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kawaiineko333 (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
#18401: Jun 3rd 2022 at 6:37:42 PM

Max0r

  • Awesome, but Impractical: In "Devil May Cry 5 Part 2," Max0r" considers Dr. Faust as this. While it's funny to put a hat on any enemy and hit them for massive damage, it costs Red Orbs to use, which he considers a terrible idea and doesn't use it. The only other time he uses it is to finish off Urizen for the last time.
  • Cool Chair: In "Devil May Cry Part 2," Vergil's demonic throne is changed to a plastic chair.
  • "Not Making This Up" Disclaimer: In "Devil May Cry 5 Part 2," during the battle against King Cerberus, while going over the ice mode, Max0r describes it as being forced to travel to an Alaskan Walmart with pictures of Pitbull's tour and a caption of "(This really happened.)"
  • Person as Verb: In "Devil May Cry Part 2," after Dante defeats Urizen, just as Nero and V catch up, he uses this to describe finishing Urizen off.
    Dante: Get back, V, I'm about to Al Capone this bitch.
  • Took a Level in Dumbass: In "Devil May Cry 5," Cavaliere Angelo is just The Brute who's tasked with finding the sword of Sparda, Dante and Vergil's father. In Max0r's version, he's a stereotypical Redditor who fills his speech with internet memes that nobody understands, and one that both V and Dante curbstomp easily.
    Cavaliere Angelo: (unable to get through Dante's Royal Guard) THIS... ISN'T... BIG... CHUNGUS!
  • Villain Has a Point: In the end of "Devil May Cry Part 2," Nero realizes Vergil was right to hoard his money when the government comes for his child support.
    Government: Hello, this is the federal government speaking. We've found some unusual activity with your account so we'll be claiming your child support as taxes.
    Nero: What? That's my child support. Tell Obama there's no way I'm paying for that.
    Government: You won't be paying you say? That's okay. We have our ways.
    (Nero hangs up, then high-fives Nico before getting out of the van to fight more demons)
    Nero: You know what, I've been thinking for awhile. Vergil might've had a point.

Reviewer2016 Since: Dec, 2021
#18402: Jun 3rd 2022 at 6:57:26 PM

For the Quack Pack heart warming I wanna add in the first episode “the really might ducks” Despite Donald being a “Rotten to the core” villain even going by The Duck of Doom, his paternal caring is still there. Donald doesn’t hurt the boys. Even in a message giving “love and kisses”. At the very least he just keeps giving them chance after chance to just clean their room. It wasn’t his fault it took the universe getting destroyed for them to learn that. -There is also a blink and you’ll miss it from the same episode of Dewey using his cape to help keep Huey warm when they were when they were hiding from Donald in the North Pole.

Amcelynn Patron Saint of Laboratories from Third Planet of the Sol System (Time Abyss) Relationship Status: Above such petty unnecessities
Patron Saint of Laboratories
#18403: Jun 3rd 2022 at 9:01:34 PM

I made the corrections you suggested but I just can't get the accent e to code correctly. Let me know if I should change it to betrothed or something.

Prison Life Is Easy For A Villainess

Originally titled Konyakuhaki Kara Hajimeru Akuyaku Reijou no Kangoku Slow Life, the story is a comedic Japanese Light Novel and Manga showing what would happen if the Otomoe's Villainess was as black-hearted as she was made out to be.


The manga contains:


  • The Ace: Rachel is good at everything she does: Her Queen Consort lessons, social etiquette, languages, politics, weaponry and manipulation.
  • Chekhov's Gun: Early in the story, Rachel writes a story about Prince Elliot molesting his personal knight Sykes. Prince Elliot meets his implied end when Sykes' fiancée Martina finds out about them.
  • Cute But Psycho: Most of the girls in the story but Martina takes the cake.
  • Deconstruction: The story deconstructs the standard Otome Villainess is taken to jail storyline for comedic effect by showing what would happen if the Villainess really was as blackhearted and manipulative as portrayed.
  • Freudian Excuse: Lady Margaret spent the first ten years of her life in poverty and is well aware that if her mother hadn't married a baron, she would have been sold off to a pedophile.
  • Girl with Psycho Weapon: Lady Rachel has a crossbow and gleefully recounts how she once killed three people with it. In self-defence of course.
  • Gold Digger: Lady Margaret Poisson, the 'heroine', is the stepdaughter of a baron who wants to snag the highest-ranking man she can.
    • She mentions that her mother was a dirt poor commoner before she married into nobility.
  • Heroic Comedic Sociopath: Rachel doesn't comprehend basic morality, to the point she had to be taught why she couldn't drown a boy that was bullying her. But the 'heroes' are so vile and self-absorbed that watching her tear their lives to pieces is hilarious.
  • Humiliation Conga: Rachel dishes out humiliation after humiliation to Prince Elliot and his subordinates. Strangely enough, she doesn't seem to be vindictive about it, merely happy that she gets to 'play the game' on her own terms.
  • It's All About Me: Lady Margaret, Prince Elliot, and most of the other 'hero' characters refuse to consider the consequences of cheating on their fiancees and abusing their authority.
  • Luxury Prison Suite: Double Subverted. Prince Elliot puts Rachel in a plain cell with no accommodations. Rachel took the liberty to stock up on all the supplies she'd need to live in comfort.
  • Mask of Sanity: Rachel's parents were able to teach her that life was a 'game' that had certain 'rules' she had to follow. It worked so well that Prince Elliot believed she was a total pushover and would meekly go to her prison cell.
  • Might as Well Not Be in Prison at All: Rachel treats her prison stay like a vacation. She prestocks her cell with every luxury you can imagine, including bedding, books, rare liquor, and weapons. She also subverts enough of the palace guards that she can leave any time she wants.
  • Mugging the Monster: Prince Elliot and the other Love Interests believed they could lock Rachel up without any repercussions. They were very wrong.
  • Murder the Hypotenuse: Martina tries to kill Margaret for seducing her fiancé, Sykes. Averted with Rachel herself who doesn't even seem to realize who Margaret is.
  • No Celebrities Were Harmed: In-Universe. Rachel uses her free time to write a series of novels about an idiotic prince stupidly blundering around and molesting his personal knight.
  • Oh, Crap!: The 'Love Interests' tend to experience this once Rachel shows them the full consequences of their actions. Most prominently, when Sykes remembers about his loving fiancée Martina.
  • Porn Stash: Rachel's brother, George, has a particularly embarrassing one that Rachel threatens to reveal.
  • Refuge in Audacity: Rachel hosts a house-warming party in her prison cell.
  • Royal Brat: Prince Elliot ignores his royal duties and imprisoned his fiancee on trumped-up charges. He only gets away with it because his parents are on vacation.
  • Showy Invincible Hero: Rachel is so goodnote  that it's funny.
  • Stating the Simple Solution: When Prince Elliot finds out Rachel has transformed her prison cell into a luxury suite, he orders the guards to move her. Unfortunately for him, Rachel thought ahead and brought her own locks and a crossbow to ensure she stays just where she wants to be.
  • Surprisingly Realistic Outcome:
    • The 'Capture Targets' are all either Royalty or high nobility and have fiancées from powerful families. None of the fiancées are happy to learn their future husbands are blatantly cheating on them.
    • Prince Elliot massively oversteps his authority when he throws a duke's daughter in jail on trumped-up charges. The only reason her family doesn't raise holy hell is that they know Rachel will do worse to him.
    • The Royal Family ultimately decides they'd rather have Rachel as Queen than their son Elliot as King.
  • Thicker Than Water: Nope. One of the Love Interests is Rachel's brother, who's completely fine with his sister being hauled off to jail. However, it's revealed he genuinely believed that Rachel was guilty.
  • Too Dumb to Live: Lady Margaret and Prince Elliot are both horribly dumb, but Sykes takes the cake. Cheating on your uber knight Yandere fiancée is just asking for trouble. Prince Elliot also forgot about that time he bullied Rachel and she pushed him into a pond and threw rocks at him until he nearly drowned.
  • Troubling Unchildlike Behavior: Played for Laughs. When Rachel was a child, she pushed a bully into a pond and threw rocks at him to make him drown.
  • World's Strongest Man: Sykes' fiancée, Martina. She's allowed to get away with her violent rages because literally no one can stop her.
  • Yandere: Martina is deeply in love with her fiance, Sykes, and threatens a Murder-Suicide when she finds out he's been stepping out on her. It's mentioned she's gone on rampages like this in the past, which makes Sykes' blatant infidelity particularly dumb.
  • You Have Outlived Your Usefulness: Once the king and queen find out what a mess Prince Elliot made, they disinherit him.

