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Mar 23rd 2021 at 7:05:52 AM •••

Linking to a past Trope Repair Shop thread that dealt with this page: Rename, started by GabrielGloom on Nov 2nd 2010 at 8:07:31 PM

"For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled." - Richard Feynman

MrStranger616 Since: Feb, 2020

Jul 31st 2020 at 11:56:30 AM •••

I've seen a couple of these, I figured they were Adaptational Jerkass

SeekerSS Since: Jul, 2013

Dec 29th 2015 at 5:25:10 PM •••

If the character are just simply making smug and/or angry expression that are obviously very OOC in ads that are not for exporting purpose, does it still count?

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R.G. Since: Jan, 2001

May 31st 2015 at 7:09:59 PM •••

Care to add any examples from the 90s?

MithrandirOlorin Since: May, 2012

Sep 3rd 2013 at 5:23:20 AM •••

I feel like the Teen Titans Go cartoon is practically all about the silver age version of this Trope.

Mechayoshi Nintendo Master Since: Mar, 2011

Nintendo Master

Oct 6th 2011 at 2:44:33 PM •••

Who's actually gotten a virus from the site? It isn't ticking off any of my scanners. I think who ever reported might have clicked on one of the many advertisements there.

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Goldfish2 Since: Apr, 2011

Oct 20th 2011 at 5:30:04 PM •••

Yeah I'm interested in hearing about any cases too. Though even if the site does have malware due to ads, the warning should be still kept.

Also since the site is reported to have malware, should we replace all the links to the mirror site instead of the main one?

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Goldfish2 Since: Apr, 2011

Oct 27th 2011 at 5:57:39 PM •••

Since there hasn't been any replies, I've removed some of the direct links to the main site before the warning appears (URL will be kept just not as a hotlink) to prevent anyone from reading in getting malware (well those who don't use noscript + adblock or so). Feel free to revert the edits though if anyone disagrees that it is needed.

I haven't removed the ones in the example yet though.

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SenshiSun Since: Aug, 2009

Dec 16th 2011 at 3:51:53 PM •••

I haven't got any warnings, but I use mac.

kairu Since: Oct, 2010

Nov 23rd 2010 at 9:28:08 AM •••

It looks like the original site is hacked and/or dead..

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SenshiSun Since: Aug, 2009

Dec 16th 2011 at 3:51:09 PM •••

I think it's back up now.

DonaldthePotholer Since: Dec, 2009

Jun 29th 2011 at 10:55:29 AM •••

The reason for this trope, however, isn't the writer's intent. During the Silver Age, the covers were designed first, and the writers had to work around that cover that had been drawn without a story.

I just thought of a possible Forum game based on this trope! Go to a Fan Art site for your favorite work (or just Deviant Art) and pick out a picture that is obviously OOC. Then try to craft a story using that pic as a cover.

Yes, I know, I'm probably Late to the Punchline... but still...

Ketchum's corollary to Clarke's Third Law: Any sufficiently advanced tactic is indistinguishable from blind luck.

MatthewTheRaven Since: Jun, 2009

Aug 25th 2010 at 9:38:47 PM •••

Aren't most of the examples - all of the film ones, for a start - simply superheroes being dicks instead of the marketing tactic described in the trope?

iamdatroper Somethinger #[=XX100=] Since: Jul, 2009

Somethinger #[=XX100=]

Jul 8th 2010 at 12:14:05 PM •••

OMG, an interrobang!

. . .Sorry, I just found that pretty cool (the question/mark exclamation thing after "How could this be"). Made of Win to the troper who added that.

You may now return to your regularly scheduled life-ruining.

Time keeps on slippin', slippin', slippin' into the future. . . .

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