http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/changes.phpRecent changes to tropes entries.Mon, 05 Jan 2009 16:43:44 Pacific Standard Timetropechanges .50http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/VillainSue->''"Every first novel is the author either as [[PuritySue Jesus]] or as Faust."'' Pretty much ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin: MarySue is hardly limited t...Mon, 05 Jan 2009 16:43:36 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/Shotacon[[{{Kanokon}} http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Midonin_Kanokon_=_Shotacon.jpg]] Fetish regarding young boys. Originally popularized in [[BoysLov...Mon, 05 Jan 2009 16:43:17 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/RapeOfTheLockJewelry, [[UnlimitedWardrobe vast wardrobes]], and [[BeautyEqualsGoodness facial beauty]] are not the most prized possessions for some societies and i...Mon, 05 Jan 2009 16:43:13 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/CowboyBebopAtHisComputerhttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Cowboybebop.jpg [[caption-width:300:How wrong? Let me count the ways...]] ->'''''Knoll's Law of Media Accuracy:...Mon, 05 Jan 2009 16:43:11 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/JadeColoredGlasses-> ''When I was young it seemed that life was so wonderful,\\ A miracle, oh it was beautiful, magical.\\ And all the birds in the trees, they'd be sin...Mon, 05 Jan 2009 16:43:05 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/LeeroyJenkinshttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Leeroy.jpg [[caption-width:215:''All right chums, let's do this! '''LEEROOOOOOY!!! JEEEENKIIIINSS!!!''''']] -->...Mon, 05 Jan 2009 16:41:26 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/WMG/Pokemon[[AC: Main/{{Pokemon}}]] [[WMG: The current world is the [[Main/AfterTheEnd product of an apocalypse]].]] Long ago, the advanced civilization that exi...Mon, 05 Jan 2009 16:41:23 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/NeverSplitTheParty-->''"D.B.U.T.T.: Don't Break Up the Team! ''[[FictionalDocument Carlson and Peeters]],'' page 823!"'' --->''BeyondGoodAndEvil'' An [[AvertedTrope av...Mon, 05 Jan 2009 16:41:21 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/TearJerker/RealLifehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/memorial.JPG [[caption-width:372:It was supposed to be the war to end all wars...]] ... And there are also time...Mon, 05 Jan 2009 16:40:58 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/CaffeineBulletTimeCaffeineBulletTime is when a hyperactive character of some sort, usually a comic SideKick, ends up saving the day by increasing their speed to superhu...Mon, 05 Jan 2009 16:40:21 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/PlotInducedStupidity-->''"All I had was my trenchcoat, hat, and an unlimited supply of magical wishes. The odds were against me."'' --> -- Timmy Turner, ''TheFairlyOddpar...Mon, 05 Jan 2009 16:40:12 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/PlayingAgainstType-> "That is a lot of blow!" --> [[ICarly Nathan Kress]], ''[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r7VQ2vMKfNU Bag]]'' The hiring of an actor to play a cer...Mon, 05 Jan 2009 16:39:47 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/NewsParody-->'''Alberto Gonzales''', testifying before a Congressional committee, regarding unexplained dismissals of U.S. attorneys: "It would be pretty darn d...Mon, 05 Jan 2009 16:39:10 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ptitlelbs9pid3wpi6http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/RUU_0018.JPG [[caption-width:350:[[DragonQuest Alefgard]] is the [[DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment town of redu...Mon, 05 Jan 2009 16:38:50 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/LadyOfWar[[MagicalGirlLyricalNanoha http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/ladyofwar-signum-34.jpg]] [[caption-width:363:[[FanService She could wear pants]]. Sh...Mon, 05 Jan 2009 16:38:35 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/StereotypeReactionGagOne character assumes another has a certain item, skill, or relationship based on a stereotype, be it racial, gender, or orientation-based. For inst...Mon, 05 Jan 2009 16:38:31 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/KaitouSaintTailhttp://img220.imageshack.us/img220/7514/deletehh8.jpg ''Dear Lord, forgive our deception. One, two... three~!'' ''Kaitou Saint Tail'', translated as ...Mon, 05 Jan 2009 16:38:15 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/SmallNameBigEgohttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/egobyrne.jpg -->''"Academic politics is the most vicious and bitter form of politics, because the stakes are so...Mon, 05 Jan 2009 16:37:52 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/DarthWiki/ScrewYouHeroesThe greatest comic never made by {{Dookie}}, the Dumbest Smartass In The Universe(TM). One day, Dookie and some friends decided to make a {{Deconstruc...Mon, 05 Jan 2009 16:37:24 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/NightmareFuel/Other[[FarSide http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/_images_articles_112707_farside-1.jpg]] This section is for categories of NightmareFuel that are too ...Mon, 05 Jan 2009 16:37:20 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TheStarWarsHolidaySpecial-->''"Well, I know that George Lucas doesn't like it at all—when I was working on ''The Illustrated Star Wars Universe'', he told me that he would be ...Mon, 05 Jan 2009 16:36:57 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/GastonRabbit[[redirect:ptitlelbs9pid3wpi6]] ...Mon, 05 Jan 2009 16:36:36 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/AbortedArcMaybe the fans complained. Maybe a crucial cast member quit the show. Or maybe the writers just realized it was a lousy idea. Or maybe TheyJustDidntCa...Mon, 05 Jan 2009 16:36:29 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TheAlkazarAn Alkazar is a joke or reference which is specific to one of the actors in a television show. It can be a little blink-and-you'll-miss-it moment, suc...Mon, 05 Jan 2009 16:35:42 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/Americanitis->''Now let's go home and eat some riceballs... I mean donuts. Stupid Americanization.''\\ -- '''Kakashi''', ''NarutoTheAbridgedSeries'' Sometimes [[...Mon, 05 Jan 2009 16:35:23 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/TroperTales/CrowningMomentOfHeartwarmingTropers share their own CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming stories: * In the rankings of sisters, I am most likely quite low on the list. I often treat my ...Mon, 05 Jan 2009 16:34:24 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ImGoingForACloserLookA Stock Phrase where a character sees something strange or decides to go somewhere to investigate something. It's usually a "famous last words" situa...Mon, 05 Jan 2009 16:34:00 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/StargateAtlantis[floatboxright:http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Stargateatlantis.jpg] Spin-off of the popular sci-fi show ''{{Stargate SG-1}}''. An expedition fr...Mon, 05 Jan 2009 16:33:16 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Funny/WebComicsWeb comics know how to make us laugh. Here's some of our favorite moments from the digital printing press. ---- [[AC:WebComics]] * I normally ''like''...Mon, 05 Jan 2009 16:32:50 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/DeadpanSnarker[[SuzumiyaHaruhi http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/kyon.jpg]] [[caption-width:200:The only relief for a headache like that is snide remarks.]] -->...Mon, 05 Jan 2009 16:32:16 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/SuperRegistrationActThere's a bill working its way through the American federal government legislature that, if passed, would require everyone with super-powers to regist...Mon, 05 Jan 2009 16:32:02 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/FountainOfYouthSome form of AppliedPhlebotinum results in one or more main characters regressing to an earlier age. It may be the result of a [[PhlebotinumBreakdown ...Mon, 05 Jan 2009 16:31:24 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/NurseryCrime''Nursery Crime'' is a series of comedic fantasy / detective novels written by meta-fiction maverick Jasper Fforde. They are a loose spin-off of the s...Mon, 05 Jan 2009 16:31:13 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/AmericanPoliticalSystem--> '''Dan Rather''': ''"Well, here they are. Your candidates for President, every one of them as dumb as a porcupine stuck to a watermelon. These are...Mon, 05 Jan 2009 16:30:37 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/SnowCrash-->''Until a man is twenty-five, he still thinks, every so often, that under the right circumstances he could be the baddest motherfucker in the world...Mon, 05 Jan 2009 16:30:35 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/DorkAge-->'''Wolverine:''' ''What about Onslaught?'' \\ '''Beast:''' ''We [[DisContinuity just pretend that never happened]] ...for the Professor's sake.''