Gossipguy17 has dark hair, an English accent and is a writer. His real name is Michael. If you're looking for him online, he will be on
Facebook or
Dailybooth.
Examples that apply to this troper:
- The Alleged Car (three of them)
- Animals Hate Him
- Apologises a Lot
- Berserk Button: Twilight, Dan Brown, prejudice and being tickled. Justin Bieber is getting the same reaction with increasing frequency. Sometimes Lady Gaga, depending on his mood.
- Bi the Way
- Bookworm (mostly contempory work, showing disdain for the classics and utter hate for the Twilight series)
- Born in the Wrong Century
- Butt Monkey
- Can't Hold His Liquor
- Catch Phrase
- "I saw this thing on the Internet..."
- "Sure thing."
- "Is it still Wednesday?"
- "Can I wear my red jeans with that?"
- Character Alignment: Lawful Evil, probably
- Chekhov's Skill: muscle memory for trivia
- Drink Order: Michael may be the only person in the south east of England who drinks Cointreau. Even barmaids don't hide their horror.
- Face Palm
- Fan Boy for Agatha Christie, Miranda Hart, Harry Potter and Doctor Who
- Fatal Flaw: melodramatic and lazy
- Green-Eyed Monster
- Green Eyes
- Hammerspace: On a recent dig into all the pockets on Michael's jacket, he found two pens, three postcards, a four-month-old train ticket, six boiled sweets, a badge, a key ring and a pair of sunglasses.
- Hollywood Driving
- Hyper Awareness
- Jerkass Façade
- Knowledge Broker
- Like an Old Married Couple: Michael and Louise. To quote him, "We're an old married couple. We've been together too long to divorce but the love has gone and we don't touch anymore."
- Loophole Abuse
- Mood Swinger
- Never Accepted In His Hometown
- Not So Omniscient After All: Despite all Michael's claims that he knows everything, he has occasionally been revealed to be ignorant about some things.
- Real Men Wear Pink
- Someday This Will Come In Handy
- TV Telephone Etiquette: seriously!
- Unreliable Narrator
Other characters in his life include Ellie (
Beware the Nice Ones), Claire (
Smoking is Cool), Louise (
Mood Swinger), Sammy (
Embarrassing Tattoo), Katherine (
Commuting on a Bus), Karen (
Smarter Than You Look), Chris (
Hidden Heart of Gold), Harriet (
Chew Toy), Greg (
Pacifist), Ross (
Depraved Homosexual), Kirsty (
Chick Lit Heroine), and Hannah, Mikey and Martha (all
Cloudcuckoolander). He also has a
Stalker with a Crush or two.
Blog:
He writes the blog
After The Noughties
which shows examples of:
- Did Not Do the Research: Michael freely admits he doesn't understand much that goes on in the world and his thoughts are rarely based on any solid research.
- Generation Y: Michael refers to himself as "One of Generation Y's most ill-informed".
- Science Is Useless: In the first entry, Michael claims that science isn't producing anything useful anymore.
- "The Reason You Suck" Speech: The entry "Perfectly Ridiculous" comes close.
- Wild Mass Guessing: Michael implies that scientists don't know as much as they say, and are just guessing at a lot of stuff.
Other tropes present in the life of this troper:
