Line #32 Sandbox/BalladOfWickCheck


1	Another wick check for a chairs-y {{Title Trope\|s}}. This time it's BalladOfX, which is just "any title that's called [The Ballad of Something]". Not much going on.
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3	Wicks checked: 50/50.
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5	* '''Quick wick check results:'''
6	** 41/50 are ZCE, chairs examples, and contextless potholes, or 82%.
7	** 8/50 are examples with some context other than just a title's name, or 16%.
8	** 1/50 is an unsortable usage of the trope, or 2%.
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11	* '''Final verdict:''' The trope attracts a lot of [=ZCE=]s due to having no meaning other than documenting every time the words "Ballad of..." are used as a title for something which isn't really noteworthy. There are some examples where they add further context but they only make 8 examples in total. Thus the trope is cuttable, so to the cutlist it goes!\
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17	# BawdySong: "[=[[BalladOfX Ballad of Lydia Pinkham]]=]", which proclaims her vegetable compound's supposed "cures" for everything from infertility to penis size.
18	# EpicHail: Creator/PoulAnderson's ''Literature/AfterDoomsday'' is about a crew of [[ButWhatAboutTheAstronauts spacemen who return to find Earth destroyed]]. [[HumansAreWarriors They hire out as mercenaries and win a great battle]], then write a song celebrating their victory in the sector's CommonTongue called "[=[[BalladOfX The Ballad of Brandobar]]=]'' to let other humans know they're alive and can be found at Brandobar.
19	# MinisculeRocking: Music/{{Sparklehorse}}'s first 2 albums had plenty of this trope, with "[[BrokenRecord 850 Double Pumper Holley]]", "Little Bastard Choo Choo", "[=[[BalladOfX Ballad of a Cold Lost Marble]]=]", "Box of Stars" (a 1:20 song split into 2 uneven parts) and "Good Morning Spider".
20	# Characters.{{Crimestrikers}}: (Audrey), She's the subject of "The Ballad of Audrey Claymore", a song about her life.
21	# ComicBook.TheCouriers: ''The Ballad of Johnny Funwrecker''
22	# Creator.SamuelRDelany: ''The Ballad of Beta-2''.
23	# Fanfic.TheBalladOfTwilightSparkle: The Title.
24	# Film.EasyRider: '''CultSoundtrack''': One of the first rock-based soundtracks, including songs by Music/{{Steppenwolf}} ("Born to Be Wild", "The Pusher), Music/TheBand ("The Weight"), Music/TheByrds ("Wasn't Born to Follow"), Music/JimiHendrix ("If 6 Was 9"), and Roger [=McGuinn=] ("[=[[BalladOfX Ballad of]]=] Easy Rider").
25	# Film.TalladegaNightsTheBalladOfRickyBobby: Name title
26	# HoldingHands.AnimeAndManga: '''Manga/RanmaOneHalf''': In the OVA ending "[=[[BalladOfX The Ballad of Ranma and Akane]]=]," Ranma and Akane sing about [[AwLookTheyReallyDoLoveEachOther how they developed feelings for each other]] and [[CanNotSpitItOut the difficulties of being unable to express love]]. As the song comes to its end, they both smile and reach out to hold the other's hand. -- '''The lyrics of the song weren't included by me so the example wouldn't be too long'''
27	# Literature.TheBalladOfMulan: The English title is translated as the "Ballad of Mulan".
28	# Literature.TheNauticalBalladOfBenBoBohns: The title of the poem is ''The Nautical Ballad of Ben Bo Bohns''.
29	# Music.AndThenThereWereThree: "Ballad of Big", naturally.
30	# Music.BillyJoel: "The Ballad Of Billy The Kid".
31	# Music.CobraStarship: "Big Poppa and Diamond Girl"
32	# Music.IggyPop: "The Ballad of Cookie [=McBride=]" from ''Zombie Birdhouse''.
33	# Music.GoodbyeYellowBrickRoad: "The Ballad of Danny Bailey (1909-1934)"
34	# Music.LeftAtLondon: "The Ballad of Marion Zioncheck."
35	# Music.ManMan: "The Ballad of Butter Beans".
36	# Music.RunningWild: "Ballad of William Kidd", from ''The Rivalry''.
37	# Music.SongsByTomLehrer: "The Irish Ballad".
38	# Music.TheArrogantWorms: "The Ballad of Dan."
