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* TeensAreShort: Averted. He's taller than his father and is as tall as TV.
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Extraverted Nerd is disambiguated, please ensure any of the subtropes now apply.


%%* ExtravertedNerd

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%%* BadBoss: Tends to be very overbearing



%%* LargeHam: How could he not be.

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%%* LargeHam: How could he not be.be?



%%* TheRival: To Cinema and Literature

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%%* MeanBoss: Tends to be very overbearing.
%%* TheRival: To Cinema and LiteratureLiterature.
* SingleTargetSexuality: He and Cinema appear to be attracted only to Art.



* SingleTargetSexuality: He and Cinema appear to be attracted only to Art.

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* SingleTargetSexuality: He and Cinema appear to be attracted only to Art.
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!'''Internet—[[Theatre/RossumsUniversalRobots Rossum]] [[Website/{{Youtube}} Fred]]e[[Music/RickAstley rick]] Bell'''

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!'''Internet—[[Theatre/RossumsUniversalRobots !'''Internet—[[Theatre/{{RUR}} Rossum]] [[Website/{{Youtube}} Fred]]e[[Music/RickAstley rick]] Bell'''
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Caffeine Bullet Time is no longer a trope


%%* CaffeineBulletTime

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The Mean Brit is now a disambig. Commented out zces.


* FourTemperamentEnsemble
** Phlegmatic: Literature
** Choleric: Journalism
** Melancholic: Comics
** Sanguine: Mail

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* %%* FourTemperamentEnsemble
** %%** Phlegmatic: Literature
** %%** Choleric: Journalism
** %%** Melancholic: Comics
** %%** Sanguine: Mail



%%* TheMeanBrit: He speaks in a posh English accent, [[Creator/WilliamShakespeare for obvious reasons]].
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Nice Hat is now dewicked


* NiceHat: A newsboy cap with a press tag. Back in the day, he wore a fedora.



%% * NiceHat: A beret



* NiceHat: A bucket hat



%%* NiceHat



* NiceHat: A hipster fedora
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* RantInducingSlight: Anything that goes against his idea of aesthetic order

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* RantInducingSlight: Anything that goes against his idea of aesthetic order
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Grammar. "Son" doesn't refer to a female offspring and "they" doesn't refer to a singular male. In the sense it's used, "man" is misused as it doesn't refer to a female.


* OlderThanTheyLook: Looks like a 40-something that looks young for his age

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* OlderThanTheyLook: OlderThanHeLooks: Looks like a 40-something that looks young for his age



%%* TheDutifulSon
* OnlySaneMan: The only one of her siblings that isn't a basket case.

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%%* TheDutifulSon
TheDutifulDaughter
* OnlySaneMan: OnlySaneWoman: The only one of her siblings that isn't a basket case.
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Hollywood Nerd is now a disambiguation. Zero Context Examples will be removed And example that don't fit existing tropes will be removed.


%% * HollywoodNerd



%%* HollywoodNerd



%%* HollywoodNerd

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%%* [[TheDutifulSon The Dutiful Daughter]]
* [[OnlySaneMan Only Sane Woman]]: The only one of her siblings that isn't a basket case.

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%%* [[TheDutifulSon The Dutiful Daughter]]
TheDutifulSon
* [[OnlySaneMan Only Sane Woman]]: OnlySaneMan: The only one of her siblings that isn't a basket case.



* ButtMonkey: Often, for Internet.

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* %%* ButtMonkey: Often, for Internet.



* SitcomArchNemesis: [[CableSatelliteMudslinging Cable's]].
* ThoseTwoGuys: With Cable.

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* %%* SitcomArchNemesis: [[CableSatelliteMudslinging Cable's]].
* %%* ThoseTwoGuys: With Cable.



* CampStraight / SingleTargetSexuality: He's Visual Art's ex-husband, and tries to win her back, but fails.

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* CampStraight / SingleTargetSexuality: %%* CampStraight: He's Visual Art's ex-husband, and tries to win her back, but fails.



