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jandn2014 SMILE! from somewhere in Connecticut Since: Aug, 2017 Relationship Status: Hiding
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#1: Apr 21st 2024 at 9:10:17 PM

A parody of the Trope Namer, but it doesn't actually depict the trope (a voiceover of the lead character talking out a journal or diary entry at the beginning of the show).

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#2: Apr 21st 2024 at 11:15:55 PM

Seems it took the visual pun approach

MurlocAggroB from the second-most ridiculous province of Canada Since: May, 2015
#3: Apr 21st 2024 at 11:22:57 PM

[up] Indeed. I say weak keep for the current. It's cute, and I don't think it's hurting the page.

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#4: Apr 22nd 2024 at 12:03:27 AM

[up]I agree with this sentiment.

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#5: Apr 22nd 2024 at 12:23:24 AM

Keep. I enjoy the Visual Pun.

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#7: Apr 22nd 2024 at 6:13:31 AM

An actual picture of the trope would be a comic panel with narration that would ultimately just be a page quote with extra steps, or else JAFAAC of one of the captains. Keep current.

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J99908 It’s your BATH time! from A bathtub Since: Jun, 2023 Relationship Status: It's not my fault I'm not popular!
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#8: Apr 22nd 2024 at 6:14:47 AM

Keep. Isn’t it This Image Is Not an Example?

It builds character.
moxeden actually okay-ish from a place of comfort Since: Sep, 2023 Relationship Status: love is a deadly lazer
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#9: Apr 22nd 2024 at 6:27:39 AM

Keep current.

Good morning, and good night, I hardly ever sleep. With what I have, what else do you think I'd ever need?
jandn2014 SMILE! from somewhere in Connecticut Since: Aug, 2017 Relationship Status: Hiding
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#10: Apr 22nd 2024 at 6:47:02 AM

Somehow didn’t get the pun until now…

But if that’s the case, I’d be fine with keeping the current.

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#12: Apr 22nd 2024 at 2:23:06 PM

[up] The first words of Captain's Log are "A voiceover." Can it really be a voiceover in a purely visual medium like a comic book? Yes, there are a few examples of comic books on the page, but we might want to consider them misuse.

Edited by FSharp on Apr 22nd 2024 at 5:24:51 AM

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#13: Apr 22nd 2024 at 3:20:13 PM

The core of the trope seems to be “recurring expository text delivered via journalistic entries”. I suspect voiceover is because it’s based out of Star Trek, and see no reason why a comic book would be excluded if it accomplishes a similar thing (compare Opening Narration’s image)

That said, I do acknowledge that ^^ lacks the recurring aspect of the trope, but I still don’t think comics are outside the scope.

GracieLizzy from Sunderland, UK (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
#14: Apr 22nd 2024 at 5:29:44 PM

11 shows the trope well, but I think I still prefer current for the reasons Star Sword gives in 7. Any comic showing this sort of thing is just basically a glorified page quote so I'd rather go with the visual pun.

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#15: Apr 22nd 2024 at 6:21:57 PM

This suggestion does have Lampshade Hanging, and implies Exposition without needing to show the actual expository text.

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

moxeden actually okay-ish from a place of comfort Since: Sep, 2023 Relationship Status: love is a deadly lazer
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#16: Apr 22nd 2024 at 10:46:04 PM

[up][tup]

Good morning, and good night, I hardly ever sleep. With what I have, what else do you think I'd ever need?
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#18: Apr 23rd 2024 at 2:49:09 AM

[tup]11

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#20: Apr 23rd 2024 at 6:30:22 AM

Personally I see nothing wrong with the current image - for instance Ironic Index has an image that has nothing to do with irony, it's a literal iron and I've yet to see it be challenged. Put on a Bus is another case; the image is of a bus while the trope itself doesn't literally involve buses (it's about characters leaving with an uncertainty of whether they'll come back), but even so the image was kept. There's loads of other examples on This Image Is Not an Example, although interestingly enough Captain's Log isn't there.

If it must be replaced, then I suppose 15 is good enough. Otherwise I'd keep current.

petersohn from Earth, Solar System (Long Runner) Relationship Status: Hiding
#21: Apr 23rd 2024 at 7:52:32 AM

I'm generally not against visual puns, but if we can do better than we should. Visual puns that has something to do with the trope itself are good, for example the one on Bigger Is Better in Bed. Those that just show the trope name are meh. I especially don't like the ones on the bus tropes as they don't really add much to it. Captain's Log is somewhat better, even if only with some Fan Myopia, because at least it parodies the Trope Namer. However, we have countersuggestions, and I think that 11 works well enough to be a replacement.

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J99908 It’s your BATH time! from A bathtub Since: Jun, 2023 Relationship Status: It's not my fault I'm not popular!
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#23: Apr 23rd 2024 at 12:41:23 PM

[up]

It builds character.
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