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PurpleEyedGuma Since: Apr, 2020
#1: Jan 31st 2022 at 7:11:20 PM

Selected by IP . . . in 2010. I saw it in Browse and was like, “Ah yes, the Jaws book. That is well established.” The fact that the movie got more popular isn’t conveyed, and more people are aware of the book’s existence nowadays.

Just to throw an idea out, maybe a pic comparing the Digital Devil Story light novels and Shin Megami Tensei?

Current would work on Literature.Jaws due to it and the film being similar.

Edited by PurpleEyedGuma on Jan 31st 2022 at 10:12:53 AM

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#3: Jan 31st 2022 at 11:01:18 PM

I agree with removing it from Adaptation Displacement and moving it to the book page for Jaws to differenate it more from the film. I would prefer it to be bigger though.

Honestly don't know a good suggestion that can work as a replacement though. This seems like a difficult trope to illustrate. I think a parody of the trope could work.

Edited by Tylerbear12 on Jan 31st 2022 at 1:06:47 PM

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#4: Jan 31st 2022 at 11:33:13 PM

What about Dumbo? It actually took me a while to find the original book. And there is a way to distinguish it from the Walt Disney version...

There is no Walt Disney name on it.

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

Look at every other Dumbo book or tie-in media, and you will find Walt Disney's or Disney name above the title Dumbo. This is the sole exception, so perhaps we should have the original novel and then a collage of every other Dumbo media with Disney's name on it.

Edited by Shadao on Jan 31st 2022 at 11:39:25 AM

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#5: Feb 1st 2022 at 12:32:06 AM

[up]Is there a better quality version of that? It has quite visible JPEG artifacts.

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#6: Feb 1st 2022 at 12:42:26 AM
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#7: Feb 1st 2022 at 2:02:19 AM

[up]That's good. Whether we put a Disney version beside it or use it in itself, some explanation in the caption is needed. I don't think we need to use multiple Disney images.

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#9: Feb 1st 2022 at 7:36:30 AM

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#10: Feb 1st 2022 at 7:40:45 AM

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(Annoyed grunt)
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#11: Feb 1st 2022 at 7:58:15 AM

By itself, it seems like a lateral move from Jaws. I see them both the same way, an obscure book with a much more well known film adaptation.

Drope Since: Oct, 2012
#12: Feb 1st 2022 at 8:37:46 AM

Maybe this?

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

That blurb to the right kinda implies the book is nowhere as famous.

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#13: Feb 1st 2022 at 8:38:57 AM

Yeah, I was thinking of a "now a major motion picture" sticker on a book. I'm still not sure how clear that is, but I think it's better than one without.

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#14: Feb 1st 2022 at 8:42:01 AM

[up]I actually found some of these "now a major motion picture" stickers (in fact, one Jaws book reprint has it), but they were all also called best-sellers, which diminished the point of the trope.

Edited by Drope on Feb 1st 2022 at 8:43:03 AM

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#15: Feb 1st 2022 at 9:07:44 AM

Another Shrek suggestion that is more interesting to look at:

https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/shrek_book_cover_inspiration_note_6.png

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#17: Feb 1st 2022 at 9:10:43 AM

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#18: Feb 1st 2022 at 9:10:58 AM

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Caption suggestion:

I thought the DreamWorks Animation made Shrek.

Edited by Shadao on Feb 1st 2022 at 9:11:35 AM

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#19: Feb 1st 2022 at 9:16:18 AM

15.

(Annoyed grunt)
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#20: Feb 1st 2022 at 9:47:37 AM

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#25: Feb 2nd 2022 at 8:08:07 AM

15's good. It's in and the tag's updated; neutral on 18 for the caption.

Old pic:

https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Jaws_first_edition_7083.jpg
Yes, it was a book.


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