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boobustuber on a horse from hey what did i just say Since: Apr, 2010
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#1: Apr 22nd 2011 at 8:53:06 PM

They look a little similar to me, and from what I can tell, they're supposed to represent different aspects. I can sort of see the brainy one and the sweet one, but that's about it.

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#2: Apr 22nd 2011 at 9:57:25 PM

Supporting a pull.

The words above are to be read as if they are narrated by Morgan Freeman.
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#3: Apr 22nd 2011 at 10:04:27 PM

Yeesh, I think this is even worse than Just A Face And A Caption. At least with JAFAAC, the caption tries to talk about why a bad picture is showing the trope.

So yeah, another vote for a pull.

EDIT: Hmm... on second thought, what is this trope? Is it just any four girl ensemble, a four girl ensemble of wildly different personalities, or a four girl ensemble with a specific set of personalities?

Because the description is telling me one thing while the quotes and examples are telling me another.

edited 22nd Apr '11 10:13:20 PM by Servbot

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#4: Apr 22nd 2011 at 10:12:51 PM

I think it's when the girl's personalities differ and complement each other.

The words above are to be read as if they are narrated by Morgan Freeman.
boobustuber on a horse from hey what did i just say Since: Apr, 2010
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#5: Apr 22nd 2011 at 10:20:42 PM

Maybe we need to send it to the repair shop.

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#6: Apr 22nd 2011 at 10:23:29 PM

The series is a great example of this, I would never had chosen that image for it though... I will see what I can dig up.

Trope seems fine to me, Hidamari Sketch, Lucky Star, K On, A Channel are some very good examples.

edited 22nd Apr '11 10:30:07 PM by Raso

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#7: Apr 22nd 2011 at 10:24:41 PM

Do we need to get that far? I think it's quite clear.

The words above are to be read as if they are narrated by Morgan Freeman.
boobustuber on a horse from hey what did i just say Since: Apr, 2010
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#8: Apr 22nd 2011 at 10:25:54 PM

Nah, just a suggestion if there was confusion.

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#9: Apr 23rd 2011 at 1:15:50 AM

[up][up][up]Of those examples, I think A Channel and Lucky*Star are the ones which show the trope more clearly in appearance.

Deboss I see the Awesomeness. from Awesomeville Texas Since: Aug, 2009
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#10: Apr 23rd 2011 at 3:00:57 AM

Could use some filling out. And one of those quotes probably needs to go.

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#11: Apr 23rd 2011 at 3:24:38 AM

Definitely keep the first quote.

The words above are to be read as if they are narrated by Morgan Freeman.
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#12: Apr 23rd 2011 at 5:28:18 AM

Done, it's on the quote page now.

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Edmania o hai from under a pile of erasers Since: Apr, 2010
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#13: Apr 23rd 2011 at 6:20:24 AM

I have this for Hidamari Sketch:

That last one is kind of a downer...

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#14: Apr 23rd 2011 at 9:59:57 AM

[up] That one is pretty good.

There is also this from the A Channel OP. Also a really good one from K On. (Both 350.) EDIT: also some more K On stuff [1][2][3][4][5]

edited 23rd Apr '11 10:02:08 AM by Raso

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suedenim Teutonic Tomboy T-Girl from Jet Dream HQ Since: Oct, 2009
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#16: Apr 23rd 2011 at 2:06:25 PM

The "four girls on colored backgrounds" image is nice.

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Edmania o hai from under a pile of erasers Since: Apr, 2010
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#17: Apr 23rd 2011 at 2:37:16 PM

I think it looks nice too, but how much personality does it show? I mean my picture pretty much shows things that one person can do easily, but it at least shows...stuff.

edited 23rd Apr '11 2:46:18 PM by Edmania

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#18: Apr 23rd 2011 at 3:11:14 PM

[up] Yours looks like girls from four different shows, three of which look very similar in personality.

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#19: Apr 23rd 2011 at 4:58:27 PM

There are several in Raso's last post that I like.

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#20: Apr 23rd 2011 at 5:03:31 PM

None of Raso's show different personalities.

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#21: Apr 23rd 2011 at 5:09:19 PM

[up] I would agrue that both do. The K On one does it better though since Yui (The one with the arms doing that ghost "ooooh" thing.) is telling a story, Mio (bottom right) is scared, Mugi (Top right) is in love (look at those eyes shine!) and Ritsu (Top left) is going yeah yeah and her eyes are very skeptical.

edited 23rd Apr '11 5:12:53 PM by Raso

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#22: Apr 23rd 2011 at 8:23:39 PM

[up] Apart from the skeptical chick they all seem like having the same personality. I imagine if the scared one is telling a story the "oooh" one would be scared as well.

Also we have no clue they're talking about ghosts.

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#23: Apr 23rd 2011 at 8:39:24 PM

Well actually I can't remember the context of the scene but that's what it looks like.

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#24: Apr 23rd 2011 at 8:54:21 PM

The thing is that is hard to represent four different personalities on a single image, unless we do something like the picture Edmania proposed. The problem with something like that is that we need to show them together to convey the fact that they are an ensemble, and not just four characters from the same show, or even worse, from different ones.

Edmania o hai from under a pile of erasers Since: Apr, 2010
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#25: Apr 23rd 2011 at 10:27:29 PM

I have a quick fix for that, though i'm not a fan of five pictures in one image.

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