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wattage
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10:04:10 PM Oct 14th 2011
I have a problem with this page, or specifically how it's used. Go to the trivia page of any live action show, movie, cartoon, or anime of reasonable popularity, and you'll find this trope. Not only that, it lists the entire main cast and their previous roles.

Take the Twilight entry, for instance. Robert Pattinson, Taylor Lautner, and Kristen Stewart are all well-known actors, even if Twilight is the thing that made them well-known (in Lautner and arguably Pattinson's case.) And yet, they are all listed as examples of "actor who you've seen before but have no idea what their name is."

TL;DR This trope is misused on a large amount of the trivia pages it appears on, or at least the one's I've seen.
VeronicaWakefield
12:15:50 AM Nov 1st 2012
Seconded massively. This is one of those tropes that gets pounded to death because people want to make their favorite shows' pages as long as possible.
BlackTemplar
03:06:36 AM Mar 18th 2013
This. Also the preferred format seems to be "(Possibly) Obscure reference to minor character played by this actor turns up here." For example a reference to Faran Tahir's character in Star Trek might read "Raza is now a starship captain." If you were lucky "Raza" MIGHT link back to Iron Man, but it's possible you still didn't notice him as Captain Robaru. I think the format should be much more along the lines of "(Actor X) who plays (Character Y) played (Character Z) in (Media A)."
serizawa3000
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07:20:11 PM Aug 19th 2011
Er... no entry for Michael Berryman? He's kind of... unmistakable...
DragonQuestZ
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01:15:48 PM Aug 3rd 2010
This discussion is about the fate of this page.
TheNerdyNinja
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11:59:06 AM Jul 15th 2010
The Video game examples all seem like they fit better under Hey Its That Voice. Why exactly are they on this page again?
Cambdoranononononono
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01:52:57 AM Jun 3rd 2010
A few things on the new picture:
  • Just A Face And A Caption
  • I have no idea who J. T. Walsh is, and looking at his filmography, I'm not particularly convinced that I should. This is always the issue with the above point, but it's particularly relevant here since the entire trope hinges on the ability to recognize the person.
  • How is J. T. Walsh, or any other person, the "quintessential" example? That is, how do you determine that a particular actor is more recognizable in multiple works than any other actor?
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