Good day to you.
Once upon a time, there was a large, closely knit herd of wildebeests. One day, during a massive stampede, one young member of the pack got desperately, hopelessly lost. He was eventually adopted by a family of hippies, who, in a drug- induced stupor, mistook it for John Lennon. The young wildebeest was released into a world of acoustic rock, drugs, free love and psychedelia, and from that point on would be known as the Tye Dye Wildebeest.
And then he got an account on TV Tropes. Just because.
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OK, in all seriousness...
I'm the Tye Dye Wildebeest; I'm your average Non-Action Guy/ Cloudcuckoolander trivia nut with abiding interests in musical theater, comedy, rock music, animation, and, as you would expect, overanalyzing fiction.
- Agnosticism: Though I was raised Jewish.
- Apologizes a Lot: Sorry if my page isn't exciting enough so far.
- Attention Deficit... Ooh, Shiny!: Justified, in that I actually DO have ADD.
- Awesome McCoolname —Earl of Sandvich
- The Baby of the Bunch: I was the youngest and least experienced student in my grad school class, probably because I was one of the few who started the program straight out of college.
- Badass Baritone: Subverted. My voice does register as a baritone, but I sure as hell ain't a badass.
- Berserk Button:
- Any kind of bigotry or prejudice will get me steamed, but ableism, homophobia, misogyny and misandry piss me off the most.
- Also, people who encourage others to kill themselves. If you've ever done this in Real Life, screw you.
- Big Ol' Eyebrows: Downplayed. They're not huge, but they're very... defined. They pop out.
- Catchphrase: Lately I've taken to saying, "Boy, oh, boy, oh, boy..." whenever I'm distressed.
- Cloud Cuckoolander: Not all the time, but I definitely have my moments. For instance, in a play I was once in, we had originally planned to use a cardboard box as a prop for one of the scenes. My director decided that we didn't need it, and he told me that we were 'cutting' the prop (as in, removing it from the final production). After he told me, I spent the next five minutes looking around for a box cutter.
- Funny Afro: Well, technically, it's a jewfro.
- Good with Numbers: I took AP Physics as a high school sophomore and ended up acing the final exam (though I did have to study my ass off to reach that point).
- Guilt Complex: It's kind of a problem I have... whenever I see someone unhappy, I instinctively think that it's somehow my fault.
- Jewish and Nerdy: Well, I'm Jewish, and as a troper I think it's a given that I'm pretty nerdy.
- Large Ham: I have a habit of lapsing into this from time to time on stage. It's actually a bit of a problem; I need to learn how to be more subtle.
- Non-Action Guy: Yeah, I'm pretty weak. I am quite a good fencer, though.
- Nice Guy: Well, I try to be, at least.
- One Of Us: Well, you're here...so yeah.
- Plucky Comic Relief (sayeth me)
- "Silly Me" Gesture: In my case, it takes the form of lightly smacking my forehead.
- Squee: I catch myself doing this way, way more often than I should.
Plays and Musicals TDW Has Acted In:
- You're A Good Man, Charlie Brown - As Linus
- Into the Woods - As the Narrator/ Mysterious Man
- Edward Albee's The American Dream - As Daddy
- Spring Awakening - As Moritz
- Rosencrantz and Gildenstern are Dead - As Hamlet
- You Can't Take It With You - As Donald
- Picasso at the Lapine Agile - As Sagot
Pages TDW Has Launched:
- Beware the Living
- Chubby Mama, Skinny Papa
- Enemy Posturing
- Fright-Induced Bunkmate
- If I Were You
- Motivational Kiss
- Stealing the Handicapped Spot
Tropes That TDW Loves (For One Reason Or Another):
- Amazonian Beauty
- Bash Brothers
- Batman Gambit
- Beware the Silly Ones
- Bloody Hilarious
- Boss Rush
- Cats Are Snarkers
- Cloud Cuckoolander
- Cowardly Lion
- Cute Giant
- Dark Is Not Evil
- Everythings Better With Monkeys
- Kind Hearted Cat Lover
- Lap Pillow
- Red Oni, Blue Oni
- Rhymes on a Dime
- Slapstick Knows no Gender
- Sleep Cute
- Who's on First?
- Zombie Apocalypse
TDW'S FAVORITE WORKS
Film:
Musicians/ Artists:
Literature:
- Isaac Asimov
- Nick Hornby
- Mark Twain
Video Games:
- I'm also a pretty big fan of Team Fortress 2 (The Engineer's my favorite class).
Television:
Other:
- DragonForce
- Disturbed
- Kung Pow! Enter the Fist
- The Three Stooges
- Family Guy (but only pre- cancellation)
- The Toxic Avenger
Signature Archive:
The best part of waking up... is acid in your cup.
It's hard to be religious when certain people are never incinerated by bolts of lightning.
Set out running but I take my time, a friend of the devil is a friend of mine...
Gray skies are gonna clear up, put on a happy face!
Riddle me this: if you aim to give us a shot, we'll riddle you. What are we?
If you need to put other people down in order to empower yourself, you're absolutely pathetic.
God wants you to wear a hat.
You can have anything you want, but you better not take it from me.
Accounts Outside of TV Tropes:
- Sporcle: Wildebeest
- deviantART: MrTyeDye
- fanfiction.net: MrTyeDye
(Credit goes to Stolen By Faeries for the idea)
Vandalism Goes Here:
Vandalize me, captain!- Mr W
You have been vandalized! BONK! — First Vandal! WOO!
Is it really vandalism if you ask for it? ~Kuro
It's sad to see so few vandals on a page, but I will fix that! Yes, I will! —Sean Murray I
Really? I thought clerks was a documentary... - Dynamod
The faeries note your lack of vandalism and are unamused. They seek to rectify it. - StolenByFaeries
And now I'm vandalizing this page AGAIN! — Earl of Sandvich
We like a lot of the same things. I shall vandalize in honor of our similarities. ~Bella
KEKEKEKEKEKE YOUR PRIVACY HAS BEEN ASSIMILATED BY BLAINE THE M0n0!!!!!
By leaving this comment, I made you "a victim of coicumstance". Nyuk-nyuk-nyuk! - AlBundyFan365
YOU! You must goand play Minecraft! Or Dwarf Fortress! Or Lamento! But that has yaoi, so maybe not that one... -Enkufka
FREE LOVE!!! *grope*-Vanthebaron
The faeries return with flowers to vandalize the page with. Beware of the thorns. - StolenByFaeries
Hi! ~Enzeru
How did I miss vandalizing your page?! Oh well. -sets the page on fire- :P -Nekoalexa
GREETINGS, CHILD OF THE EARTH, FROM THE VOID!!!! - The Watcher
There is something in the water... -desdendelle
Hey, man. Inhopeless Guy
Ailedhoo was not here. This is not vandalism. It is a duck. Ailedhoo
