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Spark9 Gentleman Troper! from Castle Wulfenbach Since: Nov, 2010 Relationship Status: Pining for the fjords
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#1: May 15th 2012 at 10:13:27 AM

I have no idea what is going on in this image. It's pretty blurry, but I have no idea who these characters are or why they have anything to do with the trope at hand.

Rhetorical, eh? ... Eight!
Willbyr Hi (Y2K) Relationship Status: With my statistically significant other
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#2: May 15th 2012 at 10:27:29 AM

Motion to pull

The pic, as far as I can tell, has absolutely nothing to do with the trope and is really a Shout-Out (the main Totoro from My Neighbor Totoro [right] makes a cameo in Toy Story 3 [left])

lu127 Paper Master from 異界 Since: Sep, 2011 Relationship Status: Crazy Cat Lady
#3: May 15th 2012 at 10:34:30 AM

Puuuull~

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Telcontar In uffish thought from England Since: Feb, 2012
Elbruno Mummy Woomy from Chile: Not As Dry As Space! Since: Nov, 2011 Relationship Status: Having tea with Cthulhu
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#6: May 15th 2012 at 12:43:06 PM

Puuuuuuuuuuull!

"Yeah, it's a shame. Here we are in an underground cave with all these lasers, and instead of having a rave we're using it for evil."
lu127 Paper Master from 異界 Since: Sep, 2011 Relationship Status: Crazy Cat Lady
#7: May 15th 2012 at 12:44:26 PM

My eyes couldn't stand it, so I pulled it.

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A non-videogame example, but there you go.

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Spark9 Gentleman Troper! from Castle Wulfenbach Since: Nov, 2010 Relationship Status: Pining for the fjords
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#8: May 15th 2012 at 1:05:43 PM

I'm tempted to put up an image of the Spanish Inquisition instead tongue

Rhetorical, eh? ... Eight!
Willbyr Hi (Y2K) Relationship Status: With my statistically significant other
Elbruno Mummy Woomy from Chile: Not As Dry As Space! Since: Nov, 2011 Relationship Status: Having tea with Cthulhu
Mummy Woomy
#10: May 15th 2012 at 1:26:40 PM

[up][up]THOU ART THOU ART POST THAT PICTURE DO IT DO IT DO IT!

"Yeah, it's a shame. Here we are in an underground cave with all these lasers, and instead of having a rave we're using it for evil."
JapaneseTeeth Existence Weighed Against Nonbeing from Meinong's jungle Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: Mu
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#11: May 15th 2012 at 8:35:09 PM

That would be hilarious, although it'd probably eventually get axed for being a meme.

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Telcontar In uffish thought from England Since: Feb, 2012
In uffish thought
#12: May 16th 2012 at 12:49:36 AM

That would be priceless! Would it get axed, though?

One thing that strikes me as possibly being fun just for this page would be to have several screenshots, with one as the image on top of the page and the rest hidden in a few of the folders. However, that probably wouldn't work so well in practice..

I haven't the bandwidth to go hunting for a screenshot on Youtube at the moment, but a caption could be something like "Our chief weapon is surprise... surprise and fear... and ruthless efficiency... We'll come in again."

That was the amazing part. Things just keep going.
Spark9 Gentleman Troper! from Castle Wulfenbach Since: Nov, 2010 Relationship Status: Pining for the fjords
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#13: May 16th 2012 at 2:00:19 AM

Well, since everybody here seems to like it, I've put it up. I think it's a good choice: a number of pages (e.g. Flying Brick) use a joke to illustrate their trope, and that works. And this is clearly not a demotivator, Lol Cat or something similar, so I don't feel it falls foul of the meme rule.

Rhetorical, eh? ... Eight!
Telcontar In uffish thought from England Since: Feb, 2012
In uffish thought
#14: May 16th 2012 at 2:03:22 AM

Yay! wink Could we get one where it's more clear they're just jumping in, or is that shot too dark, from what I remember?

That was the amazing part. Things just keep going.
Willbyr Hi (Y2K) Relationship Status: With my statistically significant other
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#15: May 16th 2012 at 6:07:53 AM

[up] I think it's good as is.

ccoa Ravenous Sophovore from the Sleeping Giant Since: Jan, 2001
Ravenous Sophovore
#16: May 16th 2012 at 6:08:46 AM

That's hilarious. I support it.

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Feather7603 Devil's Advocate from Yggdrasil Since: Dec, 2011
#17: May 16th 2012 at 10:10:40 AM

So now the picture for The Unexpected is one a lot of people would expect.

The Internet misuses, abuses, and overuses everything.
rodneyAnonymous Sophisticated as Hell from empty space Since: Aug, 2010
#18: May 16th 2012 at 10:47:28 AM

That won't make sense once the name is changed, but I suppose that is a problem for another day.

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Cantido Since: Jul, 2010
#19: May 16th 2012 at 1:56:01 PM

  • Doo doo doodoodoo, DOO DOO DOO!*
Its showtime!

edited 16th May '12 3:03:14 PM by Cantido

Elbruno Mummy Woomy from Chile: Not As Dry As Space! Since: Nov, 2011 Relationship Status: Having tea with Cthulhu
Mummy Woomy
#20: May 16th 2012 at 3:39:41 PM

[up]That one should do the trick if the name is changed; and it's one of the best examples of this trope to boot. Who would have seriously expected someone like Snake hanging around the likes of Mario and Kirby?

edited 16th May '12 3:40:03 PM by Elbruno

"Yeah, it's a shame. Here we are in an underground cave with all these lasers, and instead of having a rave we're using it for evil."
Willbyr Hi (Y2K) Relationship Status: With my statistically significant other
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#21: May 16th 2012 at 4:06:34 PM

[up][up] I was really hoping to use the Inquisition, but if a rename's going to make it pointless then that will suit me just fine.

Cantido Since: Jul, 2010
#22: May 20th 2012 at 12:39:43 PM

I could also photoshop an "!" above Mario. Yeah that'd be damn cool.

Feather7603 Devil's Advocate from Yggdrasil Since: Dec, 2011
#23: May 20th 2012 at 12:44:02 PM

[up]I heard the sound when I read that...

The Internet misuses, abuses, and overuses everything.
Willbyr Hi (Y2K) Relationship Status: With my statistically significant other
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#24: May 29th 2012 at 11:59:56 AM

Locking per OP request.

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