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openNo Title
I've been planning to make a trope page for the Mini Moni movie, but since it was never released outside Japan I'm not sure what to call the page. Its title is "Mini-Moni the Movie: Okashi na Daibōken!" which translates to "Mini-Moni the Movie: The Great Cake Adventure" or "Mini-Moni the Movie: The Great Sweets Adventure". I was thinking of just calling it Mini Moni The Movie; would that be okay or should I use the full title?
I'm also slightly unsure what namespace it would go under, since the movie has live-action segments at the beginning and ending but the rest is all-CGI animation.
Edited by lalalei2001openThe NameGoesHere/NameGoesHere Page is locked
Is there a reason why this page is currently locked, when on the Administrative page it says that this is the standard page to go to and edit in order to create a new Work entry? Is there a new or alternate way to create a new Work entry?
openPosting photo's of characters. Live Action TV
How do I post a photo of a character on his/her character's trope folder?
open 80’s tv sitcom Live Action TV
Remember watching a tv show in the eighties, think it was a series. During the intro or credits to the show, there’s a guy falling off of something (think it was a hot air ballon or blimp, I could be wrong). He hits the ground and goes through the earth and ends up in Asia (China or Japan). Any help is appreciated for this has been bugging me for the past month with no luck finding it.
Edited by Ells808opensomething missing
this entry is from Transhuman Treachery:
- It happens regularly with Dead Apostles: no matter if they turn on their own with the use of magecraft or are turned by the bite of another Dead Apostle, a True Ancestor or even Brunestud of the Crimson Moon itself, by the time the process ends they see themselves as superior to humanity (or saw the Dead Apostle as superior even before, in the case of those who turned themselves) and have no problem at feeding on them. So far, there are only five Subversions: Zelretch, Merem Solomon and Satsuki were powerful enough to skip the usual long and torturing process and their personalities remained the same (even Merem Solomon's adoration of Brunestud fits in, as it was the only one to treat him as a person and turned him as an act of mercy, even giving him a few pointers to better live as a Dead Apostle), Gransurg Blackmoore was a human who had decided to serve Brunestud after being crushed by him in battle and turned himself because it would be more appropriate, and Enhance Defied this by willing himself into retaining most of his humanity before starting to hunt down the other Dead Apostles.
there's, uh, there's no work here. none of those potholes go to whatever work this is. this seems a grave oversight.
open'Nother troper ignoring notifiers
In this case, harrietvanger, (history here) who I've notified about Zero Context examples once, AND about Example indentation twice, notably before every edit I've showed you here.
Edited by WarJay77openLegit trope launch?
Malicious Monitor Lizard was recently launched. But I recall it from a list of tropes cut for rogue launch. It has only three wicks right now.
Was this a legit launch? I have plans for this trope if it is legit?
openTrivia pages for creators
Hello again. While I’ve been doing some cleanup work for the trivia pages for creators in general and moved all of the trivia items for Creator.Funimation onto the main Creator page per Creator Page Guidelines, my request to have Trivia.Funimation cut was unfortunately declined, on the grounds that creators may have trivia about their works as a whole or if it's for works that don't have their own pages. I think this is a bit of a mixup: YMMV pages can be used for creators it it’s about their works as a whole or if it’s for works that don’t have their own pages, while Fighteer has pointed out creators never get trivia subpages. Thus, the trivia subpages are usually deleted.
That said, what is the best possible way to deal with this? Should I send it to the cut list again or is it unnecessary? Thanks.
Edited by gjjonesopenWarcraft (Disregard) Videogame
Should Warcraft be moved to the Franchise namespace? They have several video games, novels, and now a feature film. That's enough for a franchise, right?
Edited by DelphineTheDelphoxopenTrying to index an episode Western Animation
https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Recap/CodeLyokoS2E25
This one seems to be the weird duck. Can someone help me get this indexed the right way?
openMeta Moments in Awesome Pages For On-Screen Media.
Hi. Just wondering. How come we can't do a subsection on meta awesome moments related to films and shows anymore?
Edited by prgiordanoopenhow do you suggest alternate trope titles?
So, I noticed a lot of tropes have alternate titles which are listed at the bottom of the page. However, you can't change it by editing the page so I assume you have to suggest new titles and have them voted on somewhere? How do you do this?
openNovakSlovak
Novak Slovak just posted a strange message on the TLP, reading that their draft will be the last thing they do on this site, since they're completely sick of it here. This troper has no edits. Icewaterfire 22 made a similar statement on their troper page. Is it them again?
Edited by WarJay77openNuclear Physicist Wanted
Another troper, Hutar, and I have been going back and forth at each other on the Dr. Stone discussion page about what happens to suddenly-abandoned nuclear plants. Is there any way we could get someone who knows what they're talking about to chime in? I think we'd both really appreciate it.
openAndroid Games in Main namespace but not a Trope Videogame
Main.Android Games is in the Main namespace, but it isn't a Trope, reads like a Useful Notes page, and its counterpart UsefulNotes.IOS Games is in the Useful Notes space.
Shouldn't "Android Games" be moved to the Useful Notes namespace?
openSchindler's List as an example of White Man's Burden Film
A while ago Mark2000 added Schindler's List as an example on the trope page of White Man's Burden, which was removed for the entry itself being objectively inaccurate, they also added Mighty Whitey to that film's page and edit warred about it until it was deleted a second time.
Flash forward and LadyEros has added the example to the White Man's Burden.
Now personally I think the trope doesn't apply, for the reason that The Holocaust was targeting people who were white Europeans too, even if the rhetoric back then portrayed them as sub-human. And also by the editors' logic then any instance when a privileged individual helps an oppressed group would be this trope.
What do you think?
openQuestions About Creating a Fanfic Page Web Original
I am a fanfic author currently working on a universe. On the general fanfic page, it mentioned authors can make their own pages. If so, I have a few questions.
1. How would I properly go about making a page that fits community standards?
2. I am, admittingly, not the best when it comes to tropes. I can start the page, but I would like some help.
3, Is doing this kind of thing even allowed, or I just being a “it’s my fic, so naturally it’s important” kind of author?
Thank you in advance!
openSexuality as MemeticLoser
I found this in YMMV.The Loud House
Memetic Loser: Luna's bisexuality has been the subject of many jokes and angsty fics at her expense.
I mean doesn't Memetic Loser happen when things happen in their series that causes fans to see them as such?
Recently the Voltron: Legendary Defender page was edited by someone named D Chan 1987 to criticize the Lance/Allura relationship. This not too long after, as I've mentioned before, someone named DeeChan87 made similar edits in the past also to criticize the Lance/Allura relationship and has been suspended for their actions. While I personally don't care about the edits this time, it's a very obvious case of sockpuppeting. I suggest people look through Naruto-related pages for similar edits as they were known to vandalize those pages as well.
Edited by AlleyOop