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DRCEQ Since: Oct, 2009
#26: Dec 1st 2011 at 5:28:36 PM

A little, only because it kinda looks like Jigglypuff is a little drowsy there herself.

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#27: Dec 1st 2011 at 7:45:07 PM

That works.

The words above are to be read as if they are narrated by Morgan Freeman.
petrie911 Since: Aug, 2009
#28: Dec 1st 2011 at 7:47:48 PM

^^You pretty much can't get a pic of her sleeping and still have it work, as by the time she closes her eyes, the opponent is already in the magnifier.

Hell, to get CF to stay onscreen long enough to get that picture, I had to do about 10 frames of perfect smash DI towards the lower left.

edited 1st Dec '11 7:47:59 PM by petrie911

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DRCEQ Since: Oct, 2009
#29: Dec 1st 2011 at 7:58:43 PM

[up] In that case, I guess it works.

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#31: Dec 2nd 2011 at 2:34:54 AM

It makes zero sense unless you have played the game.

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Adannor (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
#32: Dec 2nd 2011 at 4:18:13 AM

^It looks like a pink moe blob set a muscular guy on fire and sent him flying.

Does this game have some loser/victor poses? Jigglypuff as winner, some really badass-looking guy as loser.

edited 2nd Dec '11 4:20:03 AM by Adannor

petrie911 Since: Aug, 2009
#33: Dec 2nd 2011 at 5:03:21 AM

^Brawl would be better for that kind of image. Jigglypuff beating someone like Snake would be good for that.

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Catalogue A pocketful of saudade. from where the good times are Since: Sep, 2009
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#34: Dec 2nd 2011 at 6:18:55 AM

It's enough for me. Never played the game, but surely one character there looks vastly more absurd than the other.

The words above are to be read as if they are narrated by Morgan Freeman.
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#35: Dec 6th 2011 at 7:18:11 PM

[up] Yeah, it's good enough. A lot of people know about Rest's crazy K.O. thing too.

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#37: Dec 10th 2011 at 1:28:45 PM

[up] Oh, yeah...

But yeah, we still need a caption, the asterisk that help find out what stuff means (forgot what that was called), and the right approval.

Spark9 Since: Nov, 2010
#38: Dec 10th 2011 at 8:38:12 PM

I would prefer a victory shot of Jiggly vs. Snake (or Bowser or whatnot), as suggested above.

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#39: Jan 20th 2012 at 11:09:42 PM

I like the Jigglypuff image. grin

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Qube Since: Jan, 2001
#40: Feb 2nd 2012 at 4:54:32 AM

Why not a picture of Dan Hibiki flashing a thumbs up with Akuma on the ground, with the caption "Dan Hibiki: World's Strongest Fighter"? I think more people would be better acquainted with Street Fighter (I certainly am) plus you could make it from a screenshot to avoid the "face and a caption" problem.

What do you think?

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#41: Feb 2nd 2012 at 5:06:38 AM

[up] It would have to rely on the caption to get across that Dan's a joke character, and that's a bad thing.

DigitalCount Since: Jan, 2001
#42: Feb 6th 2012 at 1:11:34 PM

How about these two pictures, as a "before and after" type thing? I don't know if that sort of thing is allowed, and I assume resizing would be necessary, but they show the joke character beating the main character with perfect status. And the squat yellow dinosaur is clearly a joke character.

EDIT: aaaand I can't link the images. Going to figure this out in a sec...

edited 6th Feb '12 1:12:13 PM by DigitalCount

petrie911 Since: Aug, 2009
#43: Feb 7th 2012 at 3:36:29 AM

There's also the problem that, IIRC, Dan is just a Joke Character.

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DRCEQ Since: Oct, 2009
#44: Feb 7th 2012 at 4:18:42 AM

[up] He is, but he also invented the Lethal Joke Character trope at the same time. He's deadly in the right hands, especially in Street Fighter IV, where his Joke Character status has been completely taken away and he's actually a viable competitor among the cast.

Adannor (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
#45: Feb 7th 2012 at 5:17:40 AM

I can't say he looks jokey enough.

aliens555 Since: Jan, 2011
#46: Feb 13th 2012 at 2:21:41 PM

For those wanting Jigglypuff victory shot, here's my attempt at it.

edited 13th Feb '12 2:28:20 PM by aliens555

Feather7603 Devil's Advocate from Yggdrasil Since: Dec, 2011
#47: Feb 13th 2012 at 6:22:10 PM

That one works. A wad of sleeping cotton candy beating three badasses? Sure.

edited 13th Feb '12 6:22:24 PM by Feather7603

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SalFishFin Since: Jan, 2001
#48: Mar 1st 2012 at 7:08:53 PM

I'd still prefer the one of Captain Falcon getting blown up.

DRCEQ Since: Oct, 2009
#49: Mar 2nd 2012 at 10:05:06 AM

[up][up][up] Appearances have nothing to do with the trope. If you want someone who looks like a joke, then go to Fighting Clown, where appearance is everything, and Joke Character status usually won't even apply (prepare to get your ass handed to you by a clown).

EnragedFilia Since: Oct, 2010
#50: Mar 2nd 2012 at 1:31:01 PM

When I clicked on the thread, I was thinking that a victory screen shot of Servbot from MvC2 would be perfect. The Jigglypuff version is probably just as good, although [up] does raise the good question of how exactly a reader is supposed to tell that either one is a joke character without the caption telling them.


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