Edited by Amcelynn on Jun 4th 2022 at 7:05:48 AM

Minorica Rhythm Heroine from Earth Since: Dec, 2019 Relationship Status: It's so nice to be turned on again
Rhythm Heroine
#18404: Jun 4th 2022 at 12:53:13 AM

Arivne. Answering to your question. I did adding some gratuitous informations too much. Therefore, I deleted it hours ago. Sorry for putting you into trouble...sad

"No matter how bad the heroes can get or how bad the situation is, we're sure we can overcome it and get our happy endings..."
Arivne Since: Jan, 2001
#18405: Jun 4th 2022 at 8:06:19 AM

From page 736 @Bullman

Ichabod and Abbie is easily the most popular ship in the fandom, <- comma overshadowing the canon Ichabod/Katrina and any of Abbie's canon romances.

Bullman Enid Sinclair Since: Jun, 2018 Relationship Status: Longing for my OTP
Enid Sinclair
#18406: Jun 4th 2022 at 8:15:09 AM

Thanks Arivne.

For IconicSequelCharacter.Live Action TV:

  • The 100: While mentioned indirectly in Season 1, the Commander of the Grounders, Lexa, doesn't make a proper debut until midway thru Season 2. However, she almost instantly became one of the shows most popular and iconic characters due to the fact that she was seen great LGBT respentation, being a lesbian who was allowed to be more than just their sexuality, and he interesting dynamic with Clarke. She was eventually made Clarke's main love interest and her One True Love, even being brought back years after she died as the former the Judge takes when talking to Clarke.

Any corrections?

Edited by Bullman on Jun 4th 2022 at 10:17:26 AM

Fan-Preferred Couple cleanup thread
Arivne Since: Jan, 2001
#18407: Jun 4th 2022 at 8:27:16 AM

From page 736 @Melinda

Downplayed, <- comma though, as few of them...

The Master is a bitter enemy of Big Good Udonna and her whole family (her husband, son, late sister, and niece).

^ How can he be a bitter enemy of someone who's dead? Did you mean to write "late sister (before her death),"?

...and are then unwilling to let the Justice League arrest them in the climax.

Cheetah even notes that it isn't as if they have much choice 'other than obeying Savage...

Cat Girl Cheetah wears short shorts and a sports bra.

Leia's other relatives besides Celly (who were...Callista Trilogy) <- parentheses will...

More importantly, <- comma though, watching...

Gene spends most of his screen time being a silver spoon Jerkass...

Tricia, due to her decently expressive Freak Out when she first sees the shark...

...and release the parking brake.

In the Superman crossover, she seems frightened by...

Although Lois Lane does end up a Damsel in Distress during the Superman crossover, she redeems herself...

Flash discovers the Batcave in...

What she wants is for him not to execute the lives of the guards who let his prisoners escape.

Suspiciously Similar Substitute

Edited by Arivne on Jun 4th 2022 at 9:00:20 AM

ssbob90 Since: Sep, 2015
#18408: Jun 4th 2022 at 8:41:36 AM

Mobile Legends: Bang Bang

Beatrix:

  • Fashionable Asymmetry: Her right arm is covered in armor compared to her bare left arm.

  • Lead the Target: An essential skill when using Renner, a sniper rifle, and/or Bennett, a bazooka, since their attacks are skillshots.

  • Limited Loadout: She can only wield two out of her four guns at once. And can switch them out with her Need Backup skill.

Lapu Lapu:

Balmond:

Yi Sun-shin:

Eudora:

Johnson:

  • An Axe To Grind: His Fire Chief, Jeepney Racer, and Optimus Prime skins replaces his wrench with an axe.

  • The Cavalry: When he uses Rapid Touchdown an ally hero can board him before he fully speeds up. Thus he can turn 1v3 fight into a 3v3.

  • Car Fu: His ultimate, Rapid Touchdown has him transform into a car and speed up. And upon hitting a wall or enemy transform back, stunning the enemy and leaving an electrified field.

  • Throwing Your Sword Always Works: He throws his wrench with his Deadly Pincers, stunning the enemy upon impact.

  • Wrench Whack: His default skin has him fighting with a large monkey wrench.

Bruno:

Edited by ssbob90 on Jun 4th 2022 at 9:02:47 AM

Arivne Since: Jan, 2001
#18409: Jun 4th 2022 at 8:59:56 AM

From page 736 @Snoketrope

I have already corrected most of this here.

Please don't post text that has already been corrected.

He experimented on Henry Creed/001 when he was a child, which is indeed cruel and horrific; however, <- comma even at that age, Henry <- no comma was...family. <- period This lessens...Henry. <- period

^ That's Henry Creed[=/001=].

^ This was a run-on sentence connected together by a comma splice.

He is remembered as a victim tragically killed when his insane father killed his family. <- period In truth, he...

^ See above comment.

...thinking things through. <- period In a moment of shortsightedness, he accidentally got an...greatest regret. <- period Henry was...

^ See above comment. Any time you have a sentence that long, it's almost always a good idea to break it up into smaller sentences.

...he does. <- period When he...to seem rather...'really were'. <- period His father...regrets, <- comma and...

...saying they were the real 'broken' ones, <- comma not him.

...superior to others. <- period He is...case, <- comma as...'supers' whose power...

As the 'Orderly', <- comma he acts more or less as Brenner's right hand man.

His plan was to use his powers to conquer the planet; <- semi-colon he offers...however they see fit.

A science fiction based version of this. <- period He explains...mental lair, <- comma there are agonized...who are now 'with him'.

Arivne Since: Jan, 2001
#18410: Jun 4th 2022 at 9:03:51 AM

[up] @kawaiineko333

...it costs Red Orbs to use, which he considers a terrible idea and so doesn't use it.

Arivne Since: Jan, 2001
#18411: Jun 4th 2022 at 9:14:02 AM

[up] @Reviewer 2016

It isn't clear what you want to add, so I will just correct your entire post.

For the Quack Pack Heartwarming, <- comma I wanna add in the first episode “The Really Mighty Ducks”. <- period Despite ...villain, <- comma even going by the nickname The...boys, <- comma even in...least, <- comma he...There is...warm when they were when they were hiding from Donald at the North Pole.

Arivne Since: Jan, 2001
#18412: Jun 4th 2022 at 9:17:38 AM

[up] @Bullman

...Lexa, didn't make...the show's most...seen as great LGBT representation, being...and her interesting...the form the Judge...

Arivne Since: Jan, 2001
#18413: Jun 4th 2022 at 9:32:16 AM

[up] @ssbob90

Many of your examples go against Zero-Context Example or Weblinks Are Not Examples. You might want to read those pages and follow the rules on them.

Her right arm is covered in armor, in contrast to''' to her left arm.

She can only wield two out of her four guns at once <- no period and can...

He holds his hair back with a red one.

