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Deadlock Clock: Dec 27th 2014 at 11:59:00 PM
GrigorII Since: Aug, 2011
#1: Dec 2nd 2014 at 7:50:11 AM

The image of this trope used to be this

Who can save the Damsel in Distress from King Kong? Of course! Zilla!

Then, it was changed to this

Orcs beware! This time, the good guys have a cave troll.

I think that the first one is better. As I pointed in the discussion, Godzilla is not just bigger than Kong, but also more Obviously Evil. It helps to give the idea with an image that the "bigger fish" is not exactly a good solution, but a solution that may become a worse problem afterwards. The new image, on the contrary, does not illustrate the trope at all. There is only one big creature, and it does not seem threatening at all. This trope is not "get a gentle giant to help you".

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Madrugada Zzzzzzzzzz Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: In season
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#2: Dec 2nd 2014 at 9:33:52 AM

Good points. Opening.

...if you don’t love you’re dead, and if you do, they’ll kill you for it.
Memers Since: Aug, 2013
#3: Dec 2nd 2014 at 10:56:15 AM

Both of them really don't seem quite this trope.

DiamondWeapon Since: Jan, 2001
#4: Dec 2nd 2014 at 1:19:56 PM

Both of them have the little fish-big fish-bigger fish thing going, but neither of them suggest the little fish has summoned the bigger fish.

troacctid "µ." from California Since: Apr, 2010
#5: Dec 2nd 2014 at 4:46:58 PM

That guy doesn't look threatening? He has glowy eyes and sharp claws and pointy teeth!

Rhymes with "Protracted."
rodneyAnonymous Sophisticated as Hell from empty space Since: Aug, 2010
#6: Dec 2nd 2014 at 7:33:42 PM

^^ The current/new image has that a little.

Becky: Who are you? The Mysterious Stranger: An angel. Huck: What's your name? The Mysterious Stranger: Satan.
DiamondWeapon Since: Jan, 2001
#7: Dec 3rd 2014 at 4:28:33 AM

[up]Not really. Riding it could mean anything. It could be his usual mount, or he could've hijacked it from the bad guys. Its from a video game, so without having played it my first guess would be hijacked.

What we really need is a picture of him summoning it.

SeptimusHeap from Switzerland (Edited uphill both ways) Relationship Status: Mu
#8: Dec 24th 2014 at 2:10:50 AM

Clock is set.

"For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled." - Richard Feynman
SeptimusHeap from Switzerland (Edited uphill both ways) Relationship Status: Mu
#9: Dec 28th 2014 at 3:41:25 AM

Clock is up with no progress; closing this.

"For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled." - Richard Feynman
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