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Segal991 A loyal animal lover from Somewhere Beyond the Sea Since: Mar, 2015 Relationship Status: Yes, we're lovers, and that is that
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#3026: Oct 11th 2016 at 9:13:01 PM

Storks

  • Trying Not to Cry: Junior after he delivers Diamond Destiny to her family. Tulip tells him that it's fine if he does but he shoots this suggestion down.
    Tulip: Junior, it's okay to let your feelings out.
    Junior: No! I have no feelings.

edited 13th Oct '16 1:50:13 AM by Segal991

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OffTheDeepEnd Since: May, 2015
#3027: Oct 12th 2016 at 9:00:21 AM

On the Funny page for Peep And The Big Wide World I would like to change "Almost everything Quack says or does" to "Almost everything that Quack says or does".

andrewwong36 Since: Nov, 2011
#3028: Oct 13th 2016 at 11:58:14 PM

Hey guys. Here's the post which I want someone to help me add once this is corrected. Thanks in advance:

For the funny page in Running Man:

  • Episode 125: The 5 Santas Episode. One of the funniest Running Man Christmas Special series.
    • Before the game starts, The Running Man casts are being told that they brought guest based on the Christmas theme. The casts are happy assuming that they might bring pretty female or handsome male guest but unfortunately it turns out to be 5 fat 'Santas' who are Jung Hyung-don, Juvie Train, Ryu Dam, Park Sang-myun and Shin-dong. The casts are not too happy about especially HaHa who tries to take down Ryu Dam during their greeting section. He fails and Ryu Dam retaliates by kicking him in the stomach.
    • The entire first game called Snow Fight Race. Each team has to select two members to play the part of Santa and Rudolph. After sliding down a snowy mountain, the person who plays Santa must take off their socks and wear a special pair of socks below and cross the finish line. Lets just say that there's a lot of Too Dumb to Live and What An Idiot moments when both team members tries to grab the special socks until the teams decides to let the other team member win to end the game. Especially two members note  tries to run around the snow with their bare feet.
    • The third game is called Christmas Banquet where 31 small plates of food, after choosing a mystery plate number, are being served to everyone. Each member can only eat up to 5 plates and whoever ate the last plate will be eliminated. Hilarity Ensues when you realized that there's 5 fat guests even at one point eliminating their own teammates without counting first. Poor Jae Suk realizes this during the first round when he's sitting between two fat guests, quoting this line:
    Jae Suk: What kind of devil game did you make us play?!
    • One of the mystery plate they've selected contains a card which they have to play a minigame. Cue the return of Kwang Soo, the 'PT Trainer From Hell' note 
  • Episode 310: The Representative Player Contest Race.
    • Before the Running Man cast meets with their leaders, whom are today's guests, they are given a series of fitness test for the leaders to select them. However what they didn't know that 3 out of 4 tests are actually courage test. All of the Running Man cast are not amused since this is when Myeok PD returns. note 
      • In the second test, teams are supposed to hold the armbar as long as they can, unknown to them that the teams are being tested on their courage as well. When Jae Suk, Kwang Soo and Gary start off first, Kwang Soo decides to play cheat by using his legs to drag the other two member down. Of course the crew disallowed it and gets slapped by Jae Suk for Kwang Soo's actions.
      • In the final test, Song Ji-Hyo was so scared into finding sweet potatoes inside the Zombie Mansion that she rushes out of the place in fear.
    • In the first game, Ha Jae Sook manages to dominated the entire Palm wrestling game all by herself. However, Myeok PD jokes that Jae Sook is just a girl. This causes everyone to drags him into playing against Jae Sook. He did not last long.
    • In the next game, both teams are to head to 5 different location in the amusement park. One of the rides is a rollercoaster ride called 'The Boomerang'. After losing in a Rock-Paper-Scissors, Jae Suk and Kwang Soo rides on in and was shocked when they learn of the name of the ride after the roller-coaster moves back. No guesses on what happens to them as after the ride this nice sign shows up and Jae Suk comments about the ride:
      Jae Suk: I think I just saw paradise a moment ago...
  • Episode 313: The Running Woman Episode.
