Crowner

Projects: Long Term/Perpetual: 6/4/2023

4th Jun '23 6:25:31 AM

Crown Description:

Vote up to forbid real life examples; vote down to Keep Real Life Examples. To add a trope to a No Real Life Examples Please index, its crowner option must meet the following criteria:

2:1 ratio needed for NRLEP
Must have been up for a minimum of a week
If the vote is exactly 2:1 or +/- 1 vote from that, give it a couple extra days to see if any more votes come in

After you bring up a trope for discussion, please try to wait at least a day or so for feedback before you add the trope to the crowner. Entries that have been called are marked with "(CLOSED)" and are no longer up for discussion.

28 (Yeas:33 Nays:5) 6.60 : 1

Perverted Sniffing - A Sex trope

- Added June 4

24 (Yeas:29 Nays:5) 5.80 : 1

Big Anime Eyes - Impossible in Real Life

- Added June 4

23 (Yeas:29 Nays:6) 4.83 : 1

But I Can't Be Pregnant! - Gossip,

a Sex trope, attracting misuse, ROCEJ-violating medical advice, and weirdly pedophilic anecdotes - Added June 4

23 (Yeas:29 Nays:6) 4.83 : 1

Bug War - Impossible

because the trope is about fighting with supernatural insect-like aliens or monsters, not real bugs - Added June 4

23 (Yeas:29 Nays:6) 4.83 : 1

The Baby Trap - Too Controversial,

a Sex trope, has attracted oddly misogynistic edits in the past, Gossip - Added June 4

22 (Yeas:28 Nays:6) 4.67 : 1

Appeal to Worse Problems - Too Controversial

, attracting ROCEJ violations - Added June 4

22 (Yeas:29 Nays:7) 4.14 : 1

But We Used a Condom! - A Sex trope,

Gossip, has a history of poor examples - Added June 4

22 (Yeas:28 Nays:6) 4.67 : 1

Sibling Yin-Yang - Characterization

- Added June 4

22 (Yeas:28 Nays:6) 4.67 : 1

I Just Shot Marvin in the Face - Too Controversial,

attracting NSFW and Gossipy examples, related to the NRLEP trope Accidental Murder, continuing to attract new poor examples even after being KRLE'd last year - Added June 4

22 (Yeas:28 Nays:6) 4.67 : 1

Longest Pregnancy Ever - In the way that it happens in fiction Impossible

(it's impossible to be pregnant for months, years past your due date and still end up with a healthy baby at the end), attracting misused examples - Added June 4

21 (Yeas:27 Nays:6) 4.50 : 1

Town Girls - Characterization

- Added June 4

21 (Yeas:27 Nays:6) 4.50 : 1

I Do Not Like Green Eggs and Ham - Narrative/Characterization,

Too Common - Added June 4

20 (Yeas:28 Nays:8) 3.50 : 1

Ridiculously Average Guy - Impossible in Real Life

, Characterization, Stereotyping - Added June 4

20 (Yeas:27 Nays:7) 3.86 : 1

Morning Sickness - Too Common,

Narrative/Characterization because IRL this is not an instant tell that a woman is pregnant - Added June 4

19 (Yeas:29 Nays:10) 2.90 : 1

Take Over the World - Too Controversial,

Morality (since it's related to Generic Doomsday Villain) - Added June 4

17 (Yeas:29 Nays:12) 2.42 : 1

Pater Familicide - Too Controversial,

a True Crime trope, related to other NRLEP family murder tropes, attracting graphic examples - Added June 4

17 (Yeas:27 Nays:10) 2.70 : 1

Teen Pregnancy - A Sex trope

, Gossip, Too Common, often related to pedophilia or statutory rape - Added June 4

16 (Yeas:24 Nays:8) 3.00 : 1

Hand on Womb - Too Common

- Added June 4

16 (Yeas:25 Nays:9) 2.78 : 1

Your Heart's Desire - Impossible in Real Life

(since it requires a supernatural wish-granter) - Added June 4

15 (Yeas:25 Nays:10) 2.50 : 1

Patricide - Too Controversial,

a True Crime trope, related to other NRLEP family murder tropes, attracting graphic examples - Added June 4

15 (Yeas:23 Nays:8) 2.88 : 1

Maternal Impression - Impossible in Real Life

(based on a now-discredited medical theory) - Added June 4

15 (Yeas:28 Nays:13) 2.15 : 1

Self-Made Orphan - Too Controversial

, a True Crime trope, related to other NRLEP family murder tropes, attracting graphic examples - Added June 4

15 (Yeas:27 Nays:12) 2.25 : 1

Baby Be Mine - Too Controversial

(as it\'s a True Crime trope, namely kidnapping and often murder), Gossip, related to the NRLEP tropes Law of Inverse Fertility and Stalker with a Test Tube - Added June 4

14 (Yeas:27 Nays:13) 2.08 : 1

Matricide - Too Controversial,

a True Crime trope, related to other NRLEP family murder tropes, attracting graphic examples - Added June 4

11 (Yeas:25 Nays:14) 1.79 : 1

Shockingly Expensive Bill - Too Common,

frequently a Narrative trope - Added June 4