%% * [[GoodParents Good Parent]]

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%% * [[GoodParents Good Parent]]GoodParents



* AnimeHair
* [[AwesomeBackpack Awesome]] HammerSpace [[AwesomeBackpack Backpack]]: Wouldn't be Animation without it.
* CrazyPrepared

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* %%* AnimeHair
* [[AwesomeBackpack Awesome]] HammerSpace [[AwesomeBackpack Backpack]]: %%* AwesomeBackpack: Wouldn't be Animation without it.
* %%* CrazyPrepared



* FriendToAllChildren: He'd hate to admit this, but yeah.
* GogglesDoNothing

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* %%* FriendToAllChildren: He'd hate to admit this, but yeah.
* %%* GogglesDoNothing



** CovertPervert
* RedOniBlueOni: The blue to his half-brother's red.
* TotallyRadical

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** CovertPervert
*
%%* RedOniBlueOni: The blue to his half-brother's red.
* %%* TotallyRadical



* EveryoneKnowsMorse: Well, he does.

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* %%* EveryoneKnowsMorse: Well, he does.



* ForInconveniencePressOne

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* %%* ForInconveniencePressOne



* OfficeLady

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* %%* OfficeLady



* AmicablyDivorced: With Cinema
** AnythingThatMoves
* BelligerentSexualTension: With Literature.
* CloudCuckoolander: Because TrueArtIsIncomprehensible
* TheDitz
* DramaticWind: Follows her around
* HippieParents: She's this to her children.
* IdiotHair
* NewAgeRetroHippie

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* %%* AmicablyDivorced: With Cinema
** %%* AnythingThatMoves
* %%* BelligerentSexualTension: With Literature.
* %%* CloudCuckoolander: Because TrueArtIsIncomprehensible
* %%* TheDitz
* %%* DramaticWind: Follows her around
* %%* HippieParents: She's this to her children.
* %%* IdiotHair
* %%* NewAgeRetroHippie



* SitcomArchNemesis: Advertising
** FriendlyEnemy

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* %%* SitcomArchNemesis: Advertising
** FriendlyEnemy



** AdoptivePeerParent
* BlitheSpirit
* Expy: Of Evan from Film/AugustRush

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** AdoptivePeerParent
*
%%* BlitheSpirit
* %%* Expy: Of Evan from Film/AugustRush



* BadBoss: Tends to be very overbearing
** TheMeanBrit: He speaks in a posh English accent, [[Creator/WilliamShakespeare for obvious reasons]].
* CampStraight: As a play on the stereotype.
* CompanionCube: Yorrick the skull.
* TheDandy: Very much so.

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* %%* BadBoss: Tends to be very overbearing
** TheMeanBrit: He speaks in a posh English accent, [[Creator/WilliamShakespeare for obvious reasons]].
*
%%* CampStraight: As a play on the stereotype.
* %%* CompanionCube: Yorrick the skull.
* %%* TheDandy: Very much so.



* LargeHam: How could he not be.
** IncomingHam
* ManOfWealthAndTaste
* NiceHat
* TheRival: To Cinema and Literature
** UnknownRival: He absolutely loathes Television, for a number of reasons, including [[LetsPutOnAShow gross miscalculation of the intricacies of his profession and abilities]].
** HamToHamCombat: He acts this way around Cinema.

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* %%* LargeHam: How could he not be.
** IncomingHam
*
%%* ManOfWealthAndTaste
* %%* TheMeanBrit: He speaks in a posh English accent, [[Creator/WilliamShakespeare for obvious reasons]].
%%*
NiceHat
* %%* TheRival: To Cinema and Literature
** * UnknownRival: He absolutely loathes Television, for a number of reasons, including [[LetsPutOnAShow gross miscalculation of the intricacies of his profession and abilities]].
** HamToHamCombat: He acts this way around Cinema.
abilities]].



* BewareTheNiceOnes
* ExtremeDoormat

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* %%* BewareTheNiceOnes
* ClusterFBomb: When he's given half the chance, he's quite a potty mouth.
%%*
ExtremeDoormat



** ClusterFBomb: When he's given half the chance, he's quite a potty mouth.


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** ClusterFBomb: When he's given half the chance, he's quite a potty mouth.






* AloofBigBrother

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* %%* AloofBigBrother



* TheFinickyOne

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* %%* TheFinickyOne



** SuperOCD
** RantInducingSlight: Anything that goes against his idea of aesthetic order

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** SuperOCD
**
* RantInducingSlight: Anything that goes against his idea of aesthetic order



* BoldExplorer
* GentlemanAdventurer

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* %%* BoldExplorer
* %%* GentlemanAdventurer
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* StockCostumeTraits: Has the standard getup of a stereotypical PrimaDonnaDirector.

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** OscarBait: Tries to woo her with drama. [[FailureIsTheOnlyOption Fails]].
** SummerBlockbuster: What turned her off in the first place
** LeFilmArtistique: Even this doesn't work.
* CloudCuckoolander: Sometimes.