He wields two swords in battle <- no period and can combine them to form a BFS.

He is named after the Philippines known hero.

^ This goes against our Weblinks Are Not Examples policy.

His Justice Blades skill has him throwing both his swords, which then fly back to him.

The only thing he wears on his upper body is a necklace, <- comma and the only...

He is named after one of Korea's famous generals.

^ This also goes against our Weblinks Are Not Examples policy.

Her Flame Red Lips and Christmas Carnival skins wear short shorts.

His Fire Chief, Jeepney Racer, and Optimus Prime skins replace his wrench with an axe.

When he uses Rapid Touchdown, <- comma an...Thus, <- comma he can turn a 1v3 fight...

His ultimate, Rapid Touchdown, <- comma has him transform into a car and speed up. And Upon hitting a wall or enemy he transforms back...

He had lost his legs in an attempt to save a doctor. And, In gratitude,...

Edited by Arivne on Jun 4th 2022 at 9:35:56 AM

Arivne Since: Jan, 2001
#18414: Jun 4th 2022 at 9:58:29 AM

From page 733-734 @FunDwellerMcO9

Xayne and Nairi both have skills that affect igloo walls and their promotional artwork depicts them in an icy environment. <- period

The Genie fulfilled Jafar's...genie. <- period However, he...and he only...

Numbuh 34 gets so shocked at Anon doing a math equation that he briefly forgets he is invading his sector.

^ Who briefly forgets and who is invading whose sector?

..."nerds", <- comma but as it turns out she could not defeat a single member, <- comma as...

Bullman Enid Sinclair Since: Jun, 2018 Relationship Status: Longing for my OTP
Snoketrope Barb / Temporary Kylo from California Since: Oct, 2020 Relationship Status: Waiting for Prince Charming
Barb / Temporary Kylo
#18416: Jun 4th 2022 at 1:43:59 PM

@Arrvine

Oh, I apologize, I always assumed you were supposed to retype the corrected version of something. XD I guess I have been doing this right the whole time, thankyou.

Bow to the Prototype
jahman Since: Dec, 2014 Relationship Status: Dancing with myself
#18417: Jun 4th 2022 at 2:28:21 PM

One Piece / Monkey D. Luffy

Before:

During Luffy's two-year long training, none of the Supernovas make a real dent into the status quo or any real blows against the Emperors, achieving minor victories at best. Some have bent the knee to them to avoid total annihilation. As for Luffy himself, he becomes their equal after defeating Doflamingo and successfully infiltrating and escaping Linlin's territory, in the process causing so much damage that it will take the Big Mom Pirates years to fully recover from the humiliation. Once he figures out how to imbue himself with the Color of the Supreme King Haki, he's capable of going toe-to-toe with Kaido, who is considered the most dangerous of all the living Emperors, and a clash between them splits the sky. As that only happens when Emperors (and Emperor-class characters, like Roger) fight each other, that truly confirms Luffy is on their level. This is later zig-zagged after Law and Kid defeat Big Mom, becoming the first members of their generation to defeat an Emperor (albeit, in a two-on-one fight, opposed to Luffy's one-on-one fight with Kaido, and moreover winning by knocking her off the Floating Continent they're fighting on, rather than beating her unconscious like luffy's attempting with Kaido).

After:

During Luffy's two-year-long training, none of the Supernovas make a real dent into the status quo or any real blows against the Emperors, achieving minor victories at best. Some have bent the knee to them to avoid total annihilation. As for Luffy himself, he becomes their unofficial equal after defeating Doflamingo and successfully infiltrating and escaping Linlin's territory, in the process causing so much damage that it will take the Big Mom Pirates years to fully recover from the humiliation. Once he figures out how to imbue himself with the Color of the Supreme King Haki (and before he fully awakens his devil fruit's true power), he's capable of going toe-to-toe with Kaido, who is considered the most dangerous of all the living Emperors, and a clash between them splits the sky. As that only happens when Emperors (and Emperor-class characters, like Roger) fight each other, that truly confirms Luffy is on their level. This is later zig-zagged after Law and Kid defeat Big Mom, becoming the first members of their generation to defeat an Emperor (albeit, in a two-on-one fight, as opposed to Luffy's one-on-one fight with Kaido, and moreover winning by knocking her off the Floating Continent they're fighting on, rather than beating her unconscious like Luffy's attempting with Kaido). This is played straight once again soon afterward when Luffy finally defeats Kaido.

Melinda Since: Dec, 2019 Relationship Status: Puppy love
#18418: Jun 4th 2022 at 2:33:12 PM

Thanks.

Normally, I'd save part of this post for tommorow given the length but since I'm trying to take Mondays off, here's all of it. You can wait until Monday to correct the second half if you want.

@ Lock, Stock & Two Smoking Barrels Pet the Dog

  • Chris's one moment of notable kindness to anyone besides his son is when he goes to ask if the other driver is alright after causing a car crash.

@ Batman (1966): Rogues Gallery

  • The one moment where Harry is more than an Ax-Crazy Jerkass is when he ushers Doe, Rae, and Mimi out the exit ahead of him while fleeing from Batman.

@ Star Wars Legends

  • Guri barely appears outside of Shadows of the Empire and its sequel comic, but her status as a Dark Action Girl human replica droid who Grew Beyond Their Programming makes her one of the more popular droids in the Legends universe. Dashing, calculating, surprisingly honorable Imperial agent Jix and Xizor's niece Savan (who accomplishes less than her uncle but is more genuinely Affably Evil and aware of her limitations than Xizor) also make decent impression on fans despite only appearing in Shadows of the Empire and/or some minor related media.
@ Step Up
  • Lovable Alpha Bitch: Sophie Donovan from the second movie is the most accomplished female singer and dancer at the school and has a distant, slightly entitled demeanor. However, she appreciates the happiness and passion of the street dancers, starts smiling more, defends them against the Dean Bitterman, and never insults, sabotages, or mistreats her love rival or any of the less popular students (except in one Deleted Scene) even before her Character Development.
@ Vader's Quest New page A Star Wars Legends four-issue miniseries set soon after the first movie. The Two Lines, No Waiting plot follows Darth Vader learning that his son is the pilot who destroyed the Death Star and seeking to suppress this knowledge and track Luke down, Luke undertaking his perilous first solo mission for the Rebellion to cash in on his new fame, a Bounty Hunter who knows Luke’s identity journeying to Coruscant to tell Palpatine, and a jealous Rebel pilot compromising Luke’s identity and location and then trying to make up for it by telling Luke before Vader can come.

Tropes:

