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GG Crono: Wow, this page sure didn't take long to come into existence. :)
San Diegan Troper: I has (sic) a question. The Sorrow battle in Metal Gear Solid 3.... is that an example? I mean, sure, Big Boss asks about the Sorrow to his support staff after the fact, but he never, ever, mentions exactly what he went through in that river. Also, when The Boss brings up the Sorrow, he doesn't interject with a "Oh, I saw the Sorrow [and he showed me everyone I killed]."
Adam850: Not a very good name. It's a similar trope as That Reminds Me of a Song, a little.
RabidCookie: I don't think the Fire Gang scene counts that much since the fire gang does reappear in the film, and is hinted at earlier in the film (there's a doll that looks like one of the fire gang in sarah's room in the beginning, to kind of hint the entire labyrinth is just a dream) god I'm a nerd...
TheGreatUnknown: Well, it was mentioned by the Critic. I was frankly a little surprised at how quickly this came about myself, but pleased, and I like the name. Quite a lot.
Lately, actually, it seems as if The Nostalgia Critic has been reading TV Tropes. The Chick even said, "This is Ferngully, bitch!"
Kerrah: Okay... So only people who read this site can use tropes at all? Does that mean that Shakespeare was a time traveller?
TheGreatUnknown: No, I mean, watch it. There're definite homages to the actual pages.
Rebochan: This trope seems to be identical to Disney Acid Sequence.
Not really. This trope can apply to non-acid trippy sequences, too.
Introbulus: The thing about this trope is that it identifies with all forms of over-the-top, bizarre, out-of-place moments that the characters themselves never speak of again (That's why the original Big Lipped Alligator Moment counts: Even if the alligator shows up again, none of the other characters talk about it, or even mention that the alligator is back.) And it is similar to That Reminds Me of a Song, but like I said before, it applies to all instances. Not just musical numbers. This might actually be a case of Seen It A Million Times. I know that I've seen these scenes before, even in novelization, but I can't bring any of the really poignant ones to mind.
Charred Knight: I would have this page be anything that comes out of nowhere and is completely over the top and completely nonsensical. Generally music and acid sequences are examples but so are a lot of anime filler that are completely nonsensical, and are gag episodes in a serious series.
Psyga315: Despite most people's claims that the Trope Namer is never mentioned again, it did. King Crocodile (Aka the Big Lipped Alligator), comes back to save Charlie and kill Carface. But it did come out of no where and was over the top.
Seven Of Diamonds: I just don't recall how the Gator really fit thematically into the picture or plot. Like what he have to with dogs going to heaven or adorable orphans or the dog mafia?
The argument could be made that it allows for a resolution, but they probably could've replaced it with something much less ridiculous.
Tabby: The film took place in New Orleans. Justification enough right there.
Rebochan: Then he could have just been eaten by a normal, non-singing alligator. It would have made more sense than the Trope Namer.
Antwan: I knew it was going to be made. I'll try to add more examples! Anyway, I like the name, but can we brainstorm an alternate name that people can find just in case that they can't remember? Like maybe, "Sudden Surprising Scene"? Oh, and will this scene count?
- Enchanted had the main character singing, causing everybody else in the park to sing. In the end, everybody that participated, except for the princess and his male friend, never regards it again.
I don't think it does. It wasn't out of place in the least, for one thing.
I'm seing a few too many examples here of scenes that are simply strange; The Pirates Of The Caribbean one actually does affect the plot, since it's how they got Jack Sparrow back and it kills off most of his crew.
Plus, it's definitely not out of the blue in the context of a world like Pirates Of The Caribbean's.
Removed this, since it's not really strange or over-the-top in any way:
- Fetch quests in RP Gs tend to be like this. You go on a long inane errand, that is never referenced again and forgotten as soon as the plot starts moving again
Rebochan: I pulled the following examples for not appearing to have any connection to the trope.
