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3Troper Habits:
4On-and-off WikiCurator for the [[SoYouWantTo/SeeTheIndex So You Want To/See The Index]].
5Half-assed EntryPimp for FanFic/TheNeverendingRoad.
6Aside from that... well, occasionally I'll put up examples, but mostly I just correct grammar and formatting mistakes.
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8One of these days I intend to create a page for ''Satan: His Psychotherapy and Cure by the Unfortunate Dr. Kassler, J.S.P.S.''
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10I'm a ''very'' rare poster on the forums. I largely missed the boat on the naming controversies due to mostly lurking and rarely visiting the forums, but am ostensibly a supporter of [[JustForFun/TheArchiveOfBellicoseLexiconEntities PLATTER, with a dose of KNIVES and WHISK]].
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12One 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 likable, so long as it's well done. I consider myself a kind of 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. Ultimately what matters most to me is that the story is interesting, engaging, and well-crafted, at least as much as whether or not I actually enjoy the experience.
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14One 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.
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16[[folder: Favorite Tropes]]
17I 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.
18
19* AffablyEvil
20* AllMythsAreTrue
21* AnyoneCanDie
22* ChronicHeroSyndrome and SamaritanSyndrome
23* DarkIsNotEvil and LightIsNotGood
24* {{Deconstruction}} and {{Reconstruction}}, when done well
25* EarnYourHappyEnding, BittersweetEnding, and DownerEnding (when they're well done)
26* TheFederation
27* TheFettered and TheUnfettered
28* GoodIsNotDumb, GoodIsNotNice, and GoodIsNotSoft
29* HeroOfAnotherStory (one of my very favorites)
30* HeroicVow
31* HumansAreFlawed and HumansAreSurvivors
32* LivingForeverIsAwesome and general aversions and subversions of WhoWantsToLiveForever, and sometimes LivingForeverIsNoBigDeal
33* ScrewDestiny (another of my most loved tropes)
34* ShownTheirWork (a big part of my writing philosophy)
35* StarfishAliens and occasionally HumanoidAliens
36* TakeAThirdOption (another of my favorites)
37* ThouShaltNotKill
38* ToBeAMaster
39* TragicDream
40* TrueCompanions
41* WarIsHell
42* [[AvertedTrope aversions]] and [[SubvertedTrope subversions]] of the WhatMeasureIsAnIndex
43* WhatYouAreInTheDark
44[[/folder]]
45
46[[folder: PetPeeveTropes]]
47These lists mostly apply only when played straight, and none of them can break a work on their own.
48
49* most of the HollywoodIndex, with a few AcceptableBreaksFromReality, like HollywoodDarkness, being the exceptions
50* everything in the JustForFun/TelevisionIsTryingToKillUs index, because I consider the tropes irresponsible
51* all of the [[DoubleStandard Double Standards]], on principle
52* all LogicalFallacies, on principle
53* AboveGoodAndEvil (though BlueAndOrangeMorality and moral relativism are okay)
54* AlwaysChaoticEvil (carries UnfortunateImplications)
55* AmbitionIsEvil (problematic FamilyUnfriendlyAesop)
56* BeautyEqualsGoodness (carries UnfortunateImplications)
57* BookDumb (anti-intellectualism)
58* CompleteMonster (because no one is)
59* DeathByAdaptation and SparedByTheAdaptation (mostly because it often seems like a change for the sake of it)
60* DumbIsGood (anti-intellectualism)
61* FanDumb (well, it bothers me in real life, anyway)
62* GuideDangIt (bad game design)
63* HappinessInSlavery (massive UnfortunateImplications)
64* ImmortalityImmorality, NoTranshumanismAllowed, ScaleOfScientificSins, and ThingsManWasNotMeantToKnow (philosophically opposed)
65* InformedAttribute (bad writing!)
66* InsaneEqualsViolent (UnfortunateImplications)
67* MoralEventHorizon (possibly my most hated single trope, because I'm philosophically opposed to the idea of an act or person being irredeemable)
68* MyCountryRightOrWrong and MyMasterRightOrWrong (philosophically opposed)
69* PlanetOfHats (philosophically opposed)
70* ShippingGoggles, DieForOurShip, ShipToShipCombat (basically any time when {{Shipping}} derails {{Canon}} or makes people out of character, or turns into a RomanticPlotTumor)
71* ViewersAreMorons (another big one)
72* WarIsGlorious (philosophically opposed)
73[[/folder]]
74
75[[folder:Works I Like]]
76{{Anime}} and {{Manga}}:
77* Manga/DotHackLegendOfTheTwilight (manga, then anime dub preferred)
78* Manga/ArpeggioOfBlueSteel (Ars Nova anime, sub preferred; I intend to get to the manga eventually)
79* Anime/AttackOnTitan (anime, sub preferred; read a little of the manga; one of my favorite anime)
80* {{Anime/Baccano}} (anime, dub preferred; the light novels are on my to-read list; one of my favorite anime)
81* [[Manga/BeetTheVandelBuster Beet the Vandel Buster]] (manga; one of my favorite mangas)
82* [[Anime/BubblegumCrisis Bubblegum Crisis Tokyo 2040]] (sub preferred; the original series is on my to-watch list)
83* Manga/BusoRenkin (manga)
84* {{Manga/Chobits}} (manga)
85* {{Anime/Clannad}} (sub preferred; the game is in my Steam library backlog)
86* {{Manga/Claymore}} (manga)
87* Anime/CowboyBebop (dub preferred; one of my favorite anime)
88* Anime/Cyborg009 (2001 dub; I am generally annoyed by how hard it seems to be to find; I intend to get to the manga and other adaptations eventually)
89* Anime/DeadmanWonderland (anime, dub preferred)
90* Manga/DeathNote (manga preferred, though the anime is good too... sub preferred; the movies are solid but not great; one of my favorite mangas)
91* LightNovel/TheDevilIsAPartTimer (anime, dub preferred)
92* Anime/DragonBall and Anime/DragonBallZ (anime and manga, dub preferred because childhood)
93* {{Manga/Dramacon}}
94* Anime/FairyTail (anime, dub preferred)
95* {{Anime/FLCL}} (dub preferred)
96* Franchise/FullmetalAlchemist ([[Anime/FullmetalAlchemist both]] [[Manga/FullmetalAlchemist versions]] in anime, dub preferred; Brotherhood is my current Favorite Anime Ever, with 2003 also pretty high up there. I'll read the manga eventually.)
