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There is a moratorium on merging character pages, so don't ask for that.

Character pages are a large chunk of the wiki, but they're often filled with problems that don't get resolved. These problems include:

  • Zero Context Examples
  • Indentation problems, including bulleting tropes under supertropes or tropeslashing
  • Spoiler tag misuse
  • A lack of alphabetization
  • Empty character folders
  • Plagiarized character descriptions
  • Misused tropes, or tropes that don't belong on character pages
  • Broken or incorrect formatting
  • References to Dummied Out content for video game characters.
  • YMMV / Trivia trope mentions

Per How to Create a Character Page, character pages should only include tropes that describe the characters. These tropes should fall under Characterization Tropes or one of its related indexes, Unless they're recurring character traits (distinctive things that the character does repeatedly).

If you're unsure what counts as a character trope, you can ask about that at Are These Character Tropes.

All characters must have at least one contextualized trope for their section or folder to be visible. If you find a character that has no contextualized tropes present, comment out the entire section and add this tag:

%% As per Administrivia/HowToCreateACharacterPage, every character must have at least one listed trope that's not a Administrivia/ZeroContextExample. All characters who don't meet this requirement have been commented out. Add more tropes or add more context to any existing ZCE tropes before uncommenting them.

There is a moratorium on merging character pages, so don't ask for that.


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Edited by kory on Aug 31st 2025 at 3:59:59 AM

NicMasterTrope (Troper in training)
#2176: Jan 17th 2025 at 6:38:26 AM

Fairy Tail Character pages — Alvarez Empire page is now 248k characters long and the warning has been already triggered. May I suggest this reorganization of Fairy Tail character pages:

  • Create a separate page for the Spriggan Twelve (233 281 characters)
  • Move Zeref’s entry on Main Villains page (76 364 characters) to Alvarez Empire page afterwards, so it would be 100 681, rather than 24 317 characters long
  • Move Acnologia’s entry on Main Villains page (45 000 characters) to Dragons page (149 804 characters), so the Main Villains page won’t contain just him, as otherwise this doesn’t make any sense if only one villain is listed there.
  • Also, relatively speaking, just letting 100 Years Quest spoilers be marked seems too short, as the franchise is relatively big and spoilerific. Does anyone mind if I suggest this: leaving all spoilers up to chapter 208 are unmarked, and all subsequent spoilers be marked if deemed necessary, while all spoilers on Tartaros page, Dragons page, Alvarez Empire page and Spriggan Twelve page be unmarked.

Edited by NicMasterTrope on Jan 18th 2025 at 11:06:28 PM

gjjones Musician/Composer from South Wales, New York Since: Jul, 2016
Musician/Composer
#2177: Jan 19th 2025 at 8:39:23 AM

I think we need to move the story tropes from the character sections to the relevant work and recap pages to reduce clutter and duplication issues.

Edited by gjjones on Jan 19th 2025 at 11:49:13 AM

He/His/Him. No matter who you are, always Be Yourself.
NicMasterTrope (Troper in training)
#2178: Jan 19th 2025 at 1:38:22 PM

None of these tropes are story-releated, based on the fact other character pages from pther works have tropes that in your opinion are story-revelant. Until you provide me a counter argument to this, I won’t be convinced

Edited by NicMasterTrope on Jan 19th 2025 at 12:41:03 PM

EmeraldEmperor Lies and Violence! Since: Oct, 2020
Lies and Violence!
#2179: Jan 19th 2025 at 2:21:59 PM

A Practical Guide to Evil currently has:

I don't think this makes much sense; the heroes and villains align more closely to the various factions on the general characters page than, well, whether they're a hero or villain. I'd propose a restructure like these sandboxes I've made:

Am I cool to just make the change?

FoxyGrandpa12 Reze x Denji from New Jersey or New York (Troper Squire) Relationship Status: Do you like me? (Yes ⎕ Definitely ⎕ Absolutely!!! ⎕)
Reze x Denji
#2180: Jan 19th 2025 at 2:31:20 PM

[tup] the Practical Guide to Evil proposal

"Thing is, I believe that a single good movie will change your entire life." — Makima | aka Fox | he/she/they
SpaceKABOOM Since: Jul, 2016
#2181: Jan 19th 2025 at 3:39:47 PM

[up][up]Yeah, that kind of categorization would make it easier to put characters in.

PeppermintSoda i like cheese from Hideout Planet. It was once called Earth Since: Jul, 2016 Relationship Status: watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ
i like cheese
#2182: Jan 19th 2025 at 9:20:41 PM

Currently, the Cookie Run Epic Cookie character pages for the OvenBreak version are split into the following pages:

Would it be better to keep the naming convention by season number for OvenBreak or change it to a more general one like part 1/2/3 like with the CookieRun: Kingdom Epic Cookie character pages?

