Is this a real trope?: Big Wrong

Most of the examples on Big Wrong just seem to be "someone called someone else wrong" — there's no real focus on it being a 'big' heavy word, or on it having any special significance beyond telling someone that they're wrong. Almost none of the examples are really delivered by a large ham or in a large ham fashion (and for those few — large hams deliver everything in that fashion, by definition. You could take any one-word phrase people frequently say and try to turn it into a trope like that.)

Basically, it feels like someone wanted to make a trope around the Memetic Mutation line from Superman Returns (especially since it's listed as the Trope Codifier, which is... bizarre. What exactly did it codify?)

I think the monosyllabic shut-down "Wrong!"*

is a valid Stock Phrase.

I'm not sure about the name, though — I Thought It Meant something more similar to Big "NO!" ("Wroooooooooooong!"). It seems more like an Emphatic Wrong to me.

EDIT: And yeah, I don't get how Superman is the Trope Codifier, unless the trope is really supposed to be limited to Large Ham + Jerkass characters (which would be way too narrow IMO).

edited 25th Aug '11 10:31:40 PM by Embryon

"If it ain't broke, don't fix it. And even if it is broke, just ignore it and maybe it'll be sort of OK — like the environment."

I also understood this as "WROOOOOOONG!" rather then what it actually is.

Even if it's a Stock Phrase, that doesn't mean it's a trope. Most Stock Phrases aren't tropable.

Rhymes with "Protracted."

That's nice, but what do you think about Big Wrong?

"If it ain't broke, don't fix it. And even if it is broke, just ignore it and maybe it'll be sort of OK — like the environment."

• Crickets chirp*

There may be a trope in there somewhere, but the name seems misleading if we're actually referring to an actual trope. (Plus, I wouldn't bet either way on whether we already have the actual trope or not.)

Speaking words of fandom: let it squee, let it squee.

Troacctid is right, a stock phrase by itself isn't a trope. YKTT Ws which are nothing but a phrase don't get launched anymore. This one wouldn't be, if it was proposed today. It boils down to saying "wrong" in a loud voice.

I think it was created around the meme from a single example, the Superman Returns Lex Luthor one.

We aren't an internet meme wiki, either — Let's cut this one.

If we're getting rid of Stock Phrases, then let's cut it.

I will also support the cut.

Rhymes with "Protracted."

Same here!

"The Daily Show has to be right 100% of the time; FOX News only has to be right once." - Jon Stewart

Looks pretty unanimous, and the page is on the cutlist now. Can I lock this?

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Yeah, I'm definitely supporting a cut too. I'd say we're done here.

EDIT: Or not. The request was declined.

edited 20th Sep '11 11:06:27 AM by INUH

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Why the hell was the cut declined?

Finally cut. Thread can be locked. Now who wants to help me clean up the incoming redlinks?

edited 20th Sep '11 2:11:29 PM by Twentington

This seems to be done.

edited 20th Sep '11 2:32:27 PM by MangaManiac