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Should we add a \\\'Doing it for the Art\\\' TV Trope into the page? I mean, the comic\\\'s author, Bill Watterson, constantly denied merchandising his comics and decided against doing an animated series not because of budget reasons, but because of the children (EXAMPLE: robbing children on how the characters will sound in their minds if the characters are given voice actors). That kinda sounded like he was doing the comic series for fun rather than for money...
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So I went ahead and removed it, here's the original for posterity.
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So I went ahead and removed it, here\'s the original for posterity.
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* [[spoiler: Woody, Buzz, and the other toys are on the conveyor belt at the dump. At first they think they're approaching daylight, but it turns out to be an ''enormous'' incinerator, which burns all the trash that falls into it. But they see a ladder which leads upward, and avoids being pushed into it, with a stop button that will halt the conveyor belt if pressed.]]\
'''You'd expect:''' [[spoiler: That Buzz or Woody themselves would try to climb up the ladder and hit the stop button before it's too late.]]\
'''Instead:''' [[spoiler: They trust Lotso, the tyrant who had previously tried to have them disposed of, to climb up and press it himself.]]\
'''As a Result:''' [[spoiler: Lotso does climb up there...only to pointedly ''not'' hit the button, leaving them to die.]]
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* [[spoiler: Woody, Buzz, and the other toys are on the conveyor belt at the dump. At first they think they\'re approaching daylight, but it turns out to be an \'\'enormous\'\' incinerator, which burns all the trash that falls into it. But they see a ladder which leads upward, and avoids being pushed into it, with a stop button that will halt the conveyor belt if pressed.]]\\

\'\'\'You\'d expect:\'\'\' [[spoiler: That Buzz or Woody themselves would try to climb up the ladder and hit the stop button before it\'s too late.]]\\

\'\'\'Instead:\'\'\' [[spoiler: They trust Lotso, the tyrant who had previously tried to have them disposed of, to climb up and press it himself.]]\\

\'\'\'As a Result:\'\'\' [[spoiler: Lotso does climb up there...only to pointedly \'\'not\'\' hit the button, leaving them to die.]]
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So I went ahead and removed it, here\'s the original for posterity.
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* [[spoiler: Woody, Buzz, and the other toys are on the conveyor belt at the dump. At first they think they're approaching daylight, but it turns out to be an ''enormous'' incinerator, which burns all the trash that falls into it. But they see a ladder which leads upward, and avoids being pushed into it, with a stop button that will halt the conveyor belt if pressed.]]\
'''You'd expect:''' [[spoiler: That Buzz or Woody themselves would try to climb up the ladder and hit the stop button before it's too late.]]\
'''Instead:''' [[spoiler: They trust Lotso, the tyrant who had previously tried to have them disposed of, to climb up and press it himself.]]\
'''As a Result:''' [[spoiler: Lotso does climb up there...only to pointedly ''not'' hit the button, leaving them to die.]]
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* [[spoiler: Woody, Buzz, and the other toys are on the conveyor belt at the dump. At first they think they\'re approaching daylight, but it turns out to be an \'\'enormous\'\' incinerator, which burns all the trash that falls into it. But they see a ladder which leads upward, and avoids being pushed into it, with a stop button that will halt the conveyor belt if pressed.]]\\\\
\'\'\'You\'d expect:\'\'\' [[spoiler: That Buzz or Woody themselves would try to climb up the ladder and hit the stop button before it\'s too late.]]\\\\
\'\'\'Instead:\'\'\' [[spoiler: They trust Lotso, the tyrant who had previously tried to have them disposed of, to climb up and press it himself.]]\\\\
\'\'\'As a Result:\'\'\' [[spoiler: Lotso does climb up there...only to pointedly \'\'not\'\' hit the button, leaving them to die.]]
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