http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/changes.phpRecent changes to tropes entries.Wed, 07 Jan 2009 03:24:41 Pacific Standard Timetropechanges .50http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/LeastCommonSkinTone-->''"I been readin' about you... how you work for the blue skins. And how on a planet someplace you helped out the orange skins... and you done cons...Wed, 07 Jan 2009 03:23:39 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/CherryTapping->'''Guy of Gisbourne''': Why a spoon, cousin? Why not an axe? ->'''Sheriff of Nottingham''': It's ''dull'', you twit! It'll ''hurt'' more! -->-- ''R...Wed, 07 Jan 2009 03:22:38 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:...Wed, 07 Jan 2009 03:22:10 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/AmericaSavesTheDay-->''"Hmph. The American prevailing is a cliché that only happens in your Hollywood movies. Oh Mr. Kennedy, you entertain me! To show my appreciation,...Wed, 07 Jan 2009 03:21:47 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/StupidityIsTheOnlyOption'''''Law of Traps:''' No matter how obvious the trap, you can't complete the game unless you fall into it.'' ->--[[ConsoleRPGCliches97To120 The Grand ...Wed, 07 Jan 2009 03:21:14 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/CoolButInefficienthttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/250px-Warhammer40kUltramarine.jpg [[caption-width:250:{{Power Fist}}s. One wonders how he manages the zipper...]...Wed, 07 Jan 2009 03:20:29 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ImperialStormtrooperMarksmanshipAcademyhttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/hit_probability.png [[caption-width:265:'''StarWars Hit Probability Equation''': The probability of a bad guy hi...Wed, 07 Jan 2009 03:17:08 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/CrowningMoment/WarAndPoliticsWarIsHell and Politics tend to be dull and boring. Every so often though, someone does or says something [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome so impressive]] tha...Wed, 07 Jan 2009 03:17:01 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/JustBugsMe/TVTropesWiki->[[AC:Disclaimer]]: TVTropes is a wiki site. In case you're looking at this and saying yourself "What the hell?", or "Like I didn't know...", let me ...Wed, 07 Jan 2009 03:16:58 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/FawltyTowersPlot''"It's always better to '''''lie''''' than to have a difficult conversation!"'' -->'''Chandler''', ''Friends'' In a FawltyTowersPlot, one of the cha...Wed, 07 Jan 2009 03:15:55 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/TroperTales/CutHimselfShaving* When this troper was about four or five years old, he ran smack into a doorframe, causing the skin to break between his eyes. Seven stitches later, ...Wed, 07 Jan 2009 03:15:39 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/CantGetInTroubleForNuthinA combo inversion of CantGetAwayWithNuthin and FlamingCobraSugarCellar where the character actually wants to get in trouble, either for their own reas...Wed, 07 Jan 2009 03:14:59 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/IndyPloy->'''Indy:''' I gotta get on that truck.\\ '''Sallah:''' How?\\ '''Indy:''' (mumbling) I don't know, I'm making this up as I go.\\ -- ''IndianaJones a...Wed, 07 Jan 2009 03:12:11 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/HalfBreedSo, you just happen to be the son of that army guy who [[GoingNative went native]] and married the chief's daughter? Or perhaps the reverse applies an...Wed, 07 Jan 2009 03:11:18 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/PagesNeedingExampleSortingWe here at TVTropes like to sort things. And it's not just because we're OCD. It's because we like our articles to be easy-to-read and easy to navigat...Wed, 07 Jan 2009 03:11:02 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ShownTheirWork->''"A writer cannot do too much research... though sometimes it is a mistake to try and cram too much of what you learned into your novel. Research g...Wed, 07 Jan 2009 03:10:55 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/MoralEventHorizon-->"Widely recognized as a tyrannical megalomaniac who prided himself on cruelty and ruled through fear, Caligula was nearly undone by an underground ...Wed, 07 Jan 2009 03:10:45 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/InuYashahttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/lt/inuyasha.jpg[[caption-width:325:From right to left, [[HomestarRunner Cheerleader, So-and-So, What's His Face,...Wed, 07 Jan 2009 03:09:48 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/InfinityPlusOneSword[[FostersHomeForImaginaryFriends http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/1145489438519.jpg]] ->''FinalFantasy'' games give you a choice: you can either ...Wed, 07 Jan 2009 03:08:05 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ptitleji5zn84l9aoc[[GaoGaiGar http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/gai_gar_motivate.jpg]] Yes, adding "Bitch!" at the end of an otherwise complete sentence somehow ma...Wed, 07 Jan 2009 03:06:54 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/StarslipCrisisDescribe StarslipCrisis here. Webcomic by Kris Straub, a hybrid Science Fiction -Art comic. Set in the year 3440 on the Terran Directorate Ship Fu...Wed, 07 Jan 2009 03:06:40 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/MorallyAmbiguousDoctorate-->''"It's '''Dr.''' Evil. I didn't spend six years in Evil Medical School to be called 'mister', thank you very much."'' -->-- '''Dr. Evil''', ''Aust...Wed, 07 Jan 2009 03:06:22 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/LikeYouWouldReallyDoIt->'''Some Hospital in D.C.'''