History Website / TelevisionWithoutPity

** Likewise, Marcia Cross's character Linda in {{Everwood}} was nicknamed "[[IntentionalEngrishForFunny Rinda]]" due to her character working as a doctor in China.
** In the {{Series/The OC}} recaps, Che was [[TheyJustDidntCare instead]] named "[[Series/{{Everwood}} Bright]]" after [[Creator/ChrisPratt Chris Pratt's]] character on Everwood.

** ''{{Veronica Mars}}'' had two overt shoutouts, and plenty of other potential nods - a few of the cast read and loved the recaps. In ''Donut Run'', a flyer is visible on one of the school boards that reads "''''T'''eenage '''W'''omen '''o'''f '''P'''ropriety", laid out so as to highlight the acronym. In ''Versatile Toppings'', mention is made of a student at the school named John Ramos - this was the real name of Couch Baron, the TWoP recapper for the show. Ramos also appeared as an extra in another episode.

* {{Fandom}}: [[Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer Guess.]] Many on the site are huge ''Buffy'' fans (the recaps for ''Series/{{Ringer}}'' in particular demonstrate this), and there will be allusions and guest appearances from the characters given half a chance.

* {{Hypocrite}}: It was frequently noted that several recappers ([[RuleOfCautiousEditingJudgement who shall go unnamed]]), despite often being incredibly blunt and snarky when it came to their criticism of the works they recapped and their disagreements with the views of the people who created them, could be incredibly thin-skinned when it came to people criticising and disagreeing with ''them''.

* {{Hypocrite}}: It was frequently noted that several recappers ([[RuleOfCautiousEditingJudgement who shall go unnamed]]), despite often being incredibly blunt and snarky when it came to their criticism of the works they recapped and their disagreements with the views of the people who creating them, could be equally thin-skinned when it came to people criticising and disagreeing with ''them''.

** ''{{VeronicaMars}}'' had two overt shoutouts, and plenty of other potential nods - a few of the cast read and loved the recaps. In ''Donut Run'', a flyer is visible on one of the school boards that reads "''''T'''eenage '''W'''omen '''o'''f '''P'''ropriety", laid out so as to highlight the acronym. In ''Versatile Toppings'', mention is made of a student at the school named John Ramos - this was the real name of Couch Baron, the TWoP recapper for the show. Ramos also appeared as an extra in another episode.

** "Damn you [[Series/{{Everwood}} Berlanti!"

** In the {{Series/The OC}} recaps, Che was [[TheyJustDidntCare instead]] named [[Series/{{Everwood}} Bright]] after [[Creator/ChrisPratt Chris Pratt's]] character on Everwood.

* {{Fandom}}: [[Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer Guess.]] Many on the site are huge ''Buffy'' fans (the recaps for ''{{Ringer}}'' in particular demonstrate this), and there will be allusions and guest appearances from the characters given half a chance.

** Midway through the fourth and final season of the 2000s-era ''[[Series/BattlestarGalacticaReimagined Battlestar Galactica]]'', one of the members of the colonial Quorum of Twelve was named Jacob (same as the recapper). [[spoiler:To the possible delight of those who disliked the real Jacob's metaphorical ramblings in his DoorStopper-sized recaps, the fictional Jacob was eventually [[TakeThat shot to death during an attempted coup d'etat]].]]

[[http://www.televisionwithoutpity.com/ Television Without Pity]], formerly known as ''Mighty Big TV'', is a TV recapping & discussion site featuring '''very''' snarky commentary.

If you believe some TV shows are so good that they must never be made fun of, [=TWoP=] is not for you. However, if you recognize that even your favorite show has much which is deserving of mockery, you'll like [=TWoP=].

The site's forums are notable for requiring posters to [[YouMakeMeSic conform to standard written English]]. All-caps, no-caps, or [[XtremeKoolLetterz textspeak]] will get a poster warned or banned. Flames and "talking about the boards on the boards" are prohibited, and [[{{YMMV/TelevisionWithoutPity}} that's just the tip of the iceberg]].

On March 27th, 2014 it was announced that the site would be closing down on April 4th, with its forums following suit on May 31st. (Happily, the content will be remaining up.)

!! This website provides examples of:

* ArsonMurderAndJaywalking: Recap of ''{{Smallville}}'' episode, ''Roulette''.
-->Multi-task? Multi-task?! Woman, I just saved a [[BusFullOfInnocents bus full of nuns]], burned [[{{Superman}} an S into the sidewalk]], and got my eyebrows done! Don't talk to me about multi-tasking!
* AtomicFBomb: Omar G's reaction to Clark wiping Chloe's memories in the ''Series/{{Smallville}}'' episode "Abyss".

* CantTakeCriticism: As discovered to be the case on the message boards. Going against the grain or even questioning the recappers or board administrators [[FridgeLogic is worthy of]] [[DisproportionateRetribution being banned.]] [[RuleOfCautiousEditingJudgment And that is all that will be said about that.]]

