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, started by neoYTPism on Dec 30th 2010 at 4:02:07 AM
The "X? I'll show you X" discussion from 2010 at https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/discussion.php?id=db6m3xzcem64wlahly1x08le seems relevant. Are all the examples there included here?
Simple. I Will Show You X! is about vaguely but directly implying as to what one will do, hence "I'll [X] You" and "I Got Your [X] Right Here" are similar enough to "I'll Show You [X]" to fall under the same trope. [Verb] This! could has no "I" in it, nor it it necessarily about what the character saying it will do; the character saying it could be pointing to some external circumstance as the "this."
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My understanding is that the "I" or the thing that is being done is irrelevant; I Will Show You X! is about taking what the other guy says and using it in a retort. Maybe "[X] This" is different enough so it's not a subtrope, but it seems similar in spirit to "I'll Show You [X]" and other phrases.
... that's a good point. I'll probably set up a compare/contrast thing on the article for now. Maybe this could be discussed in Trope Talk and/or the Trope Repair shop.
Please explain to me why [Verb] This! is unconnected to I Will Show You X!, because I am not getting it. The only thing I can think of is that [Verb] This! isn't necessarily in response to what some other guy said the way I Will Show You X! is, but it's still used that way at least 90% of the time.
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, started by neoYTPism on Aug 31st 2010 at 4:59:37 PM
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