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[[File:gilligancutdonald_7697.jpg|link=Gilligan Cut|frame|[[Donald Duck]] demonstrates the [[Gilligan Cut]], courtesy of artist [[Don Rosa]].]]
We're now entering the section of tour going through the [[Tropes of Legend]]!
If you look off to your right, you can see one of the very first tropes added to the wiki, the [[Gilligan Cut]]. This trope is named after the many times that the Skipper on ''[[Gilligan's Island (TV)|Gilligan's Island]]'' would vow to never buy into a harebrained scheme one minute -- followed by him enacting the hairbrained scheme in the very next scene.
 
While some tropes are a case of art imitating life, this is not always the case. That trope relies on the medium (television) to create the comedy -- real life doesn't cut from one scene to the next that fast. Well, not without ridiculous amounts of sedatives, and those aren't allowed on this ride. We definitely want to avoid sedatives, because we're coming up on [[Chekhov's Gun]].
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In addition to having pages about tropes here, we also have pages about [[works]] -- particular things in the media like [[Television]] shows, [[Web Comics]], [[Film|Films]], [[Anime]], and more. This wiki is a great place to talk about the entertainment that fits your life, and the tropes and plot from which they are constructed.
 
Because stories are more than just a way to pass time -- they create our culture. David Morgan-Mar of ''[[Irregular Webcomic (Webcomic)|Irregular Webcomic]]'' suggests that ''[[Star Wars (Franchise)|Star Wars]]'' may be the world's most well-known fictional work, and the first one to be known by a majority of the world. ''[[The Wizard of Oz]]'' occupies a similar place in our global imagination. Even ''[[The Bible (Literature)|The Bible]]'' is full of tropes, and it has influenced the style and substance of countless other works.
 
And finally, we talk about [[creators]]. Creators of cool stuff, like [[Joss Whedon]]. There are a lot of ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer (TV)|Buffy]]'' fans around here. Creators are real people, so we need to remain nice on their pages. Feel free to criticize the book all you want, but try to remain civil with actual people. As they say, hate tha game, not tha playa.
 
And thus ends our guided tour of All The Tropes. Please put your tray table up and chair in the fully upright position before exiting the ride.
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