User:SelfCloak/sandbox

(Avoid People Sit in Chairs and Stock Phrases.)


 * Old Senility: An old person has mental and intellectual deficiencies. Omnipresent Trope. Related to Alzheimer's.
 * The Green Mile
 * Virtue Corrosion: A good person becomes vile after age.
 * Up, fault (used as a In-Universe Take That), Princess Evangile (Discussed).
 * Authorship Question: Theories that an obscure, but related figure is the true author of a famous or notable work. Compare Conspiracy Theories. Related to Based on a Great Big Lie
 * Shakespeare (Add links to online and paper essays), Émile Nelligan (Proved in an award-winning non-fiction book)
 * Pseudo-Romance: Elements of romance used for plot convenience and Fan Service, without the care of establishing a relationship. Very common in Anime, especially in the Harem Genre. Contrast Romantic Plot Tumor. Compare to Token Romance.

Review Drafts


 * Tokyo School Life (Enjoyable, but creatively empty) (Frustrating endings raises unfortunate questions that are never even alluded to)
 * Draft script underway, 60% complete.
 * The Woman in White (3/4 of this book is a masterpiece of fiction) (Sharp and hilarious humor, gripping tension and mystery, real characters, twist to some aspects of society, last part turned into a monotonous "interview", "Revenge Whodunit", almost like a "Dateline" episode)
 * Blue Is the Warmest Color (Technical gem with ugly stains) (Unfortunate Implications, overly long and unrealistic sex scenes, questions arise (was there ever true love between Adèle and Emma?), dissect flaws in relationship (see IMDb discussion boards, arguments for and against Emma, analyzing Adèle's character), did the audience miss the point of the movie?)

Endless Jess' pet peeves in reviews
(From Pro Crastinators Episode 7 - Reviewer Rules) (47:58)
 * 1) Jumpcuts (lazy examples.)
 * 2) Stammering, stuttering bullshit during unscripted speeches
 * 3) Lack of self-awareness
 * 4) Dismissiveness [disregard] for other view points
 * 5) Recap reviews
 * 6) * Overly sappy shit (endings) (BestGuyEver)
 * 7) High-stakes continuity (Continuity Snarl).
 * 8) Intrusive politics.
 * 9) Intrusive skits.
 * 10) Derivativeness.
 * 11) * Opening catchphrase "Hey, guys, I've been busy..."
 * 12) * (Don't ramble about) your origin of discovering the show.
 * 13) ** Advice: Steal from multiple people, instead of one.
 * 14) **; Outdo your idols.
 * 15) Alcohol as a comedy crutch.
 * 16) * "I can't take this. I gotta drink."
 * 17) Obnoxious long intros
 * 18) * Heavy Metal intros.
 * 19) * If more than 5 seconds, it must be an original song made by a professional (Digibro)
 * 20) Shows based on negativity and cynicism.
 * 21) Adherence to formula.
 * 22) * Separate scores are a big no no (story, characters, animation, etc). (Digibro)
 * 23) * (19.) Overly complex scoring systems.
 * 24) ** If you must, only use one score for the whole "package."
 * 25) Acting as a poser (characterization of reviewer)
 * 26) * Don't always be the cool guy
 * 27) Over-reliance on memes/references
 * 28) Lack of editing
 * 29) Have editors who communicate the same ideas you have (Digibro)
 * 30) * (a plus) get editors who are better than you (joke)
 * 31) * Earn the editor (or pay them) (Digibro)
 * 32) Redundancy of the reviewed material (everyone already reviewed it)
 * 33) (See 13)
 * 34) (reviewer clichés)
 * 35) * "blank" is overrated
 * 36) * "Controversial opinion" videos.
 * 37) * Audience straw man.
 * 38) * Basing your review only on other people's opinions.
 * 39) ** That doesn't mean you shouldn't watch other people's reviews. On the contrary. (Digibro)
 * 40) * Not explaining terms in reviews ("The pacing is bad", offers no explanations)
 * 41) Blatantly missing the point of what you're talking about.
 * 42) * "I don't like this show because the characters are unlikable", even though that was the point of the show. (Evangelion)
 * 43) * When reviewers think they are smarter than the creators.
 * 44) Flash over substance.
 * 45) Reviewing people.
 * 46) Response videos (pause, then glib comment at every line)
 * 47) * Avoid dehumanizing opinions (Digibro)
 * 48) Listening to jerks on the Internet telling you how to make your videos.
 * 49) * OOOHHHH! (BestGuyEver)
 * 50) * Please take this list seriously and take in into concern. (Digibro)
 * 51) * You don't have to write it down to follow it. (Digibro)
 * 52) ** (Extra) Don't apply the same logic to everything (Digibro)
 * 53) ** The point of your review is not to state your opinions, but to justify them.
 * 54) ** The only audience that matters is you. (Golden Rule 1)
 * 55) *** Fuck'em. (Golden Rule 2)