97* Manga/GunslingerGirl (anime, sub preferred. I'll read the manga eventually.)
98* {{Anime/Hamtaro}} (anime, dub preferred because childhood)
99* Manga/HikaruNoGo (manga; currently my Favorite Manga Ever (if you don't count Webcomic/MegaTokyo))
100* Anime/InuYasha (anime, dub preferred because childhood)
101* Manga/LoveHina (manga; one of my favorite mangas)
102* Anime/MobileFighterGGundam (dub with simultaneous sub preferred)
103* Anime/MobileSuitGundamWing (sub preferred; one of my favorite anime)
104* Anime/MyLittleMonster (anime, sub preferred)
105* {{Manga/Naruto}} (manga, though I stopped following before the time-skip. I'll get to it eventually.)
106* Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion (read a bunch of the manga; the anime is way up on the to-watch list)
107* {{Anime/Noragami}} (anime, dub preferred)
108* Manga/OnePiece (manga, though I stopped following way back during Alabasta. I'll get to it eventually.)
109* Anime/PsychoPass (anime, sub preferred)
110* Manga/RaveMaster (manga)
111* Anime/ReadOrDie (OVA mainly, dub preferred)
112* Anime/RosarioToVampire (anime, dub preferred; mean to read the manga)
113* Manga/RurouniKenshin (manga preferred, though I like both, dub preferred; one of my favorite mangas)
114* Anime/SamuraiChamploo (dub preferred)
115* Anime/SamuraiFlamenco (sub preferred; one of my favorite anime)
116* Manga/ShamanKing (manga)
117* Anime/SwordArtOnline (anime, dub preferred)
118* Anime/TenchiMuyo and Anime/TenchiUniverse (dub preferred because childhood)
119* {{Anime/Trigun}} (anime, sub preferred)
120* Manga/YuGiOh (manga strongly preferred, though the 4Kids dub does have some nostalgia)
121* Anime/YuYuHakusho (anime and manga, dub preferred)
122* Anime/ZoidsNewCentury (dub preferred because childhood)
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124
125ComicBooks
126* ComicBook/FiftyTwo (and to a lesser extent ComicBook/InfiniteCrisis before it)
127* ComicBook/AnimalMan (Creator/GrantMorrison run)
128* ComicBook/ArchieComics (all the titles in the main verse, and I really need to pick up ComicBook/AfterlifeWithArchie)
129* ComicBook/BatmanYearOne
130* ComicBook/DarkEmpire
131* ComicBook/TheDeathOfSuperman (all three arcs)
132* WebVideo/DoctorHorriblesSingAlongBlog comics
133* {{ComicBook/Fables}} and, to a lesser extent, ''Jack of Fables'' (the former is one of my favorites despite some of the dodgy politics)
134* Franchise/GreenLantern (Hal Jordan is probably my favorite superhero)
135* WebVideo/TheGuild comics
136* ComicBook/KingdomCome
137* ComicBook/TheLongHalloween (one of my favorites)
138* ComicBook/MarvelZombies
139* ComicBook/ScottPilgrim
140* ComicBook/SupermanRedSon (my Favorite Superhero Story Ever)
141* ComicBook/TalesOfTheJedi
142* ComicBook/TheUnwritten
143* ComicBook/TheWalkingDead
144* {{ComicBook/Watchmen}} (one of my favorites)
145* ComicBook/YTheLastMan (my Favorite Comic Ever)
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147
148{{Film}}
149* Favorite directors include Creator/WoodyAllen, Creator/WesAnderson, Creator/BradBird, Creator/MelBrooks, the Creator/CoenBrothers, Creator/FrancisFordCoppola, Creator/GuillermoDelToro, Creator/MilosForman, Creator/PeterJackson, Creator/StanleyKubrick, Creator/AkiraKurosawa, Creator/SergioLeone, Creator/SidneyLumet, Creator/HayaoMiyazaki, Creator/ChristopherNolan, Creator/MartinScorsese, Creator/RidleyScott, Creator/StevenSpielberg, Creator/QuentinTarantino, Creator/JossWhedon, and Creator/BillyWilder.
150* Favorite actors include Creator/ChristopherLee (favorite male actor), Creator/KatharineHepburn (favorite female actor), Creator/CateBlanchett (favorite present-day actor), Creator/AliciaVikander (favorite new star), Creator/FMurrayAbraham, Creator/AmyAdams, Creator/ChristianBale, Creator/JavierBardem, Creator/MarlonBrando, Creator/AlisonBrie, Creator/StockardChanning, Creator/GrahamChapman, Creator/JessicaChastain, Creator/MarionCotillard, Creator/PenelopeCruz, Creator/MattDamon, Creator/ViolaDavis, Creator/FeliciaDay, Creator/DanielDayLewis, Creator/LeonardoDiCaprio, Creator/FayeDunaway, Creator/ChiwetelEjiofor, Creator/MichaelFassbender, Creator/MartinFreeman, Creator/MorganFreeman, Creator/JohnGoodman, Creator/RyanGosling, Creator/TomHardy, Creator/AnneHathaway, Creator/AudreyHepburn, Creator/SamuelLJackson, Creator/AllisonJanney, Creator/ScarlettJohansson, Creator/BenKingsley, Creator/KeiraKnightley, Creator/JenniferLawrence, Creator/RooneyMara, Creator/EwanMcGregor, Creator/IanMcKellen, Creator/ToshiroMifune, Creator/CareyMulligan, Creator/LiamNeeson, Creator/PaulNewman, Creator/PeterOToole, Creator/AlPacino, Creator/EllenPage, Creator/NataliePortman, Creator/AlanRickman, Creator/GeorgeCScott, Creator/MartinSheen, Creator/OctaviaSpencer, Creator/MerylStreep, Creator/UmaThurman, Creator/DenzelWashington, and Creator/GeneWilder.
