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* Why is [[Dawn of War]] called... [[Dawn of War]]? Its licensed from Warhammer ''40000'', which was a tabletop game that came after ''Warhammer''. One of Warhammer 40000's taglines are "In the grim darkness of the ''future'', there is only ''war''."

** It's named after a game mode from the Tabletop. It begins with only deploying scouts and working your way up. It starts at Dawn, and it's a War. Lazy Pun, but, hey, it works.

* Even though they weren't the original names, shouldn't Proto Man, being less advanced than ''[[Mega Man (~~Video~~ ~~Game~~)|Mega Man]]'', be called Kilo Man? And since X is his successor, shouldn't he be called Giga Man?

* Even though they weren't the original names, shouldn't Proto Man, being less advanced than ''[[Mega Man (video game)|Mega Man]]'', be called Kilo Man? And since X is his successor, shouldn't he be called Giga Man?

* Why is it that, on ''[[Doctor Who]]'', everyone acts as though the Ninth Doctor never existed? They almost never mention the regeneration or the fact that he used to have a different face (except in "The Christmas Invasion," "New Earth," and "Utopia"). It seems that the writers only want us to remember David Tennant, even though Christopher Eccleston did a [[Catch Phrase|FANTASTIC!]] job as well. Hell, the only other regeneration that the Tenth Doctor has acknowledged is the Fifth Doctor, and that's not exactly canon...

** In fairness, the classic series never used to frequently make a big deal about the previous selves either. But I can't help but get the feeling for some reason that there's a certain rift between Christopher Eccleston and the ''[[Doctor Who]]'' production team...

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* For the last time, Xander in [[Buffy the Vampire Slayer|''Once More, With Feeling,'']] "skeezy cheeses" really ''is'' a description!

* No matter how many times I watch ''[[The Dark Knight]]'', it still doesn't let me see Mark Hamill's Joker in live action, with writing for an adult audience.

** For the record, Mark Hamill's [[Batman ~~the~~ Animated Series|Joker]] and Heath Ledger's [[The Dark Knight|Joker]] are equally awesome and creepy. Hamill's Joker enhanced and confirmed my childhood fear of clowns and Ledger's Joker reawakened it.

** For the record, Mark Hamill's [[Batman: The Animated Series|Joker]] and Heath Ledger's [[The Dark Knight|Joker]] are equally awesome and creepy. Hamill's Joker enhanced and confirmed my childhood fear of clowns and Ledger's Joker reawakened it.

* Private eyes [[Your Princess Is in Another Castle|suspect the most suspicious person]]. Romantic heroes have no idea that the [[First Girl Wins]]. Yet whenever a horror movie character shows [[Genre Blindness]], everyone groans!

** The detectives and the romantic heroes get smarter. The horror film victims don't. Except the [[Final Girl]], and it still took her seeing everyone else taken out to grow a brain.

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** Keys are always in the refrigerator. If there are small children in the house, then both keys, socks, and anything else you lose is either in the fridge, microwave, oven, closet, sink, or any other place where it's too late.

** That's the reason I wear [[Mis Matched Socks]]...I can't even bother keeping them together. And as for keys? Last time I spent so long looking for my keys, they turned out to be on the towel rack in the bathroom, of all places.

* How the HELL did [[Heroes (TV)|Niki's]] {{spoiler|body not get damaged in the explosion?!}}

* How the HELL did [[Heroes (TV series)|Niki's]] {{spoiler|body not get damaged in the explosion?!}}

** Better yet, why the hell is [[Ali Larter]] still on the show? If other series follow suit, we may have [[Ali Larter Job Security]] as a trope.

*** ...[[Money, Dear Boy|The money?]] Just for shiggles? Because she claims that her characters are "[[Blatant Lies|strong women]]?" There's a reason why she is one of the [[Fallen Creator (Darth Wiki)|Fallen Actresses]] (and former ''Heroes'' worker [[Jeph Loeb]] is a Fallen Creator, what do ya know?).

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** 42.

** Why not?

** I disagree with the second poster, though; the answer is ''clearly'' [[Earthworm Jim (~~Video~~ ~~Game~~)|Forty-two]].

** I disagree with the second poster, though; the answer is ''clearly'' [[Earthworm Jim (video game)|Forty-two]].

* Where is the exit button frothy?

* Why not?

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** Why isn't there a ''[[Nightmare Fuel]]'' section for fan art? [[Squick|Makes sense]]...

*** [[Rule 34]], dude, [[Rule 34]].

* The ''Resistance'' games for [[PS 3]]. America joins the war in Britain with not the slightest idea the Chimera exist. A few days later, Hale, the only person the Brits have seen to been resistant to the virus, is taken back by the Americans to join the Sentinels... a unit of men resistant to the Chimera. This troper is having a hard time deciding whether this will be explained more in Resistance 3, as R2 seems to hint, or is simply an [[Ass Pull]], given how different Resistance 2 was, stylistically.

* The ''Resistance'' games for [[Play Station 3]]. America joins the war in Britain with not the slightest idea the Chimera exist. A few days later, Hale, the only person the Brits have seen to been resistant to the virus, is taken back by the Americans to join the Sentinels... a unit of men resistant to the Chimera. This troper is having a hard time deciding whether this will be explained more in Resistance 3, as R2 seems to hint, or is simply an [[Ass Pull]], given how different Resistance 2 was, stylistically.

** Also: the battleships, furies, and kraken. The Chimera had to tunnel under the English Channel to invade Britain. One would think they would have brought forth the battleships and sea-going critters rather than bothering with the tunnels.

