Shoot the Teal Deer
Not crazy. Eccentric.
- —reluctantly used Catchphrase
- —this troper, at a party.
- —this troper, at a party.
Nineties kid. Gets a lot done by being an embarrassment.
So far, this troper has created the trope Styrofoam Rocks.
Tropes that Apply to This Troper
- Adjusting Your Glasses: type 2
- Ambiguous Disorder
- Bilingual Bonus: Spoke three languages by the age of five.
- Crack is Cheaper
- Forgets to Eat
- Hates Small Talk
- Married to the Job
- Nausea Dissonance
- Nightmare Fetishist
- Perfectly Cromulent Word: Never let go of their parents' outdated slang.
- Proud to Be a Geek
- Smart People Wear Glasses
- Starving Student
- The Medic
- Trademark Favorite Food: Tea and uncooked rutabaga.
- Walking Techfix
- Younger Than They Look: Frequently assumed to be about 5-10 years older.
Works This Troper Approves of
Anime & Manga
Comic Book
- Chew
- DMZ
- Hellblazer
- Johnny The Homicidal Maniac
- Locke And Key
- Preacher
- Sandman
- Transmetropolitan
- The Umbrella Academy
- Y The Last Man
Film
- Atonement
- The Big Lebowski
- Cube
- Dancer In The Dark
- Le Fabuleux Destin d'Amélie Poulain
- Fargo
- Gattaca
- Hot Fuzz
- Inception
- El laberinto del fauno
- Léon
- Lola Rennt
- Moonrise Kingdom
- Para Norman
- Psycho
- Scott Pilgrim vs. The World
- There Will Be Blood
Television
- The Black Donnellys
- Buffy The Vampire Slayer
- Community
- Doctor Who
- Elementary
- The Office, UK version
- Firefly
- Scrubs
- Sherlock
- Supernatural
- Teen Wolf
Visual Novel
Webcomic
- A Softer World
- The Adventures Of Dr Mc Ninja
- Cyanide And Happiness
- Girls With Slingshots
- Homestuck
- Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
- Superego
- xkcd
Web Original
WesternAnimation
Works This Troper Grew Up With
Favorite Tropes, Articles and Thingies
- Beautiful Void
- The Bechdel Test
- Canonical List of Subtle Trope Distinctions
- Crosses the Line Twice
- Decon-Recon Switch
- Deconstruction
- Foreshadowing
- Fridge Brilliance
- Gallows Humor
- Gut Punch
- Heterosexual Life-Partners
- Info Drop
- Innocuously Important Episode
- Mood Dissonance
- Mood Whiplash
- Myth Arc
- New Weird
- Non-Action Snarker
- Reality Ensues
- Speculative Fiction
- Weak, but Skilled
Black List
- Cringe Comedy
- Golden Moment
- Shallow Love Interest
- You Fail Your Medical Boards Forever - special mention goes to:
- CPR: Clean, Pretty, Reliable,
- Tap on the Head,
- We Have to Get the Bullet Out!
- and Worst Aid, for making people even more likely to kill each other. Cheers.