Also, this post suggests that the character pages be reworked to be sorted in alphabetical order than by rank.

i like cheese
impracticaltroper Since: Jan, 2022 Relationship Status: Yes, I'm alone, but I'm alone and free
#2183: Jan 21st 2025 at 8:22:00 PM

The The Karate Kid (2010) page isn't exactly small (25,728 bytes) but now that Karate Kid: Legends (and thus, the 2010 film) are considered canon to the Miyagi-Verse, do you think it would be appropriate to move the tropes from the former page onto one of the main The Karate Kid pages? Maybe The Karate Kid: Other Dojos for now?

Edited by impracticaltroper on Jan 21st 2025 at 10:23:05 AM

impracticaltroper Since: Jan, 2022 Relationship Status: Yes, I'm alone, but I'm alone and free
#2184: Jan 23rd 2025 at 8:45:54 PM

The Spy Kids: All the Time in the World character sheet is also way too small (6,117 bytes) so I suggest merging it with the character sheet for the first 3 movies (37,705 bytes).

Edited by impracticaltroper on Jan 23rd 2025 at 10:46:42 AM

FoxyGrandpa12 Reze x Denji from New Jersey or New York (Troper Squire) Relationship Status: Do you like me? (Yes ⎕ Definitely ⎕ Absolutely!!! ⎕)
Reze x Denji
#2185: Jan 23rd 2025 at 8:57:06 PM

[tup] both merge proposals by impracticaltroper

"Thing is, I believe that a single good movie will change your entire life." — Makima | aka Fox | he/she/they
Amonimus the "Retromancer" from <<|Wiki Talk|>> (Sergeant) Relationship Status: In another castle
the "Retromancer"
#2186: Jan 23rd 2025 at 10:28:53 PM

I'd rather Characters.Spy Kids All The Time In The World be merged with Film.Spy Kids All The Time In The World instead since own spaces have priority, and be cleared of ZCE. If a Characters/ page is small (it doesn't look to me, though it will be without ZCE) it shouldn't have been made in the first place.

Edited by Amonimus on Jan 23rd 2025 at 9:29:13 PM

TroperWall / WikiMagic Cleanup
Ayumi-chan 3rd happiest man in Connecticut from Iacon City (Experienced Trainee) Relationship Status: I like big bots and I can not lie
3rd happiest man in Connecticut
#2187: Jan 24th 2025 at 11:40:07 PM

Characters.Ender Magnolia Bloom In The Mist was recently launched but it both has an "under construction" label on it as well as a lot of empty folders. Should we move to the a sandbox.

She/Her | Currently cleaning: N/A
SpaceKABOOM Since: Jul, 2016
#2188: Jan 25th 2025 at 7:54:26 AM

[up]Yeah, that is odd. If someone could write down that much of character description, perhaps they could also add tropes while doing that before posting it? Anyway, the page is not acceptable in current state.

GoosefromWikipedia (Experienced, Not Yet Jaded)
#2189: Jan 25th 2025 at 10:39:14 AM

Should Characters.Dungeons And Dragons Races be moved to Characters.Dungeons And Dragons Species? On one hand, "species" is the official terminology as of the 2024 core rulebooks and I believe the official name takes precedence while naming things on this wiki. On the other hand, "race" is still commonly used among the fanbase and a move would require admin approval since this page has ~14,600 inbounds.

YChan620 from The Spire Of Deceit Since: Nov, 2023 Relationship Status: Shipping fictional characters
#2190: Jan 26th 2025 at 9:45:58 AM

Thoughts on this example? From Characters.Omori Main Group, Faraway Town (Real World) Basil.

     OMORI spoilers 
  • Anti-Villain: There's nothing inherently villainous about Basil, even if he's an antagonist on some routes — Basil stabs Sunny's eye during a psychotic breakdown in the Real World, and his doppelganger Stranger is a Hero Antagonist in the Hikkikomori route. This is because Basil's involvement and guilt over covering up the Accidental Murder of Mari have made him an opposing force to Sunny's escapism and denial, while still ultimately keeping Basil somewhat sympathetic when it's shown that his reason for covering up the murder was to help Sunny.

I don't think the Anti-Villain trope fits him. In the game, Basil isn't really made out to be majorly antagonistic or villainous, it doesn't set you up to be against him. The game generally paints him as an otherwise good or at least morally gray person that has done bad things, but again, not antagonistic. Even on the point about him being an opposition to Sunny's escapism- he definitely is, but again, he's not made out to be an antagonist because of it.

And since it's mentioned in the example... Stranger being a Hero Antagonist for opposing Sunny's escapism is correct, but I'm not sure it fits on this page, and especially this example since they're about real world Basil. Stranger is a character only in Sunny's dreams. Based on the real Basil definitely, but calling him "Basil's doppelganger" on a page about the real Basil feels strange.