\\ '''EMT:''' Ma'am? Did someone order an ambulance for The Littlest Cancer Patient?\\ '''LUCY:''' OH MY GOD I LOVE YOU.\...Wed, 07 Jan 2009 03:06:09 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ShortStoryLong--> Butler: ''To make a long story short...'' --> Everybody: ''Too late!'' It's a talent that many people have (though most of them lack the ability ...Wed, 07 Jan 2009 03:05:11 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ptitlei015gc004kw4'''1.''' The buggy, [[StopHavingFunGuys unbalanced]] RolePlayingGame from {{Nintendo}} and Game Freak that still managed to be fun, spawned a multi-mi...Wed, 07 Jan 2009 03:02:21 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...Wed, 07 Jan 2009 03:02:13 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/CrowningMoment/BuffyTheVampireSlayer* Though the "Fool For Love" episode of ''BuffyTheVampireSlayer'' is a good latter-day attempt, Spike gets his in the final scene of "Lover's Walk" wh...Wed, 07 Jan 2009 03:02:05 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/RestrainingBoltA gadget which firmly attaches a character's behavior to a plot. Implicit in the RestrainingBolt are both its unremovability and the desire of the "b...Wed, 07 Jan 2009 03:01:30 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/LostAndFoundSo, you've got this trope sticking in your mind. You can remember the general idea, and maybe an example or two, but you'll be damned if you can remem...Wed, 07 Jan 2009 03:00:38 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ScarilyCompetentTracker->'''Gus:''' ''So how are we supposed to blindly trace a man's jogging path?''\\ '''Shawn:''' ''We're going to use my '''[[MagicalNativeAmerican India...Wed, 07 Jan 2009 02:59:32 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ClockRoaches->''"2. Infest the timestream with time-beavers."'' -->--Justin B. Rye, [[http://www.xibalba.demon.co.uk/jbr/chrono.html#ante Twenty Fun Things To Do ...Wed, 07 Jan 2009 02:57:48 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/AlternateUniverseNot to be confused with AlternateContinuity. A story in which the characters we know are seen in a reality that's somehow different, often disturbi...Wed, 07 Jan 2009 02:56:28 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/LessThanPerfect''Less Than Perfect'' was a WorkCom that ran from 2002 to 2006. Its main focus was Claudia "Claude" Casey, a full-figured young woman who tried to nav...Wed, 07 Jan 2009 02:55:29 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/PrettyFlyForAWhiteGuy->"Officer, you only pulled me over because I think I'm black." ->-- '''''Mad Magazine'' spoof of ''[[EightMile 8 Mile]]''''' ->''... Is it because I...Wed, 07 Jan 2009 02:54:27 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ptitletnnwhqnhdt9x-->''"Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic."'' -->-- '''ArthurCClarke''' Within many works, the separation between sc...Wed, 07 Jan 2009 02:53:14 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...Wed, 07 Jan 2009 02:52:31 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TheSecretGardenFirst published in 1911, ''The Secret Garden'', by Frances Hogsdon Burnett, is a children's novel and has since been adapted into [[TheFilmOfTheBook s...Wed, 07 Jan 2009 02:51:06 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/PatchworkMap-->''I've always said, the best thing about dwelling in the desert caves is the easy access to the lush rainforest.'' -->- '''Mike Nelson''', ''{{Riff...Wed, 07 Jan 2009 02:51:01 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/CrowningMomentOfAwesome[[redirect:SugarWiki/CrowningMomentOfAwesome]] ...Wed, 07 Jan 2009 02:49:43 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/CMoA[[redirect:CrowningMomentOfAwesome]]...Wed, 07 Jan 2009 02:48:46 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/CrowningMoment/WorldWarTwoWorldWarTwo contained much {{Badass}}ery, not only demonstrated by the soldiers who fought the war, the commanders who led the soldiers and the politi...Wed, 07 Jan 2009 02:48:09 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/VictoriasSecretCompartment[[GiantRobo http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/GinreisSecretCompartment.jpg]] [[caption-width:320:... Now, that's just five kinds of ''wrong''! ......Wed, 07 Jan 2009 02:47:53 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/FetishFuel/KingdomHearts* The ''KingdomHearts'' series provides plenty of FetishFuel. **[[CuteShotaroBoy Sora]] and his [[FurryFandom companions]] undergo plenty of mostly vo...Wed, 07 Jan 2009 02:46:36 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/WaifFu-->''"Start with the part where Jayne gets knocked out by a 90-pound girl, 'cause... I don't think that's'' ever ''getting old."'' --> - Wash, ''{{Se...Wed, 07 Jan 2009 02:44:48 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...Wed, 07 Jan 2009 02:44:03 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/SpeedrunA playthrough of a game with the intent of completing it as fast as possible for the purposes of entertainment and competition. There are two types o...Wed, 07 Jan 2009 02:43:22 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TwoPartTrilogySometimes when a movie is made, although no one is expecting that much to come of it, it becomes a surprise hit. Of course, the best way to capitalize...Wed, 07 Jan 2009 02:43:18 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ptitle6tiifl5njuo5-> ''Wait, that is NOT how we do things around here, buddy. First we have to argue incessantly over semantics. Then one of us has to hurt one or all o...Wed, 07 Jan 2009 02:42:59 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/MagicalNegrohttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/50_cartoon_large.gif [[caption-width:498:Starring Morgan Freeman as the Genie!]] -->''The film opens with yet an...Wed, 07 Jan 2009 02:42:19 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/FourLinesAllWaitingThere's advantages and disadvantages to having LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters, [[DayInTheLimelight giving each the spotlight can be time consuming]] as the...Wed, 07 Jan 2009 02:41:00 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ptitlegynukzwikxmdhttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/lt/ranma.jpg The anime ''Ranma ½'' defies simple explanation, but one can approximate its general gist a...Wed, 07 Jan 2009 02:41:00 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/TroperTales/PerverseSexualLustCompare GushingAboutCharactersYouLike and [[TroperTales/StupidSexyFlanders Troper Tales: Stupid Sexy Flanders]]. ----- '''Examples:''' [[AC:LiveActio...Wed, 07 Jan 2009 02:40:51 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/AngstWhatAngst->''"We have no time for our sorrows, Commander!"'' ->-- ...and she never will. '''Princess Leia, StarWars''' How would you feel if you were TrappedI...Wed, 07 Jan 2009 02:39:42 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/JokeCharacter[[StreetFighter http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/streetfighter_dan_hibiki.jpg]] [[caption-width:245:[[StreetFighter Dan Hibiki]]. [[ArrogantKungF...Wed, 07 Jan 2009 02:38:55 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/WMG/Mai-Otome[[AC:Main/{{Mai-Otome}}]] [[WMG:The entire thing takes place [[Main/PlanetOfTheApesEnding on a far-future Earth]] and not on a colony world; the moon ...Wed, 07 Jan 2009 02:37:47 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ptitle1b1m5fiycpie->'''Rand:''' ''I really should be going.''\\ '''Lan:''' ''Yes, you should. Another lesson?''\\ '''Rand:''' ''Sure.''\\ '''Lan:''' ''This move is call...Wed, 07 Jan 2009 02:37:35 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/BerserkerTearsA character is fighting, often in a [[UnstoppableRage rage that's frightening to behold.]] At the same time tears are streaming down their face. Some...Wed, 07 Jan 2009 02:37:20 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/GodModeSue[[MadanSenkiRyukendo http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/ShinyShinyRyukendoSmaller.jpg]] [[caption-width:197:Only the shiny, shiny Ryukendo can save...Wed, 07 Jan 2009 02:37:05 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TooDumbToLive[[ScaryMovie http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/ScaryChoice.jpg]] [[caption-width:355: Umm, can I use one of my [[WhoWantsToBeAMillionaire Lifeline...Wed, 07 Jan 2009 02:36:41 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/AnimalCrossinghttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Animal_Crossing_Logo.png ''Yeah, living on your own, being free. It feels great. But living by yourself can be ...Wed, 07 Jan 2009 02:35:28 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/AmbiguouslyJewishA character who fits "Jewish" stereotypes, probably played by an actor who is Jewish in real life, but who is never (or very, very rarely or only cryp...Wed, 07 Jan 2009 02:34:44 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/FridgeBrillianceFirst impressions are really important, they build opinions and form relationships. If you screw up a [[TaintedByThePreview first impression,]] it can...Wed, 07 Jan 2009 02:34:35 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/TroperTales/TrueArtIsIncomprehensible* This troper remembers when a wall in his basement had two posters placed on it by his mother for a party to mock this. One was of a nice art scene w...Wed, 07 Jan 2009 02:33:16 