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Per Tropes Needing TRS, Hundred Percent Adoration Rating is "used to refer to anyone who's greatly loved, but it specifically refers to beloved rulers." This led to creating Hundred Percent Adoration Check, completed with help from The Mayor of Simpleton. Out of 53 examples contained within 50 wicks, I found:

  • Beloved ruler: 52.8% (28/53)
  • Beloved non-ruler: 35.8% (19/53)
  • Other misuse: 3.8% (2/53)
  • ZCE: 7.5% (4/53)

I hadn't noticed that Tropers/underCoverSailsman had already done Hundred Percent Adoration Wick Check, but their results were highly similar:

  • Beloved ruler: 56%
  • Beloved non-ruler: 32%
  • Other misuse: 4%
  • ZCE: 8%
While the trope specifies rulers/leaders, this trope oftentimes is used for anyone who happens to be beloved. I'd chalk that up to the name, which doesn't explicitly indicate it being about a ruler. Those about non-rulers should go in Loved by All, a new trope which launched in September. However, that still leaves the question about whether or not this trope should be renamed to better point out its meaning. Beloved Leader or something. The name is part of a set alongside 100% Heroism Rating and 0% Approval Rating, but if it's not conveying its meaning properly, then something's gotta change.

Wick check:

Much like 0% Approval Rating, Hundred Percent Adoration Rating is often used to refer to anybody who is loved by everyone else instead of just referring to a ruler. This wick check is to see just how widespread this issue is and see if a TRS is necessary.

Wicks checked: 50/50

  • Used properly - 56%
  • Misuse: Not a ruler - 32%
  • Other Misuse - 4%
  • ZCE/unclear - 8%

The ratio of proper use to improper use is around 2:1, so a TRS visit may be needed to reaffirm what it's supposed to mean.

    Used properly 

    Not a ruler 
  • Characters.Friendship Is Magic Twilight Sparkle: Everyone on the show so far seems to like, or at least not hate, her. Her friends and family all love her, and the Princesses all think she deserves to be an alicorn. Everyone she knows seems to be on at least friendly terms with her, and she has a lot of friends, even if you don't count the rest of the main cast. Even those who were once her enemies, such as Discord, Sunset, Starlight and Chancellor Neighsay soon consider her their friend, while Trixie says she "used to" hate Twilight (and still sometimes enjoys getting under her skin). The only notable exception are main villains like Chrysalis, Tirek and Cozy Glow (who are hating her in part because she's so loved). (Personal relationships, not based on her status as a Princess)
  • Characters.Pokken Tournament: The audience cheers for it in one of its win poses, and its high stance has it pose regally and charge the Support gauge faster, ostensibly galvanizing the support monster in question to help it more often.
  • Characters.Where The Wild Things Are: All the Wild Things like and want to spend time with her but lay off in case they drive her further away. Max also warms up to her quickly.
  • Characters.You Yao: Everyone adores him. Luo Zhu even insinuating that he may not even beat Elder Xu leads everyone to growl angrily at him until he meekly shows his support for Long. Not a ruler, just a hero.
  • Creator.Fred Rogers: There are essentially two types of people. Those who love him, and those who have never seen his show. Yes, everyone loves Mister Rogers, but that's not this trope. Also, gushing.
  • DarthWiki.Virtual Haddonfield: Almost the entirety of Haddonfield hold nothing but complete respect and love for Leigh, holding the good Sheriff in a deservedly high regard. Gary considers Leigh to be among one of the greatest men he's known and the entire HPD is completely loyal to the man. Leigh does have position of authority, but it seems like he's adored even by the people he doesn't have authority over, so...guess it goes here.
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  • Fanfic.Elemental Chess Trilogy: Piper notes that Riza holds this status with the people in Central City because they pity her situation.
  • Fanfic.Welcome To Tomorrow: All of the Uchiha clan adores their Akito-hime. The rest of Konoha is slowly but surely following, especially the children.
  • Film.The Death Of Stalin: Svetlana is beloved by the people; Khrushchev and Beria both hastily attempt to monopolize her to aid their grabs for power.note  While She's popular, the character page makes it clear she has no real authority. Those in authority want to draft off of her popularity.
  • Film.Pixels: By the end of the movie, everyone loves the President and the Arcaders.
  • ICarly.Tropes A To E: Amazingly, Fred very nearly has this. In "iMeet Fred", after Freddie politely says he doesn't like the Fred show and Fred reacts by saying he's quit making videos, Freddie becomes a social pariah who gets blacklisted from all of his clubs and regularly gets beaten on the street, and not a single mention is made of any Fred hatedom (and hoo boy does one exist in real life) praising Freddie or defending him.
  • Manga.Barakamon: Handa. The island kids just adore their Sensei, which is a sentiment that extends to most of the villagers in the island. Even Handa's mom has to recognize just how much they love him and need him there. However, as a dejected Kanzaki finds out, Handa is special to the islanders, and much to his chagrin, this doesn't extend to just anyone that visits their island. He's not a leader, just a guy.
  • Manga.Seraph Of The End: Shinoa and Mahiru. Not quite a rivalry either, but since Shinoa is The Un-Favourite it's a given she'd feel inferior to her genius, adored-by-everyone sister. She used to look up to Mahiru as a Cool Big Sis before she left her utterly alone, not even caring that Kureto had threatened to have her raped in spite this being a scheme to attract her attention.
  • Theatre.The Grinning Man: Grinpayne has this from the crowds who see his shows.
  • VideoGame.Disney Magical World: The player character becomes loved by all in Castleton for saving them from the ghosts, fulfilling various requests, running a popular café and generally doing whatever they can to make people happy.
  • WebAnimation.The Most Popular Girls In School: Amberlynn, who is well regarded with warmth and positive input from just about everybody except Deandra, who doesn't know her since she's only been at Overland Park for two weeks. Even the warring cheerleaders and Van Burens stop to compliment her for "really deserving it" when she gets nominated for prom queen and subsequently wins third runner up. The only one who doesn't like her is Jenna Darrabond. It's likely that Shay Van Buren also dislikes her, considering in the video that is shown at the end of year party she drunkenly calls her a "fake-ass bitch".

