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Deadlock Clock: Apr 26th 2012 at 11:59:00 PM
Spark9 Gentleman Troper! from Castle Wulfenbach Since: Nov, 2010 Relationship Status: Pining for the fjords
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#1: Mar 7th 2012 at 4:47:31 PM

I'm having a hard time figuring out what's going on in the image. Apparently there's a volcano in the background with a hole in it, a big targeting scope, and that fizzy orb is probably a bomb lying on the ground but it's hard to tell without a wick. It took me quite a while to realize that the blue rectangle represents somebody's torso. So yeah, very unclear. Perhaps it's obvious if you've played whatever-game-that's-from, but I haven't.

Judged by the caption, this picture was put up when the trope was still named Dodongo Dislikes Smoke, and I don't think people have only considered pictures from a Zelda game (assuming the volcano is Dodongo; I'm pretty sure Dodongo was a rhinoceros, not a mountain). I think we should consider broader sources of images.

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rodneyAnonymous Sophisticated as Hell from empty space Since: Aug, 2010
#2: Mar 7th 2012 at 4:48:48 PM

That is an open mouth, not a volcano.

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Spark9 Gentleman Troper! from Castle Wulfenbach Since: Nov, 2010 Relationship Status: Pining for the fjords
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#3: Mar 7th 2012 at 4:54:18 PM

[up] Seriously, huh? Why is an open mouth floating in the air with no teeth, eyes, tongue, or face attached? I think it's just a hole.

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rodneyAnonymous Sophisticated as Hell from empty space Since: Aug, 2010
#4: Mar 7th 2012 at 5:04:26 PM

Becky: Who are you? The Mysterious Stranger: An angel. Huck: What's your name? The Mysterious Stranger: Satan.
abk0100 Since: Aug, 2011
#5: Mar 7th 2012 at 5:21:32 PM

Does this make it more clear?

Spark9 Gentleman Troper! from Castle Wulfenbach Since: Nov, 2010 Relationship Status: Pining for the fjords
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#6: Mar 7th 2012 at 5:28:30 PM

[up] Yes, I'd say so. The dodongo is clearer, Link is clearer, even the bomb is clearer.

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rodneyAnonymous Sophisticated as Hell from empty space Since: Aug, 2010
#7: Mar 7th 2012 at 5:33:08 PM

I don't think that is more clear and I don't think one person not getting it means it's unclear.

Becky: Who are you? The Mysterious Stranger: An angel. Huck: What's your name? The Mysterious Stranger: Satan.
abk0100 Since: Aug, 2011
#8: Mar 7th 2012 at 5:46:21 PM

I was really just asking if it made the original picture clearer, not suggesting that we should switch.

KaiserMazoku Since: Apr, 2011
#9: Mar 7th 2012 at 6:20:45 PM

Keep Until Better Image Suggested

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#10: Mar 7th 2012 at 6:55:03 PM

Keep Until Better Image Suggested...the last thread was enough of a Pit A.

rodneyAnonymous Sophisticated as Hell from empty space Since: Aug, 2010
#11: Mar 7th 2012 at 7:10:23 PM

https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/posts.php?discussion=1303050664038720200

(Also, I like the "Throw" button on current.)

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#13: Apr 23rd 2012 at 7:03:14 AM

I like the current or the other one.

Caption should be "Open wide!" though.

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#14: Apr 23rd 2012 at 7:24:09 AM

"Gut bomb in 3, 2, 1..."

Feather7603 Devil's Advocate from Yggdrasil Since: Dec, 2011
#15: Apr 23rd 2012 at 8:38:20 AM

Keep. It is a little unclear, but it's not unclear.

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lu127 Paper Master from 異界 Since: Sep, 2011 Relationship Status: Crazy Cat Lady
#16: Apr 23rd 2012 at 8:54:07 AM

I don't really mind it, but could we shrink it a little? The way it falls over the folders looks clunky.

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#17: Apr 23rd 2012 at 8:57:28 AM

With how small the writeup is on it it would have to be pretty freaken small to be above the break line to the examples.

edited 23rd Apr '12 8:58:48 AM by Raso

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#18: Apr 23rd 2012 at 8:58:25 AM

Somebody cropped the picture too tightly.

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troacctid "µ." from California Since: Apr, 2010
#19: Apr 23rd 2012 at 12:11:22 PM

The current image is pretty much perfect, so...

Rhymes with "Protracted."
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#20: Apr 27th 2012 at 6:21:36 AM

Clock's up; locking for inactivity/lack of consensus. I'm going to change the caption; otherwise, no further action is to be taken based on this thread.

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