JAFAAC: One Mario Limit

Do I get that this trope is about one name being too famous for anybody to use? Nope. We gotta pull it.

Eh, I say Keep Until Better Image Suggested, just strictly because of how universal Mario is.

While a picture of the Trope Namer has a higher risk of being JAFAAC, in this case I'd agree with "keep until better" because of the trope's definition (a character is so iconic that nobody else gets the same name unless it's a Shout-Out).

I dunno, is there such as thing as a Self Demonstrating Face And A Caption? If anything can picture this, it would be the current pic and maybe a tweaked caption ("Come on. Try thinking of another famous Mario.")

...and if you don't buy that argument, then we're probably talking unpicturable.

I agree with your opinion, but cooking fans would probably respond to that caption with Mario Batali. And I don't even watch that show anymore (then again, I don't really have a TV anymore. I could, probably, but I haven't bothered setting it up.))

edited 10th Nov '11 8:15:55 PM by AweStriker

Something tells me the likelihood of people connecting video game!Mario with Mario Batali are really slim.

edited 10th Nov '11 8:18:22 PM by Willbyr

It took me about 7 seconds, but my mind works in mysterious ways. Objection sustained.

Ok, fictional video game character. (There was an Iron Chef America game released for the Wii...)

Hang on, you didn't mention "video game" last time you presented the argument; don't sell it short!

That too. Your clever wordplay has made me laugh.

edited 11th Nov '11 10:49:17 AM by AweStriker

^^ Mario is not a character from a fictional videogame.

Nice.

We could always go with the page quote... A screenshot of Assassins Creed 2 with the subtitles on.

Since about a few months ago whenever I hear "Mario" I picture this guy.

But yeah, Keep Until Better Image Suggested on this one. I like it in its simplicity.

P.S. That's not a suggestion by the way. Just in case someone bursts with rage over it.

edited 11th Nov '11 9:21:40 PM by Catalogue

Sure, but it's a little too simplistic, and TV Tropes is the wrong place for that.

Well, many voted Keep Until Better Image Suggested, so you're still free to suggest replacements, or even ideas.

Considering that Mario is probably the single most well-known video game character of all time, I think we can leave him for now.

At Stratadrake: The adjective "fictional" in the phrase "fictional video game character" explicitly modifies the noun in the phrase, "character." Your confusion resides in the misreading of "video game" as acting as a noun, when in this instance it functions as a noun adjunct, modifying "character", the subject of the phrase. To come to your interpretation of the "character" being from a "fictional video game", one would have to parse the phrase differently. For instance, if it had been written as "a character from a fictional video game", then your objection would be valid.

Also, the picture seems inextricably linked with the current name of the trope. It gets a pass the same way The Ditz does in his trope page.

edited 13th Nov '11 12:35:34 PM by ArtemisStrong

Umm... what is Keep Until Better Image Suggested?

Keep Until Better Image Suggestion.

I noted "Keep Until Better Image Suggested" under the list of Predefined Messages rather recently.

Clock is set.

"I dunno, is there such as thing as a Self Demonstrating Face And A Caption?"

Yeah: Jesus, Darth Vader, Robin Hood, Mickey Mouse...

Is Mario universally known? Enh, not really. Kind of. Enough to not be removed without replacement.

The clock's up, and the general consensus is Keep Until Better Image Suggested. Locking up.