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/CanonFodderLoose ends, unanswered questions, intriguing details, and {{Noodle Incident}}s left in Canon by the creators; these make good launch points for {{Fano...Wed, 07 Jan 2009 02:32:33 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/CrowningMoment/Warhammer40000[[AC:{{Warhammer 40000}} Novels]] * The ''{{Warhammer 40000}}'' novel ''The Guns of Tanith'', where Scout Sergeant Mkoll survives getting his ship blo...Wed, 07 Jan 2009 02:32:18 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/CrowningMusicOfAwesomeVideoGamesExamples of [[CrowningMusicOfAwesome awesome music]] in video games. We've come a long way since [[GamingAudio bleeps and bloops]], huh? Not that the...Wed, 07 Jan 2009 02:32:03 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ptitleycmcaegc1mt3The plucky FiveTokenBand has solved the TheDragon's AlphabetSoupCans, learned the importance of ThePowerOfFriendship, and defeated the CorruptCorporat...Wed, 07 Jan 2009 02:31:22 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/ThatOneBoss/RPGNote: Technically, a BonusBoss is never supposed to be ThatOneBoss, because you don't ''need'' to fight them, although there are exceptions. ---- *Dra...Wed, 07 Jan 2009 02:29:49 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/MacGuffinDeliveryService->''"Doctor Jones. Again we see there is nothing you can possess that I cannot take away."'' -->--'''Dr. Rene Belloq''', ''[[IndianaJones Raiders of ...Wed, 07 Jan 2009 02:29:15 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/TroperTales/VictoriasSecretCompartment* This troper carries money in her bra all the time (and other items too, either in the bra or in her (admittedly not very impressive) cleavage). Car...Wed, 07 Jan 2009 02:29:12 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/MisaimedFandomThe writer has set up a satirical character. He took controversial turns and annoyed the MediaWatchdog. It was worth it for the "Vision". Then, in th...Wed, 07 Jan 2009 02:28:57 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/AbusingTheKardashevScaleForFunAndProfit-->"''The Time Lords were the Type 4 civilization. We had no equals. We controlled the fundamental forces of the entire universe. Nothing could commun...Wed, 07 Jan 2009 02:28:14 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/HailfirePeaks''"Hey! You got your LethalLavaLand in my SlippySlideyIceWorld!" "Hey! You got your SlippySlideyIceWorld in my LethalLavaLand!"...'' A not-quite-orig...Wed, 07 Jan 2009 02:24:00 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ArthurDent[[UmlautHouse http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/imuinity.jpg]] ->''"Lay off would ya'? I'm as normal as they come and this is a contest of freaks....Wed, 07 Jan 2009 02:22:45 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/TroperTales/VerbalTicWe tropers do have our [[TroperTales tales to tell]], [[VerbalTic yeeesssss...]] ---- '''Examples:''' * [[MrDeath This editor]] had a professor that e...Wed, 07 Jan 2009 02:22:43 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/KoanA pithy saying used as a type of verbal LogicBomb meant to short-circuit logical thinking and force the listener into deep contemplation outside of th...Wed, 07 Jan 2009 02:22:38 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TheseAreThingsManWasNotMeantToKnow[[ForbiddenFruit Do not read this page]]. Just click "back", or close this page ''right now''. Your sanity, nay the fate ''of all mankind'', will be i...Wed, 07 Jan 2009 02:22:15 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/SuperCoupleNo this isn't what would happen if Superman and Wonder Woman hooked up, rather this is one of the earliest manifestations of {{Shipping}}. The SuperCo...Wed, 07 Jan 2009 02:22:12 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/BeamMeUpScotty''"I never really said most of the things I said."'' -->Yogi Berra Lines that people associate with something or someone, despite the fact that they ...Wed, 07 Jan 2009 02:19:39 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/StopHavingFunGuys[[SuperSmashBros http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/stage.jpg]] [[caption-width:500:Why are all the fun stages red?]] -> ''“I agree that scrub men...Wed, 07 Jan 2009 02:18:44 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/WhosOnFirst->'''Chalmers:''' ''"Well, Seymour, it seems we've put together a baseball team, and I was wondering, who's on first, eh?"'' ->'''Skinner:''' ''"Not t...Wed, 07 Jan 2009 02:14:56 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/VictoryGundam''V Gundam'' or ''Mobile Suit Victory Gundam'' is an anime television program set in the fictional universe of Gundam. It consists of 51 episodes, and...Wed, 07 Jan 2009 02:14:04 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/PromotionToOpeningTitlesThis is when a RecurringCharacter finally achieves a high enough level of screen time and plot relevance to get added to the show's TitleSequence. Gen...Wed, 07 Jan 2009 02:13:08 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ptitlerdatsj1t7lwy[[quoteright:300:http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/rozavan.jpg]] Tsukune Aono was an OrdinaryHighSchoolStudent, as they all are. Then, completely...Wed, 07 Jan 2009 02:12:23 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/Left4Dead--> '''Louis''': We made it... I can't believe we made it!