- How about the moment in Cars where Lightning Mc Queen accidentally steps in on Doc Hudson in the middle of an 'appointment'? The Sheriff car being 'serviced' doesn't act at all embarrassed about the "city boy" being able to "get a good peek" at his parts. But if you were getting a colonoscopy, would you ask someone who came in if they "enjoyed the show"?
It's not exactly over the top in its ridiculousness at all, regardless of the oddity or Squick factor.
Live Action TV
- There's still time to avoid this, but the giant four-toed statue from the season two finale of Lost certainly looks like one. Some of the characters spot it from a boat, and one even bothers to point out that it has four toes. References back to this apparently important object over the next two seasons? Zero.
- To be honest, Lost is pretty bad about this. Nobody seems particularly freaked out enough by Jack's Not Quite Dead dad, the Smoke Monster, the Dharma stations, and loads more to talk about them later.
Just looks like a regular Plot Hole to me.
- Not only that, but the statue has actually reappeared, thus making this neither a BLAM nor a plot hole. LOST is pretty bad about never mentioning something again until it's time to show up. The dead bodies in the cave back in season one are supposed to be important in the final season, but you don't hear ANYTHING about them after the first season...
R Taco: Also removed this, because it's not even close to the most strange things to happen in the film:
- The Other Ms. Spink and Ms. Forcible's eye-rending, nearly-nude song and dance number in the film version of Coraline could be considered an example of this.
- The bit with Mutt and the monkeys from Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull. Yes, you know the one I mean.
- From Canada, we have the ads for the "Get a Load of Milk" campaign. Oh yeah. You'll know these if you're Canadian - five-second ads jammed with weirdness that spring out of nowhere during your commercial break, and retreat just as quickly. They're humorous, entertaining, and bizarre as all hell.
The Gunheart: Is it just me, or is it starting to look like this trope is merely for anything that doesn't advance the plot?
R Taco: Totally. People are using the "never mentioned again" aspect for minor things that have no reason to be mentioned again.
The Gunheart: Not to mention the that it sometimes seems to delve into Complaining About Scenes You Dont Like. Seriously, the Password Birds? It's a friggin' throwaway gag for crying out loud.
Charred Knight: From what I have seen episode 12 is generally considered the worst episode of Code Geass simply because it makes no sense and the characters are out of character throughout most of the episode. None of the characters are as stupid as they are portrayed, I mean Sayoko and Anya where outright The Ditz level of stupidty. Its basically material from a gag series put into a serious mecha series. I tried to be as neutral as possible considering that I feel its one of the worst three anime episodes of all times (the endings of Mai Hime and Gundam Seed Destiny are the other 2).
The Gunheart: Okay, I seriously think this article either needs pruning, or requires a "Subjective" tag.
R Taco: I'd much prefer the former. Making this a subjective trope would unleash a tsunami of ill-fitting entries.
The Gunheart: Not to mention a disclaimer. Hell, as pointed out already, the Trope Namer doesn't even really count seeing how it was brought up again and was fairly important in the film's climax. I swear, it seems too many people on this site treat The Nostalgia Critic as the gospel.
Random Troper: Well, no one talks about the Gator again. He DOES reappear during the climax, but that whole over-the-top musical number is never mentioned again, and Charlie doesn't even seem to notice the Gator much.
However, I've noted the page is in serious danger of Flanderization. People are just putting in examples that might be better suited for Canon Discontinuity rather than this page. Such as the following Professional Wrestling examples I removed:
- The 2001 Invasion Angle as a whole has been largely forgotten or ignored due to it being largely considered a failure by the wrestling community.
- Chris Benoit's existence has been completely erased from WWE history, making his entire career a Big Lipped Alligator Moment.
- In late 2004, an angle was being run on WWE Smack Down! that had John Cena being the victim of a stabbing in a nightclub. The perpetrator was said to have been Jesus, Carlito's associate. This led to a match at Armageddon 2004, in which Cena squashed Jesus and pummeled him with many foreign objects. After the PPV, Jesus and the stabbing were never mentioned again.
