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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

FernandoLemon Since: Aug, 2015
#21726: Oct 19th 2024 at 7:57:51 AM

Oh, I know we all in the team love 'em. But what do people outside the project think of them?

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?
#21727: Oct 19th 2024 at 12:18:40 PM

I find them amusing.

Bigotry will NEVER be welcome on TV Tropes.
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ReginaldOgron5 Est Ut Squimplex Ut from Two blocks down from the Undead Burg Since: Mar, 2022 Relationship Status: I want you to want me
Est Ut Squimplex Ut
#21729: Oct 19th 2024 at 8:59:20 PM

They're pretty epic. And I'm consistently impressed at how the editorial staff of Trope Report consistently manages to find appropriate sponsors for the month.

Wenn sie die Ente hierein lassen, lasse ich das Wasser hieraus!
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)
#21730: Oct 19th 2024 at 9:05:59 PM

Aw, good to know our little gag is appreciated! grin

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Amonimus the "Retromancer" from <<|Wiki Talk|>> (Sergeant) Relationship Status: In another castle
the "Retromancer"
#21731: Oct 19th 2024 at 9:37:01 PM

The first time Followed Threads got over 50 unread, so it was a quite busy morning reading them.

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Spinosegnosaurus77 Ramen Fairy from Ontario, Canada Since: May, 2011 Relationship Status: All I Want for Christmas is a Girlfriend
Ramen Fairy
#21732: Oct 19th 2024 at 10:24:49 PM

Why do we still have the just bugs me icon when It Just Bugs Me was renamed over a decade ago?

Peace is the only battle worth waging.
Ultimatum Disasturbator from The Wiggle Room (Old as dirt) Relationship Status: Who needs love when you have waffles?
Disasturbator
#21733: Oct 20th 2024 at 4:24:47 AM

It stick around because some bugs are to to squish.

have a listen and have a link to my discord server
Kinkajou I'm Only Sleeping Since: Jul, 2009 Relationship Status: Hiding
I'm Only Sleeping
#21734: Oct 20th 2024 at 7:01:36 AM

Me when I realize Trope Report is a palindrome

INT is knowing a tomato is a fruit. WIS is knowing it doesn't belong in a fruit salad. CHA is convincing people that it does.
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#21735: Oct 22nd 2024 at 3:27:29 AM

~mightymewtron Not an engineer, so I can’t say this in that thread, but thank you for your engineer work. You’ve done a lot for this site over the years, and I wish you well in your future endeavors.

(Random question — by “normie user”, what do you mean? Just curious.)

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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
#21736: Oct 22nd 2024 at 11:18:35 AM

I've only really been a proper engineer for less than a year but I appreciate the thanks.

Normie user just means I'll use the site as normal, editing and working in forums and such, just without my extra privileges.

I do some cleanup and then I enjoy shows you probably think are cringe.
themayorofsimpleton Short-Term Projects Herald | he/him from the Island of Koridai (Captain) Relationship Status: I won't say I'm in love
Short-Term Projects Herald | he/him
#21737: Oct 22nd 2024 at 12:00:37 PM

[up] Got it.


On a different subject, I noticed Nintendo Hard’s TRS cleanup appears to be nonexistent, based on the wick cleanup sandbox. Maybe I’ll make that my next project.

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Demetrios Lucky Seven from Des Plaines, Illinois (unfortunately) Since: Oct, 2009 Relationship Status: And they all lived happily ever after <3
Lucky Seven
#21738: Oct 22nd 2024 at 4:59:23 PM

Since I’m watching the movie he’s the star of, I can still remember when we had Jack Skellington as the icon for the Nightmare Fuel tab.