\\ '''Bill''': Son, we just crossed the street. Let's not throw a party till we're out of th...Wed, 07 Jan 2009 02:12:16 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/BeautyIsNeverTarnished[[PansLabyrinth http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/pans-labyrinth-mess-3.jpg]] [[caption-width:300:How often does a ''girl'' end up looking like th...Wed, 07 Jan 2009 02:11:30 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/IdiotBall->'''Obi-Wan:''' ''Wait a minute. How did this happen? We're smarter than this.'' ->'''Anakin:''' ''Apparently not.'' -->''Revenge of the Sith'' A mo...Wed, 07 Jan 2009 02:09:32 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...Wed, 07 Jan 2009 02:07:43 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ChickMagnethttp://www.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/chickmagnet1.JPG [[caption-width:381:A chick magnet in his natural environs.]] ->''Deeply swayed by Adell's...Wed, 07 Jan 2009 02:06:18 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/TroperTales/HyperAwareness* This troper is a rare RealLife example of this trope, with the unfortunate exception that I cannot remember it all, and I can't voluntarily remember...Wed, 07 Jan 2009 02:04:36 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/LionsAndTigersAndHumansOhMy-->Teacher: "So the first Little Pig went to the store. He asked the merchant, 'I'd like to buy some straw please.' And what do you think the man sa...Wed, 07 Jan 2009 02:03:18 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/VampireTheMasqueradeBloodlinesThe final game of Troika Games, composed of the Black Isle exiles responsible for ''{{Fallout}}'' and ''{{Arcanum}}''. An FPS/RPG hybrid, many conside...Wed, 07 Jan 2009 02:01:17 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/TroperTales/CatchPhrase* In a bit of OldShame, [[NateTheGreat This troper]] used to use "Ciao for now!" as a substitute for good-bye. This clever (if you want to call it th...Wed, 07 Jan 2009 01:59:20 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ChronicBackstabbingDisorderhttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/CBD.gif [[caption-width:430:Self-explanatory. Really.]] -->''"Curse your sudden but inevitable betrayal!"''\\ ...Wed, 07 Jan 2009 01:59:07 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/Dissimile-->''"You see, evil is like... It's like a bowl of oranges, only one, instead, is an orange of doom... that orange has a fate... A fate to rule over t...Wed, 07 Jan 2009 01:58:51 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/FreudWasRight->''Sometimes, a cigar is just a cigar.'' -->--Sigmund Freud ->''Yeah, well sometimes it's a big brown dick!'' -->--George Carlin ->''If it's not on...Wed, 07 Jan 2009 01:58:44 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/SuperweaponSurpriseA people who seem defenseless prove, emphatically, not to be. Picture a peaceful paradise full of SpaceAmish; happy little sunshines who are not up t...Wed, 07 Jan 2009 01:58:21 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/InfiniteFlashlightSo it's the middle of the night, you're being chased by mangled oversized toddlers with knives through a Kafkaesque take on a dark and twisted element...Wed, 07 Jan 2009 01:58:16 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/AnimalWrongsGroup->''I'm a political prisoner ->Trapped in a windowless cage ->'Cause I stopped the slaughter of turnips ->By [[RefugeInAudacity killing five men in a ...Wed, 07 Jan 2009 01:57:07 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/CrowningMoment/Webcomics-->"And Oh My God it was seven thousand kinds of awesome. Seriously, if you distilled Awesome in some kind of Awesome distillery, it would look just l...Wed, 07 Jan 2009 01:54:55 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ScrappyLevel[[{{Psychonauts}} http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/psychonauts-meat1.png]] [[caption-width:320:Welcome to Hell. Enjoy your stay!]] There are tim...Wed, 07 Jan 2009 01:54:16 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/MoneySpider-->''"Yes, I know, I've no idea why these random animals were carrying 148 gil and a magic fire ring. It will forever be a mystery."'' -->- '''Narrato...Wed, 07 Jan 2009 01:51:32 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/SoLastSeasonIt's the second season of your show, and a new group of evildoers has shown up to challenge your heroes. Despite spending all last season training and...Wed, 07 Jan 2009 01:51:09 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/LittlestCancerPatientA particularly heinous form of TheWoobie. The Littlest Cancer Patient, as you may have guessed from the title, is a small child, rarely