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StFan Since: Jan, 2001
#1: Feb 4th 2015 at 1:03:22 PM

Picture recently added, with the poster thinking it's so perfect... except it's not, in fact it isn't very illustrative.

I can suggest this SpongeBob pic (low quality, though) or a frame from this animated gif.

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#2: Feb 4th 2015 at 4:57:03 PM

Yeah, the current's JAFAAC. I like the Spongebob suggestion.

Sandbylur Since: Jun, 2009
#3: Feb 4th 2015 at 5:41:54 PM

It's more than JAFAAC, it's not even an example. Apaprently, Word of God says Kristoff just stinks overall; it's never said or implied that Anna's reaction is caused by bad breath.

Spongebob is a much better picture

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#4: Feb 5th 2015 at 1:19:14 AM

SpongeBob for sure.

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#5: Feb 5th 2015 at 3:16:19 AM

If the trope is just about someone having a bad breath, sure, Spongebob fits. If it's about the reaction to it then the current is better. It at least looks like it to me.

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Leaper Since: May, 2009
#6: Feb 5th 2015 at 5:23:03 AM

Actually, it's about someone speaking a Stock Phrase. That's what the description says, anyway.

Which means that a comic example would be most appropriate.

Larkmarn Since: Nov, 2010 Relationship Status: Hello, I love you
#7: Feb 5th 2015 at 10:41:53 AM

Really, neither example seems to be good at all.

Spongebob has bad breath, but no reaction.

Frozen has a reaction, but the guy is covered in snow and has his mouth covered; it obviously has nothing to do with his breath.

This is my first instinct for a suggestion, but it's honestly not that great.

edited 5th Feb '15 10:50:44 AM by Larkmarn

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ThePope Since: Oct, 2010
#8: Feb 13th 2015 at 11:20:36 AM

I'm good for Sponge Bob.

Some better quality: [1]

Melkior Since: Dec, 2011
#9: Feb 17th 2015 at 11:05:16 PM

Spongebob is fairly good. I'm okay with it barring something better.

Although I perhaps could scan a picture of "The Onion" from an old Richie Rich comic. Weaponised Bad Breath, knocking out police and guards.

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#10: Mar 18th 2015 at 9:45:38 AM

Clock is set.

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#12: Mar 18th 2015 at 12:01:35 PM

Maybe a screencap from this, at around 2:32 or so?

The alien roars in Will Smith's face and he does a great non-verbal "oh god, you need to brush your teeth" response.

And I daresay we can pull the current and delete the Frozen (non)example from the page.

edited 18th Mar '15 12:03:09 PM by Larkmarn

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Sandbylur Since: Jun, 2009
#13: Mar 18th 2015 at 5:33:22 PM

[up] It would be better if Smith's reaction happened while the alien was still roaring at him. I also suspect the "your breath stinks" reaction won't come across properly in a still image

ThePope Since: Oct, 2010
#14: Mar 19th 2015 at 9:16:14 AM

There was something wrong with the Sponge Bob wiki, shrinking images to lousy quality.

Here it is at better quality, but again, I'm on a work computer, so I implore somebody shrink/crop the file to suit their needs.

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#15: Mar 19th 2015 at 9:26:09 AM

[up] That looks good to me, although there's a very fine dark line along the left border...may not be enough to mess with.

ThePope Since: Oct, 2010
#16: Mar 19th 2015 at 9:47:28 AM

The original image came with a black border. I tried cropping it, but again, not on a PC with a good shop program.

Here's the original image.

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#18: Mar 19th 2015 at 4:21:29 PM

Looks good.

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Memers Since: Aug, 2013
#19: Mar 19th 2015 at 4:23:19 PM

Stinky breath isn't the trope though, its someone reacting to the breath in disgust.

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#20: Mar 19th 2015 at 4:25:41 PM

Huh. Didn't think about that.

Two-shot of this and this.

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#21: Mar 19th 2015 at 5:28:23 PM

[up]Those shots make no illustration that the stink comes from someone's breath though.

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#22: Mar 20th 2015 at 12:38:38 AM

Aye, these are not so good.

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#23: Mar 20th 2015 at 1:06:16 AM

Need to find a screenshot of something like the current but make it clear they are being breathed on. Iirc there was a moment in Shrek with the dragon.

Also holy crap this trope needs to be less stock phrasey more trope.

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#24: Mar 20th 2015 at 6:55:39 PM

How about this

From The Sad Tale Of Bad Breath Joe

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Sandbylur Since: Jun, 2009
#25: Mar 20th 2015 at 8:55:07 PM

24's perfect. There's breath, it obviously stinks and people are reacting to it

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