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- Make sure that the example makes sense to both people who don't know the work AND don't know the trope.
- Wrong: The Mentor: Kevin is this to Bob in the first episode.
- Right: The Mentor: Kevin takes Bob under his wing in the first episode and teaches him the ropes of being a were-chinchilla.
- Never just put the trope title and leave it at that.
- Wrong: Badass Adorable
- Right: Badass Adorable: Xavier, the group's cute little mascot, defeats three raging elephants with both hands tied behind his back using only an uncooked spaghetti noodle.
- When is normally far less important than How.
- A character name is not an explanation.
- Wrong: Full Moon Silhouette: Diana
- Right: Full Moon Silhouette: At the end of her transformation sequence into Moon Princess Misty, Diana is shown flying across the full moon riding a rutabaga.
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Edited by Synchronicity on Sep 18th 2023 at 11:42:55 AM
Does this really count as an example of Ascended Fanon if it just happened among the creators?
"Sometimes developers can do this to themselves. In the Hard Rain campaign of Left 4 Dead 2, the players must navigate an abandoned sugar refinery. During development, Valve found that there were an unusually high number of Witches spawning in the zone. They liked the glitch, and made it canon that Witches are attracted to the scent of sugar."
More like Ascended Glitch.
Would the uniform of the Greek Presidential Guard be a Real Life example of Battle Ballgown ?
edited 1st Apr '18 2:00:04 PM by EriekD
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No. The trope isn't "Combat outfit that has a skirt", it is more "Dress/Skirt that is designed for war - it has armor and/or built in weaponry". A purely ceremonial outfit with a skirt definitely does not count.
if they rode into battle with it and it was made out of some kind of armor then yeah, they would be real idiots though.
edited 1st Apr '18 6:35:59 PM by Memers
Hey guys, I have something I like to ask of you guys.
Do you really think that Chifuyu Orimura from Infinite Stratos series is really a "Jerk With A Heart of Gold"?
I asked because of her harsh, and cold personality. But I do admit that she does have a heart of gold. Despite of her own tough treatment towards Ichika, her younger brother, she actually cares about him.And to ensure that my grammar is good enough.
If so, then how about this on her character page?
Infinite Stratos:
Chifuyu Orimura:
- Jerk with a Heart of Gold: As harsh as she may be, she does have a heart of gold. Despite of strictness towards her younger brother, she's actually care about Ichika because he is her only family.
Is this really a good example?
edited 2nd Apr '18 6:23:34 AM by DaffySquad
I don't know the show, but if your description is accurate I'd say she qualifies. Some grammar tweaks, though:
- Jerk with a Heart of Gold: As harsh as she may be, she does have a heart of gold. In spite of her strictness towards her younger brother, she does actually care for Ichika, because he is her only family.
No, the other one.
As I mentioned in the other thread, I think she fits. She may not be the jerkiest of jerkasses (she's at least not a villain), but there's a large discrepancy between her harsh exterior and her hidden caring nature.
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Given that this is an Ecchi series, this moves from being a YMMV to actual Fanservice, right?
YMMV.Uchi No Musume Ni Te O Dasu Na:
in skintight leotards, who're subjected to everything from tentacles, to frequent clothing damage, and even phallic parasites. And an occasional Girl on Girl Is Hot.
No, the other one.
Seems reasonable.
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Isn't Fetish Fuel one of those we're not supposed to have anywhere at all? Or is it just a "no examples on the trope page itself but on work pages it's fine" deal?
Lost in Space
No examples of Fetish Fuel anywhere, that's right.
"It's Occam's Shuriken! If the answer is elusive, never rule out ninjas!"
No, the other one.
Does that include In-Universe examples?
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I feel like in-universe Fetish Fuel is already a different trope.
"It's Occam's Shuriken! If the answer is elusive, never rule out ninjas!"
Yes; it is at Fetish.
"For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled." - Richard Feynman
Is this example of Ass Pull on YMMV.SuperMarioOdyssey being used correctly?:
Ass Pull: Mario and Bowser fighting over Peach's affection in the game's ending, leading to Peach rejecting both of them, can come across as this. There's almost no transition from Mario reasonably trying to stop Bowser's forced marriage to acting this childish, and it comes across as jarring.
The example has nothing to do with a crucial plot detail that comes out of nowhere, which is what an Ass Pull is.
Cut it. Sounds like it's being used to complain.
edited 2nd Apr '18 1:29:28 PM by dragonfire5000
- TRS Wick Cleaning is saying that some Fetish Fuel wicks can stay:
Removal - most of the wicks need to be removed, save for special cases
Fetish Fuel: 364 wicks (including at least 10 wicks that are either locked, archive, or ghost wicks, or this page) as of 04/03/2018
- In-Universe examples go in Fetish
- Fanservice entries go in Mr. Fanservice or Ms. Fanservice
- Wicks referring to the definition page stay
edited 2nd Apr '18 2:02:46 PM by Malady
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Reposting this from the last page:
- "The Trial"
- Blue Diamond has been waiting for centuries to find out the truth about Pink's death. It's half of the reason why she demands that Rose be tried, assigned a defense lawyer Zircon, and allowed make a statement.
You'd Expect: She'd have given Defense Zircon enough time to find the truth, and to tell her that is her job, and not to find the defendant innocent or guilty.
Instead: Defense Zircon has less than a minute to talk with her client. She's also been told by Yellow Diamond, or her manager, that if Steven is found guilty, then Defense Zircon will be shattered.
The Result: Poor Defense Zircon is a Nervous Wreck through the trial and angry that her client isn't even trying to claim innocence, instead making a confession and asking for punishment. It's not until a random break happens, thanks to Blue Diamond's powers, and Steven finally admits that he doesn't know what exactly his mother did, that Defense Zircon starts pointing out the holes in Pink's death, and confirming Blue's suspicions. Even so, Blue doesn't get closure and "Rose Quartz" manages to escape with a human in tow.
- Blue Diamond has been waiting for centuries to find out the truth about Pink's death. It's half of the reason why she demands that Rose be tried, assigned a defense lawyer Zircon, and allowed make a statement.
I still question the claim that Blue Zircon would be shattered if Steven was found guilty. It's been a while, I admit, don't recall that in the episode.
I don't remember it either, actually.
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Rugrats the Movie:
- My God, What Have I Done?: Chuckie is the first to realize that abandoning Tommy and his younger brother Dil in the dark forest (out of frustration with the latter) was a terrible mistake. It drives him to convince the twins that they need to go back for them.
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x5 - So, from YMMV.So Young So Bad, trying to clean out Fetish Fuel, is this use right, or is it Token Minority or something?:
Under Unbuilt Trope, which isn't YMMV anyway...
There's this:
edited 2nd Apr '18 6:49:23 PM by Malady
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The Death of Superman lists Doomsday as a Composite Character under this reasoning: "Doomsday acts like his comic self, designed slightly more like his DCAU counterpart and has the heat vision that his Batman v Superman counterpart has." Would this work better under Adaptation Amalgamation?