The problem with all these tropes is that they are all very close to each other.
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Agreed; we'll need to find something else.
Does Lawyer-Friendly Cameo really require an Captain Ersatz?
edited 5th Jan '13 8:15:53 AM by m8e
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Reading over the description and some of the examples, it seems to. How's this
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Interesting. I read the definition, specifically this part: "You may find characters who are not merely an imitation of a character from a popular show, film, or comic, but literally are that character. Somehow. " to mean that a Lawyer Friendly Cameo is not a Captain Ersatz of Expy. It's the actual character from the other work.
In that case, the page image is an excellent example and a good illustration. It's the real TMNT in the background, not a copy of them.
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IIRC Archie had the license to TMNT at some point, and were making the most of that license (much like how they're about to do a crossover between their Sonic universe and their Mega Man comics). Disregard the mind-blowing idea that it's a comic based on a cartoon based on a comic, of course, but as far as I know, they were totally within their rights to make this gag (I am not a lawyer, but it seems legit).
edited 5th Jan '13 10:10:43 AM by ShadowHog
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It can also be interpreted as an Ersatz that is so alike to the other character as to be proactively that character, or at least be mistaken for them.
I don't get it. How does this not illustrate?
Reading the description, it fits perfectly.
Yeah, that avatar's a 'Shop of my real face.
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gave a possible explanation as to why it doesn't illustrate.
Myself, as drawn by me.
Disneyverse Kano should work. Then again, maybe that's not a perfect fit in that most cameo characters in the movie have been paid for.
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Clock is set. Are we good with the current?
Totally not Kano, as he's listed as "Cyborg" in the credits of Wreck It Ralph.
edited 16th Feb '13 2:21:02 PM by justanid
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Clock's up; locking for inactivity. No action is to be taken based on this thread.
Bump and lock requesting.
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They look like the actual turtles to me.
The tropes is about a Captain Ersatz being used as a cameo instead of the actual character. If they're really the turtles, it's not an example.
edited 5th Jan '13 7:28:10 AM by TropeEater
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