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TheMightyHeptagon Since: Aug, 2011
#1: Oct 20th 2015 at 9:11:39 PM

How might this diagram work as a page image?

It's cropped from an "anatomy of songs" cartoon, and it hangs a heavy lampshade on the A Wild Rapper Appears! trope.

Would anyone object to it becoming the page image?

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Morgenthaler Since: Feb, 2016
#3: Oct 21st 2015 at 6:50:09 AM

I'm not sure if it's obvious enough. Is "pitbull" a slang term for the rap segment?

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#4: Oct 21st 2015 at 6:57:24 AM

There's a rapper whose stage name is Pitbull. I dunno if it's a reference to him.

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Larkmarn Since: Nov, 2010 Relationship Status: Hello, I love you
#5: Oct 21st 2015 at 7:43:56 AM

It is.

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TheMightyHeptagon Since: Aug, 2011
#6: Oct 21st 2015 at 10:39:55 AM

Yes, Pitbull is a rapper. It's a reference to Pitbull constantly doing rap segments on pop songs, then vanishing.

Morgenthaler Since: Feb, 2016
#7: Oct 21st 2015 at 10:56:20 AM

Then it's too dependent on context to work. An image has to illustrate the trope without requiring knowledge about a specific work.

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rodneyAnonymous Sophisticated as Hell from empty space Since: Aug, 2010
#8: Oct 21st 2015 at 11:39:57 AM

I thought it meant a dog barking.

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TheMightyHeptagon Since: Aug, 2011
#9: Oct 21st 2015 at 12:26:55 PM

Pitbull is one of the most well-known rappers on the planet. And in context, it's pretty obvious that "Pitbull" is meant to be the name of a rapper.

rodneyAnonymous Sophisticated as Hell from empty space Since: Aug, 2010
#10: Oct 21st 2015 at 12:50:40 PM

Both of those claims seem to me to be plainly false.

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DeisTheAlcano Since: Jan, 2015 Relationship Status: Drift compatible
#11: Oct 21st 2015 at 3:04:28 PM

I personally thought the reference was obvious (probably because the guy's everywhere around here) but it's not a good image of the concept. [tdown] and BUPKIS.

edited 21st Oct '15 3:04:40 PM by DeisTheAlcano

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#12: Oct 21st 2015 at 3:26:22 PM

Not really a fan either. [tdown]

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rodneyAnonymous Sophisticated as Hell from empty space Since: Aug, 2010
#13: Oct 21st 2015 at 4:42:45 PM

An alternative would be putting "Pitbull is the name of a rapper" somewhere in the caption, clearly but possibly not directly. If I had that piece of information, most everything else would have fallen into place.

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Memers Since: Aug, 2013
#14: Oct 21st 2015 at 4:43:51 PM

Nah that just doesn't really work.

The only thing I can think of is some screens of a concert and a rapper walks on stage, I don't know of an example of it though.

eroock Since: Sep, 2012
#15: Oct 21st 2015 at 5:08:24 PM

[tdown]It doesn't make sense for readers who don't know about this Pitbull guy.

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#16: Oct 21st 2015 at 7:44:43 PM

I like it, but it does depend on knowing who Pitbull is so it's probably not a viable option without a good caption.

eroock Since: Sep, 2012
#17: Oct 23rd 2015 at 5:56:57 PM

Any idea for a caption that explains who Pitbull is?

Earnest from Monterrey Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: Drift compatible
#18: Oct 23rd 2015 at 7:26:45 PM

There's the infamous rapping dog aboard the cartoon movie Titanic: The Legend Goes On

It's a bit weak in establishing he's onboard the titanic, but hey, he's rapping with a 19th century radio rather than a boom box.

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#19: Oct 28th 2015 at 5:15:21 PM

Looks pretty dark and blurry to me.

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#22: Oct 29th 2015 at 5:20:09 AM

20 seems to work. Got the typical rapper poses down.

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#23: Oct 29th 2015 at 5:22:36 AM

Needs much better quality though.

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Morgenthaler Since: Feb, 2016
#24: Oct 29th 2015 at 5:31:26 AM

Yeah, 20 is clearly chronologically displaced, but the quality could be better.

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MagwitchOo Since: Dec, 2014
#25: Oct 29th 2015 at 6:36:08 AM

It isn't too pixelated when resized (I couldn't find a clearer one anyway).


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