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Superjohn Muscle witch from Tokyo Empire Since: Jul, 2015 Relationship Status: Anime is my true love
Muscle witch
#201: Apr 23rd 2021 at 3:48:16 AM

Its popular with people who are attracted to less mainstream ideas of beauty.

A book starring a Rwandan war criminal who justifies his atrocities during the genocide.

"Give our Captain back, you jerks!"
dragonpotter Dancing through life from Mars Since: Aug, 2017 Relationship Status: In Lesbians with you
Dancing through life
#202: Apr 23rd 2021 at 7:18:47 AM

It's enjoyed by war history nerds, since it's not a topic often covered.

A 2D animated remake of Fight Club

(They/them)
Synchronicity (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
#203: Apr 23rd 2021 at 10:24:55 AM

The BoJack Horseman and Rick and Morty fans who idolize those protagonists for all the wrong reasons.

In honor of the new movie, Mortal Kombat as a family-friendly animated movie.

Weirdguy149 Former King from Lumiose City Since: Jul, 2014 Relationship Status: I'd jump in front of a train for ya!
Former King
#204: Apr 23rd 2021 at 10:57:57 AM

The Mortal Kombat fans still enjoy it but not much outside of that.

A "Groundhog Day" Loop situation where every loop is played at the same time.

The legend has returned.
antenna_ears from California Since: Apr, 2020 Relationship Status: Coming soon to theaters
#205: Apr 23rd 2021 at 12:35:21 PM

People who enjoy Youtube videos like “Spongebob laughing doubled every second” will get a kick out of this.

A cooking game show where every dish the contestants make is served after being blended (even things like steak or fish) and the resulting “smoothie” looks very unappetizing.

Lindo-Honorindo WOOOOOOW Since: Apr, 2020 Relationship Status: Armed with the Power of Love
WOOOOOOW
#206: Apr 23rd 2021 at 5:01:30 PM

After the smoothies are mass-released at a hip new restaurant in New York, the public starts flocking to them and subsequently to the show to find out what crazy new smoothie will be released to them every week.


A musical all about theater kids, where every character is extremely obnoxious and a massive gay stereotype. One musical number takes place in a Denny's at 2 AM.

My favorite sci fi enemies are the giant sexy depressed women
jandn2014 SMILE! from somewhere in Connecticut Since: Aug, 2017 Relationship Status: Hiding
SMILE!
#207: Apr 23rd 2021 at 5:43:55 PM

It gains a cult following due to being So Bad, It's Good and having massive amounts of Camp and Large Ham acting.


A sitcom about middle-class suburban white people who embrace "ghetto" lifestyles (with the show not portraying them as in the wrong).

Edited by jandn2014 on Apr 23rd 2021 at 8:44:38 AM

aPod-ofSeals That there is a seal. from the biggest planet on Earth Since: Jan, 2021 Relationship Status: Is that a kind of food?
That there is a seal.
#208: Apr 23rd 2021 at 6:01:36 PM

Middle-class suburban white people who actually do adopt "ghetto" lifestyles and don't think there's anything wrong with that like it.


A Disney production that's literally just... an hour of characters from various Disney properties saying the word "the." Neither the video nor audio from the various clips is edited at all.

Edited by aPod-ofSeals on Apr 23rd 2021 at 8:02:14 AM

Data is imaginary. This burrito is real.
mightymewtron Word Up from New New York Since: Oct, 2012 Relationship Status: THIS CONCEPT OF 'WUV' CONFUSES AND INFURIATES US!
Word Up
#209: Apr 25th 2021 at 10:53:24 PM

It's probably be a hit with people who watch those Disney crossover AMVs. Especially if they have Shipping Goggles and just like seeing two characters in the same work together.


A four-hour feature that's just a screen recording of my computer as I try to write an essay for my political science class.

I do some cleanup and then I enjoy shows you probably think are cringe.
Weirdguy149 Former King from Lumiose City Since: Jul, 2014 Relationship Status: I'd jump in front of a train for ya!
Former King
#210: Apr 26th 2021 at 5:53:07 AM

College students are very sympathetic to this movie, especially fellow political science majors.

A police procedural exclusively from the perspective of the people who look up information about the criminals.

The legend has returned.
Synchronicity (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
#211: Apr 27th 2021 at 8:56:05 AM

Becomes a niche but appreciated sitcom that gains comparisons to Upstairs, Downstairs. Work Com fans like it.

Om Shanti Om: The American Remake

Oggy123 Spooky Kirby from Jakarta, Indonesia Since: Oct, 2013
Spooky Kirby
#212: Jun 7th 2021 at 7:29:35 AM

It gets a minor American audience.

An anime in the same vein as Creature Comforts, with Japanese members of the public being interviewed and animated as (non-anthropomorphic) animals (though one instance uses in-universe fictional anime/video game characters, such as magical girls or RPG game characters, from inside a tv).

Weirdguy149 Former King from Lumiose City Since: Jul, 2014 Relationship Status: I'd jump in front of a train for ya!
Former King
#213: Jun 7th 2021 at 7:57:31 AM

Fans of the original shorts and weird anime fans alike adore this show.

An action movie from the perspective of a woman with tinnitus.

