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Zyffyr from Portland, Oregon Since: Apr, 2010 Relationship Status: Complex: I'm real, they are imaginary
#1: Apr 7th 2016 at 9:30:40 PM

While cleaning the wicks for the terrible Talent Bomb, I encountered this "wonderful" complaining trope from.the same source. This one is essentially defined as "this movie made me feel a sense of panic", though from the actual usage documented in the example list it is pretty much "mind screw hurts my brain."

Other issues include a horribly non indicative name (major league case of Trope Namer Syndrome), a description focused on who named it and when instead of giving actual meaning, and the clear YMMV nature without an associated YMMV tag.

As a side note, the page currently has 22 wicks and 102 inbounds.

Berrenta How sweet it is from Texas Since: Apr, 2015 Relationship Status: Can't buy me love
How sweet it is
#2: Apr 8th 2016 at 5:24:44 AM

Looked at the page, and the only thing that came to my mind is Kill It with Fire. Nothing worth salvaging.

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Morgenthaler Since: Feb, 2016
#3: Apr 8th 2016 at 5:43:52 AM

Cut with extreme prejudice.

You've got roaming bands of armed, aggressive, tyrannical plumbers coming to your door, saying "Use our service, or else!"
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Larkmarn Since: Nov, 2010 Relationship Status: Hello, I love you
#5: Apr 8th 2016 at 7:27:09 AM

Do we have a trope for "work is so bad/confusing it causes physical pain"?

Because that's definitely a trope.

Now, the name is awful, and the page is mostly using that legitimate trope as a way of sneaking in Audience Reaction versions, but if we don't have a page for the In-Universe version, we really should.

EDIT: Suckiness Is Painful. Yep, cut this.

edited 8th Apr '16 7:28:15 AM by Larkmarn

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Karxrida The Unknown from Eureka, the Forbidden Land Since: May, 2012 Relationship Status: I LOVE THIS DOCTOR!
The Unknown
#6: Apr 8th 2016 at 9:35:00 AM

Kill it.

If a tree falls in the forest and nobody remembers it, who else will you have ice cream with?
AnotherDuck No, the other one. from Stockholm Since: Jul, 2012 Relationship Status: Mu
No, the other one.
#7: Apr 8th 2016 at 10:20:23 AM

If there's anything worth keeping, it needs to be redone from scratch. As it is, just scrap it.

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tryrar Since: Sep, 2010
#8: Apr 8th 2016 at 1:22:21 PM

Do the Dinosaur! (i.e. drop an asteroid on it)

Spinosegnosaurus77 Mweheheh from Ontario, Canada Since: May, 2011 Relationship Status: All I Want for Christmas is a Girlfriend
tryrar Since: Sep, 2010
#10: Apr 8th 2016 at 1:40:12 PM

heh, do we even need a crowner for this? a couple more ays and I'll go ahead and throw it on the cutlist

shimaspawn from Here and Now Since: May, 2010 Relationship Status: In your bunk
#11: Apr 8th 2016 at 5:24:51 PM

Crowner made and hooked

Reality is that, which when you stop believing in it, doesn't go away. -Philip K. Dick
JHM Apparition in the Woods from Niemandswasser Since: Aug, 2010 Relationship Status: Hounds of love are hunting
Apparition in the Woods
#12: Apr 9th 2016 at 8:37:19 PM

I think this could be used as a humorous aside within and/or redirect to the Suckiness Is Painful article, frankly. It's really just the Audience Reaction equivalent to that trope.

I'll hide your name inside a word and paint your eyes with false perception.
Berrenta How sweet it is from Texas Since: Apr, 2015 Relationship Status: Can't buy me love
How sweet it is
#13: Apr 12th 2016 at 5:56:07 AM

Since the option to cut has gotten an overwhelming favor, I'll go and call the crowner.

May the dewicking begin.

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Nohbody "In distress", my ass. from Somewhere in Dixie Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: Mu
"In distress", my ass.
#14: Apr 12th 2016 at 7:19:59 AM

Everything dewicked except for WikiSandbox.OTT, which is locked. Not sure how On the Tropes works, code-wise, so not sure if it's going to be removed or not, but posted in the Locked Pages thread.

edited 12th Apr '16 7:20:18 AM by Nohbody

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Berrenta How sweet it is from Texas Since: Apr, 2015 Relationship Status: Can't buy me love
How sweet it is
#15: Apr 12th 2016 at 7:39:29 AM

Done, so noting the TRS consensus in the discussion page, cutlisting, and closing.

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PageAction: PutneySwopePanic
8th Apr '16 5:24:29 PM

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What would be the best way to fix the page?

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