over the age o...Wed, 07 Jan 2009 01:51:08 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/Wangst-->"''...Forever whining about how bitterly unfair your lives have been. Well, it may have escaped your notice, but Life. Isn't. Fair!''" -->- '''Seve...Wed, 07 Jan 2009 01:50:02 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/EveryCarIsAPintohttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/realpinto.jpeg [[caption-width:160:Actual crash test of a Pinto.]] -->''Behind you, the car quietly bursts into...Wed, 07 Jan 2009 01:49:33 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/PhantomBraveA turn-based strategy game from NipponIchi (yes, yet another one), creators of ''{{Disgaea}}'' and ''LaPucelle''. When Marona was a child, her parent...Wed, 07 Jan 2009 01:48:03 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/JustBugsMe/Cats*Why do they purr? It's pretty easy to understand why animals have calls meaning "danger" or "I'm hungry, Mommy," or "have sex with me; I can make my ...Wed, 07 Jan 2009 01:47:24 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/UnknownAzxcAzxc is no one special just someone who thinks he has a lot of cool ideas....Wed, 07 Jan 2009 01:46:26 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/HighOctaneNightmareFuel/RealLife* This editor has a horribly irrational fear of going into aquariums (big ones, like at zoos and such). Him and his ex-girlfriend went to the zoo once...Wed, 07 Jan 2009 01:45:27 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/UnfortunateImplications->''This is really one of those conversations two white people shouldn't be having, isn't it?'' ->-- Crown Attorney David Kaye, ''This is Wonderland'...Wed, 07 Jan 2009 01:42:26 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/HouseRulesThe rules of ''Monopoly'' are good, and fun, and exciting. But really, the auction rules are lame, Free Parking needs something to make it more excit...Wed, 07 Jan 2009 01:41:19 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/WallBangers/Literature--> "This is not a book to be tossed aside lightly. It is to be ''thrown'' with great force." --> Dorothy Parker Did that book you were just reading ...Wed, 07 Jan 2009 01:41:15 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/AGodAmI[[TheWorldOnlyGodKnows http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/cit_the_world_god_only_knows_c01_-_god_of_the_gaming_world.png]] -->''"No one starts at t...Wed, 07 Jan 2009 01:40:44 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/AllMythsAreTrue-->'''Nostradamus Rule:''' ''All legends are 100% accurate. All rumors are entirely factual. All prophecies will come true, and not just someday but a...Wed, 07 Jan 2009 01:40:00 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/InformedAbility-->''Picard asks Troi for her opinion, and in the most shameless example of Informed Attributes I think I've ever seen, Troi outlines, describes, and ...Wed, 07 Jan 2009 01:38:16 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/SegmentedSerpentThe SegmentedSerpent is an enemy which is made up of lots of mostly identical segments, and moves like a worm or snake. It normally has weapons mounte...Wed, 07 Jan 2009 01:36:06 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ptitleexh6mkl0fnye''Mobile Suit Gundam: Char's Counterattack'' is an anime movie set in the primary Universal Century timeline of ''{{Gundam}}'', taking place in UC 009...Wed, 07 Jan 2009 01:35:05 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/GuideDangIt[[SonicTheHedgehog http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/gamefaqscy6x.jpg]] [[caption-width:257:"Too bad [=GameFAQs=] won't be invented for another th...Wed, 07 Jan 2009 01:34:20 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TheDitz[[GalaxyAngel http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/1141604300427.jpg]] [[caption-width:130:All together now - Awwww...]] ->'''Lord Percy:''' The fash...Wed, 07 Jan 2009 01:34:12 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/Sneakers''Too many secrets.'' A 1992 film, starring Robert Redford. ''Sneakers'' is about a team of slightly shady security experts, who find themselves in p...Wed, 07 Jan 2009 01:33:52 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/BillionsOfButtonsBasically the RuleOfCool dictates that there should be lots of buttons on the fancy starship or new mech, often paired with rows of unlabeled indicato...Wed, 07 Jan 2009 01:33:36 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:...Wed, 07 Jan 2009 01:33:06 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/DoubleActsAndGroupsMedia personalities who team up with each other very often, to the point they become inseparable in the public eye. Double Acts: * MorecambeAndWise *...Wed, 07 Jan 2009 01:32:49 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/MultipleHeadCaseWhenever a creature has two (or more) heads and the ability to talk, each head will have its own distinct personality. In more comedic series, the hea...Wed, 07 Jan 2009 01:32:37 