''Meta4: Meta Harder or Die Trying'' is the latest film in the ''Meta'' series. Most fans agree that, while not as good as ''Meta: Morphosis'', it is far superior to ''Meta2: [[TheTitling The Sharkening]]'' and ''Meta3: [[RevengeOfTheSequel The Revenge of the Curse of the Son of Meta's Revenge Rides Again]]: This Time, [[ItsPersonal It's Personal]]''.

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[[quoteright:227:[[GunnerkriggCourt https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/cutmaster.jpg]] ]]
[[caption-width-right:227:The CutMaster at work.]]
I'm a white male human living in the midwest United States. I spend too much of my free time on the internet. My taste is fickle.

I'm a bit on the ideal side of the [[SlidingScaleOfIdealismVersusCynicism Sliding Scale]]. (I was the one who launched EarnYourHappyEnding, and that is for the most part how I see the world.) I'm a moderate {{Splitter}}. The StableTimeLoop is my favorite method of TimeTravel (provided the Novikov Self-Consistency Principle is in effect and there's a healthy dose of Block Time to prevent the Bootstrap Paradox). I think that Predestination and Free Will are not only compatible, but are actually two sides of the same coin.

Known elsewhere on this great big internet as Metaphizzle, Metaphoragizery, Mezzaphor, M23, and neutrino.

I tend to take my sweet time launching new tropes from YKTTW.

This troper provides examples of:
* CharacterBlog: [[strike:[[http://www.metaphoragizery.blogspot.com See here]].]] [[http://twitter.com/Metaphizzle No, here.]]
** [[http://tiny.cc/meta-lb Live bloggination here.]]
* CutMaster
* EntryPimp
* FanFic
** [[http://archiveofourown.org/users/metaFour/pseuds/metaFour LET ME TELL YOU ABOUT MY HOMESTUCK FANFICS]]
* {{Geek}} and/or {{Nerd}}
* CrossPlayer / [[RealMenWearPink Real Men Use Pictures Of Cartoon Girls As Their Forum Avatars]]
* NiceHat
* {{Splitter}}

If you're wondering, I used to go by {{Meta4}}. I phased out the numeral because typing those curly brackets was getting really annoying.

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[[Sandbox/MetaFour Here is a thing.]] [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/to_do_list.php Here is another thing.]]

