Picture added without discussion: Black Market

A Homestar Runner pic was added to Black Market without discussion. Not a bad example, I suppose, but anyone got anything better?

Eeehhh...if there's a specific trope about dudes selling shit out of a trench coat, it'd work better there.

I dont think we have the trench coat specific now that I look at it.

edited 15th Aug '11 7:16:57 PM by Raso

Does anyone want to write up a quick YKTTW for that?

I think it has something to do with You Wanna Buy A Watch? or something, let me google around before we try and YKTTW it.

Oh wait, there it is.

edited 15th Aug '11 11:42:37 PM by Deboss

Shame it's vendor specific. I would of made it Trench Coat Storage or something I can think of one example of it being used for non-vendor specific things....*

That is a bad bad name btw.

Trench Coat Shop or similar would be much better.

Trench Coat Shopping, perhaps...

Trench Coat Vendor?

Actually, now that I think about it, we need to have something that makes the trope stand out from just generic coat shopping...

Coat Full Of Watches?

Nice.

But it's not just about watches, is it? I've seen the 'shady guy selling stuff from trenchcoat' stereotype a bunch of times, and the wares have never been watches.

How do we prevent Coat Full Of Watches from being confused with You Wanna Buy A Watch??

We need to find a picture of a street stand in a bazaar that has a bargain bin on assorted guns and stuff. I think Family Guy parodies that concept in one episode.

I think we changed which trope we were talking about in that conversation. You Wanna Buy A Watch? is the guy with the trench coat full of stuff. But it's also a line of dialogue name,and that should be changed. Black Market doesn't need a name change. It's a hugely well-established term for exactly what we're using it for, and has been since at least the 1940s, if not the 19-teens.

edited 16th Aug '11 4:13:36 PM by Madrugada

That said I dont see a way to picture Black Market without a comic saying they could get whatever off that or a lampshade.

World War II -era political cartoons:

Hungry guy/feast

Clothing coupons◊

Here's◊ a (sadly mostly text-driven) pic of Shady Sam from Oblivion.

Here's two guys engaging in an obviously shady transaction◊

Some more crooks doing business. (Deviant Art, so we'd have to try and get permission.)

edited 16th Aug '11 8:51:29 PM by Geoduck

I actually like the deviantart one.

I do too.

The artist gave permission, so here's what it would look like shrunk to size:

edited 22nd Aug '11 7:58:31 AM by Geoduck

That looks pretty good.

Where it be?