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152
153The Big Ranking List of Highly Rated Movies
154* 1. {{Film/Amadeus}} (1984)- 10
155* 2. [[Franchise/StarWars Star Wars Original Trilogy]] (1977-83, counted as one film for convenience because it's my list, dammit (if you need those ranked it's ESB > ROTJ > ANH, all with perfect 10s), more or less permanently grandfathered at #2)- 10
156* 3. Film/TheLordOfTheRings (2001-3, counts as one film for various reasons (if you need those ranked it's ROTK (10) > FOTR (10) > TTT (9), more or less permanently grandfathered as my #3 film of all time; this is all specifically with the Extended Editions in mind)
157* 4. Film/TheGodfather (1972)- 10
158* 5. Film/TheProducers (1967)- 10
159* 6. Film/DoubleIndemnity (1944)- 10
160* 7. Film/OnceUponATimeInTheWest (''C'era una volta il West'', 1968)- 10
161* 8. Film/TheLionInWinter (1968)- 10
162* 9. Disney/BeautyAndTheBeast (1991)- 10
163* 10. Film/ManOnWire (2008, documentary)- 10
164* 11. [[Film/DoctorStrangelove Doctor Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb]] (1964)- 10
165* 12. Film/AChristmasStory (1983)- 10
166* 13. Film/AllQuietOnTheWesternFront (1930)- 10
167* 14. Film/OneFlewOverTheCuckoosNest (1975)- 10
168* 15. Film/PansLabyrinth (''El laberinto del fauno'', 2006, Spanish)- 10
169* 16. Film/EdWood (1994)- 10
170* 17. {{Film/Manhattan}} (1979)- 10
171* 18. {{Film/Downfall}} (Der Untergang, 2004, German)- 10
172* 19. Film/ButchCassidyAndTheSundanceKid (1969)- 10
173* 20. Film/AnnieHall (1977)- 10
174* 21. {{Film/Ran}} (1985, Japanese)- 10
175* 22. Film/NoCountryForOldMen (2007)- 10
176* 23. Film/MontyPythonAndTheHolyGrail (1974)- 10
177* 24. Film/ThePrestige (2006)- 10
178* 25. Film/SevenSamurai (''Shichinin no Samurai'', 1954, Japanese)- 10
179* 26. {{Film/Gladiator}} (2000)- 10
180* 27. {{Film/Patton}} (1970)- 10
181* 28. WesternAnimation/TheIncredibles (2004)- 10
182* 29. {{Disney/Fantasia}} (1940)- 10
183* 30. Film/ThePrincessBride (1987)- 10
184* 31. Anime/PrincessMononoke (''Mononoke-hime'', 1997, Japanese)
185* 32. Film/PulpFiction (1994)- 10
186* 33. Film/BartonFink (1991)- 10
187* 34. Film/TheShawshankRedemption (1994)- 10
188* 35. {{Film/Departures}} (''Okuribito'', 2008, Japanese)- 10
189* 36. Film/BladeRunner (1982)- 9.5
190* 37. {{Film/GoodFellas}} (1990)- 9.5
191* 38. Film/TheMalteseFalcon (1941)- 9.5
192* 39. {{Film/Jaws}} (1975)- 9.5
193* 40. Film/TwelveYearsASlave (2013)- 9.5
194* 41. {{Disney/Bambi}} (1942)- 9.5
195* 42. Film/CityOfLifeAndDeath (''Nanjing! Nanjing!'', 2009, primarily Mandarin and Japanese)- 9.5
196* 43. {{Film/Network}} (1976)- 9.5
197* 44. Anime/GraveOfTheFireflies (''Hotaru no haka'', 1988, Japanese)- 9.5
198* 45. WesternAnimation/WallE (2008)- 9.5
199* 46. Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy (2014)- 9.5
200* 47. {{Film/Gandhi}} (1982)- 9.5
201* 48. Film/ShallWeDance (''Shall We Dansu?'', 1996, Japanese)- 9.5
202* 49. {{WesternAnimation/Coco}} (2017)- 9.5
203* 50. Film/TheTrumanShow (1998)- 9.5
204* 51. Film/LifeOfPi (2013)- 9.5
205* 52. Film/ApocalypseNow (1979)- 9
206* 53. Film/FullMetalJacket (1987)- 9
207* 54. Film/RaisingArizona (1987)- 9
208* 55. WasteLand (2010, documentary)- 9
209* 56. Film/ChildrenOfMen (2006)- 9
210* 57. Film/ToKillAMockingbird (1962)- 9
211* 58. Film/TheDarkKnight (2008)- 9
212* 59. Film/BladeRunner2049 (2017)- 9
213* 60. Disney/TheLionKing (1994)- 9
214* 61. Film/CitizenKane (1941)- 9
215* 62. {{Film/Serpico}} (1973)- 9
216* 63. {{WesternAnimation/Ratatouille}} (2007)- 9
217* 64. {{Film/Che}} Parts One and Two (primarily Spanish, 2008)- 9
218* 65. WebOriginal/DoctorHorriblesSingAlongBlog (2008; yes, I do consider it essentially a feature film in structure)- 9
219* 66. Film/DistrictNine (2009)- 9
220* 67. {{Film/Lincoln}} (2012)- 9
