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boobustuber on a horse from hey what did i just say Since: Apr, 2010
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#1: Sep 26th 2010 at 12:33:52 PM

I have no idea what is going on. It really makes no sense at all to me.

Madrugada Since: Jan, 2001
#2: Sep 26th 2010 at 1:18:53 PM

Jeez, why is it not this? We can always find another quote...

That's not a knife, mate. This is a knife.

edited 26th Sep '10 1:40:07 PM by Madrugada

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#3: Sep 26th 2010 at 3:43:36 PM

Surely it would be better to use one that's in colour?

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#4: Sep 26th 2010 at 3:46:27 PM

Double image? One of the mugging beginning, one of the situation rapidly going south?

What's precedent ever done for us?
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#5: Sep 26th 2010 at 3:47:24 PM

I prefer to avoid them, personally. As the above images show, it's perfectly possible to demonstrate this trope with one image...

edited 26th Sep '10 3:47:56 PM by Bisected8

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#6: Sep 26th 2010 at 3:49:39 PM

I'm not so sure. Yours, for instance, just shows one guy being menaced by another, with little indication that a mugging was attempted beforehand.

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Madrugada Since: Jan, 2001
#7: Sep 26th 2010 at 3:51:14 PM

That's why I picked the B&W — both knives show and the mugger's body language hasn't completely changed to "Ohshit Imgonnadie" yet.

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#8: Sep 26th 2010 at 3:52:38 PM

Hmm, so it does. Can we find exactly the same image in colour anywhere? Maybe there's a high res video on youtube that can be print screened?

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#9: Sep 26th 2010 at 3:53:27 PM

Yeah, the issue with this one is that it looks like a fairly even-handed confrontation where one guy has the advantage.

This trope is all about the turnaround, which is why I suggest a before and after pair.

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DRCEQ Since: Oct, 2009
#10: Sep 26th 2010 at 9:11:52 PM

^ Then find a color picture of both knives showing and there you go.

neoYTPism Since: May, 2010
#11: Sep 27th 2010 at 3:22:36 AM

Simpsons reference? @ Madrugada's caption

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#12: Oct 3rd 2010 at 12:43:50 PM

^.... Thats a line from the Crocodile Dundee movie. The Knifey Spoony thing of the simpsons is a spoof of it.

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GeneralGrant Since: Jun, 2010
#13: Oct 5th 2010 at 2:57:08 PM

Wow, that image is bad. I'm still not sure what's going on.

For a replacement, how about the scene where Bruce Willis gets mugged, from The Fifth Element?

I couldn't pick which frame I liked best for the "before" image: 1, 2, 3

Could probably crop the sides a little to get it bigger.

edited 5th Oct '10 2:58:12 PM by GeneralGrant

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#14: Oct 5th 2010 at 3:38:15 PM

I like the second one. If you've still got the basic parts, lose the black bar in the middle, a thin black line is enough.

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GeneralGrant Since: Jun, 2010
#15: Oct 5th 2010 at 3:56:20 PM

How about this?

Caption: "Next time you're looking for someone to rob, don't pick Bruce Willis." (I'm having trouble getting the caption to work for some reason)

edited 5th Oct '10 4:01:39 PM by GeneralGrant

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#16: Oct 5th 2010 at 4:07:25 PM

You cant see the mugger though, or really tell that Corben Dallas is being mugged.

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#17: Nov 20th 2010 at 12:23:34 AM

bump... the current image is not outright JAFAAC, but it definitely Could Be Better...

edit: changed for the B&W Crocodile Dundee one, for now

edited 20th Nov '10 12:25:49 AM by rodneyAnonymous

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#18: Nov 20th 2010 at 12:25:00 AM

[up][up][up] It would be nice if it had subs and the first shot was that guy saying "Give Me The Cash!"

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Madrugada Since: Jan, 2001
#19: Nov 20th 2010 at 7:36:31 AM

suedenim: Any idea which Spiderman this example is from?

  • In an issue of Spider-Man, Spidey saw several gang-bangers with knives surrounding a short man in a trenchcoat and swung down to the rescue, his thought balloon going "I have to save that guy from being killed by those muggers!" When the man in question popped his adamantium claws, Spidey (in mid-swing) immediately shifted his internal monologue to "I have to save those muggers from being killed by Wolverine!"

It sounds like it would be perfect.

rodneyAnonymous Sophisticated as Hell from empty space Since: Aug, 2010
#20: Dec 9th 2010 at 6:12:58 PM

Anybody have a copy of Crocodile Dundee and can grab that frame (or better) in color?

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ThePope Since: Oct, 2010
#21: Jan 11th 2011 at 9:59:33 PM

Want to stick with the B&W version, or try to find it in color?

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#22: Jan 11th 2011 at 10:42:49 PM

I would definitely prefer it in color. The bigger knife fades into the background a bit too much for my tastes.

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#23: Jan 11th 2011 at 11:15:17 PM

Unfortunately, that black and white shot isn't what appears in the actual movie, so there may be no good color version. The best I can find is this.

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Madrugada Since: Jan, 2001
#24: Jan 12th 2011 at 10:28:00 AM

And in that one, it could just as easily be that Crocodile was the aggressor — there's nothing in the picture anymore that says, "The black guy pulled a knife first". The muggers's knife is completely out of the picture.

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#25: Jan 12th 2011 at 11:04:05 AM

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