  • Break the Cutie: Wide-eyed Dubravan teenager Bobek tries to join the Rebellion and is subjected to a cruel and senseless prank just because the recruiter is in a bad mood. He buys a gun to try and kill the recruiter for revenge, although he ultimately doesn’t.
  • Continuity Snarl: The series isn't entirely consistent with other works like Star Wars (Marvel 1977) regarding when Vader learned his son is alive and a rebel, or when the Rebellion abandoned Yavin (although lots of comics set in that period have similar discrepancies).
  • Dies Wide Open:
    • Nevana is shot In the Back and falls forward with her eyes open. Even if she wasn't dead or fatally wounded, her odds of escaping the Good-Guy Bar when it's set on fire minutes later aren't good.
    • Bobek dies in Jal's arms while staring upward, after which Jai gently closes his eyes.
  • Don't You Dare Pity Me!: When Nevana offers Bobek advice on how to remove leeches that got stuck on his arm during Jal’s prank, he angrily replies, "Who asked you?"
  • Go Through Me: The people of Jazbina form a crowd to keep Vader from killing or capturing Luke once Vader’s men die, forcing him to retreat. Of course, it might not have worked if not for Vader’s fatherly concern for Luke.
    Syanya: You’ll fight a planet alone?
    After a short pause, Vader powers down his lightsaber, utters a threat, and walks off.
  • Good-Guy Bar: The second issue features a bar in the swamps of Dubrava (an Imperial-occupied world) where Jal Te Gniev can wear his uniform and talk about the Rebellion freely (albeit unflatteringly). When the Imperials show up after Jal and Nevana, several of the customers start shooting at them. The Imperials set the bar on fire, and it's unclear if anyone besides Jai escapes or is spared.
  • Green-Eyed Monster: Jal Te Gniev's main trait in the first half of the series is jealousy that rookie pilot Luke destroyed the Death Star while Jev (a veteran of fourteen dog fights) didn’t get that opportunity because he got sick that day.
  • Green-Skinned Space Babe: Dubravans have green skin, and the only prominent female Dubravan, Nevana, plays the trope straight by wearing a low cut dress that has long slits.
  • He Knows Too Much: When Vader learns that the Death Star's destroyer is named Skywalker, several Bounty Hunters are in the vicinity, and he decides Murder Is the Best Solution to silence them. One gets away and tells Palpatine, when they probably could have been kept silent if Vader bribed them or just downplayed the importance of the information.]]
    Ban Papeega': Please, Lord Vader! I'll forget everything I've heard! I'll forget the name! Here, I've already forgotten all about Skywalker! I haven't even mentioned Skywalker just now! NO! (Cue Gory Discretion Shot).
  • Mercy Kill: The Rebel prisoner who kicks off the series by revealing Luke’s name under is despondent about his failure to resist torture and how he has no means of escape from being subjected to further interrogation. He asks Bounty Hunter Mala Mala, who is running from Vader, to shoot him. She solemnly complies.
  • My God, What Have I Done?
    • Rebel sympathizer Nevana gives Luke's name and location to a bounty hunter her father owes money to without knowing who he is and is horrified to learn she’s endangered the Rebellion's biggest hero (and everyone on Dubrava who knows anything about him).
    • Jal Te Gniev is contrite when it sinks in that his drunken ramblings to Nevana have endangered Luke and is even more upset when Bobek (who he earlier mocked and abused due to his cynicism and jealousy) dies saving his life and then reveals that he originally wanted to kill Gniev over the earlier abuse before seeing stormtroopers attacking him.
  • Obviously Evil: The ruler of Jazbian turns out to be an Imperial sympathizer, something that his opulent wardrobe and shifty, insincere manner makes very obvious from the start.
  • Never Trust a Title: Despite the title, the other three plot-lines get more focus than Vader’s quest to find Luke.
  • Reassigned to Antarctica: After drunkenly crashing an X-Wing and being unable to work with Luke Skywalker due to being a Green-Eyed Monster, Rebel Alliance ace Jal Te Gniev is reassigned to be a recruiter on an unimportant planet. He makes no effort to carry out his duties and just drinks and insults the Rebellion until his big mouth endangers Luke, and he then has a shot at redemption.
  • Redemption Equals Death:
    • Jal Te flies his X-Wing into a Star Destroyer’s docking bay and then blows it and himself up to make up for putting Luke in danger.
    • King Prepedenko is an Imperial collaborator who refuses to let his people join the Rebellion, but as he’s dying from wounds Vader inflicted when he thought Predpedenko killed Luke, he accepts his fate and apologizes to his Rebel daughter and his people for his actions, helping inspire them to fight.
    • Prepedenko’s droid 3DVO betrays Luke due to his programming and then lies to Prepedenko that Luke is dead to protect the young rebel. He is distressed by both Luke’s peril and Prepedenko’s subsequent torture, and broadcasts Prepedenko’s dying words across the planet to inspire rebellion before being shot.
  • Sibling Team: Selle and Brazzo are brother and sister bounty hunters. Brazzo shows a lot of Big Brother Instinct trying to save a wounded Selle from Vader.
  • You Have Outlived Your Usefulness: The local Bounty Hunter who identifies Nevana as his source of information about Luke is shot by the stormtroopers accompanying him seconds later, as they no longer need him to find their source.
@ Shadows Of The Empire' There are also two sequel comics, the In Name Only Mara Jade - By The Emperor’s Hand follows Mara Jade fighting the Black Sun’s successor crime lords at the tail end of her service as an Emperor's Hand. Shadows of the Empire: Evolution follows the future of the Black Sun after Xizor's downfall and the efforts of his assassin and bodyguard, Guri, to rebuild her life.

Tropes in Shadows of the Empire: Evolution

  • Contrasting Sequel Antagonist: In the original series, Prince Xizor prefers to direct things from his headquarters, punishes ambition and disloyalty among his lieutenants, uses his name and reputation to further his ends, is secretive about his plans, and attracts people with his pheromones. Here, his niece Savan ventures out in various disguises to conduct operations and leads her goons in the climax. She provokes dissent and disloyalty to weaken her rivals. She avoids using her name, reputation, and established position to persuade or intimidate people and relies on money and demonstrations of her skills to make allies and deter enemies. She also confides in some of her men and doesn’t use her pheromones while flirting with people.
  • Identical Twin ID Tag: The only way to tell Zan and Zu Pike apart is that Zan has a sleeveless, Bare Your Midriff shirt and vest, while Zu wears a scarf and a shirt that covers her arms and stomach. Other sources say that they have different eye colors, but that isn't apparent in this comic.
  • Know When to Fold 'Em: As soon as the Pike Sisters learn that their bounty hunt is pitting them against the Heroes of Yavin, they quit their job. Their boss tries to enforce Resignations Not Accepted with his blaster, but he’s the one who ends up dead while the heroes let the Pike Sisters leave peacefully.
  • Latex Perfection: The Falleen woman Savan flawlessly impersonates a human female Vigo and an elderly male falleeen antique dealer by wearing plastic masks.
  • Literal Disarming: Luke cuts The Dragon's gun hand off.
  • Living MacGuffin: Kind of living, anyway, as a major plot line is Savan trying to capture human replica droid Guri to assess Black Sun files in her head and make her an assassin again.
  • Offscreen Moment of Awesome: A crowd of Thrumble's employees tries to throw Kar Yang out of the bar, and in the next panel, they're all on the ground dead or unconscious.
  • Politically Incorrect Villain: Several of Savan's fellow Vigos are openly prejudiced against humans and/or women.
  • Retired Monster: Massad Thrumble is a former Imperial admiral who ran the regime's weapons division and helped build the assassin droid Guri (although beyond that, it's unclear if he did anything really heinous). Now, he hangs around a backwater cantina (which he owns) while having drinks with a much younger girlfriend and avoiding working for either major faction. When Guri asks him to erase her assassination programming and memories, he agrees to help for the intellectual challenge rather than out of any sympathy for her (at least initially).
  • Two Lines, No Waiting: The story follows Guri trying to reprogram away her nature as an assassin, Savan's efforts to take over the Black Sun, the Heroes of Yavin interacting with Savan and becoming suspicious of her manipulations, Bounty Hunter Kar Yang chasing Guri, and the Pike sisters and their employer trying to to reclaim a medical droid that Guri stole (after they stole it first) for her upcoming operation. The plots overlap some and come together, but the main characters don’t interact much early on.

