What about old tropes with new names?
How can you find the best but least linked tropes out there?
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It is Thursday. It has always been Thursday. Anyone who thinks it is Friday or Saturday will be escorted to Room101. Greetings, everyone! Thank you for reading this week's edition of Trope Report, where we bring you the latest in news on what's what on our site. This week has certainly been busier than most. The good and the bad all wrapped into one convenient summary right here where you need it! Let's get this show on the road!
Forumwatch:
Our community continues to grow. Soon we will have enough Tropers to conquer the world! Our newest recruits include:
Att Obl 227, lucyricardo 10, Cambdoranononononono (Try saying that five times really fast), hotelkilo, Maria Holic, neobowman, red 223, Heffy, Murklins, Bedelato, Martian Eclipse, Crow T.Robot, Beholderess, and Seraphim Swordmaster!
Welcome to the site, guys!
And now a word from Ack Sed on some of the Media Threads.
Recently,over in the Manga and Animé forums there was a fierce flame squall in the Naruto thread. Visitors are advised to wear asbestos overalls and avoid mentioning Sakura,Hinata,Character Derailment and/or Faux Action Girl in the same post for a few days.
As befits the source,the thread for Girl Genius in Webcomics has long since passed the Continuity Lockout threshold; Wild Mass Guessing and fan theories continue to accrue at an alarming rate. This reporter wishes you luck making sense of it all.
Ch-Ch-Ch-Changes:
Here is our usual batch of redirect, cuts, splits and so on. In other news though we also present you with the big happenings that have occurred in the great natter war on the wiki. Natter, the constant discussion on the main page via bullet points and sub-bullet points, has become a major problem and steps have been taken to rectify the problem.
- After a long period of waning interest, Dont Sing Along If You Dont Know The Words has been renamed into the much simpler and easier to type "Waxing Lyrical."
- After much confusion and debate, it was decided that My Name Is Inigo Montoya would be redefined for a better understanding of what actually constitutes this trope. The definition is basically; "The character announces himself to his opponents without any prompting, specifically because he wants them know who is about to pound them."
- Twilight Equinox, which seems to have been Periphery Hatedom But More, has been cut.
- Summers Family Tree has been renamed to Tangled Family Tree with and extra redirect - Wait, what? Oh. Nevermind.
- In continuation of last week, Hots For Student has been renamed to Teacher/Student Romance.
- Hartman Hips has been cleaned up. This trope is not for nice butts. We have Baby Got Back for that. Learn the difference, folks.
- I Can't Believe It's Not Heroin! is a mommy! Alien Catnip has been spun off from the older trope to catalogue when Non-humans get high off unusual substances. You know, like Play-Doh.
- Ding Dong! The lobster is dead! And Zoidberg has been renamed Ladies And Alice. Judging from the reactions though, this may only be a temporary name.
- I Sense a Disturbance in the Force. It might be because this trope has been renamed. But The Force Is Strong with This One so it's all good.
- The Pokemon Nightmare Fuel page is currently undergoing a massive clean-up. Seriously this thing could fill a dictionary.
- Plot Tumor has been renamed into Malignant Plot Tumor. Since a regular Plot Tumor wasn't bad enough.
- Baka has had its examples cut and now resides in Anime Fanspeak. A simple insult was decided to not be example'd since it was getting too long.
- Prisoner Of Pollyanna is not about people being imprisoned by a girl named Pollyanna. To avoid further confusion it has been renamed into Contractual Purity.
- Chewing the Scenery is now on Aisle Four and is the super trope for all your Large Ham related tropes.
- James Bondage had a misleading title. It has been renamed into Distressed Dude.
- The Dungeon Master is now All-Powerful Bystander for clarity.
- Nightmare Fuel's Real Life section is about to get a massive clean-up. If you have anything worth saving over there be sure to check the page regularly.
- The Laws And Customs Of War was a little bit of every type of page. It has been cleaned and is now a Useful Notes page.
- Even The Humans Want Him is has been cut.
- There has been a trend lately to create pages on characters that are written in the first-person, Deadpool being the most famous (and probably the most appropriate) example. While they can be funny and fitting for the characters, they can easily be not so. There is a limit to how useful these can be, Tropers, so in the future please rethink the idea before you create a first-person character page for Xanatos or Freddy Krueger.