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ptitle5kgfz6fn1lso[[quoteright:300:http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/piechart.gif]] -->''"If enough data is collected, a board of inquiry can prove anything."'' - M...Wed, 07 Jan 2009 01:32:21 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/WoundedGazelleGambit''"The first girl to cry always wins."'' -->--'''Sae''', ''Peach Girl'' Alice and Eve have both been vying for Bob's affections for weeks, so when th...Wed, 07 Jan 2009 01:30:17 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/AMillionIsAStatistic-> ''"A single death is a tragedy; a million is a statistic."'' -> --'''Josef Stalin''' (attributed) The amount of sympathy that death, cruelty or su...Wed, 07 Jan 2009 01:28:55 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TheBigBoardhttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/NORADCommandCenter.jpg [[caption-width:320:[[RealLife The Real Deal]]. NORAD's Cheyenne Mountain Directorate Op...Wed, 07 Jan 2009 01:28:33 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TheEqualizer-->''Got a problem? Odds against you? Call the Equalizer.'' -->-- newspaper advertisement. An action-adventure television series originally broadcast...Wed, 07 Jan 2009 01:28:17 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/PagesNeedingWicks{{Wick}}s -- links to one wiki page from another -- are what fuel a wiki. The pages listed here need a fill-up. You can find out how many wicks a pa...Wed, 07 Jan 2009 01:27:52 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/MadeOfExplodium[[quoteright:256: [[{{Earthbound}} http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/territoak.png]]]] [[caption-width-right:256:Oh dear God.]] ->''"I do not und...Wed, 07 Jan 2009 01:27:49 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/BlindSeer->'''Delmar O'Donnell:''' But how'd he know about the treasure? \\ '''Ulysses Everett [=McGill=]:''' The blind are reputed to possess sensitivities c...Wed, 07 Jan 2009 01:26:23 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/AllIsWellThatEndsWellA normal person would be annoyed, upset, angry or downright furious at having gone through a near-death experience, having nearly gone to jail unfairl...Wed, 07 Jan 2009 01:24:38 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/BulletHolesAndRevelations[[quoteright:335:http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/X-Men_Movie-_Wolverine_stabs_Rogue.jpg]] [[caption-width-right:335:...whoops!]] Two characters...Wed, 07 Jan 2009 01:24:24 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/BandOfBrothels-->[[AC:Often Licked, Never Beaten]]\\ - One of the mottos of the [[{{Discworld}} Guild of Seamstresses]]. This is an organization that supervises, ...Wed, 07 Jan 2009 01:23:32 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/StarWarsTheCloneWarshttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/250px-The_Clone_Wars_film_poster.jpg A CG-animated film and television series set in the ''StarWars'' universe, ...Wed, 07 Jan 2009 01:23:03 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ActuallyIAmHimA [[{{Characters}} character]], often the [[{{Heroes}} hero]], is looking for someone, often [[TheObiWan an older, wiser character]]. Partway through...Wed, 07 Jan 2009 01:21:35 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/OurDragonsAreDifferent[[CastleOfTheWinds http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/cit_castle_of_the_winds_zomg_dragons.png]] -->''Moraelyn asked with a smile, "All right then...Wed, 07 Jan 2009 01:20:48 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/CharlieDog[[ReadOrDie http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/001.jpg]] [[caption-width:226:Half-Japanese, half-British. Could you tell?]] "''50 percent pointer....Wed, 07 Jan 2009 01:20:32 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/LargeHam[[WilliamShatner http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/shatnerham.jpg]] [[caption-width:240:Only one of these hams is [[SpaceJews kosher]].]] -->''''...Wed, 07 Jan 2009 01:19:42 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/GodsNeedPrayerBadly-->''"They were Gods once, but their worshipers either died out or were converted to the worship of other Gods. They wail and flutter around the edges...Wed, 07 Jan 2009 01:19:23 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/CommandAndConquerhttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Cnctd-win-cover.jpg [[caption-width:256:The Original Boxart]] ''Command And Conquer'' (C&C) is a series of popu...Wed, 07 Jan 2009 01:16:02 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/RefugeInAudacity-->'''Chater''': You insulted my wife in the gazebo yesterday evening!