Do you have trouble remembering the difference between Deathbringer the Adorable and Fluffy the Terrible?
Do you have trouble recognizing when you've written a Zero-Context Example?
Not sure if you really have a Badass Bookworm or just a guy who likes to read?
Well, this is the thread for you. We're here to help you will all the finer points of example writing. If you have any questions, we can answer them. Don't be afraid. We don't bite. We all just want to make the wiki a better place for everyone.
Useful Tips:
- 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.
Other Resources:
For best results, please include why you think an example is iffy in your first post.
Also, many oft-misused tropes/topics have their own threads, such as Surprisingly Realistic Outcome (here
) and Fan-Preferred Couple (here). Tropers are better able to give feedback on examples you bring up to specific threads.
For cleaning up examples of Complete Monster and Magnificent Bastard, you must use their dedicated threads: Complete Monster Cleanup, Magnificent Bastard Cleanup.
Edited by Synchronicity on Sep 18th 2023 at 11:42:55 AM
I'm helping!
Once you get past three it's really better to just link the post directly.
e: lmao ninja'd
Edited by wingedcatgirl on Jul 17th 2022 at 11:33:51 AM
Trouble Cube continues to be a general-purpose forum for those who desire such a thing.
She / Her
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Yeah, I'll do that next time if there are too many s.
Edited by RandomTroper123 on Jul 17th 2022 at 8:34:42 AM
She / Her
Can Idiot Plot count if the characters act unintelligent only during the last part of the storyline in question?
^^ Thanks Random Troper 123, added back and cited that page of the thread in the edit reason.
She / Her
Not a problem.
Showtime!
When you said my post was fine, did you mean the example is, or my objection to it?
Absolute destiny... apeachalypse?
Moon Queen and Wanderer
She / Her
I meant the example. Sorry I wasn't clear.
the Retromancer
From YMMV.Sonic Frontiers
- Fridge Logic: It's mentioned in interviews with the developers that combat will not be necessary to finish the game. But how would that work? You'd need to beat the bosses to obtain Portal Gears (which are needed to unlock Cyberspace stages where the keys to the Chaos Emeralds are), and how would you beat the bosses without engaging in combat?
Angry babby
Not WMG, it's not proposing an answer, so just cut it as it'll likely be answered by the game.
I do some cleanup and then I enjoy shows you probably think are cringe.
Owl House / Infinity Train / Inside Job Fan
Would VideoGame.Stray (where you play a cat in a city of robots) count as Xenofiction?
The Owl House and Coyote Vs Acme are my Roman Empire.
Showtime!
Would the Psycho Shower Murder Parody trope be considered a horror trope?
YMMV.Spy X Family has this example listed under Fanon:
- On the "persistent misconception" side of fanon is referring to Henry Henderson as headmaster. He's not (and hasn't been) — he's a housemaster, meaning he's in charge of one of Eden's dormitories.
The example admits that it's a "persistent misconception", so shouldn't it be listed as a Common Knowledge example instead? Or is it still valid enough to be kept as-is under Fanon?
With Great Power, Comes Great Motivation
Which it to Common Knowledge.
the Retromancer
Doesn't sound like Fanon.
TroperWall / WikiMagic Cleanup
This is on Characters.Sausage Party under Sammy Bagel Jr.'s folder.
- Ambiguously Jewish: He has a large nose, complains a lot, is often arguing with Lavash, had to be relocated because the Sauerkraut were wiping all the Kosher Foods out, and is based on Woody Allen (a famous Jewish comedian).
Given that the character is very clearly meant to be Jewish, I don't see what's so ambiguous about him.
Isn't the name a reference to Sammy Davis Jr, a Jewish convert?
You are right, it's not ambiguous at all. Cut.
I didn't choose the troping life, the troping life chose me
She / Her
(x6) I guess so, though it depends on how it's used.
(x2) Cut.
Edited by RandomTroper123 on Jul 19th 2022 at 10:51:37 AM
- While the judge putting restricting Daniel's visitation rights over his stunt is understandable, referring to Daniel as a social deviant just because he dressed up as an old lady seems a bit discriminatory by today's standards.
Lord of the Blue Star
A follow up repost, I originally asked about Authority Equals Asskicking here, got a response which states it is more a world-setting concept here,
So, my question becomes is Authority Equals Asskicking, and by correlation, Asskicking Equals Authority, more a story trope over a character trope and should be on the main pages?
And thus if it is a story trope, then the times it appears on a character page without the main page having it are misuses?
Edited by isoycrazy on Jul 20th 2022 at 10:23:19 AM
What strawman is there in Mrs. Doubtfire? The pothole seems like some sort of agenda-ey edit anyways, so I'd say remove.
I would say it is a story/worldbuilding trope more than a character trope. In order for said Authority to equal Asskicking (and vice-versa), the world/setting itself would need to accept that that is how things go.
You can't just have a character going around kicking people's asses, that would only confer authority if the society agrees that it conveys authority.
I didn't choose the troping life, the troping life chose me
Ideal and the Real
Just wanted to check something. In RWBY there's one character, Weiss, who normally just fights with a single rapier that is essentially loaded with various magical spells. During one climactic showdown against one of the main villains, one of the other main characters gets knocked out, so Weiss picks up her weapon as well (a katana), and for a brief moment, she dual wields both her rapier and her friend's katana against one of the villains, at least until she gets knocked out as well.
This has only happened once so far. Is that still enough to warrant troping? Something like:
- Dual Wielding: During the showdown at the portal gateway in Volume 8, after Blake gets knocked out, Weiss picks up Blake's weapon and dual wields both her Myrtenaster and Blake's Gambol Shroud against Cinder, fending her off briefly.
You could add it to the specific episode that it happened instead of her character sheet
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's I recommend just using "re: post about...
" instead or something similar, because nobody counts posts that far.
Edited by Amonimus on Jul 17th 2022 at 6:33:23 PM
TroperWall / WikiMagic Cleanup