NativeJovian
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Jupiterian Local
#2: May 27th 2011 at 7:27:43 AM
Seems distinct to me. Readings Are Off the Scale is about measuring something with a device incapable of displaying the measurement, Up To Eleven is about going over the top in general, My Kung-Fu Is Stronger Than Yours is about two characters comparing their fighting ability, and No Kill like Overkill is about using far more force than necessary.
More Than Infinite is about defeating an all-powerful force by becoming more-all-powerful-er than it. Related, but distinct.
Really from Jupiter, but not an alien.
pokedude10
Since: Oct, 2010
#3: May 27th 2011 at 10:07:55 AM
Although they are distinct, it wouldn't hurt to make an index or supertrope.
Spark9
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#4: May 29th 2011 at 4:38:57 PM
And perhaps someone who understands the difference better than I do can explain it in the first few paragraphs of the article in question?
Rhetorical, eh? ... Eight!
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Okay, so this page is about one being having a huge or infinite amount of power, and some other being having a bigger of even more infinite amount of power.
Sure, that's a trope. But I'm pretty sure I've seen it before, too. How exactly is this different from Readings Are Off the Scale, Up To Eleven, My Kung-Fu Is Stronger Than Yours, or even No Kill like Overkill? Shouldn't this be merged somewhere?
Rhetorical, eh? ... Eight!