\...Mon, 05 Jan 2009 16:29:27 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/TroperTales/MoodWhiplash* Easiest recipe for instant MoodWhiplash: being told by the woman you love that she actually does feel the same way about you...it's just that she ha...Mon, 05 Jan 2009 16:29:22 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/Muninn{{Muninn}} is the troper responsible for the pages for ''TheRedemptionOfAlthalus'' and ''MoltenBlade''. He admits ulterior motives in creating the la...Mon, 05 Jan 2009 16:28:53 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Characters/TheSueniverseTheSueniverse is a text-based multifandom RPG, loosely centered on the world of ThePhantomOfTheOpera and bringing together numerous characters from va...Mon, 05 Jan 2009 16:27:54 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/BFS[[quoteright:250:[[FinalFantasyVII http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/CloudBFS.jpg]]]] [[caption-width-right:250:[-And if that's not enough, [[Fina...Mon, 05 Jan 2009 16:27:17 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/FlatEarthAtheist->''"It was all very well going on about pure logic and how the universe was ruled by logic and the harmony of numbers, but the plain fact of the matt...Mon, 05 Jan 2009 16:26:50 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/StupidStatementDanceMix->''"It's too late! They already have it on [=YouTube=]! And someone even made it into a music video!"'' -->— ''UglyBetty'' ->''"Back in my day...Mon, 05 Jan 2009 16:25:53 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TurtlePower[[{{Discworld}} http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/SpaceTurtle.jpg]][[caption-width:257:"The only turtle ever to feature on the Hertzsprung-Russell...Mon, 05 Jan 2009 16:25:32 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/OverlyLongGag->''"Destroy us all! Destroy us all! Destroy us all! Destroy us all! Destroy us all!'' I'll have the chicken. ''Destroy us all! Destroy us all!"'' -->...Mon, 05 Jan 2009 16:24:25 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Funny/VideoGamesEven the EldritchAbomination that is the BonusBoss [[CrowningMomentOfFunny breaks down laughing]] when he watches these video game moments. ---- [[AC:...Mon, 05 Jan 2009 16:24:18 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ChargedAttack[[quoteright:225:[[{{R-Type}} http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/ChargedAttack.gif]] [[BellisariosMaxim Let's just ignore]] how the ship fired [[Wa...Mon, 05 Jan 2009 16:23:59 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/Hammerspace[[quoteright:320:http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/hammerspace.gif]] [[caption-width-right:320:A HyperspaceMallet from Hammerspace]] Hammerspace i...Mon, 05 Jan 2009 16:21:47 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/YouMeanXmasEven if the ChristmasSpecial is widely used, a few writers catch on that some stories take place in a setting where certain holidays and celebrations ...Mon, 05 Jan 2009 16:20:07 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Funny/NewMedia[[CrowningMomentOfFunny lol, Internet]] ---- [[AC:NewMedia]] * [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4sZuN0xXWLc "FUCK YOU, BALTIMORE!"]] ** "Bring your wi...Mon, 05 Jan 2009 16:19:41 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/Trope-tan[[quoteright:300:http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/tropetanboatlights.png]] Trope-[[{{Honorifics}} tan]] is the [[AnthropomorphicPersonification ...Mon, 05 Jan 2009 16:19:18 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/CyberneticsEatYourSoul-->''"I think, and my thoughts cross the barrier into the synapses of the machine, just as the good doctor intended. But what I cannot shake, and what...Mon, 05 Jan 2009 16:18:52 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/CoversAlwaysLie--> Ted, upon seeing Hell: "This is not what I expected." --> Bill: "Yeah, we were totally ''lied to'' by our album covers." --> '''''[[BillAndTedsExc...Mon, 05 Jan 2009 16:18:37 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/AdventuresOfSonicTheHedgehog->''[[MemeticMutation "Snooping as usual, I see!"]]'' The first AnimatedAdaptation of the [[SonicTheHedgehog Sonic]] series of games. It stars Sonic...Mon, 05 Jan 2009 16:17:51 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/MegaTroopXIt should actually be all one word. Former Army, avid gamer, devourer of books from NC, on my way to a teaching certificate. Currently on an ArchiveBi...Mon, 05 Jan 2009 16:17:49 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/Bishonen[[OuranHighSchoolHostClub http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/cit_ouran_high_bishonen.jpg]] [[caption-width:250:Suou Tamaki from ''OuranHighSchoolHo...Mon, 