Suggestion: Didnt Think This Through

The current pic on Didn't Think This Through was chosen here, and while it works, if you're not familiar with the Super Mario games, the trope might not be evident, and the caption doesn't seem like it's really adding anything beyond snark. I came across this◊ while hunting examples for a different thread and the last four panels seem like they're a lot more on-the-nose for showing the trope, and are funny to boot. Thoughts?

I can go with that suggestion.

That overly explosive effect could hardly have been anticipated by Garfield. Current is meh as well.

edited 27th Nov '16 12:47:34 AM by eroock

While the current isn't too bad ( I've not played any of the Mario Games, but it looks to me like Mario has trapped himself under that row of blocks with no way out), I really like the last four panels of the Garfield suggestion.

edited 24th Nov '16 11:10:05 AM by Madrugada

The suggestion can work.

The current is a bad case of Fan Myopia, as someone who doesn't like the Mario series (Sonic is better ), I can't tell how Mario screwed up in the picture.

Just edit the suggestion a bit and it'll be OK IMO.

edited 26th Nov '16 11:13:13 PM by Willbyr

I find that the Garfield suggestion first shows something that comes out of left field, and second it's only technically not using the entire strip. It's the entire joke. I vote against it.

I'm all for 8.

Duck, the issue with using the whole strip is copyright, not plot or joke. The suggestion is less than half the frames, it is not anything like using the whole strip from a copyright standpoint.

As for the reaction being completely unforeseen, Odie is not an unknown quantity to Garfield. I believe he would have a pretty good idea of what the reaction would be, in general.

edited 27th Nov '16 4:09:41 PM by Madrugada

Are you certain about that, Madrugada? I would think there would be a difference between taking an excerpt from a work and producing an abridged version of the work, even if both are the same length.

(And for the record, four panels of a seven-panel strip is not less than half.)

I also object to using more than half of this work.

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edited 28th Nov '16 1:45:55 AM by eroock

That is 2/3 of a strip, even worse IMO.

Agreed, 2 panels of 3 is technically worse than 4 of 7. The Garfield pic could work without the actual sneeze panel but the others would need to be stacked vertically to make the panels legible.

If anyone knows of a different trope that pic would be better suited for, I'm all ears.

8 is better then currant, but even 8 isn't that strong.

Alternative suggestion. ^note (In case anyone's wondering, yes, I'm on an Archie-Sonic nostalgia-binge lately. I consider this a good example nonetheless, though.)

I have no idea how that fits, just based on what's going on there.

Would it make any difference to replace the last panel with something of the genie trapped in said robot dog?

What is going on?

Is that supposed to be detrimental for the genie? All I get is that a genie who has stripped Sonic's powers is trapped inside a robot dog which is now running. I'm not seeing the trope.

edited 16th Dec '16 12:11:45 PM by Gosicrystal

I take that as a "no," then. ^note (What was going on was that the same genie who gave Sonic's super-speed to Sonic's robot dog was later trapped inside said robot dog after Sonic told said robot to attack said genie.)

edited 16th Dec '16 12:13:38 PM by neoYTPism

Maybe just take three of the four panels from 8?