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/) or, if they don't have an article, on Quotes Looking for an Article.
Image captions are discussed elsewhere and have their own thread
in the Image Pickin' forum.
Edited by Tabs on Jul 15th 2023 at 2:40:54 AM
Wow! Thanks! Since you are a mod can I do it now or wait for more consensus?
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Usually this thread operates on "if at least one person agrees with nobody dissenting" regardless of mod status. Go forth and delete.
The quote for Humanlike Animal Aging seems to be an example of an aversion. I feel like there should be a quote that instead shows the trope played straight.
The quote on Quirky Work is duplicate to the one on the source work page Garden Gnome Carnage. I'm thinking of just leaving the Daniel Remar quote on the work page and removing it from Quirky Work.
Edited by Adept on May 13th 2023 at 8:32:35 PM
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Yeah valid, go for it. On that note, Harmless Freezing's quote is the same as its source work page's (Suburban Commando). The one quote on HF's quotes page has a spoiler tag on its speaker, which renders it a bit less than ideal. What to do?
Found a quote by Ben Croshaw that doesn't appear to have come from his Quote Source subpage-having work Zero Punctuation. Should I lump it there or not? Vehicle-Based Characterization | Grief-Induced Split | Locker Mail
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Any more feedback on Creepy Good? There was agreement that the current is bad, but of the two quotes I suggested I lean towards the first and Kosha preferred the second. :P (I think either works, but I like the former for going from "creepy but helpful" to "creepier, because it's helpful".)
Am I a weirdo?
I prefer the first one. It avoids the overlap with Pay Evil unto Evil and is generally clearer.
Edited by CompletelyNormalGuy on May 14th 2023 at 12:48:39 PM
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Alrighty. I see Spongebob's gotten split off as its own QS page, cool cool. Been doing a thing where I just go through all the Main/ wicks of a particular quote-heavy work and check which quote-having pages aren't documented on QS yet. It's been raising quote numbers across the board, so I might soon do an update for "most without subpage" works/franchises just for a fuller picture of where things currently stand. I already went through Burn Notice and am working through TF2 now. Just got the last couple of letters left on that one. It's been good to go through TF2 since it's got listings under Internet for its web animations and VG for game stuff, and almost all animation quotes were being listed as game quotes. Just from this recent deep dive, TF2 has gone from 43 documented page-toppers to 59! I'd say I've added to the QS totals for almost all the works I cited in my original roundup in these past few days.
Among things I've found today, Glorious Mother Russia and Russian Reversal both have:
In Russia, the Party always finds YOU!!"
I'd rather change the first one, but don't have ideas for that and there isn't a Quotes page. Quotes.Russian Reversal has a bunch, though, so maybe that'll be the one to give way. I don't feel like it's super indicative of GMR is my thought.
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Damnably Inscrutable
Both the quote and image for Lies to Children are from Calvin and Hobbes- and with the same two characters, to boot. Any better quotes?
fun fact: pro tip: breaking news: life hack: i can't find a good signature
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Here's a stanza I thought was amusing from "Wide is My Motherland", a Soviet patriotic song originally from Circus 1936.
Our cities are too many to remember,
Our proud word - comrade -
To us is higher than all fine words.
Edited by Noaqiyeum on May 14th 2023 at 3:58:16 PM
The Revolution Will Not Be Tropeable
OG Troper
Changed the quote on Money Song as per last page.
Edited by JethroQWalrustitty on May 15th 2023 at 11:44:05 AM
the statement above is false
x6 Also prefer the first quote as replacement for Creepy Good.
I vote for this switch for Glorious Mother Russia.
VideoGame.Antichamber has two quotes. I'd go with the one from the game.
Just announcing that I removed the page quote ("Laughter is the language of the soul") from Pablo Neruda, because the line may have been made up for The Simpsons (Previous post on the matter).
She / Her
I prefer the first quote too.
