Suggestion: Toppled Statue

Opening suggestion: Yuri Orlov calculating his profits on top of a Lenin statue after raiding Soviet weapons inventories◊, from Lord of War.

Opened.

Saddam Hussein's statue?◊

for 3.

That's the most obvious example.

Still prefer a work-related pic, so my vote goes to OP pending other suggestions.

3

The quality of the OP is a little off; that's my only objection.

^ Two crops from a BR version of 1.

edited 24th Nov '15 2:46:19 AM by eroock

How about the statue of Stalin after the 1956 Hungarian revolution? [1]◊ [2]◊ [3]◊ [4]◊ [5]◊

edited 26th Nov '15 2:43:08 PM by maxwellsilver

Out of 10's suggestions, 10.1 is the best.

None of the suggestions says "an exclamation point on the downfall of a ruler or a kingdom" clearly, but the OP says it a little bit. I prefer the second crop in 9.

I think the crops in 9 are about equal. 9.2 shows a bit more, but 9.1 allows for more detail.

9.2.

Here's a crowner for the suggestions.

Thanks, it's hooked.

I think the "Saddam statue" has two strikes against it: it's "just an example" (which skirts pretty close to JAFAAC territory) with almost no context at all, and it's from RL (not a work of fiction).

Well, this trope isn't in the "No Real Life Examples, Please!" list, so the latter shouldn't be a strike against it.

No, that would mean it is virtually disqualified. An automatic out, to maintain the metaphor. The rest of the time (such as right now) it is merely a strike against it, especially since that image doesn't illustrate particularly well or at least better than some other option. This site is about tropes and fictional works. "Real life" examples are not actual trope examples, they can't be.

edited 4th Dec '15 5:17:58 PM by rodneyAnonymous

My problem with most of the suggestions is that they just show a statue lying on the ground. "Statue fell over" isn't the trope. The Hussein statue is being shown being taken down by a mass of people, making it clear that it's the people doing it and not simple decay.

Votes bump; 4 in the green, only one in consensus range.

^^ That is a good point, perhaps the caption could call attention to the soldiers in the background. Or maybe a different picture of the same toppled statue, where the conquerors are more prominent: [1]◊ [2]◊ [3]◊ [4]◊ (options added to crowner)

edited 6th Dec '15 7:58:21 PM by rodneyAnonymous

22.1 looks the best of those options, IMO. The troops in .2 and .3 kinda have a bit of a derp expression going on, and are almost as prominent as the focus of the image (as far as trope illustration purposes go), and .4 doesn't even show any of the conquerors around as far as I can tell.

edited 6th Dec '15 8:23:46 PM by Nohbody

It is Iraqi citizens. I like that one :P

They all do. I just think that there should be at least some Coalition representation, since they did the toppling of his regime that made the statue toppling possible, without making it seem that they're the focus (as in .2 and .3).