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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)
#701: Jul 8th 2022 at 3:10:01 PM

    July 8 Pulls 

TearJerker.X 2 X Men United

https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/jean_grey_death.jpg

TearJerker.X Men 1

https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/x_men.png

TearJerker.Transformers Revengeof The Fallen

https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/prime_death.jpg

NightmareFuel.Transformers The Last Knight

https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/unicrontransformers.jpg
It seems that Optimus Prime brought this with him. Yes, THAT Optimus Prime.
TearJerker.Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban (Film)
https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/harry_5.jpg
"I hope he finds me! Cause when he does, I'm gonna be ready. When he does, I'm gonna kill him!"

TearJerker.Deadpool 2016

https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/deadpool_tearjerker.jpg

TearJerker.The Sound Of Music

https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/sound_music_movie_screencapscom_13962.jpg
"Why don't I feel better?"

Funny.Diamond Is Unbreakable Retold

https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/diamondisunbreakableretoldfunny.png

Transformers: Dark of the Moon

https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/dotm_laserbeak_film_pink.jpg
Is your daddy home?

NightmareFuel.Hunter The Vigil

https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/biomechanical_dice_tattoo_designs.jpg
Say hello to a Mask. Tough as nails, and out for your blood.
Funny.Cuphead
https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/dr_kahl_is_defeated.jpg
I won. You lost.

Funny.Osmosis Jones

https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/osmosis_jones_funny_grin.png
"Whoa! Who turned off the heat? Somebody pay the bill? It's cold in here!"
NightmareFuel.Vampire The Requiem

https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/blood4.png
Meet the Strix. The ones even vampires fear.

Keep

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

Edited by MacronNotes on Jul 8th 2022 at 6:15:39 AM

Macron's notes
TheLivingDrawing Lucas the Dreamer from The Town of Clayton Since: Apr, 2019 Relationship Status: Yes, I'm alone, but I'm alone and free
Lucas the Dreamer
#702: Jul 9th 2022 at 10:45:57 PM

Tearjerker.Klonoa is JAFAAC. There are better candidates such as Grandpa’s death or the ending of the first game.

Once Upon A Time.
mightymewtron Word Up from New New York Since: Oct, 2012 Relationship Status: THIS CONCEPT OF 'WUV' CONFUSES AND INFURIATES US!
Word Up
#703: Jul 10th 2022 at 10:05:11 AM

[up] Are those suggestions spoilers? Current doesn't look too bad as at least the character looks distraught.

I do some cleanup and then I enjoy shows you probably think are cringe.
jandn2014 SMILE! from somewhere in Connecticut Since: Aug, 2017 Relationship Status: Hiding
SMILE!
#704: Jul 10th 2022 at 1:05:31 PM

Funny.Coraline has two images. The first is pretty much just a face and some dialogue (it appears to be a frame from a gif as well), while the second is incomprehensible.

MacronNotes (she/her) (Captain) Relationship Status: Less than three
(she/her)
#705: Jul 10th 2022 at 3:03:11 PM

Pages with multiple images need their own thread.

Macron's notes
costanton11 Since: Mar, 2016
#706: Jul 11th 2022 at 9:18:01 PM

Should a new crowner be swapped out?

MacronNotes (she/her) (Captain) Relationship Status: Less than three
(she/her)
#707: Jul 12th 2022 at 2:54:17 AM

We haven't reached 15 suggestions yet. So far, we have 11.

Edited by MacronNotes on Jul 12th 2022 at 5:55:10 AM

Macron's notes
StalkerGamer That's All, Folks! Since: Dec, 2021 Relationship Status: Love is an open door
#708: Jul 13th 2022 at 9:57:03 AM

NightmareFuel.Anastasia: Just Rasputin looking menacing.

Funny.RoboCop1987: In context the scene is funny, but the image only shows the ED-209 without hint that it was going to fall down the stairs.

Heartwarming.RoboCop1987: Just shows Alex Murphy (Robocop) smiling.

NightmareFuel.SuperSmashBros: Nothing scary in this image. Also, Master Hand is the least threatening character in the franchise.

NightmareFuel.LuckyLuke: JAFAAC

NightmareFuel.LawrenceOfArabia: JAFAAC

Edited by StalkerGamer on Jul 13th 2022 at 1:57:20 PM

MissConduct (Septatroper)
#709: Jul 13th 2022 at 10:19:45 AM

Funny.Lucky Luke is another "characters just laughing" pic.

Thoughts on NightmareFuel.Grand Theft Auto V? Out of context, it's kinda just "Trevor being menacing". I know it's from the infamous Cold-Blooded Torture scene, but you can't see the tortured guy in this pic, and it's also not clear that the things he's holding are electric shockers, they just kinda look like rods.

Speaking of Cold-Blooded Torture, NightmareFuel.Reservoir Dogs isn't super clear that he's holding the famous severed ear in this pic and it just looks like a slightly bloody man.

Awesome.Twitch Plays Pokemon Red doesn't make sense without the context that throwing a Master Ball was a coordinated effort by thousands of people.

