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You know how a trope needs to be common enough to be a trend on multiple pieces of media, but also have enough meaning to affect the story in a way that defines it? Well, not on my watch, it doesn’t. Post the name and description, and maybe even some examples, of a trope you’d never want to see on this wiki. It can be People Sit On Chairs, Too Rare To Trope, The Same But More (Specific), or any other violation of wiki policy. It can even be YMMV or Trivia, too!

Also, no references to Mario Pissing or Gay—especially not the latter. If you do that, I will holler your post. Please be original.

Without further ado, let’s begin.


Toriyama Art Style: The work was drawn by Akira Toriyama or someone impersonating his art style.

Edited by PurpleEyedGuma on Nov 16th 2022 at 1:27:10 PM

Bluethorn CHOMPION from Partash Since: Jan, 2018 Relationship Status: Star-crossed
CHOMPION
#7176: Mar 15th 2025 at 11:08:33 AM

Detective Alligator: Subtrope of Detective Animal, presumably done for the puns involving the word "investigator". Examples of this trope include Later Alligator, BROK the InvestiGator, Investi-Gator: The Case of the Big Crime, and InvestiGators.

Tbh I never really hated his minigames in the original, but they did make them better in the remake.
NoName404 [Insert Title Here] from Sealand Since: May, 2024 Relationship Status: watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ
Mildude A Member of the Midnight Crew from the you-know-what Since: Sep, 2021 Relationship Status: is commanded to— WANK!
clemont107 Lida from Kalos (Experienced, Not Yet Jaded) Relationship Status: YOU'RE TEARING ME APART LISA
Lida
#7179: Mar 15th 2025 at 1:30:30 PM

Dawn From Pokemon Gets Vertically Bisected: When Dawn from Pokémon gets vertically cut in half with a hacksaw.

"So, what have you been up to lately?" - Lida
cornyfield256 about to kidnap from Yoshi's Island Since: Dec, 2022 Relationship Status: Is that a kind of food?
about to kidnap
#7180: Mar 15th 2025 at 1:34:33 PM

Empty Banana Hoard: A villain steals a group's objects and they must get it back. Subtrope of Excuse Plot and MacGuffin.

Hot take: I actually like Yoshi's New Island and it's soundtrack.
Unicorndance Logic Girl from Thames, N.Z. Since: Jul, 2015 Relationship Status: Above such petty unnecessities
Logic Girl
#7181: Mar 15th 2025 at 4:48:42 PM

Milhouse By Proxy: Making someone else the dorky best friend.

For every low there is a high.
Mildude A Member of the Midnight Crew from the you-know-what Since: Sep, 2021 Relationship Status: is commanded to— WANK!
clemont107 Lida from Kalos (Experienced, Not Yet Jaded) Relationship Status: YOU'RE TEARING ME APART LISA
Lida
#7183: Mar 16th 2025 at 4:43:16 PM

Cthulhus Are Chickens: When eldritch abominations bawk like chickens.

"So, what have you been up to lately?" - Lida
LackingEff0rt The Hostest with the Mostest from Electric Light Orchestra (The New Guy) Relationship Status: Coming soon to theaters
Sourguy Doesn't do much (He/Him) from The Peach State Since: Oct, 2021 Relationship Status: You're a beautiful woman, probably
CosmosAndChaos Peach from Brazil (Don’t ask) Relationship Status: Hugging my pillow
Peach
#7186: Mar 16th 2025 at 7:35:05 PM

Pan-Loving Pan: A pansexual person who prefers cooking with pans over pots.

Edited by CosmosAndChaos on Mar 16th 2025 at 11:35:26 AM

"Oh, did I win?"
DeadlyEspresso Louisiana Heartstopper from your local Popeyes Since: Apr, 2023
Louisiana Heartstopper
#7187: Mar 16th 2025 at 7:40:13 PM

So Long, Gay!: Throwing a gay off a tower.

Bye Bi!: Throwing a bisexual off a tower.

I sadly doubt he would like Popeyes, though...
clemont107 Lida from Kalos (Experienced, Not Yet Jaded) Relationship Status: YOU'RE TEARING ME APART LISA
Lida
#7188: Mar 16th 2025 at 7:44:27 PM

Braam Bot: a robot that goes BRAAM.

