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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)
#776: Aug 2nd 2022 at 8:42:09 AM

New crowner

I skipped:

Edited by MacronNotes on Aug 2nd 2022 at 11:42:40 AM

Macron's notes
StalkerGamer That's All, Folks! Since: Dec, 2021 Relationship Status: Love is an open door
#777: Aug 3rd 2022 at 10:43:29 AM

NightmareFuel.Twister: There is nothing scary in this image

Heartwarming.GhostbustersAfterlife: Poor quality. And it's not a spoiler?

Heartwarming.MassEffect: It's a little hard to see that they are hugging.

Edited by StalkerGamer on Aug 3rd 2022 at 2:56:25 PM

MissConduct (Septatroper)
#778: Aug 4th 2022 at 11:12:07 AM

Funny.The Angry Video Game Nerd Season One - Just James yelling.

Funny.The Angry Video Game Nerd Season Three - Just Batman in the Joker, not funny out of context.

Funny.The Angry Video Game Nerd Season Six - Honestly looks more like Nightmare Fuel out of context.

Funny.Cinema Therapy - Just two dudes.

TearJerker.Matthew Santoro - Just a sad dude. Not even visibly crying.

Funny.Caddicarus is just him wearing high pants.

NightmareFuel.Vester And Friends is just a dark picture of Luigi with some unreadable text on top.

Edited by MissConduct on Aug 4th 2022 at 2:37:04 PM

mightymewtron Word Up from New New York Since: Oct, 2012 Relationship Status: THIS CONCEPT OF 'WUV' CONFUSES AND INFURIATES US!
Word Up
#779: Aug 4th 2022 at 12:31:06 PM

AVGN Season 3 can stay; Batman and the Joker playing video games is funny in a Go-Karting with Bowser way.

AVGN Season 6 looks goofy enough because of the expression and sorta bad effect of the heart.

You cannot tell me that the Caddicarus image isn't meant to be visibly goofy. Like IDK what you'd want from a Funny page image but that's blatantly a guy in a silly expression and outfit.

Everything else I'd cut.

[down][down] Still, the juxtaposition of the mundane activity like playing video games with such powerful characters is funny, especially with their facial expressions. "Just Batman in [sic] the Joker" feels misleading.

Edited by mightymewtron on Aug 4th 2022 at 7:21:58 AM

I do some cleanup and then I enjoy shows you probably think are cringe.
MissConduct (Septatroper)
#780: Aug 4th 2022 at 3:46:27 PM

Awesome.Wonder Park - The action isn't clear.

Funny.Wonder Park - Just a porcupine and a bear. What's supposed to be funny I can't tell.

TearJerker.Some Jerk With A Camera is just a guy under a bridge.

Funny.Some Jerk With A Camera doesn't make sense out of context.

Heartwarming.Pew Die Pie - Is this his actual wedding? Meta examples don't belong here anyway, neither should a meta pic.

Edited by MissConduct on Aug 4th 2022 at 6:47:26 AM

costanton11 Since: Mar, 2016
#781: Aug 4th 2022 at 3:49:27 PM

[up][up] I wouldn't call the Joker one a Go-Karting with Bowser moment, since the context is that he's forcing him to play the bad games against his will.

WarJay77 It's NaNo, Bay-beeee! (3,795/50,000) from My Writing Cave (Troper Knight) Relationship Status: Armed with the Power of Love
It's NaNo, Bay-beeee! (3,795/50,000)
#782: Aug 4th 2022 at 3:52:36 PM

I think Funny.Some Jerk With A Camera is just goofy-looking enough to stay. I'm not sure what your barrier for "funny" is, Miss Conduct, but it feels like you keep finding images to pull for the sake of finding images to pull.

Working on: Author Appeal | Sandbox | Troper Wall
MissConduct (Septatroper)
#783: Aug 4th 2022 at 4:06:03 PM

[up]Why are you only calling me out? I'm not doing anything everyone else isn't also doing. Every pic I've brought to this thread I think is bad enough to warrant a pull.

mightymewtron Word Up from New New York Since: Oct, 2012 Relationship Status: THIS CONCEPT OF 'WUV' CONFUSES AND INFURIATES US!
Word Up
#784: Aug 4th 2022 at 4:09:41 PM

I do notice you have a tendency to do batch threads and it seems like sometimes there's not a solid enough argument to pull the Funny ones. Not just you but I think the batches make it more noticeable?

