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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

Mrph1 MOD he/him from Mercia (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: This is not my beautiful wife!
he/him
#2826: Jun 17th 2024 at 5:19:07 AM

Crowner itself is updated with one and three day results. Will process the pulls and result post updates in a bit.

That leaves three green (consensus range) and three in the red, all of which will run for the full five days.

Mrph1 MOD he/him from Mercia (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: This is not my beautiful wife!
he/him
#2827: Jun 17th 2024 at 9:44:33 AM

A 'double jeopardy' rule has also been added to the pinned post - if a Moments Images crowner didn't vote to remove an image, the same image/page combination won't be accepted for a future crowner.

(It can still be covered in a thread of its own, just not here)

This rule isn't retrospective, so we've still pulled Heartwarming.Neon Genesis Evangelion in the current crowner.

Wilben Ashley Since: Nov, 2023
#2828: Jun 17th 2024 at 9:53:02 AM

I wonder why the initial consensus was to keep the image for Heartwarming.Neon Genesis Evangelion and what made people change their minds.

costanton11 Since: Mar, 2016
#2829: Jun 17th 2024 at 11:30:56 AM

Don’t know for sure, but maybe more or less people than last time voted, which returned a different result.

Riolugirl Just "Rio" is fine! from Planet Sparkles (spaaaarklleeees...) (Experienced, Not Yet Jaded) Relationship Status: It's a god-awful small affair
Just "Rio" is fine!
#2830: Jun 18th 2024 at 7:45:01 AM

Awesome.We Bare Bears — Without context, more unnerving than awesome.

Funny.The Transformers More Than Meets The Eye — If not for the caption, it wouldn't be clear what's happening or why it's funny. I made a "Poor Image" thread about this image ages ago without knowing I needed to post here if I didn't have a suggestion.

Edited by Riolugirl on Jun 18th 2024 at 3:56:19 PM

"Hark! For your greatest fears manifest in yours truly!" (She/Her) (Current focus: Image Pickin')
mightymewtron Word Up from New New York Since: Oct, 2012 Relationship Status: THIS CONCEPT OF 'WUV' CONFUSES AND INFURIATES US!
Word Up
#2831: Jun 18th 2024 at 8:01:33 AM

I don't think a cartoon polar bear holding an axe is that unnerving. It's a bit more funny but it's a borderline weak keep for Awesome for me.

I do some cleanup and then I enjoy shows you probably think are cringe.
BigBadShadow25 With my last breath, I curse Zoidberg. from Basement at the Alamo (Experienced, Not Yet Jaded) Relationship Status: Desperate
jandn2014 SMILE! from somewhere in Connecticut Since: Aug, 2017 Relationship Status: Hiding
SMILE!
#2834: Jun 19th 2024 at 9:11:22 AM

[up] IIRC, isn’t there a rule against images on subpages for unreleased works?

BigBadShadow25 With my last breath, I curse Zoidberg. from Basement at the Alamo (Experienced, Not Yet Jaded) Relationship Status: Desperate
With my last breath, I curse Zoidberg.
#2835: Jun 19th 2024 at 5:27:15 PM

[up]I dunno, I just found it there.

You’re Gonna Carry That Weight.
Wilben Ashley Since: Nov, 2023
#2836: Jun 20th 2024 at 9:30:50 AM

It's been more than 5 days. The images should be pulled and the crowner should be closed by now.

StalkerGamer That's All, Folks! Since: Dec, 2021 Relationship Status: Love is an open door
Echidna from Ontario, Canada (Striking Back) Relationship Status: Two-timing
#2839: Jun 21st 2024 at 7:26:49 AM

[up][up]A picture to show their loved ones is heartwarming to me.

Edited by Echidna on Jun 21st 2024 at 10:28:53 AM

taotruths Live Jet Reaction (Experienced, Not Yet Jaded) Relationship Status: I sleep in a big bed with my wife.
Live Jet Reaction
#2840: Jun 21st 2024 at 7:27:42 AM

It looks heartwarming to me[up][up][up]

NoName404 [Insert Title Here] from Sealand Since: May, 2024 Relationship Status: watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ
MurlocAggroB from the second-most ridiculous province of Canada Since: May, 2015
#2842: Jun 21st 2024 at 7:23:40 PM

[up] Agreed.

[up][up][up][up][up] Funnily enough, that's actually less Heartwarming in context, since it's the punchline to an extended Your Mom joke.

regulation pigeon
CanuckMcDuck1 PEPSIMAN from Japan Since: Sep, 2023 Relationship Status: You cannot grasp the true form
PEPSIMAN
#2843: Jun 21st 2024 at 8:14:43 PM

NightmareFuel.The Ministry Of Time is just a woman standing with a lantern, and the caption is doing most of the heavy lifting.

Do not mess with creatures which you do not understand.
Wilben Ashley Since: Nov, 2023
#2844: Jun 21st 2024 at 8:35:21 PM

[up][up] Should we take that in consideration then? If the moment isn't heartwarming in context, should it really be used as the page image?

costanton11 Since: Mar, 2016
#2845: Jun 22nd 2024 at 6:33:53 AM

[up]Maybe include that fact in the reason for listing on crowner.

Amonimus the "Retromancer" from <<|Wiki Talk|>> (Sergeant) Relationship Status: In another castle
the "Retromancer"
#2847: Jun 22nd 2024 at 1:47:17 PM

[up] Since not all know the movie you'll have to clarify (you can reply with markup). Does it contain something that would surprize a first time viewer?

TroperWall / WikiMagic Cleanup
CanuckMcDuck1 PEPSIMAN from Japan Since: Sep, 2023 Relationship Status: You cannot grasp the true form
PEPSIMAN
#2848: Jun 22nd 2024 at 1:51:37 PM

[up]Yes. It’s the ending of the movie which is also a Not His Sled moment that reveals that the Lorax returned and made up with the Once-Ler.

Do not mess with creatures which you do not understand.
Amonimus the "Retromancer" from <<|Wiki Talk|>> (Sergeant) Relationship Status: In another castle
the "Retromancer"
#2849: Jun 22nd 2024 at 1:52:52 PM

[up] Hm, yes. Since it's a plot point, it doesn't make a good image.

TroperWall / WikiMagic Cleanup
Echidna from Ontario, Canada (Striking Back) Relationship Status: Two-timing
#2850: Jun 22nd 2024 at 2:39:34 PM

I mean considering it’s the ending to the film and once let and Lorax hugging each other not something people see everyday then I am ok with it removed.

Edited by Echidna on Jun 22nd 2024 at 11:38:46 AM

23rd Oct '25 4:09:26 PM

Crown Description:

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

Vote UP to pull an image; vote DOWN to keep it on the page.

  • After 24 hours, anything with +10 or more and a ratio of at least 2:1 will be pulled.
  • After 3 days, anything with +8 or more and a ratio of at least 2:1 will be pulled.
  • After 5 days, any remaining 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 an item has a (CLOSED) note, there is no need to vote on it; the result has already been decided.

Do not add more items to the crowner once it's running.

Each crowner option links to the image, as well as the beginning of its discussion.

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