- The indents on the wiki have undergone a kind of back and forward change this past week or so in an attempt to cut down on the natter on the pages. Several Tropers have also taken upon themselves to act as natter removers. We now have a Please No Natter page with several Tropers asking you to please keep natter out of the wiki (See if you can spot me!). In short, there has been a growing natter problem in the wiki as it gets larger and attracts more people. Folks, there is nothing wrong with deleting an incorrect example. You don't need to add "Um, well actually…" You don't need to go Complaining About Shows You Don't Watch. You don't need to give your This Troper opinion on every little detail - no two people will ever agree on anything, of course Your Mileage May Vary, just let it go. So please, No natter.
- In light of the above, a Tutorial Draft is being worked on to help new editors learn the ropes of the site. It currently deals with Editing, Use of the first person pronouns, and spoilers. Hopefully, once complete it will allow new editors to use the wiki without clogging it up with mistakes and natter. Related, first time editors will now see this message prior to being allowed to make changes on pages:
Hi.
You can continue on to the edit screen in just a moment. First, this little message.
We're undergoing a drive to move conversation out of the articles and back onto the discussion pages. You can help with this by not entering "this troper" or "this editor" into the article. You can make statements about your viewpoint on the discussion page or in Troper Tales. That is what they are for.
Another way you can help is to just correct a fact if you find it needs a fix. Saying something like "Actually..." or "To be fair..." while leaving the item needing correction in place serves no purpose.
If you will take a second to get known, this message will go away.
Spotlight Stealing Trope:
What does 2 + 2 equal? Unless you haven't passed the first grade yet (or are a smart-aleck mathematician) then the answer is 4. Unless it isn't, unless someone says the answer is 5. That doesn't make sense, 2 plus 2 is 4, no doubt about it. But what if lightning is involved? Let's take this idea to the test with Bob and Alice!
Now Bob here is strapped to the table. Alice is standing next to him with a super charged cattle prod, ready to ask the question. Let's see what happens…
Alice: What is two plus two?
Bob: Four.
Alice: No, it's five.
Bob: Huh? No, it's four.
-ZAAAAPPP!-
Bob: AAAAAHHHHHHH! What was that for!?
Alice: What is two plus two?
Bob: I already said: Four!
-ZAAAAPPP!-
Alice: No, two plus two is five.
Bob: Are you nuts!? That hurt! And its four!
Alice: Two plus two is five.
Bob: Four!
-ZAAAAPPP!- (This continues for a couple hours)
Alice: Now, what is two plus two?
Bob: …Five.
Alice: How many fingers am I holding up? (A: Four)
Bob: Five…
Alice: Good. Here's a cookie.
What you have just witnessed is the trope 2 + Torture = 5, where with a little bit of painful goading you can get anyone to believe anything. Okay, with a LOT of painful goading you can get anyone to believe anything. A favorite trope of the evil totalitarian empire, forcing the heroes to destroy their perception of truth and believe anything they say. To make their minds fluid and easily moldable. Perception is Truth. True is False. Black is White. Two plus Two makes Five.
This trope gets its name from the most famous user of it, Nineteen Eighty-Four.
Needs More Wiki Love:
Nimbus Privileges needs more love! Take a look folks, it's when a pure hearted character gets special powers or items that only wok because he or she has the pure… heartiness. But look, many of the folders have only one example! The Anime and Manga section looks long but that’s just a bunch of natter under the Dragon Ball entry. Get to work Tropers! We need your help!
Edits From The Editor:
Fast Eddie is getting old. See for yourself.
Fast Eddie: Have not looked at my watchlist today for fear of what it might do to my blood pressure.
Janitor: When they get old they start talking about their vital stats. Sad, really. Next, it will be their lumbago and then their last operation.
Add More Here:
ADS:
Help wanted on the Extended Fanon Pokédex
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Everybody loves Pokémon, or at least used to at some point. Unfortunately, info on the biology and everyday living habits of our favorite critters is either very sparse or grossly inaccurate (Magcargo being 18000° at it's core? Come now, that's hotter than the surface of the sun!). Here at the Extended Fanon Pokédex, our goal is to fill in those gaps and fix those gross inaccuracies using logic, science, and the art of ass pull! And with about 500 pokémon to cover, we need assistance! If you love pokémon, or maybe just have a single favorite pokémon, then come on down, mix ideas, and help contribute! 131 pokémon cataloged and counting! - Blissey1
Come and regale us with your stories in "Your Funniest Tabletop Story" in the Tabletop Games forum. - Ack Sed
Done and done! Jeez, you miss one day and you get a big old spike in events happening. We here at Trope Report hope you enjoyed our issue this week and we also would like to thank Ack Sed for contributing as well. Remember, if you have anything to say feel free to PM the Chief Editor, that’s me, with whatever is on your mind. Thanks for reading and see you next week!