Edited by mightymewtron on Aug 4th 2022 at 7:10:25 AM

I do some cleanup and then I enjoy shows you probably think are cringe.
WarJay77 It's NaNo, Bay-beeee! (3,795/50,000) from My Writing Cave (Troper Knight) Relationship Status: Armed with the Power of Love
It's NaNo, Bay-beeee! (3,795/50,000)
#785: Aug 4th 2022 at 4:10:49 PM

Sorry if I came off as rude, I just don't see people post multiple images at once as often as you do, and not as many of them at a time to boot. That, combined with the fact that there's very often one or two or more images that are entirely keepable, and how often you come out with images to pull, makes it seem like you're actively searching for things.

It's just... people keep pointing out that a lot of your issues with some of these images is entirely subjective. Ones that show almost nothing are one thing, but there's been plenty of cases where you've suggested we pull images simply because you don't think they work... and that reasoning simply doesn't work because these pages are subjective by nature, and since this isn't the first time an issue like this has been brought up I thought I should just be honest and acknowledge the issue as I see it.

What we want to get rid of are images that simply just don't work to illustrate. If there's any aspect of the image that could be considered funny/sad/scary/etc, we usually want to actually take those to discussion, not just throw them into the crowner.

Edited by WarJay77 on Aug 4th 2022 at 7:12:57 AM

Working on: Author Appeal | Sandbox | Troper Wall
MissConduct (Septatroper)
#786: Aug 4th 2022 at 4:12:40 PM

If you think the pic should stay, just vote down.

mightymewtron Word Up from New New York Since: Oct, 2012 Relationship Status: THIS CONCEPT OF 'WUV' CONFUSES AND INFURIATES US!
Word Up
#787: Aug 4th 2022 at 4:14:03 PM

Personally I just like to voice my opinions in the thread so that others can read my argument and decide if they agree or not. I do this in Image Suggestion too, and other crowner-based threads.

I do some cleanup and then I enjoy shows you probably think are cringe.
WarJay77 It's NaNo, Bay-beeee! (3,795/50,000) from My Writing Cave (Troper Knight) Relationship Status: Armed with the Power of Love
It's NaNo, Bay-beeee! (3,795/50,000)
#788: Aug 4th 2022 at 4:18:41 PM

Look, I'm just pointing out a pattern I've noticed, I'll leave it at that.

Working on: Author Appeal | Sandbox | Troper Wall
Synchronicity (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
#789: Aug 4th 2022 at 4:24:41 PM

I think that some recurring arguments on this thread — not just yours, Miss Conduct, though you might be feeling it more due to the frequency with which you post; Heartwarming.Attack Of The Clones is another recent one I recall that made me go ??????? — are weak, and I've always posted about it if I disagree with the poster's assessment. Some issues that usually make me go 🤨:

  • Too dark or low quality - There's a difference between "literally can't see anything" and "just needs a little tweak". If the content is otherwise passable, please just try to upgrade it or as the quality upgrade thread to try first. I downloaded GIMP on my laptop so I could mess around with brightness and color balance and it's worked out well so far.
  • "I don't think this is funny/sad/scary" when there's clearly some indicator of what emotion we are trying to feel — these things are YMMV. You don't have to chuckle at someone posing goofily (I'll agree with mewtron on the Funny.Caddicarus image) or feel fear at a monster with Red Eyes, Take Warning, but if there's something in the image that obviously intends to evoke the emotion and works on that level I usually vote to keep it.

Voted to keep Awesome.Overlord 2012 in this round. Looks like a cool monster flying in the sky [tup]

Edited by Synchronicity on Aug 4th 2022 at 7:03:28 AM

FernandoLemon Nobody Here from Argentina (Troper Knight) Relationship Status: Staying up all night to get lucky
#790: Aug 4th 2022 at 5:01:04 PM

[up] I also voted for keeping the Overlord one.

As for the AVGN ones, all the bad ones had been pulled by this thread, everything else was deemed funny enough to keep (though the S1 one was only kept because it had an IP tag; I'd now vote to pull that one).

I'd like to apologize for all this.
costanton11 Since: Mar, 2016
#791: Aug 4th 2022 at 5:55:56 PM

[up]x11. Technically speaking, even in universe, it's not Batman in the scene, it's the Angry Video Game Nerd dressed up as Batman and the Joker seems to think he's the real deal despite the Nerd telling him otherwise, but the other points I'll grant.

