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LAST EDITED ON 05-14-14 AT 10:46 AM (EST)The human body is completely understood. Science has mapped out just what we are and are not capable of. And thus we start this thread out with a giant lie. In fiction, the body can be modified. Those with powers need an assortment of internal systems which will make them work. Sometimes those systems can be installed after the fact. Maybe this organ does something no one ever suspected. Perhaps you've got a little internal partner providing a boost. Look towards inner space space and find infinite possibilities flowing within cells. Because in fiction, we are not understood -- and that lack of knowledge opens up so many possibilities. But real life doesn't allow for any such things, right? http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/BizarreHumanBiology Check out the Real Life section of this trope. There are people out there with powers. Real ones, scientifically proven. Inborn abilities which the human genetic code throws out now and again. And how can that happen? Who knows? We're snails at the control of a spaceship. We understand the function of the ride and some of the functions have been identified. But the question of What Does This Button Do? goes on...
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05-14-14, 12:09 PM (EST)
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3. "RE: #801" |
Just my luck, reading the sex-ed piece after finishing that chapter with my 7th graders.
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05-15-14, 06:46 AM (EST)
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6. "#802" |
American fiction works typically need an excuse to get their main character nude and soaking in a tub. Admittedly, it's usually a pretty basic, threadbare excuse which centers around 'We really want a nude scene: get the clothes off'. But still, some sort of excuse is generally required to have it as a scene the viewer gets access to instead of a background portion of the character's life.In Japan, the culturally-determined pre-excuse is 'I went home.' http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/FuroScene Works every time. Related topic: hot springs episode.
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7. "RE: #802" |
And, of course, us westerners added water jets. So men get naked women in tubs, and women get...water jets. Everybody's happy.
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9. "RE: #803 (stock character type)" |
Not even a nod to Poe? That is just wrong, there should be some acknowledgement of the prototype. All those Edgars just collecting dust.
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Where does a robot keep its soul?Robots can't have souls, most would say. What if there was a component which made that silicon personality everything it was? And it was completely integral to the body -- to the point where it couldn't be installed in anything else. Couldn't be repaired most of the time, was barely understood even by the robot carrying it, and if it ever broke -- that was it. You could rebuild the robot a thousand ways and you'd just have a shell which quietly fell over. The individual would be gone. Only flesh can hold a soul, you say? http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/HeartDrive Then let metal contain a spark.
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05-19-14, 09:14 AM (EST)
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16. "RE: #805" |
What is "of age" to be a consenting sentient robot?
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For the Discworld, consider the jail system in Ankh-Morpork. Those put on death row will find in their cell a very large stone -- about tunnel-crawl size -- surrounded by very old mortar. The stone will appear to have once been used for chaining prisoners to the wall: chain gone, eyelets remain. The stone is within an outer wall. And an attentive prisoner should, if he's careful be able to snag a spoon from the dinner tray.From this point on, the process is simple. The prisoner simply uses the spoon to scrape away the mortar. (Disposal of the fragments is the prisoner's problem.) If the prisoner is diligent, careful, times the guard shifts, and puts all his spare time into it, he will find that on the day of his execution, he will have A. worn the spoon away to nothing and B. have a clear shot at pulling the stone free. Exerting every last bit of muscle power on the eyelets will then create a passage... ...revealing another stone. Freshly mortared. And, helpfully provided, a brand-new shiny spoon. http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ThwartedEscape The Patrician believes in occupational therapy.
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05-20-14, 08:23 AM (EST)
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22. "RE: #807" |
Not exactly on topic (on trope?), but machine shops are no place for neckties. However, if you want to see your boss’s nosy a’hole son get his neck broken, invite him to lean over your lathe and inspect your work.
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24. "RE: #808" |
Is this a subtle dig at the NBA society of political correctness that would take an owners team away for transgressing on its rules of behavior in private conversations?
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25. "RE: #808" |
Gosh, I wish the NBA would force me to make a billion dollars.
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28. "RE: #809 (Goodbye, Colby Woo)" |
To be fair to Woo, FTC went hard on Tony exactly as he thought it would. Had not Spencer been allowed to turn lawyer in the end and give a summation favoring Tony and trashing Woo, based only on his own singular perception of which one had beaten him really, Woo would have had it in the bag.