    • Before the game starts, each Running Man guys are to select the song that the girls has selected. Whoever selected the song will be their partner for the race and those who did not select the song will walk back upstairs. Sure that the guest Ha Jae Sook choose HaHa, in which he insisted that she choose another partner but the funniest is Ahn Mun Sook who walk back upstairs even though both Suk Jin and Ahn Mun Sook selected the same song. The reason? She already partner with him five years ago when she first appeared on Running Man, knowing Suk Jin's unlucky outcome.
    • Due to the random draw, Kim Jong Kook was paired up with Noh Sa Yeon, Gary with Ji Hyo and Kwang Soo with Mi Joo. The problem is Jong Kook paid more attention to Mi Joo than his partner, which pissed her off.
    • There's so many funny moments during the 'Finding the Running Ball' mission. Each team has to visit 5 different locations which each locations has its own minigame.
      • In the Mouth Billiards minigame, note , there so much cheating going on in the match between Jae Suk and Kwang Soo's team especially Jae Suk using his hand to block and Kwang Soo's 'throw-in' ball like a soccer match. Of course in both of their actions, they get a penalty.
      • The Colorful Limbo minigame note  has only one funny moment. Jong Kook, the strongest Running Man cast couldn't carry his partner Noh Sa Yeon even going as far as to drop her to the floor.
      • The Running Man Theater where each team has to try to impress the guests in order to get the Running Man ball. However the best moment goes to Jae Suk's team since he fails due to unable to break the gourd. Jae Suk complains it couldn't be done and only accept it if the gourd could break. Sure enough it does break when the guest breaks it by whacking on his head.
    • The Link Tag Elimination Battle. Unlike the normal Running Man Tag Elimination Battle, both team are separated into male and female in which the female side starts off ten minutes earlier than the men. If one member of the team gets eliminated, the team s/he's in is eliminated.
      • With Sa yeon's trying to eliminate Mun Sook and Ha Jae Sook after creating an alliance with Ji Hyo, she was the first person to get eliminated after her alliance gets fed up with her actions, even Gary comments this before the end of the episode that she's the one who started the betrayal chain. Due to that this causes Sa Yeon's partner, Jong Kook to be eliminated BEFORE the game has started, much to the guys' happiness.
      • This doesn't stop as Kwang Soo and Jae Suk are eliminated note  along with Ha Jae Sook note . Neither of them are too pleased on their sudden eliminated who does absolutely nothing.
  • Episode 316: The Train to Prison Episode. Myeok PD sure loves to troll the Running Man cast. Before they start, Myeok asks the cast to write down what destination they would wish to goby train. Unfortunately, the moment they pick up the pens, a couple of guys came rushing behind them and force them to write 'prison'. When Myeok makes a sly remark that all of them wish to go to prison, cue to most of the Running Man cast goes towards him to beat him up for his trolling actions.
  • Episode 320: The Hangeul Korean Consonants Race. note 
    • Suk Jin was quite happy to be in a team consist of three women. However he did not last very long in that group. Before the game starts, they get to play a game where the winning team could swap a member from one of the losing team. The women swap Suk Jin for Jong Kook.
    • The special Consonants Elimination Tag Race. All of it. note 
      • Poor HaHa gets eliminated first in five minutes for having just one consonants in his name.
      • Before HaHa gets eliminated, after Jae Suk answers the questions correctly note , Kwang Soo decides to try the other remaining food. However he spits it out realizing it contains Wasabi. Of course Song Ji Hyo does the same thing when her fellow team members answers it correctly.
      • Due to the long confusing rules, Yoo Hae Jin did not understand the rules at all even act very clueless during half of the game.
      • When Kwang Soo gets his bag, he ends up getting captured and restrained by Kim Jong Kook, which the PD crew didn't stop him even though it's illegal. Even with Yoo Hae Jin help, both him and Kwang Soo are having a difficult time to ripped of Jong Kook's name tag while Jong Kook uses a Triangle choke at Kwang Soo to restrain him further. Pissed, Kwang Soo hit Jong Kook's nuts and manages to ripped his nametag off.
      • The anguish scream from Gary and Kwang Soo after Lim Ji Yeon eliminates their last consonant. That is all.