39	# Music.TheNewPornographers: ''Electric Version'''s "Ballad of a Comeback Kid."
40	# Music.{{XTC}}: "The Ballad of Peter Pumpkinhead".
41	# PhineasAndFerb.TropesAToC: "The Ballad of Badbeard", along with its eponymous song, and song "The Ballad of Klimpaloon".
42	# Recap.StevenUniverseS2E22WhenItRains: '''HowIsThatEvenPossible''': When Peridot's learns Steven is a HalfHumanHybrid, she asks how that's possible. After he refers to the tale as "[=[[BalladOfX The Ballad of Greg and Rose]]=]", she stops caring.
43	# Recap.{{Noises}}: (La Ballade de Jules), '''No context given'''
44	# Roleplay.ItsCurtains: Most of the Balladeer's songs, even if they aren't ballads. -- '''Partial context, what are some of these songs?'''
45	# Roleplay.Trustfell2TrustHarder: Some of the titles of Sigrun's compositions. -- '''Same as above'''
46	# Series.TheBalladOfBigAl: '''No context given'''
47	# Series.ThirtyRock: Season 6 episode "The Ballad of Kenneth Parcell" They even got Steve Earle to sing the titular song over the closing credits! -- '''Irrelevant context it seems'''
48	# Theatre.{{Assassins}}: The Ballads of Booth, Guiteau and Czolgosz.
49	# Theatre.ThirtyFiveMillimeterAMusicalExhibition: The full title is "The Ballad of Sara Berry" after all.
50	# VideoGame.DarkParables: '''Commented-out contextless example'''
51	# VideoGame.GrandTheftAutoIVTheBalladOfGayTony: Specifically, of Gay Tony.
52	# VideoGame.TheLegendOfZeldaTwilightPrincess: The main theme in Hyrule Field is called "The Ballad of Twilight."
53	# VisualNovel.BalladOfAnEveningButterfly: '''No context given'''
54	# Website.GaiaOnline: Ballad of the Overseer; can be considered Overseer's {{Leitmotif}}.
55	# WesternAnimation.BraveStarr: The episode "The Ballad of Sara Jane".
56	# NapoleonDelusion: Brazilian band Mutantes have an IAmSong narrated by a crazy person, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6yBI7y6-9fQ "Balada do Louco"]] ([=[[BalladOfX "Ballad of the mad"]]=]). At a certain point the narrator sings "If they are prettyI'm Creator/AlainDelonIf they are famousI'm Napoleon". (Once [[BreakupBreakout the female singer of the band]] did her own version, [[TheCoverChangesTheGender she changed the names to]] "Creator/SharonStone" and "[[Music/TheRollingStonesBand a Rolling Stone]].")
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61	# Creator.AlgernonCharlesSwinburne: Several examples from ''Poems and Ballads'', as you might expect. 'A Ballad of Life', 'A Ballad of Death', and 'A Ballad of Burdens' stand out.
62	# Creator.FedericoGarciaLorca: “Ballad of the Day in June” and “Ballad of the Little Square” in ''Book of Poems''. "Romances" from ''Romancero gitano'' are often translated into English as "ballads", leading to the whole book of this trope.
63	# Film.TheLegendOfFrenchieKing: "The Ballad of Frenchie King" tells of how Frenchie King was a manly man who dominated the West. One of the train workers sings it, ironically just before he gets conked on the head by a member of the eponymous (and very female) gang.
64	# Literature.AfterDoomsday: ''The Ballad of Brandobar'' is written in the CommonTongue of the sector, and taught to aliens as a drinking song in hopes that [[EpicHail other humans will hear it]] and come to the ''Ben Franklin'''s position.
65	# Music.BobDylan: "Ballad of a Thin Man", "Ballad of Hollis Brown", "Ballad of Frankie Lee and Judas Priest". -- '''Seems to be a theme in his music'''
66	# Recap.FireflyE07Jaynestown: The song the mudders perform in the bar is called "The Ballad of Jayne Cobb".
67	# Recap.FraggleRockS1E8TheTerribleTunnel: The Storyteller sings "The Ballad of Sir Blunderbrain" to Gobo, Mokey, Boober, and Wembley.
68	# WesternAnimation.BatmanTheBraveAndTheBold: "The Ballad of Batman" in the AnimatedMusicVideo {{T\|heTeaser}}easer for "Night of the Batmen!"
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73	# SomethingBlues: See also TheSomethingSong and BalladOfX.
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