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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

FernandoLemon Since: Aug, 2015
#2151: Oct 8th 2023 at 3:09:01 PM

[up] NightmareFuel.Alphabet Lore was already kept by thread.

Edited by FernandoLemon on Oct 8th 2023 at 7:09:07 AM

Twiddler MOD (On A Trope Odyssey)
#2152: Oct 8th 2023 at 3:17:15 PM

[up] Thanks, removed it from the new crowner.

Speaking of, new crowner.

While it was pointed out that Funny.South Park Bigger Longer And Uncut was kept in a previous crowner, I opted to include it, per the discussion about recrownering images, because said crowner was over a year ago, plus two people in the thread thought the image was weak.

Edited by Twiddler on Oct 8th 2023 at 3:20:28 AM

Synchronicity (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
#2153: Oct 9th 2023 at 12:46:06 PM

Of the ones strongly in the green in this batch, going to bat for TearJerker.Avatar The Last A Irbender Book One because she's visibly translucent. That paired with the caption saying they are going to be separated gives me a pretty good picture of what's supposed to be sad. Posthumous Character's image uses a similar trick.

MissConduct (Septatroper)
#2154: Oct 9th 2023 at 1:33:48 PM

Funny.So This Is Basically is honestly more scary than funny out of context.

AudioSpeaks2 Since: Apr, 2022
#2155: Oct 9th 2023 at 2:09:00 PM

[up][up][up] So, the future crowner will include the Age of Ultron one?

Edited by AudioSpeaks2 on Oct 9th 2023 at 9:09:16 AM

Twiddler (On A Trope Odyssey)
#2156: Oct 9th 2023 at 6:59:53 PM

Hm... the previous vote on that one is a lot more in favor of keep: (Yeas:2 Nays:6). In comparison, the previous keep vote for Funny.South Park Bigger Longer And Uncut was (Yeas:7 Nays:5).

The crowner that kept the Ultron pic was well over a year ago. I'd personally be fine with re-crownering it, at least this time. I don't know if I could say the same if it's crownered and ends up keeping again, especially with a similar vote ratio.

AudioSpeaks2 Since: Apr, 2022
#2157: Oct 10th 2023 at 8:52:31 PM

Sigh...it's a shame to bring this up cause it's infamously hilarious but...

Funny.Jurassic Park III is JAFAAC

It needs that audio to be funny

Edited by AudioSpeaks2 on Oct 10th 2023 at 3:52:56 PM

costanton11 Since: Mar, 2016
#2158: Oct 11th 2023 at 12:37:42 PM

NightmareFuel.The Lost World Jurassic Park: The danger the character is in isn’t readily clear out of context.

Synchronicity (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
#2159: Oct 11th 2023 at 3:43:42 PM

I see someone kneeling over breaking glass or ice? Plenty clear to me.

Amonimus the "Retromancer" from <<|Wiki Talk|>> (Sergeant) Relationship Status: In another castle
the "Retromancer"
#2160: Oct 11th 2023 at 4:00:39 PM

Subjectively it's not giving me any emotions.

TroperWall / WikiMagic Cleanup
Synchronicity (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
#2161: Oct 11th 2023 at 4:51:08 PM

Maybe, but that's not the argument posed. (Just trying to keep red paint down here, I think “unclear” is used too liberally here sometimes :) )

Edited by Synchronicity on Oct 11th 2023 at 7:54:57 AM

Synchronicity MOD (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
#2162: Oct 11th 2023 at 5:01:44 PM

    October 11 Pulls 
Funny.Superman II

https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/maxresdefault_3_363.jpg
"Oh, God."

TearJerker.Adventure Time Fionna And Cake

https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/madness_7.png
Aren't I so much better now, that I'm just a normal guy?

TearJerker.Pantheon

https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/pantheon_maddie_sad.jpg
It won't even be the only time she cries, and you'll soon understand why.

