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StFan Since: Jan, 2001
#1: Feb 3rd 2015 at 11:43:05 AM

The current picture is at odd with the trope description, which speak about a sexy silhouette behind a backlighted screen. As stylish as most James Bond intro are, this isn't it.

I understand we'd want to keep this SFW. This page gives some nice options, I think.

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#2: Feb 3rd 2015 at 12:09:51 PM

Good point and ok suggestions, although those mostly reveal a bit more than the typical trope example, in that her thong is visible in most of them. The screen should be a bit more concealing than a single layer of sheer curtain..

Opening for discussion.

edited 3rd Feb '15 12:12:14 PM by Madrugada

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#5: Feb 4th 2015 at 11:44:41 AM

3.2 is excellent. 3.1 not so much, since there's nothing indicating what is doing the screening to render her just a silhouette.

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AnotherDuck No, the other one. from Stockholm Since: Jul, 2012 Relationship Status: Mu
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#7: Feb 4th 2015 at 5:50:34 PM

I'm not too fond of the coloration and business, but it works.

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#8: Feb 4th 2015 at 6:02:11 PM

[tup] 3.2

Here in proper size:

AnotherDuck No, the other one. from Stockholm Since: Jul, 2012 Relationship Status: Mu
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#9: Feb 4th 2015 at 6:29:35 PM

Looks better than I thought, actually.

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StFan Since: Jan, 2001
#10: Feb 5th 2015 at 9:00:59 AM

I would have favored a picture also showing the embarrassed man looking away, as per the description, but this can work.

AnotherDuck No, the other one. from Stockholm Since: Jul, 2012 Relationship Status: Mu
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#11: Feb 5th 2015 at 9:18:10 AM

There's nothing that says he has to be embarrassed. Also says "usually", which may or may not actually be true, but isn't part of the definition.

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Larkmarn Since: Nov, 2010 Relationship Status: Hello, I love you
#12: Feb 5th 2015 at 12:16:45 PM

My biggest problem with 3.2 is her tail is incredibly distracting. Not knowing the work, I spent more time thinking "what the hell is that?" than actually looking at the image.

Still better than the current, which is actively misleading (in fact, I totally didn't know what the trope was until this topic, I thought the Bond girls counted).

EDIT: Honestly, this might need to go to TRS. About half the examples are like the Bond girls, while the others fit the description of Silhouette Censor.

edited 5th Feb '15 12:19:28 PM by Larkmarn

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rafi Since: Jun, 2014
#13: Feb 6th 2015 at 12:18:12 AM

[up]Another possible suggestion. Doronjo from Yatterman, the remake [1] or old series [2]

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#14: Feb 6th 2015 at 12:36:15 AM

From the "He Had it Coming" number in Chicago: 1.

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#15: Feb 6th 2015 at 6:50:46 AM

[up] That one and the first in [up][up] are good, too.

AnotherDuck No, the other one. from Stockholm Since: Jul, 2012 Relationship Status: Mu
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#17: Feb 6th 2015 at 12:06:50 PM

Yeah, 13.2 is good.

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DRCEQ Since: Oct, 2009
#18: Feb 6th 2015 at 1:45:00 PM

I like 13.1 for obvious reasons, but 13.2 is great as well.

StFan Since: Jan, 2001
#19: Feb 7th 2015 at 3:15:49 PM

13.2 would get my preference too. 13.1 has that distracting sphere, and is a bit too suggestive.

AnotherDuck No, the other one. from Stockholm Since: Jul, 2012 Relationship Status: Mu
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#20: Feb 7th 2015 at 4:11:29 PM

"Too suggestive"?

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#21: Feb 8th 2015 at 10:14:08 PM

The Minerva Mink one certainly meets the trope's criteria, and it's done to show what she's doing (showering) without actually throwing her in front of the camera with only soap suds for cover. This was a children's cartoon, after all.

I can see the Doronjo image #2, except for the goofball leering outside. Is the voyeur really necessary to the trope? Really? And I'm mindful that The Supreme Chief nearly nuked Naughty Tentacles for the same perversion factor.

Now, the Chicago dance number in the prison provides multiple instances, however none of them involve a screen. Everyone is backlit, yes, but no screen. No, jail cell bars don't count. Unless we rewrite the trope's parameters.

One other example offered comes from Disney's Mulan as Mulan is being prepped for her appointment with the Matchmaker. She pulled behind a dressing screen, denuded, and plunked in a wooden tub of bathwater. Image is here, just add the http:tvtropes.org prefix: /pmwiki/pub/images/d7f8923ac01d7ae4634bbb760a50773d.PNG

If not the Mulan one, then my vote has to go to Minerva Mink, who has a reason to be naked behind a flimsy barrier.

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#23: Feb 18th 2015 at 6:34:23 AM

Blank crowner's hooked, no time to fill right now.

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#24: Feb 24th 2015 at 9:30:15 AM

Think this is good enough to call?

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#25: Feb 24th 2015 at 3:24:18 PM

Let's give it another day or two...I just now voted on it.

ImagePickin: SexySilhouette
18th Feb '15 6:34:07 AM

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