"I am familiar with the works of Pablo Neruda."
Edited by ShaiPa on May 15th 2023 at 5:55:51 AM
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Swapped in the GMR quote, thanks. Gonna do one more pass through a work's wicks (Calvin and Hobbes) then I'll do an updated count on the notably biggest works represented.
Oxygen Meter and Almost Out of Oxygen (Quotes.Almost Out Of Oxygen) have the same quote:
Thoughts?
Edited by Yindee on May 15th 2023 at 11:32:28 AM
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How sweet it is
Fits Almost Out of Oxygen better.
i'm at the combination she and it
would like to suggest two quotes to pull
Music/Age Dissonance: nothing about the quote suggests the characters are children, and anyway the trope is less "disliking music made for your age" and more "liking music outside of your range"
Simon, Chloe Pig, and Belinda Bear: No, no, no!
Paying in Coins: this quote is long. my eyes glaze over looking at it.
Dexter: Um... at an average human rate, I'd estimate about five hours and thirty-three minutes?
Ice Cream Man: Precisely. And after counting was done, it is time to put pennies in safe. And I am noticing my shoelace is untied. Now I very well couldn't stop to tie my shoes since somebody had given me heavy jar of pennies to hold, and the ice cream man rules say to keep any amount of money over a dollar in the safe. So I trip, and I break my tooth. The pain, it is so bad! My girlfriend left me! I lose apartment! I lose car! I am forced to live on the freeway with wild animals! I CAN'T EVEN EAT ICE CREAM BECAUSE OF THE PAIN! ALL BECAUSE OF YOUR STUPID PENNIES!! AAAAAUGGGHHH! [hyperventilating]
Agree with pulling Music/Age Dissonance quote. For Paying in Coins quote, can we just cut the Ice Cream Man's long response? His first comment and Dexter's response are sufficient to demonstrate the trope.
i'm at the combination she and it
yeah, trimming it would be better actually
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I spent a chunk of time some days ago trying to come up with alternatives for PIC, but the suggestion to trim is superior. Went ahead and took the shears to it myself just now.
Found a page-topper from a Muppets TV special. Would you file that under Film or TV?
Edited by Yindee on May 17th 2023 at 1:06:23 PM
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The page quote for "Nations of the World" Montage isn't really about the trope:
It doesn't have a Quotes page, and I can't think of any replacements at the moment? Any suggestions? If not, keep it or pull it?
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Pull it.
Here's what I got for updated stats on everything that's >41 quotes.
- Franchise.A Song Of Ice And Fire: 68 quotes. Combines books and show.
- Creator.Dream Works Animation: 68 quotes. Currently exists as a folder in QuoteSource.Animated Films. For comparison, QuoteSource.Pixar has 67. Would be 70+ if shows are included.
- ComicStrip.Calvin And Hobbes: 67 quotes. These do, however, comprise about half (well, 51%) of the QuoteSource.Comic Strips page.
- Franchise.Mass Effect: 60 quotes. Combines book and games.
- VideoGame.Team Fortress 2: 59 quotes. Combines game, webcomic, and web videos.
- Series.Burn Notice: 57 quotes.
- Series.Mystery Science Theater 3000: 55 quotes.
- WebVideo.The Nostalgia Critic: 52 quotes.
- Franchise.Firefly: 51 quotes. Combines show, film, and comics.
- Film.The Dark Knight Trilogy: 49 quotes.
- Franchise.South Park: 49 quotes. Combines show, film, and games.
- Franchise.My Little Pony Generation 4: 48 quotes. Combines show, films, and web videos.
- Creator.Monty Python: 47 quotes. Combines show and films. Excludes Creator/ quotes from individual troupe members.
- Series.Friends: 45 quotes.
- Franchise.Phineas And Ferb: 45 quotes. Combines show and films.
- Series.Community: 42 quotes.
Edited by Berrenta on May 15th 2023 at 11:24:37 AM
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