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amathieu13 Since: Aug, 2013

Oct 25th 2022 at 1:30:12 AM •••

Trope was rewritten and wicks cleaned for ZCE and misuse based on a decision made in the Grand Unified Appearance Trope Clean Up thread in 2020. See here

SeptimusHeap MOD (Edited uphill both ways)

Mar 20th 2021 at 9:48:17 AM •••

Previous Trope Repair Shop thread: Misused, started by amathieu13 on Aug 1st 2016 at 7:55:49 AM

"For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled." - Richard Feynman

fireflyer Since: Jun, 2010

Mar 14th 2017 at 6:35:48 PM •••

There really needs to be better clarification in the main description because as others have previously mentioned, too many examples are being added of people who happen to have afros where absolutely no joke was being made. It's especially bad in the real life section. I think this has quite unfortunate undertones as afros and the associated hair type are still mocked a lot in real life (in the west at least).

amathieu13 Since: Aug, 2013

Jan 26th 2016 at 8:13:18 PM •••

This trope is not being used correctly when it is being added to trope pages. Take for example the addition of it under Uvogin's character description from Hunter x Hunter. Or even the High School Musical/Corbin Bleu tag on the page itself.

"Funny Afro" should only be used when the afro is acknowledged by the characters in the medium as funny or when it is used by the creator to make gags or jokes.

Basically, it's not enough for a character to have an afro for it to be an example of this trope, as afros in of themselves aren't inherently funny. For a large portion of the global population an afro is just how hair grows.

Also, the description as written on this page makes it seem as if this is an anime specific trope (the odd hairstyles being "par for the course" opening). This should be changed since, yet again, calling afros "odd" when it's just how hair grows out of literally millions of people's head is more than a little strange. And because this trope is clearly not anime specific.

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paddymcpaddy Since: May, 2010

Jul 29th 2016 at 7:10:14 AM •••

Agreed. If one looks at the pages for Funk Music, i.e. George Clinton and Funkadelic or Parliament, the Funny Afro trope is applied there also. Why is it funny for Blacks to wear their hair naturally?

I think this trope needs to be rewritten or really, just canned because as it stands now I find it offensive and banal. If anime thinks afros are so hilarious, fine, but the trope itself doesn't need to be applied to anything outside Japan.

Willbyr MOD Hi (Y2K)

Jan 5th 2015 at 10:53:50 PM •••

I don't really see a point to the Real Life section of this...a person having an afro doth not the trope fit.

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SeptimusHeap MOD (Edited uphill both ways)

Jan 6th 2015 at 1:07:03 AM •••

The examples are all badly written, besides. Something for this thread I think.

"For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled." - Richard Feynman

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