edited 14th Oct '16 12:01:53 AM by andrewwong36

Segal991 A loyal animal lover from Somewhere Beyond the Sea Since: Mar, 2015 Relationship Status: Yes, we're lovers, and that is that
A loyal animal lover
#3029: Oct 14th 2016 at 12:28:41 AM

For the Tear Jerker page of The Powerpuff Girls:

  • In "The Mane Event" when Blossom gets a Traumatic Haircut accidentally inflicted onto her by her sisters, particularly the scene when she's in the bedroom hiding under the blanket when she is laughed at by all of Townsville. Oh, God, poor little Blossom...
    • And before that, the sad face Blossom has when she sees her awful haircut.
    • If you listen very closely when she tells the Professor that she's fine, it sounds as if she is about to cry.

edited 14th Oct '16 12:29:07 AM by Segal991

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#3030: Oct 14th 2016 at 9:27:53 AM

@ Off The Deep End

Why don't you add some examples of why Quack is so funny and I'll take a look at them? I believe YMMV examples still require context so your proposed edit doesn't fix the example.

"But don't give up hope. Everyone is cured sooner or later. In the end we shall shoot you." - O'Brien, 1984
OffTheDeepEnd Since: May, 2015
#3031: Oct 14th 2016 at 6:10:51 PM

OK, here is what I would put.

  • His story of how his family are all the colors of the rainbow. (I'm not sure if I can make links here, but I'm demonstrating what I would put down.)
  • His occasional "loopy-loo!" expression.
  • When he gorges on peaches in "Peep's Moon Mission". Also when he gorges on potato chips in "Peep's Color Quest".
Quack: (enjoying the chips he's just discovered) Now if you'll excuse me...I'm going to be here for quite a while.
  • When he puts two pinecones up his non-visible ears to ignore the noise of crows in the season one finale, "Give Me a Call".

edited 14th Oct '16 6:11:14 PM by OffTheDeepEnd

Segal991 A loyal animal lover from Somewhere Beyond the Sea Since: Mar, 2015 Relationship Status: Yes, we're lovers, and that is that
A loyal animal lover
#3032: Oct 14th 2016 at 10:21:27 PM

For the YMMV page of The Powerpuff Girls, I would like to add an example to Moral Event Horizon.

edited 15th Oct '16 1:29:41 PM by Segal991

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Arivne Since: Jan, 2001
#3033: Oct 14th 2016 at 11:14:32 PM

[up] x 7

  • Junior after he delivers Diamond Destiny to her family. -> Junior, after he delivers Diamond Destiny to her family.
  • Tulip tells him that it's fine if he does but he -> Tulip tells him that it's fine if he does, but he

Arivne Since: Jan, 2001
#3034: Oct 14th 2016 at 11:17:25 PM

[up] x 7

"Peep and the Big Wide World...change "Almost everything Quack says or does" to "Almost everything that Quack says or does"."

Done. :)

Arivne Since: Jan, 2001
#3035: Oct 14th 2016 at 11:25:30 PM

[up] x 6

  • In "The Mane Event" when Blossom -> In "The Mane Event", when Blossom
  • accidentally inflicted onto her -> accidentally inflicted on her

Also, the entry as written violates Example Indentation. The first example needs to be put in its own two bullet (two asterisk) entry, like this:

  • "The Mane Event"
    • When Blossom gets a Traumatic Haircut accidentally inflicted on her by her sisters, particularly the scene when she's in the bedroom hiding under the blanket when she is laughed at by all of Townsville. Oh, God, poor little Blossom...]
    • And before that, the sad face Blossom has when she sees her awful haircut.
    • If you listen very closely when she tells the Professor that she's fine, it sounds as if she is about to cry.

edited 14th Oct '16 11:26:22 PM by Arivne

Arivne Since: Jan, 2001
#3036: Oct 14th 2016 at 11:38:26 PM

[up][up][up][up]

  • Subverted as Buttercup seems to have regrets for that -> Subverted, as Buttercup seems to have regrets about that
  • And before this, many fans thought -> Many fans thought (see How to Write an Example - Remember That This Is A Wiki).

And now some non-spelling/grammar corrections.

The above is a Chained Sinkhole as per Sinkhole - Chained Sinkhole.

