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openQuestion about Creator's Pet Webcomic
On Sister Claire, Tropers/Twiddler insists that a character can't be both a Creator's Pet and a Base-Breaking Character. I've checked the trope pages and I can't find any rule against having a character be both tropes.
Edited by ChubzhacopenRestore or not? Western Animation
New troper TPOCAM removed all Strawman Has a Point and What An Idiot examples from YMMV.A Goofy Movie without leaving an edit reason. They also removed the What An Idiot examples while leaving the header intact. Should I delete the header for What An Idiot or restore the examples?
openRequested edit Videogame
On Read Only Memories, Back Stab should probably be changed to In the Back, since Back Stab is only used if it's a game mechanic (and it's an Adventure Game). I don't want to do it myself since I'm considering buying this game and don't want to be spoiled.
opendeletion of good part of filler
A lot of the Filler page was deleted in a recent edit, probably by accident.
openI need some help Videogame
I’m trying to replace the image of “Bendy” of the Nightmare Fuel section of Bendy and the Ink Machine via my iPad, but I’m having difficulty in doing so. Whenever I add the image, the image text doesn’t appear.
Edited by CaptainRustbolt21openEither shenanigans or a bug
This TLP, currently titled Hollywood USA, at 4 hours old, somehow has 6 hats.
Given it has a garbage name, no examples, and a ridiculously unclear premise, other than shenanigans (possibly socks?) or a bug, I cannot fathom how this got so many hats so quickly. Can mods see who gave a TLP hats?
EDIT: Now up to 8 hats.
Edited by LarkmarnopenWhy is the DarthWiki.ThePunishersSong...Etc index not showing up in episodes' Related Pages?
Why is the DarthWiki.The Punishers Song Of Evangelion And I Must Scream index not showing up in episodes' Related Pages?
Like, it indexes DarthWiki.Continuity Gorn, but that page's related page, isn't showing any wicks, even though there should be at least one?
Neither page is on the Permanent Red Link Club...
Edited by MaladyopenTrope Definition
In Final Fantasy VIII, the player can name a character's dog, default name Angelo. The character's special attacks that utilize her dog include the dog's name, vanilla names: "Angelo Rush", "Angelo Search", "Angelo Recover", "Angelo Reverse", "Angelo Strike", and "Angelo Cannon". It's a joke in the fandom to name the dog something disgusting or sexual, and in doing so change the name of the attacks.
Would this qualify for Video Game Cruelty Potential?
Edited by DrakeClawfangopenCharacter Derailment
Since Character Derailment is listed as Flame Bait, should all examples of it be purged? I know we did a similar purge of Mary Sue and related tropes, but is it okay to cutlist all of the Character Derailment tropes aside from the main one?
open Serial Killer Store as sting operation? (TV Comedy?) Live Action TV
Hi, we were trying to remember what TV show featured a kind of serial killer store that may have been a sting operation for the FBI or other law enforcement organization?
Pretty sure it was a comedy along the lines of Reno 911 or Brooklyn 99, but I've gone through those synopses and didn't find anything quite right.
Also, not sure if this idea ever appeared anywhere else, so not really a trope, sorry.
Thanks!!
openTrance is listed as a disambig, since it's in the AmbiguityIndex, but it's about Music Genre.
Trance is listed as a disambig, since it's in the Ambiguity Index, but it's about Music Genre.
Should it be removed from that index?
openSpurious Lock Web Original
DanAndPhilGAMES appears to be a victim of the update locking bug, as no irregular activity has occurred.
openCan AwesomeArt be a subpage¿ Anime
I sort of wanted to classify cool animation sequences from an anime, incluiding the mention of who animated it and who was the storyboard artist. Can this be part of Awesome Art? After all, is all part of the Gushing subpages.
openThe troper LoveForSasuke
LoveForSasuke is notorious/infamous for deleting anything that's remotely negative about Sasuke and Sasuke/Sakura, all in the name of "deleting inaccuracies" or "deleting misquotations." They're blatantly biased for Sasuke and Sasuke/Sakura, although their troper name is already indicative of it.
- For example, in the Characters.Naruto Sasuke Uchiha edit history (see here), they deleted Sasuke's Abusive Parents entry and a few of his Jerkass Has a Point sub-entries, and in the Loving a Shadow edit history (see here), they changed Sakura's entry to make it sound more positive as opposed to being both truthful and neutral.
- Also, they don't just have a shipping bias towards Sasuke/Sakura and a character bias towards Sasuke; they also have a shipping bias towards Kylo/Rey in Star Wars, specifically on Implied Love Interest (see here).
So not only is Love For Sasuke biased towards one pairing and a character in Naruto, they're also biased towards another pairing in Star Wars. And I've known for a year now that shipping bias, character bias, or any kind of personal bias in general, is not allowed here.
openWebsites is not actually a disambig, it's just pointing people to OtherSites.
"Websites" is not actually a disambig, it's just pointing people to Other Sites.
Anyone against just turning making it and "Website" into Other Sites redirects?
Edited by MaladyopenMerging similar disambigs:
Merging similar disambigs, any reason against these plans?:
- Surrogates + The Surrogates: Leaving only The Surrogates, which will also be disambiging for "The Surrogate".
- The Woman In Black + Woman In Black: Leaving only The Woman In Black, which will also be disambiging for "The Surrogate".
- The Warriors + Warrior + Warriors: Leaving only The Warriors, which will also be disambiging for "The Warrior".
Not sure which of these to keep, or whether to merge them or not:
Edited by MaladyopenName for when the protagonist creates the world Western Animation
I'm having trouble coming up for a specific term for this, but what would that be called? Something in the realm of Chalk Zone or Simon in the Land of Chalk. Where the protagonist makes the world around them.
openThree Days Grace main page cover image Music
Three Days Grace has an image showing the old, pre-2013 lineup of the band (before they changed lead vocalist). Can I go ahead and add an image of their new lineup, keeping the old image in a /note ? Should I ask permission from somewhere else?
open Narration-only dialogue
I've just started a new trope page for The Legend of Lobo. From what I've read, the only dialogue in the entire movie is from the Narrator and a song by Sons of the Pioneers. What trope does that count as?
Shouldn't List of Badass Tropes be renamed to just Badass Tropes? No other index starts with "List of" AFAIK.