Premonition 45 / Tropers

My troper name is Premonition 45, formerly Premonition_45.

My actual name is Momin (rhyming with Roman), but my friends call me Mo.

I'm a 35-year-old American male, and I adore pop culture. Movies, TV and music are my favorites. I've played viola since I was nine, even though I haven't played much lately, I'm never letting go. I've studied psychology and economics at college.

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Tropes That Apply to Me:

Berserk Button: Mispronouncing my name. It is NOT "Mom-In" or "Mo-Meen".
Beware the Nice Ones: Don't piss me off. You've been warned.
Big Eater: And how! I can eat pizza, ice cream, cookies, brownies, and chocolates and not get stuffed. In my freshman year of college, I essentially lived off cheeseburgers but somehow avoided the "freshman fifteen".
Break the Cutie / Creator Breakdown / Deus Angst Machina: More than I'd like to go into detail, especially over the last 4 years.
Brilliant, but Lazy: It seems to run through my family.
Desperately Looking for a Purpose in Life: Oh, God, yes...
Does Not Like Spam: I don't like pineapple, melons or mangos as they're all too sweet and tart to my tastes.
Fandom Heresy: I like the Star Wars prequels, and I think The Empire Strikes Back is overrated.
First Installment Wins: My freshman year in college, the only one where I got to live on campus, is the only one which I enjoyed.
Fleeting Passionate Hobbies: I've gone through many.
- 1994-present: Star Wars. I fell in love with after seeing an exhibit on movie robots.
- 1996-97: Jeopardy!.
- 1996-2001(02?): Kids WB, particularly the DCAU and Pokémon at its peak.
- 1997-98: Lots of Alternative Rock and Heavy Metal, like Metallica, Foo Fighters, Weezer, Bush (actually dating back to 1994!). It helps to have older brothers who are 6-8 years older.
- 2000-01: I had an Asian phase, where I loved the Japanese Iron Chef, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (the only movie I've seen more than once at theaters), Bruce Lee and Jackie Chan movies, and Jackie Chan Adventures.
  - I also got into The Three Stooges since I received the nickname "Mo" around this time.
- 2002-03: The Lord of the Rings, like most people my age at that time.
- 2003-??: The Beatles (it possibly started around 2001, after George Harrison's death, but I remember it went into overdrive here). I've grown sideburns because of John Lennon.
- Summer 2003: I had an Alien phase.
- 2005-07: YTMND. I've created a few YTMNDs in my time.
- 2007-08: Queen.
- 2008-09: Game Shows, particularly Jeopardy!. This time, it led into The Nanny via Fran Fine's Game Show Appearance in "Franny and the Professor".
- 2009-10: I originally discovered This Very Wiki.
- 2011-12: The Rocketeer.
- 2012-13: Cooking shows, particularly Kitchen Nightmares.
- 2015: Jeopardy (again) because of Alex Trebek's appearance in The Colbert Report's final episode. However, it petered out by March thanks to a very disappointing game where one player wound up with -$6800 by Final Jeopardy.
Foreign Culture Fetish:
- I took German from middle school to high school, so I've been fairly interested in German culture. I saw Downfall aka Der Untergang before the "Hitler gets angry" meme was started.
- I've been interested in Scottish culture since I went to Scotland in high school.
God Before Dogma: My stance on religion overall.
Greater Houston: I was born in Houston, but moved with my family to New Jersey when I was 3.
Joisey: I love New Jersey, and I'm sick and tired of all the jokes about the state, especially after that particular TV show that does not deserve to be named.
Made of Iron: I dislocated my left shoulder and went at least three months without realizing it was dislocated. I required corrective surgery, and my left shoulder's/arm's range of movement may never be the same.
Meaningful Name: My name means "true believer". No, really, it does.
Memetic Mutation: How my nickname "Mo" caught on. When I was 11, my science teacher had trouble pronouncing my name, so he called me Mo, and before I knew it, almost everyone was calling me Mo.
Middle Child Syndrome: As the third of four sons, I've danced around this trope throughout my life.
Myers Briggs: I think I'm a Fieldmarshal (ENTJ).
Neutral Good: How I see myself.
Nice Guy
Old Shame: Because of my Break the Cutie / Creator Breakdown / Deus Angst Machina throughout college, my college experience as a whole has become this.
The Quiet One: Pretty often.
Real Men Wear Pink: Born out of my years in orchestra, I enjoy musicals such as West Side Story, My Fair Lady, and The Music Man. I was so upset when I heard that Marvin Hamlisch had passed away in 2012.
Refuge in Audacity: My freshman year in college, I walked across a frozen pond on campus.
Ridiculous Procrastinator: Again, runs through my family.
Sharp-Dressed Man: I'm pretty fashion-savvy, and I've got my mother to thank for that.
Why Did It Have to Be Snakes?: Or cats, or dogs, or spiders, or any creature with at least six legs ^noteexcept ladybugs, oddly enough..

