is used. |
| 255 | * The 2019 Game Developer's Conference presentation "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vb39BFs1UK0 You Can Take an Arrow to the Knee and Still Be an Adventurer]]" by Cherry Thompson cites TV Tropes as a good resource for understanding the usual stereotypes to avoid when featuring disabled characters. |
| 256 | * One Annie Chester [[https://expatalachians.com/reflections-on-anime-appalachia wrote for expatalachians.com]], taking offense at how the Kansai accent tends to be dubbed into a DeepSouth[=/=]{{Brooklyn|Rage}} accent, writing that "by rendering Osakan accents as redneck or Brooklyn accents, problematic and damaging stereotypes are conveyed across linguistic barriers" because of it. She references TheIdiotFromOsaka and the now-disambiguated KansaiRegionalAccent. |
| 257 | [[/folder]] |
| 258 | |
| 259 | [[folder:Web Videos]] |
| 260 | * [[Creator/BobChipman Moviebob]]: In [[http://www.escapistmagazine.com/articles/view/columns/moviebob/7190-Trope-a-Dope this article]], he lovingly kicks our asses. The good stuff kicks in on page 2. |
| 261 | * ''WebVideo/AtopTheFourthWall'': Linkara made the exclamation "Oh my God! Website/TVTropes used one of my quotes!" during a PreviouslyOn montage.[[note]]According to Linkara it was the headline quote for BrokenAesop[[/note]] |
| 262 | --> ''[[http://atopfourthwall.blogspot.com/2010/02/double-feature.html "...Spend HOURS at the TV Tropes Booth!"]][[note]]Part 2, to be specific.[[/note]]'' |
| 263 | * ''WebVideo/BrowsHeldHigh'': Oancitizen has mentioned in his ''Film/KenPark'' commentary that he used us as a reference when looking up films to review, specifically the pages LeFilmArtistique, TrueArtIsIncomprehensible and {{Euroshlock}}. |
| 264 | * ''WebVideo/GameGrumps'': During their playthrough of ''VideoGame/DonkeyKongCountry1'', Arin discusses on how he visited TV Tropes and read on his character page how he was described as BookDumb for dropping out of high school. |
| 265 | * WebVideo/TheMysteriousMrEnter regularly references TV Tropes in his videos, linked his tropes page to his channel, and even edited it a bit. |
| 266 | ** He even showed the StatusQuoIsGod page briefly in the episode regarding "[[WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy Seahorse Seashell Party]]". |
| 267 | ** He acknowledges a period during mid-late 2015 as an AudienceAlienatingEra in "Top 10 Worst Mr. Enter Videos", even screenshotting the example from YMMV.TheMysteriousMrEnter, though for some reason he refers to it by its old name, Dork Age. |
| 268 | * CR of ''WebVideo/FamiliarFaces'' mentions a character as TheWoobie in his Top 10 Overlooked Christmas Specials, even mentioning us by name. |
| 269 | * WebVideo/TheNostalgiaChick: |
| 270 | ** Dedicated a [[http://thatguywiththeglasses.com/videolinks/thedudette/nostalgia-chick/16616-the-smurfette-principle whole video]] to DistaffCounterpart and TheSmurfettePrinciple, using Website/TVTropes' names for both. |
| 271 | ** She strikes again in [[http://thatguywiththeglasses.com/videolinks/thedudette/nostalgia-chick/22681-ever-after her review]] of ''[[Literature/{{Cinderella}} Ever After]]'', where she discusses TheWoobie trope and mentions Website/TVTropes by name. |
| 272 | * WebVideo/YRulerOfTime of ''Read Right To Left'', the {{Manga}} review show on Website/ChannelAwesome: |
| 273 | ** Uses a lot of trope names in his review of ''[[http://thatguywiththeglasses.com/videolinks/ir/yrt/readright/11736-rumble School Rumble]]'', and displays the {{Tsundere}} page image as well. |
| 274 | ** In his later review of ''[[http://thatguywiththeglasses.com/videolinks/ir/yrt/readright/21419-lets-bible Let's Bible]]'', he refers to Website/TVTropes by name, discussing the WhatDoYouMeanItsNotSymbolic trope, and even displaying the page as he talks. In subtitles, he admits that [[CaptainObvious he visits the site]], and also says that the above paragraph shouldn't count as an example of Notable References to [=TVTropes=], but that his present discussion should. The obvious solution? [[TakeAThirdOption Have both of them as examples]], of course. |