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You just wrote a military adventure novel.In every possible way, you out-Clancied the master. The technical jargon is piled hip-deep. Your knowledge of procedure is impeccable. You are completely familiar with the military mindset and have written the characters accordingly. And you blew stuff up real good. For the requirements of the summer beach 700-pager genre, you rocked. There's just one problem. You're female. And men don't read military adventure novels written by women. So the publishers claim, and why would a bunch of repressive sexists lie to you about the behavior of other repressive sexists? Fortunately, they know a cure. http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/MoustacheDePlume The age of this trope is depressing. Its continued survival even more so. The fact that it's not going away any time soon? I'm going back to bed... Note that this also applies to female sexism against males. Go on, try to get a gothic romance barnburner published. Just try it.
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LAST EDITED ON 05-27-14 AT 06:02 AM (EST)Blood is red. Initially. Oh, as long as it stays in the body, it'll keep the normal color. But let it out into the open air and you'll get a reminder of basic fact: blood has a lot of iron in it. And iron? Oxidizes. Give blood enough exposure to atmosphere and parts of it will start to rust. Red goes to brown with orange elements. Given enough time and sunlight, it might just bleach white. Let months pass and you'll need a chemical analysis to tell a bloodstain is something other than a place where someone left a hammer out in the rain for a few days. But red is an attention-getting color. Red screams danger. Red is the hue of shock and horror. And when someone walks into a former abattoir, who wants to see them chemically sorting through brown flakes? Therefore, in the fictional worlds, you get http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/RustproofBlood Also, each living body holds approximately seventy gallons.
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40. "RE: #812" |
Of course, Vulcan blood is green (as it's copper based) and Klingon blood is purple. Not to sure of the colors of any other of the Trek aliens.
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LAST EDITED ON 05-28-14 AT 08:55 AM (EST)Robotic duplicates: aren't they handy? They can attend meetings which you can't be bothered with. Give you the appearance of having shown up in two or more places at once. Serve as your voice when you're busy with something else. And if you're the bad guy, they serve one other vital function. They die. Send one out against the heroes. Have it lose. Spectacularly. Preferably in a way where the body is clearly dead, but the good guys can't reach it for analysis. And when they think you're dead, go about your evil scheme as per usual, only this time with a total lack of hero interference. It's a wonderful tactic. It's also a cliche'. Some characters pull this off a lot. Too much. As an excuse for anything whatsoever. Lost a fight? That was the robot. Stalled out in an argument? Robot. Seen eating in a diner? Robot. Series changed writers and the new one doesn't like something the last creator made that character do? Take a guess. This gets so bad with some characters, it creates theories that the actual living person has never been seen. And no one in charge argues with that just in case they have to retcon a previous appearance as being a robot. So sorry, kids, but that stunning victory you just pulled off? http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ActuallyADoombot Again.
