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If you think that both the image and the caption are poor, please make a thread in Image Pickin' for the page, and we'll work on the image and caption both at the same time.

As with other TRS and IP threads, please state your reasons and make your case in your first post. Don't make the other posters spend time trying to pry it out of you.

Edited by Willbyr on Jun 21st 2021 at 9:42:03 AM

Jester_Punslinger I fight for a "Jest" cause from Somewhere back in time. Since: Sep, 2018 Relationship Status: Non-Canon
I fight for a "Jest" cause
#3526: Apr 2nd 2022 at 3:43:18 PM

[up][up][up][up] A [tup] from me.

Sibling Murder now has an image, suggestion for a caption:

Edited by Jester_Punslinger on Apr 2nd 2022 at 10:43:57 AM

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MurlocAggroB from the second-most ridiculous province of Canada Since: May, 2015
#3527: Apr 2nd 2022 at 5:02:26 PM

[up] I tend to dislike quotes from works as captions. They usually to fall into Fan Myopia. Like, that caption doesn't make any sense to me.

Malady (Not-So-Newbie)
#3528: Apr 2nd 2022 at 5:58:50 PM

[up] - Looking at it again, it's too broad. It only needs all siblings to have died, instead of having to murder them.

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I'm helping!
#3530: Apr 2nd 2022 at 7:42:08 PM

In the Bad Future of Chrono Trigger, the healing pods all say something to the effect of "HP and MP fully restored! ... but you're still hungry."

So, a reference to the same work, but... not entirely clear if it makes sense as a caption for this trope image.

Edited by wingedcatgirl on Apr 2nd 2022 at 9:42:55 AM

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PurpleEyedGuma Since: Apr, 2020
#3531: Apr 3rd 2022 at 9:31:10 PM

DeathGlare.Video Games is first person + “X demonstrates this trope”.

Edited by PurpleEyedGuma on Apr 3rd 2022 at 12:31:47 PM

Malady (Not-So-Newbie)
#3532: Apr 3rd 2022 at 9:43:27 PM

A better caption would explain why he's Death Glare-ing? Does the example appear on page?

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PurpleEyedGuma Since: Apr, 2020
#3533: Apr 3rd 2022 at 9:44:37 PM

[up]

  • Kazuma Kiryu of the Yakuza series is a Perpetual Frowner by default, but he really gets into the Death Glares in Yakuza 6, especially when staring down Yuta, the man who got Kiryu's adopted daughter Haruka pregnant and then spent most of the game lying about it.

FernandoLemon Nobody Here from Argentina (Troper Knight) Relationship Status: In season
#3534: Apr 4th 2022 at 11:27:49 AM

For Memes.Despicable Me, I'd suggested the caption "Oh, so you're a troper? Name every trope." Is it better than the current?

I'd like to apologize for all this.
Tabs Since: Jan, 2001
#3535: Apr 6th 2022 at 11:28:27 AM

An issue with the caption for Roguelike was raised

I like my original caption ("Typical graphics and gameplay of roguelikes.") better: being a deadpan parody of Beige Prose captions was part of the joke. Even adding a Nintendo Hard pothole (there were no bluelinks originally) comes close to violating Don't Explain the Joke IMHO. The current one is more blatantly jokey, as you only see that kind of phrasing on casually written sites such as TV Tropes. If the distinction of "early" and "all" roguelikes is to be retained, perhaps a formal rewording to along the lines of "The above illustrates graphics typical of early roguelikes, along with gameplay characteristics common to all games in the genre." would work, but also might be trying too hard.

GoosefromWikipedia (Rule of Three)
#3536: Apr 6th 2022 at 7:26:48 PM

[up] The current caption's fine in my opinion, but I wouldn't oppose restoring the original caption.

The caption for Goldilocks reads like an excuse to shoehorn complaining about Burger King's advertising into a completely unrelated work. Should it be thrown out of the window?

wingedcatgirl I'm helping! from lurking (Holding A Herring) Relationship Status: Oh my word! I'm gay!
I'm helping!
#3537: Apr 6th 2022 at 7:31:52 PM

That's really random. Like we're pretty sure the Burger King was kinda "supposed" to be creepy but even if whoever added that caption was playing along it's just random to reference it there.

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mightymewtron Angry babby from New New York Since: Oct, 2012 Relationship Status: THIS CONCEPT OF 'WUV' CONFUSES AND INFURIATES US!
Angry babby
#3538: Apr 6th 2022 at 7:49:41 PM

That caption is not just right — cut it.

I do some cleanup and then I enjoy shows you probably think are cringe.
FernandoLemon Nobody Here from Argentina (Troper Knight) Relationship Status: In season
#3539: Apr 6th 2022 at 8:07:30 PM

It was from 2012, back when random was in. It's been culled; begone, you foul remnant from times long gone by!

I'd like to apologize for all this.
Spark9 Gentleman Troper! from Castle Wulfenbach Since: Nov, 2010 Relationship Status: Pining for the fjords
Gentleman Troper!
#3540: Apr 8th 2022 at 8:18:57 AM

I think Fashion Dissonance should have a better caption that explains what decade or style is being represented and what, exactly, it's dissonant with.

Rhetorical, eh? ... Eight!
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Industrious Incisors
#3541: Apr 9th 2022 at 6:31:14 AM

The caption for Awesome.Kirby And The Forgotten Land potholes to Pro ZD, but I guarantee that joke existed long before his video.

Edited by ShinyCottonCandy on Apr 9th 2022 at 9:31:25 AM

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#3542: Apr 9th 2022 at 6:40:51 AM

Do you mean the phrase “got the point”, the phrase in reference to Meta Knight, or the entire quote including the “hyah”?

Wafer The Mask Does Not Laugh Since: Oct, 2021 Relationship Status: Showing feelings of an almost human nature
The Mask Does Not Laugh
#3543: Apr 9th 2022 at 7:10:11 AM

The joke of the original video is about characters in video games repeating the same lines in combat, which has nothing to do with the image.

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Industrious Incisors
#3544: Apr 9th 2022 at 7:31:18 AM

[up][up]It was almoste certainly potholed because of the "got the point" bit, but as [up] mentioned, the main point of ProZD's video, and the actual original part, has nothing to do with the pic.

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PurpleEyedGuma Since: Apr, 2020
#3545: Apr 9th 2022 at 9:55:45 AM

Infection Scene’s caption is just reacting to the pic.

mightymewtron Angry babby from New New York Since: Oct, 2012 Relationship Status: THIS CONCEPT OF 'WUV' CONFUSES AND INFURIATES US!
Angry babby
#3546: Apr 9th 2022 at 10:00:16 AM

Yeah, cut or replace it with something more explanatory.

I do some cleanup and then I enjoy shows you probably think are cringe.
FernandoLemon Nobody Here from Argentina (Troper Knight) Relationship Status: In season
#3547: Apr 9th 2022 at 10:09:38 AM

It's Word Cruft, I've cut it.

Edited by FernandoLemon on Apr 9th 2022 at 2:10:05 PM

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PurpleEyedGuma Since: Apr, 2020
#3548: Apr 9th 2022 at 10:32:24 AM

The caption on Hopeless with Tech received an edit, and is now way too long.

Edited by PurpleEyedGuma on Apr 9th 2022 at 1:33:29 PM

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#3549: Apr 9th 2022 at 11:53:41 AM

The caption on Night of the Lepus appears to be complaining:

Is there a suitable replacement? Or should it be left blank for now?

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