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This thread is for general discussion of page quotes, whether to change, move or remove them.

Unused quotes should be put on a Quotes Wiki page (just replace the namespace in the URL of the wiki page you are making a quotes page for with Quotes/).

Image captions are discussed elsewhere and have their own thread in the Image Pickin' forum.

Edited by wingedcatgirl on Jun 10th 2024 at 5:50:24 AM

MyTimingIsOff Since: Dec, 2011
#7426: Mar 26th 2021 at 12:05:07 AM

Boss Tease has a complaining quote from, surprise surprise, Zero Punctuation.

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#7427: Mar 26th 2021 at 11:30:30 AM

There aren't other quotes associated with the trope, thought.

To win, you need to adapt, and to adapt, you need to be able to laugh away all the restraints. Everything holding you back.
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#7428: Mar 26th 2021 at 12:02:23 PM

Not having a quote would still be better than having a complainy one, however.

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antenna_ears from California Since: Apr, 2020 Relationship Status: Coming soon to theaters
#7429: Mar 26th 2021 at 1:29:18 PM

I dunno, I think the quote is more funny than legitimate complaint, but that could come from my obvious bias as a Zero Punctuation fan. But the general problem (which I do see with this one) I have with the ZP page quotes people add is that they long and obtuse. Yahtzee uses all kinds of metaphors and colorful language, which I find entertaining in his videos, but doesn't really get to the point, which makes for a bad page quote imo.

Edited by antenna_ears on Mar 26th 2021 at 1:35:10 AM

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#7430: Mar 26th 2021 at 2:48:35 PM

The quote on Peking Duck Christmas is rather long, as well as containing two notes and a pothole to a youtube video (of the quote's source, as it happens, but still)

Suddenly I'm... still rotating Fallen London in my mind even though I've stopped actively playing it.
nrjxll Since: Nov, 2010 Relationship Status: Not war
Tabs Since: Jan, 2001
#7432: Mar 26th 2021 at 5:09:26 PM

[up][up] Might be reduced to

Sen. Lindsay Graham: Nah, I'm just asking where you were at on Christmas.
Solicitor General Elena Kagan: [laughs] You know, like all Jews, I was probably at a Chinese restaurant.
[Laughter from crowd]
Graham: Great answer!
Sen. Patrick Leahy: I could just see that one coming...
Sen. Chuck Schumernote : They're the only places open.

wingedcatgirl mys. minty from the silly dimension from lurking (Holding A Herring) Relationship Status: Oh my word! I'm gay!
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#7433: Mar 26th 2021 at 7:49:09 PM

That would be an improvement.

... might also help to link to a different video of the source material, since that one seems to have been posted by some kind of anti-Semitic conspiracy theorist.

Suddenly I'm... still rotating Fallen London in my mind even though I've stopped actively playing it.
Tabs Since: Jan, 2001
#7434: Mar 27th 2021 at 11:40:47 AM

I didn't check it. If C-span or other more neutral outlet has the recording, let's have that, or no link at all.

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#7435: Mar 27th 2021 at 12:28:21 PM

Love me some Game Grumps but I don't think the page quote on Lethal Klutz is very relevant. It doesn't make the "klutz" part clear. especially since it sounds like a game mechanic, not a character.

For that matter, the Healing Potion quote isn't very good either, since the quote is explicitly not talking about a potion.

Edited by mightymewtron on Mar 27th 2021 at 3:29:15 PM

I do some cleanup and then I enjoy shows you probably think are cringe.
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#7436: Mar 27th 2021 at 8:55:54 PM

Re Healing Potion, does it have to be an actual potion, or just any item you consume for +HP (such as food, medical supplies, etc.) will do? If the latter, then the quote still counts.

Lethal Klutz is bad though. It sounds more like the item is dangerous, rather than the person holding it. I don't mind it being removed.

MyTimingIsOff Since: Dec, 2011
#7437: Mar 28th 2021 at 12:35:22 AM

Zero Punctuation strikes again: Not only is the quote on Story Branch Favoritism too opinionated, it's honestly a poor demonstration of the trope; it makes it sound like an Audience Reaction when it isn't supposed to be.

