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openNo Title Film
There's a bit of an edit war going on on the The Muppets page regarding whether or not tropes from promotional materials and tie-ins should be on the page.
So, should they?
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This is something that I think qualifies, but now I'm starting to wonder, so I figured that I would ask.
Spoilers for the new Muppet Movie.
In the movie, during a telethon to save the day, Camilla and her chick friends cluck Ce Lo Green's "Fuck You", but because it's clucking, well... Would that be an in-universe version of Getting Crap Past the Radar? Because it's not just about what we are seeing as the audience, and laughing at that, it's also something that is happening on TV in the movie's universe.
So, would putting it on the page for the movie make sense as "Getting Crap Past the Radar, an in-universe occurrence is..." (or something to that effect?
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https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/article_history.php?article=Main.EmilyBrowning
There seems to be a minor edit war going on.
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Bad Lieutenant. Two films with (almost) identical titles sharing the same page at the moment.
First question: Is this working as designed, or is it something that should be fixed?
I'm not sure about the protocol, here. :) It seems like one of these (probably the 2009 one, by virtue of first-come, first-served) should be spun off into the Film space, and the other should be left in the Main space? Or create a new page with the second film's full title, The Bad Lieutenant Portof Call New Orleans ... wow, that's lengthy, but maybe it's the best solution?
Second question: When there's a page in Main and one in Film (for e.g.), both called "Bad Lieutenant" (for e.g. ;), are the YMMV, Trivia, and Character pages invariably going to be one and the same? I noticed this when I was looking at the US/UK Life On Mars pages. One is in Main, the other in Series, which is great, but their Character/YMMV/Crowning Moment pages lead to the same place. Any way to alter that, or is it just a limitation we have to deal with?
I realize this has probably been discussed, but my search skills are failing... if someone would be kind enough to point me to threads about it I would be grateful.
Also, I commend whoever did the work descriptions on Bad Lieutenant, and actually bothered to make a thematic connection so them sharing a page was less jarring.
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You know in movies where Character A tells Character B "I have only one rule" and insists that whatever Character B does, he/she must NEVER break that one rule? And of course Character B always breaks the one rule. Is that the same as Rule #1 or would that fall under a different trope?
Edited by BabyVegasopenNo Title Film
When a work page covers both an original version and a translation or remake, and there are differences in character names, what's the preferred way of dealing with it in the trope list (when the trope applies identically to both versions)?
1) Use original names only? 2) Use English-language version names only (if applicable)? 3) Use names from the most recent version only? 4) Use either? 5) Use both, separated by a slash?
(For context, see the discussion page for The Debt.)
openNo Title Film
Rule Of Sean Connery looks like a pile of natter and arguments, in which every listing has counter-examples, This Troper, and 'well he was good in this.' I think it needs an Example Sectionectomy.
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Ironreaper needs instructions regarding the use of the preview button. Case in point.
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On Helena Bonham Carter page somebody readded tropes that were previously deleted for being "creepy" with edit reason saying that it's not really creepy. Well, I don't want to start an edit war (even though I wasn't the one who deleted said tropes), but I think some of those tropes (if not all) should be removed. For example, Ugly Guy, Hot Wife has a "no Real Life examples" rule. I'm not really sure whether I am allowed to remove it, so I'd like somebody more experienced to take a look on this issue, pretty please.
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I complained about Lust666 serial tweaking the Pandorum page before, but ultimately just ignored it.
Now I suspect he has a sock puppet One Devious Bastard, and is on a mission to whore out his essay on the various literary themes present in the movie and oh by the way here are some tropes. I feel that many of the homages and shoutouts he's listed are really just coincidental resemblance in a movie that was originally (succinctly) described on the page as using "many conventions of the science fiction and space horror genres."
I'm not sure if I'm justified here, or if it's just not to my taste and I should suck it up. Please advise.
Edited by callsignechoopenNo Title Film
Edit War ongoing on the Serenity page on the use of God-Mode Sue. Myself and another troper are arguing over the content, and I've requested that the other troper take the issue to the talk page instead of engaging in an edit war. The other troper appears to be ignoring this appeal despite the fact that I created a topic on the page in question. I've pulled the entire entry because we keep arguing over it, and requesting moderation to sort this out.
Edited by ZaptechopenNo Title Film
I thought of a new idea for a trope. "Bambi Syndrome". This trope is used to describe a film or story that follows the same formula as Bambi: - The main protagonist starts out as a newborn but grows up throughout the course of events. - The main protagonist has a parent whom he is very close to. - The parent dies at one point in the movie. - The main protagonist gets revenge on the antagonist who killed his parent. - The main protagonist continues the Circle of Life at the end of the movie.
There are three movies I know of that have this "Bambi Syndrome": 1. Bambi 2. The Land Before Time 3. The Lion King I'm sure there are tons of others that do as well.
I'd like to know if there is a trope like this on this site, and if so, what is it called? I think "Bambi Syndrome" is a better name for it whatever it may be.
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New troper here, please bear with me. :) I wanted to add the trope All My Circuits to the work page for Barney's Version, but I notice it has a very strange URL... https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ptitleh790movp
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There's been a small Edit War going on in the Awesome: Avatar page. It's a rehash of of an old one that got settled back in January over some Tropers deleting others's entries on the page.
Also, on a semi-unrelated note, at least one other troper (diesector21) has been deleted others' entries because they were Rooting for the Empire.
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How about changing the name of the trope page Chop Sockey to something like Movie Kung Fu or something else?
As it stands the page itself is pathetic and I am sure a little offensive so given that this is a film genre that is being ignored and there are more then a few cult classics that would fall underneath it, how would one go about getting this done?