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SomeSortOfTroper Since: Jan, 2001
#1: Oct 25th 2010 at 4:04:02 PM

I noticed while working on something else some repeated misuse of this one to just mean "Character is attractive to the audience" thereby missing all of the interesting characteristics of the page.

Can someone check misuse levels, wicks numbers and the state of the main page?

SeanMurrayI Since: Jan, 2010
#2: Oct 25th 2010 at 5:17:49 PM

Stupid Sexy Flanders found in: 545
articles, excluding discussions.

This title has brought 9,663 people to the wiki
from non-search engine links since 20th FEB '09.

I picked a few wicks at random, most of them seemed to reference people or characters questioning their sexuality at the thought of another character of the same sex. Only one seemed to look like misuse reflecting what's described in the OP.

What did seem peculiar though were work pages using it to describe an audience reaction, which didn't seem entirely right, given that this never appeared to have been a Subjective Trope at any point in time.

edited 25th Oct '10 5:18:57 PM by SeanMurrayI

EmilyG Hollywood Pudgy from Montreal Since: Aug, 2009
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#4: Jan 12th 2011 at 11:04:08 AM

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