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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

ShinyCottonCandy Everyone's friend Malamar from Lumiose City (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: Who needs love when you have waffles?
Everyone's friend Malamar
#9326: Jun 25th 2022 at 9:18:32 AM

Well, policy is to not edit direct quotes. The alternative, and admittedly what I would prefer myself, is finding a whole new quote.

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ChloeJessica Since: Jun, 2020 Relationship Status: Awaiting my mail-order bride
#9327: Jun 25th 2022 at 9:29:13 AM

[up]that's what i meant to suggest, apologies for being unclear.

Jobyrdthegamerbyrd Since: Aug, 2017
#9328: Jun 25th 2022 at 9:34:12 AM

Thinking of putting this as the main quote for Brainless Beauty but since there's one there, I decided to open this up. Just so I can see if I can replace the quote there now with this one:

"Lindsay is proof that life is easier when you're drop-dead gorgeous, but to be fair, Mother Nature balanced things by making her as sharp as a frosted cupcake."
Official Bio for Lindsay, Total Drama

Edited by Jobyrdthegamerbyrd on Jun 25th 2022 at 9:34:44 AM

ShinyCottonCandy Everyone's friend Malamar from Lumiose City (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: Who needs love when you have waffles?
Everyone's friend Malamar
#9329: Jun 25th 2022 at 10:31:55 AM

[up]I do like yours better. The current only vaguely alludes to the "beauty" part.

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MacronNotes (she/her) (Captain) Relationship Status: Less than three
(she/her)
#9330: Jun 25th 2022 at 10:41:54 AM

^ Agreed. The suggestion is better.

Macron's notes
RandomTroper123 She / Her from I'll let you guess... (Not-So-Newbie) Relationship Status: [TOP SECRET]
She / Her
#9331: Jun 25th 2022 at 10:50:20 AM

[up][up][up]Yeah, your suggestion is better imo.

Jobyrdthegamerbyrd Since: Aug, 2017
#9332: Jun 25th 2022 at 10:58:04 AM

Alrighty. I'm gonna add it and switch the current one to the quote channel

Twiddler (On A Trope Odyssey)
#9333: Jun 26th 2022 at 5:14:51 PM

The quote on The Notable Numeral is a partial duplicate of the one on One Extra Member. I propose replacing the former with:

"Fox Force Five. Fox, as in we're a bunch of foxy chicks. Force, as in we're a force to be reckoned with. And five, as in there's one, two, three, four, five of us."
Mia, Pulp Fiction

Bullman Enid Sinclair Since: Jun, 2018 Relationship Status: Longing for my OTP
Enid Sinclair
#9334: Jun 27th 2022 at 2:05:33 PM

The Not-Love Interest has a quotes page but no page quote. How about this one:

[sigh] So we all know the drill, Blade and Karen kiss in a romantic embrace even though they have very little in comm—[Blade and Karen plainly state needing to get back to work] Uhh, I don't think you know how this works. He's a dude, you're a chick, you have to end up together, even if you have no chemistry at all. It's, like, a law. [Blade asks Karen to work on an improved serum] Wow. Really? They don't get together? There is such a thing as a man and a woman working together in an action film and they don't have to hook up? Quickly, Tumblr, rewrite this ending so that not only do they get together, but they have 20 children all with different sexual identities!
The Nostalgia Critic on the ending of Blade

Fan-Preferred Couple cleanup thread
MyTimingIsOff Since: Dec, 2011
#9335: Jun 27th 2022 at 2:16:49 PM

[up][up][tup], though I must point out that said quote is in the examples list as well, so maybe rewrite the example text to avoid redundancy.

[up]Not a fan of the reliance on bracketed text descriptions, and I'd prefer a quote that doesn't implicitly praise the work's usage of the trope. However, it's the most demonstrative quote on the quotes page by far, so in the absence of something better, it's acceptable. Actually nevermind, I agree with [down], don't use that quote.


Kate Bush's quote is 100% gush and completely non-informative. (The whole description has a gushing issue, but let's start with the quote.)

Edited by MyTimingIsOff on Jun 27th 2022 at 5:47:21 AM

ChloeJessica Since: Jun, 2020 Relationship Status: Awaiting my mail-order bride
#9336: Jun 27th 2022 at 2:39:47 PM

[up][up]hard no. the tumblr/NB dig is unacceptable.