From Haroohee

 * Call Back:
 * "(mundane activity) IS CONSUMING MY WHOLE LIFE! (Subverted for laughs in Ep. 7)
 * (Ep. 9, from Ep. 2) "The door's unlocked!"
 * Ho Yay: Kyon and Koizumi.
 * Running Gag:
 * In Ep. 1, Haruhi repeating "Fuck!" in her head.
 * Haruhi misinterpreting Kyon's sarcastic suggestions, no matter how sardonic he gets, and the length in which he does it, to the point of it being an Overly Long Gag.

"BG Complainer: Hey, uh, getting a little fandubby there! Kyon: Hey, fuck you! This isn't even close to the original script, okay? I do what I do, 'mkay? Haruhi: Let us have this, you shit! Complainer: Oohhh, whatever man! Just stick to the quick and easy jokes and fast-paced dialogue! It's what they'' would do! Kyon: WE ARE NOT THEM!!! ...We.. are not them. Haruhi: I am so proud of you, oh my God."
 * Quotes

- Haroohee 10 - Mouthful of Scroat

"Kyon: OAH! Uh, holy shit, I just had a nightmare where we're pre-existing characters being parodied in an Internet video! Ahh, fuck! Koizumi: Man, we're really pushing the meta enveloppe with this."


 * WMG
 * Were the giant space cricket's words to Kyon meant to symbolize Internet parodies? (Ep. 8)
 * In Ep. 10, according to the creator (as Kyon), it it, but people apparently didn't get it, and he didn't expect them to.
 * Who murdered the host? - According to the events in Ep. 9 (background screams), the murder was neither a prank, nor the butler's doing, nor an accident by Kyon and Koizumi (as it didn't happen: they were eating when the murder happened).
 * The suspect couldn't have been the guy on the table no one knows anything about.
 * In Ep. 10, Kyon thinks the whole situation is "a bunch of phoney baloney horse shit" and that Koizumi is in on it. When Koizumi confirms that the murder didn't really happen:
 * Kyon: "Thank you, please drive around Window I-so-fucking-called-it!"
 * It turns out the host never really died, and he laid on the floor trying really hard not to fart (so as to not give himself away). Koizumi set the entire thing up to pander to Haruhi's "natural attraction to the obscure" (It was not a prank, more of a hoax). But what about the screams, the knife wound and the butler's confirmation of his death?
 * The screams must have been faked, planned in advance.
 * The butler did just slap him around in hatred.
 * The knife wound is explained in the original series (it struck a notebook inside the shirt pocket).
 * Were the people at Koizumi's house really his relatives? - Kyon wondered so himself In-Universe.

From CaptainSparklez
(From CaptainSparklez's playthrough of Minecraft Story Mode) "(mimes talking mouth with his hand, he then makes funny faces and mimics the mouth with his two hands in a shrugged position. He then stops and, with a Kermit strained voice:) Just do the thing! Stop! ...Shut up! Make the thing work! ..So whiny! (refers to "What are we supposed to do?") We're being awesome! (whispers) Oh my God, she's such a pessimist and it's annoying. (a little louder) Oh my God, shut up. (When she says to Jesse "I like that way of looking at it.") (Gravel voice) Yeah, now make that thing work and stop being annoying! [...]""
 * Running Gag: (Ep 4 Part 2) "Just look at it. Look at it!"
 * "Very astute observation."
 * "Rueben, mah man!"
 * Funny Moment: "Well I'm the king of Boom Town, I'll have you know, please bow before me."
 * CapSpark getting fed up with Olivia, when she is not repairing the slime contraption and just talking about losing hope with the whole situation:


 * He then ends it with Sarcastic Clapping.

"Olivia: We should be careful. This place could be booby-trapped. CaptainSparklez: Ayy, she said "booby.""
 * Heh Heh, You Said "X":

From fault
(milestone two side:above) (visual novel) "Selphine: Use your magick, like I did to kill that tribe!"
 * Noodle Incident: (Chapter 1)


 * She's not being herself this time...


 * "Previously On...": Complete with a deep man's voice.

Rune Zhevitz
Appearance: fault milestone one

A heir of the Zhevitz family. Infamous among the town, even after her death.


