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One thing I've noticed is that for all how the page for They Might Be Giants claims them to be the unofficial official band of this wiki, there's relatively few people on this site who seem to ever reference them.

Edited by GastonRabbit on Oct 13th 2024 at 12:59:03 PM

techno156 from Lost in the wrong part of the internet (Private) Relationship Status: [TOP SECRET]
#10526: Sep 11th 2022 at 12:42:54 AM

Considering that deletion is an admin only thing, I am mildly surprised that we haven't had an enterprising troll or spam bot just do a shotgun-blast of uploaded images.

bwburke94 I am mad scientist! It's so cool! from 1.048596% (Y2: Electric Boogaloo) Relationship Status: She does the things you do, but she is an IBM
I am mad scientist! It's so cool!
#10527: Sep 11th 2022 at 2:35:03 AM

Don't give them any ideas.

2025: the year it all ends?
Cutegirl920fire Player 222 from the Squid Games (Five Long Years) Relationship Status: Paris holds the key to my heart
Player 222
#10528: Sep 11th 2022 at 8:54:41 AM

Someone is turning the Gaslight, Gatekeep, Girl boss meme into a TLP draft [lol]

Edited by Cutegirl920fire on Sep 11th 2022 at 8:54:49 AM

CG for short
Piterpicher Veteran Editor IV from Poland, for real (Series 2) Relationship Status: Armed with the Power of Love
Veteran Editor IV
#10529: Sep 11th 2022 at 9:11:17 AM

Wow... Some tropes sure are modern.

Currently mostly inactive. An incremental game I tested: https://galaxy.click/play/176 (Gods of Incremental)
Ultimatum Disasturbator from The Wiggle Room (Old as dirt) Relationship Status: Who needs love when you have waffles?
Disasturbator
#10530: Sep 11th 2022 at 9:30:43 AM

those going to be a reaction trope I bet

have a listen and have a link to my discord server
BackSet1 I <3 Zinnia from I'm sure you'd love to know that, wouldn't you? (Experienced, Not Yet Jaded) Relationship Status: Yes, I'm alone, but I'm alone and free
I <3 Zinnia
#10531: Sep 11th 2022 at 9:35:41 AM

That name's getting changed no doubt about it.

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Bluethorn CHOMPION from Partash Since: Jan, 2018 Relationship Status: Star-crossed
CHOMPION
#10532: Sep 11th 2022 at 10:17:56 AM

I didn't even know that was a meme.

Tbh I never really hated his minigames in the original, but they did make them better in the remake.
techno156 from Lost in the wrong part of the internet (Private) Relationship Status: [TOP SECRET]
#10533: Sep 11th 2022 at 10:52:27 AM

[up] It's a fairly new one. The antithesis of the philosoraptor, who lives in a barrel, nude and impoverished.

WarJay77 It's NaNo, Bay-beeee! (8,356/50,000) from My Writing Cave (Troper Knight) Relationship Status: Armed with the Power of Love
It's NaNo, Bay-beeee! (8,356/50,000)
#10534: Sep 11th 2022 at 10:55:46 AM

I know it because my coworker used it once after pranking our other coworker (and accidentally pranking me in the process... it's a whole story [lol]). Point is he knew he'd been pranked as soon as she turned to him and just said "Gaslight. Gatekeep. Girlboss."

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BackSet1 I <3 Zinnia from I'm sure you'd love to know that, wouldn't you? (Experienced, Not Yet Jaded) Relationship Status: Yes, I'm alone, but I'm alone and free
I <3 Zinnia
#10535: Sep 11th 2022 at 10:57:47 AM

[up][up] In his case, a chicken really is a man. Or a successor to one, at least.

Edited by BackSet1 on Sep 11th 2022 at 1:58:03 PM

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Excessive-Menace Time to SLEEP from the Velvet Cage (Fifth Year at Tropey's) Relationship Status: Dancing with myself
CytoZytokine Since: Jun, 2022
#10537: Sep 11th 2022 at 12:14:30 PM

I'm surprised memes in and of themselves are valid concepts for tropes that gain a lot of support in a short amount of time. Well if it's ok with everyone, I have no issues.

WarJay77 It's NaNo, Bay-beeee! (8,356/50,000) from My Writing Cave (Troper Knight) Relationship Status: Armed with the Power of Love
It's NaNo, Bay-beeee! (8,356/50,000)
#10538: Sep 11th 2022 at 12:15:49 PM

I mean, we also have Obnoxious Entitled Housewife, which was originally conceptualized as "The Karen".

