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MasterN Berserk Button: misusing Berserk Button from Florida- I mean Unova Since: Aug, 2016 Relationship Status: Shipping fictional characters
#1: Apr 27th 2021 at 5:15:12 PM

The image shows Tommy pointing a gun, but doesn’t explain WHY he got mad or how it demonstrates him getting mad at everything, which is the point of the trope. The caption does little to clear things up. Without knowledge of Goodfellas, this is just an image of a guy pointing a gun and it involving a drink or something.

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#4: Apr 30th 2021 at 8:15:37 PM

By the image, I get more of a Sore Loser vibe. Pull.

Edited by FernandoLemon on Apr 30th 2021 at 12:15:48 PM

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#5: Apr 30th 2021 at 11:31:18 PM

Weak Keep Until Better Image Suggested. One starting shooting at a drinking table comes across as this trope to me.

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#6: Apr 30th 2021 at 11:34:40 PM

kubis for now

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#7: May 1st 2021 at 4:02:32 AM

[up][up]Agreed. Weak Keep Until Better Image Suggested.

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Stage7-4 Since: Dec, 2014
#8: May 1st 2021 at 9:46:03 AM

Would this count as a visual pun?

[1]

he gets angry at the drop of a hat

Edited by Stage7-4 on May 1st 2021 at 9:46:32 AM

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#9: May 1st 2021 at 9:48:16 AM

[up]I don't think that's clear enough.

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Stage7-4 Since: Dec, 2014
#10: May 1st 2021 at 9:51:42 AM

[up] I can try to find the before image but will probably have to screencap the video.

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#12: May 11th 2021 at 8:06:35 AM

Anybody else have a suggestion or comment? Because I still say the visual pun is clever, even if it might need a caption to explain the joke.

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#13: May 11th 2021 at 8:34:57 AM

Keep current.

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#14: May 11th 2021 at 8:37:49 AM

Temper is obvious here; do their reactions suggest an abrupt "hair trigger"?

https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/bakugomad.png

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#15: May 11th 2021 at 8:42:07 AM

[up] Not bad, but a good caption would help.

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#17: May 11th 2021 at 9:33:40 PM

[up][up]For a caption, something like "Bakugo has an explosive temper."

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neoYTPism Since: May, 2010
#19: May 11th 2021 at 9:46:30 PM

The images proposed thus far don't show what they're reacting to, let alone how it's an over-reaction.

Granted, I'm not sure yet how to illustrate that without resorting to dialogue, so here's one with dialogue for now.

https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/petersrageissues3.jpg

Stage7-4 Since: Dec, 2014
#20: May 11th 2021 at 10:12:46 PM

[up] The image quality is terrible. [tdown]

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#21: May 11th 2021 at 10:13:48 PM

Also, I mean it's brutal, but it's not exactly a "minor thing" to get pissed at your daughter being bullied.

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#22: May 11th 2021 at 10:39:46 PM

[up][up][up]That looks closer to Disproportionate Retribution than this trope. Also, horrible quality.

Edited by petersohn on May 11th 2021 at 7:39:59 PM

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#23: May 12th 2021 at 3:31:15 AM

Yeah, that doesn’t really fit the trope, and the image itself is extremely blurry (not to mention adding speech bubbles to screencaps honesty looks really awkward).

14 is pretty good.

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ginsengaddict Not a Fragile Flower from atop Olympus Mons in a Hero Pose Since: Mar, 2010 Relationship Status: Too sexy for my shirt
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#24: May 12th 2021 at 6:17:35 AM

[tup] for 14.1 with caption from 17.

"Get me a gun, I'm a soldier; but put me in that suit and I'm a superhero." - Gunnery Sgt Roberta "Bobbie" Draper MMC
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#25: May 12th 2021 at 7:09:22 AM

I thought about something like "Bakugo, you've got some lint-" "WHAT DID YOU SAY?!" for 14.

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