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HI! If an automated Image Pickin' thread-related PM for a page you are following sent you here, that means the image is being considered for removal. If you would like to vote for/against it, please familiarize yourself with the following guidelines then scroll down to the crowner.

Heartwarming Moments, Funny Moments, Moment of Awesome, Awesome Music, Tear Jerker, and Nightmare Fuel subpages tend to attract low-quality and unillustrative images that don't evoke the emotions they should, even if the scenes are examples in context. While it is very easy to pull them, the Image Pickin' forum has trouble finding replacements most of the time, leaving most of these threads to close due to inactivity and take up room while doing so.

In order to free up slots, this thread is designed to handle moments subpages with a single bad image.

This thread is not for:

  • Start a thread in the following cases
    • Removing an image because you already have an alternative suggestion on hand
    • Removing an image that was kept on the page by a previous Moments Images crowner.
    • Moments page images that are duplicated somewhere else
    • Moments pages with multiple images
    • Pages that are on Image Pickin' Special Cases (assuming their status allows it)
  • Images on Moments pages for unreleased works aren't permitted. If you see one, simply pull it, add the IP comment later in this post, and post in the thread to say it's been removed. It doesn't need discussion or a crowner.
  • Images that you personally don't find funny/sad/heartwarming/awesome/scary, or can't fully glean the context of, but still have some visual element of the Moment they're supposed to evoke (for example, a messy explosion might still be worth keeping on an Awesome/ page even if you don't understand what's exploding, because of Stuff Blowing Up). Remember that these are YMMV items.
  • If the only problem is that it's low-quality, try the quality upgrade thread first. Per the admins, being below the 800px size guideline is not on its own a reason to pull an image.
  • If the problem is that the on-page examples are bad, please see the Moments cleanup thread and the specific Nightmare Fuel cleanup thread.


How it works

  1. First, have you Failed a Spot Check? Check the page source: is there an Image Pickin' comment? Maybe a previous thread has explained the reasoning for this image, or it's already been included in a previous Moments cleanup crowner. You can also go to the Ask for Explanations thread for other opinions.
  2. Link the page with the image you want examined. Please explain why you think it is a bad image (e.g. JAFAAC, "more funny than scary"). Posts without such reasoning will not be entertained. (You can use the Image Pickin' thread guidelines for reasoning help.) If suggesting multiple pages in a single post, please put them in a bulleted list to ensure that each entry can stand on its own and that they won't be missed when the crowner is made.
  3. Similar to the Image Suggestion thread, a crowner will be run containing the proposed pulls. Each crowner will run about 15 items at a time and last for 5 days. Please do not add items to a crowner once it's running.
    • After 24 hours, anything with votes at +10 or more and a ratio of at least 2:1 will be pulled.
    • After 3 days, anything with votes at +8 or more and a ratio of at least 2:1 will be pulled.
    • After 5 days, all remaining crowner items with a positive ratio of at least 2:1 will be pulled, all items below the 2:1 ratio will be kept, and the crowner will be closed.

If a page gets its own Image Pickin' thread while it's on an active Moments crowner, that item will be withdrawn from the crowner.

Crowners on this thread do not count towards the Image Pickin' Special Cases Multiple Threads rule (which applies to "pages that have had three or more IP threads").

If you think of a replacement image after an image has been pulled, you can use the Image Suggestion thread or start a new thread for a replacement.

Templates

  1. Pulled images will be tagged as:
%%Image removed via crowner in the Moments Images Cleanup Thread: [crowner link]
%%https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/posts.php?discussion=1642193091068711500
%%Please do not add a new image without going through the Image Suggestion thread or starting a new Image Pickin' thread
  1. Pulled images on pages for unreleased works should be tagged as:
%% Image removed as per policy. Moments pages for unreleased works are not allowed images.
%% See the Administrivia/CreatingAWorkPageForAnUnreleasedWork policy page and the relevant post in the Moments Images Cleanup Thread: [moments post link]
%% Don't add a new image until the work is released. Please don't add an image without going through the Image Suggestion thread or starting a new Image Pickin' thread
  1. Kept images will be tagged as:
%%
%% Image kept on page via crowner in the Moments Images Cleanup Thread: [crowner link]
%% https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/posts.php?discussion=1642193091068711500
%% Please don't change or remove without starting a new Image Pickin' thread.
%%

Edited by Synchronicity on Jul 27th 2025 at 5:33:56 AM

MacronNotes (she/her) (Captain) Relationship Status: Less than three
(she/her)
#2801: Jun 7th 2024 at 12:20:09 PM

I don't think we need context for a group hug and I don't think it would add anything. That's inherently heartwarming. I would not pull without a better replacement. It's definitely not harming the page.

Edited by MacronNotes on Jun 7th 2024 at 3:21:12 PM

Macron's notes
jandn2014 SMILE! from somewhere in Connecticut Since: Aug, 2017 Relationship Status: Hiding
SMILE!
#2802: Jun 7th 2024 at 1:17:56 PM

Looking deadpan and looking pissed off are two separate things - and the expression on Numbuh 1's face definitely comes off as the latter to me.

That feels like a Distinction Without a Difference—the joke’s the same either way (the contrast between the performer’s attempt to entertain and Numbuh 1 not enjoying it).

I really don’t get the logic behind “doesn’t show context”. A Circle of Friendship is inherently heartwarming. All the image needs to do is illustrate that well—by your logic, most Heartwarming pics would need to go. Sometimes, context can add to an image. But an affectionate embrace speaks for itself.

Wilben Ashley Since: Nov, 2023
#2803: Jun 7th 2024 at 1:53:47 PM

NightmareFuel.Chip N Dale Rescue Rangers 2022 is just two characters standing in a room (not to be confused with NightmareFuel.Chip N Dale Rescue Rangers).