Edited by YChan620 on Jan 26th 2025 at 1:11:42 PM

"Welcome, folks! Ready for some giggles?"
Amonimus the "Retromancer" from <<|Wiki Talk|>> (Sergeant) Relationship Status: In another castle
the "Retromancer"
#2191: Jan 26th 2025 at 9:57:38 AM

[up]

     OMORI spoilers and I recommend hiding as well 

"There's nothing inherently villainous" then he wouldn't be an Anti-Villain, but, to me, him covering up a past crime and attacking Sunny over it does in fact makes him villainous, if not even Big Bad Ensemble, despite the good intentions.

"it doesn't set you up to be against him." He's literally the Pre-Final Boss. Basil opposing the player character in any form makes him The Antagonist by definition.

The Stranger however has own folder in OMORI – Headspace so that information doesn't belong to Basil.

Edited by Amonimus on Jan 26th 2025 at 8:59:09 PM

TroperWall / WikiMagic Cleanup
YChan620 from The Spire Of Deceit Since: Nov, 2023 Relationship Status: Shipping fictional characters
#2192: Jan 26th 2025 at 10:18:55 AM

[up] I'll at least remove the Stranger stuff. I still think the situation is a bit too gray to really call anyone a straight up villain, but I'll leave it for now.

"Welcome, folks! Ready for some giggles?"
DukePresley Since: Dec, 2016
#2193: Jan 26th 2025 at 5:39:15 PM

So I've found some trope abuse on King Goobot's entry on the The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron characters page.

  • Big Bad: The biggest one of the series. He is the main antagonist in the movie and two hour long episodes. Not to mention the main antagonist in the series' pilot and most recurring villain besides Calamitous.

King Goobot is only the Big Bad of the movie Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius. In the series itself, he only appears in two episodes and doesn't quite match the influence and impact compared to Professor Calamitous (who is the Big Bad of the series). He has the same amount of appearances as most villains in the series and being the main antagonist of two episodes isn't enough to be a Big Bad of a series. Also, the series' pilot is the movie so that info bit is redundant and repetitive.

So I motioned that Big Bad entry be trimmed to his role as the main antagonist of the movie.

Amonimus the "Retromancer" from <<|Wiki Talk|>> (Sergeant) Relationship Status: In another castle
the "Retromancer"
#2194: Jan 26th 2025 at 11:54:00 PM

[up] Is the other information accurate? It would be

"He is the main antagonist in the movie and two hour long episodes, as well as the main antagonist in the series' pilot."

TroperWall / WikiMagic Cleanup
Mimic45 Since: Feb, 2017
#2195: Jan 27th 2025 at 4:07:47 AM

[up][up] Doesn't King Goobot serve as the main antagonist of the series finale, where he has all the show's villains working for him, including Professor Calamitous? I'd say that makes him the Big Bad. Calamitous may be more recurring, but in the end he's nothing more than Goobot's lackey.

Amonimus the "Retromancer" from <<|Wiki Talk|>> (Sergeant) Relationship Status: In another castle
the "Retromancer"
#2196: Jan 27th 2025 at 4:48:54 AM

Then he'd be a Big Bad for the finale as well, not the whole show

TroperWall / WikiMagic Cleanup
Jobyrdthegamerbyrd Since: Aug, 2017
#2197: Jan 27th 2025 at 7:26:26 AM

So someone ended up splitting the whole page for Characters.Inside Out. I did get approval to make JUST Characters.Inside Out Rileys Mind but someone else ended up splitting the human characters and other emotions into their own pages (Characters.Inside Out Human Characters annd Characters.Inside Out Emotions) even though the lists aren’t even long. Is it possible for us to revert back to how it was before? With just Characters.Inside Out and Characters.Inside Out Rileys Mind?

DukePresley Since: Dec, 2016
#2198: Jan 27th 2025 at 8:05:15 AM

[up][up][up] That would make him the Final Boss not the Big Bad of the series.

[up][up][up][up] As I mentioned before, the series' pilot is the movie so that info bit is redundant and repetitive. Also, being the main antagonist of two episodes is not enough to be a Big Bad of the series.

Edited by DukePresley on Jan 27th 2025 at 8:22:34 AM

FoxyGrandpa12 Reze x Denji from New Jersey or New York (Troper Squire) Relationship Status: Do you like me? (Yes ⎕ Definitely ⎕ Absolutely!!! ⎕)
Reze x Denji
#2199: Jan 27th 2025 at 8:08:00 AM

[up][up] Each page is 44.5 KB; merge the emotions and humans pages up to Characters.Inside Out.

Edited by FoxyGrandpa12 on Jan 27th 2025 at 11:08:26 AM

"Thing is, I believe that a single good movie will change your entire life." — Makima | aka Fox | he/she/they
Jobyrdthegamerbyrd Since: Aug, 2017
#2200: Jan 27th 2025 at 9:22:13 AM

[up] got it. And someone’s gotta delete the said pages too aside from Riley’s Mind. That’s the only page that has gotten approval to split from the main page (especially since it’s a major location)


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