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Do not pothole those types of tropes unless it's explicitly the reviewer's opinion, not that of the person writing the example.
A review is a work and, as such, subjective tropes that are expressed within it are considered In-Universe. In other words, it is a fact that Zero Punctuation thinks that a game has a Disappointing Last Level.
Edited by Fighteer "It's Occam's Shuriken! If the answer is elusive, never rule out ninjas!"^It's better to clarify that it's the reviewer's opinion, rather than stating a YMMV trope as empirical fact. Otherwise someone will come along and add a "No it wasn't, you jerk!" Justifying Edit.
Edited by DracMonsterBesides which, many YMMV tropes, including both of the ones in your examples, are inherently complainy. As mentioned above, unless it's explicitly the reviewer's opinion, using a phrase like "a narmtastic scene in X" or "X's Disappointing Last Level" just sounds like a troper stuffing a gratuitous bashing into an entry that is supposed to be about Laughing Mad or Angrish.
To avoid giving that impression, if it is the reviewer's explicit opinion, you should rephrase it to make that clear.
Actually, off-topic, but I'd also rephrase so that you're not writing examples that are essentially "Trope Name: Alice has one of these during blah blah blah." Describe the actual example, don't just say "this happens," "X has an example of this," et cetera.
Edited by SolipSchism

I understand that YMMV tropes aren't allowed to be listed as tropes on main pages, unless invoked, does that mean that they can't be linked to on main pages at all? I read the
Let's say I write an examples like these:
Would those be allowed, even if "Film X" and "Game X" actually existed?
I read the "What Goes Where on the Wiki", which says that they shouldn't be potholed on the main pages, but I'm not clear if that applies only when it's potholed as a trope title or when its potholed anywhere in the examples section. Mainly asking because I see plenty of links to YMMV pages on main pages shoehorned into examples, especially ones dealing with Caustic Critics.
Edited by supergod