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#7438: Mar 28th 2021 at 12:39:48 AM

[up] I don't see any potential replacements on the page. I'd just remove it.

antenna_ears from California Since: Apr, 2020 Relationship Status: Coming soon to theaters
#7439: Mar 28th 2021 at 12:50:35 AM

[up][up] Get that quote outta there! [tdown] It is WAAAY too long.

Edited by antenna_ears on Mar 28th 2021 at 12:51:23 PM

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#7440: Mar 28th 2021 at 6:50:13 PM

Fingore's quote is basically JAFAAC as a quote.

antenna_ears from California Since: Apr, 2020 Relationship Status: Coming soon to theaters
#7441: Mar 28th 2021 at 9:03:53 PM

[up] Tell that quote to get outta there [tdown]

I don’t think the quote for Literally Shattered Lives really illustrates the trope. Also, there’s a pothole in there, which I’m pretty sure isn’t allowed.

Edited by antenna_ears on Mar 28th 2021 at 9:08:53 AM

wingedcatgirl mys. minty from the silly dimension from lurking (Holding A Herring) Relationship Status: Oh my word! I'm gay!
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#7442: Mar 28th 2021 at 9:29:58 PM

It wicks the phrase "stay frosty"; not a pothole per se but I don't think it quite fits in the "direct references" category of wicks allowed in quotes.

Though that's all moot given that the quote itself is insufficiently illustrative.

Suddenly I'm... still rotating Fallen London in my mind even though I've stopped actively playing it.
Kirby0189 Kirby is shaped like a friend from America Since: Apr, 2019 Relationship Status: I like big bots and I can not lie
Kirby is shaped like a friend
#7443: Mar 29th 2021 at 6:28:00 AM

[up][up]There's a potential good replacement in the quotes page from Bioshock.

<(0_0<) <(0_0)> (>0_0)> KIRBY DANCE
Vandagyre I think I just got AC team loyalty from Dacardia (Fifth Year at Tropey's) Relationship Status: Wishfully thinking
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#7444: Mar 29th 2021 at 9:41:57 PM

The quote for The Day After Tomorrow is overly complainy and requires knowledge of another work to understand. Should it be cut?

Cave Johnson, we're done here.
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#7445: Mar 29th 2021 at 9:45:40 PM

For me, a resounding yes.

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#7446: Mar 29th 2021 at 9:46:20 PM

[up][up] Yes, cut that please.

Edited by Serac on Mar 29th 2021 at 11:46:26 AM

johnnye Since: Jan, 2001
#7447: Mar 29th 2021 at 10:56:37 PM

Seconding the Bioshock suggestion for Literally Shattered Lives, to wit:

Freeze your enemies! Shatter them into a thousand pieces!
— "Winter Blast" plasmid advert, BioShock

Since the former quote has been removed already I'll just add this one now; it can always be changed again if anyone comes up with a better suggestion.

underCoverSailsman Peeks from Under Rocks from State of Flux Since: Jan, 2021 Relationship Status: [TOP SECRET]
Peeks from Under Rocks
#7448: Mar 29th 2021 at 11:26:24 PM

[up]x4 Yes, cut. It's also an opinion on the work, which I think does not belong on the Work page?

How about "When it's over, ladies and gentlemen, we will be in a new ice age."

(I May need to find the scene to check my phrasing.)

bwburke94 I am mad scientist! It's so cool! from 1.048596% (Y2: Electric Boogaloo) Relationship Status: She does the things you do, but she is an IBM
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#7449: Mar 30th 2021 at 1:05:20 AM

Duplicate RWBY quote on Baby Talk and Precious Puppy. It fits better on the latter.

2025: the year it all ends?
Technomancer02 The not-so-great American Patriot Since: May, 2019 Relationship Status: TV Tropes ruined my love life
The not-so-great American Patriot
#7450: Mar 30th 2021 at 8:11:07 AM

Suggestion for "Could Have Avoided This!" Plot

"Was it? None of this would've happened if you'd just stopped. And on you marched. And for what?"
— Colonel John Konrad to Captain Martin Walker, Spec Ops: The Line


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