| 275 | * [[WebVideo/LeeAndDena Dena]], of Website/ChannelAwesome's Game Den and Film Den shows referenced a character as TheWoobie complete with an image of the page. |
| 276 | * The Blog [[http://slacktivist.typepad.com/slacktivist/ The Slacktivist]] made one of its ''Literature/LeftBehind'' criticisms [[http://slacktivist.typepad.com/slacktivist/2010/11/tf-pocket-full-of-kryptonite.html here]], with a reference to MrExposition. [[http://slacktivist.typepad.com/slacktivist/2010/11/tf-pocket-full-of-kryptonite.html?cid=6a00d8341c582a53ef0133f588d84a970b#comment-6a00d8341c582a53ef0133f588d84a970b This comment]] states: |
| 277 | -->We all knew this day would come. ''Fred himself'' has opened the door to the TV Tropes Abyss.\ |
| 278 | ''[clears schedule for rest of day]'' |
| 279 | * WebSite/SFDebris has made a couple references in his videos, including a notice to alert the users of TV Tropes that he finally gave a ''Series/StarTrekVoyager'' episode a score of 10. |
| 280 | * LetsPlay/ProtonJon is fully aware of TV Tropes and occasionally namedrops tropes. |
| 281 | -->[[http://twitter.com/Proton_Jon/status/26530386061 The Superman LP has led to edits on the TVTropes entry for Superman 64. My work here is done]]. And in LetsPlay/TheRunawayGuys LetsPlay on ''VideoGame/MarioParty'', he says [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eVwSxw4jNDM&t=13m43s "TV Tropes just kinda had a heart attack."]] |
| 282 | * LetsPlay/{{Chuggaaconroy}} also wound up outing himself as a troper[[note]]Not to be confused with a trooper. EVER.[[/note]] on the Runaway Guys, mainly with his repeated usage of saying "[[PressXToNotDie Press A to not die]]" (and on the guys' ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBrosBrawl'' LP, "Press Start to not die"). |
| 283 | ** Made more obvious in Episode 16 of the Runaway Guys' ''VideoGame/NewSuperMarioBrosWii'' [=LP=], where he comments, "LetsPlay/{{Josh|Jepson}}, according to TV Tropes, you're [[TheSmurfettePrinciple the girl.]]" |
| 284 | ** In ''VideoGame/{{Okamiden}}'', he even mentions reading his own pages and having major respect for the people who edit them so fast. |
| 285 | --->'''Chugga:''' I don't know who runs my TV Tropes page, but I gotta say this: I have undying respect for whoever you person or persons are because you keep that thing updated like nuts. Especially the [[{{Funny/Chuggaaconroy}} Funny]] page. My god, it's nuts. |
| 286 | ** In Part 17 of TRG's ''VideoGame/SonicAdventure'' playthrough, he mentions being the page quote for CaveBehindTheFalls. |
| 287 | ** As of ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaSkywardSword'', Chugga is prone to mention many tropes by name that likely are only known by [[JustForFun/TVTropesWillRuinYourLife tropers who visit this website often]], implying that Emile may have spent much more time on Website/ThisVeryWiki than he lets on. |
| 288 | * LetsPlay/LewisBrindley and LetsPlay/SimonLane referenced the site in the ''WebVideo/YogscastMinecraftSeries'' when they note when a safe path leads to nowhere but a dangerous path leads further. |
| 289 | * ''WebVideo/BadMovieBeatdown'': In Film Brain's review of ''Film/FarCry'', he mentioned this site as he stated that he was a SlaveToPR. |
| 290 | * WebVideo/LaciGreen has a link to her entry on [[http://lacigreen.tv/about-sex/who-is-laci-green her site]]. |
| 291 | * Anita Sarkeesian from ''WebVideo/FeministFrequency'' did a six part series on tropes vs women, using this site as an inspiration. TV Tropes even gets referenced in one of the videos. |
| 292 | * According to his Show and Trailer for Comic-Con 2012, Fraser of ''WebVideo/VideoGamesAwesome'' reads TV Tropes, and he mentions how it sucks away hours of his time away, especially the article for his own show. |