Edited by costanton11 on Aug 4th 2022 at 7:59:49 AM

Amonimus the "Retromancer" from <<|Wiki Talk|>> (Sergeant) Relationship Status: In another castle
the "Retromancer"
#792: Aug 4th 2022 at 7:11:18 PM

The main reason I put Awesome.Overlord 2012 is because it works better animated (a giant angel annihilated with a poke) so there was some bias, and I've thought the shot angle makes it unclear. I don't mind it besides that.

TroperWall / WikiMagic Cleanup
Twiddler (On A Trope Odyssey)
#793: Aug 5th 2022 at 2:44:04 PM

It looks momentous even out of context (speaking as someone who is unfamiliar with the work), so I voted to keep.

Edited by Twiddler on Aug 5th 2022 at 2:44:14 AM

costanton11 Since: Mar, 2016
#794: Aug 5th 2022 at 3:01:41 PM

mightymewtron Word Up from New New York Since: Oct, 2012 Relationship Status: THIS CONCEPT OF 'WUV' CONFUSES AND INFURIATES US!
Word Up
#795: Aug 5th 2022 at 3:26:00 PM

The only one I could maybe vouch for is Ocarina of Time because of the "Good bye..." text box helping the atmosphere, but everything else is pretty vague, yeah.

I do some cleanup and then I enjoy shows you probably think are cringe.
costanton11 Since: Mar, 2016
#796: Aug 5th 2022 at 4:21:01 PM

Edited by costanton11 on Aug 6th 2022 at 12:30:43 PM

MacronNotes (she/her) (Captain) Relationship Status: Less than three
(she/her)
#797: Aug 7th 2022 at 8:15:22 AM

    August 7 Pulls 
TearJerker.The Legend Of Zelda Skyward Sword
https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/ss_zelda_sealed.png
"Promise me you'll wake me up."
Funny.Overlord 2012
https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/didweseethat.jpg
"Did we watch something we shouldn't see?" note 
Heartwarming.Overlord 2012 NightmareFuel.The Monument Mythos
https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/rashmor.png
"Perpetrators of the Rushmore Revenge incident remain at large."
NightmareFuel.Rosemarys Baby
https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/rosemary_347.png
This movie wasn't ranked at #9 on AFI's 100 Thrills list for nothing.
TearJerker.Judge Dredd
https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/dredd_dayofchaos.jpg
The city — his beloved city — is dying before his eyes.
NightmareFuel.Ultraman Taro
https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/tarou_vs_birdon.PNG
Tarou is defeated! Color Timer's stopped blinking!
NightmareFuel.Ultraman Tiga
https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/tiga_crushes_girl.png
AAAAHHHHHH!!!
NightmareFuel.Ultraman Nexus
https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/rikofaust.jpg
"I was killed. I was... my family too. It's Komon-kun's fault they were killed. [...] Didn't I just say that? It's your fault that I was killed... so that I could be used as a puppet."
NightmareFuel.Ultra Galaxy Fight The Absolute Conspiracy
https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/early_belial_red_eye.png
Even before the Rayblood corrupting him, Belial is already an immoral Ultra. Do note that these eyes turned red on his own volition.
Funny.TF Wiki Dot Net
https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/tfwikicaptions_6.png
Highly informative.
NightmareFuel.Return Of Ultraman
https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/nackle.PNG
The last face Aki Sakata expected to see after Christmas shopping.
NightmareFuel.Ultraman Ace
https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/a4818_5.jpg
"If you think you won this fight then its a big mistake, Seiji Hokuto! [...] That's right! you won. Those who won lives, and those who loses go to hell. But this isn't the only thing you will remember. The winner will always carrying the losers' grief and would continue carrying the loser's grudge. That is the principle of the fight."

Keepers:

Macron's notes
MacronNotes (she/her) (Captain) Relationship Status: Less than three
FernandoLemon Nobody Here from Argentina (Troper Knight) Relationship Status: Staying up all night to get lucky
#799: Aug 7th 2022 at 10:38:33 AM

Oof, a lot of keepers on my part this time.

Edited by FernandoLemon on Aug 7th 2022 at 2:40:04 PM

I'd like to apologize for all this.
costanton11 Since: Mar, 2016
#800: Aug 7th 2022 at 10:54:13 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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