    Other Misuse 
  • Literature.The Witchlands: Merik is absolutely beloved in the south of Nubrevna, with people throwing an impromptu celebration when he arrives in Noden's Gift. Less so in the north, though. A ruler, but only loved by some.
  • Series.The Thin Blue Line: by Inspector Fowler at least, who is intensely loyal to the Queen, and mentions her in almost every episode. He orders a huge ornate crest with "ER" to hang above the front desk, which becomes known as "the er". If this character is the only one this fanatical, then it doesn't count.

    ZCE/unclear 
  • DarthWiki.Sweet World: People sure did love Hallaya. And Ubique sure was not pleased with it. No context for who Hallaya is.
  • Literature.The Faerie Path: Surprisingly subverted, especially for such an ordinarily optimistic and cute series.
  • Literature.Vive La Francewank: Lampshaded. France has had rather less civil unrest, though that was more due to charisma enhancement...
  • Recap.Drowtales: The adorable Anahid eventually earns a massive following and her right to rule her clan by teaching compassion and forgiveness, and practicing what she preaches. Does it count if the character wasn't the ruler first??? Because that might be the case here.

Edited by Synchronicity on Jun 9th 2023 at 1:51:34 PM

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#26: Jan 5th 2023 at 4:16:40 AM

Hooked a crowner for whether to rename. As stated, examples of misuse that fit Loved by All will be moved there regardless of whether the trope is renamed.

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#30: Jan 5th 2023 at 6:09:33 AM

[up]I think The Good King is more about the what the leader is like while this trope is about what the general public thinks of the leader.

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#31: Jan 5th 2023 at 9:59:39 AM

[up][up] I would hardly equate a project manager or school principal with a monarch, but if The Good King is beloved by all his subjects (almost always is), he'd also be this trope.

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#33: Jan 5th 2023 at 11:12:11 AM

[up]No, which is why Tabs said if The Good King is an example of this trope instead of saying examples of that trope are always examples of this trope (though, as Tabs also mentioned, they usually are, so there is overlap). Examples of subtropes by definition have to always fit the supertropes as well.

Edited by GastonRabbit on Jan 5th 2023 at 1:14:15 PM

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#34: Jan 5th 2023 at 11:15:49 AM

One is Morality Tropes the other is Admiration Tropes, these aren't related. The only common factor is being Authority Tropes.

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#37: Jan 5th 2023 at 10:13:38 PM

Voted for the rename because if we're going to look through all the wicks anyway, might as well.

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#38: Jan 8th 2023 at 6:36:11 AM

Calling in favor of renaming. What are our options?

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#39: Jan 8th 2023 at 9:18:04 AM

Eh... I think we have enough names to add (plus Universally Beloved Leader already has plenty of support).

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#40: Jan 11th 2023 at 2:39:33 AM

Calling in favor of Universally Beloved Leader.

I'll go ahead and move the page, but I'm not going to do any cleanup yet.

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#41: Jan 13th 2023 at 6:55:14 AM

1967 wicks, which includes 597 redirect wicks.

Edit: Be sure to look out for uses that are YMMV tropes in disguise. Found some when clearing out character sheets for reality shows.

Edited by Berrenta on Jan 13th 2023 at 8:59:40 AM

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#42: Jan 16th 2023 at 12:39:30 PM

[up] I hope it's okay if I moved the latter to be a redirect of UBL too, just so that they could both be quickly viewed from the same wicks sidebar.

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#44: Jan 17th 2023 at 3:47:39 PM

Wait no I take that back that's not as useful. Reverting, whoops.

Edit: Ah well, can't revert. Is fine ultimately.

Edited by Yindee on Jan 17th 2023 at 6:49:08 AM

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#45: Jan 19th 2023 at 6:01:05 PM

Alright, I've gotten the redirect <300. It's just most of Characters/ now. I could finish the cleanup myself, as I'd initially intended, but my brain is crying.

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#46: Jan 19th 2023 at 6:43:33 PM

Lightened that load a bit more. Hopefully we can finish the redirect soon.

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#48: Feb 19th 2023 at 2:33:48 PM

Also there were two checks done for this project (due to an oversight on my part). uCSailsman's has been archived but mine hasn't.

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#49: Feb 21st 2023 at 10:47:41 AM

Redirect is now in the double digits. Let's knock it out!

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#50: Feb 25th 2023 at 6:33:10 PM

Dewicked the redirect. Someone readded a removed wick in the minutes before I finished up, but I'm mostly confident that my re-removing it doesn't constitute an edit war since I was bringing it in line with wiki policy.

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It was decided to rename Hundred Percent Adoration Rating due to misuse in place of Loved By All (the former is for authority figures, while the latter is more general). What should Hundred Percent Adoration Rating's new name be?

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