History Tropers / Catfish42

Organized into folders. '''If you are here to vandalize, scroll down.'''

There's also a '''[[Quotes/{{Catfish42}} quotes page]]'''.

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[[folder:About me]]
A bit on who I am then: I came here a while ago (I have no idea when exactly, it's been quite some time), though I am pretty sure it was via a link from IrregularWebcomic. I started reading, [[TVTropesWillRuinYourLife got hooked]] and for a long time, I just lurked. Then at some point, I got myself a username [[OldShame to contribute to Troper Tales]]. At some point I discovered the forums and now I am properly addicted.

...You didn't expect me to tell who I ''really'' am did you?
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[[folder:Name]]
The "Catfish" part is from a movie quote, and I've been using it as an online username for a while.
The 42 is simply the ArcNumber of the {{Hitchhikers Guide To The Galaxy}} series (of which I`m a bit of a fan).
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[[folder:Writing/Drawing/Stuff]]
I have just about no talent for story writing and my drawing skills are mediocre on anything but cars, boats or aeroplanes.

So nothing here.
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[[folder:Trope list]]

A little list of tropes that [[strike: apply to me]] somehow have come in contact with me:

* BerserkButton: Here and there, this and that.
* BlackComedy: I like it.
* BlatantLies: Frequently.
* CannotStandThemCannotLiveWithoutThem: Many people.
* CharacterTics: Rolling my eyes, mainly.
* DeadpanSnarker: Not as good as some other people but I do have my moments.
* DidNotDoTheResearch: Rather irritating if I know better.
* HeadphonesEqualIsolation: Useful.
* OutOfCharacterMoment: Sometimes I am ''nice'' and ''helpful''. *shudder*
* RidiculousProcrastinator: I read the "leave a 10000 word paper until the night before it's due" and thought "that's me!".
* TrademarkFavoriteFood: Caramel-filled chocolate. And Lasagna (yes, capital letter).
* [[WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes Why Did It Have To Be Spiders?]]


Additionally, there's [[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/posts.php?discussion=6pswc5oj3xfv5jryme3ygx0h&page=1 that game]] where I've been accused of the following:
!!From "Tropefy":
* TheAce - Oh, I'd love that...
* AcePilot - About time I got that one! ...erham, yeah. Thanks.
* ANicePerson - That'd be, er... [[IncrediblyLamePun cool...]]
* {{Adorkable}} - ...well, thanks.
* AntiHero - Probably right...
* AwesomenessByAnalysis - Every now and then.
* {{Badass}} - Er...thanks I guess.
* BadassNormal - Oh yeah, I like that. Much better than superpowers.
* BloodKnight - ...[[FlatWhat what.]]
* CargoShip - Potholed from "Ship Lover". Er...''yeah''....
* CarryABigStick - As it was potholed from my title, ''Carrier Diplomacy'', I'd guess it refers to the quote by [[TheodoreRoosevelt good ol' Teddy]].
* ChaoticGood - When I'm in a good mood.
* ChuckYeager - I can only wish so...
* ColdSniper - My preferred video game tactic in fact.
* CoolPlane - My avatars, yes. And it ''does'' get a little old...
* CoolShip - I guess my hand-drawn aircraft design ''does'' look a bit spacey... or is it because of the carrier I had?
* DeadpanSnarker - Oh, I do hope so.
* [[DistractedByTheSexy Distracted By The Boat]]- Well, tha- '''BOAT!!''' Aww, ''niiice!''
* FISHOutOfWater - The name...?
* GeniusBruiser - Maybe not "genius", but...
* GenreSavvy - Yep. Or at least I hope so.
* [[NostalgiaFilter The Good Old Days]] - I like old cars and planes, so... yeah.
* TheHeart - Possibly.
* JerkassFacade - If that's what you think, I don't want to shatter your beliefs...
* TheKnightsWhoSaySquee - I'd bet.
* TheLancer - Said [[{{@/Flanker66}} Flanky]], calling himself TheHero in the process. Fine with me.
* LawfulGood - You wish.
* TheMario - Yep. Also my preferred character/unit type in video games.
* MinoredInAsskicking - Yeeeah.
* MixAndMatchCritters - The name? Actually I just heard the word and thought it sounded cool...
* MoreDakka - Yeah. Short, controlled bursts is nice and good, but sometimes, that just doesn't cut it.
* NobleDemon - Ah, you got me there...
* PungeonMaster - ...when I feel like it. And when the puns aren't ''too'' horrible.
* ShownTheirWork - I'm doing my best to keep it up.
* TheSmartGuy - Reasonably smart, yes.
* StylisticSuck - On the self-drawn avatars. I'll take it as a compliment.
* SquishyWizard - Maybe..?
* TheStraightMan - Usually.
* SweetTooth - Mhmhmh...chocolate...caramel filling...
* {{Troperiffic}} - Yep, quite the list here...
* WideEyedIdealist - Er...not so much.
* White Knight (KnightInShiningArmor) - Ahhh,.... rather not.
* TheWoobie - Sometimes, I guess. Somehow, I try to hide it though...
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If you are bored or want to tell me something, please, do so, there's enough space:

