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DRCEQ Since: Oct, 2009
#1: Sep 3rd 2011 at 10:40:32 PM

Part of me doesn't want to even bring this topic into light, but part of me can't let it slide either.

To put is simply, Groundskeeper Willy is without a doubt the most famous and recognizable example of Violent Glaswegian trope, and I think this image SHOULD NOT be changed.

But on the other hand... it's still JAFAAC...

EDIT: can someone fix the title please?

edited 3rd Sep '11 10:41:36 PM by DRCEQ

Merlo *hrrrrrk* from the masochist chamber Since: Oct, 2009
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#2: Sep 3rd 2011 at 10:42:14 PM

Fixed.

Er, why not a picture of him being violent?

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KaiserMazoku Since: Apr, 2011
#3: Sep 3rd 2011 at 10:43:11 PM

Yeah I think we could do better. Maybe someone could get a screenshot of Willie beating someone up or something like that.

INUH Since: Jul, 2009
#4: Sep 3rd 2011 at 11:32:25 PM

Yeah, I have no clue who he is beyond obviously being a Simpsons character. A picture of him being violent would help tremendously.

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Merlo *hrrrrrk* from the masochist chamber Since: Oct, 2009
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#5: Sep 3rd 2011 at 11:39:19 PM

Here's one of him looking slightly more aggressive.

Threatening some students

There's this recurring pic of him choking Homer but they're all terrible quality. And he's naked for some reason.

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DRCEQ Since: Oct, 2009
#6: Sep 4th 2011 at 9:06:59 AM

The students one is awesome.

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#7: Sep 4th 2011 at 9:22:24 AM

I prefer the one with the rake.

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#8: Sep 4th 2011 at 9:23:49 AM

There's this recurring pic of him choking Homer but they're all terrible quality.
That could be fixed by finding a higher-quality screenshot of whichever episode it's from.

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DRCEQ Since: Oct, 2009
#9: Sep 4th 2011 at 9:47:03 AM

It should be pointed out that the picture of Willy with the rake is from a Treehouse of Horrors episode where he's playing a Freddy Krueger parody. Just showing him being himself might be better.

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#10: Sep 4th 2011 at 9:54:29 AM

The one with the students could work.

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INUH Since: Jul, 2009
#11: Sep 4th 2011 at 11:16:06 AM

Like the one with the students; like the one with the rake almost as much.

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#12: Sep 4th 2011 at 2:30:59 PM

I like the one with the rake.

Just because it's from a "special" episode doesn't mean it's not an example of this trope.

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Camacan from Australiatown Since: Jan, 2001
#13: Sep 4th 2011 at 10:22:28 PM

Had a go at cleaning up the images. I prefer the first one: I find the over-the-top I'll-take-you-all-on combativeness funnier, whereas bringing Freddy Krueger muddies the waters a bit for me. (What search found the first one?)

edited 4th Sep '11 10:26:04 PM by Camacan

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#14: Sep 5th 2011 at 9:28:06 AM

I like the "threatening the students" one.

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#15: Sep 5th 2011 at 9:43:59 AM

The students one is better, in my opinion. Part of the trope is that he's not only violent, he's absurdly and almost comically violent, as seen with him being angry at a group of kids.

The Rake one shows him being sorta angry and menacing, but it lacks the Hair-Trigger Temper attitude about the Trope which the students one shows.

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#16: Sep 5th 2011 at 10:49:26 AM

What about the glaswegian accent? I'm not seeing that in any of those pics.

Fifth panel here isn't a lot better, but it's got a speech bubble with a little dialect in it.

EDIT: Third or sixth here could work.

edited 5th Sep '11 10:54:59 AM by ArtisticPlatypus

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#17: Sep 7th 2011 at 4:53:14 PM

^ I like the third panel in the second suggestion.

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#18: Sep 7th 2011 at 5:00:30 PM

Scrooge Mc Duck looks much less Scottish than Willie does, though. Note that in several continuities, he's not even Scottish. (basically, every country has its own spin on the Duck family, and many of those don't resemble the Carl Barks originals).

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Tomwithnonumbers Since: Dec, 2010
#19: Sep 7th 2011 at 5:54:12 PM

Either of these work? 1 2?

Else another down vote for the rake one and an up one for the children picture

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#20: Sep 7th 2011 at 7:20:24 PM

Can anyone do a Phonetic Accent for "I'll take on the lot of you!" for a caption?

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#21: Sep 7th 2011 at 9:04:18 PM

[up] "Ai'll take on tha lot a'ye!" or something to that effect. I like the third panel of the second Scrooge suggestion.

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#24: Sep 8th 2011 at 2:12:57 PM

Should we have a crowner?

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#25: Sep 8th 2011 at 9:28:04 PM

I'm actually fine with the current image. He's clearly making a threat. *shrug*

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