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openManga Bleach
For some reason when I try Manga/Bleach it doesn't seem to function or link to the actual Bleach page. Am I doing it wrong?
Thanks in advance for the help.
openTroper with constant Data Vampire issues
I don't know if this is reportable but Agent Skyblue M 7 has a history of accidentally removing huge chunks of a page, probably because of Data Vampires.
I don't know if that has to do with their internet connection or another thing entirely but they often keep leaving pages in a messy state everytime they edit something.
openDifference Between Tropes
How are The Idealist, Wide-Eyed Idealist, and The Pollyanna different from one another?
Edited by CyokieRevottopenNo Title
Would "X marks the spot" be its own trope, or should it just redirect to Treasure Map?
openNeed Help Fixing Quote Indentation Anime
On Ship Sinking, I've run into an entry that looks incorrectly formatted, yet I'm having a heck of a time fixing. Can anyone help me out?
- Puella Magi Madoka Magica
- Fans always treated Madoka/Homura as the capital ship above and beyond all others, and were delighted by the mountains of Ship Tease Rebellion provided. Until the ending, when Homura's Protagonist Journey to Villain is completed and she imprisons Madoka, making any likelihood of them getting together extremely slim for the time being (not that it will stop all fans from continuing to ship it). Furthermore, Gen Urobuchi has stated in an interview that Homura's feelings for Madoka are platonic rather than romantic (in the usual sense). This is somewhat played with, as when he was asked if Homura was in love with Madoka, he answered "Probably". Still we are talking about Urobuchi here... So make of that what you will.
- To be specific, he said:
- Fans always treated Madoka/Homura as the capital ship above and beyond all others, and were delighted by the mountains of Ship Tease Rebellion provided. Until the ending, when Homura's Protagonist Journey to Villain is completed and she imprisons Madoka, making any likelihood of them getting together extremely slim for the time being (not that it will stop all fans from continuing to ship it). Furthermore, Gen Urobuchi has stated in an interview that Homura's feelings for Madoka are platonic rather than romantic (in the usual sense). This is somewhat played with, as when he was asked if Homura was in love with Madoka, he answered "Probably". Still we are talking about Urobuchi here... So make of that what you will.
- Sayaka/Kyosuke is sunk the moment Sayaka makes her contract, though it takes a few episodes to reveal why. By the end of the anime, Sayaka/Kyoko has sunk as well when Sayaka chooses to stay dead in the new timeline.
Edit: the problem I'm having is the bottom text having the same indentation as the quote. The other stuff surrounding it is just context.
Edited by NotAGoodCartoonistopenSelf-Surgery/medication: The Prologue
Before treating themselves, a seriously gun-shot character very commonly will (painfully) make their way to a drug-store (doctor's office, hospital, even veterinary clinic—maybe after hours), and quickly locate and pilfer exactly what they need: pads, tape, bandages, alcohol, morphine... even syringes and antibiotics (they know which kind and the exact dose) if the screenwriter is feeling especially ambitious, and/or just to prove the character is especially well-rounded in practical know-stuffery, or served 2 years as a medic in Afghanistan, etc.
Can't find any trope that quite matches this, but it's distinctly different in setting and process (it's a sort of mini-action addendum to a previous violent confrontation) from the more secluded patching-up procedure. And I can't think of a snappy name for it. 'Bandage burglary' ? 'Gauze-grabbing' ? 'Too big for torn-shirt and vodka' ?
open Old looney tunes I think Western Animation
It was something like daffy duck or Elmer fudd I believe, he was traveling through the middle east/desert with a song playing through the whole thing and he would go to a boxing match always getting punched in the face or beat up then shown riding a horse through the desert again. Does this sound like a cartoon episode or mini movie that anyone can think of? Thanks
openShoutout?
Found these three entries on Shoutout for My Hero Academia:
" - Saiko Intelli from Anime filler, during the License Exam arc, is possibly a reference to Kamen Rider Build, both having equations float around them to symbolize their intelligence and making reference to a 'formula for victory' being set.
- At the start of the Joint Training Arc, Monoma makes Dio's "Wryyyyy" pose. The Sturm und Drang Brothers in Vigilante have an attack formation based on the Jetstream Attack of the Black Tri-Stars in Mobile Suit Gundam, with the three of them lining up in a row and each using a different different "attack" in rapid succession, facilitated by their superior speed and agility. The difference being that the Tri-Stars used actual attacks, while the Sturm und Drang Brothers are just idiotic perverts who in turn flip a woman's skirt, steal her panties, and wear the stolen panties.