Benoit's is Canon Discontinuity, probably. The others are examples of Dork Ages. They are NOT BLA Ms because even though they're not talked about it, they are NOT 'out of nowhere, have little to no bearing on the story,', or 'way over the top in terms of ridiculousness even within the context of the show'. To truly be a Big-Lipped Alligator Moment, it has to meet those criteria as well.
The Gunheart: See, that's another problem I have: how exactly would you bring up a musical number again? Heck, given that he summons the alligator with an unintentional high note, I'd say that counts as bringing it up again.
Unknown Troper: Pulled the Code Geass example. Considering the fact that Milly has been previously established as organizing ludricus school-wide events by dint of her position and it gets significant set up and justification throughout the episode, this one doesn't really come out of left field; it's not really over-the-top compared to the other crazy things that happen in the show; and its resolution has far-reaching effects on the events of the rest of the series (i.e., Milly leaves school, Lelouch and Shirley become an Official Couple, which leads to all sorts of unpleasentness later).
Charred Knight: Anya using a giant robot to catch Lelouch and the Ninja Maid using Ninjutsu while disguised as a guy who gets winded after running a block is not over the top compared to the rest of the series?
KJMackley: That sequence was because they wanted the Rangers to have some difficulty getting to the temple. Dulcea said the temple was guarded with dangerous traps, so that means they will have to trip one of those traps or otherwise deal with it. If they got all the way to the temple without tripping anything it would have been dull.
- About halfway through the Power Rangers Movie, the Rangers are on a distant planet searching for the Great Power. While walking through the jungle, they pass by some dinosaur bones.. which suddenly come to life and attack the Rangers. The undead dinosaur is defeated when Tommy pulls a bone out from behind its head, causing the entire thing to collapse. The random attack is never addressed afterwards, and no explanation is given as to why the bones came to life in the first place.
Antwan: Removed two more.
- The entire seventh and eight seasons of Dallas could be considered a BLAM, as they are merely the dream of the character Pam.
- Many of the key events in the TV series Roseanne are BLA Ms, as the whole of the series is revealed in the final episode to be part of a book the main character Roseanne Conner is writing.
I think we need to tighten the BLAM qualifications a little more so we can clean this up immediately. Oh if only Doug or The Nostalgic Chick could help us on this...
The Gunheart: Dude, the examples they gave don't really qualify, either. If anything, this trope needs a sound nuking. This is really just Complaining About Scenes You Don't Like/Don't Get. Even the Ferngully example isn't that over-the-top compared to the rest of the movie, and the "never brought up again" part is the shakiest qualification I've ever heard.
Antwan: Hold on here, let's not nuke this trope so fast. When this initially started, it was actually pretty sound in my opinion. I say we need to tighten up the qualifications a bit by having a moment only qualify as a Big-Lipped Alligator Moment if:
- It's an actual moment, like 10 minutes at most. Whole seasons or shows are way longer than a moment. Not only that, most of them fall more into Canon Discontinuity anyway.
- When the whole thing either completely over the top, doesn't fit with the rest of the movie, strangely erotic/mindblowing, or any combination of the three. Something that only feels like it doesn't fit, but doesn't really stick out isn't BLAM. BLAM has to be loud, colorful, just like the Trope Namer.
- The moment is never or seldom refereed to again despite it being so loud and in-your-face.
If it doesn't meet any of these three, then it could be people complaining about moments or scenes and should be removed soon. I don't want this to be going away in a hurry. I know this can be salvaged.
Random Troper: Agreed with Antwan above. Big Lipped Alligator Moment has to be something loud, colorful, and over-the-top. It's not just filler ... it's really wild and crazy filler that's bizarre even within the context of the film. And afterward, people just go on as if it never happened, and don't really talk about it again (maybe there might be a one-line throwaway reference at the most, but otherwise they just don't mention it and move on. I think a lampshaded form of this would be characters saying 'What was THAT all about?' 'Never mind. Let's just pretend it never happened.' and that being the final word on the matter).
