General Page Quote Discussion:

Dunno if pages with no quotations (either on page or on a separate page) are appropriate for this thread. Here's a few that (for external reasons), I am finding myself wishing to have quotes (or better quotes), but lack them:

• Arc Welding
• Ascended Extra (the one in there is pretty shoehorned...)
• Brick Joke
• Cute Monster Girl
• Hot Potato
• Meaningful Background Event
• #1 Dime <strike>(Actually I have a good one, but I can't find the Tintin album I need in English )</strike>
• Reveal Shot

I know some of them are pretty generic pages, and that is exactly why a good quote might enhance them greatly.

edited 30th Apr '12 10:59:52 PM by Circeus

What Tintin album do you refer to? I can find the quote. I have all of them on my bookshelf.

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Prisoners Of The Sun. The exchange at the waterfall where Haddock almost falls off because he ain't letting go of his hat.

The exchange goes something like this:

Tintin: For heaven's sake, Captain, you'll fall... Leave your cap!
Captain Haddock: And buy another at the local hatter's, I suppose?

Bigotry will NEVER be welcome on TV Tropes.

Wow, that's quite different from the French version... doesn't work nearly as well either

Not sure if Brain Bleach has been brought up, but I don't see how the quote fits the trope.

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It's referring to how images or idea tend to stick in your head—all the more so when you'd really rather forget about them. However, I would agree that there's a number of better quotes on the quotes tab.

Plus the trope is about a particular reason something sticks in your head, and thus the quote only covers a fraction of the trope.

So is it okay if I just remove it?

edited 15th Jun '12 12:11:38 PM by DragonQuestZ

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Swap it with one of the better quotes. I personally like either the first or third quote on Quotes.Brain Bleach.

Meaningful Background Event: I wish I could remember the exact wording of what Abed Nadir said after his Meaningful Background Side-Story with a pregnant woman, because it might be perfect. His dialogue with Troy about going off on side-adventures all the time is applicable but not great; it'd be better for an out-of-focus trope.

Also, the first thing I thought of with Hot Potato was the Ed Edd N Eddy episode with 'That's My Horse', the world's worst game.

Ed: That's my horse! -moves to smack Edd-

Edd: -frantic- No, it's your horse, IT'S YOUR HORSE!

edited 15th Jun '12 1:09:10 PM by LargoQuagmire

Hm. Which would be a better quote for An Economy Is You?

or ? I already removed the first quote, but now I'm starting to wonder if it's actually the better one.

I'm not crazy, I just don't give a darn!

The second one. An Economy Is You is about the economy being only there for the player. Only the second one illustrates that.

"For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled." - Richard Feynman

Black Dude Dies First and Defied Trope have the same quote. I say it fits the latter better. Plus there are other quotes that directly address the former. For one, there's a line from Scream 2 where Joel says "Brothers don't last long in situations like this.".

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That's a good quotation (the Scream 2 one). I support that one for Black Dude Dies First.

It does not matter who I am. What matters is, who will you become? - motto of Omsk Bird

Is there a better quote for Flanderization?

"For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled." - Richard Feynman

On Nuke 'em, I can't help but feel that that one quote from Independence Day would be better than the current, but I cannot for the life of me remember what that quote was.

If you mean "Nuke the bastards", that doesn't really give context as well as the current quote, since that quote states that such a major action is the only way to make sure the job is done.

EDIT: Yet I just noticed it does get duplicated on It's the Only Way to Be Sure, so let's see if we can find a replacement for one of them.

edited 13th Jul '12 2:41:30 PM by DragonQuestZ

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I know there was more to the quote. Something about "May our children forgive us for this", which helps to imply the desperation of the order and the crisis in the situation.

I dunno if duplicate quotes are that high a concern, but if they are Confidant's proposal sounds good enough for Nuke 'em

"For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled." - Richard Feynman

I know that Obi-Wan's quote about giving Luke his first lightsaber is on at least three pages - Ancestral Weapon, Elegant Weapon for a More Civilized Age, and Laser Blade at the least.

edited 13th Jul '12 2:46:32 PM by DarkConfidant

It's potholed in different fashions though

"For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled." - Richard Feynman

Still, some of those could use other quotes than inform them, rather than just having the trope namer lines.

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Not to mention that Luke's first Lightsaber really isn't an Ancestral Weapon in the sense that I would classify it as such, although it fits as defined by the trope description. Anakin didn't have any particular attachment to it, nor did Luke. I think I can find a better quote.

EDIT: Checked where I thought it would be and didn't find a good one. Let me try one more place.

edited 14th Jul '12 7:28:24 AM by DarkConfidant

With Great Power Comes Great Insanity and Drunk with Power have the same quote, and it doesn't fit the latter as well as the former.

"For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled." - Richard Feynman

I don't think duplicate quotes are really an issue, unless you have a better quote you want to put in for the one.