05 Jan 2009 16:17:23 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/TroperTales/FanficChopSuey* This troper keeps randomly plotting out a fusion of GunslingerGirls and LuckyStar, which replaces the eponymous Gunslingers with the younger half of...Mon, 05 Jan 2009 16:16:56 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/NaughtyTentacles[[{{Mai-Otome}} http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/1141605251620.jpg]] -->''"Damn. Doin' it with a squid."'' \\ --Mugen on ''[[http://en.wikipedia...Mon, 05 Jan 2009 16:16:43 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/MaximumRideTwo sister series that retain the same premise, but are written in vastly different ways, about children genetically engineered to have wings. The ad...Mon, 05 Jan 2009 16:16:29 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/JustBugsMe/GrandTheftAuto* How come when you're at [[spoiler:either McReary's funeral]], despite the fact the character is affiliated with the cops, when rival hoods come in t...Mon, 05 Jan 2009 16:16:28 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/TroperTales/FrothyMugsOfWater* This troper was once in a production of {{Shakespeare}}'s ''The Tempest'' that replaced wine with Red Bull. The 11-year-old playing Stephano drank '...Mon, 05 Jan 2009 16:16:27 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Film/SantaClaushttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/pitchsanta.png [[caption-width:330:Santa: "The power of Christ compels you!"]] Prepare yourself for a [[Ninetee...Mon, 05 Jan 2009 16:16:16 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/Castlevania''"What a horrible night to have a curse."'' A series of over 20 platform games across many consoles. Started out as a series of {{Platform Game}}s,...Mon, 05 Jan 2009 16:15:38 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/SonicTheHedgehoghttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/150px-Sonic.png [[caption-width:150:[[CrowningMomentOfAwesome Sonic's the name, speed's my game!]]]] -->''"You'l...Mon, 05 Jan 2009 16:15:23 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/VideogameTropes''The tropes and idioms of the interactive electronic game.'' ---- [floatboxright: See Also: +TheGrandListOfConsoleRolePlayingGameCliches +CrowningMom...Mon, 05 Jan 2009 16:14:43 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/HotFuzz-->''"You wanna be a big cop in a small town? Fuck off down the model village."'' A 2007 British police comedy, which is very, very funny. Either a h...Mon, 05 Jan 2009 16:14:17 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Fanfic/DangerverseA group of stories by Anne Walsh (known to her fans and friends as [[FanNickname PAGE]]). Very AlternateUniverseFic, it starts with Remus Lupin falli...Mon, 05 Jan 2009 16:13:30 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/TroperTales/CrowningMomentOfAwesomeDescribe personal CrowningMomentOfAwesome here. ---- * This troper wants to join the US Army or Marine Corps, and has essentially become a military n...Mon, 05 Jan 2009 16:13:18 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TwelveEpisodeAnimeSeries running about half the length of the standard 24-26 (depending on holidays) episode season. This format has become popular in recent years as ...Mon, 05 Jan 2009 16:13:13 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/NeverLiveItDownhttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/93935-198408-hank-pym_super.jpg [[caption-width:340:A Mind-Controlled, Drug-Addled Hank Pym makes his career-def...Mon, 05 Jan 2009 16:13:02 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/BetterThanItSoundsLiteratureThese books really aren't so bad, once you start reading them. ''Please sort new titles alphabetically to avoid double-entries.'' ---- * ''[[spoiler:...Mon, 05 Jan 2009 16:12:26 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/FanNickname/LiveActionTV*''[[TwentyFour 24]]'' ** Jack Bauer's Happy Hour (or The Jack Bauer Power Hour, whichever you prefer) - The show itself. ** Rolaide - Lynne Kresge, p...Mon, 05 Jan 2009 16:09:59 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TransformationSequence->''If my enemy is a magical girl, I will not stand in awe as she goes airborne, drops all of her clothes, and starts spinning in preparation to trans...Mon, 05 Jan 2009 16:09:22 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/Yu-Gi-OhTheAbridgedSeries->'''YAMI YUGI:''' Wait a minute! Did you just summon a bunch of monsters in one turn?\\ '''SETO KAIBA:''' Yeah. So?