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** OscarBait: Tries to woo her with drama. [[FailureIsTheOnlyOption Fails]].
** SummerBlockbuster: What turned her off in the first place
** LeFilmArtistique: Even this doesn't work.
%% * CloudCuckoolander: Sometimes.



* HollywoodDressCode: Has the standard getup of a stereotypical PrimaDonnaDirector.
* NiceHat: A beret
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: To Animation, to an extent.
** [[GoodParents Good Parent]]
** ParentalSubstitute: To TV, to a certain degree.
* SitcomArchNemesis: To Theatre.

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%% * HollywoodDressCode: [[GoodParents Good Parent]]
%%* LeFilmArtistique: Even this doesn't work.
%% * NiceHat: A beret
%% * OscarBait: Tries to woo her with drama. [[FailureIsTheOnlyOption Fails]].
%% * ParentalSubstitute: To TV, to a certain degree.
%% * ReasonableAuthorityFigure: To Animation, to an extent.
%% * SitcomArchNemesis: To Theatre.
* StockCostumeTraits:
Has the standard getup of a stereotypical PrimaDonnaDirector.
%% * NiceHat: A beret
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: To Animation, to an extent.
** [[GoodParents Good Parent]]
** ParentalSubstitute: To TV, to a certain degree.
* SitcomArchNemesis: To Theatre.
SummerBlockbuster: What turned her off in the first place
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%%* HollywoodDressCode: A journalist/newsboy getup
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Bishonen has been made a Fan Speak page, and Pretty Boy is in-universe examples only


* {{Bishonen}}/{{Bifauxnen}}



%%* {{Bishonen}}



%%* {{Bishonen}}

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* YouGottaHaveBlueHair

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* YouGottaHaveBlueHair



** [[YouGottaHaveBlueHair You Gotta Have Green Hair]]
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Fan Speak term that does not allow examples


%%* {{Megane}}
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Bald Of Awesome is being renamed and redefined per TRS decision


* {{Bifauxnen}}
* BlitheSpirit
* CameraFiend
* CompanionCube: A camera
* IntrepidReporter

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* %%* {{Bifauxnen}}
* %%* BlitheSpirit
* %%* CameraFiend
* %%* CompanionCube: A camera
* %%* IntrepidReporter



* SugarAndIcePersonality
* {{Tomboy}}


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* %%* SugarAndIcePersonality
* %%* {{Tomboy}}




* AmbiguouslyBrown
* BaldOfAwesome: [[HairTodayGoneTomorrow Lost it over the years]]. He had hair up until the 1990s.
* LargeHamRadio
* HeterosexualLifePartners: With the Recording Industry
* MilitaryBrat

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* %%* AmbiguouslyBrown
* BaldOfAwesome: [[HairTodayGoneTomorrow Lost it over the years]]. He had hair up until the 1990s.
*
%%* LargeHamRadio
* %%* HeterosexualLifePartners: With the Recording Industry
* %%* MilitaryBrat



* {{Hipster}}
* OlderThanHeLooks
* ManipulativeBastard
* TheWarOnStraw: His specialty
* RummageSaleReject
* KillerYoyo


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* %%* {{Hipster}}
* %%* OlderThanHeLooks
* %%* ManipulativeBastard
* %%* TheWarOnStraw: His specialty
* %%* RummageSaleReject
* %%* KillerYoyo




* BigBeautifulMan
* FatBastard
** IWasQuiteALooker: He used to be a gladiator; he let himself go.
* ManipulativeBastard
* RepeatingAd: [[AnthropomorphicPersonification In the Flesh]]
* SitcomArchNemesis: To Art
* TheManIsStickingItToTheMan

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* %%* BigBeautifulMan
* %%* FatBastard
** * IWasQuiteALooker: He used to be a gladiator; he let himself go.
* %%* ManipulativeBastard
* %%* RepeatingAd: [[AnthropomorphicPersonification In the Flesh]]
* %%* SitcomArchNemesis: To Art
* %%* TheManIsStickingItToTheMan



* AstroTurf: His specialty.
* TheDandy
* ManipulativeBastard
* PrettyBoy
* ProfessionalButtKisser
* TotallyRadical: This usually is his downfall.

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* %%* AstroTurf: His specialty.
* %%* TheDandy
* %%* ManipulativeBastard
* %%* PrettyBoy
* %%* ProfessionalButtKisser
* %%* TotallyRadical: This usually is his downfall.
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Asexuality is now a disambiguation page.


