Why does a stereotype have a "real life" section? I'll delete.
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Americans Are Cowboys Has plenty of real life examples. Why not this? There's half-billion dollar jets owned by real life oil sheikhs, so it's certainly Truth in Television
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I don't suppose anyone knows of a Distaff Counterpart to this trope?
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what are you talking about??? your topic has no REAL evidence, and it is just bla bla bla without having REAL sources!!! from where do you come from and who gave you the right to write those false things?
this is court demanding subject
Captain Crawdad: I'm removing the requirement for youth in the trope description. Middle-aged and older examples of this trope are quite common, and the picture for the trope itself is of a middle-aged man.
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Yes. We had a discussion somewhere on the fora about this and another trope which dealt with the young angle. I'm not sure if it was properly resolved but we did agree that it needed to focus mostly on the angle of Arab = Nouveau Rich so I'll try to look it up.
No, my mistake
. Somebody wanted to propose a split and in it I suggested toning down some angles that would cut out a few valid uses.
Previous Trope Repair Shop thread: Misused
, started by Prfnoff on Jul 2nd 2015 at 2:51:31 AM
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