The legend has returned.
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)
#214: Jun 7th 2021 at 2:15:37 PM

It gains a cult following who appreciate the unique perspective and commitment, even if the film itself isn't very good.

An in-real-time time-lapse of an egg incubating and eventually hatching. At the last second, the egg is revealed to be for some weird unknown creature, but it's never explained and nothing about the film itself implies this would be the case.

Working on: Author Appeal | Sandbox | Troper Wall
SkyCat32 The Draftsman of Doom (Five Year Plan) Relationship Status: TV Tropes ruined my love life
The Draftsman of Doom
#215: Jun 7th 2021 at 3:53:38 PM

It is popular with Sci-Fi fans.

Picture a fanfic about the unidentified British passenger, from Friends.

TheFarmboy You can go home, Courier from Mojave Wasteland (Not-So-Newbie) Relationship Status: I LOVE THIS DOCTOR!
You can go home, Courier
#216: Jun 7th 2021 at 4:03:31 PM

It's a huge hit from Hugh Laurie fans. Filled with Actor Allusion|s and over information to help fill in the gaps.

A goofy sitcom starring Cyrus and Giratina in the Distortion World following up the Generations episode.

Edited by TheFarmboy on Jun 7th 2021 at 8:34:59 AM

I got spurs, that jingle-jangle-jingle!
TheFarmboy You can go home, Courier from Mojave Wasteland (Not-So-Newbie) Relationship Status: I LOVE THIS DOCTOR!
You can go home, Courier
#217: Jun 8th 2021 at 5:12:30 PM

Bump

I got spurs, that jingle-jangle-jingle!
SkyCat32 The Draftsman of Doom (Five Year Plan) Relationship Status: TV Tropes ruined my love life
The Draftsman of Doom
#218: Jun 17th 2021 at 7:01:57 PM

It's popular with fans of abridged series?

Picture a Funny Animal fanfic of Game of Thrones called Wild Game of Thrones. Despite many liberties being taken, it is just as bloody, gory and graphic as the series, despite the fact that the animals have punny animal names like Lord Lambsy Woolton, Lord Ned Stoat, Lord Walder Ferret, King Joffrey Python...you get the idea.

~Tyk 5919 I dare you to write this.

Oggy123 Spooky Kirby from Jakarta, Indonesia Since: Oct, 2013
Spooky Kirby
#219: Jun 17th 2021 at 8:10:18 PM

As you might expect, the Furry Fandom eats it like crazy.

A Japanese Viva Piñata-like game where you attract cute Little Bit Beastly people, male and female, to your garden.

greatpikminfan Great Pikmin Fan (he/him) from trapped inside Romance Academy 8 (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: 700 wives and 300 concubines
Great Pikmin Fan (he/him)
#220: Jun 17th 2021 at 9:44:31 PM

That honestly doesn't sound like it would be that offputting to parts of the otaku crowd.


A lengthy romance visual novel where you date Hank Hill. Hank is the only romance option and there's extremely graphic H-scenes in it.

Edited by greatpikminfan on Jun 17th 2021 at 9:46:10 AM

I made my username back in 2009 when I had no idea how capitalization/camel case worked. That's why it's in all lower case.
MerryMikael Since: Oct, 2013
#221: Jun 18th 2021 at 10:16:06 AM

Some Youtubers, who get any living from Youtube at all, could stream themselves playing it and having laughs along the way.


A movie best explained as "the reality-TV show Temptation Island meets Kitchen Nightmares meets Freddy Got Fingered meets Menace II Society meets Irréversible meets Manhunt meets Saw meets Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom meets The Human Centipede meets A Serbian Film meets The Thing". Every single character is either a complete and utter monster or otherwise an impossible-to-sympathize-with jerkwad.

SkyCat32 The Draftsman of Doom (Five Year Plan) Relationship Status: TV Tropes ruined my love life
The Draftsman of Doom
#222: Jun 18th 2021 at 3:46:44 PM

It attracts a bile fascination?

Picture a film where the villain is a talking lightbulb.

PurpleEyedGuma Since: Apr, 2020
#223: Jun 18th 2021 at 4:02:42 PM

Extremely popular with Luddites. That is, it would be if they dared to watch TV.

Star Wars, but every character is a Gungan but Jar Jar.

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)
#224: Jun 18th 2021 at 6:19:16 PM

It's a surprisingly funny parody and becomes popular with a niche group of fans.


A 5-minute long "film" of a troper editing a wiki page in real time.

Working on: Author Appeal | Sandbox | Troper Wall
greatpikminfan Great Pikmin Fan (he/him) from trapped inside Romance Academy 8 (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: 700 wives and 300 concubines
Great Pikmin Fan (he/him)
#225: Jun 18th 2021 at 10:12:13 PM

Make the editting a cleanup of creepily-written entries and have the troper give snarky commentary and you've got yourself decent YouTube video-esque entertainment.


An animated series set in a futuristic, superhero, kaiju fantasy world, with the central gimmick that we never see any of the fantasy elements happening onscreen aside from the occasional super quick fight going on in the background, and instead the series is ordinary slice of life fluff about a plumber where the action-y elements do not matter to the plot at all.

I made my username back in 2009 when I had no idea how capitalization/camel case worked. That's why it's in all lower case.

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