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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

AudioSpeaks2 Since: Apr, 2022
#11976: Jan 6th 2024 at 3:39:34 AM

The quote for Long List is meh despite being from Weird Al:
(1)

"Would ya look at all that stuff..."
"Weird Al" Yankovic, just before he reads off from a long list, "Hardware Store"

Also it's too vague, it doesn't across as specifically about a list. Instead, try this:
(2)

"Here's an itemized list of thirty years of disagreements."
Alexander Hamilton, Hamilton

Or, if you want to add Burr's line:
(3)

Alexander Hamilton: Here's an itemized list of thirty years of disagreements.
Aaron Burr: Sweet Jesus.

Which one?

RandomTroper123 She / Her from I'll let you guess... (Not-So-Newbie) Relationship Status: [TOP SECRET]
She / Her
#11978: Jan 6th 2024 at 10:01:43 AM

[up][up]I prefer the second option personally. Regardless, I agree Long List's current quote is too vague.

[up]I feel the quote demonstrates Born Unlucky more than Fortune Teller (though I can see how someone would feel otherwise).

AudioSpeaks2 Since: Apr, 2022
#11979: Jan 6th 2024 at 3:25:00 PM

[up] The second option with Burr's reaction added?

RandomTroper123 She / Her from I'll let you guess... (Not-So-Newbie) Relationship Status: [TOP SECRET]
She / Her
#11980: Jan 6th 2024 at 8:28:32 PM

[up]I meant the quote without Burr's reaction. Sorry I wasn't clear.

AudioSpeaks2 Since: Apr, 2022
#11981: Jan 6th 2024 at 8:30:31 PM

[up] Ah, I see. Thanks for the clarification.

Any more thoughts on which alternative/suggested quote I should go with?

AudioSpeaks2 Since: Apr, 2022
#11982: Jan 6th 2024 at 9:55:35 PM

I went ahead and swapped the Long List quote with the Burr-less suggestion

maxwellsilver Since: Sep, 2011
#11983: Jan 7th 2024 at 3:12:44 AM

I'd like to suggest this quote from this strip from Oglaf for Cramming the Coffin.

We're here this evening to bury John and nobody else

Mrph1 he/him from Mercia (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: This is not my beautiful wife!
he/him
#11984: Jan 7th 2024 at 3:46:34 AM

The Ru Pauls Drag Race Down Under sandbox will be launching soon (the Series page is currently a redirect to the main Series Franchise page).

Any concerns about using this as the page quote:

"I'm searching for Down Under's first Drag Race superstar. You've gotta have the right koalafications and a whole lot of Perthonaliy. Piece of piss, am I right? "
RuPaul

Apart from the awful puns, I think the "Piece of piss" wraps it up nicely, and definitely adds to Ru's attempt to be Very Australian in that statement - worth keeping despite the (mild) swearing?

DoktorvonEurotrash Lex et Veritas from Not a place of honour (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
#11985: Jan 7th 2024 at 5:12:11 AM

[up] and [up][up]: I like both.

EDIT: The quote on Stock Food Depictions is barely related to the trope. Any objections to me just cutting it, unless anyone has a better suggestion?

Edited by DoktorvonEurotrash on Jan 7th 2024 at 10:46:00 AM

CompletelyNormalGuy Am I a weirdo? from a place where folks put cream cheese on hot dogs (Oldest One in the Book)
Am I a weirdo?
#11986: Jan 7th 2024 at 7:11:02 PM

[up][up][up], [up][up] Both suggestions are good (although I admittedly have a soft spot for a good Suspiciously Specific Denial).

Bigotry will NEVER be welcome on TV Tropes.
maxwellsilver Since: Sep, 2011
#11987: Jan 8th 2024 at 1:21:23 AM

I've added the quote to Cramming the Coffin. Should the Suspiciously Specific Denial be all caps or not italicized, or is it fine as is?

Someone404 random from Ouji Ramen, Hikeda, Japan Since: Dec, 2019 Relationship Status: watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ
random
#11988: Jan 8th 2024 at 11:54:40 AM

I feel like the Nuckelavee page quote is rather long and unnecessarily wordy. Here's my suggestion for a new one.

"Horse and rider are often of one mind."
"...but until this morning, I'd never seen them be of one body."

Edited by Someone404 on Jan 8th 2024 at 11:57:38 AM

mightymewtron Word Up from New New York Since: Oct, 2012 Relationship Status: THIS CONCEPT OF 'WUV' CONFUSES AND INFURIATES US!
Word Up
#11989: Jan 8th 2024 at 12:51:34 PM

That works, though the current could also be truncated to just begin with "The thing on its back..."

I do some cleanup and then I enjoy shows you probably think are cringe.
Synchronicity (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
#11990: Jan 8th 2024 at 3:30:23 PM

Camp Straight is NRLEP, but its page quote is from a comedian using it as a Self-Deprecation bit. (I had added the accompanying example before realizing it was NRLEP). Does "imagining an entire fictional situation where this could come about for a real person" save it from real-life troping?