* {{Fandom}}: [[Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer Guess.]] Many on the site are huge Buffy fans (the recaps for ''{{Ringer}}'' in particular demonstrate this) and there will be allusions and guest appearances from the characters given half a chance.
* FauxlosophicNarration: Jacob, whose 30-page recaps can go on for pages and pages about philosophy and symbolism and literature without once mentioning the actual show he is recapping.
* FauxtivationalPoster: Before the forum shut down, there was a thread for these on their recreational forum which must have been one of the prime places to find it on the 'Net, at over 1300 pages (with another 500 or so missing for some reason). The main focus was split between the HoYay of Series/{{Heroes}} and Series/{{Supernatural}}, and shameless fangirl MrFanservice posters of every attractive/[[ShirtlessScene shirtless]]/[[ModestyTowel towel-clad]] male character ever.
* GrammarNazi: The moderators.

* InsultToRocks: Tippi Blevins said this during the recap for ''{{Smallville}}'' episode ''Prophecy''.
-->It's [[{{Narm}} so over-the-top, so awful]], that calling it cartoony would be an insult to cartoons.
* IRejectYourReality: Lampshaded in the ''[[Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer Buffy]]/Series/{{Angel}}'' reviews. Strega chooses to believe [[Creator/JamesMarsters Spike]] is off causing mayhem in some foreign nation, unaware that he's replaced by some dull lookalike named [[BadassDecay Brad]].

* NotImportantToThisEpisodeCamp: The thread for ''Series/{{Monk}}'' is the TropeNamer, as used in a post on "Mr. Monk is on the Run, Part II"

** Demian gives the characters of ''Series/{{Supernatural}}'' a variety of goofy nicknames. "The Hardy Boys," Sammy's "Puppy Dog Eyes of Empathy," and "Metallicar" are some stand-outs.
* {{Portmanteau}}: "Porquettishly"

--> "I do know, however, that Melissa Benoist sounds absolutely lovely in this little bit, so good for her."
--> Demian, "Glease" recap.
* PrecisionFStrike: Strega usually avoids gratuitous swearing, but she loathed [[Series/{{Angel}} Fred]] and extreme sappiness. Both of those things were exemplified by "Mr. Feigenbaum," Fred's stuffed bunny, which Strega thought was designed purely to make her extra cute and sympathetic. Paraphrased slightly:

* RealLifeWritesThePlot: [=TWoP=]'s forum is legendary for causing Creator/AaronSorkin to rip his hair out and base an entire episode of ''Series/TheWestWing'' around eviscerating the site and their perceived ill-treatment of him.

** The [[SelfServingMemory majestic TWoP Tower offices]]!

** Demian has at least two from ''Series/{{Charmed}}''- in one episode, Piper said 'Fricking ever-useless Elders!' ('ever-useless Elders' was one of his catch phrases when recapping) and in another, the entire episode revolved around a Darklighter named Damien who was trying to kill Leo (Demian's least favourite character). He was overjoyed.
** ''Series/{{Supernatural}}'' featured a gay couple named Demian and Barnes.
** Keckler's recaps of ''Sereis/StarTrekEnterprise'' dubbed [[TheCaptain Captain Archer]]'s ready room porthole the "Weight Of The World Window" for his habit of staring contemplatively through it in times of momentous or weighty decisions. Somewhere late in the series, Archer turned away from it to [[TheEngineer Commander Tucker]] and said "Weight of the world, Trip," leaving Keckler briefly stunned in mid-recap.
** Midway through the fourth and final season of the 2000s-era ''[[Series/BattlestarGalacticaReimagined Battlestar Galactica]]'', one of the members of the colonial Quorum of Twelve was named Jacob (same as the recapper). [[spoiler: To the possible delight of those who disliked the real Jacob's metaphorical ramblings in his DoorStopper-sized recaps, the fictional Jacob was eventually [[TakeThat shot to death during an attempted coup d'etat]].]]

* StrawmanPolitical: Some of the recappers weren't exactly afraid to make their political opinions clear. Could be expected when commenting on actual strawman characters in the shows, but when a ''Series/StarTrekVoyager'' recap gets interrupted to bitch about then-President Bush, you know there's straw in them thar hills.
* SpiritualSuccessor: [[http://previously.tv Previously.TV]], which was started by former [=TWoPers=] and saw a mass migration to its forums after Television Without Pity's closing was anounced.

** Sara M resigning from doing ''Series/{{House}}'' recaps.
** In a recap much shorter than his usual (which admittedly [[DoorStopper isn't saying much]]), recapper Jacob Clifton dumped reviewing ''Series/DoctorWho'' midway through Series 6, because he preferred Russell T Davies' mythic arcs to Moffat's interlocking puzzle plots, and objected to the characterization of Eleven and Amy.
** Jacob Clifton also quit ''Series/UglyBetty'' in mid-season 3, after an admittedly pretty terrible episode.
** Omar G gave an unprecedented F (the worst before was a D) to the Lana-heavy ''Requiem'' in ''{{Smallville}}'' and [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere fled]]. He came back two episodes after that, but when ''[[JumpingTheShark Doomsday]]'' comes around, he decides to permanently stay away from ''Smallville''.

