Time to play "Guess That Trope"!: Elaine

I thought it had to do with Seinfeld when I first saw that name. It gives no real context at all.

Oh wow, that name is terrible. Yes, rename.

Gah. That's awful.

I only knew the name because this has been brought up at TRS before. I actually thought it had been cut.

Definitely needs a rename.

I got the reference, but only because I'm a Monkey Island fan.

I had no idea what that reference would mean aside from shouting a name, though.

edited 13th Oct '11 1:21:11 PM by MangaManiac

I doubt there will be much objection to renaming this one.

I guessed the Trope Namer, but not the meaning. The redirect is good for searching, but there's probably a more concise way of referring to this.

I thought it would be something to do with Arthurian mythology. Rename now.

I would have guessed a work in need of help before a trope. On a King Arthur binge myself, was thinking the same thing afterward. A first name without anything else makes for a terrible title. At least "Eeeellllaaaiiinnneeee!" or something suggests the line and scene they used to name this.

I would have figured it out with the exclamation point (which is already in the custom title, but doesn't show in the thread tag). All caps would have helped too.

This is a Stock Shout-Out to The Graduate, so I would be shocked if it weren't named for that scene.

edited 13th Oct '11 5:08:48 PM by troacctid

Worst. Name. Ever.

Okay, it's not the worst, but this is incredibly non-indicative.

I think it should be changed to all-caps. ELAINE!

That's still totally devoid of context if you don't already get the reference. If this is a Stock Shout-Out, I think it should have something in the title to suggest it's one.

Complete waste of time and energy to do anything with this stock phrase.

I suppose it could be saved if the TROPE was reflected in the name. The trope is a single name called out in anguish, I suppose.

Notice, once again, the crappy usage numbers for a dialog-like title. They aren't just a bad idea, they don't &^%&^ing work.

The trope is a specific wide shot of a character pounding on the window from the outside and shouting the bride's name, shot from the other side of said window. It is a specific type of Stock Shout-Out/Homage Shot.

Yeah, pretty much. Note that you have to be pounding on the window and shouting, or else it's just Speak Now or Forever Hold Your Peace.

edited 13th Oct '11 5:50:40 PM by troacctid

The trope is actually "Running to a wedding, pounding on the window, and screaming the bride's name because you love her and don't want her to get married."

Does "Window Pounding Marriage Objection" cover enough bases?

I'm guessing the problem here is less that it's a line of dialog and more that the line of dialog in question is one word long, and is a not-uncommon first name.

There are no naming problems greater than it just being a line of dialog.

Graduate Wedding Homage could work.

edited 13th Oct '11 5:55:23 PM by FastEddie

If it's really supposed to be confined to Graduate Stock Shout Outs, I'm kind of surprised it has its own page.

It's a specific scene that gets used a lot in media. There are just some scenes that get recycled so often that they become tropes on their own.

Yeah, this name's a goner. It's not even witty.

Either 20 Log Root 10 or Fast Eddie's suggestions could work.

I like Fast Eddie's idea, especially if the point of this is the Stock Shout-Out part.

The Love Interest Screams For The Almost Newlywed is already a redirect, but I think that's way too long.

@Embryon: Some popular Stock Shout Outs have their own pages. There's Abbey Road Crossing, for one.

edited 14th Oct '11 1:48:58 AM by DoktorvonEurotrash