\\ '''YAMI:''' That's against the ...Mon, 05 Jan 2009 16:09:00 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/DieForOurShip[[TokyoMewMew http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/die_for_our_ship.jpg]] [[caption-width:320:And then the fanwriters hit him with a semi. Just wait ...Mon, 05 Jan 2009 16:08:55 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TheFreshPrinceOfBelAir-> ''Well, this is a story all about how'' -> ''My life got flipped, turned upside down'' -> ''And I'd like to take a minute, just sit right there'' -...Mon, 05 Jan 2009 16:08:27 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/NapoleonDelusion''Patient A: I am Napoleon!''\\ ''Patient B: How do you know?''\\ ''Patient A: God told me.''\\ ''Patient C: I most certainly did not!''\\ \\ A form o...Mon, 05 Jan 2009 16:07:57 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/WindowPain[[quoteright:400:http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/windowpane.jpg]] Windows are there to be broken in fictional settings. And not just broken i...Mon, 05 Jan 2009 16:07:50 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/RuleOfFunny->''"I'll go where the humor takes me, and if that happens to create gross inconsistencies, then so be it."'' --->-- '''Rich Burlew''', author of ''Or...Mon, 05 Jan 2009 16:07:06 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ptitleolsdue4jfzgahttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/30Rock.jpg -->''"It's not HBO, it's TV."''\\ --''Liz Lemon, "Pilot"'' ''30 Rock'' is an {{NBC}} WorkCom starrin...Mon, 05 Jan 2009 16:06:04 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/HonorHarringtonhttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/honor3.jpg ''Honor Harrington'' is a military science fiction series by David Weber. The book series is mainly s...Mon, 05 Jan 2009 16:05:55 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ThemeNaming->'''Obelix:''' "O chief Vitalstatistix, the Normans are landing! And they've got ever such funny names! They all end in 'af'!"\\ '''Asterix:''' "That...Mon, 05 Jan 2009 16:05:25 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/TroperTales/IWantGrandkids* This troper heard it from her mother when she introduced her first boyfriend. [[{{Squick}} We were 14.]] ** Well, the world's youngest mother was [[...Mon, 05 Jan 2009 16:04:26 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/HoYay/VideoGames[[ZeroPunctuation http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/hoyayso.png]] ->'''Gumshoe''': You know, there's something about that guy...\\ '''Phoenix''':...Mon, 05 Jan 2009 16:04:22 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/VillainProtagonist-->''"The biggest problem in the series is something that no amount of editing can get around: The series compels viewers to empathize with a serial k...Mon, 05 Jan 2009 16:04:17 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/LonelyRichKid[[YesPrecure5 http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/lonely.jpg]] [[caption-width:200:Aww.]] ->''"It's my parents."'' ->''"What about your parents? Do ...Mon, 05 Jan 2009 16:03:46 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/FoeYay[[{{Transformers}} http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/MegatronStarscream.jpg]] [[caption-width:300: [[{{MadnessMantra}} YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND MEGATR...Mon, 05 Jan 2009 16:03:37 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/PlotlineDeath->''"I liked [The Emperor] a lot; he was the only character [[GenreSavvy who actually seemed to know they were in a fantasy RPG]]: He took one look at...Mon, 05 Jan 2009 16:02:26 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/TroperTales/LonersAreFreaks* Let's face it, in high school you knew/know someone who was the non-homicidal (hopefully...) version of this trope. ** I'm not anything resembling h...Mon, 05 Jan 2009 16:01:26 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ptitleul0owi4irvy5[[NeonGenesisEvangelion http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/PenPen.jpg]] [[caption-width:333:Penguins? In my HumongousMecha MindScrew anime series? ...Mon, 05 Jan 2009 16:01:12 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/CatsAreMeanhttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/dusty.gif ->''"If cats looked like frogs, we'd realize what nasty, cruel little bastards they are."'' ->—T...Mon, 05 Jan 2009 16:01:08 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Characters/BleachCharacters that appeared in Kubo Tite's ''Main/{{Bleach}}''. !Contains spoilers ----- '''Main Characters''' ::'''Kurosaki Ichigo''' The main char...Mon, 05 Jan 2009 16:00:26 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/JustBugsMe/Friends*Is there any reason at all we're supposed to feel anything towards Carol besides vague disgust? I mean, she cheated on her husband, left him for some...Mon, 05 Jan 2009 16:00:10 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/Idiosyncrazy[[quoteright:330:'''Wendy:''' Who leaves a palindrome?