** Speaking of style, why does the US have things that '''shouldn't'' be in the 50's I know it's and Alternet history but really.

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** Sex, Pregnant Woman, Babies.

** [[Calvin and Hobbes|Most people just buy the assembly kit from Sears.]]

** [[Yu-Gi-Oh ~~the~~ Abridged Series|I told you before, you buy them at a store. Just like everything else.]]

** [[Yu-Gi-Oh!: The Abridged Series|I told you before, you buy them at a store. Just like everything else.]]

* Why do teenage girls love ''[[Gossip Girl]]''? High school is ''nothing'' like that, so that show should not be used as guidance.

** You just answered your own quesiton.

* Markov Jump Processes. Fuck you Mr. Markov. You and your infinitesimal generator.

* Where are the [[Troper Tales]] for [[Screw Yourself]] already? We've already got [[Troper Tales]] for everything else, even [[Brother-Sister Incest|social taboos]]. Now where's the granddaddy of social taboos already?

** [[Troper Tales/Screw Yourself|There is one,]] but if you are talking about [[A Date ~~With~~ Rosie Palms|something else,]] Then I don't know.

** [[Troper Tales/Screw Yourself|There is one,]] but if you are talking about [[A Date with Rosie Palms|something else,]] Then I don't know.

* What is up with [[Everything's Better ~~With~~ Princesses|Princesses]] and [[Princesses Prefer Pink|PINK]]?! This is SO annoying!

* What is up with [[Everything's Better with Princesses|Princesses]] and [[Princesses Prefer Pink|PINK]]?! This is SO annoying!

** Blame [[Sleeping Beauty (Disney)|Aurora]]. I always liked the blue dress better.

** Blame [[Sleeping Beauty (Disney film)|Aurora]]. I always liked the blue dress better.

** Explains, in part, why the only Princess I really like is Belle. Blue and gold-what's not to like?

* If Batman has two rules he will never break (never kill and never use a firearm), why doesn't he just cut off all of the Joker's limbs to make him harmless without breaking either rule?

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* Since [[Firefly]] is now extremely popular, why don't FOX resurrect it? Or is there some kind of rule against that?

** Because [[Joss Whedon]] doesn't want to resurrect it.

*** Because he knows that he'll be [[Screwed By the Network]] yet again. He's good at pattern regonition.

*** Because he knows that he'll be [[Screwed by the Network]] yet again. He's good at pattern regonition.

**** Because there's a difference between the internet liking something and having good enough TV ratings to justify a second season. Also, the movie tanked, hard, so maybe Extremely Popular isn't the right way to put it.

* Where is our [[Zeerust]] Home, Our [[Flying Car]], Our [[Ridiculously-Human Robots|Human-like]] [[Robot Buddy|Robot]], [[Food Pills]], and our [[Frickin' Laser Beams]]??? [[I Want My Jetpack|We Want Our]] [[Jet Pack]]!!!!

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*** Peak Oil, shrinking arable land and dwindling water supplies.

* How the Hell is 1 + 1 = 3?

** It isn't. 1 + 1 = 10 [[Portal (~~Video Game~~)|IN BINARY, I'M FINE!!!!]]

** It isn't. 1 + 1 = 10 [[Portal (series)|IN BINARY, I'M FINE!!!!]]

** Rounding errors- "1" consists of a possible range of values between 0.5 and 1.5 (actually, an infinitesimal above 0.5, but meh). So 1+1=1 is just as valid as 1+1=3 and 1+1=2 (the average).

*** Because Big Brother said so.

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** You can fix that: in the part of the URL where it says DarthWiki/ThisExists, replace the slash with a dot. It works for any of the other namespaces; [[Tropers/Anonymous User|I]] only found this out by accident.

** And now it doesn't work anymore. Boo.

* ''[[~~Total Drama Island (Animation)|~~Total Drama Island]]'': The bear's vote off. ''What kind of a stupid reason to vote someone off was that''?<ref>[[Great Pikmin Fan|I]] was going to say in the edit reason "What, it did say we can make up fridge logic, but I ended up sending this with It saying "none given" for the reason.</ref>

* ''[[Total Drama Island]]'': The bear's vote off. ''What kind of a stupid reason to vote someone off was that''?<ref>[[Great Pikmin Fan|I]] was going to say in the edit reason "What, it did say we can make up fridge logic, but I ended up sending this with It saying "none given" for the reason.</ref>

** Because [[Everything's Worse ~~With~~ Bears]]

** Because [[Everything's Worse with Bears]]

* I found some MAJOR [[Gosh Dang It to Heck|Butt]] [[Ass Pull|Pulls]] that show up [[Reality Is Unrealistic|EVERYWHERE]]

** Bombs explode!

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** "Troperette" would have been better. Actually, no - ''"I"'' would have been better. Why, back in troper tales, did no one ever use "I"? All the third person was just pointless and silly.

* Where RPG elements are concerned - would hot lasers hurt fire elementals?

* Why is [[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic ~~(Animation)~~|Rainbow Dash]] so Celestiadamned popular? She's narcissistic and annoying. What the hell is the appeal?

* Why is [[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic|Rainbow Dash]] so Celestiadamned popular? She's narcissistic and annoying. What the hell is the appeal?

** It must be that she's 20% cooler than the other ponies.

** What's the big deal with the My Little Pony fad in general? I don't get it. It's a show meant to teach 3 to 9 year-old girls the importance of friendship, sharing, and caring, it's not something that 20 to 40 year-old men should be jacking off to.