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Skybunny Since: Sep, 2013
#1: Sep 21st 2013 at 7:15:49 PM

I'm new, so I'm going to assume that changing the meaning of a trope on its page is something I should be cautious about. So I want to describe a problem here...

I discovered Right Out of My Clothes as a 'needs examples' trope. I thought of at least a couple examples of these that I think would fit...except that many of them are already listed in Empty Pile Of Clothes, which was probably made earlier. The trouble is that said examples don't fit in Right Out of My Clothes, because of the way THAT trope it is specifically worded.

Here's the issue: Empty Piles of Clothing's description, which I agree is completely reasonable, deals with the case of discovering a pile of clothes and (as the audience or the context of the narrating character), not understanding why they are there or otherwise. In other words, it is a mystery or expositional narrative trope.

I'd like to propose that Right Out of My Clothes deals with, instead, the case where the audience is a party to seeing this happen, regardless of why (in other words, generalize it so it isn't just For Laughs); it may be comedic, dramatic, or otherwise, but the point is that it's directly seen rather than implied - that would be THE key difference between the two tropes.

So, the intro to that trope would be more like this:

Basically Empty Piles of Clothing, except that the audience is a party to the event that causes it, rather than being introduced to it as a mystery. The character will leave behind his or her clothes, whether for hilarity (Just For Laughs), or dramatic reasons (The Reveal, or Dramatic Unmasking).

My belief is that the reason Right Out of My Clothes is having trouble getting examples is because it's too narrowly focused, and examples that are in Empty Piles of Clothing don't fit there anyway (such as The Witches, where the mouse transformation LEAVES a pile of clothes, but we in the audience know exactly why it's there.). The Star Wars example at the top of movies would also go here.

(Perhaps the trope should also be named Right Out Of Their Clothes because this could be a singular or plural character event, but that's less important than broadening what the trope actually means.)

Thoughts?

edited 21st Sep '13 7:24:31 PM by Skybunny

Larkmarn Since: Nov, 2010 Relationship Status: Hello, I love you
#2: Sep 21st 2013 at 7:48:19 PM

This is a job for the YKTTW Crash Thread, not TRS.

But you're right, something is wrong with the trope. It was launched without going through YKTTW. It should be cut and sent to YKTTW, and the creator should be P Med.

Honestly, their description is pretty much a mess. It really has nothing to do with Empty Piles of Clothing. Empty Piles of Clothing is a setpiece to create atmosphere and foreboding, this is a Stock Gag.

Plus the name isn't very good.

edited 21st Sep '13 7:52:23 PM by Larkmarn

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Skybunny Since: Sep, 2013
#3: Sep 22nd 2013 at 3:40:29 PM

Sent to YKTTW as a draft. Please close this thread! [tup]

edited 22nd Sep '13 11:27:51 PM by Skybunny

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