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Mar 23rd 2021 at 7:08:28 AM •••

Linking to a past Trope Repair Shop thread that dealt with this page: SERIOUS problem on, started by WaxingName on Dec 23rd 2010 at 5:57:17 AM

"For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled." - Richard Feynman
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Mar 22nd 2021 at 8:30:50 AM •••

Linking to a past Trope Repair Shop thread that dealt with this page: Clarify and/or split? DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything, started by neoYTPism on Apr 13th 2011 at 5:51:07 AM

"For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled." - Richard Feynman
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Mar 22nd 2021 at 2:47:49 AM •••

Linking to a past Trope Repair Shop thread that dealt with this page: Unclear Description, started by HiddenFacedMatt on Feb 26th 2012 at 6:48:51 PM

"For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled." - Richard Feynman
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Mar 21st 2021 at 9:42:12 AM •••

Linking to a past Trope Repair Shop thread that dealt with this page: Misused, started by IsaacsLaughing on Apr 6th 2015 at 1:20:38 AM

"For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled." - Richard Feynman
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Mar 20th 2021 at 9:11:30 AM •••

Previous Trope Repair Shop thread: Misused, started by neoYTPism on Jan 6th 2018 at 11:50:32 PM

"For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled." - Richard Feynman
Luppercus ¿Que pasó que pasó vamos 'ay? Since: Mar, 2015
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Mar 6th 2019 at 7:56:19 PM •••

If no one objects I think is a good idea to separate the trope into subsecion, one for each subtrope. Currently is kind of disorganized, we see examples about sexual innuendos followed by political and social commentary, it could use some subclasification of sorts. I guess the way to go is to take the four disions mentioned on the entrance.

Beacon80 Since: Jan, 2001
Jan 14th 2016 at 10:18:55 AM •••

So, I'm a little unclear on this. Does an example need to be intended by the author to qualify? Or is this trope more about the audience's reaction?

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Larkmarn Since: Nov, 2010
Jan 14th 2016 at 10:38:18 AM •••

It needs to be intentional.

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RoseAndHeather Since: Aug, 2011
Dec 10th 2014 at 12:06:17 PM •••

Re: the Phantom example — I never thought "Music of the Night" was an allegory for anything. It's pretty plainly a straight-up aural seduction. I mean - look at some of the lines! "Touch me, trust me, savor each sensation"? "Silently the senses abandon their defenses"? "Let your soul take you where you long to be - only then can you belong to me"? That's not allegory. That's as blatantly sexual as "Under Your Spell" from Buffy's "Once More With Feeling".

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needsanewhobby Since: Feb, 2014
Sep 15th 2014 at 12:37:23 AM •••

So both the page quote and the page image don't really fit this trope; they are really just examples of Sexual Innuendo. Does This Remind You of Anything?, according to the page description and most examples, is really about applying a bunch of tropes generally related to one plot to another plot. Hence quotes and images are maybe a bit hard to come by, because you can't capture a whole plot or subplot in a quote or an image.

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SeptimusHeap MOD (Edited uphill both ways)
Sep 15th 2014 at 4:11:12 AM •••

Innuendo is a form of that, actually. So that would still fit.

"For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled." - Richard Feynman
HellKillUsAll Since: Sep, 2010
Oct 19th 2013 at 11:13:04 PM •••

I'm thinking about adding a Simpsons example, but I don't know exactly if it fits. In the subplot of "To Surviel with Love", Lisa gets mocked by a clique of brunettes for not perpetuating the Dumb Blonde stereotype. The Other Wiki used the term "supremacists" to describe the clique and Lisa ends up speaking out against common stereotypes. So I was wondering, is that a DTRYOA moments paralleling the civil rights movement?

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RogueScholar Since: Nov, -0001
May 29th 2013 at 7:56:23 PM •••

If anyone has read The Rithmantist by Brandon Sanderson, did anyone else feel the church depicted in the novel was an analogue of the Mormon Church—primarily in the elaborate ceremonies and strict secrecy of the rithmantist concerning what happens during their initiation. If I'm not alone, please respond.

Prfnoff Since: Jan, 2001
Dec 23rd 2010 at 6:24:55 PM •••

Examples should not just link to You Tube, like these did:

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lalalei2001 Since: Oct, 2009
Jan 1st 2011 at 11:46:56 PM •••

Uh...I think the page is too big. ^^;

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mythbuster Since: Jan, 2010
Oct 28th 2011 at 11:50:35 PM •••

Should we shrink it by deleting some of the more not safe for work entries?

MAI742 Since: Oct, 2009
Dec 10th 2011 at 5:42:33 AM •••

Bigger is better. Editing for quality edges onto editing for notability, and we know what that leads to. Tidiness may become an issue, but I don't see the need for deleting the funnier entries. If it grows enough, it may need sub-pages, though.

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Alligator Enigmatic title! Since: Jan, 2010
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Apr 3rd 2010 at 7:27:14 PM •••

Should this necessarily be about sex? There are a lot of things that link here that are actually about allegories, rather than innuendo, and that's problematic.

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Ju Since: Jan, 2014
Feb 11th 2011 at 12:21:24 PM •••

Not always. I just realised an instance of this trope applying to a scene in a fanfic: one character was experiencing power incontinence, which resulted in said character exploding (granted, this character could heal herself from these kinds of injuries, so she lived through it...which I guess makes it less horrific). It later occured to me what the instance could relate to - 'incontinence' and 'explosion' used in the same sentence - whether the author meant for there to be a narm-soked pun is beyond me, but in this case, it had nothing to do with sexual innuendos.

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Ylva Since: Feb, 2012
Mar 8th 2012 at 6:20:29 AM •••

It's mostly about taboos, I think. Sometimes it's a comment on sexuality, sometimes on racism, sometimes on drug abuse... Art gets to do that.

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