Needs work: Fail Polish

Oh but I will say. I'm okay with Fail Polish. But I also think Sequel Beautification Syndrome is a good alternative.

edited 10th May '11 10:14:17 AM by Pigeonsmall

I'm fine with Fail Polish, but if we decide to rename, please don't go with "Progressively Pretty." No offense to the troper offering it, but, well....

I like the sound of Sequel Beautification Syndrome, but I think that it leaves out the potential for this to happen within one instalment of the work.

I also don't like Fail Polish. I'd expect it to be either A: The stereotype of Polish people being stupid (Fail Polish would be a fantastic name for that, I think) or B: An unattractive character trying to make themselves look prettier, and failing.

Prettied Up? Art Style Makeover? I don't really have any ideas for a rename.

I kinda like Art Style Makeover.

Sounds a bit too much like Art Evolution to me.

We're getting some good ideas, Do you think we need a crowner?

Camacan,

I made a single proposition rename crowner here. Personally, I think that Fail Polish probably should be renamed. I think the name makes it sound like something is becoming more "fail" so-to-speak rather than less. Also, I do not tend to associate the word "fail" with physical appearances, but that might just be me.

edited 31st May '11 7:52:37 PM by LouieW

Yeah Fail Polish sounds like Gameplay that's been refined in a sequel but lost options and abilities.

I personally think the name is almost all-right, and that the first lines of the description complete the missing part of the all-right. For what is work, I never count "Guess That Trope" as a valid evidence or suggestion that a rename is needed — that same argument could be used to say that we need to rename bananas. What I agree with is that the name suggests something in a completely different direction than expected (ie.: a Epic Fail trope), but the very first lines of the description fix it. Nothing that a good Laconic can't helo solve, either.

I'm neutral-tending-to-preserve on renaming this one.

You believe that people read laconics or trope descriptions before using a trope?

I've said it before about others, but I'll say it again: your naivete is charming. :D

They should, if they don't there's a problem far deeper and worse than what we can identify or solve. Isn't the same expected and common sense with, say, words in a dictionary or instructions in a recipe? If those people fail here, they most likely fail there too.

For my naivete, yours is charming.

edited 1st Jun '11 9:48:58 AM by SilentReverence

Last time I checked, TV Tropes is descriptive, not proscriptive. What people should do is far less important than what they actually do.

• sigh* Well, it looks like we're tending towards rename.

How about "Garnish/Glamorize the Gonk"?

"Glamorize The Gonk is another awkward attempt at alliterative appeal - snowcloning an imperfect trope name is rarely a good idea, and the only thing Gonk has ever meant to me is those box-shaped droids in Star Wars. Plus it's more specific then this trope is.

Better Looking In The Sequel? Probably not the best option.

Given that the single proposition crowner showed around 76% support for a rename and seems to have stabilized, I made an alternative titles crowner here. Feel free to add names as you wish.

edited 23rd Jul '11 11:08:20 AM by LouieW

I removed the rename crowner, and linked up the alternate name crowner.

There has been a call to lock this page. Clocking

The description for Fail Polish has been moved to the Progressively Prettier page, the wicks were fixed, new subpages were made while the old ones were cut, Fail Polish has been made a redirect, and there is now a note about the change on the Renamed Tropes page.

I think the only thing left is for a moderator to move the discussion page on Fail Polish to Progressively Prettier before the rename can be finalized.

edited 5th Sep '11 1:24:13 PM by LouieW

Discussion moved.