Come on! Let's bless them all until we get fershnickered!
MsOranjeDiscoDancer 2much2furious from the Saja Boys' last performance! Since: Aug, 2022 Relationship Status: Will you go out with me to the End?
2much2furious
#21739: Oct 23rd 2024 at 5:20:29 PM

lol i was actually pondering how tvtropes used to separate nightmare fuel and high octane nightmare fuel

what is the official stance on troping works rendered noncanon? i know there have been a few threads... but the search function is garbage

i may be dead inside but at least i have Mystery :,)
themayorofsimpleton Short-Term Projects Herald | he/him from the Island of Koridai (Captain) Relationship Status: I won't say I'm in love
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#21740: Oct 23rd 2024 at 5:39:10 PM

[up][up] I remember that from when I used to lurk. I also remember DMOS used to be pinned to the top — I believe a TRS thread changed that.

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captainpat Since: Sep, 2010
#21741: Oct 23rd 2024 at 9:52:04 PM

I never feel comfortable adding a Misaimed Fandom entry unless it's backed up by something a creator actually said.

NitroIndigo ♀ | Small ripples lead to big waves from West Midlands region, England Since: Jun, 2021 Relationship Status: Who needs love when you have waffles?
♀ | Small ripples lead to big waves
#21742: Oct 23rd 2024 at 11:23:56 PM

[up][up][up]A pet peeve of mine is when people act like a work from a big franchise has no merit as a piece of media if it's not explicitly canon.

KaabiiFan13 Since: Apr, 2022
#21743: Oct 26th 2024 at 9:07:12 AM

Ooooh dear...

So, this is probably not the best place to discuss this, but... I just accidentally launched someone else's trope.

I was looking through the Launch Pad to see what proposed tropes I like. I found this one, and tried to offer a Hat, but I somehow ended up clicking through both launch buttons and got it launched despite the proposal seeming incomplete. How do I reverse this?

Update: Posted to the Crash Rescue thread, Thank you homogenized

Update 2: It was unlaunched, Thank you Willbyr

Edited by KaabiiFan13 on Oct 26th 2024 at 9:51:24 AM

sudrictoon Any pronouns from Sodor/Crystal Tokyo Since: Feb, 2021 Relationship Status: Anime is my true love
Any pronouns
#21744: Oct 26th 2024 at 9:37:59 AM

I found the Hit Overdosed page and now I'm looking at the related pages for various works. I found out that The Angry Beavers has 222,361 hits. That is VERY surprising for a Nicktoon that isn't as remembered as its contemporaries.

Sinners are TRASH / And they are A**HOLES
wingedcatgirl mys. minty from the silly dimension from lurking (Holding A Herring) Relationship Status: Oh my word! I'm gay!
mys. minty from the silly dimension
#21745: Oct 26th 2024 at 10:14:05 AM

>what is the official stance on troping works rendered noncanon?

Non canon works are still works, so they can always be troped in and of themselves. Depending on when and why they became non-canon, they may be worth citing for a "former canon was X before a retcon" situation.

Suddenly I'm... still rotating Fallen London in my mind even though I've stopped actively playing it.
Reymma RJ Savoy from Edinburgh Since: Feb, 2015 Relationship Status: Wanna dance with somebody
RJ Savoy
#21746: Oct 26th 2024 at 4:16:40 PM

At base, being non-canon is Trivia to be noted on the tab. Of course often it needs to be mentioned elsewhere because it affects other things. Usually if the non-canon stuff is more than an episode or two, it is set into its own continuity and may be troped as a separate work. For the biggest example recently, all of Star Wars Legends is non-canon to the films.

Stories don't tell us monsters exist; we knew that already. They show us that monsters can be trademarked and milked for years.
NitroIndigo ♀ | Small ripples lead to big waves from West Midlands region, England Since: Jun, 2021 Relationship Status: Who needs love when you have waffles?
♀ | Small ripples lead to big waves
#21748: Oct 27th 2024 at 1:35:07 AM

I just wondered that if TV Tropes existed in 2001, people might've shoehorned in Harsher in Hindsight examples about 9/11 in the same way COVID shoehorns were rampant four years ago.

Amonimus the "Retromancer" from <<|Wiki Talk|>> (Sergeant) Relationship Status: In another castle
the "Retromancer"
#21749: Oct 27th 2024 at 1:44:13 AM

I'm sure there were already plenty.

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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)
#21750: Oct 27th 2024 at 1:55:25 AM

I feel like we've come across some, yeah.

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