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Comment out Zero Context Examples and leave this comment note on the page itself:%% Administrivia/ZeroContextExample entries are not allowed on wiki pages. All such entries have been commented out. Add context to the entries before uncommenting them.
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Edited by nombretomado on Mar 3rd 2019 at 6:12:58 AM
IIRC it's a relic of Vanilla Protagonist being used to complain about main characters being more boring than the rest of the cast, before being redefined to be more specific to minimize on complaining about any main character who they just flat out disliked for any reason. It still depends on the audience actually caring more about the side cast so there is that YMMV component, but yeah, the intentionality part makes it a kind of Intended Audience Reaction.
Characters.Legends Of Panthera has a lot of zero-context examples. I don't have enough time to comment them all out right now.
Same with Fanfic.Undocumented Features. Found both of these while cleaning up Bi The Way wicks.
Edited by GoldenCityBird on Nov 6th 2020 at 2:39:08 PM
TRS Wick CleaningZettai Ryouiki unsurprisingly appears to have a bunch of ZCEs, at least in the Anime and Manga folder. I turned the most obvious ones into notes, but my main focus right now is alphabetizing, so if anyone else could help with noting or fixing, that'd be great!
This from YMMV.The Heroes Of Olympus:
- Ensemble Dark Horse:
- Bob/Iapetus
Any Indonesian film buffs here want to take a look at Garuda Superhero? It's a nightmare trying to read through the whole thing...
The Pebble and the Penguin has this example:
- Angst Dissonance: Taken Up To Eleven in "Good Ship Misery
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Brutal Bonus Level's on-page examples have a high fraction of ZCEs.
Edited by LaundryPizza03 on Nov 11th 2020 at 7:27:58 AM
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Don't forget mislabelling!
Dark Chronicle is listed under Action-Adventure when it's actually an Eastern RPG.
I may be a Nintendo fanatic, but I do have a soft spot for some PS2 games such as Dark Chronicle.
Edited by Nen_desharu on Nov 11th 2020 at 10:59:21 AM
Kirby is awesome.I had commented-out zero-context examples on Vápnthjófr saga. They have been added back with some context, but I'm not sure if they all have sufficient context now.
TRS Wick CleaningIf Punctuated! For! Emphasis! examples also need context...soon we might have a few blank (or nearly blank) subpages on our hands.
Firewake's page seems to have a pretty high concentration of ZCEs.
I think it was brought up before, but Trollz is almost entirely ZCE's.
Vampire Princess Miyu also has quite a few. I commented out most of them, but I probably missed a bunch.
Edited by AlleyOop on Nov 14th 2020 at 1:21:17 PM
I hid some examples of Chekhov's Armoury.
To win, you need to adapt, and to adapt, you need to be able to laugh away all the restraints. Everything holding you back.In the video Games folder of Cosmic Keystone:
- King's Quest: Mask of Eternity: The Mask of Eternity.
Is it just me, or does Sexy Jester have a bit of a ZCE problem (it also doesn't seem to have many tropes for a 10 year old page). Some examples from the page:
- Harleen Quinzel, a.k.a. Harley Quinn, lady love of The Joker.
- Jewelee, one of of the Punch and Jewelee villain duo, in The DCU.
- Doomsday Clock gave her an Expy called The Marionette who is themed after a clown puppet.
- The DCU has had multiple villains called Harlequin (mostly foes of Green Lantern) who all fit this description.
- The Joker's Daughter, one-time member of the Teen Titans.
- The Ame-Comi Girls variant of the above Joker's Daughter, a.k.a. Duella Dent, holds her own selective fanbase in this regard.
- Mia dresses like this when performing on stage in The Seventh Seal.
- Kanako Urai sometimes wears clown makeup.
- Candy from Holy Musical B@man! is a straight Harley Quinn Expy.
"A bit of a ZCE problem" is an understatement. I'm surprised there's no gushing over the cut or fit of the outfits or the characters' bodies or their flirtatious gestures. While it is easy to overdo it on the gushing, we need at least a tiny bit of it to paint the picture. It's all about balance.
Edited by Miss_Desperado on Nov 21st 2020 at 11:01:04 AM
If not for this anchor I'd be dancing between the stars. At least I can try to write better vampire stories than Twilight.

Edited by Bullman on Nov 4th 2020 at 12:45:54 PM
Fan-Preferred Couple cleanup thread