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Deadlock Clock: Aug 26th 2013 at 11:59:00 PM
Quanyails Since: Mar, 2010
#1: Jul 14th 2013 at 11:41:55 AM

The caption seems to be doing all of the work in the current image. I'd think the image itself would fit on Anachronism Stew more than the current page, as there's nothing illustrating a translation in the image.

DRCEQ Since: Oct, 2009
#2: Jul 14th 2013 at 11:53:03 AM

Motion to Pull

There's no way to display a picture for this trope without subtitles AND multiple pictures. Just no way.

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#3: Jul 14th 2013 at 12:41:33 PM

Maybe something from Kung Pow Enter The Fist? Comparing the original and the remade?

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DRCEQ Since: Oct, 2009
#4: Jul 14th 2013 at 4:11:11 PM

[up] There's nothing indicating a comedic change to the script by showing an actor placing himself into old film footage.

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#5: Jul 14th 2013 at 8:15:58 PM

Pull. It's just confusing.

While it would be good on Anachronism Stew, it's not nearly as awesome as the one currently there. That page does have subpages, though.

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#6: Jul 15th 2013 at 5:45:30 AM

+1 to pull, that's horrible.

Rethkir Since: Mar, 2013
#7: Jul 15th 2013 at 6:22:10 AM

I see what they're going for, but no. It just doesn't work. Pull.

edited 15th Jul '13 6:22:27 AM by Rethkir

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#8: Jul 16th 2013 at 1:45:37 PM

Just another one here for pull - can't think of any images that would help the article, and the present one looks like it might fit better on Ragtag Bunch of Misfits or Anachronism Stew, as already said.

edited 16th Jul '13 1:46:15 PM by RatherRandomRandy

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#9: Jul 16th 2013 at 7:00:12 PM

Pulled.

Dmitri "Goblin" Puchkov's gag dubs, portraying the Fellowship of the Ring as a criminal band in a land of Anachronism Stew, were famous enough in Russia to inspire their own RPG game.

Melkior Since: Dec, 2011
#10: Jul 21st 2013 at 2:56:50 AM

[up] Although it does seem to be JAFAAC, I think this trope demands it. There's no possible way to illustrate this trope without the caption being essential, so I'm voting "yes" on this unless something better is suggested.

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#11: Jul 21st 2013 at 11:11:26 AM

[up] That's the image that was pulled...were you referring to something else?

Melkior Since: Dec, 2011
#12: Jul 21st 2013 at 1:20:50 PM

Ah, no. I misunderstood. Now I understand what was being discussed. I think it could work, but yes let's look for a better image. Just don't forget that this trope, being sound-oriented, probably can't be illustrated with an image alone.

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#13: Jul 22nd 2013 at 6:13:50 AM

Question: Would showing subtitles on the screen count as an Image Macro?

edited 22nd Jul '13 6:16:46 AM by Larkmarn

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#14: Jul 22nd 2013 at 6:34:51 AM

[up] No, not if they're from the actual work.

DRCEQ Since: Oct, 2009
#15: Jul 22nd 2013 at 7:38:48 AM

Again, this trope is about comedic changes made to the script. The best, abd I think only way to show this trope is to have subtitles from the original work, and then compare it to subtitles from the gag dub. I'll check and see if I can do that with Ghost Stories.

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#16: Jul 22nd 2013 at 10:36:57 AM

[up] That makes sense, with each noted as such.

Quanyails Since: Mar, 2010
#17: Jul 22nd 2013 at 2:53:46 PM

My concern about subs in an image is that it would look like Gag Subs first and a Gag Dub second. That's a reason I didn't suggest that in my first post.

edited 22nd Jul '13 3:29:38 PM by Quanyails

Leaper Since: May, 2009
#18: Jul 22nd 2013 at 3:01:41 PM

Then you're asserting that this is pretty much unpicturable?

I would not disagree...

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#19: Jul 22nd 2013 at 3:15:45 PM

I'm definitely leaning BUPKIS for this one.

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#20: Jul 22nd 2013 at 5:31:57 PM

Oh that's right, the Gag Sub trope exists too... In that case I choose BUPKIS

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Melkior Since: Dec, 2011
#22: Jul 23rd 2013 at 3:09:18 AM

And now the newbie question comes: What's BUPKIS stand for?

If it means "leave without a picture", I guess I can agree with that. It's probably not going to be possible to illustrate this with a picture alone. At best, we'd need a JAFAAC style pic, such as showing someone from LOTR yelling and putting a caption of "The hills are alive, with the sound of music...". wink

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#23: Jul 23rd 2013 at 3:29:47 AM

Blank Until Pretty Kickass Image Suggested.

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#24: Jul 27th 2013 at 2:22:44 AM

"There's no possible way to illustrate this trope without the caption being essential..."

Keep in mind that "no image" is an option, and may be the best choice if that is true.

"Caption is essential" is not a fatal flaw, there are page images here and there that give a punchline set up by the image, or something, and that is fine, but unless there is a good suggestion for an image/caption combo, I prefer no image to a bad one.

edited 27th Jul '13 2:25:58 AM by rodneyAnonymous

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Spark9 Since: Nov, 2010
#25: Jul 27th 2013 at 3:23:03 AM

Yes. However, a Gag Dub is not so much a trope but rather a genre. So I think we should simply put up an example of this genre by showing a title screen of a gag dub (possibly juxtaposed with a title of the original).


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