The Other Troper
That's spoofing the Care-Bear Stare, not this trope.
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I think it's fine, it's showing the result of the activation.
The Other Troper
The trope is about activating a transformation (even on this thread
you agreed it specifically dealt with those), and the picture does not show him before the transformation, nor saying anything. That means it's not showing the trope.
Perhaps this:
The Other Troper
That still leaves the activation phrase in the caption.
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So, just the picture then?
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No, I mean the picture should show that someone is saying a phrase to activate the transformation.
Ooooooh. Ok. Then I'm out of ideas.
The Other Troper
This is the phrase, not the transformation alone.
edited 8th Jun '11 12:50:04 AM by DragonQuestZ
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Ummm...
How exactly do you show a verbal statement in a picture without a caption?
Best we can show is what happens when the character makes the statement.
Cure Candy
A Manga panel of said phrase + whats happening is probably going to be the only way to show this. Like these [1]
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I agree that a manga/comic book image would work nicely, since that has the text right in the image. I'm going to suggest Captain Marvel.
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That's a great pic.
This is going to be so much fun.
That Captain Marvel pic works!
Looks like two different people are being hit by lightning.
The Other Troper
That, and the word balloon is too small. But a variation that fixes those would work.
Captain Marvel seems like a great guy to use here. The proposed pic works fine for me, or if someone with access to scans wants to look for a different version, that's okay too.
Rhymes with "Protracted."
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Still liking that pic, but as an alternative, maybe this
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edited 9th Jun '11 8:51:56 PM by Willbyr
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I like the first Captain Marvel suggestion.
First key to interpreting a work: Things mean things.
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Still liking it as well.
Yeah, first Captain Marvel pic is pretty good.
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I know all about He Man, so it's not ignorance of the show I'm going on, but the lack of actually showing the trope. The picture just comes at the tail end of the Transformation Sequence, and the trope is about activating it.
This might be done best with a double image from a comic (including manga) that has a character saying the phrase, and then showing the transformation.
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