Antwan: Okay, I decided to add them with a little editing. I hope this goes well. Until then, here are some more additions that don't count...
- Especially strange because the equally bizarre "Ash and Pikachu visit Haunter's haunted house and die" story arc is present in it's entirety. Then again, the fact that they both die, have a crazy adventure with the Ghost-types, and come back to life is likewise never addressed again.
- Another example of a plot that's never brought up again is the Ghost of Maiden's Peak episode, where they encounter a talking Ghastly that haunted a local shrine. All other Ghastly seen in the anime afterward behave like normal Pokémon, and how this one was able to talk is never explained.
- Pretty much anything by Seltzer And Friedberg has one of these... at least. The "Lazy Sunday" spoof from Epic Movie particularly comes to mind.
- Actually, most of the events in volumes 2 and 3 feel like very long BLAMs. Do we really need to bring Peter's Bogus Ireland Journey up again?
- Nearly the entire My Life As A Teenage Robot episode Daydream Believer is filled with acid-like, Seussian fantasies, and thus could be considered a BLAM.
Some Sort Of Troper: Here are some examples that don't count due to not being moments.
As stated in the entry BLA Ms are moments not episodes or arcs. The fact that episodes have definite separations from each other cause odd individual ones to not interrupt the flow and can have them put outside of any seeming sequence of events. The occasional break from the main plot where the writers try something new? Well that's probably a trope in its own right. The Time Out Episode. If an entire arc or season goes weird then that is a clear shift in focus by the creators. Leave those out of this.
Tragic The Dragon: OK, I think I may have a solution and I'm just going to go ahead and launch it so that these cut "whole episode/story arc" exmples can have a home: BLAM Episode. (To go with Wham Episode, of course.) Everyone cool with this?
Some Sort Of Troper: I took out a lot of stuff starting with the Slumdog Millionaire example-
Mahoshonen: Can you have a BLAM in a Tabletop game? The only one I can imagine it occuring would be Paranoia. Given the atmosphere of the game, players may choose not to inquire why everyone in R&D is wearing chicken suits and talking only in haiku.
Some Sort Of Troper: Well, I suppose a game where you have a DM could have one where the rules allow for the DM to insert some random nonsense at some point or perhaps if someone was dedicated to the cause, one could manufacture a rule where on some rare event one rolls a die and if it rolls a six you have to sing a song extolling the virtues of corn and eveytime you mention the word "gold" or "golden" a single mook is generated to fight, then after the fight, there is no explanation in the rules as to why that happened, why it was linked to that event or where the mooks came from. Just a random obstacle, random in every way.
Antwan: Guys, there are way too many Nostalgia Critic/Chick references and This Troper opinions. I already removed a few, so let's try to avoid having so many of these.
Removed this:
- The Big Lebowski has a very deliberate one of these near the end, when the Dude is under the influence of mind-altering drugs and floats through a series of random images from the movie. It's a Shout-Out to the Film Noir the movie is based upon.
- The whole film is arguably a string of BLAMs glued to a Film Noir parody plot. Jesus, Cynthia's dog, Maude's seduction of The Dude, the Knutsons' detective and The Cowboy, in particular, have slim connections to the rest of the film and are totally superfluous to the plot. But if you watch The Big Lebowski for the plot, well...
The Dude's dream sequences reference and tie the various storylines together: the Dude's obsession with bowling, his lust for Maude, the looming Gulf War, the menace of the nihilists, etc. Like the comment says, the whole film is a series of loosely connected stories tied together by the "tumbling tumble weed" of the Dude.
