Misuse as the Stock Phrase (New Crowner Nov 20): Are You Pondering What Im Pondering

A bunch of the examples on the page, and at least a few of the wicks I've checked, are just somebody saying "Are you thinking what I'm thinking?" without any particular leap to an outlandish conclusion. While that is a common setup for the gag, it is neither necessary or sufficient, even if the second person's response is not what the first was thinking. Even the ones which do have a strange response often don't have the critical pre-stock-phrase context.

EDIT: If you fix the tag so it's a ptitle, it would be nice if you could add a legible form of the trope name to the thread title. For the reference of others, this is Are You Pondering What I'm Pondering?.

edited 13th Apr '11 6:49:22 AM by Glidergun

Right. The gag is that after the stock question is asked, the response is more or less non-sequitur.

Well, we could make this article about the stock phrase and make a new article for the gag. Call it Deduction To The Absurd or something.

Tag fixed.

Okay — but the stock phrase is not "Are You Pondering What I'm Pondering??" That phrasing is a Shout-Out and reference to Pinky And The Brain — only the Brain uses that phrasing...

So, this name is useful to those familiar with that show. But I guess this isn't quite enough of a Trope of Legend for people who haven't to make the leap.

I take it this still needs a new name?

Yes.

Yeah, I think so. Line-of-dialog titles are strongly discouraged these days.

Non Sequitur Conclusion?

There is now a single proposition rename crowner for this trope here.

So this is basically the opposite of "great minds think alike"?

Half of it is.

I expected something that was named for Pinky And The Brain to have collected more use by now if it was working properly. Add some missue (which I will admit is likely even if I haven't seen any in this thread) and the odds aren't looking good for this title. Besides, Non Sequitor Conclusion sounds perfect

I stand by Deduction To The Absurd as the new name. Non Sequitur Conclusion is just so bland.

It is bland now that I think about it. However, Deduction To The Absurd makes me think about a Cloud Cuckoo Lander trying to be a detective.

edited 16th Nov '11 9:21:51 PM by ChaoticNovelist

^In all fairness, a Cloud Cuckoo Lander trying to be a detective would be a pretty good setup for this gag.

Anyways, the crowner is pretty clearly in favor of rename. So, now what do we do?

We holler for a mod to call the crowner.

edited 20th Nov '11 6:29:14 PM by djbj

Crowner called, 14:3 in favor of renaming.

I made an alt titles crowner here.

Hooked.

Bumping this to get more votes.

Can we call this one or does it need more votes?

(Solid) 2:1 margin is what you need to call it. This has 5:1. It's good.

Called in favor of Non Sequitur Conclusion.

I'm not a fan of Non Sequitur Conclusion cuz "Conclusion" is a little ambiguous in the noun form—cuz, like, it could mean an ending, y'know? We already use it that way in Foregone Conclusion. So it's a potential source of confusion. I like Conclude The Absurd better.

Edit: Really? You're gonna ninja me by locking the crowner? It was totally still moving too. >_<

edited 16th Jan '12 12:27:06 PM by troacctid