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[[folder:Pages I started/launched, in chronological order]]
* ''GunnerkriggCourt''
* AltText
* OurDragonsAreDifferent
* TheManBehindTheCurtain ''(props to @/{{Prfnoff}} for the name)''
* {{Blog}}
* ScreenName
* SelfExplanatory
* MediumAwareness ''(props to @/SciVo for the name... I think)''
* {{Lurker}}
* ''RiceBoy''
* FilmNoir
* HeroBall
* ''TheAdventuresOfDrMcNinja''
* ''StarWarsCloneWars''
* ComplainingAboutShowsYouDontLike
* StockShoutOuts
* ''StarWarsTheCloneWars''
* MoodDissonance
* BodySnatcher
* {{Metamorphosis}}
* FinalBattle
* MadeOfExplodium ''(from a ykttw by @/{{Shale}}; props to him for the name as well)''
* CameraAbuse
* HugeGuyTinyGirl
* DodgeTheBullet
* MagicVersusScience ''(from a ykttw by @/EricaMZDM)''
* OurTropesAreDifferent
* ''TheDarkKnightSaga''
* the {{Batman}} franchise page.
* EveryEpisodeEnding
* Characters.GunnerkriggCourt
* ShapeshifterWeapon
* BedsheetGhost ''(from a ykttw by UnknownTroper; props to @/{{Puck}} for the name)''
* {{Roma}} ''(from a ykttw by UnknownTroper)''
* FauxtivationalPoster ''(from a ykttw by @/{{Pisthetairos}})''
* TVTropesWikiDrinkingGame
* ''TillWeHaveFaces''
* PsychicLink
* IAmTheBand
* {{Hellgate}} ''(from a ykttw by UnknownTroper)''
* PreMortemOneLiner ''(from a ykttw by UnknownTroper)''
* ScrewThisImOuttaHere
* BrainBleach ''(from a ykttw by UnknownTroper; original namer unknown)''
* ShrugOfGod ''(from a ykttw by @/{{thatother1dude}}; props to @/{{daggerstab}} for the name)''
* EarnYourHappyEnding ''(props to @/TheAdversary for the name)''
* ''Film.TheManWhoKnewTooLittle''
* MoodSwinger
* FlashbackEffects
* WhiteHairedPrettyGirl ''(from near-simultaneous ykttw's by @/{{Hazel}}; props to @/{{silver2195}} for the name)''
* RoswellThatEndsWell
* GodsNeedPrayerBadly ''(from a ykttw by UnknownTroper)''
* ''TheSpaceTrilogy''
* OverDrive ''(from a ykttw by @/EponymousKid)''
* CSLewis
* DarthWiki.UnpublishedWorks
* TheTunguskaEvent ''(from a ykttw by @/EchoGarrote)''
* NikolaTesla '' (Sort of. Kind of. Maybe. I launched it from a ykttw by UnknownTroper, with a lot of input from @/{{Fanra}} and @/BlackDragon, then within a day the entire article text had been {{Wiki Magic}}ked into something better. But the header quote and picture are all me.)''
* ''{{GastroPhobia}}''
* ''OrderOfTales''
* SilentSceneryPanel
* ChronicHeroSyndrome ''(from a ykttw by UnknownTroper)''
* FiveIronFrenzy
* NotSoStoic ''(from a ykttw by @/RedSweater)''
* AlsoSprachZarathustra ''(from a ykttw by @/{{Syera}})''
* RaygunGothic ''(from a ykttw by @/{{trouserwearingbarbarian}})''
* TemporalMutability
* ''{{Fleep}}''
* ''BusStop''
* ''{{Bookhunter}}''
* ''{{Meanwhile}}''
* JasonShiga
* Laconic.ChronicHeroSyndrome
* Laconic.ThisIsSparta
* MusicalTrigger and Laconic.MusicalTrigger ''(from a suggestion by my roommate)''
* TriviallyObvious
* QuotesWiki
* SufjanStevens
* SCPFoundation
* OrphansOrdeal
* NayTheist ''(from ykttw's by @/CaptainCrowbar and @/WizardJoni; props to @/{{Danel}} for the name.)''
* ''DoubleHappiness''
* ''TheManWhoSavesTheWorld''
* FranchiseIndex
* ALightInTheDistance (from a ykttw by an UnknownTroper)
* Analysis.GunnerkriggCourt
* the ''{{X-Men}}'' franchise page.
* WhiteVoidRoom
* ''Film.{{Outlander}}''
* {{Starflyer 59}}
* DefiantToTheEnd
* ''TheSearchers''
* CreateYourOwnVillain ''(from a ykttw by @/KJMackley)''
* SuperheroParadox
* HolodeckMalfunction
* HaikuWiki ''(a brainstorm between myself, @/{{alliterator}}, and @/DragonQuestZ; see [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/posts.php?discussion=7t8yva7f9u90svuw9cora5kx&page=2#30 here]])''
* ''Sonic3AndKnuckles''
* TragicMistake
* HeartbeatSoundtrack
* ''SonicTheHedgehog2SpecialEdition''
* ''SonicTheHedgehogTheMovie''
* SixteenHorsepower
* WovenHand
* HavalinaRailCo
* ''UnwindersTallComics''
* BraveSaintSaturn
* DeceasedCrab ''(I'm claiming this one because I expanded it from an one-sentence stub left by an UnknownTroper.)''
* ''ScotlandPA''
* ''{{Film.Hellboy}}''
* "ItsAGoodLife"
* ''CheckerboardNightmare''
* ''{{Following}}''
* {{Overside}}
* WalkDontSwim
* StepUpToTheMicrophone
* {{Hipster}}
* YinYangClash ''(props to @/{{Phenolatukas}} for the name)''