221* 68. Film/ShaunOfTheDead (2004)- 9
222* 69. Film/GrandHotel (1932)- 9
223* 70. WesternAnimation/ToyStory2 (1999)- 9
224* 71. Film/TheMartian (2015)- 9
225* 72. Film/BlackSwan (2010)- 9
226* 73. Film/TheGrandBudapestHotel (2014)- 9
227* 74. {{Disney/Mulan}} (1998)- 9
228* 75. Film/FiveHundredDaysOfSummer (2009)- 9
229* 76. Anime/MindGame (2004, Japanese)- 9
230* 77. Film/TheShapeOfWater (2017)- 9
231* 78. Film/ZeroDarkThirty (2012)- 9
232* 79. Film/IKnowThatVoice (2013, documentary)- 9
233* 80. [[Film/TheFogOfWar The Fog of War: Eleven Lessons from the Life of Robert S. McNamara]] (2003, documentary)- 9
234* 81. Film/ThereWillBeBlood (2007)- 8.5
235* 82. Film/HowToStealAMillion (1966)- 8.5
236* 83. Film/AFistfulOfDollars (''Per un pugno di dollari'', 1964)- 8.5
237* 84. Film/TheLivesOfOthers (''Das Leben der Anderen'', 2006, German)- 8.5
238* 85. {{Film/Hugo}} (2011)- 8.5
239* 86. Film/The400Blows (''Les quatre cents coups'', 1959, French)- 8.5
240* 87. {{Film/Nanking}} (2007, docudrama, mostly English with some Mandarin and Japanese)- 8.5
241* 88. Film/MidnightInParis (2011)- 8.5
242* 89. Film/TheGraduate (1967)- 8.5
243* 90. WesternAnimation/GreenLanternFirstFlight (2009)- 8.5
244* 91. Film/HannahAndHerSisters (1986)- 8.5
245* 92. Film/DogDayAfternoon (1975)- 8.5
246* 93. Film/MontyPythonsLifeOfBrian (1979)- 8.5
247* 94. Film/KillBill (2003-04, both volumes counted as one; individually Vol. 1 would be an 8.5 and 2 would be an 8, and both would be ranked lower individually)- 8.5
248* 95. Film/HotelRwanda (2004)- 8.5
249* 96. Film/TheDancerUpstairs (2002, mostly English with some Spanish)- 8.5
250* 97. Film/SweeneyToddTheDemonBarberOfFleetStreet (2007)- 8.5
251* 98. Film/BackToTheFuture (1985)- 8.5
252* 99. Film/FrostNixon (2008)- 8.5
253* 100. WesternAnimation/TheIronGiant (1999)- 8.5
254* 101. [[FlightFromDeadTheQuestForImmortality Flight from Death: The Quest for Immortality]] (2003, documentary)- 8.5
255* 102. Disney/SleepingBeauty (1959)- 8.5
256* 103. [[Film/HaraKiri Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai]] (''Ichimei'', 2011, Japanese)- 8.5
257* 104. {{Disney/Frozen}} (2013)- 8.5
258* 105. Film/BlazingSaddles (1974)- 8.5
259* 106. {{Film/Inception}} (2010)- 8.5
260* 107. Film/MadMaxFuryRoad (2015)- 8.5
261* 108. Film/ManchesterByTheSea (2016)- 8.5
262* 109. Film/AmericanHustle (2013)- 8.5
263* 110. Film/TheWarriors (1979)- 8.5
264* 111. Film/TheRevenant (2015)- 8.5
265* 112. WesternAnimation/ToyStory (1995)- 8.5
266* 113. {{Film/Moonlight}} (2016)- 8.5
267* 114. Film/MarriageItalianStyle (Matrimonio all'italiana, 1964, Italian)- 8.5
268* 115. Film/MadMax2TheRoadWarrior (1981)- 8.5
269* 116. Film/WonderWoman (2017)- 8.5
270* 117. {{Film/Spotlight}} (2015)- 8.5
271* 118. Film/StarTrekIITheWrathOfKhan (1982)- 8.5
272* 119. Film/WarForThePlanetOfTheApes (2017)- 8.5
273* 120. Film/WestSideStory (1961)- 8.5
274* 121. Film/DirtyWars (2013, documentary)- 8.5
275* 122. Film/MollysGame (2017)- 8.5
276* 123. Film/HellOrHighWater (2016)- 8.5
277* 124. Film/HowToSurviveAPlague (2012, documentary)- 8.5
278* 125. Film/QuestForFire (1981)- 8.5
279* 126. Film/IronMan3 (2013)- 8.5
280* 127. Film/ItsAWonderfulLife (1946)- 8
281* 128. Film/TheApartment (1960)- 8
282* 129. Film/LostInTranslation (2003)- 8
283* 130. WesternAnimation/HowToTrainYourDragon (2010)- 8
284* 131. Film/RaidersOfTheLostArk (1981)- 8
285* 132. Film/SophiesChoice (1982)- 8
286* 133. {{Film/Milk}} (2008)- 8
287* 134. {{Film/Protagonist}} (2007, documentary)- 8
288* 135. Film/TheSeaInside (''Mar adentro'', 2003, Spanish)- 8
289* 136. Film/TheVerdict (1982)- 8
290* 137. {{Film/UHF}} (1989)- 8
291* 138. Film/MoonriseKingdom (2012)- 8
292* 139. WesternAnimation/InsideOut (2015)- 8
293* 140. WesternAnimation/KungFuPanda (2008)- 8
294* 141. Film/TheGreatDictator (1940)- 8