\\ '''The Middleman:''' Typical supervillain horse feathers. Can't wait to hear this guy's monol...Mon, 05 Jan 2009 15:59:57 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/BlahBlahBlah-->'''Yami:''' ''Blah Blah Blah Card Games Blah!''\\ '''Pegasus:''' ''Blah Blah Attack Mode Blah!''\\ '''Yami:''' ''Blah Blah Blah!?''\\ '''Pegasus:''...Mon, 05 Jan 2009 15:59:31 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Pantheon/Food'''Food''' As one would expect, the House of Food is a massive dining hall connected to one gigantic kitchen, filled with every tool, appliance, and ...Mon, 05 Jan 2009 15:59:29 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ForeignQueasine[[quoteright:283:[[NightmareFuel http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/balut.jpg]]]] [[caption-width-right:283:It is called ''balut'', egg of duck: Lo...Mon, 05 Jan 2009 15:59:12 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/EvilerThanThou-->''"I ripped off my own living flesh so that I wouldn't have to admit weakness. You're strictly little league compared to that. That right there? Th...Mon, 05 Jan 2009 15:57:05 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ScarsAreForever->''"He'll have that scar forever."'' ->--'''Dumbledore''', ''HarryPotter and the Sorcerer's Stone'' In Fiction Land, it's easier to [[DeathIsCheap c...Mon, 05 Jan 2009 15:56:55 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/OurSoulsAreDifferent->''[[http://www.schlockmercenary.com/d/20040925.html This soul thing. . . can I get one by eating someone else's?]]'' -->--''SchlockMercenary'' One ...Mon, 05 Jan 2009 15:56:20 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/HoYay[[HidamariSketch http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/yuno_pretty.jpg]] ->''"That young man fills me with hope. And some other emotions that are weir...Mon, 05 Jan 2009 15:56:11 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/LoveMakesYouCrazy-->''Love makes you do the wacky.'' -- [[BuffyTheVampireSlayer Buffy Summers]] -->''"Of course I'm being irrational! I'm in love!"'' -->--'''Dr. Zoi...Mon, 05 Jan 2009 15:55:23 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/Mondegreen->''I like the missing pieces. I don't like things too tidy. TerryGilliam heard the line "in a Portuguese saloon" [from "The Part You Throw Away"], an...Mon, 05 Jan 2009 15:55:08 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TheSmartGuy->'''Aang''': The question is, how are we gonna stop that thing?\\ '''Sokka''': Why are you all looking at me?\\ '''Aang''': You're The Idea Guy.\\ ''...Mon, 05 Jan 2009 15:54:56 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ForMassiveDamage-->'''Otacon:''' If you can shoot a Stinger missile into the cockpit, you'll destroy the computer control system.\\ '''Snake:''' You intentionally des...Mon, 05 Jan 2009 15:54:45 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/HypeAversion->''"Hey! Let me tell you something. I just got this show/movie/book, and it's'' '''''awesome'''!'' ''You'll totally love it! It's got action and adve...Mon, 05 Jan 2009 15:54:42 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/CrackIsCheaper[[MagicTheGathering http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/tmpphppHT7PI.jpg]] [[caption-width:201:[[SchmuckBait C'mon, first set's free.]]]] ...And be...Mon, 05 Jan 2009 15:54:27 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/CowToolshttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/ctools.jpg [[caption-width:255:Warning: do not try to analyze the Cow Tools.]] Many places in an exotic location...Mon, 05 Jan 2009 15:53:30 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/IdiotHair[[PaniPoniDash http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/1130154036107-cropped.jpg]] [[caption-width:155:Uh, we think you've got [[TheFool the wrong Arcan...Mon, 05 Jan 2009 15:53:29 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/RealityIsUnrealistic[[quoteright:258:[[{{xkcd}} http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/photoshopped.jpg]] ''"[[http://xkcd.com/331/ My hobby: Insisting that real-life obje...Mon, 05 Jan 2009 15:53:13 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TheSueniverseThe Sueniverse is a text-based multifandom RPG. It began life as a place to parody MarySue FanFiction set in the world of ThePhantomOfTheOpera, but it...Mon, 05 Jan 2009 15:53:04 