NightmareFuel.Sonic Heroes


https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/maxresdefault_4_3.jpg

TearJerker.The Agonist

https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/bsacb-a2_4474.png
Sad Alissa is sad. "These eyes are blind to several hundred. Left behind... we forgot again..." (End of Business Suits and Combat Boots)

NightmareFuel.Adventure Time Fionna And Cake

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

NightmareFuel.Ohsama Sentai King Ohger

https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/spider_mask.png
The weaver of the story, the one standing above the legends, has arrived.

TearJerker.Yakuza 6

https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/y6_someya.png
"Why?!"

TearJerker.Control Z

https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/maria_suicide_8.png
"Nat...I love you."

NightmareFuel.Sonic 3 And Knuckles

https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/1470890777512.png

NightmareFuel.Phoenix Wright Ace Attorney Spirit Of Justice

https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/f3c3d46e_9dfc_40cf_b7e5_47d11956164c.png
In Khura'in, lawyers are just as guilty as the defendants.

TearJerker.Avatar The Last Airbender Book Three

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

Edited by Twiddler on Oct 11th 2023 at 8:14:43 AM

costanton11 Since: Mar, 2016
#2163: Oct 11th 2023 at 7:07:01 PM

[up][up]It look me a moment to realize what it was when I first saw the image, so I'm not sure it's the most illustrative (for context the scene in the movie is that the van is hanging off the cliff and the glass is straining under the weight, but without that context, I'm not sure that you can tell that the character is in mortal danger just from looking at the image).

Edited by costanton11 on Oct 11th 2023 at 9:07:28 AM

MaeBea from Satan's basement Since: Jul, 2021 Relationship Status: [TOP SECRET]
costanton11 Since: Mar, 2016
#2166: Oct 14th 2023 at 12:57:53 PM

Just a heads up. The old crowner hasn't been locked yet.

KoshaVinka The Yggdrasil Cretin from Rimestrov Since: Apr, 2022 Relationship Status: You're the prettiest girl this side of the Mississippi
The Yggdrasil Cretin
#2167: Oct 14th 2023 at 1:14:33 PM

[up][up] Strong Keep. I see a Room full of crazy writings and a dark Eldritch abomination. Vibrant colours don't mean unscary, actually, put those colours on the wrong thing (IE. The poor guy in the image) and they can really make you feel uneasy, like in Cruelty Squad

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.
#2168: Oct 14th 2023 at 1:17:48 PM
Tylerbear12 What you see is what you get, just a guy. from The Green Hills. Since: Apr, 2015 Relationship Status: Yes, I'm alone, but I'm alone and free
What you see is what you get, just a guy.
#2169: Oct 14th 2023 at 4:40:12 PM

[up][up] I agree, it's just unsettling enough for it to be a keeper IMO.

BloodRedKnight Since: Nov, 2019
#2170: Oct 14th 2023 at 6:04:01 PM

How's this one for Killer Klowns from Outer Space

    Pic 
https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/screenshot_2023_10_14_90105_pm_8.png
Mod note: Hid this in a folder because I am making a crowner and it's unnecessarily shocking me when I scroll up and down.

It's the scene where Mike and Debbie are being chased by the Klowns and one presses up against the windshield

Caption: Joker and Pennywise are facing some stiff competition

Edited by Synchronicity on Oct 15th 2023 at 11:00:10 AM

costanton11 Since: Mar, 2016
#2172: Oct 14th 2023 at 7:28:43 PM

Edited by costanton11 on Oct 14th 2023 at 9:30:07 AM

RWBYraikou888 The Undercover Troper from The Kingdom of Atlas Since: Aug, 2020 Relationship Status: Complex: I'm real, they are imaginary
The Undercover Troper
#2173: Oct 15th 2023 at 5:13:02 AM

NightmareFuel.Spirit Halloween: Peek-a-Boo Penny is one of the tamer animatronics, and the small image and white background are even more of Nightmare Retardant.

Orcus on His Throne will always be my pet peeve.
Synchronicity MOD (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
#2175: Oct 15th 2023 at 8:02:56 PM

New crowner. I made threads for NightmareFuel.American Horror Story Roanoke and NightmareFuel.American Horror Story Apocalypse. Funny.Avengers Age Of Ultron is on there because there was some agreement to re-crowner it (and I suppose it's a data point for when we nail down a formal re-crownering policy)

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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