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Edited by MacronNotes on Apr 13th 2023 at 3:16:47 PM
the Retromancer
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(6) The only problem I have with this threads is that people stopped talking on them after this movies got released. That also applies to few other animated films that have threads following the same premise - thread is created before the movie gets released, and after movie finally hits cinemas and people post their reviews, it gets forgotten. No talking about your favourite characters, moments, your theories and reviews. That's the reason I asked for Madagascar franchise thread in general, similar to how Super Mario Bros. thread
is still living and thriving after movie's premiere. I hope you understanded what I wanted to tell you.
the Retromancer
And you can make a Madagascar franchise thread as far as I'm aware.
I'm not in the mood to do that yet.
The man with no name
Reposting question from last page.
Edited by CanuckMcDuck1 on Mar 8th 2024 at 7:52:35 AM
For a guy nicknamed Blondie, he is not the tiniest bit blond!
What if we kissed (and we were both trucks)
would this be an appropriate use of triple-indented bullets? i dunno where to ask these sorts of questions
lmao
They're not stray/single bullets at any level, so those are fine.
Example Indentation in Trope Lists gives more info.
Edited by BlackFaithStar on Mar 9th 2024 at 8:09:21 PM
Does anyone knows how to move page? Because Madagascar fridge page is actually about first movie, while it is listed on the franchise page. Because that's a mistake that needs to be corrected.
the Retromancer
By literally copypasting and adding the former page to Cut List
The Fridge Horror entries on that page also need to be cleaned from Natter.
Edited by Amonimus on Mar 15th 2024 at 9:29:07 PM
TroperWall / WikiMagic Cleanup
The man with no name
When was Ask The Tropers created on TV Tropes?
For a guy nicknamed Blondie, he is not the tiniest bit blond!
the Retromancer
What natter? I didn't saw any natter.
the Retromancer
- It's not obvious at first glance, but you can see that Alex, the Penguins and the other recurring characters are not the only characters on the liner in the first film. (Containers marked with "Rhinoceros" and stuff like that.) None of these other animals are ever seen anytime else... which means that they're still on the ship more than likely DEAD while the gang is in Paris.
- Or the penguins dropped them off somewhere else.
- Possible, but unlikely. The penguins are known psychopaths, and left the humans on an inflatable life raft in the middle of nowhere. How many rhinos can use an inflating boat?
- The humans were opponents / enemies, the penguins were getting rid of them so they couldn't interfere. The other animals were "in the same boat" as the penguins, so to speak. On the boat against their will. Also, these are the same "psychopaths" who were willing to risk themselves to help someone they barely knew, so surely they have some standards.
- Or the penguins dropped them off somewhere else.
- Did the lemurs eat all the flesh off the human bodies?
- Um... lemurs are herbivores (or insectivores), they don't eat flesh. The skeletons we see in the movie probably just had their flesh rot away or eaten by ants and other scavengers. Still gruesome.
- Actually, ring-tailed lemurs have been known to eat small vertebrates like birds and lizards. The idea of them eating meat off of a human corpse if given a chance isn't too unlikely.
- Um... lemurs are herbivores (or insectivores), they don't eat flesh. The skeletons we see in the movie probably just had their flesh rot away or eaten by ants and other scavengers. Still gruesome.
Because the person who wrote that called penguins "psychopats"?
the Retromancer
No, because we have a strict "each point needs to be a separate (independent) bullet" rule and use a documentary neutral style of speech. The mentioned examples have not just second, but third subbulets that are used like comments, instead of describing the examples as they are shown in the work. See Conversation in the Main Page.
Edited by Amonimus on Mar 16th 2024 at 9:44:30 PM
TroperWall / WikiMagic Cleanup
If we are speaking about Madagascar series, what do you think of idea of splitting franchise fridge page into first movie and series in general, similarly to what happened with Ice Age fridge page?
the Retromancer
Technically, moving work-specific examples to work-specific subapges, while leaving series-wide examples for Franchise page is preferable.
the Retromancer
I don't know what that question asks.
I asked if we could find tropers that could help us with splitting off pages, in a fun way. You do not have sense of humor?
the Retromancer
A bit rude. I like fun, but wiki editing involves some degree of professionalism, and I can't read others' minds. Some conversations just need clarity.
You can make a new topic in this forum. Though it would be less of a "recruitment", and like an announcement that you're planning some task and others can give feedback or support if they want to.
I didn't wanted to be rude, I just assumed that you didn't understanded the meaning behind my joke. As for your advice, I will wrote thread about splitting Madagascar fridge page into first movie and series in general.
How to add alternative titles to the trope? Because I think "Woodland Critters" would be great alternative title to the Woodland Creatures trope.
the Retromancer
Alternative titles actually means there are pages with redirects. What you're asking is to make Woodland Critters redirecting to Woodland Creatures. These are discussed here and requested here.
Does anyone knows what bovine Kai is? I always assumed that he's a yak, but some sources (like This Very Wiki) claim he's a domestic bull. What gives?