* UnstoppableForceMeetsImmovableObject ''(These last two were heavily reworked from a trope that spent mere hours in ykttw before getting launched and ending up on the Cut List. The author of the original ykttw has been lost to the ether.)''
* AnonymousBand
* SelfDemonstratingSong
* BecomingTheBoast
* DanielAmos
* {{Xera}}
* EntertainmentForTheBraindead
* TheOneThingIDontHateAboutYou
* GlassShatteringSound ''(from ykttw's by @/{{Drawciawitch}} and @/MrInitialMan)''
* Music/TheDingees
* RelationshipSalvagingDisaster
* {{Music/Stereolab}}
* HatOfPower ''(Split off an abandoned thread started by Tropers/{{Erpegis}}.)''
* TheHatMakesTheMan ''(Split off that same abandoned thread.)''
* ''Videogame/JablessAdventure''
* ''Comicbook/EmpireState''
* Music/{{Danielson}}
* Music/DukeEllington
* ''Literature/WiseBlood''
* {{Music/Orbital}}
* {{Music/Runforyerlife}}
* Music/AHawkAndAHacksaw
* ''Literature/TheIdiot''
* Music/MyBrightestDiamond
* AntiAdvice
* Music/{{Calexico}}
* Music/JagaJazzist
* ''Music/QueenOfTheWave''
* Music/PepeDeluxe
* Music/AfroCeltSoundSystem
* ''Webcomic/CityFace''
* OutOfTheFryingPan
* ''Fanfic/TealovesSteamyAdventure''
* Creator/{{Insaneponyauthor}}
* ''Fanfic/{{Derailed}}''
* Music/DavidByrne
* ''Fanfic/DiamondAndSilversExcellentAdventure''
* ''Fanfic/ParentsOfPonyville''
* HalfRememberedHomage
* ''Music/HorrendousDisc''
* ''Music/{{Alarma}}''
* ''Music/{{Doppelganger}}''
* ''Music/VoxHumana''
* ''Music/FearfulSymmetry''
* ''Fanfic/DreamOnYouCrazyPrincess''
* "Recap/HomestarRunnerGoesForTheGold"
* AbileneParadox
* ''Fanfic/DangerThanFiction''
* RemixAlbum ''(from an old ykttw by @/SpainSun)''
* ''Literature/TheTimTebowCFLChronicles''
* SuspicionAesop
* FirstStepFixation
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[[folder:Pages I titled but didn't write, in chronological order:]]
* GenerationXerox
* {{Dissimile}}
* ScrapbookStory
* ApocalypseHow
* AuthorityEqualsAsskicking
* PermaStubble
* FrickinLaserBeams
* WiseBeyondTheirYears
* NextSundayAD
* HyperspaceIndex
* {{Tradesnark}}
* ExtranormalInstitute
* TheMindIsAPlaythingOfTheBody
* YouFailNuclearPhysicsForever
* PartyAtMyIndex
* ArtisticAge
* AwesomeMcCoolname (though {{Fawriel}} deserves over half the credit for this one)
* TalkAboutThatThing
* ThanatosGambit
* FightingAShadow
* UnexpectedGameplayChange and GameplayRoulette (renamed from UnexpectedGenreChange and GenreRoulette)
* NearDeathClairvoyance
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[[folder:Pages that I didn't technically have any hand in launching, but I made a significant enough edit to the article that I feel an unhealthy sense of ownership over it:]]
* ''{{Primer}}''
* ''DarkCity''
* ''{{Spacetrawler}}''
* ''WesternAnimation/HellboyAnimated''
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[[folder:Other "accomplishments", in chronological order]]
* Created [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/trope-picture.png this picture]], originally intended for use on TropeName.
* Suggested the current shade of blue in use on [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/ykttw.php?interval=1 ykttw]] (it's html hex #6EADDC).
* Reorganized the FanNickname examples, and split TroperFanNicknames off of it. (This was back before TroperTales had been created.)
* Split EnergyWeapon into FrickinLaserBeams and LaserBlade (Props to {{Citizen}} for the name of the latter.)
* Retitled the old Wizarding School article to ExtranormalInstitute, then split off the current WizardingSchool article as a subtrope.
* Split the nine individual alignment pages off of CharacterAlignment.
* The redirect BigWords.
* The icon that links to articles on [[strike:the LaconicWiki and]] QuotesWiki.
* Split the other ''GhostInTheShell'' pages off of ''GhostInTheShellStandAloneComplex''.
* [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/trope-repair-blue.png This button.]] (Pixel-art {{Trope-tan}} courtesy of {{ccoa}}.)
* Renamed Unexpected Genre Change to UnexpectedGameplayChange, and split GenreRoulette off of GameplayRoulette.
* Was called [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/posts.php?discussion=9ms40p5nux72wrxajvu56v4u&page=341#8514 "the most important Troper"]] once.
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Hooray for me.