The entire entry violates Example Indentation. It should look like this:

edited 16th Oct '16 3:17:28 AM by Arivne

Segal991 A loyal animal lover from Somewhere Beyond the Sea Since: Mar, 2015 Relationship Status: Yes, we're lovers, and that is that
A loyal animal lover
#3037: Oct 15th 2016 at 1:48:48 PM

The Powerpuff Girls

  • Single Tear: Buttercup sheds one in "Little Miss Interprets" after she and her sisters mistakenly believe that the Professor wants to get rid of them.

edited 15th Oct '16 1:49:06 PM by Segal991

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Segal991 A loyal animal lover from Somewhere Beyond the Sea Since: Mar, 2015 Relationship Status: Yes, we're lovers, and that is that
A loyal animal lover
#3038: Oct 15th 2016 at 7:28:12 PM

For Blossom's portion of the characters page of The Powerpuff Girls, I'd like to add this:

  • Character Tics: Whenever Blossom is sad, tired, or anxious, her bow droops.
  • Never My Fault: Implied to not feel entirely at fault for stealing the golf clubs in "A Very Special Blossom", as shown when she said "That's what drove me to crime!" when the Professor thought it was his fault for valuing the clubs more than his daughters.

Oh, I believe in yesterday
Arivne Since: Jan, 2001
#3039: Oct 16th 2016 at 3:19:03 AM

[up] and [up][up]

I don't see any problems in either of these. Good job!

edited 17th Oct '16 5:09:39 AM by Arivne

Segal991 A loyal animal lover from Somewhere Beyond the Sea Since: Mar, 2015 Relationship Status: Yes, we're lovers, and that is that
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#3040: Oct 16th 2016 at 11:25:29 AM

For YMMV of The Powerpuff Girls, I'd like to add another example to Base-Breaking Character.

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OffTheDeepEnd Since: May, 2015
#3041: Oct 16th 2016 at 7:30:26 PM

Since I managed to get something changed, does it show I have good enough English to be unblocked?

OffTheDeepEnd Since: May, 2015
#3042: Oct 16th 2016 at 10:40:31 PM

On the characters page for Sagwa, I would like to make these changes:

"

  • Embarrassing First Name: They didn't like their actual name meanings in "The Name Game" after the alley cats teased them. But later appreciate their names after Nai-Nai told them their parents' story."

to this:

  • Embarrassing First Name: They weren't very fond of their name meanings in episode "The Name Game", after the alley cats teased them about it. However, they learned appreciate the meanings after Nai-Nai told them the story of how their parents met and sub-sequentially came up with the names. "

This:

"In fact one of the downloadable coloring pages you print from the Sagwa site on the PBS Kids website. She is seen crying with most of her eye liner running down her face."

to this:

"In fact, one of the downloadable coloring pages available on the Sagwa section of the PBS Kids website shows Sheegwa crying, with most of her eye liner running down her face."

This:

"Happened to him in "My Fair Kitty" after his collar was borrowed by Mung and falling in mud."

to this:

"This happened to him in "My Fair Kitty" after his collar was borrowed by Mung, and he fell in mud."

Arivne Since: Jan, 2001
#3043: Oct 17th 2016 at 5:29:36 AM

[up]

Embarrassing First Name: They weren't very fond of their name meanings in episode "The Name Game", after the alley cats teased them about it. However, they learned appreciate the meanings after Nai-Nai told them the story of how their parents met and sub-sequentially came up with the names. "

  • in episode -> in the episode
  • However, they learned appreciate -> However, they learned to appreciate
  • sub-sequentially -> subsequently

"This happened to him in "My Fair Kitty" after his collar was borrowed by Mung, and he fell in mud."

  • borrowed by Mung, and -> The comma is unnecessary.
  • and he fell in mud. -> and he fell in some mud.

The "some" isn't absolutely required, but it sounds better.

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#3044: Oct 17th 2016 at 5:33:53 AM

[up][up] Please link to articles and give the full context of tropes you want to edit. Sagwa, the Chinese Siamese Cat is loaded with Zero Context Examples, which may explain why you are having difficulty with them. Case in point:

  • Not My Lucky Day: Happened to him in "My Fair Kitty" after his collar was borrowed by Mung and falling in mud.

