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
- 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
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- 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
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- 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
- Pulled images will be tagged as:
%%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
- Pulled images on pages for unreleased works should be tagged as:
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- Kept images will be tagged as:
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%% Please don't change or remove without starting a new Image Pickin' thread.
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Edited by Synchronicity on Jul 27th 2025 at 5:33:56 AM
Funny.Eddsworld got an image a few days ago, and it’s just a character grinning angrily at the camera. The caption is doing most of the work. I say it could be removed.
Do not mess with creatures which you do not understand.Funny.Zenless Zone Zero is just three characters and a caption
- Awesome.Two Thousand One A Space Odyssey: Unclear as to what is supposed to be awesome.
- Funny.Two Thousand One A Space Odyssey: Too reliant on the caption.
- NightmareFuel.Two Thousand One A Space Odyssey: Just a Face and a Caption.
TearJerker.The Walking Dead Telltale: In-context, Clementine is about to shoot her caretaker Lee Everett to prevent him from reanimating as a zombie. Out-of-context, this is just a crying little girl aiming a gun. Which, while it is indeed not a happy sight, is more about a character's reaction to the sad event than the sad event itself. And given it is a major event that only happens at the end of the first game, no further context can be given without spoilers.
I'd vouch for keeping Funny.Two Thousand One A Space Odyssey—"zero gravity toilet" is rather easy to read, and I can tell that the joke is that the toilet is extremely elaborate in its use.
Re: TearJerker.Barnyard: I think the image needs to be brighter, as it's unclear why Otis is sad to someone not familiar with the film.
Edited by mariic on Jul 8th 2024 at 9:41:32 AM
Personally I think the other cow is visible enough but maybe I have a good resolution computer.
I do some cleanup and then I enjoy shows you probably think are cringe.FF 7 Rebirth from page 115, this was already discussed in a thread the OP made the other day where they were called out for lying, and an agenda. Several other tropers also commented on the image and found it fine.
https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/query.php?parent_id=135213&type=att
Note that instead of responding there or even providing any single examples, they've yet again tried to go behind peoples' backs, showing a blatant attempt at bad faith to suit their agenda.
Re 2875
- Two people hugging is universally heartwarming, one doesn't need to know why they do it. Calling it cringe would make me raise an eyebrow.
- Seeing faces is not required.
- Just reiterating the first point.
- The poster is accused for having a bias of their own due to accusing other tropers
, nor is bias relevant to image quality.
Edited by Amonimus on Jul 9th 2024 at 8:17:24 PM
TroperWall / WikiMagic CleanupTear Jerker.The Loud House: Just a bunch of characters crying.
Waiting to have my head disfigured and mounted on a wall.
That one was added in violation of the “ Please do not add a new image without going through the Image Suggestion thread or starting a new Image Pickin' thread” note.
Edit: Created a thread
for it.
Edited by costanton11 on Jul 10th 2024 at 11:10:09 AM
Funny.Pinkalicious And Peterrific: Nothing particularly funny is happening. It's just a girl looking at 2 children playing in the piles of dead leaves in autumn while she's cleaning the dishes. Also doesn't work without context.
Good morning, and good night, I hardly ever sleep. With what I have, what else do you think I'd ever need?TearJerker.Super Mario Sunshine is a spoiler to a Character Death near the end of the game.
Edited by Wilben on Jul 22nd 2024 at 11:02:17 AM
NightmareFuel.Beavis And Butt Head seems to be Played for Laughs, though admittedly I haven't seen the original episode so I wouldn't know. The caption is also kind of overexaggerated.
Works That Require Cleanup of Complaining | Troper WallFunny.Marvel Cinematic Universe relies too much on the caption to work, as it's unclear what's supposed to be funny in the image otherwise.
NightmareFuel.Speed Racer is an unnecessary collage of images.
- Heartwarming.Transcendent: Just a character smiling
- Heartwarming.The Lamplighters League: Unnecessary collage of images.
Crown Description:
This crowner covers posts from October 7 2025- 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.

Re: TearJerker.Barnyard — The death happens relatively early in the movie IIRC (comparable to Mufasa) so I don't think it's that big a spoiler.
Edited by mightymewtron on Jul 5th 2024 at 1:28:25 PM
I do some cleanup and then I enjoy shows you probably think are cringe.