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Couchpotato20 Will kill you from Hell Since: Apr, 2011
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#1: Jun 7th 2012 at 8:05:01 AM

I just uploaded this pic and thoguht it would be cool if we could use this

Also we have duplicate Full Metal Alchemist trope pics of Ed being called shorty. There's one for the Actually That's my assistant and Berserk Button.

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#2: Jun 7th 2012 at 8:12:54 AM

I don't get the proposed image at all.

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#4: Jun 7th 2012 at 8:23:41 AM

OP does have a point about the similarities between Berserk Button and Actually, That's My Assistant, though. They're not the same image (hell they're not even the same medium), but they're the same scene...

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#5: Jun 7th 2012 at 9:24:50 AM

I have no idea how the suggestion is supposed to represent the trope; the current is much better. The pic on Actually, That's My Assistant should probably be changed...it doesn't quite fit.

edited 7th Jun '12 9:25:20 AM by Willbyr

Couchpotato20 Will kill you from Hell Since: Apr, 2011
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#6: Jun 7th 2012 at 11:18:36 AM

Well one of them needs to be changed since they're the same. The pic in the OP matches the quote on Berserk Button which Aozaki Touko from Kara No Kyoukai says to Cornelius Alba when he calls her "Dirty Red". I don't care if you pick the image I suggested but just pointing out the similarities of the image.

edited 7th Jun '12 11:20:53 AM by Couchpotato20

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rodneyAnonymous Sophisticated as Hell from empty space Since: Aug, 2010
#7: Jun 7th 2012 at 1:32:41 PM

I think "needs" is a dramatic overstatement. It's fine as it is. They are similar, sort of, but not the same. (The first panel of one and last panel of the other are extremely similar, but from different media.) ATMA could maybe be better. Here are the previous threads on BB: [1] [2]

Also the suggestion is Just A Face.


Berserk Button current:


Actually, That's My Assistant current:

edited 7th Jun '12 1:46:18 PM by rodneyAnonymous

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#8: Jun 7th 2012 at 1:36:16 PM

Since the two pictures focus on different aspects of the scene (One focuses on the change in demeanor when he is called short, and the other focuses on the way everybody crowds around the wrong person), I have no problem with them being the same scene.

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#10: Jun 7th 2012 at 5:25:25 PM

They aren't the same image, and the suggestion is… not good.

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Couchpotato20 Will kill you from Hell Since: Apr, 2011
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#11: Jun 8th 2012 at 10:09:54 AM

@Scar Doll

It still shows him getting pissed which leads to the Berserk Button. But yeah I suppose you're right. It kinda felt the same to me but whatever.

edited 8th Jun '12 10:12:47 AM by Couchpotato20

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#12: Jun 28th 2012 at 2:43:56 PM

It's the same scene but the image is different. I don't see a need to change it

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#13: Jun 29th 2012 at 6:31:56 AM

Hey, I've got an idea. How about we put the scene from the first episode of [1] about Sakuragi headbutting everyone that mentions the word "basketball"?

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#14: Jul 1st 2012 at 5:32:41 AM

I have a lot of examples right now on my head

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#15: Jul 9th 2012 at 4:39:44 PM

Well the current Berserk Button picture is JAFAAC.

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#16: Jul 9th 2012 at 7:22:10 PM

[up] How so? It shows a person going berserk in reaction to something.

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#17: Jul 9th 2012 at 7:38:51 PM

[up][up] Uh-uh; there's more than enough context there to take it out of JAFAAC territory.

EDIT: Ninja'd.

edited 9th Jul '12 7:39:23 PM by Willbyr

rodneyAnonymous Sophisticated as Hell from empty space Since: Aug, 2010
#18: Jul 9th 2012 at 8:36:16 PM

"Well the current Berserk Button picture is JAFAAC."

What? That's not... huh?!

edited 9th Jul '12 8:37:15 PM by rodneyAnonymous

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#19: Jul 9th 2012 at 10:06:00 PM

It seems that the page quote has been changed as well, without any discussion in the discussion page.

Should the new quote stay instead of the old one? Here are the Old and New:

"However, you called me by that name. Anyone who calls me by that name dies. That's the policy."

"Call me an assholeone more time."

Which one do you think works better?

I personally like the old one better. It is a lot more sophisticated and specific. The latter...you might as well as put up "WHAT DID YOU JUST CALL ME?" there.

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rodneyAnonymous Sophisticated as Hell from empty space Since: Aug, 2010
#20: Jul 9th 2012 at 10:10:13 PM

For different reasons, but they both seem sort of weak.

Is:

"Call me an asshole one more time."
—John Hancock, Hancock, whenever someone calls him an asshole - and regrets it

Was:

"However, you called me by that name. Anyone who calls me by that name dies. That's the policy."
Touko Aozaki', Kara no Kyoukai, right before siccing an Eldritch Abomination on a magus.

Could trim one of those e.g.

, or put them both on Quotes page and snag one from there. There are many.

edited 10th Jul '12 2:09:07 AM by rodneyAnonymous

Becky: Who are you? The Mysterious Stranger: An angel. Huck: What's your name? The Mysterious Stranger: Satan.
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#21: Jul 11th 2012 at 10:42:10 PM

Its JAFAAC because if you remove the captions, the picture does not illustrate the trope, it would just show two different screenshots that relate in some way or another.

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rodneyAnonymous Sophisticated as Hell from empty space Since: Aug, 2010
#22: Jul 11th 2012 at 10:44:01 PM

Images do not have to stand alone, and anyway that is not what makes something JAFAAC. "Can't understand it without the caption" is often true of JAFAAC images, but that isn't part of its definition. The Berserk Button image isn't JAFAAC at all.

edited 11th Jul '12 10:57:59 PM by rodneyAnonymous

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#23: Jul 11th 2012 at 11:24:03 PM

You could call the Kaleidoscope Hair image Just Faces and a Caption because technically it's a bunch of heads. However, it's clear that they're the same character, so it's clear the hair color is changing. The current Berserk Button image shows someone being called small, and then irrationally angry about being called small. I think it is generally understood that two screenshots as an image are linked and often show the same scene.

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#24: Jul 12th 2012 at 3:00:42 AM

@21: That used to be the majority opinion here, but then this happened.

I really don't think any of the images mentioned here need to be changed.

edited 12th Jul '12 3:01:16 AM by videogmer314

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#25: Jul 12th 2012 at 3:09:20 AM

JAFAAC doesn't mean "it works only with a caption", it means "it does illustrate the trope only if you know the show". The current pic shows that. Also: Great captions are great. We can't have a rule that says "It only works because of the caption, it's out."

The current pic is not JAFAAC and better than the suggestion.

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