Edited by Wilben on Jun 7th 2024 at 8:54:01 AM

Synchronicity (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
#2804: Jun 7th 2024 at 5:56:55 PM

Also, it's ridiculous to expect everyone to know the context between every scene ever. That's why we want images to look heartwarming — people should not need to know all the details.

^I swear that terrible image has come up before, let me see...

Edited by Synchronicity on Jun 7th 2024 at 8:57:31 AM

JHD0919 (Life not ruined yet)
#2805: Jun 7th 2024 at 6:03:55 PM

[up]Yeah it is ridiculous now that I think about it. My bad.

Mrph1 MOD he/him from Mercia (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: This is not my beautiful wife!
he/him
#2806: Jun 8th 2024 at 2:48:57 PM

Closing the crowner, as it's been five days.

The last three items are all keep - two red, one in the green but below consensus range.

Results post updated, pages tagged. As always, please holler if anything seems to have been missed.

Bullman Enid Sinclair Since: Jun, 2018 Relationship Status: Longing for my OTP
Enid Sinclair
#2807: Jun 8th 2024 at 6:48:00 PM

Awesome.Rugrats In Paris: It is kind of hard to tell what is awesome out of context.

Fan-Preferred Couple cleanup thread
Wilben Ashley Since: Nov, 2023
#2808: Jun 9th 2024 at 3:58:57 PM

[up] Awesome.Rugrats In Paris was already brought up here.

Funny.NP Carlsson has the same issue as Funny.Peanut Butter Gamer, where it's just a screenshot from a game that has no obvious connection to Carlsson himself and could be from any other YouTuber for all we know. Also has a logo on the bottom-right.

Edited by Wilben on Jun 13th 2024 at 12:11:27 PM

Wilben Ashley Since: Nov, 2023
#2809: Jun 9th 2024 at 7:47:10 PM

Edited by Wilben on Jun 14th 2024 at 4:12:19 PM

MurlocAggroB from the second-most ridiculous province of Canada Since: May, 2015
#2810: Jun 9th 2024 at 7:51:54 PM

[up] I'd keep the second one. It's not just text, but a fake UI with a funny option.

regulation pigeon
Bullman Enid Sinclair Since: Jun, 2018 Relationship Status: Longing for my OTP
mightymewtron Word Up from New New York Since: Oct, 2012 Relationship Status: THIS CONCEPT OF 'WUV' CONFUSES AND INFURIATES US!
Word Up
#2812: Jun 10th 2024 at 6:35:21 PM

#2797 sounds like the basis for removal is based on personal opinion of what counts as scary to you, not what could be plausibly understood as a scary scene based on context clues (of which I think there are plenty here). Thus I second keeping the image.

I do some cleanup and then I enjoy shows you probably think are cringe.
KingofNightmares Since: Aug, 2016 Relationship Status: Above such petty unnecessities
#2813: Jun 11th 2024 at 7:11:56 AM

I agree with keeping it too. It looks scary out of context to me.

"It was the best of times, it was the BLURST of times?"
Mrph1 MOD he/him from Mercia (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: This is not my beautiful wife!
he/him
#2814: Jun 12th 2024 at 3:18:14 PM

Results post for the June 12 2024 crowner.

    Pulled images 

Kept

None yet - crowner still running.

Withdrawn

Edited by Mrph1 on Jun 17th 2024 at 5:35:48 PM

Synchronicity (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
Mrph1 MOD he/him from Mercia (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: This is not my beautiful wife!
he/him
#2816: Jun 13th 2024 at 3:17:39 PM

Crowner's finally populated and unlocked. Clock starts now.

Vote early, vote often.

Wilben Ashley Since: Nov, 2023
#2817: Jun 13th 2024 at 3:24:43 PM

Awesome.Rugrats In Paris had its image changed through this thread, so it should be removed from the crowner.

taotruths Live Jet Reaction (Experienced, Not Yet Jaded) Relationship Status: I sleep in a big bed with my wife.
Live Jet Reaction
#2819: Jun 13th 2024 at 3:33:15 PM

ignore: said the same thing [up][up]

Edited by taotruths on Jun 13th 2024 at 3:33:40 AM

Wilben Ashley Since: Nov, 2023
Mrph1 MOD he/him from Mercia (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: This is not my beautiful wife!
he/him
#2821: Jun 14th 2024 at 3:17:22 AM

Pulled the Awesome.Rugrats In Paris item from the crowner.

Also updated the pinned post to confirm that we'll withdraw any crowner item that has its own Image Pickin' thread launched.

Edited by Mrph1 on Jun 14th 2024 at 11:23:48 AM

costanton11 Since: Mar, 2016
#2822: Jun 14th 2024 at 6:40:35 AM

Just a heads up, the thread title doesn’t display the date of the current crowner.

Mrph1 MOD he/him from Mercia (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: This is not my beautiful wife!
Wilben Ashley Since: Nov, 2023
#2824: Jun 14th 2024 at 9:20:00 AM

NightmareFuel.RWBY Chibi is too cutesy/silly to be scary.

Edited by Wilben on Jun 21st 2024 at 12:16:27 PM

MisterApes-a-lot Since: Mar, 2018
#2825: Jun 16th 2024 at 2:03:25 AM

NightmareFuel.Cats Dont Dance isn't very scary. Seems to be typical "villain makes a menacing face" image misuse.

23rd Oct '25 4:09:26 PM

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This crowner covers posts from October 7 2025 to October 17 2025 (inclusive) and may run for up to 5 days, depending on voting.

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