"I have a girlfriend now, myself, which is weird because I'm probably gay based on the way I act and behave and have walked and talked for 28 years. I think I was supposed to be gay. I think in Heaven they built, like, three-quarters of a gay person and then they forgot to flip the final switch, and they just sent me out and it was like, 'You marked that one gay, right?' and it was like, 'Oh, no! Was I supposed to?'"

mightymewtron Word Up from New New York Since: Oct, 2012 Relationship Status: THIS CONCEPT OF 'WUV' CONFUSES AND INFURIATES US!
Word Up
#11991: Jan 8th 2024 at 6:26:29 PM

I don't really have a problem with it, but that's partially because I see a stand-up comedy special (especially one like Mulaney, who usually frames his anecdotes as if they were narratives and makes jokes about tropes while doing so) as distinct from troping the comedian's real life.

I do some cleanup and then I enjoy shows you probably think are cringe.
Hello83433 (Lucky 7) Relationship Status: Complex: I'm real, they are imaginary
#11992: Jan 8th 2024 at 9:12:25 PM

Think my previous post got lost in the shuffle so I'm reposting it.


I don't think the quote on Attractive Bent-Gender is the best. It doesn't really have the bent gender aspect and sounds like it could also fit Screw Yourself.

"Do you know, it may sound kinky, but... I could fancy meself."
Peter Potter, Carry On Girls

Here are some suggestions I pulled from the quotes page:

"I'd make a sexy chick!"
Brodie, Mallrats

Tifa: Cloud!? Is that you? Oh my god, that makeup! And that dress!
Cloud: Nailed it, I know. Thank you. Moving on.

Soga: Kazamaki's originally a guy anyway! But I still get swayed by him!
Yayo: You can't help it! Matsuri's cute and small, but with a great figure. Even I'm jealous of him.

CSP Cleanup Thread | All that I ask for ... is diamonds and dance floors
Arawn999 Since: Dec, 2013 Relationship Status: Having tea with Cthulhu
#11993: Jan 8th 2024 at 9:29:43 PM

[up] First one is succinct and sweet.

dArtagnanMusic Since: Oct, 2022
#11994: Jan 12th 2024 at 3:33:08 AM

I have a quote for Obscure Popularity. problem is i cannot find the source for it anymore, and it was a reddit thread. But here it is:

"Most people who are really into talking about media (be it videogames, films, or animes) don't realize that a majority of the population is fine treating media like popcorn: you enjoy it once in a while when you consume it, but you're not going to spend a great amount of time gushing about it on Internet"
Anonymous reddit user, on the massive box-office yet small online fandom of Avatar: The Way of Water

chasemaddigan I'm Sad Frogerson. Since: Oct, 2011
I'm Sad Frogerson.
#11995: Jan 12th 2024 at 5:23:10 PM

The page quote for Beta Outfit is from an episode of Atop the Fourth Wall, but it doesn't actually fit the trope. The trope is supposed to be for an early outfit a superhero wears when they first start out before acquiring their proper costume, but Linkara is describing the initial ideas Bob Kane and Bill Finger had for Batman's costume before they settled for the one used in the comic:

"Finger himself had said that Batman had been an idea of Bob Kane's, but the original ideas for the character were quite different. He only had a domino mask, red tights, no gloves, and bat-like wings instead of a cape."
Linkara reviewing "Detective Comics #27," the first appearance of Batman

There's only one other quote on the quotes subpage, which fits a lot better, but that means we'd have to cut that page we make it the new page quote.

Claire Temple: Your outfit kinda sucks, by the way.
Matt Murdock: Yeah, it's a work in progress.
Daredevil (2015), "Cut Man"

Anybody have any other suggestions?

MisterApes-a-lot Since: Mar, 2018
#11996: Jan 12th 2024 at 8:45:07 PM

I'm not certain the Daredevil quote works out of context or that it speaks very much on the trope by itself, but that's just my opinion. Still, it's more illustrative than the Linkara quote.

I'm perfectly fine leaving the page quoteless for now, as I don't see anything else in the examples that would work nicely.

Hello83433 (Lucky 7) Relationship Status: Complex: I'm real, they are imaginary
#11997: Jan 13th 2024 at 12:39:21 AM

[up][up] Well, it's an improvement over the current but it's also not a strong keep for me so *shrug*. I'd say pull the current regardless.

[up][up][up] I think if we don't have a source, by which I mean proof it exists, we can't use it. I tried doing some google-fu but couldn't find the quote either so I'm not sure if you're misremembering the exact wording or the comment was deleted, or my skills aren't good enough but maybe someone else can find it?


Potential page quote for Monster Brother, Cutie Sister
[The men] had only heard stories about you, and since you're the Captain's sister... let's just say they were expecting someone more along the lines of his build ... aside from not being what they expected, we don't get to interact with a lot of pretty women in our line of work...
Piers' email to Claire Redfield, Resident Evil: Revelations 2

CSP Cleanup Thread | All that I ask for ... is diamonds and dance floors
DoktorvonEurotrash Lex et Veritas from Not a place of honour (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
#11998: Jan 13th 2024 at 6:20:20 AM

[up][up][up]Not crazy about the Daredevil quote. Out of context, it doesn't really add much.

Ferot_Dreadnaught Since: Mar, 2015
#11999: Jan 13th 2024 at 7:58:42 PM

Harsh Vocals

"Blgfrhg, blrghghth, grgahtg, grgathhg SATAN!"

It has no source and seems general. Cut?

Arawn999 Since: Dec, 2013 Relationship Status: Having tea with Cthulhu

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