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
Someone tried to make a page like that, but it went nowhere since there were very few quotes to go on the page.
Working on: Author Appeal | Sandbox | Troper WallThe quote for Real Women Don't Wear Dresses is pretty much about the opposite. Is there a better one?
There isn't an impossible dream, there are only people who give upDon't Hug Me I'm Scared's quote was changed from:
to
Yellow Guy: When you're learning with us guys!
Red Guy: And we live in an ACTUAL NIGHTMARE!
I'm not a fan of unilateral changes, but the new quote does actually frame the show a lot better.
Edited by Anura on Sep 30th 2022 at 5:03:25 PM
A society grows great when old men plant trees whose shade they know they will never sit in.I actually thought about that a while back, but wasn't sure how useful it would be since quotes are more likely to get changed down the line than images.
Although if someone were to make that page, the current quote on Dumber Than They Look is not actually an example since the character in question isn't Book Dumb.
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I'd fix the Administrivia.Sinkhole, though I feel it otherwise fits more.
I don't remember it either, I assume it's related to the revival.
Working on: Author Appeal | Sandbox | Troper WallJust noticed that the page quotes on Fictional Counterpart and Bland-Name Product are identical (save for some slight formatting variations), with the former having been added more recently. The Fictional Counterpart quote is also full of potholes. This isn't allowed, right?
That quote keeps getting changed by different people. Someone just added the rest of the song, but the format clashes (since it's a part where they're singing together), and it's far more succinct to only have the three lines. Ideas? Comment in a link to this discussion and say to bring future changes here? Request a lock?
Nope, potholes in page quotes are only allowed if it's directly referencing another work, like if someone mentions Star Wars in the quote, you can pothole that to Star Wars (and on the off chance that they're directly referring to the Tv Tropes page on a trope, you can pothole that too I htink).
Edited by Anura on Oct 1st 2022 at 7:05:19 PM
A society grows great when old men plant trees whose shade they know they will never sit in.The page quote for Cobra Kai is:
Johnny Lawrence: Oh, that. No. I didn't beat up any teenagers. I kicked the shit out of a bunch of assholes who deserved it.
This is an artifact from the show's Season 1 storyline, but doesn't represent where the show went or its general themes. I recommend changing it to this quote from Season 2, which captures more of what the show was about.
so, not familiar with the show, but W.I.T.C.H. has an absurdly long page quote. Should we just cut it?
I feel it should be cut. That and, I think it's preferred to use quotes that aren't from YouTube comments and stuff like that.
About
the Real Women Don't Wear Dresses quote not being an example. I looked over Quotes.Real Women Dont Wear Dresses and all of them look like the same issue of being criticisms or rejections of the trope as opposed to proper examples, save this which seems contentious:
Are there any other non-complaint/straight quotes about it? (if not there might be a issue with the trope.) Long spans of text can be collapsed like so:
Game: Janna likes pink AND fights the patriarchy.
[Peach rages and clobbers Bowser with a frying pan]
Bowser: Where did you get a frying pan?!
Peach: Um... in my kitchen?
Even more significantly, while it's true that she doesn't get to do much in the third act, she doesn't have to. She doesn't have to because unlike 90 percent of other Hollywood films, HTTYD is a universe with more than one woman in it. And as a result, it gets to have a variety of women who do a variety of different things. Valka doesn't have to be an all-powerful warrior-soldier, because Astrid and Ruffnut are out there dumping flaming sulfur on the enemy and generally proving that women can be badasses on the battlefield. Valka proves that women can be badasses as activists and scientists and even, yes, as moms, too.
D. B. [blows whistle] WHAT YOU LIKE IS UNIMPORTANT! You're a role model now.
It's listed under Dead Unicorn Trope, so...
Edited by nrjxll on Oct 2nd 2022 at 11:17:59 AM
The page quote from Unintentionally Unsympathetic:
This is not an example as it was referring to the Misaimed Fandom of a character who was called out and realized in-work that their sympathetic backstory didn't justify their actions. So it seems about different concepts. How is this as a replacement?
Edited by Ferot_Dreadnaught on Oct 3rd 2022 at 10:22:00 AM

I previously brought it up in that thread, but didn’t get a response.