This example does not describe the use of the trope; it simply asserts that it happens. It offers the reader no useful information.

edited 17th Oct '16 5:34:23 AM by Fighteer

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Segal991 A loyal animal lover from Somewhere Beyond the Sea Since: Mar, 2015 Relationship Status: Yes, we're lovers, and that is that
A loyal animal lover
#3045: Oct 17th 2016 at 11:30:30 PM

For the Nightmare Fuel page of The Powerpuff Girls:

Oh, I believe in yesterday
Arivne Since: Jan, 2001
#3046: Oct 18th 2016 at 12:02:47 AM

[up]

That really creepy smile Bubbles did.

Putting two Pot Holes together like that is a Chained Sinkhole (as per Sinkhole - Chained Sinkhole).

Also, pot holing an image so that the reader has to click on it to know whether the example fits the trope violates Weblinks Are Not Examples.

Because of the above, this is a Zero-Context Example. It needs more information to show how it fits the trope. This could include a description of the smile, why she was smiling, who she was smiling at, etc.

Whimsical Willy's Sanity Slippage. It makes him look like a pedophile.

How does Sanity Slippage make someone look like a pedophile?

Again, this is a Zero-Context Example. Try to write examples so the reader doesn't have to be familiar with the work to understand them.

edited 18th Oct '16 12:14:50 AM by Arivne

Segal991 A loyal animal lover from Somewhere Beyond the Sea Since: Mar, 2015 Relationship Status: Yes, we're lovers, and that is that
A loyal animal lover
#3047: Oct 18th 2016 at 6:35:01 PM

For the Growling Gut page on WesternAnimation:

  • Bob's Burgers:
    • Linda gets this in "The Unbearable Like-Likeness of Gene" while going on a "skin deep"note  diet.
    • Bob's stomach can be heard growling a few times on "A River Runs Through Bob" due to diarrhea after eating a undercooked fish, though the growls were subtle.

edited 18th Oct '16 6:37:02 PM by Segal991

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OffTheDeepEnd Since: May, 2015
#3048: Oct 18th 2016 at 10:08:32 PM

From the "Pocahantas: Characters" page, I would like to change this line of the Grandmother Willow section::

  • Cool Old Lady: "Kocoum? But he's so serious!"

to this:

  • Cool Old Lady: She is good-humored and particularly understanding, as shown when she instantly knows why Pocahantas is unhappy about her Arranged Marriage, repeating her exact words:
    Grandmother Willow: "Kocoum? But he's so serious!"

edited 18th Oct '16 10:09:44 PM by OffTheDeepEnd

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#3050: Oct 19th 2016 at 4:37:32 PM

Adding some words for Touhou in Video Game folder of Geodesic Cast page.

  • Touhou, especially in Windows era, does something like this based on the stages the character are bosses of, with the exception of Phantasmagoria of Flower View.
    • The stage 1 boss usually being a Warmup Boss.
    • The stage 2 boss is similar to stage 1 boss, but role wise, they mostly working as a guardian or gatekeeper of a certain place.
    • The stage 3 boss mostly denoted by quirky but tenacious personality, and usually the first to tell your character which way to go after being defeated.
    • The stage 4 boss has about equal odds of being connected to the Final Boss. These bosses mostly have an amount of Spell Cards more than the others. Their role or Spell Cards always seems to change, depending on which character you play as.
    • The stage 5 boss is the Final Boss's Battle Butler, with few exceptions. These bosses are well-known for their unique Spell Cards and gimmicks, so much so their bullet patterns are more experimental and can end up being harder than the Final Boss. Depending on how popular they are, these bosses might be Promoted to Playable in main games and spin-offs; especially the former when they become a Deuteragonist for Reimu and Marisa, effectively become a heroine of their own story.
    • The stage 6 boss is responsible for whatever incident is going on, and in charge of a handful of subordinates and some prime real estate. Some of these bosses also possessing a Weapon Of Choice of sorts to help them engaging the heroines.
    • The Bonus Boss has some connection to the Final Boss and only be encountered if certain conditions are met in the main scenario of the game. These bosses are considered tougher to deal due to their bizarre bullet patterns and have more Spell Cards than the Final Boss, mostly up to ten. In addition, these bosses are usually immune to player's Smart Bomb.

edited 19th Oct '16 4:41:37 PM by Strafe2409


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