 * Chaotic Evil: Type 4
 * Child Prodigy: She came up with so many good concepts for Zhevitz Enterprise that they hired her as an intern consultant. Rudo thinks she helped the company to hurt his feelings, since he's not as imaginative as her, and since he saw what she was capable of doing.
 * Complete Monster
 * Creepy Child: At a young age, she said things no child should ever think of, like finding solace in the murder of animals and admiring death.
 * Cute and Psycho: Slasher Smile, Creepy Monotone, you name it.
 * Enfant Terrible
 * Emotionless Girl
 * Driven to Suicide: Rune's body was discovered in a cargo ship, with lots of coloured Mana in her body. Since she knew that going outside the Outer Pole was lethal, Rudo concluded that she took her own life...
 * Never My Fault: She blamed, saying he "started it" with a comment.
 * Posthumous Character:

VNs
Sakura Santa
 * Flash Step (Implied for Akina)
 * Sexy Santa Dress (add to Itsumi comment)

HuniePop
 * (Heartwarming): Moko's CG of her sleeping on a tree branch.
 * Artificial Stupidity: A love interest can ask you a question, the answer being the thing they just told you beforehand.

Other
Change image
 * Unreliable Narrator
 * Off-Model (with Dragon Ball Super Ep 5)
 * Category:Light Novels
 * Extreme Doormat
 * Magnificent Bastard
 * Word Salad Title
 * Category:Woolseyism (something that compares both translations)
 * Equivalent Exchange (No watermark)
 * No Celebrities Were Harmed
 * Artifact of Attraction (a white image is not clever)
 * Kill'Em All (change to hamlet-related)
 * Dirty Old Man
 * Establishing Shot
 * Audience? What Audience?

Featured list
Featured articles, links to add (Waiting list of a waiting list):
 * To sort: (Tropes, Media, Creators)


 * Blood Knight
 * Led Zeppelin
 * Pirate Girl
 * Paint Drying
 * Charlie Chaplin
 * The Three Stooges
 * What Do You Mean It's Not for Kids?
 * Yu-Gi-Oh!: The Abridged Series
 * The Simpsons
 * Category:The Scrappy
 * Teleporters and Transporters
 * Theory of Narrative Causality
 * Alternate History Wank
 * The Republic (novel)
 * Josef Stalin
 * House of Leaves (quote final paragraph)
 * Not Simple
 * Stock Shout-Outs
 * Hattori Hanzo
 * Columbine
 * Sanjuro
 * Frank Welker
 * Mel Blanc
 * Disney
 * Johnny Bravo
 * Disney Theme Parks
 * Steamboat Willie
 * Frank Tashlin
 * Van Beuren Studios
 * Tales of the Gold Monkey
 * Cab Calloway
 * Arcadia
 * Known Space
 * Round Robin
 * Bob Clampett
 * The Ren and Stimpy Show
 * Chuck Jones
 * Patlabor
 * Generation Kill
 * Mahabharata
 * The Sound of Martial Music
 * Ruritania
 * Carl Sagan
 * No More Heroes
 * A Christmas Carol
 * Charles Dickens
 * Tom Hanks Syndrome
 * Band of Brothers
 * Latex Space Suit
 * Category:Science Fiction
 * Money Spider
 * Disney Acid Sequence
 * Ishtar
 * The Alcatraz
 * Skies of Arcadia
 * Arabian Nights
 * Grant Morrison's Batman
 * Doug
 * Koihime Musou
 * Norse Mythology
 * Drop the Hammer
 * Daredevil
 * Iron Man
 * Hawkeye
 * Civil War (Comic Book)
 * Kaze to Ki no Uta
 * Sorting Algorithm of Mortality
 * The Diary of a Young Girl
 * Caligula/Development History
 * Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis
 * Sapphire and Steel
 * Buried Alive
 * Combat Pragmatist
 * Slashed Throat
 * Off with His Head
 * Death Trap
 * Evil Overlord
 * Animal Assassin
 * Incredibly Obvious Bomb
 * Covered in Mud
 * Humiliation Conga
 * Category:Eye Scream
 * Crossing the Desert
 * Shifting Sand Land
 * All Deserts Have Cacti
 * Scenery Gorn
 * Scary Scorpions
 * Sand Worm
 * Warhammer 40000
 * Judge Dredd (comics)
 * Ciaphas Cain
 * Sealed Evil in a Can
 * Nature Adores a Virgin
 * Metroid
 * Animesque
 * Glorious Mother Russia
 * Uberwald
 * Asian Gal with White Guy
 * All Asians Are Alike
 * Spy Catsuit
 * Horny Devils
 * Maligned Mixed Marriage
 * Translation Convention
 * MacGyver
 * Florence Nightingale Effect
 * Quicksand Sucks
 * Cluster F-Bomb
 * Shinigami
 * The Scarlet Pimpernel (novel)
 * Trigun
 * Blackadder
 * Tuxedo and Martini
 * Seppuku
 * Behind the Black
 * Shoot Everything That Moves
 * Kleptomaniac Hero
 * Blackmail
 * Humphrey Bogart
 * Box Office Bomb
 * Polybius
 * Combattler V
 * Hamlet
 * Meido
 * Negative Continuity
 * All Men Are Perverts
 * Teacher-Student Romance
 * Growing Up Sucks
 * His Name Is
 * Oblivious Mockery
 * Primal Scene
 * Radiata Stories
 * Soap Opera
 * Shana Clone
 * Char Clone
 * Catwoman (comics)
 * Nominal Hero
 * The Magic Flute
 * Touhou
 * Rhetoric
 * Your Cheating Heart
 * Tainted by the Preview
 * Telefang
 * Black Box
 * Twenty Minutes Into the Future
 * Direct to Video
 * BDSM
 * The Zeroth Law of Trope Examples
 * Plot Tailored to the Party
 * Gibberish of Love
 * The Tyson Zone
 * You Keep Telling Yourself That (No Country for Old Men example)
 * Scrub
 * Public Medium Ignorance
 * Humans Are the Real Monsters
 * The Empire
 * You Can't Get Ye Flask
 * The Rant
 * Humor Dissonance
 * Fan Wank
 * Pingu
 * Trope Name Injokes
 * Sacred Hospitality
 * Plot Parallel
 * Revenge
 * All The Tropes:There is No One True Way
 * Food Porn
 * Delicious Distraction
 * Cartoon Cheese
 * To the Pain

