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open what is this trope called, Mass corruption while exploring evil lair?
I found a plot in some anime and a game where the Hero and Hero's companion or allies Exploring the evil lair, but then for some reason something happen there, after that we found everyone except the Hero are possessed or corrupted and become the evil minion or the big bad them self. i want to ask what is this trope called?
open ??? Film
Okay... here's what I know! I viewed this movie (or possibly an episode of a show) during the 2000s (2004 to 2012). All that I recall is that there were two main characters being followed throughout the film. One being a boy/guy and the other being a human-sized robot (who would later reveal herself to be a girl/woman after removing the robot head/helmet). I believe they were both on some sort of quest, but that is all that comes to mind. And it was not a cartoon! Thanks!!! :)
Edited by Ritchey1398openEdit War in Boobs And Butt Pose
Tropers.Trev MUN recently made a large edit to Boobs-and-Butt Pose to remove most statements about the implausibility and/or ridiculousness of the pose. While that was fine in and of itself, as a negativity cleanup had been proposed on the Discussion page for a while but never executed. However, they also added a Tumblr/blog post of someone demonstrating said pose, who was herself criticizing the negative reputation the trope has. In other words, going in the exact opposite direction and complaining about complaining.
I removed the blog post from the description, and stated in the description that we should also remove a conflicting blog entry currently listed on the page from a contortionist who himself says that the pose is unrealistic. My reasoning is that this is starting to boil down to a case of he said/she said and could easily escalate into an arms race to find enough image blogs to support one opinion over the other.
Trev MUN rebutted today, and then went and readded his blog example without further discussion.
Please advise on how to proceed.
openOn handling former members of a creators team.
MLP Analysis has a former member who called himself ToonCriticY2K. You can look elsewhere for what happened (or not, if you want to keep down your lunch), but I'm wondering if he should have been taken off the page completely, or should instead be listed as a former member.
Edited by DragonQuestZopenIs Calvin a chocolate baby?
Someone just added this to Characters.Calvin And Hobbes.
- Chocolate Baby: Though it's never commented on, he has blonde hair while both of his parents are brunette.
Shouldn't this trope only be used if there's some sort of implication (whether from the work itself or Word of God) that the mother cheated? Because this sounds like 100% speculation to me.
openWhy are the Disney live-action remakes more important than the sequels?
I noticed that there's a page for Disney live-action remakes and they have their own section on Recap.Disney Animated Canon. So, if that's the case, how come we aren't listing the sequels done by DisneyToon Studios? Are they not as important? Because the live-action remakes are considered by many the Disney sequels of modern times.
Are we allowed to add them? I'd do it myself, but I don't know the exact order of when they were released, and I'm not sure if I should include the Winnie the Pooh sequels or not.
openQuestionable edit by a questionable troper
thekaizerreich
has come up on ATT a few times
, most recently for breaking several rules (edit-warring, Rule Of Cautious Editing Judgment, and Unfortunate Implications requiring citations) in order to further a potential racist agenda. Plus various misogynistic edits in the past.
Since their ban was released, they've made a... highly questionable edit
that comes across as, at best supporting the myth of the Clean Wehrmacht
if not Nazi sympathizing, given the troper's chosen handle. It's particularly questionable since I can find absolutely zero indication that this is true or even an existing story. Various attempts at googling key words only bring up that page or completely irrelevant results.
The edit in of itself wouldn't be terribly worth noting, but given their suspension's release was predicated on being careful about ROCEJ, their handle, their history of potentially racist and definitely misogynistic edits, it just is, as a whole, very worrisome. I understand if it's not enough to take action yet, but I think an eye should be kept on them.
Edited by LarkmarnopenWondering Whether This Example is a Specific Tv Trope shoutout
"At one point, Bonny (Betty) de Famme refers to Athena specifically as a Know-Nothing Know-It-All. Given the sheer number of references, could the translator be One of Us?"
Not even the person who added it seems to be sure it is a Tv Trope shoutout, and I myself wonder if this really is a Tv Trope reference. Was this the first website to use the phrase "Know Nothing Know it All"? Or at least, popularized it?
openIndexing characters in quotes page?
So, I came from the Quotes wiki forum, and I asked them if characters can be indexed in the quotes pages. They told me to ask here. The characters are Goku Black and Zamasu My Future Self and Me
Edited by Tomodachiopen Is this a case of "Character as himself" or not?
The 7th Heaven page features the entry:
- Character as Himself: In this case, the ever suffering Happy the Dog...plays Happy the Dog. She got starring billing for her stirring role playing a common housedog, though her Emmy submissions always seemed to be rejected.
