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Spark9 Gentleman Troper! from Castle Wulfenbach Since: Nov, 2010 Relationship Status: Pining for the fjords
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#1: Jul 17th 2012 at 4:22:45 PM

The trope is somebody (e.g. a parent) spelling a word to prevent someone else (e.g. the children) from understanding it. The image is a baby spelling words with alphabet blocks. It's a cute picture but it has nothing to do with the trope.

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rodneyAnonymous Sophisticated as Hell from empty space Since: Aug, 2010
#2: Jul 17th 2012 at 4:56:34 PM

Clearly a reaction to exactly that, with those examples. Not the best, but "nothing to do with" is quite an exaggeration. Suggested improvement?

Current:

edited 17th Jul '12 4:58:29 PM by rodneyAnonymous

Becky: Who are you? The Mysterious Stranger: An angel. Huck: What's your name? The Mysterious Stranger: Satan.
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bananasloth serial tweaker, sorry from Budapest Since: Nov, 2009
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#4: Jul 17th 2012 at 5:40:19 PM

Surely a panel from a comic could work. There are a few examples listed, none of them contain links though. I'll try to find them.

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rodneyAnonymous Sophisticated as Hell from empty space Since: Aug, 2010
#5: Jul 17th 2012 at 5:43:47 PM

^^ Are you saying the baby dinosaur is worse than nothing? Seems fine.

Becky: Who are you? The Mysterious Stranger: An angel. Huck: What's your name? The Mysterious Stranger: Satan.
bananasloth serial tweaker, sorry from Budapest Since: Nov, 2009
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#6: Jul 17th 2012 at 5:59:31 PM

Garfield example (somewhat better than the current I think, but not that great since it only works if you know Garfield's a glutton. With a caption maybe?):

edited 17th Jul '12 6:24:23 PM by bananasloth

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cfive Since: Jan, 2001
#7: Jul 17th 2012 at 7:33:34 PM

That works.

edited 17th Jul '12 7:33:43 PM by cfive

Spark9 Gentleman Troper! from Castle Wulfenbach Since: Nov, 2010 Relationship Status: Pining for the fjords
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#8: Jul 17th 2012 at 11:48:30 PM

[up][up] Much better.

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#12: Jul 19th 2012 at 4:21:07 AM

One or two more votes for Garfield and we can waddle with it.

DarkConfidant Since: Aug, 2011
#13: Jul 19th 2012 at 6:53:25 AM

+ for Garfield.

edited 19th Jul '12 6:53:33 AM by DarkConfidant

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#14: Jul 19th 2012 at 6:58:18 AM

And there we go. The pic's up, potholed, and tagged; caption at will. Locking up.

edited 19th Jul '12 6:58:31 AM by Willbyr

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