| 293 | * The {{Lets Play}}er ''LetsPlay/{{raocow}}'' uses IdiosyncraticEpisodeNaming for his [=LPs=] so often that [[IdiosyncraticEpisodeNaming/{{Raocow}} he has his own page for it]]. In his runthrough of the ''VideoGame/SuperMarioBrosX'' game ''The Invasion 2'', his videos were all titled after tropes that he felt related to something that occurred within the video. The ninth video was even entitled [[LampshadeHanging 'Idiosyncratic Episode Naming']] |
| 294 | * WebVideo/TheCartoonHero frequently references tropes in his videos and even mentions his page on this site. |
| 295 | * In ''WebVideo/TheAngryVideoGameNerd'''s review of ''VideoGame/GhostsNGoblins'', he attacks the cartridge with a ClusterFBomb, a PrecisionFStrike and an AtomicFBomb. They're referred to with their actual trope names, and they're also listed in a VideoGame/FinalFantasyI-esque menu as such. |
| 296 | * For ''WebVideo/TheNostalgiaCritic'''s editorial episode looking into the popularity of [[Creator/TomHiddleston Tom]] [[Film/{{Thor}} Hiddleston's]] [[Film/TheAvengers2012 Loki]], he namedropped TheWoobie and examined it. He also remarked about his own appearance in the page in the process[[note]]although really the Critic appears in JerkassWoobie[[/note]]. |
| 297 | * ''WebVideo/TwoBestFriendsPlay'': |
| 298 | ** During their Saturday Morning Scrublords of ''VideoGame/BioFreaks'', the whole crew get's into a [[https://youtu.be/UnGL4SMntcY?t=13m17s heated argument]] on... the origins of the Underboobs. Woolie takes it to Google: |
| 299 | --->'''Woolie:''' Giant Bomb doesn't haves anything on underboob, but TV Tropes has a page on it.\ |
| 300 | ''[{{beat}}]''\ |
| 301 | '''Pat:''' Well, [[JustForFun/TVTropesWillRuinYourLife Woolie is dead]]. |
| 302 | ** During Woolie and Matt's playthrough of ''VideoGame/TokyoMirageSessionsFE'' they both get into a [[https://youtu.be/ZcWTcLWxAqA?t=17m26s discussion]] about the ''FieryRedhead'' trope but it starts with Woolie wondering if there are subversions of this trope (characters that have red hair but instead of having a fiery peronality it's a cold personality instead), and then casually states that TV Tropes probably has an article about that. |
| 303 | * In Episode 30 of ''WebAnimation/DrCrafty'', Crafty mentions researching about ''VisualNovel/FateStayNight'' by reading the TV Tropes page. He subsequently enticed the viewers to visit his own article on the site. |
| 304 | * In the entry for ''Film/SlaughterHigh'' on [=WatchMojo's=] "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y3n85fTe2F4 Top 10 Movies with a 0 Percent Rating on Rotten Tomatoes That You Should See Anyway]]", the voiceover briefly mentions how it can be a visual aid for this site's {{Slasher|Movie}} page. |
| 305 | * Patrick (H) Willems mentions our page about PlotHoles in his [[https://youtu.be/j9HivyjAKlc?t=575 video essay]] about why plotholes don't matter. |
| 306 | * [[invoked]] In Website/TheEditingRoom's script for ''Film/TulipFever'', Holliday Grainger claims that Creator/AliciaVikander's ZanyScheme to fool her husband by pretending to be pregnant while Holliday actually has the baby is "the dumbest fucking plan ever. EVER. It's the new [[TropeCodifier codifier]] for 'IdiotPlot' on TV Tropes." |
| 307 | * WebVideo/StuartAshen makes a Tv Tropes checklist in his [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IsjQpxJU7hM 2010 Christmas Special Compilation]]. He finishes by literally [[PokeThePoodle poking a poodle]]. |
| 308 | * On ''WebVideo/{{Unraveled}}'', Brian [[https://youtu.be/DCEewyIE_0c?t=234 discusses]] the purpose of art in his call for updating ''Franchise/{{Fallout}}'''s music: |
| 309 | -->We need art because of its fundamental importance to human expression. Songs were made long before written language to help keep stories alive, and they'd be added to and embellished, much like the cultural touchstone of our time, [=TVTropes.org=]. |
