http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/changes.phpRecent changes to tropes entries.Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:53:13 Pacific Standard Timetropechanges .50http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/CherylBlossom[[ArchieComics http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/cheryl.jpg]] [[caption-width:300:Cheryl doing what she does best.]] Archie is in a LoveTriangle ...Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:53:02 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Radar/HeyArnold* ''HeyArnold!'' has a character named Mr. Kokoshka who is a bit of a bum and has an accent (possibly Russian). "Kakashka" is the Russian word for "pi...Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:52:55 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/SalarymanThe typical white-collar worker at the bottom of the ladder. In America, they'd be called "wage slaves"; in Japan, they call them salarymen (or [[Spe...Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:52:43 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TheScrappy[[quoteright:74:http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/scrappy.jpg]] ->''The more astute readers among you may have noticed that I haven't yet gone so...Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:52:39 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/TheScrappy/VideoGames* Sheriff Douglas in ''Quintessence - The Blighted Venom''. For being a completely dickass. * Ukiki in ''[[SuperMarioBros Super Mario 64]]''. On top o...Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:52:26 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Characters/FullmetalAlchemistThis is a short summary page for characters from the ''Main/FullMetalAlchemist'' manga series and its anime adaptation ''Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherh...Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:52:17 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ModernWarfare''ModernWarfare'' is a SpinOff of the WW2-themed FPS series ''CallOfDuty'', set NextSundayAD or so. Technically, the two ''MW'' games are considered t...Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:52:11 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/AmericanPsycho''No introductions necessary.'' A book and movie (and soon-to-be Broadway musical), ''American Psycho'' is the story of a true 80's kind of guy: shal...Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:51:42 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ThomasTheTankEngine''Thomas The Tank Engine and Friends'', now known as ''Thomas and Friends'', is a British series first broadcast in 1984. It began life as ''TheRailwa...Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:51:41 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TheRevolutionWillNotBeVilifiedAll [[LaResistance resistances]] are against TheEmpire. Only evil [[TheGovernment governments]] provoke rebellion. No matter [[VillainWithGoodPublicit...Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:50:49 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/TheScrappy/LiveActionTV* ''TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles: The Next Mutation'' had one - Venus, the female turtle trained in the art of Shinobi who was deliberately [[NotBloodSib...Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:50:46 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/PagesNeedingAnEntryPimpQuite often, examples get added to a trope or series page that aren't reciprocated on the page it links back to, and vice versa. It happens to the be...Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:50:44 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ptitle73be69ndhttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/batman-bin-suparman.jpg [[caption-width:400:Best. Name. Ever.]] ->''"Max Power—he's the man whose name you'd lo...Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:50:26 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/SweepTheLegThis is when a character who wants to compete fairly and honestly is told not to do so by someone else. Sometimes, the character will be told to cheat...Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:50:14 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/GoingDownWithTheShip->''"I'll '''be''' back... but if there's anything you wanted to say to me, now might be an excellent time to do it."'' -->-- ''DannyPhantom'' Death ...Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:50:12 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 19:49:58 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Memes/AnimeSince most anime-viewers in TheWest are big {{nerd}}s, there are naturally going to be a lot of anime-inspired [[MemeticMutation Internet memes]]. --...Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:49:48 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TheRoaringTwentiesThe setting of many an [[ChristieTime Agatha Christie]] mystery, this is one era that absolutely lives up to the stereotypes and then some. The [[Worl...Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:49:42 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Characters/UminekoNoNakuKoroNi The cast of ''UminekoNoNakuKoroNi'' and associated tropes. !Humans from 1986 !!Battler Ushiromiya http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/battler.jpg ...Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:49:19 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Characters/BaldursGate''The cast of Baldur's Gate and Baldur's Gate II. '''Here be spoilers.''''' !!'''Protagonist and Whole Series Joinable Characters''' From a FiveManBa...Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:49:19 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Discworld/JingoThe 21st {{Discworld}} novel and the fourth in the City Watch theme. Written as a criticism of war, with particular reference to the Falklands Conflic...Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:49:17 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/PrideAndPrejudiceAndZombies-->''It is a truth universally acknowledged that a zombie in possession of brains must be in want of more brains.'' ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin. Really...Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:48:58 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/TheScrappy/Literature* Although ''ASongOfIceAndFire'' has a number of characters you could call "controversial," nobody really fits this trope like Darkstar. He managed to...Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:48:51 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TearsOfRemorse->''They shall look on him whom they have thrust through, and they shall mourn for him as one mourns for an only son, and they shall grieve over him a...Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:48:49 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/IrresponsibleCaptainTylorhttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/capttylor.jpg [[caption-width:220:A [[BornLucky lucky bastard]] or a ''[[MagnificentBastard Magnificent]]'' [[Ma...Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:48:42 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/KillerAppShort for "killer application", a KillerApp is a game so good that it's considered a must-own if you have the system it's released for, and is in fact...Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:48:30 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/FanFic/PotterPuppetPals[[quoteright:355:http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Potterpalscastandcrew.jpg]] [[caption-width-right:355:Alas, a cornucopia of awesome.]] NeilCici...Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:48:23 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TheKillingJokehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/KillingJoke.jpg [[caption-width:400:Ray has gone bye-bye, Egon.]] -->''"All it takes is one bad day to reduce th...Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:48:10 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/IronicNurseryTune->''"If I die before you wake\\ Don't you cry, don't you ache\\ Nothing's ever yours to keep\\ Close your eyes, go to sleep"'' --> TomWaits, "Lullaby"...Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:48:05 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/MoralityTropes->''"[[JohnMilton Milton]] wrote in fetters when he wrote of angels and God, and at liberty when of devils and hell... he was a true poet, and of the ...Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:48:04 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/FATAL->''"So, basically, saying that this game should be burned is [[InsultToRocks an insult to fire]]."'' ->'''Reviewer''': "So, basically, FATAL is the...Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:47:39 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/TheScrappy/Film* Jar-Jar Binks from the ''StarWars'' prequel trilogy, so much so that the German version of this wiki named the trope De/DerJarJar. This one is so (i...Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:47:26 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/FightingAShadowSo you think you're hot stuff, eh? You actually did it, you [[DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu punched out Cthulhu.]] You drove the HitPoints of that Physica...Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:47:26 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/DragonAge[[quoteright:320:http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Dragon_Age.jpg]] {{BioWare}}'s SpiritualSuccessor to the legendary ''BaldursGate'' franchise, ...Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:47:09 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/JustBugsMe/VillainsActHeroesReact!!I hate it when VillainsActHeroesReact is invoked so strongly, the hero is a soulless plot-puppet with no internal motivation '''Three types:''' The...Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:46:54 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/RapeAsRedemptionOne day a bad girl traipses into town. She could be a snotty trouble-making type, a FemmeFatale or just a woman with overly healthy appetites for sex,...Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:46:49 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/TheScrappy/ComicBooks* PostCrisis [[Comicbook/{{Batman}} Jason Todd]] was hated by quite a few readers, to the point that fans eventually ''voted'' for him to be killed by...Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:45:41 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/MentorShipWhen TheHero (or sometimes another member of the [[{{Ensembles}}ensemble cast]]) has a very close and intimate relationship with their [[{{Mentors}} m...Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:45:40 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/YourVampiresSuck[[{{Hellsing}} http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/yourvampiresucks.jpg]] [[caption-width:296:[-Our vampire can [[IDoNotDrinkWine drink wine]] in br...Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:45:27 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/RavensAndCrows[[quoteright:180:http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/TheTwaCorbies.jpg]] [[caption-width-right:180:The Twa Corbies]] ->''"And thou treble-dated crow...Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:45:02 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast-->''It was one of those comic book name coincidences, like how you know a college professor named Dr. Klaus von der Murder isn't going to be getting ...Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:44:53 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/TroperTales/CrossoverShipSometimes [[TroperTales/CrackPairing one world is not enough]]. Characters from completely different series have to be brought in to work TheShipYard....Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:44:38 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/EasyModeMockery[[http://iojacket.hp.infoseek.co.jp/IOSYS_tohotsukitoro.swf http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/cit_touhou_-_iosys_overdrive_-_easy_modo.png]] [[cap...Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:44:38 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/CriminalMindshttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/cm.png [[caption-width:330:The original team.]] U.S. series about a group of FBI profilers who regularly descend...Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:44:37 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/AtopAMountainOfCorpses[[{{Conan}} http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/ConanByFrazetta.jpg]] [[caption-width:238:I wonder if he can see Cimmeria from there?]] So, the her...Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:44:09 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/TroperTales/SickeninglySweethearts* This troper and her girlfriend subvert this pretty hard: Public flirting is generally done in the form of [[StealthPun stealth puns]], PDA only goes...Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:44:08 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ComplimentBackfire-->(singing) ''"Sure, you're weedy, and kinda shy, but some girly out there must be needy for a weedy shy guy..."'' -->''FlightOfTheConchords'' Peopl...Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:44:05 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/FunnyAneurysmMoment/WebOriginal[[AC:WebComics]] * An ''IrregularWebcomic'' strip involved a character who is [[NoCelebritiesWereHarmed obviously not Steve Irwin]] not dying from a f...Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:44:00 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/RichIdiotWithNoDayJob->''Strange injuries, a non-existent social life... these things beg the question as to what exactly does [[Comicbook/{{Batman}} Bruce Wayne]] do with...Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:43:55 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/TheScrappy/Anime* Seiya from SaintSeiya. Nuff said. * Chibi-Usa from ''SailorMoon'', and by association her English-language counterpart Rini. While she was designed ...Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:43:45 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ImprobableAimingSkills->''There, you see, is a man who could hunt flies with a rifle, and command a ducal salary in a Wild West show to-day if we had him back with us.''\\ ...Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:43:44 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/DarthWiki/WorseThanItSoundsSometimes the best work can have a premise that [[BetterThanItSounds just sounds stupid]] if you try to explain it to someone. Sometimes [[TheyWastedA...Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:43:40 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/StargateUniversehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/SGUTVlogo.jpg The installment of the ''[[StargateVerse Stargate]]'' franchise that began in 2009. A team of sol...Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:43:20 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/VillainousBSOD->'''Q:''' WhatKindOfLamePowerIsHeartAnyway?\\ '''A:''' The kind that gives villains [[IncrediblyLamePun a heart to attack.]] Only a scant few villai...Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:43:12 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/IndexOverdosedThis index lists pages that appear on at least [[FourIsDeath four]] other indices... well, ''five'' now. (That is, it lists the ones that the WikiMagi...Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:43:12 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/WellIntentionedExtremist[[DeathNote http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Kira-i-am-justice-light-yagami-2707766-576-432.jpg]] [[caption-width:576:I am Light Yagami, and... [...Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:42:52 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/HeelFaceIndex-> ''Yes, there are two paths you can go by,'' -> ''but in the long run,'' -> ''there's still time to change'' -> ''the road you're on.'' -->-- "Stair...Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:42:46 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/DorothyOfOzhttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Dorothy_of_Oz.jpg[[caption-width:300:Follow the Yellow Brick Road]] Dorothy Of Oz is a manhwa by Son Hee-joon...Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:42:40 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ptitlerwg4gaexhttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/zombiewarning.GIF [[caption-width:600:[[RulesOfTheRoad Watch out!]] Undead Ahead!]] ->'''Steve:''' All right. W...Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:42:26 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/PrettyCoolGuy%% Before adding a new example, please place at least one example from the bottom list into its proper category. Thanks! %% Before adding a new exampl...Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:42:16 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/CueCullenSo they're finally making TheMovie of your favorite [[CashCowFranchise franchise]] (probably from TheEighties). And you hate it. They're doing the cas...Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:41:56 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/FormulaicMagicModern science loves explaining complex physical phenomena through comparatively simple-looking mathematical abstractions. Motion of an object? ''F'' ...Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:41:34 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/Braid[[quoteright:256:http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/braid.jpg]] Take ''SuperMarioBros.'', add a few unlimited time powers and put it in front of an...Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:41:31 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/WMG/OnePiece[[AC:New wild guesses at the ''bottom'' of the page, thanks]] [[WMG: Doflamingo was full of shit when he said that was the real Kuma]] He's a big enou...Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:41:22 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/MyGodWhatHaveIDone->And you may ask yourself "What is that beautiful house?"\\ And you may ask yourself "Where does that highway go to?"\\ And you may ask yourself "Am ...Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:40:23 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Characters/Kampfer![[color:blue:[[WMG:Blue Kämpfers]]]] [[color:blue:[[WMG:Natsuru Senou]]]] [[quoteright:250:http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/kämpfer_natsuru.png...Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:39:55 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/UsefulNotes/NauruPopulation-wise, Nauru is the second smallest nation in the world, with a population of 10,000. A colony of the German Empire that was transferred to ...Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:39:41 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Characters/DeptHeavenApocryphaHere, you will find a list of the characters that right now populate the Collegium Caelum in DeptHeavenApocrypha. This is still under development. Ear...Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:39:40 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/WMG/TheBeatles!!Breakup [[WMG: [[YokoOhno Yoko]] did not break up TheBeatles.]] ''Paul [=McCartney=]'' broke up the Beatles and has been funding a massive media sm...Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:39:40 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ptitlevag6plkz->''"It is '''not''' okay for a grown-ass man to weep in public, in front of a bunch of happy families enjoying pie. If you can't hold it, you take yo...Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:39:10 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/UsefulNotes/Africa* UsefulNotes/{{Algeria}} * UsefulNotes/{{Benin}} * UsefulNotes/{{Botswana}} * UsefulNotes/BurkinaFaso * UsefulNotes/{{Burundi}} * UsefulNotes/{{Camer...Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:39:02 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/GannonBanned[[TheLegendOfZelda http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/gannon.jpg]] [[caption-width:256:Two N's, not three!]] ->''The real reason is that morons who...Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:38:51 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/JackTheRipperArguably the first, and most likely still most famous, modern example of a SerialKiller. The Ripper is commonly held to have killed at least five pro...Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:38:48 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/Hammerspace[[quoteright:320:[[Main/ElGoonishShive http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/hammerspace.gif]]]] [[caption-width-right:320:[[HyperspaceMallet Hammer o...Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:38:26 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/TroperTales/TakeThat* RadioactiveZombie needs to stop adding TroperTales - He once got the "obnoxious", "shallow", "bold", and "boring" green cards in Apples to Apples. H...Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:38:21 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/FluffyTheTerrible[[{{Creepshow}} http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/fluffytterrible.jpg]] [[caption-width:350:Ooo's a cute liddle snookum-ookums? Oo's mommy's widdl...Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:38:07 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/SuperPersistentPredator[[JurassicPark http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/jurassicpark_400x259.jpg]] [[caption-width:400:What? Are there no ''fish'' on this island!?]] ->...Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:37:14 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/BrokeYourArmPunchingOutCthulhu->'''TheFlash:''' ...You lose.\\ '''[[spoiler:[[FanNickname Brainthor]]]]:''' Hardly. Look around you -- the Justice League is completely defeated, an...Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:37:13 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TinMan[[TheWonderfulWizardOfOz http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/tin_man.jpg]] [[caption-width:268:The Original]] -->''"I mean, being a robot's great, b...Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:37:13 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/HeWillNotCrySoICryForHimSometimes, even if the sadness one feels is like the weight of the entire world on his shoulders, a malignant combination of cultural brainwash like M...Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:37:11 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/YouShouldKnowThisAlreadyCongratulations! After plenty of HypeAversion and general laziness, you finally decided to check out that series everyone's talking about. You go to t...Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:37:02 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/GuideDangIt[[SonicTheHedgehog http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/gamefaqscy6x.jpg]] ->''"The whole game is based around secrets, but there's a difference bet...Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:36:51 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Characters/DGray-manA list of characters and character-related tropes from Katsura Hoshino's dark supernatural manga/anime series ''[=~D.Gray-man~=]''. '''This article...Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:36:45 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Narm/AnimeSometimes, a dramatic moment in an {{anime}} series can be ruined through the [[{{Narm}} absurdity of the situation]] (or [[GratuitousEnglish inapprop...Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:36:41 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/TroperTales/IKEAErotica* [[{{Dukia}} This troper]] went through a perverted phase when she was 13/14, when she drew all this really awful porn to entertain herself. However,...Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:35:59 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TheBoondockshttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/boondocks.jpg Aaron Macgruder's newspaper strip, involving two African-American brothers (the politically minde...Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:35:38 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/NatTheWriter-->*headmeetkeyboard* Look! A fairly insignificant troper! Anyhow. NatTheWriter (Nat for short) is [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin a writer]]. (Though s...Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:35:06 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/AskTheTropers''Appeals to the troper hivemind...'' If you want to propose a new trope, use YKTTW; if you're looking for a particular trope, try LostAndFound. For ...Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:34:28 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/UsefulNotes/LatinAmerica''Useful Notes on those places that are in the more Latin-influenced parts of the Americas.'' * UsefulNotes/{{Argentina}} * UsefulNotes/{{Belize}} * ...Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:34:16 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/DeathBySex->"He whisked off her shoes and panties in one movement, wild like an enraged shark, [[PurpleProse his bulky totem beating a seductive rhythm.]] Mary'...Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:33:51 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/PerpetualPoverty->"I'm a 40-year-old man who lives like a college student." -->-- '''Dr. Johnny Fever''', ''WKRPInCincinnati'' Despite always being desperate for cas...Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:33:36 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/MustHaveCaffeine[[QuestionableContent http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/musthavecaffeine.png]] [[caption-width:247:There's too much blood in my caffeine system!]]...Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:33:31 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/JuukouB-Fighter''{{Juukou B-Fighter}}'' was Toei's 14th entry in its MetalHeroes series, and the first of its B-Fighter series. Its footage was used to create BigBad...Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:33:22 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Fridge/WebComics* Since LookingForGroup is about fantasy settings, and especially WorldofWarcraft, it always seemed strange that orcs, one of the most important fanta...Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:33:18 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/CanadaEhhttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/canadians.jpg [[caption-width:450:... No, it's not a pot leaf. Probably.]] ->''They all live on donuts and moos...Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:32:58 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/LukeSkywalkerAndTheShadowsOfMindorStarWarsExpandedUniverse novel by MattStover. It's six months since ReturnOfTheJedi, and the Rebel Alliance has become the New Republic while the Empi...Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:32:36 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/AuthorsPeople who write or wrote books, though not necessarily for a living.[softreturn]Remember, ThereIsNoSuchThingAsNotability.[softreturn]The preponderanc...Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:32:35 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ChasingAmy''ChasingAmy'' is a 1997 romantic comedy-drama written and directed by KevinSmith. It is the third film in the View Askewniverse series. The film focu...Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:31:56 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 19:31:55 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/LiteraryAllusionTitleA common way to name works: # Pick some reasonably apropos quote from something famous. {{Shakespeare}} and TheBible are as always the most common. #...Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:31:42 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/MiserAdvisor[[{{Lunar}} http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/lunar-lemina.jpg]] [-[[caption-width:253:Lemina Ausa: she'll [[FortuneTeller tell your fortune]], bu...Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:30:52 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Horrible/VoiceActing->''REEEEALLLYYY BAAAAAAD VOOOIIIIIICEAAAACTIIIIIING!!!!1!!1'' -->--'''Thief''', ''{{Arfenhouse}} Teh Movie Too'' ->''Dis is Edmond. It's ovah for yo...Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:30:48 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/Foreshadowing[[StarWars http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/tpm_teaser.jpg]] [[caption-width:444:"[[{{Rifftrax}} Foreshadowing]]... [[{{Daredevil}} Literally!"]]...Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:30:00 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/FanPreferredPairing[[redirect:FanPreferredCouple]]...Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:29:58 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/WMG/UminekoNoNakuKoroNi[[WMG: [[color:red:At least one theory on this page is right]]]] Also see the next WMG... [[WMG:Red Text doesn't only speak the truth - it has anothe...Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:29:38 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/HoYay/Supernatural* With the ''{{Supernatural}}'' writers thinking that the real love story is between Sam and Dean, [[HeterosexualLifePartners Jensen Ackles and Jared ...Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:29:26 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ptitle1d5irnza[[quoteright:358:http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Nine.JPG]] [[caption-width-right:358:Ladies and gentlemen, our hero.]] ->''[[WellIntentionedEx...Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:28:59 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/Change123[[quoteright:364:http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/change123small.JPG]] [[caption-width-right:364:From right to left, the female protagonist's mai...Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:28:50 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/LostAndFound!! There is discussion [[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/posts.php?discussion=y5qroqbzg3dkoj7zu2rpv8lh&page=1 here]] with [[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/crow...Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:28:50 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/AceCombat[[quoteright:329:http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/CoolPlanes.jpg]] [[caption-width-right:329: [[CoolPlane And our birds are ever so pretty]].]] ...Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:28:47 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ptitle94ctt9bsmafc[[VeggieTales http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/the_pirates_who_don_t_do_anything_a_veggietales_movie_.jpg]] [[caption-width:600:Their favorite ho...Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:27:49 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/UsefulNotes/TheCaribbeanThe area that was once full of pirates, slaves, busty women, busty women pirates and women slaves who may or may not have been busty. Now a bunch of ...Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:27:41 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TheGloveOfDarthVader''TheGloveOfDarthVader'' is the first instalment of a series of StarWarsExpandedUniverse novellas for younger readers written by Paul and Hollace Davi...Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:27:40 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/Supernaturalhttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Supernatural-Cast-2005-01.jpg ''"Dad wants us to pick up where he left off. Saving people. Hunting things. The F...Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:27:00 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/GirlInABox[[{{Firefly}} http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/River-Box.jpg]] [[caption-width:350:"[[SoYeah Huh]]."]] In the course of many anime, the heroes w...Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:26:55 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ClerksIIThe 2006 sequel to the classic independent comedy film ''{{Clerks}}'', and for now, the final film in the ViewAskewniverse. Ten years after the event...Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:26:47 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/RescuedFromTheScrappyHeap[[MetalGear http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/russ_raiden851.jpg]] [[caption-width:311:InstantAwesomeJustAddNinja!]] ->''"Jar-Jar, you're a geniu...Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:26:32 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/LeftFielder[[MemeticMutation http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/unrelated.jpg]] [[caption-width:300: I'm sorry, what were we talking about again?]] The Left ...Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:26:32 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/WMG/DeathNote[[WMG: Matsuda ''really'' liked Light]] Yes, ''that way''. The last chapter provides the strongest evidence for this. * The drooling over his sister ...Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:26:25 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Discworld/MenAtArmsThe 15th {{Discworld}} novel and the second in the City Watch theme after ''[[Discworld/GuardsGuards Guards! Guards!]]'' Within the week, Sam Vimes w...Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:25:38 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/B-RoboKabutack{{B-Robo Kabutack}} was the sixteenth MetalHeroes series, airing from 1997-1998. Essentially, it was the third of the B-Fighter series. It's the stor...Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:25:35 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/HappilyEverBeforePrimarily a {{Film}} trope. So, you're a Hollywood producer who has found this [[TheFilmOfTheBook great story that would make an even greater movie]]....Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:25:26 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Discworld/PyramidsThe seventh {{Discworld}} book, and the first standalone story. Teppic has just graduated the Guild of Assassins' School, the finest educational esta...Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:25:18 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/SetRightWhatOnceWentWrongThe character receives foreknowledge of what will happen (or, if TimeTravel is involved, RippleEffectProofMemory will allow them to remember what happ...Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:25:04 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TetsuwanTanteiRobotack''TetsuwanTanteiRobotack'''' was the seventeenth MetalHeroes series, and also the last. It aired from 1998-1999. There are mystical items called Land...Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:24:36 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/HBeamPiperHBeamPiper was an American SF writer, best known for the series ''Paratime'' (which is about exploiting TheMultiverse for fun and profit); the Terrohu...Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:22:47 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/UnfortunateNames->"Hello, I'm Chester Snapdragon-[=McFisticuff=]."\\ -- '''Brad Sherwood''', ''WhoseLineIsItAnyway?'' ->"I got my middle name from somebody who obvio...Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:22:20 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TropesNeedingExamplesThis is a listing of tropes with very few (for the most part, fewer than 3) examples listed on the page. Feel free to add any you come across that nee...Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:22:20 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/BlessedWithSuck[[quoteright:232:[[PennyArcade http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/20031205.jpg]]]] ->''And as he drove on, the rain clouds dragged down the sky aft...Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:22:17 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/NoHoldsBarredBeatdown[[TheGreatMouseDetective http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/myphoto.jpeg]] [[caption-width:330:Ratigan gets physical.]] ''No more Mr. Nice Guy!'' ...Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:22:04 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ThePrincessAndTheFroghttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/frog_kiss.jpg [[caption-width:280:Disney's first CrackPairing?]] -->''The evening star is shinin' bright.\\ So ...Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:21:56 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ItOnlyWorksOnce...and if it fails, too bad. You only get the one shot. ItOnlyWorksOnce is a method of defeating the bad guy which is completely useless in the follo...Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:21:33 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/LuckyStar[[FourGirlEnsemble http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/cit_lucky_star.jpg]] [[caption-width:245:'''''DARLING DARLING PLEASE!''''']] -->''Okay, let's...Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:21:26 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/RoseannePopular sitcom that ran from 1988 to 1997 on ABC. It focused on the trials of the working-class Conner family. There was mother Roseanne (Roseanne B...Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:21:10 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ChainsOfLovehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Chains_of_love_resized.jpg [[caption-width:250:Kamui and Fuuma of ''{{X1999}}'' actually don't seem to mind the ...Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:20:44 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/AssShove[[quoteright:254:[[{{Hancock}} http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Hancock-head-up-ass.jpg]] ]] [[caption-width-right:254:A demonstration of ''both'...Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:20:29 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/DueToTheDead[[quoteright:320:http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/AlbertEdelfelt.JPG]] [[caption-width-right:320:"Duke Karl Insulting the Corpse of Klaus Fleming...Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:20:28 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ptitleaq93ou7hn02vhttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/spongebob1.jpg [[caption-width:300:''"I'm ready! I'm ready! I'm ready!"'']] Hugely popular {{Nickelodeon}} Anim...Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:19:47 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/Freezing[[quoteright:330:http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/freezing.jpg]] [floatboxright: Other works written by Dalyoung Im: + AflameInferno + {{Kurokam...Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:19:27 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/RandomTeleportationSometimes characters or devices with the power of teleportation suffer from a specific form of PowerIncontinence. They just can't control where they'r...Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:19:24 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/TroperTales/MisaimedFandom* [[ZombifiedAngel This Troper]] is currently writing a HarryPotter FanFic featuring [[AxCrazy Bellatrix]] [[PsychoForHire Lestrange]]. It was intende...Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:19:19 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/BadAssNormal[[TheDarkKnightReturns http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/batman_vs_superman_wallpaper-300x225.jpg]] [[caption-width:300:Doesn't need powers! [[Mem...Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:19:18 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/NightmareFuel/SesameStreetThough many have fond memories of the beloved television show SesameStreet, sometimes the puppeteers, animators and writers got carried away. Educatio...Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:18:38 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/CharacterExaggerationThe vague but noticeable change in a character's personality or habits in newer adaptations. Interestingly, it is more common for traits to be overemp...Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:18:30 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/LipstickLesbian[[MulhollandDrive http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/normal_001.jpg]] The LipstickLesbian is what many straight men, in a case of wishful thinking,...Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:18:27 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ChzoMythos''ChzoMythos'', also known as the ''John [=DeFoe=] Tetralogy'' or the ''Trilby Tetralogy'', are a series of horror-themed adventure games by [[BenCros...Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:18:11 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 19:18:07 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/SheCleansUpNicely[[Film/BeautyAndTheBeast http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/belle_gold.jpg]] ->''"Did not the Abbe F-M say: 'Lost is that man who sees a beautiful...Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:17:35 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/AnyoneCanDie->The price of living is dying. Everybody pays. -> ''Memento Mori.'' (Remember that you will die.) --> -- '''Latin proverb''' -> ''Valar Morghulis.'...Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:16:39 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/EEqualsMCHammer[[{{Touhou}} http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/cirno_laser_small_2.jpg]] [[caption-width:300:So you see, it's perfectly simple. Any questions, cla...Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:16:34 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/WellManicuredManJust a pretty nondescript guy. Browses around and makes tiny adjustments where he can....Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:15:53 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/WMG/Bleach[[AC:Main/{{Bleach}}]] [[AC: Please add all theories at the ''bottom'' of the page.]] [[WMG: There are (or were) non-blade unreleased Zanpakutou at ...Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:15:52 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Characters/LuckyStarhttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Lucky_Star_main_cast.jpg [[caption-width:345:Introducing ''all'' the girls from Lucky Star! From left: [[Satell...Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:15:43 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/DisneyOwnsThisTrope[[http://catandgirl.com/?p=1657 http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/catandgirl_disneyownsthistrope.png]] Trademarks are distinctive signs or symbols...Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:15:38 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/LoadsAndLoadsOfLoading[[quoteright:300:[[SonicTheHedgehog2006 http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/sonicloadingstill.gif]]]] [[caption-width-right:300:[[SonicTheHedgehog20...Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:15:28 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/RedHeadedStepchild[[{{Baccano}} http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/redheadedstepchild2.jpg]] [[caption-width:427:The one in the middle? He grows up AxCrazy.]] -->''"...Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:15:10 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/GentlemanSnarker->'''Hobson:''' Thrilling to meet you, Gloria. ->'''Gloria:''' Hi. ->'''Hobson:''' Yes... You obviously have a wonderful economy with words, Gloria. I...Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:15:04 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/WWE-->''"If [Vince [=McMahon=] and Kevin Dunn] could have figured out a way to put on ''Wrestlemania'' without the wrestling, they would have done it."''...Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:14:51 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TheQuisling[[quoteright:300:[[TheSimpsons http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/KentBrockmanHailAnts.jpg]]]] [[caption-width-right:300:"And I, for one, welcome o...Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:14:29 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/FanPreferredCouple[[quoteright:302:[[AvatarTheLastAirbender http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Zutara_No_Aang_by_=Destikim_on_deviantART_1234420936998.png]]]] [[capt...Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:14:18 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ArtificialStupidity-><Patrician|Away> what does your robot do, sam\\ <bovril> it collects data about the surrounding environment, then discards it and drives into walls\...Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:13:59 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/HotBlooded[[LuckyStar http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/luckystar-animetenchouburning-tvtropes2.jpg]] [[caption-width:225:Anime Tenchou's burning spirit can...Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:13:40 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ptitlefj9xfxnrcogeYou might be sorting through your mail. You might be [[TerribleIntervieweesMontage interviewing candidates for a job]]. You might be [[RummageFail dig...Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:13:25 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/EverybodyKnowsThatSometimes, PopculturalOsmosis only works part of the way, and as a result, certain famous works or events are only known for one or two lines. For e...Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:13:23 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Characters/Ptitleexh6mkl0fnyeThis page describes the characters appearing in ''CharsCounterattack'' and the tropes associated with them. As usual, please help out with the blurbs ...Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:12:39 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/GAGeijutsukaArtDesignClass[[quoteright:360:http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/geijutsuka_cast.jpg]] ->Indeed, a lot of artists are weirdos. -->'''''Uozomi''' on the GA stude...Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:11:28 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/CommercialPopUpObnoxious new trend of a commercial blurb in the form of a "pop-up" style graphic during a show. Suffers from a trend of being large, staying on the s...Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:11:25 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/BlackPanther[[quoteleft:250:http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/BlackPantherPic.jpg]] [[MarvelUniverse Marvel’s]] BlackPanther created in 1966, before even t...Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:10:58 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/SpottingTheThreadhttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/fire-extinguisher.jpg [[caption-width:600:[-Move along, nothing to see here. Hey, wait a minute...-] ]] ->"A we...Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:10:47 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/NCIShttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/ncis-poster.jpg Created by DonaldPBellisario and Don [=McGill=], ''NCIS'' is a spinoff of ''{{JAG}}'' that leap...Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:10:35 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/Batwoman-> "Batwoman is finishing off the last two Intergangers with a devestating move that will have people saying 'holy ****, ''she's cool!'''" --->-- Greg...Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:10:11 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TalkingTheMonsterToDeath[[quoteright:300:[[EarthBound http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/hug.png]]]] [[caption-width-right:300:Suddenly, the good feeling went away...]] -...Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:10:07 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/BigLippedAlligatorMoment->''"This is named after the random musical number sung by a big-lipped alligator towards the end of the film ''AllDogsGoToHeaven''. A scene that com...Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:10:01 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/MagnificentBastard/Anime* ''NeonGenesisEvangelion'' has Gendo Ikari, the leader of the NERV organization. While far from his only ploy, the greatest reason he is on this page...Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:09:59 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ReverseGriphttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/shivworks26.jpg Basically, holding the grip of a [[KnifeNut dagger]], a [[SwordFight sword]], a [[KatanasAreJus...Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:08:53 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/Ojou[[SchoolDays http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/AnX_School_Days_0238.jpg]] [[caption-width:301:Please make way for the princess... ''[[LudicrousGib...Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:08:52 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Characters/NCIShttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/ncis.jpg [[caption-width:350:[-Within thirty minutes or less, the guy on the left will [[HandsomeLech flirt with...Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:08:48 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/OneSizeFitsAllIn many video games, clothing and armour can be worn by anyone, regardless of its source or the wearer's size or gender. These are usually AcceptableB...Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:08:39 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Narm/CodeGeass[[OhCrap http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/OhCrapCodeGeass.jpg]][[caption-width:540:Unfortunately for Lelouch, things aren't going exactly as plan...Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:08:26 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ICallHimMisterHappy->'''Steve''': Heheh, I'm totally nekkid in here an' you're talkin' to me.\\ '''Marten''': I'm only here to make sure you don't pass out and crack you...Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:07:45 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/JustBugsMe/Mushishi* As wonderful a show as this is, it still manages to be so damn ''inconclusive'' at times. To wit: ** Episode 1: Shinra's grandmother becomes a full ...Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:07:20 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/EnforcedColdWarWhen two hostile parties are at the edge of a direct conflict that would undermine the series or make it unacceptably violent for the premise, a highe...Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:07:04 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/EvenEvilHasLovedOnes{{Mook}}s, EvilMinions and even TheDragon [[EvenBadMenLoveTheirMamas have a family]], and can form romantic relationships and friendships just like no...Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:07:03 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/OrWasItADream[[DresdenCodak http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/dcnotadream.jpg]] Sometimes, at the end of a DreamSequence or an AllJustADream episode, after th...Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:06:49 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ReallySevenHundredYearsOld[[{{Disgaea}} http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/raspberyl.bmp]] [[caption-width:134:Go on, try to guess her age. I ''dare'' you.]] -->'''Anya:'''...Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:06:34 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TheWonderfulWizardOfOzhttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/wizard-of-oz-original.jpg[[caption-width:400:Dorothy, the Scarecrow, and the Tin-Woodman, meet the Cowardly Lion...Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:06:03 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/PushingDaisieshttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/pushing_daisies.jpg -->''Well, I suppose dying’s as good an excuse as any to start living.'' \\ --''Charlotte "C...Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:05:28 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/SerialNumbersFiledOff->{{Bioshock}}'' isn't "like" ''SystemShock 2''. It '''IS''' ''System Shock 2''.'' ->--ZeroPunctuation The inversion of InNameOnly, when a FollowTheL...Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:05:15 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/CheshireCatGrin[[AliceInWonderland http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/cheshirecat.jpg]] ->'''[[{{Ninja}} Kaede]]:''' That's a pretty difficult-to-trust smile\\ '...Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:05:15 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/RazorFloss[[GetBackers http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/kazuki2.jpg]] [[caption-width:250: He is not a seamstress.]] --> The softest thing in the world da...Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:05:10 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/RedwallA [[PrintLongRunners lengthy series]] of books by Brian Jacques, about a fantasy world in which all kinds of animals are the [[FunnyAnimal equivalents...Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:05:08 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/TroperTales/TheAllegedCar* ThisTroper's family used to own a white two-door 80's Citroen that might be called a car on the virtue of having four wheels and a mostly functionin...Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:04:36 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/SeaChangehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/seachange.jpg [[caption-width:350:Diver and Laura]] -->''Full fathom five thy father lies;\\ Of his bones are c...Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:04:26 Pacific Standard Time