* {{Asexuality}}: May have something to do with TV portraying sex unrealistically.

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* GrannyClassic: Comics' grandma
* MyBelovedSmother
* TimeAbyss
* ProperLady
* Really700YearsOld

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* %%* GrannyClassic: Comics' grandma
* %%* MyBelovedSmother
* %%* TimeAbyss
* %%* ProperLady
* %%* Really700YearsOld



* BigScrewedUpFamily
* ExecutiveMeddling: In-universe, a recurring theme.
* OldMediaAreEvil: Many of them are JerkAsses

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* %%* BigScrewedUpFamily
* %%* ExecutiveMeddling: In-universe, a recurring theme.
* %%* OldMediaAreEvil: Many of them are JerkAsses



* AntennaHair: Duh
** IdiotHair

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* %%* AntennaHair: Duh
** IdiotHair
Duh



* A whole smattering of big brother tropes, including:
** BigBrotherMentor
** BigBrotherInstinct
* {{Bishonen}}

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* A whole smattering of big brother tropes, including:
** BigBrotherMentor
**
%%* BigBrotherInstinct
* %%* BigBrotherMentor
%%*
{{Bishonen}}



* ChickMagnet

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* %%* ChickMagnet



* JerkAss
** JerkWithAHeartOfGold: He has a soft spot for children
*** FriendToAllChildren
* MadnessMantra: RATINGS
* NetworkDecay: He's prone to this, to the point that he's called out often.
* ParentalSubstitute: To his sister, Video.
* PsychopathicManchild: Sometimes
* NewMediaAreEvil: He views Internet as this. This is also how he was viewed by those older than him.

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* JerkAss
**
%%* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: He has a soft spot for children
*** FriendToAllChildren
*
[[FriendToAllChildren children]].
%%*
MadnessMantra: RATINGS
* %%* NetworkDecay: He's prone to this, to the point that he's called out often.
* %%* ParentalSubstitute: To his sister, Video.
* %%* PsychopathicManchild: Sometimes
* %%* NewMediaAreEvil: He views Internet as this. This is also how he was viewed by those older than him.



* SlasherSmile
* StupidSexyFlanders: He does this to a lot of the media.
* [[TVTropesWillRuinYourLife TV Tropes is ruining his life]]

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* %%* SlasherSmile
* %%* StupidSexyFlanders: He does this to a lot of the media.
* [[TVTropesWillRuinYourLife TV Tropes is ruining his life]]
media.



* GirlFriday

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* %%* GirlFriday



* [[OnlySaneMan Only Sane Woman]]: At least compared to the rest of her family.
* SitcomArchNemesis: Of Radio

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* [[OnlySaneMan Only Sane Woman]]: %%* OnlySaneMan: At least compared to the rest of her family.
* %%* SitcomArchNemesis: Of Radio
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Badass Mustache and Badass Beard were merged into Manly Facial Hair. Examples that don't fit or are zero-context are removed. Having facial hair is not enough to qualify. To qualify for Manly Facial Hair, the facial hair must be associated with manliness in some way. Please read the trope description before re-adding to make sure the example qualifies.


* BadassBeard

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* CaffeineBulletTime
* CoolLoser
* CoolUncle: To Comics, his nephew.
* DeadpanSnarker

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* %%* CaffeineBulletTime
* %%* CoolLoser
* %%* CoolUncle: To Comics, his nephew.
* %%* DeadpanSnarker



* TheHero: The closest that the series has to one.
* HollywoodDressCode: A journalist/newsboy getup
* IntrepidReporter

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* %%* TheHero: The closest that the series has to one.
* %%* HollywoodDressCode: A journalist/newsboy getup
* %%* IntrepidReporter



* NotSoAboveItAll
* ParentalSubstitute: To Comics

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* %%* NotSoAboveItAll
* %%* ParentalSubstitute: To Comics



* RichBastard: During his yellow kid days. And then Radio came and he lost it all.
* SmokingIsCool: He smokes a lot.
* StrawmanNewsMedia: His time as the Yellow Kid was basically nothing but this.
* WaistcoatOfStyle

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* %%* RichBastard: During his yellow kid days. And then Radio came and he lost it all.
* %%* SmokingIsCool: He smokes a lot.
* %%* StrawmanNewsMedia: His time as the Yellow Kid was basically nothing but this.
* %%* WaistcoatOfStyle



* {{Antihero}}: Or so he wants to think

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* %%* {{Antihero}}: Or so he wants to think



* {{Bishonen}}
* TheCape: Although he is NotWearingTights.
* ClarkKentOutfit

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* %%* {{Bishonen}}
* %%* TheCape: Although he is NotWearingTights.
* %%* ClarkKentOutfit



* GenerationXerox
* HeroicBastard

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* %%* GenerationXerox
* %%* HeroicBastard



* HippieParents: Art and Literature.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold
* MadeOfIron
* MrImagination
* SequentialArtist
* SleevesAreForWimps: He wears sleeveless shirts from time to time.

