I'm going to go out on a limb and say no. No. Just... No in fact.
However that's just my opinion, if there is a policy about it I haven't seen it.
There's probably reasons for and against something like:
- Pro: humans need images, speech bubbles make images work, and It'd be boring otherwise.
- Con: bandwidth, impossible to capture in a image, Not Safe For <sanity,work,google>.
Yes, I realize that in practice, it may be difficult to pick a suitable image for some tropes (if they are very abstract, or fundamentally NSFW, or etc), but ideally / in theory: should all Main namespace articles have a page image?
Becky: Who are you? The Mysterious Stranger: An angel. Huck: What's your name? The Mysterious Stranger: Satan.There's no reason why any article automatically needs an image. That's completely made-up by someone.
"It's Occam's Shuriken! If the answer is elusive, never rule out ninjas!"They don't need images, it just helps most of the time. Most of the time a visual representation is a great assistance for explaining the trope.
Fight smart, not fair.- Does that mean there is no such thing as "no image on this article" / starting Image Pickin' conversations spam?
- Is the "Image Pickin' Discussion" banner on an article a problem? (That is, hypothetically, if it were there for a long time.)
- Is there a minimum / recommended amount of content in the OP of an Image Pickin' conversation?
If there is a good image, then it should be added. Pictures often help while explaining or, at least, tend to be amusing. Therefore one should not work to much effort into finding one, but every good one TV Tropes have is a good one. Mah humbla opinion. =)
I asked for (and got, he says thanks for asking btw) permission to use that image, from the artist. (It should link to kcgreendotcom.com/CC/comics/cc-tf22.gif, if used.)
Cropped to just one frame:
edited 5th Dec '10 1:46:59 AM by rodneyAnonymous
Becky: Who are you? The Mysterious Stranger: An angel. Huck: What's your name? The Mysterious Stranger: Satan.Added, but...
...oh, lol! "NOTE: This trope deals exclusively with video game situations where the computer is clearly outmatched but is unable to do anything but mindlessly attack; a number of perfectly good tropes, such as Attack Attack Attack and Bullying A Dragon, exist for characters in other media who perform acts like this." It doesn't represent the trope. Should I put it on AAA instead?
Becky: Who are you? The Mysterious Stranger: An angel. Huck: What's your name? The Mysterious Stranger: Satan.Oh. I had no idea this was just a video game trope.
To be honest, I don't know if this would fit on those other two, since Attack! Attack! Attack! doesn't necessarily imply the same kind of suicidal stupidity that the image shows, and it doesn't fit Bullying a Dragon at all.
We could MAYBE use this on here, since technically that situation IS happening in a video game, just not AI. Usually.
Also, we never agreed on which version to use. I much prefer the 3-frame version since it shows him getting ripped apart.
edited 6th Dec '10 11:12:55 PM by ThePope
Well, since the Team Fortress 2 image went to Attack! Attack! Attack!...we still need an image for this.
I have a good idea for a Fire Emblem one; gimme a bit.
edited 20th Jan '11 9:57:54 AM by ThePope


Sorry about no content, was sort of flagging. But, ideally, should all articles in the Main namespace have an image? I have been acting on the premise that they should, but it occurs to me, maybe not.
edited 1st Dec '10 2:02:33 AM by rodneyAnonymous
Becky: Who are you? The Mysterious Stranger: An angel. Huck: What's your name? The Mysterious Stranger: Satan.