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DragonQuestZ The Other Troper from Somewhere in California Since: Jan, 2001
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#1: Mar 13th 2011 at 12:32:08 PM

I see the trope name and think it's about deformities ladies have, not a silly reason to dump someone. We could at least add a few words for context.

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MC42 Tempus Omnia Iudicat Since: Oct, 2010
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#2: Mar 13th 2011 at 12:48:55 PM

That the trope is named after a Troper Tale makes it even worse. This is certainly a trope but needs a rename to something like Blemish Overreaction.

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Deboss I see the Awesomeness. from Awesomeville Texas Since: Aug, 2009
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#3: Mar 13th 2011 at 12:56:42 PM

I don't think it's named after a Troper Tale, I think it was named after Seinfeld or one of those other sitcoms.

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DoktorvonEurotrash Welcome, traveller, welcome to Omsk Since: Jan, 2001
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#4: Mar 13th 2011 at 2:50:37 PM

Oh, I was thinking of putting this in Trope Repair. Hideously named after a single example that not everyone will know.

I'm sure there's a catchy and clear name for this trope somewhere, but bugger if I can think of one.

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#5: Mar 13th 2011 at 2:54:03 PM

Wont Date A Girl With Man Hands?

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DragonQuestZ The Other Troper from Somewhere in California Since: Jan, 2001
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#6: Mar 13th 2011 at 3:04:03 PM

[up]Yeah, something like that.

edited 13th Mar '11 3:04:19 PM by DragonQuestZ

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#7: Mar 13th 2011 at 3:23:57 PM

[up][up]We could go with that, unless someone thinks of something even better.

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#8: Mar 13th 2011 at 4:13:49 PM

Dumped Over Earlobe Size or something like that, after the Weird Al example?

troacctid "µ." from California Since: Apr, 2010
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#10: Mar 13th 2011 at 7:01:15 PM

Yeah, but I wanted to emphasize the "dumped" part of the trope, which is pretty important.

MC42 Tempus Omnia Iudicat Since: Oct, 2010
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#11: Mar 13th 2011 at 7:31:08 PM

I think the trope can be expanded on any overreaction to a minor blemish, since they're pretty much the same thing with only the outcomes differing. If a worker's boss freaks out and fires them over a tiny cold sore, it wouldn't be much different than being dumped over it.

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DragonQuestZ The Other Troper from Somewhere in California Since: Jan, 2001
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#12: Mar 13th 2011 at 7:57:53 PM

Not really, as that has different story implications. One could lead to a lawsuit, for one thing.

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MC42 Tempus Omnia Iudicat Since: Oct, 2010
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#13: Mar 13th 2011 at 8:00:04 PM

The point of the trope is to show the reacting character as being extremely shallow and so forth. The consequences of being shallow are therefore meaningless for the purposes of the trope.

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DragonQuestZ The Other Troper from Somewhere in California Since: Jan, 2001
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#14: Mar 13th 2011 at 8:21:35 PM

Okay, re-read the description and saw what you meant.

Bob Cant Stand Alices Minor Flaw is wordy, but gets the point across.

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#15: Mar 15th 2011 at 5:45:30 PM

Minor Flaw, Major Breakup?

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#16: Mar 17th 2011 at 2:15:30 PM

Going back to the NBC sitcom well, 30Rock's Liz Lemon wrote a book about the same general premise called Deal Breakers.

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#17: Mar 17th 2011 at 3:37:30 PM

As I understand it, this is about people who are perfect but for one overstated flaw, if so then why not Flawed Diamond?

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#18: Mar 17th 2011 at 5:21:01 PM

Overstated Flaw would be more direct.

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#19: Mar 18th 2011 at 2:25:58 AM

Overstated Flaw is pretty good. Flawed Diamond sounds more like it's about a personality flaw, whereas most of the examples for this trope are physical.

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#21: Mar 26th 2011 at 7:23:15 AM

I like Shima's Minor Flaw, Major Breakup — not too long, gets the specific scenario across nicely.

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#22: May 20th 2011 at 5:55:40 PM

[up] Thirded. It's short, it's punchy, and it gets the point across.

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#24: Jul 12th 2011 at 4:58:12 AM

Deal Breaker? It's a pretty common existing phrase.

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#25: Jul 12th 2011 at 5:13:33 AM

Deal Breaker can apply to way too many situations. How about Relationship Deal Breaker?

Of course, a deal breaker can be entirely reasonable, while the point of Man Hands is that the deal breaker is something "that any normal person would probably be able to live with, but the protagonist feels is too much for him or her to handle. The 'glaring' flaw is often something incredibly minor, and often used to show that the protagonist is a pretty shallow, self-absorbed and petty character."

Unreasonable Relationship Deal Breaker? Ugh.

I didn't write any of that.

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