295* 142. {{Disney/Aladdin}} (1992)- 8
296* 143. WesternAnimation/JusticeLeagueTheNewFrontier (2008)- 8
297* 144. Film/TheAvengers2012 - 8
298* 145. Film/HotFuzz (2007)- 8
299* 146. Anime/NausicaaOfTheValleyOfTheWind (''Kaza no tani no Naushika'', 1984, Japanese)
300* 147. Film/WillyWonkaAndTheChocolateFactory (1971)- 8
301* 148. Film/BatmanBegins (2005)- 8
302* 149. Film/HarryPotterAndThePrisonerOfAzkaban (2004)- 8
303* 150. {{Film/Serenity}} (2005)- 8
304* 151. {{Film/Gattaca}} (1997)- 8
305* 152. Film/DeathNote (2006)- 8
306* 153. Film/LustCaution (''Se, jie'', 2007, primarily Mandarin with some Japanese)- 8
307* 154. Film/TheHatefulEight (2015)- 8
308* 155. Film/PacificRim (2013)- 8
309* 156. Film/PlanetOfTheApes1968 - 8
310* 157. Film/SonOfSaul (''Saul fia'', 2015, Hungarian)- 8
311* 158. Film/YoungFrankenstein (1974)- 8
312* 159. Film/MadMax (1979)- 8
313* 160. Film/TheFighter (2010)- 8
314* 161. Disney/TheEmperorsNewGroove (2000)- 8
315* 162. Film/MarchOfThePenguins (2005, documentary)- 8
316* 163. Film/TheGirlWithTheDragonTattoo (2011) - 8
317* 164. Film/BestOfEnemies (2015, documentary)- 8
318* 165. Film/StarTrek (2009) - 8
319* 166. {{Film/Rashomon}} (1950, Japanese)- 8
320* 167. Film/InsideJob (2010, documentary)- 8
321* 168. Film/AmoresPerros (2000, Spanish)- 8
322* 169. Film/CinemaParadiso (''Nuovo Cinema Paradiso'', 1988, Italian)- 8
323* 170. Film/TheGoonies (1985)- 8
324* 171. {{Film/Nebraska}} (2013)- 8
325* 172. Film/IronMan (2008)- 8
326* 173. Film/StraightOuttaCompton (2015)- 8
327* 174. Film/TheLastManOnTheMoon (2014, documentary)- 8
328* 175. Film/AFishCalledWanda (1988)- 8
329* 176. Film/ReelInjun (2009, documentary)- 8
330* 177. Film/TheQueen (2006)- 8
331* 178. WesternAnimation/BatmanUnderTheRedHood (2010)- 8
332* 179. Film/SlumdogMillionaire (2008)- 8
333* 180. Film/SteveJobs (2015)- 8
334* 181. Film/StarTrekBeyond (2016)- 8
335* 182. Film/KingOfComedy (''Hei kek ji wong'', 1999, Cantonese)- 8
336* 183. WesternAnimation/FindingDory (2016)- 8
337* 184. Disney/BigHero6 (2014)- 8
338* 185. WesternAnimation/ChickenRun (2000)
339* 186. Film/Rush2013- 8
340* 187. Film/SmokeSignals (1998)- 8
341* 188. Anime/GhostInTheShell (''Kôkaku Kidôtai'', 1995, Japanese)- 8
342* 189. Film/HarryPotterAndTheDeathlyHallowsPart2 (2011)- 8
343* 190. {{Film/Amelie}} (''Le Fabuleux Destin d'Amélie Poulain'', 2001, French)- 8
344* 191. Film/ShaolinSoccer (''Siu Lam juk kau'', 2001, mostly Cantonese with some Mandarin)- 8
345* 192. {{Film/Bhutto}} (2010, documentary)- 8
346* 193. Theatre/BarefootInThePark (1967)- 8
347* 194. Film/ThisIsSpinalTap (1984)- 8
348* 195. Film/SuperSizeMe (2004, documentary)- 8
349* 196. {{Film/Beginners}} (2010)- 8
350* 197. Film/WhoFramedRogerRabbit (1988)- 8
351* 198. WesternAnimation/TheLastUnicorn (1982)- 8
352* 199. {{WesternAnimation/Up}} (2009)- 8
353* 200. {{Film/Whiplash}} (2014)- 8
354* 201. {{Film/Dope}} (2015)- 8
355* 202. Film/SunsetBoulevard (1950)- 8
356* 203. Film/TheCountOfMonteCristo (2002)- 8
357* 204. WesternAnimation/KungFuPanda2 (2011)- 8
358* 205. Film/ItHappenedOneNight (1934)- 8
359* 206. Film/CaptainPhillips (2013)- 8
360* 207. WesternAnimation/TheCurseOfTheWereRabbit (2005)- 8
361* 208. Film/BeingElmoAPuppeteersJourney (2012)- 8
362* 209. Film/DallasBuyersClub (2013)- 8
363All films rated 7.5 and below are unranked (aside from rankings by year) due to the difficulty of such a project, but there are many notable Honorable Mentions:
