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DrNoPuma Dr. Thomas Light from Toon Town Since: Mar, 2015 Relationship Status: I think I love you, so what am I so afraid of?
#1: Oct 4th 2016 at 5:42:02 PM

It seems like it would be easy to illustrate this trope, but I need help.

My first idea was the Clambo enemy from Donkey Kong Country. It attacks by spitting out pearls every few seconds, and it can shoot multiple pearls at a time. But I can't find a clear enough screenshot.

My next idea, which I put on the Image Suggestion thread, was this image of Niko the oyster from Insaniquarium. I was thinking we could just have the top two rows, with a caption like "This only takes about 40 seconds." But then I realized that the picture would look terrible at wiki size, so I just said "scratch that".

My only other idea is a screenshot of Niko, followed by a "40 seconds later" message, followed by a screenshot of Niko with a pearl.

Any other ideas?

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#2: Oct 4th 2016 at 5:57:47 PM

The Clambo idea can probably work. Would someone be able to catch an image of that?

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DrNoPuma Dr. Thomas Light from Toon Town Since: Mar, 2015 Relationship Status: I think I love you, so what am I so afraid of?
#3: Oct 4th 2016 at 6:04:23 PM

I found these, but I'm not sure if any of them are clear enough: [1] [2] [3] [4]

edited 4th Oct '16 6:04:41 PM by DrNoPuma

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DrNoPuma Dr. Thomas Light from Toon Town Since: Mar, 2015 Relationship Status: I think I love you, so what am I so afraid of?
#4: Oct 5th 2016 at 1:23:52 PM

Here's another idea: Maybe just something like this.

A few caption ideas:

Wanna know why this picture is fake? Dead clams don't make pearls.
Even if this clam could make pearls, it couldn't do that with just a shell.

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eroock Since: Sep, 2012
#5: Oct 5th 2016 at 1:41:40 PM

Well, if this is good enough we should be seeing to find something work-related instead of a stock image.

DrNoPuma Dr. Thomas Light from Toon Town Since: Mar, 2015 Relationship Status: I think I love you, so what am I so afraid of?
#6: Oct 5th 2016 at 1:56:58 PM

If we still want an Insaniquarium pic, how about this, with a caption like "This only took Niko the oyster 40 seconds to make."

You could argue that it's JAFAAC, but the trope isn't just about pearls being made unrealistically quickly - it's also about pearls being naturally made perfect.

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DrNoPuma Dr. Thomas Light from Toon Town Since: Mar, 2015 Relationship Status: I think I love you, so what am I so afraid of?
#7: Oct 7th 2016 at 5:48:35 AM

How about a crowner?

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#8: Oct 7th 2016 at 12:16:50 PM

I kinda like 3.1. It's the most clear out of those suggestions, and doesn't have any distracting elements. Size might be an issue, but is that the native size?

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DrNoPuma Dr. Thomas Light from Toon Town Since: Mar, 2015 Relationship Status: I think I love you, so what am I so afraid of?
#9: Oct 7th 2016 at 12:51:35 PM

I'm pretty sure it is, but I don't know.

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DrNoPuma Dr. Thomas Light from Toon Town Since: Mar, 2015 Relationship Status: I think I love you, so what am I so afraid of?
#12: Oct 9th 2016 at 6:09:28 AM

I like 11.1.

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AnotherDuck No, the other one. from Stockholm Since: Jul, 2012 Relationship Status: Mu
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#13: Oct 9th 2016 at 8:39:05 AM

Yeah, it's pearly.

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#16: Oct 10th 2016 at 8:18:26 AM

11.1

You've got roaming bands of armed, aggressive, tyrannical plumbers coming to your door, saying "Use our service, or else!"
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#17: Oct 10th 2016 at 10:59:11 AM

I'll go with 11.1.

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#18: Oct 12th 2016 at 2:42:51 PM

Yeah, let's roll with 11.1.

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#19: Oct 13th 2016 at 7:44:44 AM

Good enough, let's go with it.

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#20: Oct 13th 2016 at 8:41:33 AM

Okay, image added and page is tagged. Do we have a caption idea?

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#21: Oct 13th 2016 at 9:14:35 AM

Some kind of play on "casting pearls before swine" comes to mind.

DrNoPuma Dr. Thomas Light from Toon Town Since: Mar, 2015 Relationship Status: I think I love you, so what am I so afraid of?
#22: Oct 13th 2016 at 12:50:22 PM

I think the caption should help explain what's going on in the picture, but would that cause the picture to rely too much on the caption and become JAFAAC?

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DrNoPuma Dr. Thomas Light from Toon Town Since: Mar, 2015 Relationship Status: I think I love you, so what am I so afraid of?
#23: Oct 15th 2016 at 7:06:44 AM

For example, "Did that clam just make two pearls in about one second?"

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#24: Oct 20th 2016 at 4:21:11 AM

No consensus on a caption; locking up.

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