Removed this:
- Running Scared had a scene where Oleg is kidnapped by some pedophiles. The film was really a action-packed pursuit film with Russian gangsters and lots of swearing. Because of that; the pedophile scene comes out of nowhere, has little to do with the actual pursuit and is incredibly over-the-top in how disturbing it is. Beyond a vague mention of having seen "true evil" by the main character's wife (a minor party in the scene), it's never mentioned again.
- Apparently the DVD commentary has the director explain the subplot with a pretentious diatribe about how it fits into the overall story's symbolism of the story of Little Red Riding Hood.
The plot of Running Scared for Oleg is a series of vignettes in which he encounters menacing or friendly characters who affect his movement around the city. Each vignette leaves him in a different situation and advances the plot. In this instance, Oleg is forced to call Vera Farmiga's character to help him escape, returning him to the main family's care.
Evondral: I think any movie that is "chock full of" or "filled with" BLA Ms need to go in BLAM Episode, as I think a movie comprised of more than a few "moments" qualifies.
The Pocket: The first Real Life example has been set to Private on Youtube, so it needs to be removed. I don't know how the others, which are all formatted as subpoints, supposedly related to it, so someone who's seen the first one (or who has an iPhone, since apparently they can view Private videos if you know the URL) needs to edit the descriptions accordingly.
Removed:
- In Watchmen Dan has a nightmare like this. He starts off naked with his love interest, she rips their skin off to reveal their costumes underneath, a nuclear bomb goes off, and they kiss as their flesh gets blown off... leaving two smooching skeletons. It happens in the movie adaptation as well, and the explosion is entirely too long and disturbing.
- It's mostly background exposition on how he secretly had the hots for his former super-hero colleague and his impotence was being caused by feeling useless in face of impending nuclear war.
- It could be considered your basic nuclear anxiety dream, see also Matinee. Except for the skin-changing part.
The scene did have a purpose in showcasing and symbolizing Dan's sexuality, leading to the scene after he wakes up and expresses his fears and insecurity to Laurie.
KJMackley: I did an overhaul of the page because it wasn't explaining itself any better than the original Nostalgia Critic quote, even quoting most of it. I haven't been very fond of this page because it seems to attract Complaining and the trope boundaries were far too vague. So I cleaned up the examples I noticed and clarified that this has to be the following:
- The regular story is fairly normal or at least has its own internal logic to it. A weird scene in a weird movie is to be expected.
- This is a full Mind Screw territory, not just an unnecessary sequence. Some stories have a plot that is just an excuse for a series of unnecessary sequences.
- This has to be a full scene, not a 2 second gag that exists for the Rule of Funny.
- It has to have irrelevance to anything else in the story. Like the page now says, some of these inane scenes exists as a method to reveal character motivations and not further the plot.
Because of this I took out Moonwalker, the Don Bluth films and a few others that had an argument over whether it counts. If it is debatable it is likely not a BLAM.
//Later- I took out the Ghostbusters moment because it quickly went into Thread Mode and it was disproven as a BLAM. A gag in the middle of a montage of random scenes in a movie like Ghostbusters really doesn't gel with this trope. Although I am quickly seeing people are thinking this is "Anything I felt was random" and it really doesn't matter what the description says...
Antwan: I fear this trope will be removed soon...it seems no matter how many rules we put, people just ignore them and put whatever looked odd to them. Sigh, so much for BLAM.
Some Sort Of Troper: It seems you do not understand the nature of this site.
Antwan: I'm aware how this site works, thank you very much. I am only commenting that we're constantly getting wrong examples and it's getting harder and harder to keep up.
Some Sort Of Troper: I removed the Star Trek 6 example again so I'd better keep a log of the reasons why here: 1) It's part of the plot, we're not talking about a sequence that comes out of nowhere, we're talking about the most significant action in the plot being portrayed. This is them going back it time, it foreshadows events and dialogue in the future. It's odd but it sure as heck isn't blammy. As someone stated "the heads are stating quotes that will be spoken later in the film, and it's not a person diving into the water - it's a whale. The "boom" was the Bird of Prey arriving in 1986."
