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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.

Edited to be a thread header.

Edited by nombretomado on Mar 3rd 2019 at 6:12:58 AM

Walkinshadows Since: Jun, 2012
#3126: Sep 30th 2021 at 2:01:01 AM

Perhaps something like: Leap Day William trades candy for children's tears, and at the end of "Leap Day" after giving a speech, he shows his gills, black eyes and sharp teeth as a Jump Scare, implying that he is some kind of Cthulhu.

What you said actually was pretty good for context.

Edited by Walkinshadows on Sep 30th 2021 at 5:02:52 AM

Bubblepig Rei from Tokyo (Apprentice) Relationship Status: is commanded to— WANK!
LadyErinNY Since: Sep, 2014 Relationship Status: [TOP SECRET]
#3128: Sep 30th 2021 at 4:42:38 PM

Fanfic.A Man Of Iron

All I can say is help. I do not have the energy to look through all three fic to get more material for this so if anyone can help me with it that would be great. Also I think it needs its own page.

  • Composite Character:
    • While he's in King's Landing to throw the crown off his scent, Tony asks Jon to take the armor and assume the Iron Man's identity. Later this is de-composited when Jon becomes Centurion, the story's version of War Machine, but wearing the equivalent of the Silver Centurion suit.
    • Daenerys Targaryen becomes combined with Firestar and/or Pyro, being able to control fire.
    • A man Varys meets that goes by Nikolos Fury is also a surviving Gerion Lannister.
    • The Night's Queen takes Sansa's body to gain her appearance. Her actions and what she says during the cowpie riot reveal she is also Hela, the Goddess of Death.
    • In an in-universe case, the Norse gods are kept exactly the same, and have simply been combined into the Seven over the years. Thor points out the ways in which they've been diverted from their true selves.
    • Another in-universe case, in Chapter 15 Thor reveals that he is the Storm God the Ironborn fear, and that the Drowned God is Ægirnote . Though he also reveals that they're not enemies, and the Drowned God nickname came from Ægir being thrown in a pond by Sif for trying to bed her.
    • Black Widow becomes Oberyn Martell's eldest daughter, born before Obara Sand, and after being legitimized becomes Jon's betrothed.
    • Brienne of Tarth is mixed up with She-Hulk.
    • The stories of the Night's King in this universe speak of him having a gauntlet of infinite power, which implies that he's Thanos- this is later outright confirmed by the Guardians.
    • Illyrio Mopatis is the equivalent of Franklin Storm.
    • In Book 2, after he swears vengeance upon the Lannisters for killing Sansa, Ned begins killing every Lannister he or his men can get their hands on, and starts being referred to as The Punisher, complete with a vaguely skull-shaped sigil on his breastplate and a war journal.
    • Going by Jojen's visions, Arya will become Shadowcat (confirmed), and Bran will be the Vision.
    • Also foreshadowed by one of Bran's visions, Rickon becomes the equivalent to Peter "Star Lord" Quill
    • Melisandre ultimately turns out to be Amora the Enchantress.
    • A vision in the House of the Undying implies that Jorah Mormont is going to become Cable.
    • Ser Davos Seaworth, the unassuming former smuggler, is also Loki Odinson.
    • At the end of Book 2, Tyrion is set up to become Doctor Strange.
    • Qarth is Latveria.
    • Gamora turns out to be the result of a Child of the Forest merging with Lyanna Stark. This same setup is also used for Drax and Yondu, who are the result of Children merging with Brandon and Rickard Stark.
    • Lyanna Mormont is X-23.
    • Captain America is Azor Ahai. His role as the undead Watchman who fought the Others is similar to Coldhands.
    • Domino is in the role of Missandei.
    • The original Vulture was Rhaenys Targaryen, who survived being shot down by the Dornish and created a new life, making a flying suit out of her dragon's bones.
    • Euron Greyjoy is also Ronan the Accuser.
    • Judging by the way he joins Daenerys' service, and the other's conspicuous absence, it appears that Deadpool has been merged with Daario.
    • Catelyn's dream in her first Book 3 POV chapter indicates that she's going to become the Phoenix.
    • The Sealord of Braavos is Professor Xavier.
    • Qyburn is Mr. Sinister.
    • The Lord of Bones is also Brock Rumlow aka Crossbones.
    • After he swears vengeance upon the Lannisters for killing Sansa, Ned begins killing every Lannister he or his men can get their hands on, and starts being referred to as The Punisher, complete with a vaguely skull-shaped sigil on his breastplate and a war journal.

Edited by LadyErinNY on Sep 30th 2021 at 8:10:29 AM

Walkinshadows Since: Jun, 2012
#3129: Sep 30th 2021 at 5:04:52 PM

The Age of Gargoyles and its character sheet are filled with ZCEs.

RobertTYL Since: Oct, 2019 Relationship Status: Holding out for a hero
#3130: Oct 2nd 2021 at 1:05:36 AM

Psychic Force — the tropes aren't Zero Context if you have psychic powers, though

Walkinshadows Since: Jun, 2012
#3131: Oct 4th 2021 at 11:14:07 AM

Miraculous: The Phoenix Rises and its character sheet could use some cleaning up.

wingedcatgirl mys. minty from the silly dimension from lurking (Holding A Herring) Relationship Status: Oh my word! I'm gay!
mys. minty from the silly dimension
#3132: Oct 4th 2021 at 11:47:39 AM

Commented all the ZCEs on the main page, leaving not a whole lot but enough not to get cutlisted as a stub.