364* Film/AnAdventureInSpaceAndTime (2013); WesternAnimation/TheAdventuresOfTintin (2011); Film/AfterTheWedding (''Efter brylluppet'', 2006, primarily Danish and Swedish); WesternAnimation/AllStarSuperman (2011); Film/AnotherYear (2010); {{Film/Babe}} (1995); Film/BlueIsTheWarmestColor (''La vie d'Adèle'', 2013, French); Film/BoogieNights (1997); {{WesternAnimation/Brave}} (2012); WesternAnimation/TheBraveLittleToaster (1987); {{Film/Carol}} (2015); Film/AClockworkOrange (1971); Film/TheDanishGirl (2015); Film/DawnOfThePlanetOfTheApes (2014); Film/DeskSet (1957); {{Film/Dunkirk}} (2017); Film/EnronTheSmartestGuysInTheRoom (2005, documentary); Film/ExMachina (2015); {{Film/Fargo}} (1996); Film/TheFarmAngolaUSA (1998, documentary); WesternAnimation/FindingNemo (2003); Film/TheFrenchConnection (1971); Film/GalaxyQuest (1999); Film/TheGeneral (1926); {{Film/Glory}} (1989); Film/GoodWillHunting (1997); Film/GroundhogDay (1993); Film/HarryPotterAndTheGobletOfFire (2005); Film/HarryPotterAndThePhilosophersStone (2001); Film/HeavenlyCreatures (1994); {{Film/Her}} (2013); Film/HiddenFigures (2016); Film/HouseOfFlyingDaggers (''Shi mian mai fu'', 2004, Mandarin); Film/TheHurtLocker (2008); Film/TheHustler (1961); Film/TheImpossible (''Lo Impossible'', 2012); Film/JulieAndJulia (2009); Disney/LadyAndTheTramp (1955); [[Film/ErIstWiederDa Look Who's Back]] (''Er ist wieder da'', 2015, German); Film/TheLostSkeletonOfCadavra (2001); Film/TheManFromEarth (2007); Disney/TheManyAdventuresOfWinnieThePooh (1977); Anime/MissHokusai (''Sarusuberi: Miss Hokusai'', 2015, Japanese); [[Film/MontyPythonsTheMeaningOfLife The Meaning Of Life]] (1983); Film/MissRepresentation (2011, documentary); WesternAnimation/MonstersInc (2001); Film/OfficeSpace (1999); Film/NineteenEightyFour (1984); Film/OBrotherWhereArtThou (2000); {{Film/Philadelphia}} (1993); {{Disney/Pinocchio}} (1940); Film/PiratesOfTheCaribbeanTheCurseOfTheBlackPearl (2003); Film/ThePost (2017); {{Film/Primer}} (2004); {{Film/Pure}} (''Till det som är vackert'', 2010, Swedish); {{WesternAnimation/Rango}} (2011); Film/ReservoirDogs (1992); Film/TheRevisionaries (2012, documentary); Film/RomanHoliday (1953); Film/RomanticsAnonymous (''Les émotifs anonymes'', 2010, French); {{Film/Serenity}} (2005); Film/SevenChances (1925); Film/ShakespeareInLove (1998); Film/SherlockJunior (1924); Film/TheShining (1980); Film/SilverStreak (1976); Disney/SnowWhiteAndTheSevenDwarfs (1937); {{Film/Spaceballs}} (1987); Film/SpiderMan2 (2004); Anime/SpiritedAway (''Sen to Chihiro no kamikakushi'', 2001, Japanese); Film/StrangerThanFiction (2006); {{Disney/Tarzan}} (1999); Film/TaxiDriver (1976); Film/ThreeBillboardsOutsideEbbingMissouri (2017); Film/ToBeOrNotToBe (1983); Anime/TokyoGodfathers (''Tokyo Goddofazazu'', 2004, Japanese); WesternAnimation/ToyStory3 (2010); {{Film/Trainspotting}} (1996); Film/TropicThunder (2008); [[Film/TheUnknownKnown The Unknown Known: The Life and Times of Donald Rumsfeld]] (2013, documentary); Film/UpInTheAir (2009); {{Film/Zombieland}} (2009)
365
366
367{{Literature}}
368* Favorite authors include Creator/JRRTolkien, Creator/NeilGaiman, Creator/OscarWilde, Creator/FrankHerbert, Creator/GeorgeOrwell, Creator/KurtVonnegut, Creator/TerryPratchett, Creator/PhilipKDick, Creator/EdgarAllanPoe, Creator/MarkTwain, [[{{Literature/Redwall}} Brian]] [[Literature/CastawaysOfTheFlyingDutchman Jacques]], Creator/JKRowling, Creator/DouglasAdams, Creator/VictorHugo, [[Literature/TheZombieSurvivalGuide Max]] [[Literature/WorldWarZ Brooks]], Creator/RayBradbury, Creator/MichaelStackpole, Creator/WilliamGoldman, Creator/CharlesDickens, Creator/OrsonScottCard, Creator/DrewKarpyshyn, Creator/RobertLouisStevenson, Creator/CormacMcCarthy, Creator/MichaelCrichton, and Creator/HunterSThompson.
369* Literature/AmericanGods
370* AnimalFarm
371* {{Animorphs}}
372* [[TheAutobiographyOfBenjaminFranklin The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin]]
373* {{Literature/Beowulf}}
374* BraveNewWorld
375* BreakfastOfChampions
376* {{Candide}}
377* Literature/AChristmasCarol
378* [[ConfessionsOfACrapArtist Confessions of a Crap Artist]] (non sci-fi Philip K. Dick!)