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39. "(Not numbered), The ESTEE trope. " |
LAST EDITED ON 05-30-14 AT 11:41 AM (EST)Estee is apparently otherwise occupied, so, since I find myself far too amusing for my own good, and basically because I am an unrepentant DAW, here is the ESTEE trope, conceived a couple of years ago when Estee hit 50K. This is to serve as a PSA as well as a tribute to the only known RTVW poster who has achieved the lofty status of 50,000 posts, I propose to identify the ESTEE Trope. It could have been called the "The Narrator", but it isn't, it's the ESTEE. Danggummit. Specifically to OT, the ESTEE trope is of an androgynous (his/her gender is never been reliably established, and it doesn't really matter – here we will maintain the possible fiction that “she” and her” are the accurate gender references) character that illuminates and enhances every interesting thread, calling "BS" where "BS" is "BS", and an ominous "I’ll let you live this time" when a compliment is due. In addition, the ESTEE's strength of spirit quietly emboldens others to exercise latent talents in wit and in fearlessness. She leads from behind by the example of being behind. Typically, as is the case with our actual Estee, the ESTEE trope involves a street waif, a child of tragedy knowing little of her parents and raised by an aunt who because of her own tragic life is embittered and tyrannical. Various "uncles" are also involved who influence her sexual life (insert a tragic wink wink here). The story of the ESTEE depicts a life of struggle against her perception as an unfavored child that has to excel in school, on the street, and on the playground just to be noticed. But she never gets the acknowledgement she feels she deserves. So, driven to be noticed she tests the wild side of life including alcohol, drugs, sex, graphic novels, and Anime. Fortunately for her talent, her early experiences with drink and drugs is searing and dramatic and cauterizes that part of her brain to the point that she develops a mental phobia, and to the point where she cannot undergo further experimentation without extreme discomfort and prolonged puking. So as a young adult she is forced into a life that she must endure without those crutches. Mainly, just sex, graphic novels, Coke (-a-cola), and Anime are left to comfort her. Her fish abuse could be considered a vice, but the audience is inclined to be forgiving, indeed, everyone but the fish actually encourages and participates in this abuse. Everyone. (sigh)
Back to her childhood; amidst the chaos of these years the ESTEE is befriended by an eccentric and very quietly brilliant neighbor who, because of his isolation is regarded as a neighborhood wacko. In reality this neighbor really is pretty wacky and does do oddball things, but these stunts are always accompanied by upbeat music and the ESTEE is always laughing and giggling while watching (and sometimes participating in) them, and so they are rendered amusingly and pleasingly eccentric. And it is because of this gentle though crusty soul that the ESTEE finds inner strength and achieves a kind of stability that will allow her to take advantage of innate talents while at the same time allowing her to spit in the face of hypocrisy and false superiority. It is not known exactly when her apathy toward fish began, perhaps she just got tired of tuna fish every day at lunch. And so, here we have it. The ESTEE evolves from a troubled upbringing to a stable life. Typically the ESTEE lives with two dogs, a Rottweiler that she keeps chained to her porch to discourage BS artists, and a purse dog she feeds slippers and keeps in a closet for a friend that has no awareness of boundaries. Her favorite past time is to go fly fishing in breathtakingly beautiful and little known ice-melt fed streams in the back country of Oregon where she can be occasionally spotted on the banks of one of these streams beating to death a rainbow trout. Interestingly, her idea of recycling is to feed her garbage to the neighborhood raccoons. She loves parades, Coke (-a-cola) and chocolate, and except for the aforementioned tendency to abuse fish and the occasional gambling binge, has vices no to speak of. Well, she does jokingly claim to have a hit list. Ha ha. (Ha ha?) (A few of her Secret Santa’s have mysteriously disappeared. Probably nothing). As an adult, the ESTEE became both the person who those who know her and are thus in awe of her talents would most wish to write and deliver their eulogy when the time comes, as well as the person most likely to arrange that event. As both Max and Fooner, currently living in the government witness protection program, can well attest. There it is, the ESTEE trope. A superb example (if I may say so) of a misconceived trope. And, of course, a complete fiction involving Estee herself. Except for the good parts which, although also technically fictional, I believe are essentially correct. And the fish and beach crab abuse, which can be documented. That crab has a permanent dent in his carapace.
The SNIDGET trope is next, possibly followed by, among a few others, the DABO. Never to be revealed is the GRIT or the FOONERMINT, the first because of the PG13 limitations of the board, and the second because of national security and those dam Democrats.
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41. "#814" |
It is the scheduled time for your characters to be idiots.Drunken idiots. Drunken, broke idiots who will never be able to live down anything they did. Morons spending every remaining moment of their very short lives in regrets for their stupidity. And coincidentally, it's also their vacation time. Clearly there's only one thing to do. http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/VivaLasVegas And then they all died. Or just wished they had.
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46. "#816" |
Aren't horoscopes silly? Believing you can break people down into twelve basic personality trait sets by looking at when they were born. As if the stars could ever have any influence on how someone thinks and feels! Hot balls of plasma trillions of miles away deciding what you'd like for dinner? Pure idiocy. Constellations have no effect on human behavior whatsoever. Anyone of reason can see that.Because it's all in the blood. http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/PersonalityBloodTypes And my blood type makes me very reasonable indeed.