I've found another aviation enthusiast! Air trio! YEAH! -- {{Tropers/Flanker 66}}
* Some more and we got a squadron... -- {{Tropers/Catfish42}}

Planes and HG? Good taste. Oh, and I call AWACS! ~ Tropers/HungryJoe
ADDENDUM: The two adds on your page after I saved that were for the Mormons, and an all guys
dating service. Just saying.
* Huh, that's pretty weird. Anyway, thanks for coming here and bothering to write something. -- {{Tropers/Catfish42}}


I don't think I would mind meeting you, you seem swell. -- {{Tropers/Arcolops}}
* Thank you very much. I take that as a great compliment, coming from the resident provider of sarcasm. -- {{Tropers/Catfish42}}

...Is it wrong that looking at your handle makes me hungry? :/ - {{Tropers/Keybreak}}
* Well, er...I guess not...thanks for coming here anyway...—{{Tropers/Catfish42}}

FIFTH! Also, thanks for approving Operation: [[GotVolunteered Volunteer]](I'll get around to it sometime). --{{Tropers/Artemis92}}
* "Take your time, hurry up, the choice is yours, don't be late..." er, sorry, just came to my mind. Thanks for the vandalisation anyway. —{{Tropers/Catfish42}}
** Vandal''[[GrammarNazi ism]].'' Wait a minute, it seems Office Word thinks vandalization ''is'' a word. Go figure. Also: Hey, {{Nirvana}}! Cool. --Tropers/{{Artemis92}}

* Would you rather eat a dead skunk or a human eyeball? - {{Tropers/Wellinever}}
** What. ...well, if I could have gravy with the skunk... —{{Tropers/Catfish42}}
*** Mmm mmm. Delicious skunk gravy. - {{Tropers/Wellinever}}

* Thanks for quoting me in your signature, Catfish! - Tropers/MadeOfAxes
** Thanks to you for providing my favourite signature so far.—@/{{Catfish42}}

* [[DramaticEllipses ...]];...;[[RuleOfThree ...]]. -gives Catfish a bag of popcorn-
** Thank you! -omnomnomnom- ...tasty. —@/{{Catfish42}}

* Godot Was Here

* [=*=]unrolls scroll* ... well, you did tell us to [[spoiler:[[AWorldwidePunomenon scroll down]]]], after all. --@/{{sgrunt}}
** Oh, you... well, thanks for the vandalism. —@/{{Catfish42}}

* Would love to join up on that squadron as a fellow airpower enthusiast (though be warned, if it ever comes down to a contest between air- and seapower...) Salute! --@/SabresEdge
** -salutes- You're in, mate, glad to have you with us. Also, carriers forever! — @/{{Catfish42}}

* You know what [[FetishFuel vore]] ''is''? (from guess who)
** Trust me, I know ''everything.'' — @/{{Catfish42}}.