379* AConnecticutYankeeInKingArthursCourt
380* [[DarthBane Darth Bane Trilogy]]
381* DeadeyeDick (late Vonnegut)
382* DeathStar
383* {{Discworld}}
384* {{Literature/Dracula}}
385* DresdenFiles (though I've only read a few so far)
386* {{Dune}}
387* EndersGame
388* [[FahrenheitFourFiveOne Fahrenheit 451]]
389* [[FearAndLoathingInLasVegas Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas]]
390* [[FlowersForAlgernon Flowers for Algernon]]
391* FragileThings (Gaiman short story anthology)
392* {{Literature/Frankenstein}}
393* TheGiver
394* GoodOmens
395* HardTimes
396* Literature/HarryPotter (with books 3-4 and 7 being the high points of the series, though I like it all)
397* [[TheHitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy series]] (with the first two books being the best)
398* Literature/TheHobbit
399* [[JediAcademyTrilogy I, Jedi]]
400* TheInsanityDefense (Woody Allen short story anthology)
401* {{Jailbird}} (late Vonnegut)
402* [[Literature/TheLordOfTheRings The Lord of the Rings]]
403* Literature/TheMalteseFalcon
404* [[TheManInTheHighCastle The Man in the High Castle]]
405* [[MartianTimeSlip Martian Time-Slip]] (mid-career Philip K. Dick)
406* [[TheNarrativeOfTheLifeOfFrederickDouglass The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave]]
407* {{Literature/Neverwhere}}
408* NineteenEightyFour
409* OutboundFlight
410* {{Persuasion}}
411* [[ThePictureOfDorianGray The Picture of Dorian Gray]]
412* Literature/ThePrincessBride
413* {{Redwall}} series
414* TheRoad
415* [[SatanHisPsychotherapyAndCureByTheUnfortunateDrKasslerJSPS Satan: His Psychotherapy and Cure by the Unfortunate Dr. Kassler, J.S.P.S.]] (weird farcical comedy/tragedy/sci-fi)
416* ASeriesOfUnfortunateEvents
417* {{Literature/Shatterpoint}}
418* Literature/SherlockHolmes
419* TheSilmarillion (my Favorite Book Ever)
420* [[SmokeAndMirrors Smoke and Mirrors]] (Gaiman short story anthology)
421* {{Literature/Sphere}}
422* ThingsFallApart
423* ToKillAMockingbird
424* Literature/TwentyThousandLeaguesUnderTheSea
425* {{Literature/Walden}}
426* Literature/TheWarOfTheWorlds
427* [[WaysideSchool Wayside School Trilogy]]
428* Literature/WorldWarZ
429* AWrinkleInTime and sequels
430* XWingSeries
431* TheZombieSurvivalGuide
432
433
434LiveActionTelevision
435* ThirtyRock
436* Series/BandOfBrothers
437* BeingHuman
438* ABitOfFryAndLaurie
439* BlackBooks
440* BoyMeetsWorld
441* {{Community}}
442* DoctorWho (my Favorite Show Ever)
443* {{Firefly}}
444* TheHitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy
445* {{Jekyll}}
446* [[JosephCampbellAndThePowerOfMyth Joseph Campbell and the Power of Myth]] (Go watch it. I'll wait.)
447* [[MomentOfDeath Moment of Death]] (National Geographic special)
448* MontyPythonsFlyingCircus
449* PeepShow
450* PushingDaisies
451* {{QI}}
452* RedDwarf
453* Series/SabrinaTheTeenageWitch
454* {{Scrubs}}
455* {{Series/Sherlock}}
456* {{Smallville}}
457* ThatMitchellAndWebbLook
458* {{Torchwood}}
459* Series/TheWalkingDead
460* WouldILieToYou
461
462{{Music}}
463* My taste in music is hard to pin down entirely, but can probably best be described as having two facets. The primary facet is for "orchestral" music, along the lines or classical and instrumental music, opera and ballet music, and especially film/game/show scores. The secondary facet is generally more modern, focusing mostly on classic and some contemporary rock, and mostly on the softer end of the scale. One of the only things that don't neatly fit into either of the categories are musical scores, which can probably be lumped into scores in general. If I have a favorite musical genre, it is "scores"... if that counts as a genre.
464* Music/TheBeatles
465* LudwigVanBeethoven
466* JohannesBrahms
467* {{Enya}}
468* ESPosthumus
469* MichaelGiacchino
470* EnnioMorricone (my Favorite Modern Composer Ever)
471* WolfgangAmadeusMozart (my Favorite Classical Composer Ever; incidentally, {{Film/Amadeus}} was [[IncrediblyLamePun instrumental]] in the development of my musical tastes)
472* {{Nightwish}}
473* GiacomoPuccini
474* {{Queen}}
475* HowardShore
476* StephenSondheim
477* BruceSpringsteen
478* TheWho (my Favorite Band Ever)
479* JohnWilliams
480* WeirdAlYankovic
481
482NewspaperComics:
483* {{Blondie}}
484* CalvinAndHobbes
485* {{Dilbert}}
486* TheFarSide
487* FoxTrot
488* {{Peanuts}}
489* {{Zits}}
490
491{{Theatre}}
492* AnIdealHusband (late work of Wilde)
493* LaBoheme
494* CyranoDeBergerac
495* [[DogSeesGod Dog Sees God: Confessions of a Teenaged Blockhead]]
496* DonGiovanni
497* {{Theatre/Equus}}
498* TheImportanceOfBeingEarnest (my Favorite Play Ever)
499* Theatre/IntoTheWoods (my Favorite Musical Ever)
500* Theatre/LadyWindermeresFan
501* TheLionInWinter
502* MeasureForMeasure
503* {{RENT}}
504* {{Spamalot}}
505* Theatre/SweeneyToddTheDemonBarberOfFleetStreet
506* TheTwentyFifthAnnualPutnamCountySpellingBee
507
508VideoGames
509* AgeOfEmpires II and III (my gateway to strategy games and old favorites)
510* VideoGame/AgeOfMythology (one of my Favorite Games Ever, possibly my favorite of all time)
511* VideoGame/BatmanArkhamAsylum
512* TheBattleForMiddleEarth series
513* {{Burnout}} series
514* {{Civilization}} series
515* CompanyOfHeroes
516* CrusaderKings II
517* CthulhuSavesTheWorld