Tropes in Mara Jade - By The Emperor’s Hand

  • Beware the Nice Ones: Gorb Drig and his customer Jorshim are both affable, considerate people without an ounce of criminality in their bodies, but they are also tough, burly, and brave enough to put up a good fight against Black Nebula goons.
  • Evil Power Vacuum: The series is collected in the same omnibus as other Shadows of the Empire comics, but the only real connection is that the Black Nebula is taking advantage of Xizor’s death to become the dominant criminal group. Mara Jade puts an end to that.
  • My Species Doth Protest Too Much: Most Houks are violent, surly criminals. Gorb Drig is a polite, patient diner owner who recalls how he and his son saved their money to buy the diner before his son became a casualty of "another foolish Houk war of conquest."
  • Obfuscating Stupidity: In the first issue, Mara’s attempt to bust a Black Nebula operation is seemingly foiled by the local officer’s incompetence, but he turns out to be The Mole and is actively sabotaging her.
  • Spare a Messenger: When Mara is laying low with a waitressing job, Black Nebula thugs show up for protection money. They kill her boss for refusing to pay and plan to spare Mara to spread word of their deeds to other merchants. Mara kills them instead.

Edited by Melinda on Jun 5th 2022 at 2:05:28 AM

Avenger09 Since: May, 2014
#18419: Jun 4th 2022 at 4:39:41 PM

Any corrections or improvements to suggest?

Destroy All Humans!

Amcelynn Patron Saint of Laboratories from Third Planet of the Sol System (Time Abyss) Relationship Status: Above such petty unnecessities
Patron Saint of Laboratories
#18420: Jun 4th 2022 at 8:37:04 PM

Fan Work/Second Best (Shadow and Bone)

'When another sun summoner is found, Alina watches from the sidelines of a life that was supposed to be hers.'

Second Best is an epic Shadow and Bone Alternate Universe Fic by Stormpill. The story explores what would happen if a more palatable Sun Summoner showed up shortly after Alina Starkov had awakened her powers.

The Fic was eventually taken down by Stormpill as a result of online harassment, but copies exist in private. Stormpill has also hinted they would be willing to repost it in the future. The Fan Verse The Second Best Cinematic Universe is still active on Archive of Our Own.


Second Best contains examples of:


  • Adapted Out: Several prominent characters either don't appear or are only briefly mentioned including The Crows, Nikolai Lantsov, and Zoya Nazyalensky.

  • Alas, Poor Villain: Svetlana wasn't nice, but no one deserves her fate.

  • Always Someone Better: Svetlana to Alina initially. Alina comes to view Svetlana as an obstacle rather than a rival.

  • Ambiguous Innocence: Svetlana's actions cause many people pain but there's almost no hint of her motivations, desires, or goals. So trying to figure out if she's Innocently Insensitive or malicious is impossible. She gets more vicious as the story goes on, but whether it's her true nature or she's lashing out from stress is unclear.

  • Armor-Piercing Question: Alina demands to know why people expect her to suffer in gracious silence. Fedyor takes her words to heart.

  • Be Careful What You Wish For:

  • Beware the Nice Ones: Alina is a caring person, but she's willing to do some nasty things if she chooses to. To claim her Amplifiers and initiate her coup, Alina butchers Svetlana alive.

  • Break the Cutie: Alina spends the first few chapters descending from emotionally fragile to a full Broken Bird.

  • Broken Pedestal: After Alina ran away with help from Ivan's reputation destroying rumors, most of the Grisha, but especially Fedyor, see her as a Spoiled Brat. Over the course of the story, Fedyor, Genya, and others come to understand that Alina not being perfect doesn't mean she's not worthy of respect and loyalty.

  • Burning the Ships: Ivan proves he's serious about dethroning Svetlana by telling his husband Fedyor about how he purposely destroyed Alina's reputation. Feydor is devastated and it nearly destroys their marriage.

  • Conspicuously Public Assassination: Rebels plant a bomb at the opening of the Royal Naval Academy in an attempt to kill Aleksander and/or Svetlana. Both Royals survive, but Malyen Oretsev dies in the crossfire. It works in the long run as Alina's actions in the aftermath start her on the road to overthrowing Aleksander.

  • Control Freak: Aleksander Morozova as usual. He spends a year and a day hunting Alina down because he couldn't stand not having her under his thumb.

  • The Coup: Aleksander's canonical plan goes off without a hitch thanks to Svetlana.
    • At the end of the story, enough people are sick of Aleksander and Svetlana's leadership that Alina can stage her own coup and crown herself Queen.

  • Crazy Jealous Guy: Aleksander Morozova remains intensely obsessed and possessive of Alina, even after he marries Svetlana. At one point, Aleksander is desperate enough to confess to being the Black Hereticnote  just to get her to interact with him. She asks to be excused.

  • Cruel and Unusual Death: Svetlana is drugged, immobilized, and literally butchered alive so Alina can claim Morozova's Amplifiers.

  • Cruel Mercy: Aleksander's punishment for Alina's 'desertion' is to be a high-ranking servant for the Queen of Ravka.
    • Alina offers this to Aleksander after her coup. He's allowed to live, retain a high government position, and even has the possibility of Alina's love and forgiveness, so long as he remains her loyal dog.

  • Death of a Thousand Cuts: Alina's treatment in the first chapter is an emotional version. After hearing Svetlana use Aleksander's first name, Alina gives up on making a life in the Little Palace.

  • Deadly Upgrade: Morozova's Amplifiers are this for Svetlana. Bahgra hints and David confirms the Amplifiers will eventually reject anyone but Alina. Alina decides to hasten Svetlana's demise to ensure the Amplifiers don't die with her.

  • Decomposite Character: The Firebird is an actual Firebird, not Malyen Oretsev.

  • Deconstruction Fic: Stormpill wrote Second Best as a brutal deconstruction of Darklina Wish Fulfillment fan fiction.
    • Svetlana is essentially an amalgamation of how many Darklina shippers write Alina: a Blue Blood who is more skilled with her powers, is willing to go along with Aleksander's plans, and enjoys the perks of being a saint/queen. Stormpill uses Second Best to take a good hard look at what kind of person that would be and the consequences of her actions.
    • Aleksander's canonical plan of weaponizing the Fold is also poked full of holes: Ravka is in a constant state of rebellion and borderline starvation at home and a pariah internationally.

  • Dramatic Irony: Throughout the story, Aleksander does everything he can to make Alina submit to his will and fails. In the final scene, Aleksander willingly submits to Alina, for the slim chance that she would one day forgive him.

  • Didn't Think This Through: Aleksander Morozova. Most prominently, his petty acts of revenge against Alina alienate her and several of his key subordinates.
    • Svetlana bluntly tells Ivan, the Propaganda Minister, that his relationship with Fedyor is an abomination.

  • Easy Logistics: Averted. Ravka's already bad economy gets worse because the other nations are sanctioning them. The shortages are also a major reason why Svetlana's popularity plummets.

  • Entitled to Have You: Aleksander genuinely believes that Alina is his Eternal Soulmate and will always return to him no matter what he does to her. Alina takes advantage of this belief.

  • Evil Is Petty: As per Canon, Aleksander can't stop himself from paying back every slight, no matter how innocent, tenfold. This bites him in the ass hard.

  • Exact Words: Aleksander lets Mal believe that finding Morozova's Amplifiers will help Alina. Aleksander gives them to Svetlana, who in turn gives him the power to overthrow the King and drag Alina back to the Royal Palace.

  • Fan Verse: The fic was so popularnote  that it spawned more than 70 Recursive Fan Fiction. The majority are grouped together in an AO3 Collection, The Second Best Cinematic Universe.

  • Foil: Svetlana is everything Alina is not. It's telling that after a few years in Svetlana's service, most characters switch their allegiance back to Alina.

  • The Fundamentalist: Svetlana

  • Gaslighting: Aleksander blatantly screws with Alina's head to keep her under his thumb. His treatment of Svetlana is just straight emotional abuse.

  • God Save Us from the Queen!: Svetlana is closer to a bitchy version of Marie Antoinette than the High Holy Queen she thinks she is.

  • The Great Wall: The Shadow Fold becomes this when Aleksander and Svetlana move it to span the Shu-Han and Frjedian borders. Both countries do not appreciate it.