| 310 | * In [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dnOk-197DGE a video]] for ''Website/{{Polygon}}'', [[WebVideo/{{Unraveled}} Brian David Gilbert]] mentions[[invoked]] FridgeLogic which became FridgeHorror (the latter of which he describes as the ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'' fandom's favourite pasttime) in regards to ''VideoGame/TonyHawksProSkater 2'' having a punji pit. No mention of TV Tropes itself, but certainly a clear reference to two notable pages. |
| 311 | * In the WebVideo/{{Jacksfilms}} YIAY episode "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5_lzDNtLfAM Why "Yo Daddy" jokes don't work]]", Jack puts up a screenshot of the DisappearedDad trope page when discussing an answer that ''didn't'' fit that trope for a change. |
| 312 | * For his MilestoneCelebration "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9HX4EOm_jlE Top Ten Projects I'm Most Proud Of]]", Creator/TheQuarterGuy acknowledges that he has a page on this site while also referencing a GrowingTheBeard entry for his page. |
| 313 | * When [[WebVideo/VShojo Ironmouse]] saw a clip of [[WebAnimation/{{Hololive}} Kiara]] reacting to the [[Characters/HololiveEnglishGenerationOneMyth HoloMyth page]], more specifically the note attached which mentions the existence of [[Characters/VShojo her character page]], her curiosity was piqued and she went to see it for herself. Mouse's reaction ranges from acknowledging the accuracy, laughing or freaking out at some absurd tropes, refusing to read a few of the entries, to expressing comedic outrage towards certain tropes that rub her the wrong way. |
| 314 | -->'''Ironmouse:''' TooKinkyToTorture? What the fuck?! |
| 315 | * Johnny Chiodini, Dungeon Master for ''WebVideo/{{Oxventure}}'' is at the least aware of the page for the show. After the boss of "Dine Harder" ended up being [[OffTheRails crushed in a lift accident]], they outright told fans to add said (non-)encounter to the list of times on there that the Guild had derailed the game. |
| 316 | [[/folder]] |
| 317 | |
| 318 | [[folder:Wikis]] |
| 319 | * Website/{{Wikipedia}}: [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TV_Tropes has an article]]. |
| 320 | ** Their pages on [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evil_laughter Evil laughter]], [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manic_Pixie_Dream_Girl Manic Pixie Dream Girl]], [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flanderization Flanderization]] and more, reference [[WeAreNotAloneIndex our own pages]] on them. The latter one even points out that TV Tropes coined the term {{Flanderization}}! |
| 321 | * Website/KnowYourMeme has [[https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/sites/tv-tropes an article]] on TV Tropes. |
| 322 | * Rational Wiki [[http://rationalwiki.org/wiki/TV_Tropes lists TV Tropes under "Internet Kooks"]][[note]]specifically under "sometimes good, sometimes shit".[[/note]] |
| 323 | %%Please don't complain about this. RW's criticisms are pretty valid. |
| 324 | * [[http://wikiindex.org/TV_Tropes_Wiki TV Tropes entry]] on the wiki index. |
| 325 | * [[http://youchewpoop.com/wiki/index.php/Chewiki Chewiki]], the official wiki of YouTubePoop (yeah, really), has [[http://youchewpoop.com/wiki/index.php/TV_Tropes an informative page]] on TV Tropes as well. |
| 326 | * Occasionally [[http://www.dandwiki.com/wiki/Main_Page D&D Wiki]] links to this site. |
| 327 | * [[http://www.virtueverse.com The Unofficial Handbook of the Virtue Universe]], a server-specific VideoGame/CityOfHeroes / VideoGame/CityOfVillains role-playing resource infrequently links to Website/TVTropes in their articles, primarily by way of its users [[LampshadeHanging lampshading]] the tropes that their characters [[Administrivia/TropesAreTools invoke or conform to]]. |
| 328 | * According to the Website/SCPFoundation, we are an SCP Object (Safe class) numbered [[http://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-4445-j SCP-4445-J]]. Apparently, we're a front for the Foundation and a recruitment tool. |
| 329 | * [[http://wiki.alternatehistory.com/doku.php/offtopic/tv_tropes The AH.com Wiki]] (wiki of the site which brought you ''Literature/LookToTheWest'', ''Literature/DecadesOfDarkness'', the Literature/ChaosTimeline and others). |