518* DarkCloud
519* DCUniverseOnline
520* {{VideoGame/Democracy}} 3
521* DestroyAllHumans series
522* DragonBallZBudokai 3
523* DragonQuestVIIIJourneyOfTheCursedKing
524* EuropaUniversalis IV (one of my Favorite Games Ever, potentially my favorite of all time)
525* [[VideoGame/FableI Fable: The Lost Chapters]]
526* {{Fahrenheit}}
527* GameDevTycoon
528* JakAndDaxter series
529* JazzJackrabbit
530* KatamariDamacy and We Love Katamari (the latter is one of my Favorite Games Ever, potentially my favorite of all time)
531* KingdomHearts
532* VideoGame/KnightsOfTheOldRepublic I and II (one of my Favorite Game Series Ever)
533* TheLegendOfZeldaOcarinaOfTime
534* TheLegendOfZeldaPhantomHourglass
535* MarioKart series
536* MercenariesPlaygroundOfDestruction
537* {{Pokemon}} main series (one of my Favorite Game Series Ever, with Gens II and IV being the best)
538* {{VideoGame/Rampage}} N64 games
539* RogueSquadron series
540* ShadowOfTheColossus
541* [[ShiningForce Shining Force: The Legacy of Great Intention]]
542* SidMeiersPirates
543* SlyCooper series
544* SoulSeries
545* VideoGame/SpiderMan2
546* StarWarsBattlefront series
547* StarWarsBountyHunter
548* StrongBadsCoolGameForAttractivePeople
549* SuperMarioBros series
550* SuperSmashBros series
551* TimeCrisis series
552* [[TimeSplitters TimeSplitters: Future Perfect]]
553* ToTheMoon (one of my Favorite Games Ever)
554* TotalWar series (one of my Favorite Game Series Ever, with Medieval II and mod Third Age potentially being my favorite of all time)
555* [[TraumaCenter Trauma Center: Under the Knife]]
556* {{VideoGame/Tsukumogami}} (99 Spirits)
557* VideoGame/UnrealTournament series
558* WarThunder
559* WarioWare series
560* VideoGame/TheWolfAmongUs
561* VideoGame/XCOMEnemyUnknown
562
563VisualNovels
564* AceAttorney series (one of my Favorite Game Series Ever, the first is potentially my favorite of all time)
565* HotelDuskRoom215
566* KatawaShoujo (one of my Favorite Games Ever)
567* LongLiveTheQueen
568
569WebOriginal
570* ChadVader
571* [[DavidMitchellsSoapbox David Mitchell's Soapbox]] (Youtube show that is ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin)
572* WebVideo/DragonBallZAbridged
573* TheGuild
574* WebAnimation/HomestarRunner
575* IMDb
576* NationStates
577* TheOnion
578* RedLetterMedia
579* ThatGuyWithTheGlasses
580* [[TVTropesWillRuinYourLife ...]] [[TVTropes TV]] [[TVTropesWillEnhanceYourLife Tropes]]
581* UnforgottenRealms
582* too many YouTube channels to count
583
584{{Webcomics}}
585* Webcomic/TheAbominableCharlesChristopher
586* Webcomic/TheAdventuresOfDrMcNinja
587* Webcomic/AndersLovesMaria
588* Webcomic/BobAndGeorge (my old gateway to webcomics)
589* {{Webcomic/Buttersafe}}
590* Webcomic/DarthsAndDroids
591* Webcomic/DinosaurComics
592* Webcomic/DMOfTheRings
593* Webcomic/HarkAVagrant
594* Webcomic/MegaTokyo (my Favorite Webcomic Ever, as well as one of my favorite mangas in its own right)
595* {{Webcomic/Mokepon}}
596* Webcomic/PennyArcade
597* Webcomic/QuestionableContent
598* Webcomic/SaturdayMorningBreakfastCereal
599* {{Webcomic/Subnormality}}
600* {{Webcomic/xkcd}}
601
602WesternAnimation
603* In general I especially love HannaBarbera, WB/Spielberg co-productions, anything by [[GenndyTartakovsky Tartakovsky]] and/or [[CraigMcCracken McCracken]], the [[DCAnimatedUniverse DCAU]], and CartoonCartoons.
604* {{Animaniacs}} (honorable mention favorite)
605* AvatarTheLastAirbender
606* BatmanTheAnimatedSeries (honorable mention favorite)
607* WesternAnimation/TheBoondocks
608* TheCharlieBrownAndSnoopyShow
609* CloneHigh
610* CodenameKidsNextDoor
611* CourageTheCowardlyDog (honorable mention favorite)
612* DextersLaboratory (my #3 western animated show)
613* {{Doug}}
614* {{WesternAnimation/Droopy}}
615* EdEddNEddy
616* TheFairlyOddParents (honorable mention favorite)
617* TheFlintstones (honorable mention favorite)
618* {{Freakazoid}} (my Favorite Western Animated Show Ever)
619* {{Futurama}} (honorable mention favorite)
620* GarfieldAndFriends
621* {{Gargoyles}}
622* TheGrimAdventuresOfBillyAndMandy (and Grim and Evil)
623* HeyArnold (honorable mention favorite)
624* TheJetsons
625* WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague and JLU (JL is my #5 western animated show)
626* KimPossible (honorable mention favorite)
627* [[LooneyTunes Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies]] (honorable mention favorite, especially when ChuckJones is involved)
628* MegasXLR (my #2 western animated show)
629* ThePowerpuffGirls (honorable mention favorite)
630* APupNamedScoobyDoo
631* RockosModernLife
632* RockyAndBullwinkle (quite possibly the first show I ever watched (certainly the first one I remember), on VHS, and still very good)
633* {{Rugrats}}
634* SamuraiJack (my #4 western animated show)
635* ScoobyDooWhereAreYou (honorable mention favorite)
636* SecretSquirrel
637* WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons
638* WesternAnimation/TheSmurfs
639* SpongebobSquarepants
640* WesternAnimation/StarWarsCloneWars
641* WesternAnimation/TeenTitans (honorable mention favorite)
642* TimeSquad
643* TinyToonAdventures
644* TomAndJerry (honorable mention favorite)
645* WackyRaces (honorable mention favorite)

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