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WarJay77 (Troper Knight)
16th Jun, 2020 02:10:39 AM

In general, that sounds more like Stylistic Suck.

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jOSEFdelaville Since: Dec, 2018
16th Jun, 2020 03:21:54 AM

Well yeah, Mario Pissing is definitely Stylistic Suck but can this kind of work have special effect faillure ? I don't think it should since it's as intentionally bad as the rest.

MichaelKatsuro Since: Apr, 2011
16th Jun, 2020 07:17:28 AM

You could call it an invoked case.

jOSEFdelaville Since: Dec, 2018
16th Jun, 2020 08:04:07 AM

If it's invoked should it be moved from YMMV to the main tropes ?

TantaMonty Since: Aug, 2017
16th Jun, 2020 08:19:32 AM

I don't think this counts as an Invoked Trope. From the page itself: "Only a character can invoke a trope; an author per se cannot." Also, it states that "it's In-Universe examples that are permitted on main work pages, not Invoked ones."

jOSEFdelaville Since: Dec, 2018
16th Jun, 2020 12:15:44 PM

Okay but I think it doesn't make sense to put Special Effect Failure about a single thing to a work that is meant to look bad as a whole, so should I remove it ? The bad noise is kinda part of the Stylistic Suck.

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GnomeTitan Since: Aug, 2013
16th Jun, 2020 01:03:03 PM

If it's meant to look bad, and does look bad, it's not a failure but a success, isn't it?

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