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Madrugada Since: Jan, 2001
BritBllt Since: Jan, 2001
#27: Nov 23rd 2010 at 4:25:37 PM

The first one shows the height, at least.

One last idea (before I really truly have to run)...

Calvin & Hobbes

edited 23rd Nov '10 4:25:46 PM by BritBllt

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GiantSpaceChinchilla Since: Oct, 2009
#28: Nov 23rd 2010 at 5:19:25 PM

Kind of digging Calvin & Hobbes.

Surenity Since: Aug, 2009
#29: Nov 23rd 2010 at 9:08:02 PM

The Calvin And Hobbes one is listed among the examples on the page actually.

But anyway, the trope is really about falling for so long that the character or the audience are supposed to realize the fall has been going on for too long. So the wristwatch picture was good in concept (maybe better than just Luigi falling), though the quality could have been better.

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neoYTPism Since: May, 2010
#30: Nov 24th 2010 at 6:48:15 AM

Normally I would suggest making images match the page quotes, but in this case I think there is something a bit redundant about using the trope namer for both a page image and page quote. Add to that how classic an example the C&H one is, and how it seems to be a little closer to demonstrating the trope...

edited 24th Nov '10 6:52:29 AM by neoYTPism

Twentington Since: Apr, 2009 Relationship Status: Desperate
#31: Nov 25th 2010 at 7:51:27 AM

Hmm. I like the C&H one myself.

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#32: Nov 25th 2010 at 9:16:44 AM

I like the Calvin and Hobbes one.

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#33: Nov 25th 2010 at 9:44:52 AM

Maybe to shorten the Calvin and Hobbes one, we can mash up panels 2 and 4. Panel 3 is mainly just a connect to panel 4. The important bits are him mentioning gasping, and then all the other gasps.

Or perhaps 3 and 4.

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neoYTPism Since: May, 2010
#34: Nov 25th 2010 at 6:23:18 PM

The 2 and 4 idea is interesting, perhaps with a caption commenting on the failure of Genre Savvy knowledge to save Calvin...

edited 25th Nov '10 6:24:14 PM by neoYTPism

Twentington Since: Apr, 2009 Relationship Status: Desperate
#35: Nov 28th 2010 at 8:33:23 PM

No one's objecting, so I added the Calvin & Hobbes one.

rodneyAnonymous Sophisticated as Hell from empty space Since: Aug, 2010
#36: Nov 28th 2010 at 8:35:57 PM

Enh, you can't fall "for hours" from a real life height (without a parachute or something else to decrease terminal speed), even a fall from an airplane only takes a couple minutes. Oppose anything that's not some kind of bottomless (well, impossibly deep) pit.  *

That C&H strip is maybe an okay example but it's a bad page image.

"Nobody objects" seems like kind of a weak reason to make a change when there are a half-dozen viable alternatives. I like this, for being a more-dynamic-looking image of the trope namer:

Alice falling down the rabbit hole is good too.

edited 28th Nov '10 11:10:01 PM by rodneyAnonymous

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rodneyAnonymous Sophisticated as Hell from empty space Since: Aug, 2010
#37: Dec 9th 2010 at 6:31:06 PM

Was changed a little over a week ago. Lock?

Becky: Who are you? The Mysterious Stranger: An angel. Huck: What's your name? The Mysterious Stranger: Satan.
Twentington Since: Apr, 2009 Relationship Status: Desperate
#38: Jan 5th 2011 at 12:10:59 PM

How do I remove the "image pickin' discussion" thingy at the top of the page?

rodneyAnonymous Sophisticated as Hell from empty space Since: Aug, 2010
#39: Jan 5th 2011 at 12:19:27 PM

It goes away when a mod locks the thread that links to it. Click the Holler button (yellow ! in a triangle, above) to request a lock.

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INUH Since: Jul, 2009
#40: Jan 5th 2011 at 12:26:12 PM

Looking through this thread, though, there doesn't seem to be an actual consensus.

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rodneyAnonymous Sophisticated as Hell from empty space Since: Aug, 2010
#41: Jan 5th 2011 at 1:05:30 PM

Crowner.

Note that while Calvin might technically count as an example since he's dreaming, it doesn't look like it.

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#42: Jan 5th 2011 at 2:15:30 PM

Has anyone tried to GIS the scene from Who Framed Roger Rabbit where Eddie is falling and has a conversation with Bugs and Mickey?

ThePope Since: Oct, 2010
#43: Jan 5th 2011 at 2:23:17 PM

That image in the crowner of the man checking his watch is horribly drawn.

Just saying.

Deboss I see the Awesomeness. from Awesomeville Texas Since: Aug, 2009
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#44: Jan 5th 2011 at 2:27:04 PM

But it gets the job done.

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neoYTPism Since: May, 2010
#45: Jan 5th 2011 at 2:29:07 PM

... well, we really should be avoiding crudely drawn images except when "crudely drawn" is part of the point.

shimaspawn from Here and Now Since: May, 2010 Relationship Status: In your bunk
#46: Jan 5th 2011 at 2:31:03 PM

We should, but not at the sacrifice of clarity. (Shows the trope + crudely drawn) is better than (doesn't show the trope well + well drawn). In this case the crudely drawn picture shows the trope the best.

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ThePope Since: Oct, 2010
#47: Jan 5th 2011 at 2:35:31 PM

Still, it looks like something that someone threw together in MS Paint in 10 seconds.

Then again, it's still drawn better than Order Of The Stick.

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neoYTPism Since: May, 2010
#49: Jan 6th 2011 at 4:48:11 AM

"Then again, it's still drawn better than Order Of The Stick." - The Pope

I disagree.

neoYTPism Since: May, 2010
#50: Jan 8th 2011 at 3:06:48 AM

So, are we going with the watch one or keeping the Mama Luigi one?

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