* Everyone is quotable in his own right... right? - @/AmusedTroperGuy
** Well yeah, guess so. — @/{{Catfish42}}

* I demand cake and mountain dew. - @/{{Tehpillowstar}}

* Don't sweat it too much Catfish42! I'm not that spunky on drawing either! If I was, I'd likely have tried some sort of comic myself. [[Tropers/NESgamer190 NES]]

* Ding dong. Delivery for the Catfish. -- @/{{Boxen}}
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I will try to compile a list of tropes that [[strike: apply to me]] somehow have come in contact with me:
!!Tropes that apply to "Catfish42"

* HeadphonesEqualIsolation: When I put my headphones on to listen to music, that is my way of saying "I don't want to talk to you now, so just shut up". The good thing is that when you have heaphones on is that people automatically assume you can't hear. But maybe your music is not that loud. And then it's a great way to listen in on any conversation.
* JustPlaneWrong: You can trust in me to spot it.
* OutOfCharacterMoment: Sometimes I am ''nice'' and ''helpful''. * shudder*

* TrademarkFavoriteFood: Caramel-filled chocolate. And Lasagna (yes, it deserves the capital letter).

Additionally, there's [[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/posts.php?discussion=6pswc5oj3xfv5jryme3ygx0h&page=1 that great game]] where I've been accused of the following:

** Trust me, I know ''everything.'' — @/{{Catfih42}}.

** Well yeah, guess so. — @/{{Catfih42}}

I also apparently have a '''[[Quotes/{{Catfish42}} quotes page]]''' now. If you think I'm quoteable, feel free to add stuff to it.

* CannotStandThemCannotLiveWithoutThem: My "friends". After a long day with them, I can be annoyed as hell, but after six weeks of holidays without them, I can be ''utterly'' bored.

* CoolShades: I have a pair. And together with a friend, I founded a "Cool Shades Fraction".

* DidNotDoTheResearch: Rather irritating to me if I know better.
* ForeignCussWord: While normally speaking German, I might curse in English under my breath.

A bit on who I am then: I came here a while ago (I have no idea when exactly, it's been quite some time), though I am pretty sure it was via a link from IrregularWebcomic. I started reading, [[TVTropesWillRuinYourLife got hooked]] and for a long time, I just lurked. Then at some point, I got myself a username to contribute to Troper Tales. At some point I discovered the forums and now I am properly addicted.

Quick note on ellipses... : ...I love 'em...

Name inspired by {{Pirates Of The Caribbean}} 2 and {{Hitchhikers Guide To The Galaxy}}:

Really.

God what have I done? I have just told you the secret of where my username comes from. Now ''everyone'' can figure it out. So I might as well explain it: The "Catfish" part comes from the second {{Pirates Of The Caribbean}} film where [[ThoseTwoGuys those two pirates]] and the dog are in a boat, the dog jumps into the water, one pirate asks why and the other awnsers with "Maybe he`s seen a catfish?" I found that bit so funny I started using the word as a username online.

I must say that I have no talent for story writing and my drawing skills are mediocre on anything but cars, boats or aeroplanes. But as I have a decent imagination, I have come up with some possible ideas for story which I haven't developed much for lack of a medium to convey them with.

For example:
* ''The Seamless Agenda'' (working title), a story about a man and a women who find themselves working together at some form of secret organization. They were in school together but haven't seen each other for ten years, which leads to some awkward situations. Set TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture, with the characters mostly based on people I know. — Some plots and events outlined.
* ''Man In The City'', about a guy living in a (seemingly) [[{{Utopia}} utopic]] city (known merely as The City, 'cause it's the biggest one around). He is the only one who doesn't agree with the super green-"we are so liberal and cool"-mentality that governs the place and [[StepfordSmiler glosses over any existing problems]]. — Two short proof-of-concept texts.

'''HEY!!''' ''In case you are here because of the [[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/posts.php?discussion=6pswc5oj3xfv5jryme3ygx0h&page=1 Tropefy the above troper game]], don't just steal from the list. Be a little original, will ya?''

* BeingGoodSucks: My opinion. Mostly. Borders on GoodIsNotNice.
* BerserkButton: Bad English can annoy me a ''bit''.
* BlackComedy: A ''British'' sense of humour, my mum says. Well, I do have some Brits in the family.
* BlatantLies: I haven't seen your ''X'' either, no sorry. I have no idea where you put it, maybe in the.. Alright, alright here you go.
* BrilliantButLazy: Well, not exactly ''brilliant'', maybe just clever, but lazy for sure. I could be so much better in school if I had put some more effort into it. Good in testpapers but never saying anything during lessons. Unless it was something really clever.
* CatchPhrase: I have a few: "Indeed, good sir!", [[SarcasmMode "Now]] [[SarcasmMode ''that`s'' [[SarcasmMode gonna be fun."]], "Clever. Very clever. Almost ''too'' clever [for someone like you]." Out of politeness, I omit that last part in conversation.
* CannotStandThemCannotLiveWithoutThem: My "friends" to me. After a long day with them, I can be annoyed as hell, but after six weeks of holidays without them, I can be ''utterly'' bored.
* CharacterTics: Compulsive eyerolling, FacePalm, finger snipping ([[EarWorm to the music in my head]]), constantly quoting stuff or imitating a charater's speech pattern, etc., etc. ...