Lale: Parent Service and Fanservice may count as purposes for adding a BLAM, but the scene still counts if it "has little to no bearing whatsoever on the plot" and, of course, "no one ever speaks of it again."
KJMackley: As a younger troper, I was very careful to try and not step on the toes of other editors. And I still try to show respect to what other people have changed in the past but when it comes to a trope like this I have no reservations to taking out the sheers and hacking away. One big flaw with this trope is the qualifier of "No one mentions this scene ever again." Okay... whenever you watch a movie how many scenes are given a Continuity Nod within the same movie by the characters? Very few because the audience is in the midst of watching the movie. Doing so would be redundant. So I took out a lot of examples. I'm posting them all here to help get some sort of discussion going on how to maintain the page.
Non Examples (These don't explain anything. Examples of this trope should be clear to non-fans.)
- The opening scene of The Last Boy Scout.
- Kermit the Frog's very brief cameo in Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium shopping at the title location.
- The 1991 American film adaptation of The Guyver has SEVERAL of these, almost all of which involve Striker, a rapping bat-like Zoanoid.
- Any episode of Earthworm Jim has one of these on purpose as its Cold Opening.
- There's also those scenes you see after the first commercial break, mostly days in the limelight of a villain not featured in the main episode (examples being Evil the Cat becoming a Hollywood movie star and Psy-Crow advertising for a school for villains).
Disputed Examples (If someone can reasonably argue its' importance than it is likely not a BLAM.)
- The Road to Eldorado probably qualifies, with its huge action sequence starring the giant stone cat
. Okay, so it eventually gets rid of the bad guy, but it still takes a while to get here...
- Except that scene has a good bit of build-up to it. It's more an over-the-top climax than a BLAM, and it does affect the plot, causing the protagonists to actually air their grievances against each other.
- It sure feels like a BLAM, though.
- Except that scene has a good bit of build-up to it. It's more an over-the-top climax than a BLAM, and it does affect the plot, causing the protagonists to actually air their grievances against each other.
- In the 2005 version of The Producers Max and Leo dance with Fritz while discussing plans to turn "Springtime for Hitler" into a play. This has no context at all with the scene and is never mentioned again.
- Nope - The scene later gets a mention as part of the "recap" section during the song "Betrayed".
- This troper wasn't the only one wondering what the hell was up with that out-of-the-blue homage to musicals during the 2009 Oscars ceremony, right?
- Out-of-nowhere musical/dance numbers are the bread and butter of Academy Award shows. See also the shadow-dancers Parabolus from a few years back, Cirque du Soleil's tribute to special effects (huh?), and this infamous number from the 1989 ceremony.
- Don't forget Michael Flatley and his Lord of the Dance troupe doing a step dancing salute to film editing (again, huh?) in 1997. It was silly enough that Mike Myers sent it up a few months later to open the MTV Movie Awards.
- Only because it was celebrating the resurgence of movie-musicals, which, um, actually started eight years prior with Moulin Rouge in 2001. And then Chicago won Best Picture in 2003. "The musical is back?" It's been back, dude.
- Out-of-nowhere musical/dance numbers are the bread and butter of Academy Award shows. See also the shadow-dancers Parabolus from a few years back, Cirque du Soleil's tribute to special effects (huh?), and this infamous number from the 1989 ceremony
Argued Examples (Examples I personally disagree with, reasons to be noted below.)
- In the first Shrek film, Shrek, Donkey and Fiona are innocently strolling through the forest when they're attacked by a French Robin Hood. The Merry Men break into a song and dance (that includes Riverdancing), try and "rescue" Fiona, and suddenly get menacing as they prepare to kill Shrek, at which stage Fiona attacks with Matrix-style Kung Fu moves. The fight concludes with Fiona getting chased by Friar Tuck playing an accordian who is defeated when she back-flips off a tree trunk and punches him out. The scene may have been to introduce Fiona's kick-butt abilities, but since neither they nor Robin are seen or mentioned again, the whole thing certainly qualifies as a BLAM.
