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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
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These seem the most egregious examples to me:
- Defrosting Ice Queen: Jang Mi to Morrienoah Jin, which turns out to be a double subversion. Though Jang Mi still went through with the original plan.
- Eldritch Abomination: The Troubles, they're vaguely human in shape but have some form of body horror.
- $$* The Men in Black: Most unnamed government agents.
- Superhero: The traces do resemble mutants of the Marvel universe or metahumans of the DC universe.
- Super Registration Act: The government does this with all traces, any that don't comply if found get arrested and shipped to a prison for a few months.
Edited by CharlesPhipps on Apr 20th 2022 at 6:22:22 AM
Author of The Rules of Supervillainy, Cthulhu Armageddon, and United States of Monsters.
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That looks good.
"Cool. Coolcoolcool."
I found this on The Legend of Korra S1E6 "And the Winner Is...":
- Abandon Shipping: The reveal that Tenzin and Lin were once a couple has this effect on the Tokka shippers. First cousins dating would seem to be a step too far even for a show as daring as this.
I feel like this might be zero context but I want to be sure and see if it has enough context to barely avoid that.
Fan-Preferred Couple cleanup thread
Literally all the examples on Narm.Sailor Moon are Zero-Context Examples that have been commented out.
(she/her)
If it's that bad, you can just send the page to the cutlist.
Macron's notes
How sweet it is
Good find! Cut has been done.
the Retromancer
Is Lee Daniels Star salvagable?
TroperWall / WikiMagic Cleanup
No, there's one good example. Two, if you are generous.
Of the five tropes, three are ZCE and the one under Adult Fear sounds like "bad things happen" (even then, AF is under TRS)
Can it be saved?
Bonnie's Artistic Cousin
Nope, just cutlist it.
Current Project: Incorruptible Pure Pureness
Looked up some info, added context to a couple examples and added another example. It's up to four now, not including Adult Fear.
Peeks from Under Rocks
Argai: The Prophecy has these: (Unfortunately common with Fainting)
- Fainting:
- Moony, the first few times after hearing she'll be travelling to the Middle Ages.
- The king's daughter in Chapter XVIII after seeing Geko.
I suspect that these are Faint in Shock, but a little more detail on Why a character would be shocked might be nice.
Also, the troper's grammar makes me think ESL. I'm not sure if the first one means that they travel to the middle ages multiple times, and Moony faints in each instance, or if there are multiple faints related to a single trip.
https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/ComicBook/DungeonsAndDragonsFellsFive
- Ms. Fanservice: Tisha
This one I'm pretty sure qualifies.
https://comicvine.gamespot.com/tisha-swornheart/4005-74448/
Tisha Swornheart is a Heroes Want Redheads Horny Devil Tiefling Warlock who wears extremely revealing Theiss Titillation Theory clothing and possesses the Most Common Superpower of comic book women.
Author of The Rules of Supervillainy, Cthulhu Armageddon, and United States of Monsters.
It's better not to pack so many tropes into an example write-up. Firstly, does Heroes Want Redheads even apply? I don't know the work, but quickly browsing the page, I see that Adric (listed first, so probably the hero?) has a romance with Juliana, and there's no mention of Tisha romancing anyone. Secondly, you are requiring readers to visit other pages to learn what Theiss Titillation Theory and Most Common Superpower mean in order to understand what you are saying.
Gotcha.
Definitely overpacked.
Maybe the much simpler?
- Tisha Swornheart is a beautiful redheaded Tiefling Warlock with a very revealing outfit and notably more sexualized appearance than the majority of characters. She also features in multiple pin-ups in the bck of the book.
I think keeping one link is good because readers may not know what a Tiefling is.
Author of The Rules of Supervillainy, Cthulhu Armageddon, and United States of Monsters.
Looks good.
Now we're so young, but we're probably gonna die
The Sturgeon Awards was created in 2013 and has had two edits since then, and no actual trope expansions/additions.
- Accentuate the Negative: Not surprising, given the nature of the site.
- Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking: Used in the Twilight fans review.
- "Blind Idiot" Translation: The creator's view on The Message Bible.
- Bowdlerize: Captain Cook tries to avoid profanity in his posts, attempting to get his point across with snarkiness instead.
- Brain Bleach: The creator's response to Agony In Pink.
- Self-Deprecation: One of the custom corollaries applies Sturgeon's Law to the blog posts.
- Sturgeon's Law: Should be obvious.
- Take That!: One award is given to Twilight Fan Dumb fans.
- Understatement: One comment made of Agony in Pink reads, "It's not a very pleasant reading."
Edit: I found a bunch of Slenderman blogs, such as Vivere Disce, They Call Us Keepers, and In The Dead Of Night, that are loaded with unhelpful ZCEs (one simply repeated a character's name four times, without giving me any indication of who they are, how the trope applies to them, or what they do in the story). Some, such as Penchant and Screaming Electrical have been cut for similar reasons, so I'm wondering if these should follow suit.
Edited by Grotadmorv on Apr 23rd 2022 at 7:13:49 AM
The things in my dreams wish they could chase me!
How sweet it is
So I've been getting around to God Eater 2 after suffering through God Eater. Thing is, the character pages could use some fixing on ZC Es.
Good example is GE 2's Gilbert McLane. It has Long-Haired Pretty Boy as a trope but that doesn't really explain anything.
Oh, if anyone wouldn't mind adding my Tisha example to Ms. Fanservice and Fell's Five, that'd be appreciated:
https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/ComicBook/DungeonsAndDragonsFellsFive
https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/MsFanservice
Tisha Swornheart is a beautiful redheaded Tiefling Warlock with a very revealing outfit and notably more sexualized appearance than the majority of characters. She also features in multiple pin-ups in the bck of the book.
Edited by CharlesPhipps on Apr 25th 2022 at 8:45:01 AM
Author of The Rules of Supervillainy, Cthulhu Armageddon, and United States of Monsters.
Bonnie's Artistic Cousin
Why'd you repost the one you had to fix...?
Current Project: Incorruptible Pure Pureness
Because I'm an idiot.
Edited by CharlesPhipps on Apr 25th 2022 at 8:45:38 AM
Author of The Rules of Supervillainy, Cthulhu Armageddon, and United States of Monsters.
I'm helping!
Just commented some "character name end of text" ZCEs on YMMV.The Left Hand Of Darkness, but we're on the fence about if the last one is contextual enough. We want to keep it cause otherwise the whole page has to go but hm.
Trouble Cube continues to be a general-purpose forum for those who desire such a thing.
Film.Kings 2018 may have to be placed on the chopping board.
Firstly, the release date's wrong, the work page claims it's made in 2018, but IMDb says otherwise.
Also, it has three tropes, the first one which is under TRS. It could be reworded under Missing Child, but the entry says "at some point"... it's not clearly written.
The second one's a ZCE (foster children and what's their relevance to the film again? Other than "foster kids exist?") the third being "there's a white guy".
Heck, YMMV.Kings 2018 is a hindsight misuse, this movie came out 16 years after Die Another Day.
Edited by RobertTYL on Apr 26th 2022 at 11:53:39 PM
Webcomic.Trace - this superhero webcomic need the superpowers to fix ZCE problems