[[http://nsider2.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=570673 Smile For The Camera]] was a [[PlayByPostGames Play By Post Game]] on Nintendo Nsider2 Forums created by the user ???. Set in an AlternateUniverse where monsters, ghosts, and various other types of supernatural phenomenon not only exist by are commonly acknowledged by the public, the RP centers around the cast of ''Monster Mashers'', a [[RealityTV reality TV program]] in which a group of monster hunters take down supernatural threats to protect humanity (and to earn as high ratings as possible). HilarityEnsues.

The original turned into a dead fic, however, and it didn't come back for a while...until the dead RP became a plot point in Rhadamanthus' [[Roleplay/TheDeathSeries Land of the Dead]], which reminded ??? to revive it. The new version can be found [[http://nsider2.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=590361&st=0 here]].

!!Tropes from the old Smile From The Camera are:

* AllTrollsAreDifferent: Kikai.
* AlmightyJanitor: Ranpu, a martial-arts expert, spent most of his life as a botanist before joining Monster Mashers.
* AnimalWrongsGroup: Averted. While Dyana cares deeply about the well-being of monsters, she's more than willing to help the others open a can of whoopass on one when push comes to shove.
* AnimatedArmor: Albert.
* [[AttentionDeficitOohShiny Attention Defecit...Ooh, Shiny!]]: Dr. Drogan.
* TheBeastMaster: Dyana.
* BilingualBonus: Albert's taunt when fighting the [[{{Chupacabra}} Chupacabras]]: "Tu madre tiene la coche de un pajaro!" Which translates to "Your mother has a bird's car"...whatever that means...
* CoolOldGuy: Ranpu.
* CloudCuckooLander: Drogan and to a lesser extent, Kikai.
* ChewBubblegum: Kikai uses this line when fighting the zombie hoard.
* DitzyGenius: Dr. Drogan.
* {{Expy}}: Drogan shares many similarities to[[WesternAnimation/InvaderZim Professor Membrane]], which is both intentional and results in massive doses of LampshadeHanging.
** Milta is also quite similar to [[VideoGame/{{Darkstalkers}} Morrigan]].
* ForScience!: Practically Drogan's catchphrase.
* GratuitousJapanese: Kikai.
** Even his name is Japanese. [[Roleplay/TVTropesTheAdventure It's some kind of running gag for the user who made him.]]
* ImprobableWeaponUser: Kikai fights using a keyboard. Of course, this is probably a StealthPun referring to [[{{Troll}} Internet trolls]].
* JerkAss: Albert is a prime example.
-->"People say I'm rude and insensitive, that I have poor table manners, that I'm all around crude and annoying. Well...They're right."
* MsFanservice: Milta is both aware and proud of this.
* OrphanedSeries
* OurZombiesAreDifferent
* PunchClockHero: The cast seem to treat their job as more of a professional business than actual heroism.
* ShockAndAwe: Dr. Drogan, using an electrified baton.
* ShoutOut: Let's see...[[Manga/FullmetalAlchemist A living suit of armor named Al?]]
* ShowWithinAShow: Monster Mashers, which is actually a major aspect of the RP, considering nearly all the characters are "actors" on said show.
* {{Stripperiffic}}: Milta's usual outfit, though she seems to be able to spontaneously change her clothes at will.
* WeAreTeamCannonFodder: The camera crews fall under this trope regularly, although this should be expected.
* {{Youkai}}: Monsters from this category are among those featured in the RP.

!!Tropes from the new Smile For The Camera are:

* ADayInTheLimelight: William gets a mission in Seattle, involving his [[PlayFulHacker former hacker buddies.]]
* ActionGirl: Clarissa, Dyana, and Portia.
* TheAlcatraz: Outpost 13, which exploded.
* AdoredByTheNetwork: Like ScrewedByTheNetwork the Monster Mahser crew are trying to get the best and most ratings as possible.
* AllMythsAreTrue: To some extent.
* AffectionateParody/ {{Homage}}: Portia, is a clear one to the [[TheFifties 50's]] / [[TheSixties 60's]], [[{{Zeerust}} Zeerusty]], RaygunGothic Sci-Fi.
** This whole RP is one of UrbanFantasy and GothicPunk-type.
* AttentionDeficitOohShiny: Portia.
* ArtifactOfDoom: The Muramasa blade used by Lady War.
* ArcWords: ''"Come and see"''
* BadassInANiceSuit: William.
** Famine as well.
* BadassLabcoat: Portia wears one.
* BerserkButton: Just please do not mess with Clarissa's appearance....Things will get really ''ugly''.
* BigBad: [[spoiler:Lady War]]
* BilingualBonus: Translating the women's Russian is pretty funny.
* TheBeastMaster: Dyana
* BlackComedy: Practically inevitable.
* BrainyBrunette: Inverted with [[TheDitz Clarissa]]. Played Straight with Amanda.
* BrainlessBeauty: Clarissa, has her moments. Sometimes branching onto GeniusDitz, at times.
* BrilliantButLazy: Sibrious.
* BreakingTheFourthWall: Kinda of.
* BrokenAce: One possible interpretation of Clarissa.
* ContinuityReboot
* ChineseVampire: Malachi.
* ClothingDamage: Seen with Clarissa, prominently during the fight with Wendy. She tends to suffer this, [[{{Fanservice}} a lot.]]
* CloudCuckooLander: Portia, due to her [[ScienceRelatedMemeticDisorder mental condition]] and the experiments done on her.
** And, possibly Dyana, too.
* CorruptCorporateExecutive: [[spoiler: Lord Famine]]
* {{Cyberpunk}}[=/=]PostCyberpunk: The theme's from William's background seems to be branching on this. With him quitting from a [[{{Megacorp}} tech company]] due to his [[CorruptCorporateExecutive corrupt CEO]].
** CyberpunkWithAChanceOfRain: Seattle, [[FridgeBrilliance of course.]]
* {{Cyberspace}}: Seen in William's mission.
* {{Expy}}: William is probably one to the [[ComicBook/XMen The Beast]].
** Portia looks to be one [[Webcomic/GirlGenius Agatha Clay]].
* DarkActionGirl: The female members of Abyss and many others to count.
* DumbBlonde: {{Inverted|Trope}}, with Portia. She can be pretty brilliant but can be little ''[[ScienceRelatedMemeticDisorder off]]'', at times.
* EscortMission: Escorting [[BigBad Lady War]] didn't turn our so well.
* EldritchAbomination: One can assume The Operator is this and HumanoidAbomination.
* FantasticRacism: Quite a couple instances in the RP between monsters and humans, supremacy. Mostly the Furious Four and the The Abyss organization.
* GenreSavvy: This [[LampshadeHanging exchange]] between William and Portia:
-->'''William''': [[HotSpringsEpisode Now before I go....I really need that bath,]] [[CyberpunkWithAChanceOfRain it'll be rainy and cold in Seattle.]] [[CyberPunk And...Seattle is nothing but a cloudy dystopia filled with valuable advance technology]].....[[{{Megacorp}} And corporations.]]
-->'''Portia'''(''blowing a fuse''): [[FlatWhat Wha-?]] [[ScienceIsBad You make science look so bad!]] [[RaygunGothic The future is supposed to be an atomic powered and space-laden paradise!]] You silly goose! Filled with {{Space Battle}}s, [[RobotBuddy PULP robots]], [[TeleportersAndTransporters teleportation]], traveling the deep vastness....[[RecycledInSpace OF SPACE]], while...[[ForScience RUNNING ON SCIENCE!]]
** Jason seemed a bit of Savvy in during the abandoned hospital mission.
* GiantSpider: Frankie, sorta.
* GoldfishPoopGang: The Furious Four, much to Lance's dismay.
* GothicPunk: Probably, has some shades of it.
** Eh, more like an AffectionateParody.
* GunsAkimbo: Clarissa and Joel, on some occasions.
* GeniusDitz/ DitzyGenius: Portia has her moments.
* HarpingOnAboutHarpies: Erica, although more of a slyph.
* HeterosexualLifePartners: Portia and Clarissa are starting to develop this.
** Also, Jason and Rocky.
* HonestCorporateExecutive: Amanda, rather a subtle, example.
** William before he quit his other job.
* HotSpringsEpisode: After the Outpost 13 incident, which led to Clarissa and Portia's LesYay and BathtubBonding.
* IHaveManyNames: Just look at Rocky's ShoutOut barrage!
-->'''Rocky:''' [[IHaveManyNames My titles are]] [[VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft Earth warder, Ashbringer]], Manga/FistOfTheNorthStar, [[Anime/YuGiOh King of games]], [[VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft Lich king]], Manga/ShamanKing, [[Film/AustinPowers Man of mystery]], [[Film/TheManWithTheGoldenGun The man with the golden gun]], [[Literature/HarryPotter The boy that lived]], [[Literature/TheLordOfTheRings The one ring to rule them all]], [[Manga/{{Naruto}} The number one hyperactive knuckleheaded ninja of the leaf viliage]], [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic The 'Magic' element of harmony]], [[Franchise/PowerRangers The second red, and later the second blue, Power Ranger]], [[Franchise/{{Pokemon}} Pokémon master]], [[WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender Avatar]], [[Series/TheDukesOfHazzard One of the dukes of hazzard...with Jason being the other one]], [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking And that guy down the street who makes a killer tequila!]]
