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Thnikkafan ? from Faroe Islands (not really) Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: I made a point to burn all of the photographs
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#1: Oct 21st 2011 at 5:48:34 AM

This girl doesn't look orphaned in the least. For all we can tell, that woman is her mother. And having a living mom usually means that you're not an orphan.

Anyone who assigns themselves loads of character tropes is someone to be worried about.
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#2: Oct 21st 2011 at 6:26:38 AM

Motion to pull

Relies entirely on the caption to get the trope across.

troacctid "µ." from California Since: Apr, 2010
#3: Oct 21st 2011 at 11:05:43 AM

Yeah, and not very heartwarming either. Also, is it just me or does it look squashed?

Rhymes with "Protracted."
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#4: Oct 21st 2011 at 11:16:02 AM

Perhaps we could go with a screenshot of Penny from The Rescuers in the orphanage?

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#6: Oct 21st 2011 at 3:42:21 PM

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#8: Oct 22nd 2011 at 12:13:44 AM

[up][up] I like that shot, although the quality is kinda low.

Rhymes with "Protracted."
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#9: Oct 22nd 2011 at 6:34:39 PM

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#11: Oct 22nd 2011 at 7:58:27 PM

[up] Yeah, Annie's eyes have always freaked me out a little. That being said, I like that last suggestion.

edited 22nd Oct '11 7:58:47 PM by Willbyr

Thnikkafan ? from Faroe Islands (not really) Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: I made a point to burn all of the photographs
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#12: Oct 27th 2011 at 5:21:42 PM

Alright, original image has been pulled.

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#13: Oct 27th 2011 at 5:39:08 PM

Here's the pulled picture:

Poor little child, in mourning (with Hair of Gold to show you she's innocent)


I've also tagged the page.

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#14: Oct 27th 2011 at 6:23:58 PM

Anyone else for the last Annie pic?

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#15: Oct 27th 2011 at 8:33:13 PM

Well it's certainly an improvement. I can get "being their cheerful, innocent orphan selves." from that.

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#17: Nov 27th 2011 at 8:36:29 PM

[up]He's a cat, which could present some problems. I'd suggest the original Oliver Twist, but 1) I have no pictures at hand and 2) I don't see what's so bad about the current picture suggestions.

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#18: Nov 28th 2011 at 4:44:57 AM

[up] This trope is not exclusively about humans, though.


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#19: Nov 28th 2011 at 2:05:26 PM

But isn't this trope HEARTWARMING orphan?

Granted I know these orphans will have backstories that make you sob your eyes out...but shouldn't the picture of this trope be more....

An Orphan that just melts your heart going "awwwww! ^_^" Instead of cry?

(Correct me, please, if I'm wrong)

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#20: Nov 28th 2011 at 2:16:02 PM

[up][up]I'm aware of that, but it seems a little easier to convey "orphan" with a human.

Although that box actually does a pretty good job of it - the problem, as the previous poster said, is that it's not exactly "heartwarming" so much as pitiable.

Raso Cure Candy Since: Jul, 2009
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#21: Nov 28th 2011 at 2:28:00 PM

Something from these two pages? [1] [2] she drops that she is an orphan then negi completely changes opinion of her.

edited 28th Nov '11 2:30:44 PM by Raso

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#22: Nov 28th 2011 at 2:37:18 PM

I thought pitiable is what we were going for; my mistake. @ [up][up][up] and [up][up]

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#23: Nov 29th 2011 at 12:37:20 PM

I think the Oliver picture works for Woobie: Western Animation better than the current picture. https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Woobie/WesternAnimation It's not that the current is bad, but an abandoned kitten is so pitiful even Oswald would want to take him home.

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#24: Nov 29th 2011 at 1:11:49 PM

[up] Oliver And Company is a movie, not a TV show. If it goes on any woobie subpage it would be Film...

... which I'm inclined to guess it does, on looking at the fairly JAFAAC current image there. May I have the official go-ahead to replace the Film subpage's current image with the Oliver And Company image a few posts up?

edited 29th Nov '11 1:13:28 PM by HiddenFacedMatt

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