To improve:
 * Nineteen Eighty-Four (Literature) (SPOILERS, REWRITE)
 * The Dark Knight Saga (OUTDATED)
 * Penny Arcade (Webcomic) (OUTDATED)
 * Alexander the Great (EXPAND)
 * Full Metal Jacket (MAKE IT MORE EXCITING)
 * Osamu Tezuka (EXPAND)
 * Adventure Time (OUTDATED)
 * Ultima (REWRITE, SHORTEN)
 * The Gift of the Magi (EXPAND)
 * FUNimation (OUTDATED, CLEAN UP)
 * Nintendo (OUTDATED, CLEAN UP)
 * Lyrical Nanoha (NEEDS BETTER DESCRIPTION)
 * Marvel Comics (OUTDATED)
 * DC Comics (OUTDATED)
 * Kirby (OUTDATED)
 * Electronic Arts (OUTDATED, CHANGE Image, add EA Games slogan)
 * Aztec Mythology (REWRITE Introduction)
 * IBM Personal Computer (REWRITE Introduction, compare to Apple II)
 * Ramona Quimby (REWRITE)
 * John Belushi (IMPROVE DESCRIPTION)
 * Montreal Screwjob (SUMMARIZE BETTER)
 * Love Hina (?)
 * Samurai Champloo (SUBJECTIVE)
 * Detective Conan (MORE DESCRIPTION)
 * Anpanman (MORE DESCRIPTION)
 * Hellsing
 * Astro Boy (manga)/Astro Boy (anime)
 * The Mysterious Cities of Gold (REMOVE RECAP SURPLUS)
 * Digimon (CLEANUP)
 * Laputa: Castle in the Sky
 * Geneon
 * Saint Seiya
 * The Prince of Tennis (MAKE IT BETTER)
 * Excel Saga (manga)
 * School Rumble
 * Spirited Young Lady
 * The Silence of the Lambs (REWRITE)
 * The Hunchback of Notre Dame (Disney film) (SHORTEN RECAP)
 * Shokojo Sera (RECAP, SPOILERS)
 * The Republic
 * Homer (REFOCUS on author)
 * The Illuminati (EXPAND)
 * Romance of the Three Kingdoms (anime) (REMOVE subjective parts)
 * Go for the Eye
 * Eye Pop
 * Atari
 * Hopscotch (quote first and last paragraphs, distillate characters and story into second paragraph)
 * Theodore Roosevelt (CLEANUP)
 * Deadpool (MASSIVE CLEANUP, make him swear)
 * Skullgirls
 * Hello Kitty (CLEANUP)
 * Cell Phone (EXPAND)

Links
To analyse
 * Utawarerumono
 * Symphonic Rain
 * Gore Screaming Show
 * Kusari
 * Katahane
 * Haru no Ashioto
 * Himawari
 * Eien no Aselia: The Spirit of Eternity Sword
 * Clover Heart's
 * A Profile
 * Kazoku Keikaku
 * Sonic Before the Sequel
 * Undertale
 * Amnesia: Memories
 * Toy Story
 * Myst
 * Twinkle Star Sprites
 * Final Fantasy XI
 * Final Fantasy XIV
 * Ikigami


 * Asian and Nerdy, Black and Nerdy
 * Zeerust
 * The Chosen Many
 * Seasonal Rot
 * Network Decay
 * Strictly Formula
 * Cliché Storm
 * Christmas Rushed