\\ '''Septimus''': You are mistaken. I made love to your wife in the gazebo. She...Wed, 07 Jan 2009 01:15:46 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/HoYay/Webcomics->''Are you two going to kiss now? [[YuriFanboy Because I'd be interested in watching.]]'' -->-- '''Reynardine''', to '''Annie and Kat''' (resident [[...Wed, 07 Jan 2009 01:14:35 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/SandblastSandblast is a name taken by a single individual. It started at [[http://www.wikipedia.com That Other Wiki]], its name taken from the idea of using s...Wed, 07 Jan 2009 01:13:58 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/WhatAreTheContributorsRealNames-->''"Yo, Mr. and Mrs. Contributor! Way to name your kid!"'' ---> Strong Bad, ''HomestarRunner'' ''I've got a feeling: it doesn't matter. What can't...Wed, 07 Jan 2009 01:13:02 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/HighOctaneNightmareFuel/LiveActionTVYou know that show your parents didn't allow you to watch? Maybe not watching it [[NightmareFuelUnleaded will be better for your sleep\sanity]]. ---- ...Wed, 07 Jan 2009 01:11:43 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/KiAttacks[[{{Dragonball}} http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/krillindisc.jpg]] [[caption-width:270:Krillin's special attack [[IncrediblyLamePun is a cut abo...Wed, 07 Jan 2009 01:10:43 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/IThoughtItMeant->''"You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means."'' -->-- '''Inigo Montoya''', ''ThePrincessBride'' ->''"'''''In'''''f...Wed, 07 Jan 2009 01:09:45 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/TroperTales/BuffySpeak* This troper speaks a freakish, demihuman sort of BuffySpeak sometimes. Ask me to vocalize my impressions on 32-year-olds voicing teenagers in cartoo...Wed, 07 Jan 2009 01:03:49 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/SciFiWritersHaveNoSenseOfScale->''"Space is big. Really big. You just won't believe how vastly, hugely, mind-bogglingly big it is. I mean, you may think it's a long way down the ro...Wed, 07 Jan 2009 01:03:45 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/GrandUnitedAllianceOfEvil'''Supreme Commanders''' '''{{Nohamotyo}}, God of Obfuscation''' ([[SevenYearRule Seven-Year Ruler]], He Whose Name Cannot Be Remembered) * Overdeity...Wed, 07 Jan 2009 01:03:30 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/LaserSightA little laser pointer mounted to a firearm. Allows a marksman to accurately point a weapon in the dark. Also tips off the target (and audience). M...Wed, 07 Jan 2009 01:02:34 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/DarthWiki/DethroningMomentOfSuck->[[Main/TheScrappy "Ta-ta-ta-ta-ta-ta! Puppy power!"]] ->"''Main/{{Dallas}}'', you have [[Main/ViewersAreMorons insulted my intelligence]]. I'm swit...Wed, 07 Jan 2009 01:02:31 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/TroperTales/CharacterAlignment* [[{{Recon5}} This Troper]] is Lawful Good and occasionally LawfulStupid, at least in public. In private I tend to swing towards True Neutral. Don't ...Wed, 07 Jan 2009 01:00:32 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TrashTheSetWant a big spectacular finale? Want to build a new set? Why not solve both your problems at the same time and trash the set? Even animators are tempt...Wed, 07 Jan 2009 01:00:29 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/WMG/SoulNomadAndTheWorldEaters[[WMG:The Dracon race are directly descended from Drazillians.]] Both act [[SmugSnake insanely arrogant]]. They possess strikingly similiar fashion s...Wed, 07 Jan 2009 01:00:27 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/VoodooShark->''That's what a voodoo shark is - when your story depends on something so moronic, that there's no way of explaining it without resorting to somethi...Wed, 07 Jan 2009 00:58:41 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Characters/Warhammer40000The universe of {{Warhammer 40000}} does contain many characters, but none are more significant than the various factions fighting it out for survival...Wed, 07 Jan 2009 00:58:23 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/AirVentEscapehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/ventilation_shaft.jpg [[caption-width:217:Why this trope doesn't work in RealLife very often: most ventilation s...Wed, 07 Jan 2009 00:55:44 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/AHellOfATime-->'''Utahraptor''': Is that all they do in Hell? Play video games all the time?\\ '''The Devil''': [[AC:ACTUALLY IN HELL YOU CAN DO JUST ABOUT WHATEV...Wed, 07 Jan 2009 00:55:26 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/RapeAsComedy[[VGCats http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/cit_vgcats135_rape_is_never_funny.jpg]] -->''"I say fuck you! I think it's hilarious, how do you like t...Wed, 07 Jan 2009 00:55:20 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/Hatedom-->''"It's cool to hate" - The Offspring ->'''Batman:''' He frequents the "I Hate Hawkgirl" bulletin boards.\\ '''Hawkgirl:''' That doesn't mean...bo...Wed, 07 Jan 2009 00:54:12 Pacific Standard Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/YourMindMakesItReal-->"''It was only an illusion, but the more you believed in it... the more real it became.''" -->--Dr. Vink, '''''AreYouAfraidOfTheDark?''''' -->"I t...Wed, 07 Jan 2009 00:51:50 Pacific Standard Time