"So, what have you been up to lately?" - Lida
iwantedtoaddsomething Since: Feb, 2015
#7189: Mar 17th 2025 at 7:32:56 AM

Diegesis Refugee: So imagine there's this movie, and the main villain is a violinist. We see him in flashbacks every so often, but our heroes are unable to locate him. This is a movie with an orchestral soundtrack, and every so often whenever the heroes are discussing something sensitive about the villain, you can hear one of the violin players briefly slip up and go off-key. Then at the climax of the movie, the lead is like "I know where [the villain] is hiding... he's signed up to be part of the non-diegetic score!" and then the soundtrack suddenly screeches to a halt. We hear the villain speaking like he's far away from the microphone: "Hey, hey, that's just a rumor. It could be any one of- what are you doing?" and then there's the sounds of a fight and of a bunch of string and woodwind instruments being smashed. Then for the rest of the movie the score sounds like it's being played on terribly broken instruments (which it is). So that's the Laconic description, what do you guys think?

Unicorndance Logic Girl from Thames, N.Z. Since: Jul, 2015 Relationship Status: Above such petty unnecessities
Logic Girl
#7190: Mar 17th 2025 at 11:11:06 AM

Diabetic Soundtrack Usage: When someone uses insulin shots to make music.

For every low there is a high.
Mildude A Member of the Midnight Crew from the you-know-what Since: Sep, 2021 Relationship Status: is commanded to— WANK!
A Member of the Midnight Crew
#7191: Mar 17th 2025 at 1:23:51 PM

Diabetic Diegesis: In-universe music reflects a character's diabetes.

[up] [up] Overly Long Laconic: The laconic page for a trope, work, or anything else is not as short or simple as it should be. Instead, it is a detailed summary that would be better off in the description page while a one-sentence description at most is written for the laconic page, or even just edited to remove any redundant or unnecessary words. In fact, will you please help me write a shorter version of this?

Edited by Mildude on Mar 17th 2025 at 3:29:24 AM

Déjà vu, tell you what I'm gonna do, when they reminisce over you, my God
Bluethorn CHOMPION from Partash Since: Jan, 2018 Relationship Status: Star-crossed
CHOMPION
#7192: Mar 17th 2025 at 1:37:56 PM

Imaginary Not So Friend: An Imaginary Friend who you don't really get along with.

Edit: Just found out that Imaginary Enemy does exist. Wow.

Edited by Bluethorn on Mar 17th 2025 at 2:26:45 AM

Tbh I never really hated his minigames in the original, but they did make them better in the remake.
iwantedtoaddsomething Since: Feb, 2015
#7193: Mar 17th 2025 at 3:48:46 PM

Imaginary Frenemy: An imaginary friend who sometimes you get reeeally petty with (and vice versa).

iwantedtoaddsomething Since: Feb, 2015
#7194: Mar 18th 2025 at 11:02:58 AM

All Scrappy Cast: When a show just isn't very good, you know?

Unicorndance Logic Girl from Thames, N.Z. Since: Jul, 2015 Relationship Status: Above such petty unnecessities
Logic Girl
#7195: Mar 18th 2025 at 1:42:25 PM

Exspillharation: That sense of happiness you get when you realise, after spilling some of a drink, that you still have a decent amount left.

For every low there is a high.
Mildude A Member of the Midnight Crew from the you-know-what Since: Sep, 2021 Relationship Status: is commanded to— WANK!
MathsAngelicVersion Ambassador of Eurogames and Touhou Music from Gensokyo Since: Mar, 2013 Relationship Status: Armed with the Power of Love
Ambassador of Eurogames and Touhou Music
#7197: Mar 19th 2025 at 2:34:30 AM

To make #7187 even worse:

So Long, Gay Bowser!: Throwing a villain off a tower. Not to be confused with So Long, Gay! or Bye Bi!

clemont107 Lida from Kalos (Experienced, Not Yet Jaded) Relationship Status: YOU'RE TEARING ME APART LISA
Lida
#7198: Mar 19th 2025 at 4:10:49 AM

Wiseau Warp: warp-drive technology courtesy of Tommy Wiseau.

"So, what have you been up to lately?" - Lida
FireArrowEightSeventy The murderer. 🗾🇯🇵 from John Gutter Since: Apr, 2024 Relationship Status: [TOP SECRET]
The murderer. 🗾🇯🇵
#7199: Mar 19th 2025 at 5:38:43 AM

Transtransistor: When an anthropomorphic transistor is also transgender.

Edited by FireArrowEightSeventy on Mar 19th 2025 at 7:39:00 AM

Character in Avatar: Shouki Naifunage, OC. She has killed at least 99 people. I'm a man. NEW ADDITION TO AVATAR: COUNTRY FLAGS
SeaMonkey851 Autistic Gamer from Topeka, Kansas (Holding A Herring) Relationship Status: I'd jump in front of a train for ya!

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