| 330 | * [[http://gargwiki.net/ GargWiki]], concerning ''WesternAnimation/{{Gargoyles}}'', [[http://gargwiki.net/David_Xanatos#References.2FParody recognizes]] that one of the series' characters is the TropeNamer for [[XanatosGambit a couple]] [[XanatosSpeedChess of tropes]]. |
| 331 | * Website/{{Uncyclopedia}} takes an [[AffectionateParody affectionate nip at our heels]] [[http://uncyclopedia.ca/wiki/TV_Tropes here]]. Featured article as of July 30th, 2010. |
| 332 | * Oh, Internet has [[https://web.archive.org/web/20130509051929/http://ohinternet.com/TV_Tropes a few kind words for us.]] |
| 333 | * The '''[[http://disc.osiris-web.com/mediawiki/index.php/Main_Page Discworld And Terry Pratchett Wiki]]''' mentions tvtropes several times, generally in acknowledgement that an idea or concept about the Discworld was expressed here first, and is not original to the DWTP wiki. Criticisms made of the Wiki on tvtropes are also acknowledged and discussed, and links to this site are [[http://disc.osiris-web.com/mediawiki/index.php/Fandom freely given]]. |
| 334 | * [[https://en.touhouwiki.net/wiki/Touhou_Wiki The Touhou Wiki]], although it doesn't have an actual entry for Website/TVTropes, as would be expected from a wiki on Franchise/TouhouProject, but it does include a link to our [[Characters/TouhouProject Touhou character page]] from the character index on TW. |
| 335 | * [[http://dc.wikia.com/wiki/Main_Page DC Database]] frequently makes external links to TV Tropes as another site for comics appreciation. |
| 336 | * ''Webcomic/{{Asperchu}}'s'' main page links to its TV Tropes page. |
| 337 | * The [[http://arcana.wikidot.com/ Arcana Wiki]] tries to [[http://arcana.wikidot.com/trope mirror and partially rewrite]] Website/TVTropes for role-playing game purposes - instead of listing examples, it strives to provide inspiration and ideas. |
| 338 | * Website/TFWikiDotNet [[http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Ruined_FOREVER proudly proclaims]] its status as the TropeNamer for DarthWiki/RuinedFOREVER. Their [[http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Kid-appeal_character article]] on The Bumblebee (renamed to KidAppealCharacter, although the redirect remains) makes a similar reference, what with all three of the Trope Namers being on the list. |
| 339 | * [[http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Main_Page Bulbapedia]], a Franchise/{{Pokemon}} wiki, has linked to ComicBookTime in their "[[http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Aging_in_the_anime Aging in the anime]]" article for ages, mentions AmbiguouslyBrown in the articles about the series's UnfortunateImplications, and linked to HotSkittyOnWailordAction back when they had an entire article about the topic. |
| 340 | * ''Roleplay/StarArmy'' has an [[http://stararmy.com/wiki/doku.php?id=tvtropes article for TVtropes]]; additionally, their ISC Phoenix plot has a [[http://stararmy.com/wiki/doku.php?id=isc_phoenix:tropes Tropes page]] dedicated to the TV Tropes found within it. The webmaster has even set up a special interwiki syntax to make linking to tvtropes easier. |
| 341 | * The ''WesternAnimation/DrawnTogether'' wiki links to that show's TV Tropes page on the [[http://drawntogether.wikia.com/wiki/Drawn_Together main series article]], and in a section discussing the show's content, links to the NegativeContinuity article. |
| 342 | * The [[http://hero.wikia.com/wiki/Main_Page Heroes Wiki]] has several pages and categories named after hero and goodness related Tropes from here, notably the terms "BigGood" and "FiveManBand". |
| 343 | * The ''VideoGame/GoldenSun'' wiki's article on the character [[http://goldensun.wikia.com/wiki/Sheba Sheba]] links to {{Lolicon|AndShotacon}} when describing the shipping of Sheba with the four-years-older Felix. |