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/TroperTales/Meganekko* [[GwenStacyWannabe This troper's]] boyfriend says she looks better with her glasses on. (But she doesn't believe him.) ** I'd have to see what you l...Mon, 05 Jan 2009 15:52:37 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/DeathNote[[AGodAmI http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/cit_death_note_-_OBEY.jpg]] [[caption-width:264:Sure is windy in here.]] ''The human whose name is wri...Mon, 05 Jan 2009 15:51:14 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TheGlomp[[UruseiYatsura http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/1151084365001-cropped.jpg]] ->''"It's a complex maneuver. Don't ask me to explain it."''\\ -- [[...Mon, 05 Jan 2009 15:51:01 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/JustBugsMe/Sacrifice*How come Persephone and her Champions disappear in the last sections of Persephone's story route? Seems to make you working for the Goddess of Justic...Mon, 05 Jan 2009 15:50:58 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Pantheon/Emotion'''Emotion''' The House of Emotion is quite literally a raging storm of rampant, unpredictable energy not too different from a massive Main/SwirlyEne...Mon, 05 Jan 2009 15:50:16 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TheMedic[[TeamFortress2 http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/medic.png]] [[caption-width:163:''Mediiiiic!'']] Funny thing about adventure: People tend to ge...Mon, 05 Jan 2009 15:50:13 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/PrettyFace''"Where [[PantyShot panty shots]] are the'' last ''thing you want!"'' -->-Closing line on the back cover Masahi Rando awakes from a coma to learn t...Mon, 05 Jan 2009 15:49:52 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/RavenorA trilogy of novels set in the {{Warhammer40000}} [[CrapsackWorld universe]] featuring the heavily disabled psychic Inquisitor Gideon Ravenor and his ...Mon, 05 Jan 2009 15:49:49 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/JustBugsMe/RealLife[[WMG:Main/RealLife]] * Why did no one ever invent a complete martial art? Did the strikers never think they would have to grapple? Did the grapplers ...Mon, 05 Jan 2009 15:49:11 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/AndIMustScreamhttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/imustscreamkn4.jpg -->''He left my mind intact. I can dream, I can wonder, I can lament. Simply, he has taken h...Mon, 05 Jan 2009 15:48:52 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/RegShoe->"Constable Shoe," said Constable Shoe, when the door to the bootmaker's factory was opened. "Homicide." ->"You come 'bout Mr Sonky?" said the troll ...Mon, 05 Jan 2009 15:48:35 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/SijoWiki editor from Puerto Rico. Started contributing to TV Tropes in November 2008. Also contributes to Wikipedia under the name Wilfredo Martinez. http...Mon, 05 Jan 2009 15:48:16 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/LoveDodecahedron[[MahouSenseiNegima http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/cit_negima_-_mind-reading_Nodoka_-_relationship_information_acquired_in_seconds.png]] [[capt...Mon, 05 Jan 2009 15:48:08 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TVTropesAdditionalEvilOverlordVowsExtensions to the EvilOverlordList. They're written by the editors here, so don't expect sanity. Be sure to read the original list, as well as EvilOv...Mon, 05 Jan 2009 15:48:07 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/IntellectualPropertyReligionConsider the following scenario. A given work of fiction becomes successful after its release. Very, very, ''very'' successful. So successful, in fact...Mon, 05 Jan 2009 15:48:03 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/MadScientisthttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/mad_scientist.jpg -->''"The man who believes that the secrets of the world are forever hidden lives in mystery ...Mon, 05 Jan 2009 15:46:28 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/McNinja[[{{GGundam}} http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/schwarz.jpg]] [[caption-width:180:[[PuttingOnTheReich Wear your colors proudly.]]]] -->'''J.M.R.,...Mon, 05 Jan 2009 15:46:21 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/AbsentMindedProfessorOh, hello there! I forgot you were dropping by. My name is...hang on, let me check my driver's license...Professor Trope, and I'm here to tell you a...Mon, 05 Jan 2009 15:46:01 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/KlaatuBaradaNiktoIn the classic 1951 sci-fi film ''TheDayTheEarthStoodStill'' the