Good idea. And unlike most of our War On Straw pages, it seems like this would be a correct use of the term "strawman."
Concur.
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Any preference? I like Strawman Ball a bit more, since it implies it's an existing character who's becoming the strawman.
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By looking at the name alone, I thought that this was the idiot equivalent off Monster of the Week as well. Definitely needs a rename. If you're gonna snowclone a name, it should at least follow the same formula as the original. It also misuses The Watson in the description. This trope is just when someone in the main cast takes a wrong opposing viewpoint in an episode.
Strawman Ball is a good name.
edited 5th Jun '13 7:06:21 AM by Rethkir
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Strawman Ball works for me.
I don't know which names to pick, really.
"For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled." - Richard Feynman
No, the other one.
The trope doesn't seem all that heavily used, so a namechange might help with that.
Strawman Ball makes the most sense considering both itself and our own naming patterns.
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Strawman Ball is good. Strawman Of The Week also works.
”Of the week" implies a one-shot character, like Monster of the Week. "Ball" implies that it's a recurring character whose turn it is to "hold the ball".
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Well, if you look at the Ball Index and the Index of the Week, the difference is pretty clear. This trope is clearly better suited as a ball than a week.
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I thought for a moment this is like Masked Ball :) Does that mean we're overusing 'ball' snowclones now?
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No, the other one.
Well, people like playing with balls.
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We could also have Strawman For A Day, if we think Ball is overused/unclear.
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That does seem clearer than another Ball trope.
Seems like there's a consensus for a name change.
Crowner to pick it?
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Crowner's hooked.
Bump for votes.
"If you aren't him, then you apparently got your brain from the same discount retailer, so..." - FighteerThe crowner's been up for a week. Consensus is pretty clear. 12 to 0 for Strawman Ball. Let's call this.
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Calling it for Strawman Ball.
Did the rename and tagging.
Only the discussion needs moving, then this can be closed.
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Current name makes it sound like there's a new idiot introduced every week. Given the fact the trope is actually about an existing character being a strawman for the current week, I say we change it to Strawman Of The Week or Strawman Ball.
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