Seems to me the only reason the above entry was created was because this dog happened to be called "Happy" both In-Universe and in Real Life; and isn't any non-human animal character "playing themselves" by definition, thus making the above entry too People Sit On Chairs / Captain Obvious?
openIron Fist Live Action TV
From Series.Iron Fist 2017:
- Mighty Whitey: Averted. In the words of Scott Buck, "I can say most definitively Danny Rand is no white savior. He’s trying to save himself, if anything." If it's like the comics, Danny is just the latest IF, most of which were Asian.
Considering a) the last sentence sounds like speculation, and b) the premise of the show seems to boil down to "white guy fulfills his destiny and saves New York from evil Asian ninjas", do those sound like valid reasons to delete this entry until further notice?
Edited by dsneybufopenNRLEP Trope Confusion
The reason for (Was it Really) Worth It? being listed in No Real Life Examples, Please! before the categorization overhaul, has said "Attracts soapboxing, provincialism, and self-indulgence". What did it mean by these? Can you also define these three TV Tropes terms?
Edited by MitchellProductionsopenranabridged edits on YMMV/InvaderZim Western Animation
Some person named ranabridged
has been making some strange edits to the Invader Zim page, constantly neglecting full stops and commas, and even arguing with himself within his edits.
openArt on DeviantArt is tropable, right?
Art on Deviant Art is tropable, right?
Should there be a list for tropes that art on Deviant Art has? ... Hmm... Well, I guess that should be the Website page itself, no?
Edited by MaladyopenOrdering the examples of TropeName in various media lists
Is it fine for me to alphabetize examples of tropes in the various media folders? (I just realized that might be breaking a rule or considered a frivolous edit after alphabetizing the Live Action TV examples in Sweet on Polly Oliver) It's admittedly something that I'll probably rarely do, but I could see myself being especially-bothered once in awhile by something especially egregious (Something starting in V sandwiched between examples of shows that all start with the letter B for example)
openPygmalion gender swap?
I was asking myself what a gender-swapped Eliza Doolittle would look like. Is there a trope reversal where an experienced woman moulds a man and then falls in love with her creation? There's the original "Galatea, or Pygmalion Reversed" and beyond that, I didn't find much.
I'm curious what you trope experts think of this. Is this because in the many romcoms where a man tries to woo a woman and is rejected, but then betters himself and wins her, the man has more agency than Eliza Doolittles? Is the gender-swapped version of the Pygmalion trope common enough but it's just watered-down weaksauce when it happens? Are there significant and serious productions (perhaps as a comedy, but not as a parody) with the man being largely transfomed by the woman?
openThe Bird Feeder (Webcomic) page - safe to recreate? Webcomic
I'm the creator of The Bird Feeder webcomic, and there used to be a page here for it, though it's since been removed (see https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Webcomic/TheBirdFeeder
). I understand completely why that was, as it had several Zero Content Example and Weblinks Are Not Examples violations, and I've since moved to a new CMS and changed the structure of the links anyway, so most of the page would be pretty useless.
I was wondering, though, if it would be seen as bad form if I recreated the page myself, using an archived version of it as a template, and added some better descriptions for the examples. The page wasn't originally made by me, and I'm prepared to receive any abuse given to me for even asking to do this, but it was just a thought I had.
Edited by arkholtopenTroper with really...odd habits
Tropers.Chester Polar Bear seems like to edit sex-related tropes. Nothing wrong with that in itself, but then he makes edits in the My Girl Is a Slut and Ethical Slut tropes stating that Daphne and Freddie from Scooby-Doo are swingers because they wear ascots.
Also, they've made a lot of edits on The Chikan that just seem...inappropriate.
They don't seem like a malicious or abusive troper, but I thought I'd bring this to your attention.

I want to add to the Dethroning Moment Of Suck page an entry about Overwatch, but considering it's not in the game proper, where should it go?
- So, when Overwatch revealed its newest hero (28 feb 2018), her official bio was put on the site, except the age she's given doesn't make any sense (she's supposed to be 28, but according to a letter released, Mercy is supposed to have been there a few days after she was born, meaning that Mercy would have been 9 when that happened). Compounded by the lead writer's reaction on Twitter when releasing her, which was a simple "some things are wrong with her backstory". He didn't proofread himself, he didn't check if the information he gave to the team uploading the site was coherent with what he wrote, and he didn't apologize for it, his reaction could be summarized as "meh, i made a mistake, no big deal". It's at this point that I gave up any hope I had left for some form of coherence/continuity with this universe or for Michael Chu to have any credibility as a writer.
Edited by cricri3007