Tropes Others Believe Apply to Me (please post alphabetically)

Arc Number: What does the "45" mean...? ~ betterthanstrawberry
Arc Symbol: That avatar of yours.-Xiphos Orochi 666
The Avatarless - at least right now. - Balmung
- Subverted
Awesome Mc Cool Name: I suppose so. - lolacat
Badass Bookworm ~ betterthanstrawberry
- Badass Normal - because you play viola. ~Rockonman
Beware the Nice Ones: I very much believe that it would be frightening for you to get angry. As in, really angry. ~theindefiniteone
Beware the Quiet Ones ~ Voids Empathy
Butt-Monkey - I suppose you know now that violas are the Butt-Monkey of the orchestra world, even if they are needed. Ah well, you know what they say about violists... ~Rockonman
- ...that all jokes about them can be transposed up a fifth or down an octave? :D ~Noaqiyeum
Crazy Awesome ~@Dracosketch
Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass - Mort08
Cultured Badass -Milos Stefanovic
Dark and Troubled Past - In response to your Break the Cutie event....which shall not be mentioned.... - The Eternal Void
Double Standard: Apparantly it's fine for the world to revolve around a Mary Sue yet being a jerk about it is abnormal?-Xiphos Orochi 666
- Just because I hate one particular Mary Sue doesn't mean I'm tolerant of all Mary Sues.
Everyone Calls Him Mo: To the point it has become a Memetic Mutation, it seems. - Belfagor
First Installment Wins: Being one of the first people I met on this fora, I'll always recognize you among all the other identical "installments". :P ~theindefiniteone
Fan Boy- Maybe -Eternal noob
Funny Moments: Your sig.- lolacat
Hey Its That Guy: I've seen you around a lot in the Forum Games. Every time I try to remember who Premonition 45 is, I go to your page and realize I've already read it. ~skyflower
Identical Stranger - To That Human, Clarste, and Charlatan :P — Liberated Liberater
Jack of All Stats - you read all good books, watched all legendary movies, and played all necessary games, good job guy! Tenzen12
Joisey -Inverurie Jones
Kuudere (Type 2) - Rising Dreams
Large Ham - we all are here. ~Rockonman
Morally Ambiguous Doctorate: If you get a degree in Econ and Psych, you could be pretty dangerous. - Karl Kadaver
Nerves of Steel: You seem like you would. - Junfez
One Of Us: Well....yeah - JR Pictures
Pop-Cultured Badass: You stated you like pop culture. Also, the whole shoulder event, along with the Beware the Nice Ones advice, adds badassery points. - Belfagor
Pretty Cool Guy ~Tropers/{[Dracosketch}}
Put on a Bus: You never come to Synchtube anymore. - Physical Stamina
Remember the New Guy? — at first, but now that we're used to you, it doesn't matter. —Tre
Sequelitis - there are 45 Premonition movies, now? - Teraus
Shameless Self-Promotion -XiphonIII
So Bad, It's Good: Your current (and seemingly perpetual) signature. -Milos Stefanovic
The Smart Guy ~ betterthanstrawberry
The Stoic -Milos Stefanovic
- Not So Stoic seeing how often you post. ~Enzeru

My Favorite Things:

Favorite Books (rolling list):

Favorite Movies (rolling list):

Star Wars (yes, including the Prequels). My favorite is A New Hope.
A Hard Day's Night
Help!
James Bond movies (with the exceptions of Die Another Day and Moonraker)
The Indiana Jones films
The Back to the Future films
Charlie Chaplin movies
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory
The Star Trek movies
Trading Places
Ghostbusters
Planes, Trains and Automobiles
The Goonies
The Hunt for Red October (possibly the first movie I ever considered a favorite movie)
Apollo 13
The Bourne Series
The Right Stuff
The Rocketeer
Toy Story (they've been the only Pixar movies I've ever seen in theaters.)
Braveheart
The Terminator
Top Gun
Men in Black