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* %%* HippieParents: Art and Literature.
* %%* JerkWithAHeartOfGold
* %%* MadeOfIron
* %%* MrImagination
* %%* SequentialArtist
* %%* SleevesAreForWimps: He wears sleeveless shirts from time to time.



* TroubledButCute: Supposed to evoke this, [[NinetiesAntiHero for some reason]].

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* %%* TroubledButCute: Supposed to evoke this, [[NinetiesAntiHero for some reason]].



* UsedToBeASweetKid

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* %%* UsedToBeASweetKid



* AIIsACrapshoot: In a way, this is what they technically would be.
* HollywoodNerd
* {{Megane}}
* PolarOppositeTwins: Internet and his twin brother Intranet.

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* %%* AIIsACrapshoot: In a way, this is what they technically would be.
* %%* HollywoodNerd
* %%* {{Megane}}
* %%* PolarOppositeTwins: Internet and his twin brother Intranet.



* AnnoyingYoungerSibling

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* %%* AnnoyingYoungerSibling



* DeadpanSnarker
* ExtravertedNerd

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* %%* DeadpanSnarker
* %%* ExtravertedNerd



* GeniusDitz
* JerkAss
* TheKeet: At his least jerkish, he comes off as this.

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* %%* GeniusDitz
* JerkAss
* TheKeet:
%%* {{Jerkass}}
%%* {{Keet}}:
At his least jerkish, he comes off as this.



* MilitaryBrat
* MouthyKid

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* %%* MilitaryBrat
* %%* MouthyKid



* TagalongKid

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* %%* TagalongKid



* TeenGenius
* UsedToBeASweetKid: Then TheNineties [[InternetJerk happened]].

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* %%* TeenGenius
* %%* UsedToBeASweetKid: Then TheNineties [[InternetJerk happened]].



* TheDutifulSon

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* %%* TheDutifulSon



* {{Workaholic}}

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* %%* {{Workaholic}}



* HollywoodNerd

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* %%* HollywoodNerd



* ParentalFavoritism
* ThePatriarch
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure
* ShoulderAngels: Mac and PC. Linux appears and is ignored.
* TechnicolorEyes: Teal.

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* %%* ParentalFavoritism
* %%* ThePatriarch
* %%* ReasonableAuthorityFigure
* %%* ShoulderAngels: Mac and PC. Linux appears and is ignored.
* %%* TechnicolorEyes: Teal.



* DrillSergeantNasty
* [[TheDutifulSon The Dutiful Daughter]]

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* %%* DrillSergeantNasty
* %%* [[TheDutifulSon The Dutiful Daughter]]



* CutenessProximity
* Kawaiiko

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* %%* CutenessProximity
* Kawaiiko%%* {{Kawaiiko}}



* YoungEntrepreneur

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* %%* YoungEntrepreneur
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Disambiguating; deleting and renaming wicks as appropriate


* UsedToBeASweetKid: Then TheNineties [[{{GIFT}} happened]].

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* UsedToBeASweetKid: Then TheNineties [[{{GIFT}} [[InternetJerk happened]].
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Disambiguating Orwellian Editor wicks between Internal Retcon, Cosmic Retcon and Forum Speak


* OrwellianEditor
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adorkable cleanup. now it's YMMV


* {{Adorkable}}



* {{Adorkable}}: They all are, to some extent.
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* IHaveManyNames: Has two aliases, representing both [[TheColdWar Russian and American satellite technology]].

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* IHaveManyNames: Has two aliases, representing both [[TheColdWar [[UsefulNotes/ColdWar Russian and American satellite technology]].
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Dewicking per TRS decision.


%% * BiTheWay



* BiTheWay: Open to this despite having three male lovers.
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* HairDecs: A flower

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** ComedyOfRemarriage

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Gray Eyes is now a disambig per the appearance trope thread and is being dewicked.


* GrayEyes: Silver, actually.



* GrayEyes

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* GrayEyes

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