http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/changes.phpRecent changes to tropes entries.Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:52:02 Pacific Standard Timetropechanges .50http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/IHaveToWashMyHairThis StockPhrase, [[AlwaysFemale usually spoken by a woman]], indicates that she totally doesn't want to date you but is trying to let you down easy. ...Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:51:46 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Laconic/ParanoiaDouglas Adams rewrites 1984. ---- -->[-Friend Computer instructs you to visit the unabridged version [[{{Paranoia}} HERE]]-] ---- <<|LaconicWiki|>>...Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:51:44 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/IronGrip''Iron Grip: The Oppression'' is a [[GameMod Total Conversion]] for ''[[HalfLife HalfLife 2]]'' set in the Iron Grip Universe. It features urban guerr...Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:51:22 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/SixthColumnYou're a PowerTrio or FiveManBand who just got themselves a new SixthRanger. Things are looking pretty good right now -- your team is expanding, you'r...Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:51:16 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/MonsterBusterClubhttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/MBC.jpg [[caption-width:480:Left to right: Cathy, Sam, Chris, and Danny]] ->''Hi! My name is Cathy. My grampa an...Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:51:12 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TrojanPrisoner-->'''Data:''' ''[as B-4]'' "Move, puny human animal!" -->'''Picard:''' ''[whispering]'' "A little less florid, Data..." --> -- '''StarTrekNemesis''' ...Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:50:54 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Discworld/ReaperManThis is the 11th {{Discworld}} novel, often cited as one of the best of the series. It was written at the same time as the ''Bromeliad'' trilogy and i...Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:50:28 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/GreenAesop-->'''Porky Pine''': Ah, Pogo, the beauty of the forest primeval gets me in the heart.\\ '''Pogo''': It gets me in the feet, Porky Pine.\\ '''Porky Pi...Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:50:19 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/JurisdictionFrictionWhen the local police force and the Feds argue what to do about a suspect. Could be a petty thug who can bring down a drug empire, or a rapist to be l...Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:49:47 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/FrancisEquitasAceCasanovaAndAttorneyFrancis Equitas: Ace Casanova (And Attorney) is a fan-made sprite comic based around the AceAttorney series of games. It features the protagonist, Fra...Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:49:41 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Characters/StreetFighterhttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/streetfighterallcharactev9.jpg [[caption-width:698:So which of these guys ''would'' you want to meet in a dark a...Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:49:35 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/LuckyCharmsTitle[[YesPrecure5 http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/lovelove2.jpg]] [[caption-width:298:Just... ignore the [[ShipTease Ship Teasing]] {{Subtext}} and ...Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:49:32 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/SubtitlesAreSuperfluousGame developers often do not bother to include options for subtitles or ClosedCaptioning in their games that have full VoiceActing. There are many rea...Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:49:20 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Laconic/BreakawayAdvertisementRemember that one ad? Hilarious wasn't it! What were they trying to sell again? ---- -->[-Visit unabridged version [[BreakawayAdvertisement HERE]]...Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:49:15 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/FrancisEquitasAceAttorneyAndCasanova...Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:49:12 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/CosyCatastrophe->''Heard a rumor that the end is near,''\\ ''but I just got comfortable here.'' --> --Newsboys, "Lost the Plot" ->''It's the EndOFTheWorldAsWeKnowIt...Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:49:11 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/WMG/TalesOfSymphonia[[WMG: Luna and Aska are married, and will soon get a divorce]] In Tales of Symphonia, they share the title of "summon spirit of light", something whi...Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:49:09 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/RousingSpeech--> Do not go gentle into that good night. --> Rage, rage against the dying of the light. --->-- '''Dylan Thomas''' LaResistance is about to be cru...Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:49:01 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/NobleProfessionThe opposite of VillainByDefault - some occupations are just expected to be ''good'' and well-meaning and lovely. * [[SaintlyChurch Holy People]] - p...Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:48:55 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/TroperTales/YetAnotherStupidDeath* One classic source of ''NetHack'' [=YASDs=] is the cockatrice corpse: Alive, the cockatrice is dangerous because one touch will start turning you to...Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:48:40 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Characters/NoMoreHeroesHere's the cast of misanthropes, miscreants, and general ne'er-do-wells (plus one adorable kitten) found in ''NoMoreHeroes''. ---- [[folder:MAIN CHA...Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:48:37 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Funny/FilmCritics call it, [[CrowningMomentOfFunny "Hilarious!"]] "A laugh riot!" ---- * ''AlmostFamous'' has a lot of them. ** "Rock stars have kidnapped my so...Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:48:31 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Film/TheLordOfTheRings[[quoteright:350:http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/lord_of_the_rings_the_fellowship_of.jpg]] An [[TheFilmOfTheBook adaptation]] of ''Main/TheLord...Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:48:26 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/{[ptitlesa8eqxapA [[GuileHero guileful hero]] can often avoid unnecessary fighting by disguising himself as a TrojanPrisoner, walking into an enemy base and planting ...Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:48:22 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/Padding[[StarTrekTheMotionPicture http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/drydock.jpg]] [[caption-width:300:Would it help if I got out and pushed?]] ->''Oh! W...Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:48:11 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/WhatItSaysOnTheTin[[redirect:ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin]]...Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:47:33 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TheLordOfTheRingshttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/deadmarsh.jpg [[caption-width:700:"AreWeThereYet?" "Almost, give or take [[{{Doorstopper}} another 1000 pages."]...Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:47:33 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/SwordBeam[[{{Kirby}} http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/180px-SwordBeam.jpg]] [[caption-width:180:{{Kirby}} shows us how it's done.]] The one flaw with all ...Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:47:30 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/PandoraHeartshttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/pandora_Hearts_Cast.jpg [[caption-width:359: Yes, all the cast is [[TheBeautifulPeople like that]].]] -->"''Oz ...Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:47:25 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TheLegendOfZelda[[quoteright:300:http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Zelda_Logo.jpg]] ->"MANY YEARS AGO PRINCE DARKNESS '''" [[GannonBanned GANNON]] "''' STOLE ONE...Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:47:08 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/CameraAbuse[[HaruhiChan http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/haruhi_camera_abuse.png]] [[caption-width:400:Ouch, now that's gotta hurt.]] ''(For the proper effe...Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:46:51 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Quotes/ObfuscatingStupidity->[The Spartans] conceal their wisdom, and pretend to be blockheads, so that they may seem to be superior only because of their prowess in battle ... ...Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:46:45 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TheHost''This article is about a book by Stephenie Meyer. Go '''[[Film/TheHost here]]''' for the movie about the big tadpole.'' ''TheHost'' is a 2008 Scien...Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:46:40 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/LevelUpAtIntimacy5--> "You fight (the aliens) with giant robots made of ''weaponized love.''" --> Ben Lehman, the author of ''BlissStage'' [[quoteright:227:[[{{PvP}}...Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:46:39 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Film/TheHosthttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/hpost.jpg It turns out that, ''D-War'' notwithstanding, South Korea actually ''can'' make a good monster movie....Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:46:20 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ObfuscatingStupidity->'''Mrs. Scarlioni:''' ''Be careful, I don't think he's as stupid as he seems.'' -> '''Count Scarlioni:''' ''My dear, no-one could be as stupid as'' ...Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:46:20 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TheThickOfIthttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/thickcastspecials.jpg ->''"I'm a man of principle: I like to know whether I'm lying to save the skin of a tosse...Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:46:09 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TheProfessionalhttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/leon_theprofessional.jpg Also known as ''Léon'', a 1994 film directed by Luc Besson, starring Jean Reno, GaryOld...Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:45:43 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/PressXToNotDiehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/dontdie.jpg [[caption-width:274:[-All the buttons you need for a game like this, as illustrated by [[http://www....Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:45:11 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/AntiMagic[[quoteright:230:[[ToAruMajutsuNoIndex http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/To_Aru_Majutsu_no_Index_-_Touma_strikes_a_wicked_pose_after_showing_off_h...Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:45:04 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/BetterThanItSoundsComicBooksComic books are not just kids stories! [[BetterThanItSounds They're a viable art form capable of telling mature stories with deep characters]]. Just l...Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:45:02 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/SlidingScaleOfVillainEffectivenessAn antagonist can be classed on three orthogonal parameters: * [[SlidingScaleOfVillainThreat How much danger they, or their plans, pose.]] * ...Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:44:57 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ShieldsAreUselessShields. Big pieces of wood or metal that protect at least one half of your body against attack. Pretty useful in battle, you might think. And indeed ...Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:44:19 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/SequelResetSo, your original work was a success. Well, what better way to capitalize on it than making a {{sequel}}, right? Trouble is, you didn't really have a...Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:44:08 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ListOfShowsThatNeedSummaryThe following shows, movies, and other media, are currently redlinks. They [[strike:[[ThereIsNoSuchThingAsNotability are notable enough to warrant]]]]...Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:44:03 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ptitleole57f6w[[quoteright:270:[[MontyPythonsFlyingCircus http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/dirty_fork.jpg]]]] [[caption-width-right:270:This dirty fork has ''r...Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:43:55 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/FetishFuel/LiteratureThere are many ways people try to convince kids to start reading. Don't count on them to try this, even though it's likely to work. Compare other Fet...Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:43:50 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/DeceptionBeing the hero is [[VictoryIsBoring so dull]]. You fight against the boss, beat him, save the world, and everybody loves you, right? Well, [[EvilIsC...Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:43:43 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/FuroScene[[quoteright:360:[[TheGirlWhoLeaptThroughTime http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/makoto_bath.jpg]]]] [[caption-width-right:360:Charming...]] A ''f...Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:43:35 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/JustBugsMe/ptitlei015gc004kw4* Simply putting: what's the difference between Type 1 and Type 2? Why is, for instance, Geodude Rock/Ground and Rhyhorn Ground/Rock, when that'll mea...Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:43:29 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/OneHitKillAnytime people gather with the goal of hitting each other until one of them falls over, the ultimate trump card would be a weapon, spell, technique, t...Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:43:27 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/SpeakingSimlish->"''Raltríolío haprúné raltríolío''!" ->--'''Your empire's mission controller''', ''{{Spore}}'' (spelling is this troper's best guess) ->*giggle* ''...Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:43:05 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/Clerks[[quoteright:235:http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Clerks.jpg]] ->"This job would be great if it wasn't for the fucking customers." -->--Randal G...Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:42:51 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TheLegendOfZeldaOcarinaOfTimehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/440px-Ocarina_of_Time_poster.jpg -->''"A bad game that gets delayed is eventually good. But a bad game that isn...Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:42:50 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/SpeculativeFictionTropes''Tropes that are specific to SpeculativeFiction, encompassing ScienceFiction, {{Fantasy}}, and everything in between...'' ---- [floatboxright: Categ...Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:42:44 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TheMuppetShow[[quoteright:320:http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/08-09_MuppetShow-2.jpg]] [[caption-width-right:320: No MonochromeCasting here...]] ->''It's tim...Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:42:41 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/Yu-Gi-Oh5Dshttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/image5.jpg[[caption-width:252:Yuusei Fudou and Jack Atlas]] Card games on motorbikes. Wait! It's BetterThanItS...Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:42:39 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/SelfFulfillingProphecy->''What's really going to bake your noodle later on is, would you still have broken it if I hadn't said anything?'' -->-- '''The Oracle''', ''TheMatr...Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:42:35 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/YouShallNotPass[[TheLordOfTheRings http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/youcannotpass.jpg]] ->"I am a servant of the Secret Fire, wielder of the Flame of Anor. The ...Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:42:25 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ScienceHero->''"We're not just men of science: we're men of hope!"'' --> --[[TheVentureBrothers Dr. Jonas Venture]] The public is in danger! This looks like a j...Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:42:21 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/InstantAwesomeJustAddMecha[[DoctorWho http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/doctor_who_mecha.jpg]] [[caption-width:300:[-Well for once [[LondonTown it's not]] [[TokyoIsTheCente...Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:41:51 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/EvilIsNotAToy->'''Emperor Zombie:''' You went on and on about how sweet the candy was, then told me not to put it in my mouth, and got mad at me when I did.\\ '''S...Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:41:44 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/SamaritanSyndrome->I'd like to think the world could survive another sexy night,\\ But every time that I do, an innocent loses their life-\\ All of the time th...Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:41:37 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/SlasherSmilehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/ManWhoLaughs-726958.jpg [[caption-width:260:[[GarfieldAndFriends HEEEEEEEEEY KIDS!]]]] -->''"Some smiles show c...Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:41:37 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ptitleueswu2fx0swd[[MysteryScienceTheater3000 http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/0418_Attack_of_the_the_Eye_Creatures.jpg]] [[caption-width:314:And [[AttackOfTheTheE...Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:41:07 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ptitlehpgydodt1jb7[[quoteright:242:http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/drmcninja.png]] [[caption-width-right:242:The Doctor himself explains the premise.]] ->''Born ...Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:41:00 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ThatOneAttack[[FinalFantasyI http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/astos.png]] [[caption-width:256:At least he missed The PartyTank and TheMedic...this time.]] A ...Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:40:23 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/RedundantResearcherThe world is full of mysteries. And where a mystery exists, there is someone who is willing to investigate it. It's not always an AdventurerArchaeol...Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:40:19 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/RazorWind[[TouhouProject http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Razor_Wind.jpg]] Also known as Kamaitachi, it's an attack commonly used in anime and video game...Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:40:06 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/DracoInLeatherPants[[HarryPotter http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Draco-Malfoy.jpg]] [[caption-width:337:Okay, now they're just doing it on purpose.]] ->''"I tell ...Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:39:02 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/GangstaStyle[[quoteright:330:[[{{Gen13}} http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/gangsta-resize.jpg]]]] ->''Holding the hand crossbow sideways ‘gangsta style’ does...Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:39:01 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/VideogameCaringPotential[[FatalFrame http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Fatal_Frame.jpg]] [[caption-width:370:"She's my [[{{Twincest}} lovely twin sister]] and she depends...Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:39:00 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/YearInsideHourOutside->"So, fifty years from now, it'll be three years from now."