Favorite Music:

AC/DC
Aerosmith
The Beatles (absolute favorite band ever!), and their solo careers.
Classical Music (I've played viola since I was nine)
Foo Fighters
Metallica
Nirvana
The Police
Queen
R.E.M.
The Rolling Stones
Tom Petty
Weezer
The Who

Favorite TV Shows (rolling list):

Whose Line Is It Anyway? (primarily the American edition, which I grew up with)
Star Trek
The Nanny
Reading Rainbow
Jeopardy! (up until the mid 90s, because after that, I think, they went downhill).
Charmed (primarily the first few seasons that had Shannen Doherty as Prue.)
The Daily Show
The Colbert Report

Favorite Video Games (rolling list):

X-Wing and TIE Fighter, though not X Wing Vs TIE Fighter, strangely enough.
Star Wars Rebel Assault II
Grand Theft Auto 2 and 3
Halo
Star Trek: Armada (my troper name is from the USS Premonition).

Favorite Western Animation (rolling list):

The Simpsons: My favorite season is Season 6 (1994-95), and my favorite episode is "Homer Badman" from that season.
X-Men: Evolution. I grew up on the 90s X-Men, but Evolution Needs More Love.
Batman: The Animated Series: Mark Hamill is THE best Joker.
Jackie Chan Adventures
Beast Wars
Men in Black
Teen Titans
Rugrats: Oh, god, the memories!

Guilty Pleasures:

ABBA: This comes from my parents playing their "Gold" compilation album all the time when I was a kid.
Good Luck Charlie: I got into it because the mom, Leigh-Allyn Baker, was in the first season of Charmed.
Madonna
Patrick Swayze, especially from Road House; also Dirty Dancing for "Hungry Eyes". RIP, sir.

I've started these pages:

Tropes

Beach Kiss
Building Is Welding
Casual Car Giveaway
"Day in the Life" Titles
Early Installment Weirdness - Sports
The EGO Ts
"El Niño" Is Spanish for "The Niño" (probably my Magnum Opus among tropes)
I Am Not Him
Ironic Index
"Lion King" Lift
Many Died To Bring This (though the mods gave it an unimaginative name after I launched it)
Nausea Dissonance
Never Send An X To Do A Ys Job
Omnidisciplinary Lawyer
Ship Out of Water (Took six years to launch!)
Singing Telegram (albeit somebody else launched it instead of me)
"Staying Alive" Dance Pose (the most troublesome trope thus far; I briefly lost my YKTTW privileges over it, and now, it's an Old Shame.)
Stop Saying That!
Suspect Is Hatless (The first trope I ever launched)
Trolling Translator
White Glove Test (originally started by Nathan The Great)

Films

Television Shows

Creators

Michael Ansara
Majel Barrett
LeVar Burton
Patty Duke
Chris Farley
Carrie Fisher
Marvin Hamlisch
Phil Hartman
Billy Preston
Harold Ramis
Harry Shearer
David Spade
John Spencer
Patrick Swayze (well, technically, I'd only added him in the List Of Shows That Need Summary page, but I've constantly worked on it)
Vince Vaughn
Paul Walker
Larry Wilmore

Character Sheets

Laconic Wiki

Quotes Wiki

Recaps (rolling list)

Referenced by...

Dead Poets Society

Tropes I Gave Names To:

Flower-Pot Drop
Newton, Einstein, Surak (again, the mods gave it an unimaginative name)
Noble Tongue
Right on the Tick
Surprisingly Moving Song

Favorite Tropes:

Pet Peeve Tropes:

Abuse Is Okay When It’s Female on Male
All Girls Want Bad Boys
Belief Makes You Stupid / Outgrown Such Silly Superstitions
Bunny-Ears Lawyer: When it's used as a Jerk Justification.
Contested Sequel: Only in that it's redundant. All sequels are contested sequels. You're always gonna see a demographic that likes a particular sequel, as well as a demographic that hates it.
Deus Angst Machina
Diabolus ex Machina
Draco in Leather Pants: It's fine to think the villain's interesting or intriguing. But downplaying or ignoring obvious problems is infuriating. Especially if the "Draco" is a Complete Monster.
Grey-and-Gray Morality: You can't have good guys and bad guys when everyone's morally ambiguous.
Ho Yay: The implication that men who are close must have gay subtext is irksome.
Insufferable Genius: It perpetuates the notion that douchebaggery and intelligence go hand in hand.
Jade-Colored Glasses
Jerkass: I don't think this requires explanation.
- Jerk Justifications: Nothing justifies acting like a Jerkass.
- Jerk Sue: This is the only Mary Sue trope I hate. "Look at me! I'm the hero, so I can be a dick to everyone around me, and they'll still love all that I do!"
Rape Tropes
- Rape as Comedy
Reviews Are the Gospel: It's turned into Reviews Are Dogma.
Shoot the Shaggy Dog
Silly Rabbit, Idealism Is for Kids!
Suffering Builds Character: "That which does not kill me makes me stronger"? Let's ask Terri Schiavo how true that was...
Suicide as Comedy
Tom Hanks Syndrome: Too many good comedians/comedic actors have been forced into drama because of Hollywood's pretentious standards.
True Art Is Angsty: Happy people don't make boring TV. Boring people make boring TV.

Vandalism by Tropers:

Your first vandalism! >:) - Sir Noob

Ah, so you have troubles with people mispronouncing your name, too, eh? - Jinjoman

I'll take sloppy third, I guess. Here, take a piece of my web. - OrangeSpider

Now, I gotta leave a mark in this space, don't I? By the way, I can spot over 11 individual tropes in this video. —Sean Murray I

Proceeding with vandalism. Applying protocol number 7341 to page. Liberating white spaces.

Returning to page. Proceeding to apply further vandalism protocols. Liberation proceeding.

Yeshu. Aiko Heiwa

Vandalism, it is the source of life! ~not serious :P

Hi there Mo! ~ That Human

Am creatively bankrupt. Will not write awesome ballad for you. Sorry. - Inhopelessguy

You are wanted!... for not having a vandalism from me yet. Except that you are no longer wanted. :P ~ Wolf Man 16

Implied - raigakuren

Here, have a nice vandalism! - Mort08

Stuff......and SPAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAACCCCCCEEEEEE!!!-The Void

DYNAMIC VANDALIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIZE! -Rivux

All your bases belong to the Frederal Republic of Moddeir-Ailedhoo

Yes, you are under my command and do exactly what I say. Now you will remove the Pet Peeve Trope List because those lists are never fun and expand your list of Favorite Tropes... and only list tropes I've named for the wiki. —Sean Murray I

*draws circles on the walls* - Stolen By Faeries

Hello. Cue some UNNECESSARILY VIOLENT AND OVERLY TRAUMATIZING VANDALISM!. Scream. Now, have a nice day and don't forget to leave some cruel vandalism on my page. - Belfagor

Earl of Sandvich is here!

I hope that you had yourself a Murray little Christmas yesterday. —Sean Murray I

Oh my god, someone knows who Rocketeer is ~ A Stray Bard

Not sure what commenting is, put I'm butting something here. ~mellochan42

Commenting means you look at my page and write your thoughts in the thread. ~Premonition45

Boom Headshot - Rockonman

Hey, hey, I got another one: Your governor is so fat he has his own exit off the Turnpike. —Sean Murray I

Yay new vandaling by JR Pictures
Bisected was here, showing Kilroy my new flask. Coffee? *raises flask* - Bisected8
I love this. - Physical Stamina

The Dark Knight Rises is the best threequel EVER! It's better than Return of the Jedi. It's even better than Saw 3 and Austin Powers in Goldmember. —Sean Murray I

ROTJ is still much more fun than The Dark Knight Rises. As for the latter two, that's not saying much. You might as well have said "It's better than Seltzer And Friedberg's movies".
STOP RIGHT THERE, CRIMINAL SCUM! Nobody breaks the law on MY watch! I'm confiscating your stolen goods. Now pay your fine...or it's off to jail. —Demoralized Ant
I like this page. It is a good page. I almost feel bad about my vandalism. Almost. -Logan Locksley
Your page has been boarded and vandalized by the great and magnificient Khantalas!
I'll just be leaving a few gifts for you. I'll give you a trail of dots "........". Here's two exclamation points "!!". I'll also give you a tilde symbol "~". Finally, here's a slash and a backslash "/\". Hope you like these gifts.

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