Edited by WarJay77 on Sep 11th 2022 at 3:16:21 PM

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Amonimus the "Retromancer" from <<|Wiki Talk|>> (Sergeant) Relationship Status: In another castle
the "Retromancer"
#10539: Sep 11th 2022 at 12:18:13 PM

Many memes can be actual tropes hidden behind Trope Namer Syndrome. When you start explaining them, either they're just funny edits or describe something that actually happens a lot in media.

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BackSet1 I <3 Zinnia from I'm sure you'd love to know that, wouldn't you? (Experienced, Not Yet Jaded) Relationship Status: Yes, I'm alone, but I'm alone and free
I <3 Zinnia
#10540: Sep 11th 2022 at 12:19:32 PM

[up][up][up][up] Okay but the description has to involve Mansplaining what a Trope is. Or, to get more meta, Mansplaining what Manipulate, Mansplain, Malewife means.

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mightymewtron Word Up from New New York Since: Oct, 2012 Relationship Status: THIS CONCEPT OF 'WUV' CONFUSES AND INFURIATES US!
Word Up
#10541: Sep 11th 2022 at 1:30:04 PM

I never noticed that YKTTW auto-wicks if it's simply typed in allcaps.

TLP does not do the same, however.

I do some cleanup and then I enjoy shows you probably think are cringe.
Amonimus the "Retromancer" from <<|Wiki Talk|>> (Sergeant) Relationship Status: In another castle
the "Retromancer"
#10542: Sep 11th 2022 at 1:31:31 PM

Here's a magic trick, try typing and posting K UBIS

e: I have not planned that out.

Edited by Amonimus on Sep 11th 2022 at 11:32:48 AM

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WarJay77 It's NaNo, Bay-beeee! (8,356/50,000) from My Writing Cave (Troper Knight) Relationship Status: Armed with the Power of Love
It's NaNo, Bay-beeee! (8,356/50,000)
#10543: Sep 11th 2022 at 1:42:16 PM

I don't understand the whole "auto change" K U B I S thing. Like... it seems really silly to me. BUPKIS doesn't do it, so why should its counterpart?

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Bluethorn CHOMPION from Partash Since: Jan, 2018 Relationship Status: Star-crossed
CHOMPION
#10544: Sep 11th 2022 at 1:53:43 PM

Keep Until Better Image Suggested

Keep Until Better Image Suggested

Wow, that's weird. It even happens when you put the [= =] around it.

Edited by Bluethorn on Sep 11th 2022 at 1:54:10 AM

Tbh I never really hated his minigames in the original, but they did make them better in the remake.
RacattackForce (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
#10545: Sep 11th 2022 at 2:00:57 PM

Keep Until Better Image Suggested? Keep Until Better Image Suggested?

Huh. I guess I can see the merits of having that shorthand.

Edited by RacattackForce on Sep 11th 2022 at 5:01:48 AM

BackSet1 I <3 Zinnia from I'm sure you'd love to know that, wouldn't you? (Experienced, Not Yet Jaded) Relationship Status: Yes, I'm alone, but I'm alone and free
Synchronicity (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
Bluethorn CHOMPION from Partash Since: Jan, 2018 Relationship Status: Star-crossed
CHOMPION
#10548: Sep 11th 2022 at 2:05:04 PM

KUBlS

Tbh I never really hated his minigames in the original, but they did make them better in the remake.
Amonimus the "Retromancer" from <<|Wiki Talk|>> (Sergeant) Relationship Status: In another castle
the "Retromancer"
#10549: Sep 11th 2022 at 2:07:35 PM

Likely because Administrivia.Keep Until Better Image Suggested was the first one like that and nobody bothered with others.

Edited by Amonimus on Sep 11th 2022 at 12:07:51 PM

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GastonRabbit C'est la vie. (he/him) from Robinson, Illinois, USA (General of TV Troops) Relationship Status: I'm just a poor boy, nobody loves me
C'est la vie. (he/him)
#10550: Sep 11th 2022 at 4:50:18 PM

I recall reading somewhere on the forums or ATT (forgot where) that the cleanup effort for Getting Crap Past the Radar left behind multiple wicks for Getting Crap Past The (which doesn't exist). More recently, I saw that there was a Wick Cleaning Projects listing for this, so I checked and the latter has almost eight times more wicks than the former, so I'm not sure what happened here.

Edited by GastonRabbit on Sep 11th 2022 at 8:23:33 AM

I got a rock for Halloween.

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