\\ -- '''Tom Servo''', ''MysteryScienceTheater3000'' ->'''Claus:''' I was gone sixty year...Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:38:57 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/NTWF[[http://rankings.big-boards.com/?filter=proboards,all One of the largest Proboards in existence]], the NTWF--short for "Neopian Times Writers' Forum"...Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:38:47 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/NoOneCouldSurviveThat-->'''{{Mook}} 1:''' ''There's no way he could have survived that fall.''\\ '''Seto Kaiba:''' ''Actually, I seem to be okay.''\\ '''Mook 2:''' ''Nope,...Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:38:38 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/SecretProjectRefugeeFamilyYou and your fellow {{Artificial Human}}s, kidnap victims or [[GuineaPigFamily siblings]] have just escaped from [[PlayingWithSyringes the lab you all...Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:38:33 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/AbsurdlySpaciousSewer[[PaperMario http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/absurdlyspacioussewer.bmp]] [[caption-width:295:Did somebody call for a plumber?]] ->'''Iwata:''' ...Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:38:30 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TooDumbToFool-->''Well, he can't outsmart me, 'cause I'm a moron!'' -->--The Giant, [[Characters/BugsBunny "Jack-Wabbit and the Beanstalk"]] You've got a long exp...Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:38:25 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/Trigunhttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/lt/trigun.jpg [[caption-width:385:[[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Deep space planet future gun action!!]] ]] ->''"I'...Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:38:19 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ptitlele3vpxbe->“There must be something. Some purpose. Some meaning. Oh God, there must be some point to all this. I watched my friends die, watched the rockets we...Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:38:07 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ActorAllusionhttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/alkazar.jpg [[caption-width:200:[[LuckyStar Konata]] as HaruhiSuzumiya. In the cartoon and in [[AyaHirano real]]...Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:37:58 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/NewSoundAlbumSo, there's Band X. Band X has become popular and generally well-received by critics quite a while ago and are known for a certain style. However, Ba...Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:37:27 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/VideoGameRemakeWhile some could argue that video games are an artistic medium on par with movies and literature, most video games often fail to stand the test of tim...Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:37:22 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/BabylonFivehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/B5.jpg ~~DramaticHourLong, NinetiesAdventureShow, PrimeTimeSoap, SpaceOpera~~ ''Babylon 5,'' a [[{{Nineties Ad...Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:36:51 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/JustBugsMe/Bleach[[WMG:Main/{{Bleach}}]] [[AC: Please describe what bugs you at the ''bottom'' of the relevant folder.]] (Note from sorter: I only did this quickly an...Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:36:17 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TheVampireDiarieshttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/better_image_vampire_diaries_tv.jpg Written by L.J. Smith, TheVampireDiaries tell the story of Elena Gilbert an...Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:35:45 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/FetishFuel%% %% No images, Google blacklists the page from ad revenue. %% -->"Are you... You're getting some kind of sick, sexual thrill off this, aren't you?"\...Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:35:30 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/FencePaintingA character assigned a tedious or unpleasant task cons others into helping him. May be accomplished by means of ReversePsychology, or a BavarianFireDr...Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:35:08 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/DrawnTogether[[quoteright:240:http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Drawntogether.jpg]] A Comedy Central cartoon that ran for three seasons, ''Drawn Together'' is ...Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:34:43 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/GoodIsBoring->''"Heaven is a place where nothing ever happens."''\\ - '''Talking Heads''', ''Heaven'' ->''"Once upon a time, an infinite number of people lived p...Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:34:42 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/MistakenForAnImposterYesterday, Alice was pranked by Bob, who came to work dressed as Superdude. Today, the real Superdude shows up unannounced. Alice sees Superdude and...Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:34:41 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/TroperTales/CriticalBacklashEver seen something everyone else hated but that you loved? Share it here! * Michael Jackson's ''Invincible'' album, * Everyone else seems to hate t...Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:34:37 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/CrapsaccharineWorld->"''The world that so enchanted me was rotten to the core''" -->-- '''Atrus''', in [[{{Myst}} Myst: The Book of D'ni]] ->''"But how can we enjoy the...Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:34:36 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/DannyPhantomhttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/DannyPhantomTitle.gif ''"I'm GOING GHOST!"'' A SuperHero series on {{Nickelodeon}}, by the creator of ''{{The F...Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:34:32 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/KidDetectiveA character type that's popular with children's mysteries and adventures that contain mystery elements. The KidDetective is part SnoopingLittleKid, p...Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:34:13 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/JustBugsMe/SciFiChannel[[WMG:SciFiChannel]] * ''MysteryScienceTheater3000'' being canceled really bugs me. ** Agreed. It got canceled before I got into it too. *** ThisTrop...Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:33:59 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/WeWillNotUsePhotoshopInTheFuture[[YeOldeButcheredeEnglishe http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/cit_verily_doth_this_look_shopped.jpg]] [[caption-width:245:The past is just fine, th...Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:33:44 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/NightmareFuel/VideoGames[[{{SonicTheHedgehog}} http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/SonicCDNightmareFuel.jpg]] [[caption-width:240:Sonic CD has a secret for kids who look ha...Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:33:26 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TalkToTheFist[[JudgeDredd http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/fistofdredd1.jpg]] ->"You never say, "I'm gonna fight you, Steve." You just smile, act casual and ...Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:33:23 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/BoardingSchoolThe misadventures of students at British public schools (private schools to American readers) were once a staple of children's literature, but fell ou...Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:33:22 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/WABACTrip[[redirect:WaybackTrip]]...Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:33:18 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ptitlev18jnu3p1qba->''[[UnspokenPlanGuarantee Just according to]] [[XanatosRoulette keikaku]][[hottip:*:Translator's note: "keikaku" means "Plan"]]'' ->-- "[[SpellMyNam...Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:33:05 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TokenNonhumanWhen a work has an ordinary setting, your cast is going to be... well, ordinary. Your basic FiveManBand, maybe with a TokenMinority, or a TokenGirl. ...Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:32:55 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/UnderdogsNeverLose-->''"Our next defeat is scheduled for next Friday, 8 o'clock."'' -->--''Bring It On'' The underdogs might be a [[SaveOurTeam saved]] RagtagBunchOfMi...Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:32:51 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/HowTheGrinchStoleChristmas->''You're a mean one, Mr. Grinch!'' ->''"The presents! They'll be destroyed! And I care!"'' - The Grinch, in the 2000 film version http://tvtropes....Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:32:43 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/IHaveYouNowMyPretty->'''Chaplain:''' Do you, [[YellowPeril Ming the Merciless]], [[TheEmperor Ruler of the Universe]], [[MarsNeedsWomen take this earthling Dale Arden]],...Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:32:28 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ThinkerPose[[quoteright:250:http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/450px-The_Thinker_close.jpg]] [[caption-width-right:250: Pondering life, the universe, and ever...Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:32:24 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/CthulhuMythosAn informal and, appropriately, chaotic SharedUniverse that squarely defines the [[DarkerAndEdgier darkest and edgiest]] of genres, [[CosmicHorrorStor...Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:32:18 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/ComicBook/SonicTheHedgehoghttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Sonic_125.jpg [[caption-width:300:Sonic the Hedgehog #125, featuring [[LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters a portion]] of ...Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:32:02 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/EveryoneIsRelatedSimilar to LukeIAmYourFather and LongLostSibling. Taken up to the inevitably ludicrous level that most Soap Operas and dramatic Long Runners reach. I...Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:32:01 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TimeDilation->''There once was a lady named Bright,''\\ ''Who could travel much faster than light,''\\ ''She set out one day,''\\ ''In a relative way,''\\ ''And r...Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:31:49 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/DeadOfSummer''Dead Of Summer'' is a ZombieApocalypse webcomic written by Marty 'F'nday' and Nick 'Ghostfreehood'. At the moment, it is complete, though Nick has s...Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:31:38 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/NoOSHACompliance[[quoteright:300:[[GalaxyQuest http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/galaxy_questOSHA.jpg]]]] [[caption-width-right:300:[-[[WhoWritesThisCrap "What is...Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:31:33 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/HeterosexualLifePartners[[quoteright:350:http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Booster_Gold_Blue_Beetle_not_gay.jpg]] -->''"It's Guy Love,''\\ ''That's all it is,''\\ ''Guy ...Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:31:22 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ClerksTheAnimatedSerieshttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/cartoon1.jpg Loose adaptation of the film ''{{Clerks}}'' by KevinSmith. Dante Hicks is the much put-upon clerk ...Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:31:18 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ThrowItIn-->'''Strong Sad:''' And this part here represents Rondell's transformation into a new man.\\ '''HomestarRunner:''' I thought you said that was just a...Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:31:18 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/TroperTales/CrazyPrepared* [[{{Smerf}} I]] suspect a number of your are making things up just to sound like you're crazy prepared. That being said, screw you all, I have duct...Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:31:10 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/KeepCirculatingTheTapesThere once was a show. [[YouKnowThatShow You know, that show]]. It was a really good show. TooGoodToLast? Perhaps. Or maybe it was [[SoBadItsGood som...Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:31:06 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/HeroicSociopath[[OrderOfTheStick http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/1177814070_s.jpg]] [[caption-width:250:[-The HeroicSociopath in his natural environs.-] ]] ->...Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:30:40 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/PowerRangers[[quoteright:350:http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Power_rangers_logo.jpg]] [[caption-width-right:350:Now with more [[EverythingsBetterWithSpinnin...Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:30:32 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/HeelFaceTurn[[quoteright:183:[[ZebraGirl http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/ZebraGirl-ze20040813b-turn.jpg]]]] [[caption-width-right:183:Sometimes the heel nee...Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:30:23 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/WordOfGay[[HarryPotter http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/wordofgay.jpg]] [[caption-width:450:The most infamous use of this trope.]] When WordOfGod explain...Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:30:20 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/SuperSpeed[[{{Bleach}} http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Bleach_-_Speeding_Ichigo.gif]] ->"Wanna see me run to that mountain and back? ''(beat)'' Wanna see...Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:30:15 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TurnOnTropes[[quoteright:280:[[SuzumiyaHaruhi http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/haruhi_xmas_bunny.jpg]]]] [[caption-width-right:280:[-[[FetishFuelStationAtten...Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:29:31 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/KamehameHadoken[[DragonBall http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/kamehameha.jpg]] [[caption-width:251:Trope Namer 1: KA-ME-HA-ME-HAAAA!!!]] [[quoteright:300:[[Stree...Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:29:26 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ValuesDissonance[[PokemonSpecial http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/wonderfulfather.png]] [[caption-width:300:[[color:black:Norman]]: [[http://www.mangatoshokan.co...Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:29:25 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TheBible-->"In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth..." -->-- Genesis 1:1 -->"The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. Amen. " -->-...Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:29:22 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/CopyProtection[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hpv6_6pCpY8 http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/cit_Dont_Copy_That_Floppy.jpg]] ->"By the way, if you like this ga...Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:29:19 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/JurassicPark-->''"'Oooh, ahhh.' That's how it always starts. Then later there's the running and the screaming"'' -->--[[JeffGoldblum Dr. Ian Malcom]], in ''The L...Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:29:10 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/Flatland[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flatland Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions]] is a 1884 novella by Edwin A. Abbott. The story takes place in a two-...Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:29:06 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/HighOctaneNightmareFuel/Animalshttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/angler_fish.jpg [[caption-width:400:Hey kids, remember that scary part in FindingNemo? Well, fish like that are ...Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:29:05 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/GossipGirlhttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/gossip-girl-image.jpg -->''"There's nothing Gossip Girl likes more than a good catfight and this could be a clas...Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:29:04 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/DownerEnding[[RomeoAndJuliet http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/medd_02_img0128.jpg]] [[caption-width:479:[[YouShouldKnowThisAlready They both die.]] [[ItWasHi...Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:28:54 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/BetterThanABareBulb!!See also the alternate title crowner, [[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/crowner.php/AlternativeTitles/BetterThanABareBulb HERE]] {{Lampshade}}s, some wr...Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:28:46 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Memes/LiveActionTV[[SaturdayNightLive http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/LazySunday.jpg]] [[caption-width:446:Mr. Pibb + Red Vines = CRAZY DELICIOUS!]] -->Welcome to...Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:28:42 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/MelodicDeathMetal'''Melodic death metal''', often called "Melodeath", is a notable subgenre of DeathMetal that is characterised by IronMaiden-styled guitar melodies an...Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:28:40 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/FaceHeelTurnhttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/NWO_Hogan.jpg [[caption-width:200:What Hulk Hogan Looks like after a FaceHeelTurn]] ->'''Mal Reynolds:''' How c...Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:28:22 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/Iji[[quoteright:148:http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/iji.jpg]] Iji [[{{Metroid}} is not having a good day.]] An inspired twist on the "[[TheOnlyOne...Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:27:47 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Series/RobinHoodhttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/the_lionrobin.jpg [[caption-width:384:They defeat it with mustard. Believe it or not, it ''isn't'' the most ridi...Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:27:24 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/OnmyodoJapanese-style [[FunctionalMagic spell-casting]]. Methods range from Yin/Yang, [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Godai Five Elements]], [[http://en.wiki...Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:27:02 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/BFS[[quoteright:250:[[FinalFantasyVII http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/CloudBFS.jpg]]]] [[caption-width-right:250:[-And if that's not enough, [[Fina...Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:26:58 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/DeceptiveDisciple[[TheBible http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/deceptivedisciple.jpg]] ->''Devil and the deep blue sea behind me;'' ->''Vanish in the air, you'll n...Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:26:40 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/StringyHairedGhostGirl[[TheRing http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/the-ring-sadako-is-a-stringy-haired-ghost-girl.jpg]] An entity often seen in Japanese horror movies i...Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:26:35 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/DeadHerringThere are movers and shakers in stories, they're called {{heroes}} and {{villain}}s. Everyone else is more or less an InnocentBystander to these two p...Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:26:09 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TomHanksSyndrome[[ForrestGump http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/forrest-gump-p111.jpg]] [[caption-width:445:[[TropeNamer Movie offers were like a box of chocolate...Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:26:00 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ThisLooksLikeAJobForAquaman[[SuperFriends http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/aquaman5.jpg]] [[caption-width:250:[[http://www.seanbaby.com/super.htm Seanbaby's]] thoughts on {...Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:24:48 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/HighOctaneNightmareFuel/IThttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/pennywise.jpg [[caption-width:492:Ain't it the truth.]] Describe all the HighOctaneNightmareFuel in {{IT}} here...Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:24:43 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/GiantSpaceFleaFromNowherehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/0000.png [[caption-width:320:...I thought this game was about POACHERS, not ''giant space worms''! ]] ->"Look, ...Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:24:23 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/GoodBadGirl->''Johnny studied Sissy as he smoked an after-supper cigar. He wondered what criterion people used when they applied the tags "good" and "bad" to the...Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:24:17 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TroperWorksA place for our tropers to write entries on specific works they have created or are involved in, published or unpublished. If you would like to put y...Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:23:56 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/AzumangaDaioh[[anime]] http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/lt/azumangadaioh.jpg [[caption-width:249:From left to right: [[TheStraightMan Yomi]], [[{{Cloudcuckool...Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:23:52 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/BlackVikingshttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/norseman.jpg [[caption-width:385:Not Likely]] This trope comes into play when a work slips someone in a histori...Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:23:41 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/FrothyMugsOfWaterhttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/card332.jpg [[caption-width:300:[[NotMakingThisUpDisclaimer NOT a photoshop]].]] ->'''Gnomelette:''' ''I'm on a...Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:23:35 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Series/EarthwormJimhttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/EarthwormJim.jpg -->''Earthworm Jim! We think he's mighty fine!'' -->''Earthworm Jim! A hero for all time!'' A ...Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:23:27 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/FlanderizationThe act of taking a single (often minor) action of a character or event within a work and exaggerating it more and more until it's huge and cartoonish...Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:23:24 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/YouWillBeAssimilatedhttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/alpha.bmp [[caption-width:92:All the same man.]] ->''"[[{{Catch Phrase}} We are the Borg]]. {{You will be assimi...Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:23:22 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/DoctorPhil''"What gives you the right to imprison your wife in the basement?!"''\\ - Dr. Phil, addressing a typical guest about his little wife-abusing problems...Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:22:50 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/Buckethead[[quoteright:253:http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/buckethead.jpg]] [[caption-width-right:253:He's got a bucket on his head.]] ->''In the interes...Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:22:43 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/WallBangers/ComicBooksA reader will often expect cool things to happen within the pages of a comic book. [[WallBanger It doesn't always work out that way, though]]. This is...Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:22:12 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/JustBugsMe/Glee*Why does Will make attempts to spread out the female solos and everyone complains about Rachel hogging them all, but no one bats an eyelash as every ...Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:22:09 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/CapNo, not the [[NiceHat stylish headgear]] favored by baseball players nor the [[CaptainAmerica dashing nazi-buster]]. A "cap", in video game jargon (it...Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:22:00 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ComingOfAgeStory[[quoteright:250:[[HidamariSketch http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/cit_hidamari_sketch_-_the_experience_of_the_unfinished_painting_-_first_panel_...Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:21:21 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/KenanAndKelhttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/kenan_kel_th.jpg ''Awwwwwwwww! Here it goes!'' In what would become a recurring theme among the show's alumni, ...Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:21:00 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ptitlesuqqsfypos4bhttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/airplane.jpg ->''"Surely you can't be serious!"\\ "I '''am''' serious, and [[MemeticMutation don't call me Shir...Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:20:49 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TheRainman->"Uh oh. Ten minutes to Wapner." The Rainman has a [[Main/{{DisabilitySuperpower}} Disability Superpower]]. Karmic law dictates that every mental bi...Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:20:45 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/WelcomeToCorneria[[quoteright:200:[[EightBitTheater http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/cit_8_bit_theatre_-_welcome_to_corneria_-_urge_to_kill_rising.png]]]] ->''"Th...Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:19:57 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/NyanKoihttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/nyan-koi.jpg Junpei Kousaka is an OrdinaryHighSchoolStudent with an allergy towards cats and a family that loves...Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:19:55 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/GunslingerGirlhttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/gunslingergirl.png [[caption-width:280:Claes, Angelica, Rico, Henrietta & Triela]] ''Gunslinger Girl'' is a mang...Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:19:44 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/NoConservationOfEnergyMost of us with a basic knowledge of physics know that mass+energy in equals mass+energy out. Whenever work is done on an object, energy has to come f...Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:19:35 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TheLeetWorldThe Leet World is a CounterStrike-based {{Machinima}} which follows the exploits of two teams – four Terrorists and four Counter-Terrorists – as they ...Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:19:34 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/PointPleasant''PointPleasant'' was a fairly standard TeenDrama in the vein of ''TheOC'' and ''DawsonsCreek'', with one fairly small difference: the central charact...Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:19:02 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/CargoShip[[{{Portal}} http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Weighted_Companion_Cube_by_saejinoh.deviantart-300px.jpg]] [[caption-width:300:[-[[http://saejinoh....Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:18:59 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TheAgonist[[quoteright:281:http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Agonist.jpg]] [[caption-width-right:281:From left to right: [=McKay=], White-Gluz, Kells, Morin...Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:18:46 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/PlayingWithWikiTemplate'''Basic Trope''': [A one sentence summary of the trope] * '''Straight''': [How the trope normally gets played] * '''Exaggerated''': ??? * '''Justifie...Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:18:38 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/GeekyTurnOn-->'''Grace:''' ''Wood doesn't actually burn.''\\ '''Joan:''' ''That's insane.''\\ '''Grace:''' ''What burns is the gas released when the wood gets ho...Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:18:35 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/PlanescapeSurvivalGuidehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Chapter1.jpg [[caption-width:900:You could probably panic a little bit and still be okay.]] ->''This is Planesc...Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:18:32 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/FetishFuel/Advertising%% %% No images, thanks. %% -->''Interspecies erotica: perhaps the last taboo left inviolate by advertising. Sure the Caramel bunny flirted but you k...Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:18:09 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/UminekoNoNakuKoroNihttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/umineko-no-naku-koro-ni.jpg [[caption-width:283:Welcome to Rokkenjima]] -->''[[center:When will you believe in m...Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:18:09 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Quotes/JBridge-> "I think maturity is basically the ability to know when you're being an ass." -->-- JBridge on maturity -> "Something is only obscene if you belie...Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:18:03 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/BigTroubleInLittleChinahttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/big-trouble-in-little-china.jpg -->"''All I know is, this Lo Pan character comes out of thin air in the middle o...Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:17:49 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/DarthWiki/TropesThatWillNeverHappenThis is a somewhat tongue-in-cheek approach to certain tropes that will never be agreed upon by the community, either due to being absolutely universa...Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:17:42 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/PlotWithPorn-->"Are you looking at porn? I know a great site that's dirty without sacrificing story. It's 'by women, for women'."\\ -- '''Jenna Maroney''', ''[[{{...Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:17:38 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/DegradedBoss->'''Death''': Dracula! Belmont just took down Werewolf.\\ '''Dracula''': FUCKING ''USELESS-ASS WEREWOLF!'' I pay that bitch so much money to take dow...Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:17:34 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/NoodleIncident->'''Hobbes:''' What about the noodle incident?\\ '''Calvin:''' ''[[SuspiciouslySpecificDenial No one can prove I did that!]]''\\ -- ''{{Calvin and Ho...Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:17:32 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/BunnyEarsLawyer[[BostonLegal http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/bunnyearslawyer.jpg]] [[caption-width:214:Alan Shore knows how to win.]] -->''"Well, obviously, L...Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:17:11 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/FunWithAcronyms[[{{Superjail}} http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/ascrac.jpg]] [[caption-width:250:"I ain't climbin' inside no ASCRAC!"]] -->''"What's so militar...Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:17:03 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/RoaringRampageOfRevenge->''"When I woke up, I went on what [[LeaningOnTheFourthWall the movie advertisements]] referred to as a roaring rampage of revenge. I roared. I rampa...Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:16:37 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ptitle2s6v9yii[[{{Ever17}} http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/dohoho.jpg]] [[caption-width:300:Capping a pen with one eye closed: harder than it looks?]] ->'''G...Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:16:17 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/Bokuranohttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/bokurano_.jpg [[caption-width:273:[-Pilot a giant robot. Visit alternate Earths. Meet fascinating people. [[spoi...Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:16:03 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/InformedAttractivenessOn television, just about everyone is beautiful. This is why HollywoodHomely exists. Television is a world of beautiful people meant to depict the r...Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:15:56 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/Katrikahttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Kagura.png_100.jpeg [[caption-width:100:Current Avatar: Kagura Sohma]] I am a girl. And...not much more to say...Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:15:40 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/RecursiveCrossdressingA character or actor disguises their gender. For some (frequently contrived) reason they then have to re-disguise it as their real gender. And then r...Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:15:30 Pacific Standard Time