I see the Awesomeness.
Yes, it got lost because there wasn't a consensus formed around the idea that the name needed fixing and thus it never progressed and was then deleted.
Looking at the trope, it seems to be Exactly What It Says on the Tin. What's the problem again?
Creed of the Happy Pessimist:Always expect the worst. Then, when it happens, it was only what you expected. All else is a happy surprise.
There is no problem, just some folks can't resist poking at things or the chance to get their own pet name onto the wiki.
The Other Troper
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There wasn't a consensus to keep either, and there was talk of a crowner before the thread died.
The point is that the trope usually revolved around arbitrarily taking away the cast one at a time, not the fact that one has to remain at the end. The trope namer is the result, not the process that the trope is, and the trope namer didn't even follow that process.
I see the Awesomeness.
It seems more specific than it need be with that name.
Fight smart, not fair.
Perpetually Confused
Meh. I don't remember the old discussion, but so far, not hearing any argument that convince me of a rename. The current name works well enough less someone can demonstrate otherwise. So Keep.
The Other Troper
Again, the namer is about the result. The trope is that people have to leave one (or sometimes two) at a time.
I'm on the internet. My arguments are invalid.Ah, I see.
That... doesn't seem like an important distinction at all. Looking at the examples, it looks like no one's taking it that way. This really doesn't seem like much of a problem.
Creed of the Happy Pessimist:Always expect the worst. Then, when it happens, it was only what you expected. All else is a happy surprise.
Perpetually Confused
I get that, but that distinction alone doesn't seem to warrant a rename IMHO. Not unless it was causing severe confusion, which does not seem to be the case.
Also, being a Highlander fan, I'd like to point out that Highlander medias use the catchphrase for both the process and the result (IE: Immortals in Highlander The Series will shout it each time they kill one another, even if they are far from being the final ones).
edited 3rd Jan '11 2:12:25 PM by Ghilz
The Other Troper
Well this does seem to be pretty broad anyway. There seem to be several methods of doing this, which could be their own tropes. We have voting elimination, lease effective elimination, judges choosing who goes, and those are just the reality show variations. The traditional shows have even more.
edited 3rd Jan '11 2:41:46 PM by DragonQuestZ
I'm on the internet. My arguments are invalid.
There used to be a thread about this, but it got lost. Anyway, There Can Be Only One is about whittling down the cast, not about whittling down a group, regardless of the characters.
I'm on the internet. My arguments are invalid.