Who the hell is this guy? I have no idea who he is, what he's from, what about him is unwitting, how he's being manipulated, or anything else relevant. The caption doesn't help - all it says is that he's the poster boy for the trope, but nothing about why.

Really awful Just A Face And A Caption.

This is so non-indicative it's insulting. This is one that needs the pull.

Move to Pull

I'm not even 100% sure who that is. (I think it's from the Soul Reaver series, but...)

Ack. There's nothing there to describe anything. Pull that picture, please!

edited 18th May '12 9:18:02 PM by DarkConfidant

Second motion to pull

The very definition of X Just X

Motion to pull

Motion to pull it into image limbo

Zapped. Any ideas for something different?

edit: Oh hm that was probably way too fast, sorry. Won't argue if someone wants to put it back.

edited 18th May '12 9:22:09 PM by rodneyAnonymous

I'd offer a Remus example, but A) it'd be some rather shameless self promotion and B) the page that reveals it won't be drawn for about 10 years.

Maybe something from Bleach?

EDIT: That image was uploaded 22 hours ago. I think we may have a new record for shortest length of time an image has stayed on a page.

edited 18th May '12 9:24:50 PM by KyleJacobs

No suggestions at the moment, but I support that pull.

There's one from Order Of The Stick.

The demon, daemon, and devil talking about the Linear Brigade.

Let me see...

And here we are.

Recanting.

edited 7th Jun '12 8:53:48 PM by Willbyr

That is just speech bubbles about it, dunno.

Better than nothing, I suppose.

I don't think it's as good as nothing, considering it's just thin, slightly hard-to-read text that is already on the Quotes page.

It's from the Blood Omen/Soul Reaver series. Frankly, I think it's a good image, but it needs a better caption. The other image is hard to read.

edited 14th Jul '12 9:26:30 AM by QueenofSwords

I disagree. As someone who has never played the game, I have no way of knowing how that picture is representative of the trope. Simply being an example does not make a good picture if there is nothing in the picture to convey that information to someone without firsthand knowledge of the work in question.

edited 14th Jul '12 9:28:33 AM by DarkConfidant

I like the OOTS image, since although it has a lot of text the visuals do add something.

The previous image was basically someone with a caption saying "It's an example, bitch!" that nobody but someone familiar with the source would understand. Textbook Just A Face And A Caption.

The Order Of The Stick image is almost all text. Not much better than nothing, I'd say.

Worse I think. The visuals don't say anything the text doesn't already say (e.g. "bad guys are talking").

What about something metaphorical?

edited 17th Jul '12 1:51:28 PM by tbarrie

Wrong metaphor.

Huh, I completely missed that this was the trope formerly called Xantos Sucker, and that we renamed to a name which doesn't match the description at all.

Not that I'm bitter or anything.:)

But yeah, that doesn't really fit. Not sure how we'll illustrate this one.

That still wouldn't fit. A marionette illustrates being controlled by something else, but that is only a tiny part of the trope. (And not quite right; it is manipulation, not control.)

edited 17th Jul '12 4:54:38 PM by rodneyAnonymous