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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

PurpleEyedGuma Since: Apr, 2020
#1226: Jan 12th 2023 at 4:32:57 PM

[up] I think that enhances the scariness this time.

MissConduct (Septatroper)
#1227: Jan 12th 2023 at 8:20:23 PM

NightmareFuel.Stephen King comes from a source outside of his body of work. Even if that's not a dealbreaker, it doesn't really give a good sense of "nightmare fuel."

KingofNightmares Since: Aug, 2016 Relationship Status: Above such petty unnecessities
#1228: Jan 13th 2023 at 4:57:05 AM

Funny.The Lost World: Jurassic Park just seems like a guy who I have trouble telling the expression of. Even the caption seems vague here.

Edited by KingofNightmares on Jan 13th 2023 at 4:57:35 AM

"It was the best of times, it was the BLURST of times?"
Bullman Enid Sinclair Since: Jun, 2018 Relationship Status: Longing for my OTP
Enid Sinclair
#1229: Jan 13th 2023 at 1:14:19 PM

Awesome.Wednesday: It's just a face and a caption. Plus nothing about it screams awesome.

Edit: Just saw it on the previous page. Sorry for that. Ignore this.

Edited by Bullman on Jan 13th 2023 at 3:20:22 AM

Fan-Preferred Couple cleanup thread
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.
#1230: Jan 13th 2023 at 5:42:58 PM
mightymewtron Word Up from New New York Since: Oct, 2012 Relationship Status: THIS CONCEPT OF 'WUV' CONFUSES AND INFURIATES US!
Word Up
#1231: Jan 13th 2023 at 6:20:45 PM

It's a tentative keeper, his crying face is silly, especially with the mascara.

I do some cleanup and then I enjoy shows you probably think are cringe.
MaeBea from Satan's basement Since: Jul, 2021 Relationship Status: [TOP SECRET]
Amonimus the "Retromancer" from <<|Wiki Talk|>> (Sergeant) Relationship Status: In another castle
the "Retromancer"
#1233: Jan 13th 2023 at 6:34:15 PM

I see nothing funny here.

TroperWall / WikiMagic Cleanup
JohnnyBeBad Since: Nov, 2019
#1234: Jan 13th 2023 at 7:54:32 PM

Yeah, not seeing the humor there.

Synchronicity MOD (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
Synchronicity (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
#1236: Jan 14th 2023 at 10:15:26 AM

Personal keep votes this round:

Edited by Synchronicity on Jan 14th 2023 at 12:18:21 PM

costanton11 Since: Mar, 2016
#1237: Jan 14th 2023 at 11:21:32 AM

Edited by costanton11 on Jan 14th 2023 at 10:46:26 AM

Noaqiyeum we must dissent (it/they) from across the gulf of space (Time Abyss) Relationship Status: Arm chopping is not a love language!
we must dissent (it/they)
#1238: Jan 14th 2023 at 3:24:41 PM

Voted to keep Awesome.Freddy Vs Jason because in a movie called "Freddy vs. Jason" the scene where Freddy actually fights Jason in the middle of flashy pyrotechnics is obviously the Just Here for Godzilla moment.

It could, however, use a quality upgrade, because Freddy is pretty obscured.

ERROR: The current state of the world is unacceptable. Save anyway? YES/NO
RWBYraikou888 The Undercover Troper from The Kingdom of Atlas Since: Aug, 2020 Relationship Status: Complex: I'm real, they are imaginary
The Undercover Troper
#1239: Jan 14th 2023 at 4:02:05 PM

NightmareFuel.Fritz the Cat: Duke getting shot doesn't take up the entirety of the image, and even with it, the image isn't all that scary without context.

Orcus on His Throne will always be my pet peeve.
FernandoLemon Since: Aug, 2015
#1240: Jan 14th 2023 at 4:43:51 PM

[up][up] It only needs a quality upgrade, IMO.

[up] Honestly, I don't think it's awful. Keep Until Better Image Suggested for me.

On top of the ones Macron highlighted, I'm also voting to keep Funny.Chainsaw Man, their Oh, Crap! reaction is pretty funny to me. See the "Not actually JAFAAC" section in Just a Face and a Caption (which cites that same trope no less).

Edited by FernandoLemon on Jan 14th 2023 at 9:46:27 AM

MacronNotes (she/her) (Captain) Relationship Status: Less than three
(she/her)
#1241: Jan 14th 2023 at 4:52:23 PM

That was Synchronicity tongue

Also, voting to keep Funny.Chainsaw Man

Macron's notes
PurpleEyedGuma Since: Apr, 2020
#1242: Jan 14th 2023 at 4:54:29 PM

Specifically in this thread, “JAFAAC“ has become as meaningless to me as “unclear out of context”.

MaeBea from Satan's basement Since: Jul, 2021 Relationship Status: [TOP SECRET]
#1243: Jan 14th 2023 at 5:21:28 PM

[up] Yeah, this thread uses "JAFAAC" as a blanket term for a bad image far more often than seems realistic. Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't JAFAAC an image that makes almost/completely no sense on its own and relies mostly/entirely on the caption?

"Squid has to go to market. He's had to go to market for as long as he's sucked water."
FernandoLemon Since: Aug, 2015
#1244: Jan 14th 2023 at 6:29:15 PM

Eh, I've seen it used correctly. Just in this crowner, in fact.

Bullman Enid Sinclair Since: Jun, 2018 Relationship Status: Longing for my OTP
Enid Sinclair
#1245: Jan 14th 2023 at 6:38:29 PM

So, I added an image to Once Upon a Time. However looking at it now. I think it might be to blurry and might not work out of context of the show.

Fan-Preferred Couple cleanup thread
MaeBea from Satan's basement Since: Jul, 2021 Relationship Status: [TOP SECRET]
#1246: Jan 14th 2023 at 7:14:16 PM

[up] Agreed, I don't get what's meant to be comedic in the image, it just looks like a woman holding a paper.

"Squid has to go to market. He's had to go to market for as long as he's sucked water."
Bullman Enid Sinclair Since: Jun, 2018 Relationship Status: Longing for my OTP
Enid Sinclair
#1247: Jan 14th 2023 at 7:23:07 PM

Yeah it's only really funny in context of A) She is the Evil Queen using a 2 for 1 coupon. and B) She just pulls out of nowhere to try and force Emma to out for drinks. Without that she is indeed just a woman holding a piece of paper. I wish I would have realized that before adding it but here we are.

Fan-Preferred Couple cleanup thread
JohnnyBeBad Since: Nov, 2019
#1248: Jan 14th 2023 at 8:09:47 PM

Yeah, Freddy Vs Jason should definitely stay. It's Freddy and Jason getting ready to throw down amongst the flames, man. That kicks ass.

Edited by JohnnyBeBad on Jan 14th 2023 at 8:09:59 AM

costanton11 Since: Mar, 2016
#1249: Jan 14th 2023 at 8:48:33 PM

Heartwarming.Escape The Night is too small and the heartwarming thing is not in focus.

I'll be more mindful of what I mark as JAFAAC in the future.

Edited by costanton11 on Jan 14th 2023 at 10:56:39 AM

RandomTroper123 She / Her from I'll let you guess... (Not-So-Newbie) Relationship Status: [TOP SECRET]
She / Her
#1250: Jan 14th 2023 at 9:37:36 PM

[up][up]Even as someone who personally didn't enjoy much of their fight (or the flick), I still think the photo is kewl.


The option for Funny.Meta Runner has a red link due to a typo and has another grammar mistake. I would fix it but I'm not a mod so I can't.

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.

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