Back to the main series, Awesome.Pokemon Gold And Silver isn't any more awesome out of context than any other random battle in the game. This pic doesn't show the cool journey up the mountain that led here or that Red was the previous games' player character.

There's a lot of Twitch Plays Pokemon Moments pics that are super lame but I'll hold back on them till the next crowner.

Edited by MissConduct on Jul 13th 2022 at 1:35:30 PM

MacronNotes (she/her) (Captain) Relationship Status: Less than three
costanton11 Since: Mar, 2016
#711: Jul 13th 2022 at 3:50:32 PM

PurpleEyedGuma Since: Apr, 2020
#712: Jul 13th 2022 at 3:56:36 PM

[up] The first one is mitigated by Mario being declared guilty anyway right after, so agreed on all.

MissConduct (Septatroper)
#713: Jul 14th 2022 at 8:31:00 AM

TearJerker.Robo Cop 1987 is just a character looking mildly forlorn.

NightmareFuel.Bug 2006 - Not really scary out of context, more gross.

NightmareFuel.Yume Nikki - The scary face is very small, and the scariest part of the scene (the scream) can't be conveyed in the picture, so I'm inclined to say this doesn't work as a still.

Funny.Rayman doesn't work as a still.

Edited by MissConduct on Jul 14th 2022 at 1:36:52 PM

costanton11 Since: Mar, 2016
#714: Jul 14th 2022 at 12:00:29 PM

Heartwarming.Super Mario Sunshine: The heartwarming moment doesn’t occur until after the image.

Berrenta Bejeweled (she/her) (Ten years in the joint) Relationship Status: I made a point to burn all of the photographs
Bejeweled (she/her)
#715: Jul 15th 2022 at 6:23:17 AM

Does Awesome.A Hat In Time look clear to anyone? I feel the action's obscured here.

Amonimus the "Retromancer" from <<|Wiki Talk|>> (Sergeant) Relationship Status: In another castle
the "Retromancer"
#716: Jul 15th 2022 at 6:27:38 AM

The screenshot is from the boss fight, but it's obscured by explosions. And the caption is from the cutscene that follows it. In other words that's a [tdown] from me.

TroperWall / WikiMagic Cleanup
Inky100 Jester used for creepy stuff from The virtual horror factory Since: Dec, 2020 Relationship Status: is commanded to— WANK!
Jester used for creepy stuff
#717: Jul 15th 2022 at 8:11:05 AM

[up] Not to mention, the page has Awesome Art and Awesome Bosses entries in it, and there only two actual entries regarding Moment of Awesome. Should we just cut the page and move the entries to the YMMV page?

Edited by Inky100 on Jul 15th 2022 at 5:11:47 PM

Waiting to have my head melted and mounted on a wall.
AmourLeFou You'll never find out who I am from Colorado Since: Apr, 2021 Relationship Status: One Is The Loneliest Number
You'll never find out who I am
#720: Jul 16th 2022 at 6:18:20 PM

I just added an item to the crowner and then read the rules and realize I wasn't supposed to do that. Can you remove it? MacronNotes

Check out my forum game: Rate the above YMMV.
MacronNotes (she/her) (Captain) Relationship Status: Less than three
(she/her)
#721: Jul 16th 2022 at 6:21:22 PM

Crowner items can't be removed but I edited it to "ignore".

Macron's notes
MissConduct (Septatroper)
#722: Jul 16th 2022 at 7:40:16 PM

NightmareFuel.Raving Rabbids isn't particularly scary.

TearJerker.Raving Rabbids doesn't work out of context (and, guessing from the caption, might be a spoiler?)

TearJerker.The Undertaker is just a pile of clothes.

Funny.The Undertaker doesn't work out of context.

Edited by MissConduct on Jul 16th 2022 at 10:44:37 AM

costanton11 Since: Mar, 2016
mightymewtron Word Up from New New York Since: Oct, 2012 Relationship Status: THIS CONCEPT OF 'WUV' CONFUSES AND INFURIATES US!
Word Up
#724: Jul 16th 2022 at 10:35:25 PM

[up] Personally I could vouch for everything but the Partners in Time one, which looks too bright. The fact that Galaxy 2 is hard to make out works in its favor here as you can still see some shadowy creature with no clarity as to what it is.

I do some cleanup and then I enjoy shows you probably think are cringe.
TheLivingDrawing Lucas the Dreamer from The Town of Clayton Since: Apr, 2019 Relationship Status: Yes, I'm alone, but I'm alone and free
Lucas the Dreamer
#725: Jul 17th 2022 at 10:23:43 PM

Funny.Banjo Tooie is unclear what’s going on out of context (they’re playing a game of kickball with Grunty’s head) and really isn’t particularly funny. Awesome.Banjo Tooie is similarly quite bad, being Talking Heads, multi panel, and not very awesome. Finally NightmareFuel.Banjo Tooie is extremely dark and isn’t very scary (in fact the scene deliberately deflates the tension by having Zombie King Jingaling spouting funny dialogue).

Edited by TheLivingDrawing on Jul 17th 2022 at 1:31:35 PM

Once Upon A Time.

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.

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