alien Klaatu arrives on Earth with a message for the world's leaders. His welcome on...Mon, 05 Jan 2009 15:45:51 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/HeroUnitA '''Hero Unit''' is a unit, usually in a RealTimeStrategy game, that represents the player, or a major character in the game's story, on the battlefi...Mon, 05 Jan 2009 15:45:48 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/WMG/FairlyOddParentsWild Mass Guessing: [[WMG: Norm the Genie hates the cold.]] His 'had it too good for too long' excuse about why he wanted to destroy Canada is just ...Mon, 05 Jan 2009 15:44:37 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/HotShounenMom[[{{Shuffle}} http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/ama_shuffle.jpg]] [[caption-width:250: Aww, I didn't know you had such a cute big sister... wait a...Mon, 05 Jan 2009 15:43:54 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/JustBugsMe/FairlyOddParentsIt Just Bugs Me (FridgeLogic): *The show states that genies always try to find the most malevolent way to grant a wish. So much so, that Timmy finall...Mon, 05 Jan 2009 15:43:44 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ptitlebqmxtrir9bav[[{{Akagi}} http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/akagi_is_jesus2.jpg]] [[caption-width:250:Washizu's mahjong power could kill [[strike:Akagi]] Jesus....Mon, 05 Jan 2009 15:42:42 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/HasTwoMommies[[MagicalGirlLyricalNanoha http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/vivio-has-two-mommies.jpg]][[caption-width:305:Who's your daddy, Vivio?]] The two m...Mon, 05 Jan 2009 15:41:13 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/RoboticReveal[[MagicalGirlLyricalNanoha http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/nanoha-has-revealing-robots.jpg]] ->'''Raphael''': :stabs Foot Soldier: ''"Clang?" D...Mon, 05 Jan 2009 15:40:13 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/FanficRecs/KungFuPandaProof that [[SturgeonsLaw the remaining 10% is worth dying for]] here. These are recommendations made by Tropers for ''KungFuPanda'' fanfics, all of ...Mon, 05 Jan 2009 15:40:09 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/OperationBlank->''"Begin Operation: Something-Thingy!"'' --->Evil Blah, from the Flash movie ''The Demented Cartoon Movie'' Standard naming scheme for military pla...Mon, 05 Jan 2009 15:40:07 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/WMG/BloomCounty[[WMG: ''BloomCounty'' takes place in the same universe as ''QuestionableContent''.]] * The Banana Computer is TheEighties precursor to [=AnthroPCs=]....Mon, 05 Jan 2009 15:39:28 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/NewWarriors''The New Warriors'' is a team of young superheroes published by the MarvelComics company. Created in the 1990s as Marvel's answer to DCComics' TeenTi...Mon, 05 Jan 2009 15:39:22 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/EnhanceButtonThe "Enhance" button on the computer is able to turn a tiny, blurred, grainy image in a photo or video into a clear, unmistakable piece of evidence. T...Mon, 05 Jan 2009 15:39:14 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TheDanzaA character whose name is clearly taken from the actor/actress portraying him/her. Sometimes it goes so far as to have the actor use their full name f...Mon, 05 Jan 2009 15:38:57 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/StockYuck''"I say it's spinach, and I say to hell with it!"'' Some foods are just far more likely to show up as a hated (or outright universally hated) food f...Mon, 05 Jan 2009 15:38:09 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/PuniPuniPoemihttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/puni.jpg [[caption-width:212:It's not nearly as serious as this looks; note the SuperDeformed thing in the corne...Mon, 05 Jan 2009 15:38:02 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/GunBusterhttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Gunbuster_Cover.jpg [[caption-width:250:Saving the Earth with hard work and guts!]] ->''A miracle will happen -...Mon, 05 Jan 2009 15:37:43 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/PanderingToTheBase->''"What's happening with video games is the same thing that happens with anything new and interesting. At the beginning, everybody wants to see what...Mon, 05 Jan 2009 15:37:18 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/NeverSayDie-> '''Ingrid:''' She had a very important mission assigned to her. Her mission was to take him out. \\ '''Carmen:''' On a date? \\ '''Ingrid:''' No. U...Mon, 05 Jan 2009 15:37:12 Pacific Standard Time