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52. "#818" |
One of the problems with using artificial intelligence devices in combat is that programmers have yet to code up anything which would have the average friend-or-foe judgment ability of your typical dog.So why not save some time? I mean, the dog is right there. Replacement parts are cheap to breed. Training takes about as much time as assembly and costs a lot less. All you need to do is figure out some way of attaching the weaponry and providing a means of triggering it. Compared to AI research, that's simple. And who's going to care about some dumb dog anyway? You don't even have to spring for a vet because those bleeding hearts might say something to the media. Fire and forget, then repeat. http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/WeaponizedAnimal (What this sort of person tends to forget is that the dog will remember who did this. And come looking for them. With weapons.)
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06-05-14, 07:31 AM (EST)
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55. "#819" |
Stupid Combat Fashion Decision #4In order to show what a badass you are, wear a long scarf around your neck at all times. Because surely no one's ever going to grab it. Tighten it. Strangle you with your own accessory. Toss the end into a propeller blade. Nothing like that will ever happen to you. Because you're just that dead. http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ScarfOfAsskicking Good. We meant good.
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06-05-14, 08:32 AM (EST)
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56. "RE: #819" |
Continuing the thoughts from posts 21 and 22:I worked for a brief time as a lathe operator in a machine shop. The owner's son was made VP of the company straight out of high school and seemed to think that he was a master machinist simply because of the position he was given by his dad. He was silly fool and an insufferable A'hole that was always in the shop telling real craftsmen how to do their jobs. And, of course, he wore a tie. I began to fantasize about asking him to lean over my spinning machine in order to see if I had it right. I fantasized about the tie getting caught in the work and his head being snapped off and rolling down the aisle. It wasn’t a complete fantasy, I kept thinking it would be the perfect crime, and perfectly satisfying.
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06-05-14, 08:58 AM (EST)
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57. "RE: #819" |
Personally I prefer epaulets over scarfs when going into battle. With fringe preferably.
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59. "RE: #819" |
No cape - but a belt sash with fringe to match the epaulets is always a good way to go.
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60. "#820" |
I'm going to keep this sometimes-really-annoying (and all too often, verging on universal) trope simple. Just quote the page, post the link, and move on. This is one of the tropes which truly pisses me off and as such, I know any venting opportunity just might go full-scale rant.The quote: For any series not aimed solely at females, odds are high that only one female will be in the regular cast. And the trope? http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TheSmurfettePrinciple Yes, I am completely aware that the ponies have the opposite problem.
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64. "#822" |
Sometimes stealing gets boring.You took money. Precious metals. Important art. Jewels. Hooray. You've done it all before and you'll do it all again. There's profit in it -- but where's the challenge? Anyone with enough training and the proper equipment could pull off what you're doing. How does it really show how far you've come as a thief? What if you stole something a little... harder to take? Like, just throwing it out there, the Empire State Building? Big old footprint hole in the ground where the basements used to be... http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/MonumentalTheft?from=Main.TheSandiego Optionally, copyright the alphabet. 
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66. "#823" |
So according to Alex Jones, the recent Nevada shooting spree was a false flag operation conducted by Democrats in order to make Tea Party members look bad.Which means the Democrats: * Found two dedicated agents.
* Planted them in the system several years ago.
* Plotting things out so they would say things to their neighbors, hand out literature, get thrown off the Bundy ranch, make open threats, and all the time the Democrat-controlled police wouldn't do a thing.
* Got them to murder three people --
* -- and the hard part: found agents so loyal they would suicide as part of the plan. If you are Alex Jones or one of his more dedicated listeners, this makes perfect sense. To everyone else, you're probably a http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ConspiracyTheorist Side note: which in conclusion, means the only way you'll listen to and believe Alex Jones is if the Democrats pay you for it.
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68. "#824" |
Okay... detailed personally-written instructions for setting up the party. Step one is ---- is -- - is that a q or a b? No, really. And this word over here. Are we supposed to place the tables or replace them? Because I didn't get any kind of budget for this. Plus there's this bit about the food. Fire the steaks or fire the chef? http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TheIllegible ...I'm just praying this is 'sit in with the band...'