  • Grew a Spine: Alina's slow journey to rediscover her self-worth and power is the story's central conflict.

  • Hazy-Feel Turn: People in this story are less good or bad and more loyal to Aleksander or loyal to Alina.

  • Hiding Your Heritage: Svetlana can blend in with the Ravkan population in a way that Alina physically can't, which is just another devastating blow to Alina's psyche. Svetlana's popularity also takes a major hit when she refuses to accept Ravkan morals.

  • Hypocrite: Aleksander Morozova, even more than Canon.

  • I Coulda Been a Contender!: Svetlana takes away everything that was promised to Alina, from her place with the Grisha to Aleksander's love. In the end, Alina is able to become stronger and rise higher than Svetlana ever did.

  • Inspirational Martyr: Svetlana becomes Sankta Svetlana of the Stolen Light to her few remaining followers.

  • Immigrant Patriotism: Zig-Zagged. Svetlana invokes this at the start of the story and she's more than willing to attack her homeland of Fjerda but she's also more than willing to push Fjerdian values on her new subjects.

  • Immortal Apathy: Lampshaded Aleksander chalks his Manipulative Bastard nature to his immortality. Decontructed His subordinates eventually get sick of being treated like game pieces and subjected to his petty whims. They instead rally around Alina to overthrow him.

  • Ironic Echo: When Alina confronts Aleksander about his sudden change of feelings, he claims he only ever approached her as a friend. Later in the story, Alina seduces Aleksander and leaves him wanting, repeating his own words as she goes.
    • After being caught, Alina is given a white Kefta to wear. After she seizes the throne, Alina gives Aleksander his own white Kefta.

  • Jerkass Has a Point: Svetlana was an objectively better Sun Summoner than Alina. That doesn't justify how she was treated.

  • Kick the Dog: Aleksander's courtship of Svetlana seems to be a series of these aimed at Alina. They are.

  • Loved by All: Svetlana was the darling of the Os Alta after her arrival at the Little Palace and was upgraded to Universally Beloved Leader after she and Aleksander take the throne. Her reputation plummets not long after.

  • Made a Slave: When Alina is found, she is forced to become Svetlana's handmaiden as punishment for desertion.
    • At the end of the story, Aleksander chooses to become Alina's devoted servant.

  • Manipulative Bastard: Aleksander Morozova as per usual He weighs every action against his end goals. For example: the anti-birth control laws will either net him an increase in Ravka's population or a decrease in Svetlana's popularity. Unfortunately, his goals can get in the way of his manipulations.

  • A Million Is a Statistic: Aleksander and Svetlana are extremely callous about the causalities of their various schemes. Which just leaves them in a untenable political position.

  • Minion Manipulated into Villainy: Mal joins the Oprichniki so he can help Alina. He's furious that his actions ended up hurting her instead.

  • Mirror Character: Alina and Svetlana are both Sun Summoners, connected to a country at war with Ravka, and courted by Aleksander Morozova.

  • Moral Myopia: When Aleksander and the Grisha abandon Alina, they expect her to sit quietly until they need her. When Alina decides she's no longer wanted at the Little Palace, she's an Ungrateful Bastard who's running away from her people.

  • Multiple-Choice Chosen: Both Alina and Svetlana are Sun Summoners, but only one of them is the Sun Saint. It's Alina.

  • Murder the Hypotenuse: Subverted. Aleksander doesn't cause harm to Mal or any other man interested in Alina. He's focusing on getting rid of Svetlana.

  • Mysterious Past: Almost nothing of Svetlana's past is explained, not even her last name. This could be Foreshadowing.

  • Nice Guy: Malyen Oretsev is a constant source of comfort when Alina is dragged back to the Little Palace. This makes his death especially devastating.

  • Nice Job Fixing It, Villain!: Aleksander's inability to control his petty anger end up alienating Alina, several of his key advisors, and most of Rakva.

  • No Sympathy: Almost none of the Grisha care about Alina after Svetlana shows up or accepts that their actions might have caused Alina to run away. Although it's not clear how much of that was because of Ivan's Malicous Slander.

  • Not Good with Rejection: Again, Aleksander Morozova is even worse than canon. He responds to Alina's rejections by seesawing between petty cruelty and intense possessiveness. Alina offers him the chance to win her back, for a price.

  • Obnoxious Entitled Housewife: Svetlana acts like a royal version of this. She spends lavishly, is obsessed with her appearance and social groups, makes her opinions known whether they're wanted or not, and becomes catty when confronted.

  • Original Character: Svetlana, a Noble-born Fjerdian Sun Summoner.

  • Parents as People: Baghra isn't a bad person, but she is a very bad parent.

  • Parental Issues: Aleksander has a boatload of issues, almost all of which stem from Baghra.

  • Pent-Up Power Peril: Alina's Wasting Sickness comes back with a vengeance once she's replaced by Svetlana and no longer summons. That's not the real reason. It's actually a result of Svetlana using up all of their shared power.

  • Privileged Rival: In addition to being a better Summoner and a more conventional beauty, Svetlana is a noblewoman.

  • Propaganda Machine: Ivan is Aleksander's Minister of Propaganda. He had plenty of practice. The social ice age Alina experienced before and after leaving the Little Palace was exacerbated by Ivan's Malicious Slander.

  • Psychopathic Manchild: Aleksander handles it well, but he's very juvenile when things don't go his way. His entire courtship of Svetlana could be seen as an elaborate, mean-spirited way to get Alina's attention.

  • Psychosomatic Superpower Outage: Alina's inability to compete with Svetlana makes her summoning even weaker. At least that's part of the reason.

  • Race Lift: As in the TV Canon, Alina is visibly mixed race which makes it even worse when the blonde, blue-eyed Svetlana appears.

  • Rebel Leader: Zoya Nazyalensky doesn't appear, but her rebellion is mentioned in passing. It's not clear if her rebels planted the bomb that killed Malyen Oretsev or if she might lay down arms once Alina crowns herself.

  • Ruling Couple: Aleksander may handle most of the work, but Svetlana has Ravka's best interests at heart and knows how to make him listen. No, no she can't. Aleksander ignores Svetlana's opinions unless he can use them for his own ends and makes her take the blame.

  • Screw This, I'm Outta Here!: Alina runs away from the Little Palace at the end of the first chapter. It takes over a year for Aleksander to find her.

  • Stay in the Kitchen: Svetlana fervently believes this, publishing pamphlets and pushing for anti-birth control laws. This backfires horribly and lets Alina reestablish herself by publishing a counter-pamphlet.

  • Surprisingly Realistic Outcome:
    • Alina had wished that a better Sun Summoner would come along and take the burden of saving Ravka from her. When Svetlana does show up, Alina still can't go back to her old life and now doesn't even have a clear place beyond being Svetlana's spare.
    • Svetlana looks, sounds, and acts like everyone's preconception of the Sun Summoner so she quickly becomes the court darling.
      • At the same time, Alina is all but forgotten as everyone lavishes attention on Svetlana. The social isolation causes her to slide into a deep depression and makes her run away.
    • Moving a Supernatural horror filled with monsters across a border is an effective military strategy, but it's a poor diplomatic one as Fjerda and Shu Han respond with sanctions, tariffs, and privateering.
    • Being a minority doesn't make you immune from being a bigot, especially when raised in a fundamentalist theocracy. Svetlana isn't Anti-Grisha, but she's still classist, sexist, homophobic, and very, very condescending.
      • She also insists on pushing these values on her new subjects, which tanks her popularity and causes several powerful government officials to reevaluate their loyalty.

  • The Dog Bites Back: Alina bites Aleksander while performing oral sex and tells him she's no one's second best.

