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XFllo There is no Planet B from Planet A Since: Aug, 2012
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#1: Aug 9th 2015 at 2:54:27 PM

I've come across this trope today, and I thought of this one moment from How I Met Your Mother. I've found these images:

I think we might have just a two-panell picture, each time with one of the in bed and the other at the bed side. Might this work?

Willbyr Hi (Y2K) Relationship Status: With my statistically significant other
Morgenthaler Since: Feb, 2016
#3: Aug 10th 2015 at 2:15:59 PM

Looks promising. I'd say panels 1 + 3 from the first link.

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Willbyr Hi (Y2K) Relationship Status: With my statistically significant other
shimaspawn from Here and Now Since: May, 2010 Relationship Status: In your bunk
#5: Aug 10th 2015 at 4:57:15 PM

Thirded.

Reality is that, which when you stop believing in it, doesn't go away. -Philip K. Dick
AnotherDuck No, the other one. from Stockholm Since: Jul, 2012 Relationship Status: Mu
No, the other one.
#6: Aug 10th 2015 at 6:41:06 PM

Are there better quality shots? I mean, it works, but it's not exactly sharp.

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Adept (Holding A Herring) Relationship Status: Having tea with Cthulhu
#7: Aug 10th 2015 at 7:22:44 PM

[up]I feel the same. The suggestion works, but I'd prefer something with much less Motion Blur.

XFllo There is no Planet B from Planet A Since: Aug, 2012
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#8: Aug 14th 2015 at 5:46:51 AM

OK, I tried to take screengrabs myself:


Sharpened:

edited 14th Aug '15 5:50:47 AM by XFllo

Willbyr Hi (Y2K) Relationship Status: With my statistically significant other
Hi
#9: Aug 14th 2015 at 6:30:29 AM

[up] That's good; I definitely prefer the "natural" version.

Morgenthaler Since: Feb, 2016
#10: Aug 14th 2015 at 7:32:29 AM

So do I. [tup] 8.1.

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Willbyr Hi (Y2K) Relationship Status: With my statistically significant other
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#11: Aug 14th 2015 at 7:42:27 AM

'"Give and take" in relationships isn't supposed to go this far.' as a caption, maybe?

JapaneseTeeth Existence Weighed Against Nonbeing from Meinong's jungle Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: Mu
Existence Weighed Against Nonbeing
#12: Aug 14th 2015 at 8:45:58 AM

Picture looks good, don't care one way or another about the caption.

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DeisTheAlcano Since: Jan, 2015 Relationship Status: Drift compatible
#13: Aug 14th 2015 at 8:48:29 AM

I think 8.1 looks better than the sharpened version and I like the suggested caption.

TheUnsquished Filthy casual from Southern Limey Land (Life not ruined yet) Relationship Status: Married to the job
Filthy casual
#14: Aug 14th 2015 at 8:54:59 AM

8.1 and the caption will do for me.

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XFllo There is no Planet B from Planet A Since: Aug, 2012
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Adept (Holding A Herring) Relationship Status: Having tea with Cthulhu
#16: Aug 15th 2015 at 4:22:12 PM

8.1 is good. On the fence about the caption.

shimaspawn from Here and Now Since: May, 2010 Relationship Status: In your bunk
#17: Aug 16th 2015 at 6:32:52 AM

8.1 is good.

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Morgenthaler Since: Feb, 2016
#18: Aug 16th 2015 at 7:18:10 AM

I'm fine with 11 as a caption.

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Tuomas Since: Mar, 2010
#19: Aug 16th 2015 at 2:36:38 PM

The HIMYM example example doesn't fit the trope, though. As per the the trope description:

A character gets an illness or an injury and another character spends most of the episode nursing him back to health. By the end of the episode, the "patient" got over his illness, but realizes The Caretaker has caught the illness from him. He decides to take care of the now "patient".

So it's about reversing the roles between the caretaker and the ill person. That doesn't happen in the HIMYM example, because Robin, the ill person in the first pic, isn't taking care of Ted in the second one, it's Lily who's the caretaker.

edited 16th Aug '15 2:38:08 PM by Tuomas

AnotherDuck No, the other one. from Stockholm Since: Jul, 2012 Relationship Status: Mu
No, the other one.
#20: Aug 16th 2015 at 4:59:12 PM

I can't tell they're different people from the image, though.

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Adept (Holding A Herring) Relationship Status: Having tea with Cthulhu
DeisTheAlcano Since: Jan, 2015 Relationship Status: Drift compatible
#22: Aug 16th 2015 at 5:43:06 PM

Maybe we should point that out in the caption (Maybe with a note). You would need to be familiar with the series to notice that those are different women.

XFllo There is no Planet B from Planet A Since: Aug, 2012
There is no Planet B
#23: Aug 17th 2015 at 10:59:19 AM

No no no, it is most definitely not Lily who is the caretaker in the second pic. It's Robin and Ted, and then Ted and Robin. He got sick because he kissed her when she was ill. The only thing that doesn't quite fit the description is that it didn't stretch into the whole episode, but it was just a part of a being-in-love montage.

edited 17th Aug '15 11:07:53 AM by XFllo

AnotherDuck No, the other one. from Stockholm Since: Jul, 2012 Relationship Status: Mu
No, the other one.
#24: Aug 17th 2015 at 3:08:38 PM

The main point is whether it illustrates the trope, not if the actual episode fits every detail of the trope.

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Memers Since: Aug, 2013
#25: Aug 18th 2015 at 6:57:36 AM

Idea

One of these panels for the before [1][2][3]

Then switched [4]

With the caption "Japanese idiom: Idiots can't catch colds."

I like 1 and 4.

edited 18th Aug '15 7:03:00 AM by Memers


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