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71. "RE: #825 (ruining Kingfish's day)" |
He can just follow the link to Male Gaze tp make his day brighter.
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72. "RE: #825 (ruining Kingfish's day)" |
LAST EDITED ON 06-12-14 AT 03:00 PM (EST)I am disappointed. But I’ll try and get us back on track: Ode to a Rack:Nice racks are works of animated art,
And quite appropriately cover her heart.
They are so flashy,
Without being splashy,
And they smell a lot better than a fart.
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73. "#826" |
I'm not allowed to let you see this crucial document. It's completely against regulations.This document right here. The one I'm leaving out on the desk. In plain view. With absolutely no safeguards whatsoever. That particular document, right there, which I am taking great pains to indicate. Now, if you don't mind, I'm just http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/SteppingOutForAQuickCupOfCoffee I've never had coffee before and I really had this sudden overwhelming desire to find out what it was like.
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74. "RE: #826" |
LAST EDITED ON 06-13-14 AT 08:58 AM (EST)Every clichéd trope I could think of Serpico: “Geeze, McGoodnic, we can’t catch a break. We need that vital information or we’re dead in the water. But hey, the Captain accidently left it out on his desk when he went to get coffee. Do you think we should look at it? “ McGoodnic: “It is illegal and you know it! I’m sure the Captain trusts us enough that he knows he can leave vital information out in the open and we won’t read it. We can’t violate his trust! We can’t let the Captain down, Serpico.” (earnest tears run down McGoodnic’s cheeks while Serpico balls his fists in mute frustrated rage). Serpico (OK, not so mute): “I don’t care, we’re here to catch the good guys, and if we can’t bend the rules and use every last cheap trick we have, what good are we as cops? Are we here to catch the bad guys or not? You be the look out and let me know when he comes back.” McGoodnic:”I will not. I’m your partner, and like all good TV cop partners I’ll take a bullet (one, mind you, in the bullet proof vest, and after that you’re on your own) for you, but I will not allow you to be pulled down to the dark side by your intense hatred for this particular bad guy and do something that you’ll regret. Maybe not now but soon, and for the rest of your life you’ll rue the moment when you let temptation take you to where you shouldn’t otter go. You’re better than that.“ “If you look at that vital information, you will be just like them. And the bad guys will have won.” Serpico: “ But we almost have him and his gang of bad tippers. (And “…otter…”? Where were you raised, Mc Goodnic?) Anyway, you have to help, or his gang will continue to tip waitresses inappropriately, leaving worldwide havoc and destruction in their wake. I’m gonna do it, and dam the torpedoes.” McGoodnic: “Ha. It’s too late Serpico, here he comes now.” Captain: “Umm boy, that coffee just hits the spot sometimes. I trust you two had a productive time while I was out?” Mc Goodnic (smug smile):” Yeah, except Serpico here wanted to read that vital information that you left out on your desk. But don’t worry, I wouldn’t let him.” Captain, glaring at McGoodnic: I gave you 10 minutes, and you spent your time arguing? This time I’m going down the block for Danish. Serpico, if McGoodnic gets in your way again, just shoot him in the foot or something. Give him that bullet he wants so badly. Not in the vest, though, that won’t hurt enough. Serpico turns around and punches McGoodnic. “I’ve been wanting to do that for a long time. And BTW, Captain, could you bring back a prune Danish for me? I didn't have a decent BM this morning. And a large cappuccino? With whipped cream? Bring McGoodnic here one too, or he’ll be bitching all day that you like me best.”
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76. "The Kingfish theory" |
No real life examples? Really? So, in lieu of that, here's the Kingfish theory on why women adorn themselves the way they do. Mostly, it's to impress other women. Ta Daaaa! Shoes? Men don't care. Or even notice. Not within the range of where we are looking. Hair? Ditto. A man might notice if the head is shaved, but otherwise, it's all good. Dress? Still, unnoticed adornment. Show some cleavage and thigh, that's all we ask. Nails? It's for competition with other women, and maybe self defense, not enticement. Little swimsuits do get a guy's attention, but (per the Kingfish theory), the wearer is still trying to outdo other women, it's still largely a competition.