RandomTroper123 She / Her from I'll let you guess... (Not-So-Newbie) Relationship Status: [TOP SECRET]
She / Her
#9337: Jun 27th 2022 at 2:52:03 PM

[up][up][up][tdown] to using that quote.

Bullman Enid Sinclair Since: Jun, 2018 Relationship Status: Longing for my OTP
Enid Sinclair
#9338: Jun 27th 2022 at 3:01:04 PM

Okay I didn't notice that dig. Yeah that's to much. Sorry. Should it still be in the quotes page then because that's were I found it. How about this one:

Sarek: Kirk, I thank you. What you have done...
Kirk: What I have done, I had to do.
Sarek: And at what cost? Your ship... your son.
Kirk: If I hadn't tried, the cost would have been my soul.

Otherwise we probably won't find a quote.

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Twiddler (On A Trope Odyssey)
#9339: Jun 27th 2022 at 3:49:21 PM

Swapped the quote for The Notable Numeral and tweaked the example.

re: Nostalgia Critic quote: we could just leave off the last sentence. It's not relevant to the trope anyway.

Edited by Twiddler on Jun 27th 2022 at 3:51:13 AM

Anura from England Since: Apr, 2011 Relationship Status: THIS CONCEPT OF 'WUV' CONFUSES AND INFURIATES US!
#9340: Jun 27th 2022 at 5:23:04 PM

I remembered another quote for it that might work. Certainly good enough to go in the quotes page if we decide not to use it as the main page quote.

Watch as these two awkwardly flirt in the classic will-they-won't-they relationship, then, for the first time in movie history... WON'T.

Edited by Anura on Jun 27th 2022 at 12:23:21 PM

A society grows great when old men plant trees whose shade they know they will never sit in.
RandomTroper123 She / Her from I'll let you guess... (Not-So-Newbie) Relationship Status: [TOP SECRET]
She / Her
#9341: Jun 27th 2022 at 5:48:52 PM

[up][tup] to adding that quote.

Bullman Enid Sinclair Since: Jun, 2018 Relationship Status: Longing for my OTP
themayorofsimpleton Short-Term Projects Herald | he/him from the Island of Koridai (Captain) Relationship Status: I won't say I'm in love
mightymewtron Word Up from New New York Since: Oct, 2012 Relationship Status: THIS CONCEPT OF 'WUV' CONFUSES AND INFURIATES US!
Word Up
#9344: Jun 27th 2022 at 6:54:45 PM

The NC quote could easily cut the offensive joke at the end and still describe the trope, like Twiddler said, but the Honest Trailers one is way more succinct anyway.

I do some cleanup and then I enjoy shows you probably think are cringe.
Anura from England Since: Apr, 2011 Relationship Status: THIS CONCEPT OF 'WUV' CONFUSES AND INFURIATES US!
#9345: Jun 28th 2022 at 5:40:19 AM

Added.

A society grows great when old men plant trees whose shade they know they will never sit in.
daudiffa SOIYA! from My Room Since: Nov, 2013
SOIYA!
#9346: Jun 29th 2022 at 7:48:39 AM

I don't think the quote for Personal Raincloud describes what the trope actually is (personal cloud for sad characters), and knowing the context makes one think it is about personal cloud in general. There's several relatively better quotes throughout the page, but I'm not sure which one fits the best.

"Your father was an average fighter, Kal-El, but he was a brilliant scientist!"
Twiddler (On A Trope Odyssey)
#9347: Jun 29th 2022 at 3:16:07 PM

Bread, Eggs, Breaded Eggs's quote was changed by ~Yukianesa from

"Celestia might banish you from Equestria! Or throw you in a dungeon! Or banish you, and then throw you in a dungeon in the place that she banishes you to!"

to

Sammy: What's your favorite color? Your favorite food? Your favorite color of food?
Yaz: Orange, orange, and orange.

Thoughts? If the new one is kept, I'd lose the second line, as it's irrelevant to the trope.

NoUsername she's only programmed to be very nice Since: May, 2012
she's only programmed to be very nice
#9348: Jun 29th 2022 at 5:31:36 PM

support the new one, i don't mind keeping the last line

RandomTroper123 She / Her from I'll let you guess... (Not-So-Newbie) Relationship Status: [TOP SECRET]
She / Her
#9350: Jun 29th 2022 at 8:48:17 PM

[up]I'd say to keep the second one and cut the first, or at least just remove the latter's Sinkhole.


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