| 344 | ** [[http://goldensun.wikia.com/wiki/Shipping There's also the shipping page]] which links to our references to the Golden Sun {{shipping}} fandom (which also helps explain the phenomenon). |
| 345 | * Website/{{Everything2}} [[http://everything2.com/title/TV+Tropes has a node]]. |
| 346 | * The ''VideoGame/KingdomOfLoathing'' Wiki has a page about an enemy in the game called the [[http://kol.coldfront.net/thekolwiki/index.php/Tome_of_Tropes Tome of Tropes]], which is a giant book that explains and gives names to all of the recurring themes in media and real life. Although taking a look in the tome is a good thing to do in times of boredom, [[JustForFun/TVTropesWillRuinYourLife you might spend too much time reading it, which is harmful to your health and salary.]] |
| 347 | * The [[http://wiki.puella-magi.net/Main_Page Puella Magi Wiki]]'s page on [[http://wiki.puella-magi.net/Gertrud Gertrud]] has a link to the page NightmareFuel. [[NightmareFuel/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica For good reason.]] (Yeah, you probably don't want to click that link.) |
| 348 | ** Their [[http://wiki.puella-magi.net/Yuri_undertones yuri undertones]] page links to [[{{HoYay/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica}} Puella Magi Madoka Magica's Ho Yay page]]...which links back to their page, forming an infinite loop. |
| 349 | * The [[http://villains.wikia.com/wiki/Main_Page Villains Wiki]] has several pages and categories named after villain and evil related Tropes from here, notably the term "CompleteMonster". |
| 350 | * [[http://www.ufopaedia.org/index.php?title=Known_Bugs#Difficulty_Bug UFOpaedia]] makes a mention of the TV Tropes page for [[VideoGame/XCom game series]] it covers, specifically pointing out a since-corrected error on the page. |
| 351 | * [[http://masseffect.wikia.com/wiki/Richard_L._Jenkins The Mass Effect Wiki]] uses Website/TVTropes as a reference in demonstrating that the name Leeroy Jenkins is a reoccurring character name. |
| 352 | * [[http://callofduty.wikia.com/wiki/Main_Page The Call of Duty Wiki]]'s [[http://callofduty.wikia.com/wiki/Plot_armor page detailing]] every instance of PlotArmor in the series includes a link to the TV Tropes page about the same phenomenon. |
| 353 | * [[http://blazblue.wikia.com/wiki/BlazBlue_Wiki BlazBlue]]'s wiki references Yuuki Terumi's status as this site's God of Trolling. |
| 354 | * [[http://sjwiki.org/wiki/TV_Tropes SJWiki]] describes as obsessive fans with a sexist and toxic environment. |
| 355 | * [[http://www.conservapedia.com/TV_Tropes Conservapedia]] has a page on TV Tropes, complaining about its creator Andrew Schafly being mocked, "bloat" stemming from the tropers being "obsessed with television shows, such as the vacuous occult teen drama ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer''" and "a non fiction educational wiki [being] shoe-horned into TV Tropes as a way for the liberal editors to criticize it" (possibly referring to our work page on Conservapedia, long since deleted). |
| 356 | * [[https://1d4chan.org/wiki/TVTropes 1d4chan]] (an unnofficial wiki for Website/FourChan's [[TabletopGames /tg/]] board) has an article discussing TV Tropes. In spite of their criticism of us, they begrudgingly admit that there ''is'' an overlap in userbase. |
| 357 | * [[http://mtg.gamepedia.com/Main_Page The Magic: The Gathering Wiki]] occasionally references TV Tropes when discussing card trivia or references. Their page for trivia about ''[[http://mtg.gamepedia.com/Shadows_over_Innistrad/Trivia Shadows Over Innistrad]]'' links to ItsProbablyNothing. |
| 358 | * On their page for [[https://wikirby.com/wiki/Super_Smash_Bros._Ultimate Super Smash Bros. Ultimate]], [[https://wikirby.com/wiki/Kirby_Wiki WiKirby]] links to our [[VideoGame/SuperSmashBrosUltimate page]] on the same game. |
| 359 | * [[https://pure-good-heroes.fandom.com/wiki/Pure_Good_Wiki:Goodness_Zone Pure Good Wiki]] links to Website/ThisVeryWiki's HeroesFrontierStep page on the former wiki's equivalent called "Goodness Zone". |
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