* AccentuateTheNegative: The entire purpose of the site is to review and discuss TV shows in as snarky a fashion as possible, so naturally this is going to result in a fair bit of focusing on the bad bits over the good bits. Depending on the reviewer and the show, however, this can sometimes tip into [[{{Hatedom}} outright negativity]], often with no readily apparent justification. On the other hand, when is show is doing what it does best well, the praise can be quite strong.

* {{Fauxlosophic Narration}}: Jacob, whose 30-page recaps can go on for pages and pages about philosophy and symbolism and literature without once mentioning the actual show he is recapping.

* InJoke / MemeticMutation: Numerous.

* TheManIsStickingItToTheMan: How do they manage to remain ruthless when they are owned by Bravo and, since the takeover, choose to spork mostly NBC Universal-produced properties?

* AccentuateTheNegative: The entire purpose of the site is to review and discuss TV shows in as snarky a fashion as possible, so naturally this is going to result in a fair bit of focussing on the bad bits over the good bits. Depending on the reviewer and the show, however, this can sometimes tip into [[{{Hatedom}} outright negativity]], often with no readily apparent justification. On the other hand, when is show is doing what it does best well, the praise can be quite strong.

* BerserkButton: As an example of the moving into {{Hatedom}}, even mentioning the show ''Series/SeventhHeaven'' on the site after a certain point could send the reviewers into a frothing rage.
* CantTakeCriticism: As discovered to be the case on the message board. Going against the grain or even questioning the members, recappers or board administrators [[FridgeLogic is worthy of]] [[DisproportionateRetribution being banned.]] [[RuleOfCautiousEditingJudgment And that is all that will be said about that.]]

* AtomicFBomb: Omar G's reaction to Clark wiping Chloe's memories in ''{{Smallville}}'', ''Abyss''.
* BerserkButton: As an example of the moving into {{Hatedom}}, even mentioning the show ''SeventhHeaven'' on the site after a certain point could send the reviewers into a frothing rage.

* RealLifeWritesThePlot: [=TWoP=]'s forum is legendary for causing Creator/AaronSorkin to rip his hair out and base [[TheWestWing an entire episode]] around eviscerating the site and their perceived ill-treatment of him.

** The [[Series/{{Angel}} David Boreanaz quote of the day]].

** [[DawsonsCreek Dawson Leary]] as a [[ArmoredClosetGay closet]] [[AlternateCharacterInterpretation homosexual]] who lusts for co-star John Wesley Ship.

** Jacob Clifton also quit ''UglyBetty'' in mid-season 3, after an admittedly pretty terrible episode.

* FauxtivationalPoster: There's a thread for these on their recreational forum which must be one of the prime places to find it on the 'Net, at over 1300 pages (with another 500 or so missing for some reason). The main focus is split between the HoYay of Series/{{Heroes}} and Series/{{Supernatural}}, and shameless fangirl MrFanservice posters of every attractive/[[ShirtlessScene shirtless]]/[[ModestyTowel towel-clad]] male character ever.

* IRejectYourReality: Lampshaded in the ''[[Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer Buffy]]/Series/{{Angel}}'' reviews. Strega chooses to believe [[JamesMarsters Spike]] is off causing mayhem in some foreign nation, unaware that he's replaced by some dull lookalike named [[BadassDecay Brad]].

* FauxtivationalPoster: they have a thread for these on their recreational forum which must be one of the prime places to find it on the 'Net

On March 27th, 2014 it was announced that the site would be closing down on April 4th, with its forums following suit on May 31st.

On March 27th, 2014 it was announced that the site would be closing down on April 4th, with it's forums following suit on May 31st.

* CantTakeCriticism: As discovered to be the case on the message board. Going against the grain or even questioning the members, recappers or board administrators [[FridgeLogic is worthy of being banned.]] [[RuleOfCautiousEditingJudgment And that is all that will be said about that.]]

* RunningGag: The [[SelfServingMemory majestic TWoP Tower offices]]!

** [[{{Shipping}} Ganya or death!]]

** [[DawsonsCreek Dawson Leary]] as a [[ArmoredClosetGay closet]] [[AlternateCharacterInterpretation homosexual]] who lusts for co-star John Wesley Shipp.

* SuckinessIsPainful: Sars resigning from the ''Dawson's Creek'' recaps in its final season, pleading concern for her stomach lining.

** Omar G gave an unprecedented F (the worst before was a D) to the [[TheScrappy Lana]]-heavy ''Requiem'' in ''{{Smallville}}'' and [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere fled]].
*** He came back two episodes after that, but when ''[[JumpingTheShark Doomsday]]'' comes around, he decides to permanently stay away from ''Smallville''.