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77. "#828 (site trivia)" |
There's no such thing as notability, says TVTropes. Any work, any person, any example could go up. It's possible that no one would ever link to it and isolated pages die, but you at least get the chance to try and no one ever takes it down.Well... almost never. TVTropes has its banned section. And it is not a small one. Things which cause too much derision, ones which automatically lead to fights, and the occasional lawsuit magnet. Some things are acknowledged, but not discussed in order to avoid the preceding. Others are the Voldemort of the site: no one even risks speaking the name. What could get one of the most easygoing sites on the Internet to bring down the banhammer? http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Administrivia/PermanentRedLinkClub Guess.
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79. "#829" |
With bionic technology finally beginning to cross the border into mapping nerve firings and thus linking computer commands to electrochemical transmissions, practical limb replacement -- complete with fine motor control and touch -- may be only a decade or so away. All we have to do now is make sure the interface is secure and get the artificial looking (and feeling) as real as possible.Actually... ...why stop there? I mean, you've got a whole artificial arm there. Do you know how much stuff we can build into the average folding tool? This has a little more space. So how about a screwdriver in the thumb? Better yet, why not store some bullets in your forearm, then just straighten out the whole thing and fire through the index finger? We'll put the GPS system in the upper bicep, the lighter can go under a fingernail, oooh, and you're carrying a lot of electrical charge already, so how about some taser prongs... http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/SwissArmyAppendage ...okay, admittedly, that one's adults only, but just think of the upsell price!
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80. "The possibilities!" |
Octoman – (hey, why just two arms and legs?)Self-gratification man. Person. Penis on one appendage, vagina on the other. Even better, multi-penises and matching vaginas. I know, there could be other variations for other predilections, but they could all be accommodated with different plug-in appliances. Telescoping appendages? Telescoping penises? The gun idea works too. Add a mechanical eye that doubles as a scope? Built-in auto-fill beer steins! Built in BBQ grills! (sorry Starshine). But the best idea of all? Built in TV remotes.
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82. "#831 (warning: PG-13 barrier breakage ahead.)" |
I'm going to reproduce this example from the trope's page exactly. Which means I'm going to violate the site's language guidelines. But it's like our George Carlin memorial thread: to not do so violates the spirit of the thing.You'll see. 'In the libel case of Arkell v Pressdram (the company that publishes Private Eye), the lawyers for Arkell (an obviously-corrupt local politician) sent Private Eye a letter informing the Eye that "Our client's attitude to damages will depend on the nature of your reply". Pressdram, thinking that this was a bit rich given that (for once) the Eye was likely able to prove its case at trial, sent a letter back which read "We would be interested to know what your client's attitude to damages would be if the nature of our reply were as follows: Fuck off".' http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/SophisticatedAsHell This is the trope of changing linguistic style gears in midstatement. It's not always from cultured to crude: the jump can go the other way, and be all the more surprising for it. But by the very nature of the trope, it's going to involve more than the occasional bit of profanity. And if done right, it is going to invoke the proper comedic response in the audience as all @#$%.
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83. "RE: #831 (warning: PG-13 barrier breakage ahead.)" |
You do realize that seven or eight months from now, a blue peep might stop by and give you a warning?
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84. "RE: #831 (warning: PG-13 barrier breakage ahead.)" |
I scheduled the thought to cross my mind sometime in late September.
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88. "#832 (every bad high school football coach)" |
http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/LosingIsWorseThanDeathIncidentally, if you have any kids who are dealing with that kind of personality? Get them out of that program. Now. There is a place where that kind of mentality leads, and the name over the door is not 'sanity'. Anyone actually acting under this trope in real life is eventually going to lose. And when I say lose, I mean everything. If you feel that losing is worse than death, then you have no real idea how to deal with either one -- which can mean the first leads to the second. In some regards, Michael Jordan spent most of his career as a functional psychotic. And when I say 'functional, it wasn't by much.
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89. "RE: #832 (every bad high school football coach)" |
Suffering the chestbeating gloats of poor winners is off putting too. Often it can make me choose to root for the losers.
