Teutonic Tomboy T-Girl
^ Perfect!
Jet-a-Reeno!
Dragon Writer
I also know there was a The Far Side cartoon specifically depicting this, but I have yet to find any online versions of it.
An Ear Worm is like a Rickroll: It is never going to give you up.
Cure Candy
Existence Weighed Against Nonbeing
Go with Wile E. Coyote. He's one of the most famous examples of this type of thing.
Reaction Image Repository
I'll post him then if no one else objects.
Reality is that, which when you stop believing in it, doesn't go away. -Philip K. Dick
Dragon Writer
... Why am I suddenly thinking we screwed the pooch?
I just realized one problem with the current page image
◊ — the image depicts gravity working just fine, thank you. It doesn't depict gravity working as described in the trope.
Brainstorming:
edited 18th Nov '10 12:28:01 AM by Stratadrake
An Ear Worm is like a Rickroll: It is never going to give you up.
Court Dragon
How about this one
?
The two essentials: gravity working weirdly (no way he should be on that level, and in that pose before falling), and the moment of realization.
edit: Wait What Whoa. Ninja'd by an edit putting in the same image I was putting in.
edited 17th Nov '10 9:34:16 PM by Enlong
I have a message from another time...
Minds think alike.
Becky: Who are you? The Mysterious Stranger: An angel. Huck: What's your name? The Mysterious Stranger: Satan.
Dragon Writer
;)
edited 18th Nov '10 12:28:55 AM by Stratadrake
An Ear Worm is like a Rickroll: It is never going to give you up.
- Gravity Is a Harsh Mistress The page image
◊ isn't bad, but... the isometric perspective of the screenshot isn't doing it any justice, either.
We should have something more of a side-on perspective, which is how the "Elmer Fudd syndrome" is typically rendered in visual media.
edited 16th Aug '10 6:56:48 PM by Stratadrake
An Ear Worm is like a Rickroll: It is never going to give you up.