  • Then Let Me Be Evil: Downplayed. Alina chooses to be selfish when she kills Svetlana and takes the throne for herself, but there's no indication she'll be anything but a Reasonable Authority Figure.

  • There Can Be Only One: Only one of the Sun Summoners gets to be the Sun Saint and receive the glory and reward. David theorizes it's even more literal than that, with the two Sun Summoners sharing a limited amount of power that can't truly be split.

  • Uninvited to the Party: Played for Drama. Alina is outright forbidden from attending the Winter Fete, even as another member of the Second Army. Being actively barred from the biggest social event of the year pushes Alina to the edge of her sanity.

  • Unreliable Narrator: The story takes place from Alina's point of view and Stormpill has repeatedly stated that she's not always perfectly honest or self-aware.

  • Unwanted Spouse: Svetlana becomes this to Aleksander. Expect not, as it turns out he never wanted her in the first place.

  • Unwitting Instigator of Doom: Mal finds all three of Morozova's Amplifiers. This gives Aleksander the power to obliterate Novokribirsk and initiate his coup.

  • Unwitting Pawn: Svetlana was never anything but a tool to gain the throne and punish Alina. Once she's not needed, Aleksander lets her destroy her own reputation to get rid of her.

  • What Does She See in Him?: Alina asks this of herself after realizing she still has feelings for Aleksander. Inverted as well, since both Genya and Fedyor wonder what Aleksander didn't see in Alinanote .

  • Well-Intentioned Extremist: Aleksander Morozova just like Canon wants a peaceful, prosperous Ravka where Grisha are no longer oppressed.

  • You Have Out Lived Your Usefulness: Downplayed. Alina isn't killed when Svetlana arrives, but almost everyone stops pretending to care about her. Aleksander is hoping to invoke this with Svetlana.

Edited by Amcelynn on Jun 24th 2023 at 2:17:12 PM

RaisinsLasagna Since: May, 2022
#18421: Jun 5th 2022 at 7:30:12 AM

@ Banned in China

  • The Battle at Lake Changjin, an Chinese film about The Korean War in the Chinese perspective, has gathered an controversy among Malaysians, who criticized the film for being pro-communist, and Malaysia banned the film for that reason. Similar to its neighborhooding countries Indonesia and Singapore, Malaysia has banned any things that depict communism and socialism in an neutral light, and thus the ban on the film was justified. That assassination of Kim Jong-nam in 2017 (which worsened the relations between Malaysia and North Korea) and the fact that North Korea has severed ties with Malaysia in 2021 over the latter country's extradition of a North Korean national to the United States doesn't help either.
  • Falling Down was banned due to its negative portrayal of Koreans (not to help that its premiere in the United States was one year after the 1992 Los Angeles riots, where Koreans were targeted).
  • Mega Man Maker. Though the entire game was not banned there, only its forums have been denied access to Malaysia since March 18, 2019 due to the fact that infamous forum troll Fanduber is from Malaysia. Although the country has never officially banned the forums, Goldstorm, one of the developers of the game, did BAN almost every single Malaysian IP address there. However, it didn't work (though it backfired, almost literally), as the ban can be bypassed by way of a VPN or a "loophole". The ban was finally "lifted" but only after the forums was shut down permanently (in favor of focusing on the official Reddit channel) due to an server leakage in 2021, and as well as Fanduber disappearing from the fandom after his last appearance in the official Discord server in the same year, but that was it.
  • South Park was banned in Middle East countries (and Sri Lankanote ) for its offensive content, thought the Kuwait ripoff Block 13 was made. The show was also once banned in India and South Korea for similar reasons, though the show was available in Netflix in the country. The show was also semi-banned in Malaysia, while in China, it was banned as a whole there due to its political jokes about that country. Some episodes were banned in some countries, but "200" and "201" were banned worldwide due to an major religious controversy surrounded the two-parter episode.

@ Copy Protection

  • Lumpy Touch's "Pokémon Red Anti-Piracy Screen", an fictional anti-piracy measure is claimed to be thought to have planted by Nintendo to reduce piracy. First, the game begins as normal, except at the very beginning of the game (as the player is about the start the game after setting up names for the main character and the rival character Gary), Professor Oak started to suspect the player has been acting kind of "sus" lately. When Oak brings the player to his laboratory, he refused to give player the Pokéball, and the real player's character has revealed to be tied up in his basement (according to Officer Jenny), and Oak making Among Us references while speaking about an impostor among them, revealing the player's character to be Ditto on disguise all along, who tied up the real person. Oak then said that stealing an identity of an human is an unforgivable crime and bring out an special Pokéball (with an keyhole and the words "JAIL" on it) to seal Ditto permanently as he thought that this is the only thing he can do with naughty Pokémons (like disguised Ditto). Then the game soft-locks as a message said the usual "It's a serious crime" and "report the stolen software immediately" message but not before announcing that the player's Pokémon adventure ends and tells the player that he's an fake rather than an real Pokémon trainer.

@ Dark Simpsons

Some videos were short but darker retellings of the episode ("Two Bad Neighbors: Homer Fights George Bush" and "The Homer They Fall") with Finagle's Law exaggerated and Surprisingly Realistic Outcome, or expanding on the stories ("Homer At The Bat" and its minisode remake "Chief Wiggum's Police Misconduct"), and etc.

  • The Bad Guy Wins
    • Sideshow Bob does have a few moments of his victory too, in examples such of "Homer Simpson vs. Sideshow Bob" and "Sideshow Bob Is Released From Prison". This trope will also happens wherever Sideshow Cecil every time manages to did what Bob never could: kill Bart Simpson.
    • Some other videos also have this trope too. Notable examples are "Moe and Homer Face Off", "Mr. Burns Violates Bart" and "Chief Wiggum's Police Misconduct", and etc.
  • The Stinger:
    • In "Bart Licks a Pickle", Leon Kompowsky is plowing Bart in New Bedlam Hospital at night, with the audio from the video game, "Micheal Jackson's Moonwalker".
    • In "Homer's Twin Brother", Bart and Herb is watching television while the latter is shaving his hair, and Bart is suspecting him.

"Homer At The Bat" and its minisode "Chief Wiggum's Police Misconduct" were the sequel of "Bart Didn't Do It".
According to one user's comment in "Chief Wiggum's Police Misconduct" video, after Bart getting away with murdering Ralph in "Bart Didn't Do It", in the former video, Chief Wiggum is having his revenge by killing Homer and Marge so he can ruin Bart's life as an retaliation.

@ Digital Piracy Is Evil

  • Also, Brazilian home video distributor company Abril Video has made two similar animated promos to help their viewers to recognize an genuine Abril Video VHS.

@ Doraemon

  • Doraemon was seen in an panel as an cameo in the sixth chapter of volume 77 of Malaysian comic series Profession (Chinese: 职业人气王 Zhíyè rénqì wáng).
  • Adaptation First: German-speaking countries didn't get the franchise and therefore not many Germans knew about the series, until Doraemon: Story of Seasons came out there in 2019, and German dub of Stand by Me Doraemon series was released in Netflix two years later.

@ Forced Meme

  • The former Malaysian forum troll Fanduber, courtesy of the defunct Mega Man Maker Forums, tried to make an Nightmare Sequence from an episode of Hamtaro an meme, to the point that he trolled others with that picture and even several Fanduber-controlled channels once posted the clip on YouTube (to without success). Here's the scene in question.

@ Garfield and Friends

  • Even that, but Garfield segments were also censored too. Look at this video for example.

@ Hamtaro

  • Forced Meme: The former Malaysian forum troll Fanduber, courtesy of the defunct Mega Man Maker Forums, tried to make an Nightmare Sequence from episode 135 of the show an meme, to the point that even several Fanduber-controlled channels once posted the clip on YouTube (to without success). Here's the scene in question.