Suddenly I'm... still rotating Fallen London in my mind even though I've stopped actively playing it.
amathieu13 Since: Aug, 2013
#3133: Oct 4th 2021 at 12:15:39 PM

Didn't get a response so I went and commented out all ZCE I was 95% sure of in Brains and Brawn. There might be more, but without any feedback didn't want to go overboard.

chasemaddigan I'm Sad Frogerson. Since: Oct, 2011
I'm Sad Frogerson.
#3134: Oct 4th 2021 at 12:24:08 PM

Don't Do Anything I Wouldn't Do has a lot of zero-context examples, often times just naming the movie and giving no other context.

Walkinshadows Since: Jun, 2012
TalesofUnder Not Sherlock Holmes from 1900s England Since: May, 2017 Relationship Status: THIS CONCEPT OF 'WUV' CONFUSES AND INFURIATES US!
Not Sherlock Holmes
#3136: Oct 4th 2021 at 4:32:47 PM

Ninja Brat is a veritable minefield of zero-context examples. I checked, and only a few are fully fleshed out examples, a couple could go either way, and the rest is devoid of context.

“Now! Let us engage in the art of deduction!”
PhantomDusclops92 Nitpicky Nitwit from Italy Since: Oct, 2010 Relationship Status: Faithful to 2D
Nitpicky Nitwit
#3137: Oct 10th 2021 at 12:09:14 PM

Just blanked out a bunch of ZCE examples on GIS Syndrome.

RobertTYL Since: Oct, 2019 Relationship Status: Holding out for a hero
#3138: Oct 10th 2021 at 7:10:46 PM

More old webcomic pages that can use the dual-percentage treatment, this time for Angels 2200

Also, Ally McBeal needs a shakethrough in her character page

Edited by RobertTYL on Oct 10th 2021 at 10:35:35 PM

Adept (Holding A Herring) Relationship Status: Having tea with Cthulhu
#3139: Oct 10th 2021 at 9:12:37 PM

Virtually all the examples in Loud Last Name are ZCE. Not to mention, more than half of them violate some sinkhole policy since the last name being yelled out potholes the work name.

Tabs Since: Jan, 2001
Anddrix Since: Oct, 2014
#3141: Oct 13th 2021 at 10:00:40 AM

Do the following examples from Batman Odyssey look like they have enough context?:

Amonimus the "Retromancer" from <<|Wiki Talk|>> (Sergeant) Relationship Status: In another castle
the "Retromancer"
#3142: Oct 14th 2021 at 5:40:28 PM

Randomly found Spinventory, half of the examples are basically "X does this". A possible way to out-zce these would be stating if the spin is horizontal only and if it's automatic.

TroperWall / WikiMagic Cleanup
ArthurEld Since: May, 2014
#3143: Oct 14th 2021 at 8:23:33 PM

[up][up]That Faux Symbolism bit is just wrong on the face of it. It's not symbolism at all, it's just a little nod to the Joker's origins.

mightymewtron Word Up from New New York Since: Oct, 2012 Relationship Status: THIS CONCEPT OF 'WUV' CONFUSES AND INFURIATES US!
Word Up
#3144: Oct 15th 2021 at 1:13:35 AM

It sounds closer to a Development Gag... though there might be a more specific trope that applies to this.

Edited by mightymewtron on Oct 15th 2021 at 4:13:42 AM

I do some cleanup and then I enjoy shows you probably think are cringe.
Tabs Since: Jan, 2001
#3145: Oct 18th 2021 at 9:10:19 PM

If anyone has an hour to spare, Resident Evil Roleplaying is mostly ZCE. Edit: I'm the last poster on the roleplay cleanup thread, September 30. Didn't feel like bumping it.

[down] Thank you!

Edited by Tabs on Oct 21st 2021 at 9:25:08 AM

Shadow8411 Since: Jul, 2019
#3146: Oct 18th 2021 at 11:21:40 PM

[up]There was also slashed tropes, at least one spoilered out trope name, YMMV and Trivia tropes, and more. I've cleaned up the page, so it should look a lot tidier now.

CyberController Blitzy.... from Pride Ring Since: Nov, 2016 Relationship Status: I don't mind being locked in this eternal maze!
Blitzy....
#3147: Oct 18th 2021 at 11:24:07 PM

Roleplay and fanfic pages seem to have the most problems with poor writing, imo.

Just made a server on discord.Come join me.
Delibirda from Splatsville Since: Sep, 2020 Relationship Status: I wanna be your dog
#3148: Oct 19th 2021 at 3:01:53 AM

Which is why the latter has its very own thread.

"Listen up, Marina, because this is SUPER important. Whatever you do, don't eat th“ “DON'T EAT WHAT?! Your text box ran out of space!”
NervousShark Since: Mar, 2015
#3149: Oct 19th 2021 at 6:54:13 AM

Both fanfic and roleplay have their own dedicated clean-up threads.

Delibirda from Splatsville Since: Sep, 2020 Relationship Status: I wanna be your dog
#3150: Oct 19th 2021 at 6:55:13 AM

[tup]

"Listen up, Marina, because this is SUPER important. Whatever you do, don't eat th“ “DON'T EAT WHAT?! Your text box ran out of space!”

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