- Chapter 225, Chitose's Quirk, Mine, works similar to Oyecomova's Boku no Rhythm wo Kiitekure (Listen to My Rhythm)."
Now, I am only familiar with one of the three things possibly being referenced, however, I included all three of them here because they all seem to be the same thing in shoutout that is rather ambiguous.
For the third one, I do not think it is a Shoutout because just having powers being similar does not make something a Shoutout.
For the second one, I need someone familiar with Gundam.
And for the first one, I need someone familiar with Kamen Rider. Nonetheless, I doubt "floating equations" is unique to Kamen Rider Build.
Edited by DayBreakChannelopenWhat Does It Mean to Bump a Post?
I see people commenting "bump" on their own posts. I also see people talking about bumping posts in general. And...I don't know what they're talking about. Sorry for the dumb question. ;-;
openYMMV Page for Aristophanes Literature
I note that the YMMV page for this creator has been erased in the past.
However, in the absence of pages for many of his lesser works, his Creator page doubles as a trope page for each of them, and further, I note that his fellow ancient Greek playwrights all do have YMMV pages. Can this page be recreated?
I was hoping to add the following.
- Vindicated by History: Aristophanes rarely proved a favorite of the contests in his own time (The Knights, a patriotic play that skewered his lifelong nemesis Cleon is a rare exception), but in modern times he is about the only Greek comedian most people who aren't scholars of the period have heard of, or laughed at, today. Having been one of the few whose work has survived the ages probably helps.
openIncomprehensible
The troper KaraZorEl_ServeHumans writes as though they're posting the garbage given by a few too many translation cycles on Google Translate. Their activity so far has been confined to the launch pad and a page that had already been cut, but this is the sort of work they're doing. I told them to go to the English Thread, but despite still being active on that draft and contributing to the wiki, they've not done so.
Edit: They...also might have a vore fetish.
Edited by WarJay77openCreating a specific thread for certain tropes
Well, Audience Reactions, but still.
I plan on creating a thread about the "In Hindsight" series of tropes/items/whatever. I have a few questions:
- Since I'm planning to make one thread for multiple tropes, should I create a thread under Trope Repair Shop or elsewhere? If the former, which most closely follows the spirit of my thread, how should I go about naming the thread?
- Since many tropers in places such as Ask the Tropers have taken issue with these items, how necessary is a wick check? I mean, I could point to a lot of examples I have in mind from many sources to prove a point, and many tropers already have seen the problem in action, but should I still do a wick check to follow procedure?
openDethroning moment question
How many moments should a series have before it has it's own page. Because Sesame Street only has two examples.
openCan you fix this?
I was editing https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Wrestling/KevinSullivan and I got the idea to add a subheading titled "Works Associated with Kevin Sullivan that have pages on TV Tropes" (his stables https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Wrestling/DungeonOfDoom and https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Wrestling/TheVarsityClub) and to make it an index, meaning that those pages had Wrestling/KevinSullivan listed as an index. Then I changed my mind and removed it and then recreated it but not as an index. However, those two pages still have Wrestling/KevinSullivan listed as an index. Can that be removed? Thank you and I'm sorry.
openParamount Mafia
ooh removed all references to the Paramount Mafia on Jeffrey Katzenberg’s entry in Role-Ending Misdemeanor while asking what makes him a Mafioso. I’m assuming he’s not heard of the term “Paramount Mafia” being used outside of here to refer to the trio of Katzenberg, Frank Wells, and Michael Eisner?
I posted this in the Expy Cleanup Thread a week ago and got no response. Since the "Is this an example?" has enough going on already and this seems pretty cut and dry, I thought I'd just post here and get a quick second opinion before I act:
I was looking at Characters.Primal Rage and deleted a really blatant misuse of Expy, comparing Mortal Kombat's Johnny Cage (a martial arts movie star turned Champion of Earthrealm) to the PR character Sauron (a yellow dinosaur who's primary attribute is an insatiable appetite) because they both have shadow attacks.
Looking closer, I realized that every game character has such an entry comparing them to a Mortal Kombat 1 character.
I'm pretty sure that's all misuse but I wanted to check before going on a deletion spree so that, if nothing else, I can point somewhere to show I'm not doing this unilaterally.