@ Mega Man Maker

  • Banned in Malaysia: Though not the entire game was banned there, only it's forums were banned access in Malaysia since March 18, 2019 due to the fact that infamous forum troll Fanduber is from Malaysia. However, it didn't work (or backfired, almostly literally), as the ban can be bypassed by the uses of VPN. However, the ban was "lifted" only after the forums was shutdown permanently (in favor of focusing on the official Reddit channel) due to an server leakage in 2021, and as well as Fanduber disappeared from the fandom indefinitely after his last appearance on the Discord channel in the same year.
  • Memetic Mutation:
    • Illegar. It become a meme when someone tried to apply as a "planner" by arguing that part of his task would be hunting down "illegar mods" even when Wrecking Programs doesn't mind those mods. It later that the infamous word belongs to Fanduber, the former Malaysian forum troll who infamously known for his bad English grammar.
    • Not to mention that was literally almostly widely used in it's forums by its infamous former Malaysian forum troll Fanduber for troll purpose and to annoy peoples. It was seen as Forced Meme at its best, as the clip has once posted by several Fanduber-controlled channels on YouTube.
  • Forced Meme: The former Malaysian forum troll Fanduber tried to make an Nightmare Sequence from an episode of Hamtaro an meme, to the point that he trolled others with that picture and even several Fanduber-controlled channels once posted the clip on YouTube. It failed.

@ What Do You Mean, It's for Kids?

  • Malaysian comics, at least some Malaysian Chinese works, were on this trope due to blood, death, gore, guns, weapons, and etc. were prominent on those comics. Regardless of any kinds sorts. Ping Ton Comic, an Malaysian comic strip series, containing English swear words such of "shit" and etc. which can let you think that's the comic is another imitator of South Park to be ever existed after the Kuwait ripoff cartoon Block 13.

Edited by RaisinsLasagna on Jun 5th 2022 at 11:31:04 PM

Arivne Since: Jan, 2001
#18422: Jun 5th 2022 at 7:37:30 AM

[up] @jahman

...make a real dent in the status quo...(albeit <- no comma in...like Luffy's attempt with Kaido).

kawaiineko333 (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
#18423: Jun 5th 2022 at 8:03:41 AM

https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Recap/NineOneOneS1E10AWholeNewYou

  • And I Must Scream: Lyle has narcolepsy with cataplexy that makes him appear like he was dead on the spot with Dies Wide Open, but is very much aware of the world, unable to speak or move.
  • Catfishing: Chimney finds the man who's been catfishing other ladies using Buck's picture and info. Unfortunately, he's been dead for days.
  • Dead All Along: Buck and Chimney find the man using a fake profile of Buck to catfish women into dates. When they get to his trailer, he's been dead for days, his body bloated from his own gasses accelerated by the humidity and having a full stomach before death.
  • Due to the Dead: Buck may not like that the catfisher faked his identity, but with the crowd outside, he wants to make sure he dies with dignity by having his body drained before wheeling him out.
  • Unexplained Accent: Diane, the woman in the opening, speaks with an English accent and peppers her speech with British slang (for example, calling the police bobbies). Far as her husband David was concerned, the closest she ever got to England was watching Downton Abbey. Justified in that she was having a stroke.
  • "Pop!" Goes the Human: Buck tries to do this to the bloated catfisher's body by stabbing him with a screwdriver, only for it to just leak pus everywhere.
  • Starts with Their Funeral: The episode opens up on Patricia's funeral after she died in the previous episode.
  • Waking Up at the Morgue: Lyle wakes up on the operating table just before the pathologist cuts him open. He ends scaring the doctor, making him cut his thigh. After tying up the wound, his 911 call gets Chimney and Hen to save the doctor's life. He also tells Chimney and Hen he's been pronounced dead three times by accident.

Arivne Since: Jan, 2001
#18424: Jun 5th 2022 at 8:16:10 AM

[up] @Melinda

Guri barely appears outside of Shadows of the Empire and its sequel comic, <- comma but...

He buys a gun to try and kill the recruiter for revenge, <- comma although he ultimately doesn’t.

...he angrily replies, "Who asked you?" <- no slash

When the Imperials show up after Jai nd Nevana...

...didn’t get that opportunity because he cassock that day.

^ "cassock" is not correct English. Did you mean (and this is a long shot) "took sick"?

...tells Palpatine that they probably could have been kept silent if Vader had bribed them...

After drunkenly crashing an X-Wing and being unable to work with Luke Skywalker <- no comma due...planet. <- no square brackets

Jal Te flies his star X-Wing...then blows up it and himself up to...

...he accepts his fate <- no comma and apologizes to his Rebel daughter...

Prepedenko’s droid <- no comma 3DVO <- no comma betrays...torture, <- comma and...inspire rebellion before being shot.

^ You're not talking about the Rebellion, you're talking about rebellion in general.

...of her service as Emperor's Hand...downfall <- no comma and...

^ If there's only one Emperor's Hand, it should be "the Emperor's Hand". If there's more than one, it should be "an Emperor's Hand".

...Zan has a sleeveless, Bare Your Midriff shirt and vest, <- comma while...

...their bounty hunt is...blaster, <- comma but...

Dies Wide Open: <missing text>

Kind of living, <- comma anyway, as...

A crowd of Thrumble's employees tries to throw Kar Yang out of the bar and, <- comma in...

Several of Savan's fellow vigos...

^ A couple of examples earlier, you capitalized "Vigo" ("human female Vigo"). Is "Vigo" a [[proper noun (and thus capitalized) or not?

Massad Thrumble...who ran his weapons division...sympathy for her (at least initially).

...he and his son saved their money to buy the diner before...

Arivne Since: Jan, 2001
#18425: Jun 5th 2022 at 8:56:56 AM

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...The Korean War from the...has started a controversy...Malaysians <- no comma who...its neighboring countries...Malaysia has a policy of banning anything that depicts communism...in a neutral light, and thus the ban on the film was justified. The assassination...worsened the relations...North Korea has severed...

...Koreans (it didn't help...riots, in which Koreans were targeted).

...thought the Kuwait ripoff Block 13 was made.

^ This is incorrect English.

...available on Netflix in those countries...controversy surrounding the two-parter episode.

...measure, <- comma is claimed to be thought to have been planted...piracy. First, the game begins as normal, except At the very beginning...about to start...Oak starts to...he refuses to give the player...character is revealed...Oak makes Among Us...be a Ditto in disguise...Oak then says that stealing the identity of a human...and brings out a special...(with a keyhole and the word "JAIL"...permanently, <- comma as he thinks that...(like the disguised...message says the...message, <- comma but...he's a fake...

and Surprisingly Realistic Outcome, or

The Bad Guys Win

...moments of his victory...such as "Homer...also happen wherever Sideshow Cecil every time manages to do what...

Misconduct", and etc.

Leon Kompowsky is plowing Bart in New Bedlam Hospital at night <- no comma with the audio from the video game <- no comma "Micheal Jackson's Moonwalker".

^ "is plowing Bart" is not correct English.

...and Bart is suspecting him.

^ ...and Bart is suspecting him of what?

According to one user's comment in the "Chief...Bart gets away...as an retaliation.

Also, Brazilian...viewers to recognize an genuine Abril Video VHS.

Doraemon was seen in a panel...of the Malaysian...

Even that, but Garfield segments were also censored too. Look at this video, <- comma for example.

^ Did you mean to Pot Hole the video's URL underneath the words "this video"?

...works, have this...weapons, and etc. being prominent in them. Regardless of any kinds sorts. Ping...series, contains English ...such as "shit" and etc., <- comma which can make you think that the...Park like the Kuwait ripoff cartoon Block 13.


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