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[[folder:Stuff I like]]

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[[folder: Webcomics ]]

* ''GunnerkriggCourt''
* ''DinosaurComics''
* ''TheNonAdventuresOfWonderella''
* ''TheAdventuresOfDoctorMcNinja''
* ''Wondermark''
* ''GirlGenius''
* ''Misunderstandings Between Friends''
* ''RiceBoy'' / ''OrderOfTales''
* ''Webcomic/NoRestForTheWicked''
* ''{{GastroPhobia}}''
* ''{{Blip}}''

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[[folder: Movies ]]

* ''TheIncredibles''
* ''StarWars''
* ''LordOfTheRings''
* ''BatmanBegins'' and ''TheDarkKnight''
* ''{{Primer}}''
* ''PiratesOfTheCaribbean''
* ''Film/GroundhogDay''
* ''Film/TheManWhoKnewTooLittle''
* ''ScotlandPA''

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[[folder: TV ]]

* ''MysteryScienceTheater3000''
* ''{{Monk}}''
* ''BattlestarGalactica''
* ''StarWarsCloneWars''
* ''JusticeLeague''
* ''GhostInTheShellStandAloneComplex''

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[[folder: Books & Authors ]]

* ''TheBible''
* CSLewis
* ''TheLordOfTheRings''

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[[folder: Print Comicbooks ]]

* ''{{Hellboy}}''
* Doug [=TenNapel=]

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[[folder: Musicians ]]

