Checking the Western Animation subpage, these sound iffy to me:
- Arthur:
- D.W. is a sociopathic Karma Houdini seemingly spawned from Satan himself.
- Caillou:
- The show being unbearable torture endured by parents of small children.
- Family Guy:
- The show being regarded as a rip-off of The Simpsons.
- That should go.
- I know that Family Guy made a joke about that.
- I've seen a lot of jokes about Family Guy ripping off the Simpsons. Family Guy has even made those jokes.
The Simpsons and South Park also made the "Family Guy is a Simpsons rip-off" joke.
Removed the D.W. example.
The best character is always the one-shot disguise.Alright, I started a WIP sandbox page where we can figure out what is or is not a parody joke.
I started out with examples from the animated films page, but I plan on adding more. (The western animation page is especially bad.) Feel free to contribute to the sandbox!
I almost think a trope talk page would be better for figuring out more general stuff like that.
Edited by badtothebaritone on Feb 12th 2023 at 7:38:30 AM
Stock Parody Jokes really needs TRS. I’d work on the wick check but I have other projects I want to work on first.
TRS Queue | Works That Require Cleanup of Complaining | Troper WallI can take care of it. Shouldn't take long.
Sandbox.Stock Parody Jokes Wick Check, if you want to work on it.
TRS Queue | Works That Require Cleanup of Complaining | Troper WallAnd I'm done. Stock Wick Check Jokes reveals just what I thought it would: most wicks are just the joke and say little to nothing about the actual parody. Only 10/50 wicks mention both things.
Edited by badtothebaritone on Feb 12th 2023 at 9:21:21 AM
Hmm, seems there is a problem here. Do you want to put it on the TRS Queue, or no?
TRS Queue | Works That Require Cleanup of Complaining | Troper WallYou can do the honors if you want. Just make sure I get pinged when the thread's made.
So you want me to do it?
TRS Queue | Works That Require Cleanup of Complaining | Troper WallIf you want to, sure. Otherwise, I can handle it. I was just offering since it was your idea.
Edited by badtothebaritone on Feb 13th 2023 at 11:20:33 AM
I’ll let you take it since you did the check.
TRS Queue | Works That Require Cleanup of Complaining | Troper WallI'm actually not sure what kind of action to pursue now that I think about it. If it's not actually being used in a parody, is it just a meme? Something else? Figure it out when the thread gets made? What are some ideas on the course of action that should be taken here?
Edit: I'll just throw out a few ideas I have and see what sticks:
- Disambiguate between Memetic Mutation, Stock Shout-Outs, Stock Parodies and possibly other tropes
- Redirect to Stock Shout-Outs or Stock Parodies
- Make the trope Just for Fun
Edited by badtothebaritone on Feb 13th 2023 at 3:45:02 AM
A while back merging with the now expanded (as of a recent TRS) Memetic Mutation was suggested.
TRS Queue | Works That Require Cleanup of Complaining | Troper WallIt's queued now. Would you like to be pinged when the thread is created?
Edited by badtothebaritone on Feb 13th 2023 at 3:53:56 AM
I’m alright. I monitor TRS pretty regularly anyway, so I don’t really need to be pinged.
TRS Queue | Works That Require Cleanup of Complaining | Troper WallMy other suggestion is that these entries should actually give examples of parodies that use the joke.
BTW, is this not allowed to be wicked on work pages? I've never heard such an example but Agentofchaos removed an entry from Ratatouille back in December claiming such.
I do some cleanup and then I enjoy shows you probably think are cringe.Not a bad idea either—maybe we could make that a requirement.
TRS Queue | Works That Require Cleanup of Complaining | Troper WallJust a heads up.
The trope is now in the Trope Repair Shop. Thread here
Once a decision is made, that will decide the fate of this thread.
she/her | TRS needs your help! | Contributor of Trope ReportSince this is now a disambiguation page per the TRS thread that was previously linked to, and is being dewicked completely, locking this thread.
Patiently awaiting the release of Paper Luigi and the Marvelous Compass.
Yeah, I think these ones at least could be removed:
Edit: I removed them now.
Edited by Hqami on Feb 7th 2023 at 3:38:31 PM
Hqamilicious