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Edited by SeptimusHeap on Jul 17th 2025 at 8:59:01 PM
Doesn't look like it. Adaptation Expansion is when story is added, not just when details are added. Additional arcs, episodes, events, and stuff like that. Not just minor changes in abilities.
Check out my fanfiction!The Pokémon anime isn't an adaptation, it's more it's own thing with massive massive differences from the games. Different characters, different rules, different plots etc.
Now Pokemon Adventures would be an adaptation.
edited 10th Apr '17 12:20:03 PM by Memers
Just to make sure my question isn't forgotten.
Can we consider "Never Live It Down" to the episode "No Such Luck" of show "The Loud House"? It was cruel and controversial that Lincoln's family kicked him out the house believing he's a jinx? Even parents accepted it and sold his furniture like they didn't expect him to ever return. In "Ties that Bind" the parents said they would never disown any of their children and yet they actually did this in "No Such Luck", what destroyed their image of good parents and painted them as abusive parents.
Not sure that's Never Live It Down. Is it something that gets a lot of mention or reference after the fact? That's the main characteristic of the Trope, that a past act or error defines the character going forward.
In folders YMMV and Broken Base of the Loud House the episode "No such luck" is described as so disliked by fans that they put "fan discontinuity" to this episode and "untintenitionally unsympathetic" to Rita, Lynn Sr. and Lynn Jr. On Loud House wikia are over 700 comments about how viewers detest this episode. This is why I wondered if "Never Live It Down" would fit it.
Another question. Can we put trope "The Resenter" to Lincoln as in episode "Making the Case" he feels inferior to his sisters because unlike them he has no tophy? In the episodes "Sound of Silence" and "No Such Luck" he tried to distance himself from them by using headphones and agreeing with Lynn's suggestion that he's a jinx. He did both those things because they denied him his free time for himself.
Never Live It Down is something that needs to take a long time, and it's also a character trope. It's about a single event that fans take to define the entire character, even if it's insignificant on the whole of the actual canon.
Check out my fanfiction!Another Duck, how long exacly? A year? Episode "No Such Luck" is detested and criticized by many fans for a month.
Now, how would you answer my question about "the resenter"?
Does Bat Out of Hell fit for Eyebats
◊? A.k.a a flying eyeball with batwings? Or is it just Oculothorax?
How about Cave Mouth for: Fortune Summoners:
- the yawning maw of the cave entrance, which seemed to consume any daylight which passed through its jaws.
... How is this thread different from Trope Finder, precisely? ... I guess it's supposed to be for examples that are actually on the site? ... Maybe put a notice thing at the top, like how the Copy-Paste Thread does it?
edited 11th Apr '17 10:05:23 AM by Malady
Disambig Needed: Help with those issues! tvtropes.org/pmwiki/posts.php?discussion=13324299140A37493800&page=24#comment-576Another question: I managed to spot a bumper sticker on Don Vizioso's hoverchair in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles that said "I brake for Connie Francis". Is that a Freeze-Frame Bonus?
Then it depends on if it's prominent or something less noticeable in the background.
Never Live It Down needs a long time. I'd say half a year at the least, but it depends a little on the example. Over a season is probably a good start. But as I said, it's a character trope. For creators, as this seems to be about them not living down the episode, it would need a fanbase who don't shut up about it, and define the creator after how they made the episode. However, that runs afoul of troping the creators themselves, which we generally don't do.
edited 12th Apr '17 10:58:35 AM by AnotherDuck
Check out my fanfiction!In the episode "Changing the Baby" of cartoon "The Loud House" Lincoln was shown playing chess at park. He also taught his sister Lily how to play chess so good she defeated an old chess player. Can Lincoln be considered as "Chessmaster"?
In the episode "Lock'N Loud" of the same cartoon 16-year-old Leni was shown playing puzzles for kids. Can she be considered as "Kiddie Kid"?
For the first example, The Chessmaster is being taken too literally, as it means someone who's skilled at manipulating others like they're playing chess. The second one seems okay if not a perfect fit, but I don't know if that applies to Leni's character as a whole since that's just one scene of her playing with the kids.
Still waiting for someone to break him free...Thanks, Troper No 9001.
Now I have another questions. I think to Lynn Jr from same show can be added "Sore Loser" because in the episode "Bad Luck" she couldn't accept her lose in baseball and instead of blaming herself she blamed Lincoln for giving her bad luck. What do you think about it?
edited 12th Apr '17 11:00:07 PM by FirstDrellSpectre
You shouldn't have to watch it.
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You need to make sure you provide context to avoid a Zero Context Entry, and so that those of us who can't (or won't) watch the show can still judge whether your suggestion qualifies. The former reason is the more important one! ;)
If someone who is completely unfamiliar with the show can't tell whether such-and-such is an example, then you shouldn't add the example.
Speaking words of fandom: let it squee, let it squee.I'd rather say that if someone who is completely unfamiliar with the show can't tell whether such-and-such is an example, then you should add the necessary context so that anyone would understand why it's an example. If you can't add that context, then you shouldn't add the example.
Check out my fanfiction!Does this count as an example of Broken Base or Base-Breaking Character? (This is referring to Steven Universe, by the way)
- "Room For Ruby", while usually regarded as a solid episode, does have a split in regards to Navy; some fans are disappointed that she didn't get a redemption arc, while others love that she was revealed to be incredibly clever and conniving.
edited 13th Apr '17 8:50:04 PM by Crossover-Enthusiast
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, so it doesn't get lost:
Are these examples from YMMV.Supergirl 2015 S 2 E 17 Distant Sun being used correctly?:
- Internet Backdraft: Although Mon-El was already a Base-Breaking Character, the vitriol from haters seemed to have come to a head this episode with people enjoying him getting beat up by Kara under mind-control, to chastising him for carelessly blasting the window to the Daxamite ship where everyone could have been sucked out into space, to complaining that his storyline took away from the Sanvers storyline, and ultimately wishing Mon-El's parents took him away so Kara can be with Lena.
- Special Effects Failure: The alien bounty hunter that engages in a Beam-O-War with Kara at the beginning of the episode looks incredibly fake.
- They Wasted a Perfectly Good Plot: An episode about Kara dealing with alien bounty hunters, yet not even a single reference to Lobo.
The Internet Backdraft example feels like it should be worded differently, while Special Effects Failure and They Wasted a Perfectly Good Plot should be elaborated on more.
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beyond the examples in 3566, i noted the following example in the Pokemon trivia page:
Is this a correct example?
edited 10th Apr '17 11:20:32 AM by MagBas