KJ: Shrek is first and foremost a comedy so this scene was made to be funny and while sudden, it isn't that far fetched from the story's premise. It was also a turning point in the relationship between Shrek and Fiona so it does have some importance to the story.
- In Armageddon as A.J. says goodbye to Grace, he starts singing "Flying on a jet plane" only to be joined by Rockhound and Bear. Though this scene is very brief it doesn't have anything to do with what's going on and is never mentioned again.
KJ: It's meant to be a funny little goodbye sequence, in other words comic relief. And while quirky it is most definately not Mind Screw material.
- Clerks the Animated Series had an episode near the end with an Off-Model animation that states that it was made in Korea. There were bears and other anime references, and of course, celebrities. And then, the episode ends and no one mentions it again.
- Futurama has one of these in "The Sting" episode. Leela's coworkers, in an attempt to cheer her up, start singing a rendition of "Don't Worry, Be Happy" that soon turns into a showstopping musical number with explosions, a singing bee, and special effects. As soon as the song's over, everything goes back to normal and none of Leela's coworkers even remember singing.
- Justified in that it was all a poison-induced-coma dream sequence, and one of many moments of the episode that are simultaneously funny and very, very unsettling.
KJ: For Clerks and Futurama those were entire episodes that were dedicated to Mind Screw material just for the hell of it. If the entire episode is like that, then it fits as either a BLAM Episode or just a regular Mind Screw.Trogga: The "Don't Worry, Be Happy" number struck me as more random and over-the-top than anything else in the Futurama episode, and how was the Clerks episode entirely "dedicated to Mind Screw material just for the hell of it"?I Win The Internets?: I agree with Trogga, the Don't Worry Bee Happy scene was bizarre even given it's justification and the shows style. - The Avatar The Last Airbender episode "The Southern Raiders" is about Zuko taking Katara on a quest to collect her blood prices from him and her mother's killer. Near the beginning, a scene comes right out of nowhere that has no bearing whatsoever on the plots of the episode or the series and is never mentioned again — Zuko cockblocking Sokka and Suki.
KJ: Again, it isn't all that strange of a sequence but more importantly, it IS a major plot point. Zuko learned what happened to Sokka and Katara's mother from the following conversation. The Ready for Lovemaking gag was just that, making a minor joke using a Moment Killer.
- The Burlesque Furry strip show in The Great Mouse Detective.
KJ: That scene is a moment of pure Getting Crap Past the Radar genius but it doesn't actually involve the main characters at all. Basil was too occupied tracking down the bat to even notice what was going on.
Um, I don't want to start another edit war, but I'm just wondering why the fuck is the Nostalgia critic reacting to a BLAM is a good example image for it.
Crazyrabbits: It's meant to be a reference (if I understand the other picture correctly) to Hunter S. Thompson in Fear and Loathing In Las Vegas, which basically was a non-stop series of random encounters that had nothing to do with what the original characters were going to do. It was fine the way it was.
I'm aware of the reference, but I prefered something that actually relates to the trope, rather something that got the trope created to begin with.
Although I understand the drive to remove what seem to be pointless justifying edits, PLEASE do not remove anything from the page without providing an edit reason or a comment in the discussion page. It's exceptionally impolite.
Daerst: What about the scene in Pirates Of The Caribbean where Sparrow is dead, having his ship stranded, many Sparrows running around, stones turning to crabs and vice versa... Would this be a Big-Lipped Alligator Moment?
Wascally Wabbit: Not really, as it makes a point (Sparrow is going crazy and the afterlife is wierd).
Daerst: Alright. Have a trope for that kind of "someone going crazy and having the audience take part in it"?
