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GastonRabbit MOD (General of TV Troops)
2017-08-23 17:15:10

Was it stated in the article that it's in-universe? It looks like the editor who deleted it thought that the example was saying that the creators didn't research properly, rather than a character.

Edit: Also, in-universe examples of tropes that would otherwise be YMMV go on the main page, not the YMMV page, with text saying it's in-universe.

Edited by GastonRabbit I got a rock for Halloween.
RayAP9 Since: Mar, 2014
2017-08-23 17:20:22

I didn't think I had to specify that it was in-universe since, I believe, the trope is only for in-universe examples.

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GastonRabbit MOD (General of TV Troops)
2017-08-23 17:25:47

It allows out-of-universe examples and is classified as subjective when it isn't in-universe. That's why it has a YMMV header at the top of its main page.

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RayAP9 Since: Mar, 2014
2017-08-23 17:33:27

An out-of-universe example of this would fall under Cowboy BeBop at His Computer, wouldn't it?

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GastonRabbit MOD (General of TV Troops)
2017-08-23 18:18:37

No. That's about people unfamiliar with a work getting facts about it wrong, while this is about more basic stuff being wrong. The main Critical Research Failure page even has examples that aren't in-universe, with in-universe examples being below them.

Edited by GastonRabbit I got a rock for Halloween.
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