General Page Quote Discussion:

The quote for Took a Level in Badass technically works without knowing who the characters are, but potholing the names to the works is definitely helpful for people who don't.

Also, What to Put at the Top of a Page says "Quotes do not have potholes in their original medium," but quotes from TF Wiki Dot Net could. Would that be an exception to the "no potholes in page quotes" rule?

Edited by rjd1922 on Dec 2nd 2020 at 12:07:07 PM

Easy Come, Easy Go's quote is just a segment of a song that uses the title in the verses, not an actual example.

The quote on Signs of Disrepair isn't really indicative of the trope purpose because the burnt-out letters don't really add new context to the sign.

What even is the quote on Strawberry Shorthand?

I...I have no idea.

Edited by jandn2014 on Dec 4th 2020 at 10:29:38 AM

That's just completely incomprehensible.

I went ahead and pulled it.

Also, re Easy Come, Easy Go, that quote probably would just as well be pulled too.

Edited by ShinyCottonCandy on Dec 4th 2020 at 10:48:09 AM

Should the quote in Amnesiacs are Innocent be removed? The quote doesn't actually describe any amnesiacs, and the only way you can understand that an amnesiac is involved is by the additional description that's not actually in the quote itself.

Yeah, that doesn't really work

This is the page quote for Film.The Fanatic:

Should it be removed since it's complaining about the work, and as far as I'm aware page quote for works need to actually be from the work?

It also doesn't mean anything unless you're familiar with Forrest Gump and Taxi Driver. As I don't know a thing about either work, the quote tells me literally nothing.

I've removed the quote.

I want to include this paragraph from the The Iliad in The Unfavorite (regarding Ares/Mars)

Jove [Zeus] looked angrily at him [Ares/Mars] and said, "Do not come whining here, Sir Facing-bothways. I hate you worst of all the gods in Olympus, for you are ever fighting and making mischief. You have the intolerable and stubborn spirit of your mother Juno [Hera]: it is all I can do to manage her, and it is her doing that you are now in this plight: still, I cannot let you remain longer in such great pain; you are my own off-spring, and it was by me that your mother conceived you; if, however, you had been the son of any other god, you are so destructive that by this time you should have been lying lower than the Titans."

From book 5. I'm unaware if using the Roman names or the Greek names. My edition (in Spanish) have the Greek ones, but the English edition I'm copy pasting uses the Roman names.

Edited by Tomodachi on Dec 8th 2020 at 10:07:37 AM

Quotes.Cavalry Refusal are both about not having backup, rather than backup refusing to assist. I think they should be replaced with Rorschach's "They will cry out 'Save us!' And I will whisper back, 'No.'" quote from Watchmen.

would it be okay to remove the quote on Azumanga Daioh? it's way too long, and while it's a funny moment, it doesn't really represent the entire series that well. i don't have any ideas for a replacement, unfortunately.

Agreed with removing it.

Edited by Twiddler on Dec 8th 2020 at 10:08:22 AM

I've been thinking of posting this paragraph from the short story The House of Asterion in Never Learned to Read. However, since the story is only 6 paragraphs long, I feel using an entire paragraph is wrong.

Edited by Tomodachi on Dec 9th 2020 at 9:43:10 AM

Big Sleep's quote seems to be "Sleep as Deadly Euphemism", instead of "Dying with eyes closed"?

Edited by Malady on Dec 9th 2020 at 10:49:17 AM

Was directed to post this here.

The page quote for No Plot? No Problem! is a Seanbaby article discussing the Bad Dudes intro- except, seeing as it is the page image for Excuse Plot, the quote belongs on Quotes.Excuse Plot instead. No Plot? No Problem! is when a game doesn’t even have an Excuse Plot but has no plot whatsoever. Permission to move the quote to Excuse Plot?

The quote, for context:

"I do wish I was in the room when the committee decided that the best way to rescue the president was to find two civilian punks. Did the secretary of defense stand up and say, 'We can't spare the military personnel to rescue our president. So we'll just inspire a couple of street dudes to do it by questioning their badness. Easy.'"

— Seanbaby hands out a "Best Game Intro" Award to Bad Dudes

I'm not sure how the quote on Keep the Reward is even remotely connected to the trope. Cut?

I added the preceding line for context, how's that?

Much better

I agree it doesn't fit the trope.

That seems like a reasonable move.

The quote on Double Standard: Abuse, Female on Male doesn't seem to clearly demonstrate the trope. I suggest replacing it with either of the first two from the quotes page. (The third one on the quotes page is the page image.)

Edited by Twiddler on Dec 10th 2020 at 11:05:45 AM

The page quote for Hanaukyō Maid Team is really lewd and appears to be a fan reaction comment.

"You know how when you watch anime and they have a little nudity, you think "Why can't there be more porn in this show?" Then you watch hentai, and you think "Why can't the story be better?" I just saw Hanaukyo Maids, and I don't know whether to jack off or watch politely."

— Shadow, Bash.Org

Edited by DivineFlame100 on Dec 11th 2020 at 12:56:00 PM

I’d choose the second, the Crazy Ex Girlfriend one since it’s concise, simple and gets the point across.