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90. "#833 (too. many. examples.)" |
The very nature of the trope makes citing exact examples difficult. Given that, I'm going to let Bill Simmons do it for me."0:01: For our first match, tag-team championship belts are on the line: R-Truth (a rapper/wrestler) and John Morrison (an entertaining Jim Morrison ripoff) challenging the champs, The Big Show and The Miz (carrying two belts apiece, for some reason). R-Truth came out prancing and singing his hit song, "What's Up?" The lyrics go like this: "Shshshn cnbcnsbdb fhdehsh fhdhs dhdhan dbdjdndjd dbdbdbdbdb shshsnhs ffrhdhhjs xbcxbbffgfhhj WHAT'S UP? WHAT'S UP? WHAT'S UP? WHAT'S UP?" I don't think he wrote that one with Burt Bacharach and Carly Simon." http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/IndecipherableLyrics So there's a band whose response to someone trying to figure out what they're singing is -- suing them. Gosh, that'll create fans left and right. Well, probably not right...
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92. "RE: #833 (too. many. examples.)" |
thispieceofpaper'sgot47words37sentences58wordswewanna-
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94. "RE: #834 (Hamster debut day)" |
LAST EDITED ON 06-25-14 AT 10:59 AM (EST)I'd be tempted to paste pictures of groups of people. Nazis. Neo-Nazis. All Islamic fundamentalist terrorists. Make that all religious fundamentalist terrorists. Even better, just all terrorists. Especially any who live around me (darts in the eyes). Skitters from "Falling Skies". Drivers who don't know how to make a left turn unless the oncoming lane is clear to the horizon. Duck Dynasty audience. Even better, the audiences of all goofball hillbilly un-”Reality” shows. Stop watching and let them be cancelled! Please!
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95. "#835" |
Relatively few performers become famous from their first role. A number toil in low-paying, direct-to-DVD obscurity for a time before they get the part which catches public attention. Others can barely manage direct-to-Youtube before someone finally notices them. They take minor jobs in tiny productions because it's all they can get at all and it almost pays a tiny fraction of the bills.But when that performer becomes known... some people will begin to seek out all their early work. The marketing departments know this. And no matter who the star of the thing originally was, never mind the fact that our fresh flavor of the month had all of twenty seconds' screen time -- guess who gets the cover? http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/BillingDisplacement And when the consumer realizes how badly ripped-off they were, guess who gets the returns?
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102. "RE: #837" |
Curious, the timing of this and the Hobby Lobby decision. "Employees, thou shalt not practice birth control! Or if thou doest, thou shalt beist working for another theocracy! And another thing, while a member of this theocracy, thou shalt startith and endith each day by giving thanks to the creator we have kindly designated for you to worship. Now, bow your heads and close your eyes real tight, I mean Pat Robertson tight, (the mandated - by us - pose for giving thanks). Let us pray. Hey! You back there, you’re fired, you forgot to form a steeple with your hands. Sorry we don't do forgiveness; pack it up and getith out. Take this souvenir Bible (The king James version, much superior to the original) and a dashboard Jesus as tokens of our blessed generosity."
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104. "#838" |
*snicker*' Back when they were at Image Comics, Wild Storm and Rob Liefeld's Extreme Studios reversed this with a quasi-cross over event where they published their 25th issues months ahead of time to give a glimpse of the future and continued their series the next month. Several of the involved series never made it as far as #25, leaving the missing issues as' http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/UnInstallment
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109. "#840" |
The typical human pregnancy takes about forty weeks. Sometimes thirty-six, occasionally forty-three (and the latter will freak most doctors out). But the average centers in on forty or so. Which means that any writer who wants to work with a pregnant character from beginning to end has to plan out for that kind of timespan.Forty weeks of time to cover. In detail. But many writers are male. They don't really understand the process of pregnancy, all the little side effects, the feelings involved. And they're also lazy. So given the chance for a good old-fashioned shortcut excuse, they'll shorten the duration. To, say, around forty hours. http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ExpressDelivery And female authors who remember exactly what the whole thing was like? Forty seconds.
