Duplicate Image: Exactly What It Says On The Tin

Trapped-with-Monster Plot is a recently-launched trope with the same image as Exactly What It Says on the Tin, which has its own ongoing TRS thread due to massive Trope Decay. Not really sure which page the image would fit better.

Opened.

I feel like it would be much easier to find a new image for EWISOTT (not typing that out).

I think one of the Dogs Playing Poker paintings would be a great pic for EWISOTT. The Snakes pic works really well for this new page.

edited 22nd Dec '14 8:44:19 PM by Willbyr

That sounds like a great idea to me.

edited 22nd Dec '14 11:47:52 PM by rodneyAnonymous

I like the ideas in 4 and 6.

Nice suggestion. In case it's upvoted, shall we use that Homer Simpson quote for the caption?

Homer Simpson: "Aah! They're dogs... and they're playing poker!"

edited 23rd Dec '14 1:25:11 AM by Morgenthaler

It's only this trope if the title is redundant, not if someone else says it is.

Suggestion: "From the "Dogs Playing Poker" series by C. M. Coolidge"

Shovel Knight[1]◊

edited 23rd Dec '14 9:58:27 AM by Memers

6+9

Sure, works.

6+9 is also OK for me.

+1 for 6+9

Technically, 6&9 isn't an example, as there is no story for the title to convey. Would the Mona Lisa be an example too? After all, it's all right there in the title; it's a woman the artist calls Mona Lisa. What about Them Scream? Or Sunday Afternoon at La Grande Jette?

There is a story, which's what the painting depicts: dogs that are playing Poker.

The painting is from a series of paintings called "Dogs Playing Poker". All the paintings in the series are of... dogs playing poker. It's about as straight an example of the trope as you can get.

I'm not a big fan of Dogs Playing Poker because there's nothing written on the tin. Snakes On A Plane at least has the title in the image.

How about something related to Ping Pong The Animation? It doesnt get more literal than that.

Ping Pong: The Animation is not this trope - the title needs to give out the important details on what the plot is about. Since Ping Pong: The Animation doesn't do so, it's not an example.

Anyway, the problem with Dogs Playing Poker can be gotten around with by including said "writing" within the caption.

edited 2nd Jan '15 5:56:50 AM by KarjamP

The problem is the trope is in the caption not in the image, we need something that says the title and makes it obvious what it is. The Shovel Knight image I posted earlier is one example of that, something else could be one of those NES games with the obvious titles like 'Football' and such.

like this◊ [1]◊ and if needed we could pair it up with a screen on the game, even though I think that is overkill.

edited 2nd Jan '15 7:57:48 AM by Memers

I don't find that the text adds significantly more just because it's in the picture in these cases.

I also find that a single-word title is less descriptive than a phrase, and thus has a lesser impact as the trope.

Bump; we need to decide on something here since it's a duplicate pic issue. I'm still perfectly happy with 6+9.

Same.

I don't like the Dogs Playing Poker suggestion because I associate paintings a bit less with a tin than books, films or video games. Almost anybody would have seen the 'content' of these works before they've seen 'what it says on the tin'. The implication of 'what it says on the tin' is that you are made a promise of the contents, that you will discover that what's inside, is in fact what the description on the tin promised. I just don't feel that way with Dogs Playing Poker.

Shovel Knight works for me, but there are more obvious examples in contemporary games, like The Mighty Quest For Epic Loot, Yet Another Zombie Defense, or Hack, Slash, Loot. Don't know if these games resonate as much as Shovel Knight, but I see them come past on Steam a lot.

Though I feel we can do better with an actual established work, there's just not much coming to mind right now.