MsCC93
Since: May, 2012
Telcontar
MOD
Since: Feb, 2012
Jun 29th 2012 at 7:04:40 AM
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... The Real Life section isn't problematic, so there's no reason to cut it; apes are a perfectly valid example. Animals are part of Real Life — the section isn't titled "Humans".
That was the amazing part. Things just keep going.
MikeRosoft
Since: Jan, 2001
218.186.9.251
Since: Dec, 1969
Jul 21st 2010 at 11:54:03 AM
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Subversion: I can't remember if it was a Sesame Street, Electric Company, or 3, 2, 1 Contact sketch, but they once tried to teach "Big, Bigger, Biggest" with 3 increasingly top-heavy bodybuilders, with the last one's waist practically snapping under his own weight.
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DragonQuestZ
Since: Jan, 2001
Jul 21st 2010 at 6:33:27 PM
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That's more a deconstruction than a subversion.
I'm on the internet. My arguments are invalid.
Linking to a past Trope Repair Shop thread that dealt with this page: Keeps getting misused for just having a large upper body.
, started by DragonQuestZ on Jan 23rd 2012 at 10:20:25 PM
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