* SufjanStevens
* {{Starflyer 59}}
** Bon Voyage
* HavalinaRailCo. aka Havalina aka Matt Death and the New Intellectuals
* Gileah Taylor
* Anathallo
* Richard Swift
* WovenHand
* SixteenHorsepower
* JohnnyCash
* DukeEllington
* {{Danielson}}
* JoyElectric
* JarsOfClay
* Runforyerlife
* FiveIronFrenzy
* FloggingMolly
* {{Xera}}
* Kate Rusby
* Calexico
* ElectricLightOrchestra
* TheDingees
* Demon Hunter
* {{Yes}}
* Chasing Furies
* The W's
* {{Korpiklaani}}
* Doug Burr
* Yma Sumac
* {{Orbital}}
* EntertainmentForTheBraindead
* Carlos Montoya
* Buena Vista Social Club (and its various members)
* DanielAmos
* TheClash
* {{Stereolab}}
* TheKinks
* Afro Celt Sound System
* Axial
* AHawkAndAHacksaw
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[[folder:Doop de doop.]]
* [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/hahawhat_9912.jpg Haha what]]
* [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/whaaa_5048.jpg Whaaaa]]
* [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/theworstthing_6841.jpg The worst thing in the world to say]]
* [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/neweyesnewbrain_157.jpg Need new eyes]]
* [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/WHAT_THE_HELL_WAS_THAT_1077.jpg What was that]]
* [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/elated_2833.png Elated]]
* [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/This_thread_again_8906.png This thread again]]
* [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/gslaw_3336.jpg Yummy slaw]]
* [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/appals_5577.png I'm appalled.]]
* [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/noyou_2493.png No! You!]]
* [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/karkatgasp_4079.png Gasp.]]
* [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/kat_approves_9478.jpg Two thumbs up.]]
* [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/swoon2_8859.png Swoon.]]
* [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/SmittyTotallyFine_3789.JPG Totally fine.]]
* [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/slowpoke-pony300_6624.png Hey guys, did you hear that Lauren Faust has a new cartoon?]]
* [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/yesyesyes_6936.jpg Yes.]]
* [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/stopallthis_5242.png Stop all this nonsense.]]
* [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/trolling_6494.png Trolling.]]
* [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/caspar-dontlikedontread_2626.jpeg Don't read it.]]
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[[caption-width-right:325:This [[note]]picture of a[[/note]] chemnitzer concertina was a present from @/{{Madrugada}}.]]

And here's some song lyrics I happen to like:

->I call you from the comet's cradle.\\
I found you trembling by yourself.\\
When the night falls\\
lightly on your right-wing shoulder,\\
wonderful know-it-all\\
slightly when the night gets colder.

->Oh, conscience, where will you carry me?\\
I found you, star of terrifying effigies.\\
When the night falls,\\
I carry myself to the fortress\\
of your glorious cost.\\
Oh how I may seek your fortress.\\
When the night falls,\\
we see the star of wonder.\\
Wonderful night falls,\\
we see you, we see you there.

->I see the stars coming down there,\\
coming down there to the yard.\\
I see the stars coming down there,\\
coming down there to my heart.
-->-- '''Sufjan Stevens''', "Star of Wonder"


->Hey man write it\\
So they see\\
It's not tired \\
My melody\\
I've been writing\\
Since 23\\
My memorial

->Can I rely\\
(One more time) \\
Can I?\\
In the twinkling of an eye\\
Of an eye\\
We'll rise

->Hey man, you tired?\\
Yeah that's me\\
You look worried?\\
Well yeah that's me\\
Is it over?\\
Well we'll see\\
My memorial

->Hey man did ya\\
Write that for me?\\
It seems like it\\
That really spoke to me\\
But you made it up\\
You made it up\\
You made it up\\
You make it up
-->-- '''Starflyer 59''', "M23"


->For things beyond,\\
I know they are,\\
I do not need to see.\\
For things beyond,\\
the treasures hid,\\
the secrets that I keep.\\
For things behind\\
the bridges burned,\\
and those I wish I'd saved.\\
For things above, \\
a thousand tongues,\\
the angels and the saints.

->The chaos of love,\\
the fury of life.

->The sameness of death,\\
the beauty of truth,\\
the glory of God,\\
the glory of God,\\
the chaos of love,\\
the fury of life.
-->--'''Gileah''', "For Things Beyond"


->Hollywood's been trying to make new friends\\
with the aliens\\
by sending them our culture and our ways of life \\
and all of our trends,\\
transmitting music and TV shows\\
and all the cool clothes,\\
hoping for approval from the aliens\\
but nobody knows\\
Whoa! They're sick of our movies!\\
Whoa! They're sick of our lies!\\
Whoa! They're coming to see us.\\
Baby get ready for a big surprise.\\
Whoa! They're bringing their weapons!\\
Whoa! They're gonna shove us around!\\
Whoa! The robots are coming\\
to bomb the city, destroy the town.\\
Hollywood is burning down.
->-- '''Calibretto 13''', "Hollywood"

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