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07-09-14, 05:10 PM (EST)
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112. "RE: #840" |
You may not have noticed, but most months aren't four weeks long.
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114. "#842" |
LAST EDITED ON 07-10-14 AT 07:50 AM (EST)Regulation 148:7 of the Universal Military Code: All personnel will carry a picture of any family or loved ones they may have and keep it with them at all times. Said image will be prominently displayed to any nearby troops shortly before their demise. http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/FatalFamilyPhoto Both display and demise are mandatory.
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115. "RE: #842" |
LAST EDITED ON 07-11-14 AT 08:58 AM (EST)
(Edited after checking with IMDB);
"For a Few Dollars More" had an interesting take on this this trope. There are two identical pocket watches, each with an identical picture of Col. Mortimer's sister who was raped and murdered by Indio. She and Indio both die, but Mortimer survives. As does, of course, the man with no name. This isn’t a military example, the picture isn’t of the wife/girl of the people who display it, the brother (Mortimer) of the wife/girl in the picture survives, and the more prominent feature of each watch is the jaunty jingle it plays. And there are two pocket watches, each with the woman's picture, Mortimer has one and Indio has one, Mortimer survives and Indio doesn't. Other than that, it’s a perfect example.
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117. "#843" |
Checkpoints can be a salvation for the modern video gamer. In essence, if you reach a certain place in the game, the programming will note it and, should you die, automatically restart you from that place. It acknowledges the progress you've made and doesn't force you to go through the entire system again. It means you don't have to be perfect and do everything in a single run. They aren't necessarily common -- sometimes you'll have to battle through the entire level and are only rewarded at the end -- but in general, they'll be around.Of course, some older games work without them. As do a few modern ones. Along with a couple which begin with regular checkpoints, but then wait until you're in the middle of the game and then take them away forever. And let's not neglect those specimens where they're invisible. http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/CheckpointStarvation?from=Main.StartToSave The one where checking in kills you? That was just for giggles. And not yours.
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119. "#844" |
Fix history? It can't be done. The act of going back in time to change things starts the ripples -- but so does that of chasing the original distorter down. Everything you do creates change. Run after the criminal, get in someone's way, they're late for an appointment, never get their job. Another rock dropping into the pond, and the water never smooths out. You just create wave after wave until everything floods.All you can do is try to moderate the damage. You'll never get everything back to the way it was. The position of every atom can't be fixed. But by setting up the right ripples, a few might cancel each other out. Ultimately, things will still be broken: just the act of trying ruins everything. But with a little luck, only you'll ever notice the cracks. The best you can hope for is a http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/CloseEnoughTimeline and that the people who were never born in this one weren't yours.
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121. "RE: #844" |
I thought "Loopers" was a pretty imaginative time travel plot.
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122. "#845" |
As we all know, playing video games is an inherent sin against every monotheistic religion which exists, and therefore anyone who does so will be eternally tortured in the worst possible realms of the afterlife for having committed that violation against their deity's laws. That's what they deserve. That's what should happen. Also, that's what they practiced for. http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/PlanetHeck Better hope they don't find the health drops and ammo packs.
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125. "RE: #846" |
LAST EDITED ON 07-15-14 AT 01:45 PM (EST)I am generally misconstrued. I am not gross. I just want a percentage of gross. Which so far has been a big nought, but still, it's the principle. And three successive explanatory sentences that begin with "I" does not mean anything ego-wise. I am very humble.
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132. "#850" |
German-produced classical music tends to be stirring. It's rarely quiet and reflective: it's meant to get the blood pumping, move the emotions, and get people out of their seats with applause. You don't sleep through a German classical concert: you wait until it ends, then go race cars. And when I say 'race cars', I mean you pick a car and try to beat it. On foot.Now... what kind of horrible negative association can we put on those completely innocent compositions? http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/MusicToInvadePolandTo What else?
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133. "RE: #850" |
This, of course, updates to the "Music to Invade Texas By" (while smoking, you guessed it, a roach), "La Cucaracha".
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142. "RE: #853 (Chris McDaniel)" |
He could give Robert Conrad a run for his money.
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