Sharing Joke Characters

I'm starting a thread about the Joke Character trope, mostly because I need help with a page I've made; after that, we could talk about other Joke Character-related stuff, I guess.

Yesterday I created the Analysis.Joke Character page, where I discussed how the different ways a video game character is turned into a joke; the original intent was also to add an example for each of the varieties, but realized that I neede help for that.

The types I've listed were:

• Bad Perfomances: Joke Characters with low stats, or whatever the game uses (example: ???);
• Only One Good Stat: Joke Characters with Crippling Overspecialization (example: Magma Rager);
• Wrong Person, Wrong Place: Joke Characters that could even have been useful, if they were found earlier (example: Farfetch'd, but specifically its Yellow incarnation);
• Built This Way: Joke Characters with a gimmick that gives them only drawbacks (example: ???);
• Literally Unplayable: Joke Characters that literally cannot make in-game progress, turning into an Unwinnable Joke Game (example: Jerk).

Does anyone have any suggestions for Joke Characters that would help illustrate the "Bad Perfomances" and ""Built This Way" types?

Edited by TMH-Sir-Iron-Vomit on Apr 10th 2024 at 9:48:33 PM

You might want to consider asking in Ask The Tropers.

THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT I DID

I started with a post in the Ask The Tropers, aksing "who could I ask for helping me with the Analysis page?", and they answered me "make a thread on the Trope Talk Forums!".

AND THIS IS THE FIRSTT ANSWER I GET??????

ATT the OP started. Seems there's a jurisdiction conflict here?

Edited by SamCurt on Apr 10th 2024 at 2:50:26 AM

Let's wait some time and see if more people answer.

Maybe ~𝕋𝕒𝕓𝕤 misinterpreted what you were asking? Getting help with the analysis itself would be Trope Talk material, but it sounds like you just want help with the examples for your existing analysis, which seems to me to be ATT material. But Tabs is a mod so it's possible I have the distinction wrong, and said distinction is kind of fuzzy anyway.

Since you're writing an analysis of a specific trope and examples thereof (Joke Character), I find Trope Talk is a better place to discuss and gather input than ATT, which is usually for wiki problems.

Edited by Tabs on Apr 11th 2024 at 11:39:58 AM

Discussions about functional use of the site belong on Wiki Talk.

So should I make a thread on Wiki Talk if I want to improve an Analysis page?

Check what the post you're replying to potholed to

.......So, what should I do know?

Just wait for answers?

In the meantime, we could discuss about Joke Characters in general.