* {{Jerkass}}: Torgrot. He is an ork, after all...
** Let's not forget Albert.
* KilledOffForReal: Joel, Quincy, just to name a few.
* LampshadeHanging: Quite a few examples seen on top and bottom of this page.
* {{Magitek}}: Possibly what's activating Jason's Comic reader.
* MementoMacGuffin: Joel's necklace
* MindControlMusic: Harmony. Thus using her singing powers to mind control civilians with her music to commit crimes, for her personal gain.
* MissionControl: Amanda usually gives the missions via bulletin board.
* MsFanservice: Clarissa.
* MythologyGag/ CallBack: Frankie's mentioning of the Wicktor from the original. Then, Siberious has a few to Dr. Drogan.
* ObfuscatingStupidity: Daynna and Portia, somehow do this.
* OneSteveLimit: Averted. With both William's, to prevent any confusion Francois decides to be called by his middle name.
* OurBansheesAreLouder: Seen in mission 5.
* OurGargoylesRock: Seen in the Notre Dame mission.
* OurMonstersAreDifferent: '''IN SPADES!'''
* OurWerewolvesAreDifferent: William, in which he doesn't transform but stays as a werewolf.
* OverlyLongGag: Seen with Albert in the battle with [[BigBad Lady War]]:
-->'''Albert:'''Oh, hey, real nice move, dumbass! How am I supposed to use this from the ground, huh? Yeah, I'm feeling real useful now. Just gonna go beat this bitch up, okay. Oh! I know! I'll get her to step on me! Then her foot will hurt for like a whole goddamn day! Yeah, long-term, that's the way to win a fight. Maybe if I'm really lucky, she'll trip and poke her eye out on me. Then she'll be in trouble, yeah? Meanwhile, Mister Long, Green, and Handsome over there can bite her ankles. We'll be the perfect team! The Anklebiters! We'll be huge, I tell ya! Just you wait. We'll make millions by giving people irritating foot pain. Maybe we can get an ad deal with Adidas or something. Like, I'll be on a stool or something, and then Malachi puts on the shoe, and something awesome happens, and then I'll be like, 'OHHHHHH YEEEAAAAHHHH! DIG IT!' Then I'll marry some Swedish supermodel, and we'll have divorce three weeks later, and then there'll be a big scandal, and I'll be all over the tabloids, and then me and Malachi will have a falling-out and we'll go our separate ways. And he'll be like the goddamn Paul [=McCartney=] and form a new group that's almost as good as we were, and I'll just be a homeless head on the side of the road in Milwaukee, wherever the fuck that is, asking people for money. And then one day Malachi will walk by, but he won't even recognize me, and he'll just keep walking, and I'll cry. And then I'll start singing, 'I ain't got no body...' And then a talent scout will find me, and I'll get a record deal and make millions. But then World War 3 will break out, and people won't want to listen to my music anymore, and I'll turn to drugs, and then eventually kill myself, and then everybody will start buying my records, because I'll be dead, see, and that's the only way for a true artist to become popular is to die. Like Picasso, and Michael Jackson...
-->'''Malachi:'''Hey, Albert? Shut up.
* TheQuietOne: The Operator.
* RaygunGothic: Portia's weapon's and devices seems to be based around this aesthetic, rather.
* RedOniBlueOni: Jason (blue) and Rocky (red).
* RichBitch: Clarissa has come from a wealthy family, which this is practically inevitable.
* RewardingVandalism: Averted or [[DeconstructedTrope Deconstructed]]. Amanda gets call in the first part of the RP about the property damage being caused.
* ScienceHero: Portia and Siberious.
* ScrewedByTheNetwork: Played with In-verse. The fact that the cast members are trying to get the best ratings to prevent this. Has this coming in the future.
* SirensAreMermaids: Averted with Harmony.
* SharedUniverse: With Roleplay/TheDeathSeries.
* ShoutOut: Quite a lot of them, [[ReferenceOverdosed as expected]]. [[ShoutOut/SmileForTheCamera A page will do just fine, for all of the references.]]
* SpyCatsuit: Clarissa, wears one on occasion.
* StandardEvilOrganizationSquad: What is known as The Abyss is something like this.
* SwissArmyWeapon: Jason's Cosmic Reader is this with a ChoiceOfTwoWeapons limit
* {{Transplant}}: Okay, let's start at the beginning...Albert first appeared as a character in the original Smile for the Camera, until that died. Almost a year later, he became a {{Transplant}} in [[TheDeathSeries Land of the Dead]]. Now he's back in Smile for the Camera as a CanonImmigrant.
* TriggerHappy: Clarissa.
* UrbanFantasy
* TheUsualAdversaries: Torgrot, obviously...
* WeirdScience: Portia and Siberious really define this trope.
* WhenTreesAttack: Ablus. But, he's friendly so it may be PlantPerson.
* WildMassGuessing: [[WMG/SmileForTheCamera Go ahead make your guess...]]
* {{Youkai}}: Just like the first RP, monsters seen in category are seen.
* YouMeddlingKids: Seen at the end of Macbeth mission, in which the captured diectror says this [[LampshadeHanging phrase.]]
* {{Zeerust}}: See RaygunGothic.
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