* FamousAncestor: Not actually famous, but I can safely assume that some of my ancestors were smugglers on the coast of South East Britain during the 1800s.

* GenreSavvy: If someone comes up with a plan, I often see where its faults are, what is likely to go wrong and where people will ask stupid questions.
* GratuitousEnglish: Averted. While many people here in Germany speak at least small bits of English, they mostly aren`t very good at it. I would say however that mine is [[strike:a bit]] a lot (not the guy for understatement) better due to relatives and holidays in England.
* HaHaHaNo: I regularly do this, for example when asked for help I am not going to give.
--->'''Someone''': Could you help me with the maths homework?
--->'''Me''': Help you with the...HAHAHA oh, you're funny, help you with the HAHAHA... '''NO.'''
* HatesEveryoneEqually: I start out hating everybody. From there, I make exceptions.

* HyperAwareness: Not as extreme as some fictional examples but sometimes there are the little things that catch my eye. And I have quite a good memory for those too. Some things however also go past me completely.
* IslandHelpMessage: I sometimes put these on beaches for fun when I'm on holiday.
* IThoughtEveryoneCouldDoThat: I thought everyone could learn English at school. I was horribly wrong. The people around are just so... ''bad'' at it.

* LeaningOnTheFurniture: And on other people...
* MathematiciansAnswer: Given for example to the question of what time it is (it seems I am one of the few people who still wear watches).
* OnlySaneMan: I often feel like it.
* OutgrownSuchSillySuperstitions: How I view religion. Please, I don't intend to offend anyone and I don`t want to argue about the topic.

* RuleOfCool / RuleOfFun: The reason for quite a few things I do.
* ShameIfSomethingHappened: Every now and then, I do this when people start to annoy me. A variation is this:
--->Is that your chocolate bar there? Yes? Looks tasty. * snatch* Now it's mine.

* WithFriendsLikeThese: See: CannotStandThemCannotLiveWithoutThem

Well, seems I strayed a bit off course there, that`s not only stuff directly about myself...[[RuleOfFun but who cares?]]

I must say that I have no talent for story writing and my drawing skills are mediocre on anything but cars, boats or aeroplanes. But as I have a huge fantasy, I have come up with some possible ideas for story which I haven't developed much for lack of a medium to convey them with.

* BerserkButton: When people speak bad English, I can get very annoyed.
* BlackComedy: I have been said to have a rather...''British'' sense of humour. Well, I do have some Brits in the family.

* BrilliantButLazy: Well, not exactly ''brilliant'', maybe just clever, but lazy for sure. I could have been so much better in school if I had put some more effort into it. Good in testpapers but never said anything during lessons. Unless it was something really clever.
* CatchPhrase: I have a few: "Indeed, good sir!", [[SarcasmMode "Now ''that`s'' gonna be fun."]], "Clever. Very clever. Almost ''too'' clever [for someone like you]." Out of politeness, I often omit that last part in conversation.
* CannotStandThemCannotLiveWithoutThem: My "friends" to me. After a long day with them, I can be annoyed to hell, but after six weeks of holidays without them, I can be ''utterly'' bored.

* DidNotDoTheResearch: Something I can get pretty angry about if I come across it.

* OutgrownSuchSillySuperstitions: How I view religion. Please, don`t feel offended. I don`t want to have to argue with you about the topic.

* SmartPeoplePlayChess: I'm reasonably clever, and I hate chess.

* CargoShip - Potholed from "Ship Lover". Er...yes.

Also, one of my favourite words is "...". Yes, an ellipsis. I love to... put them into sentences or maybe even... ''end'' with them...

* [[DramaticEllipses ...]];...;[[RuleOfThree...]]. -gives Catfish a bag of popcorn-