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This is simply what you think is the (not some of the, '''''the''''') best example of any trope (an objective trope, not subjective, since this already is subjective). The "Crowning Example" if you will.
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Oh, and each troper gets one example per trope, no more. Also, don't go "no, this is," or phrases like that. This is about our own personal favorites.
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== V ==
* [[Vaporware]]
** [[
*** Not anymore :)
** Starcraft: Ghost
** ''Chrono Break''
** Half Life Episode 3
* [[Verbal Tic]]
** [[Naruto]]. Dear ''God'', Naruto.
*** Believe it, dattebayo!
** [[Tokimeki Memorial|Mei Ijuin]] ''na no da'' !
** [[Rozen Maiden|Suiseiseki's]] desu must not fail this one!
** Remember [[King of Fighters|Choi Bounge]] de yansu!
** [[Higurashi no Naku Koro
*** I second this and would like to add a [[Higurashi no Naku Koro
** [[Pinky and The Brain|Narf! Poit! Zort! Troz!
** I'll tell you what, dang ol' [[King of the Hill|Boomhauer]], man!
** [[Kanon]]. Don't believe me? [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TT2GRpwwS8M Watch the video].
** [[Doctor Who
** Prepare to be invaded [[
** The [[
* [[
** [[Zoo Tycoon]]. If you like animals.
* [[Video Game Cruelty Potential]]
** [[
** [[Shadow of Rome]] is a VERY close second for the same reason.
** The upcoming game Bullet Storm seems like it may be this,
** [[Prototype (
** [[Dwarf Fortress]], for science!
* [[Viewers Are Geniuses]]
** ''[[Primer]]''. That is all.
** ''[[Complete World Knowledge]]''
** Dennis Miller's "rants" on his HBO talk show. Didn't quite work out as well for him when he was in the [[Monday Night Football]] announcer's booth, though.
** ''The Silent Partner'', which didn't do well in theaters because it turned out the viewers weren't.
** H.P. Lovecraft. -Ziggy Zag
** ''[[Irregular Webcomic]]''. Including the occasional [[Don't Explain the Joke|explanations]].
** ''[[Neon Genesis Evangelion]]''
** ''[[The Wire]]''
** ''[[Ghost in
** As much as this editor considered agreeing with ''[[Ghost in
** ''[[Dresden Codak]]''
** Any movie by [[Mamoru Oshii]].
* [[Vile Villain Saccharine Show]]
** [[Kirby]]
** [[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic
* [[Villain Decay]]
** The Rabbids from [[Rayman]] Raving Rabbids used to be more intimidating in previews. Now they're total incompetent jokes. [[Rule of Funny|They're much more hilarious that way]].
** ''Hannibal'', why?
** [[Alias (TV series)|Irina Derevko]].
** [[Mario|Bowser.]] But in this case, [[Tropes Are Not Bad]]
** [[Pokémon|Team Rocket]]
** Freiza from [[Dragonball Z]]. He had the ''longest fight in the entire series'' with Goku. He comes back to life in the 12th movie and is killed by Gohan in ''one hit''. How can it POSSIBLY BE WORSE THAN THAT?
** Raijuta Isurugi of ''[[Rurouni Kenshin]]''
* [[Villainous Breakdown]]
** [[Avatar: The Last Airbender|Azula]].
*** Seconded.
*** Thirded.
*** Obviously
*** Fiftith
*** Sixth...ed!
*** Seventh...ed!
*** Eighthed.
*** Nineth...ed
*** Tenthed.
*** Eleventhed.
*** Twelfth...ed
** [[Dirty Harry
** [[Ace Attorney|Apollo Justice's]] {{spoiler|Kristoph Gavin}}. For an idea of this, he gets so mad that as he raises his fist to bang on the witness stand in frustration, the {{spoiler|dishes}} that had previously fallen on the ground behind him ''rise up into the air and fall down as he slams his fist on the witness stand.'' Please note: this man has no magic powers.
*** Same game series, different perp: {{spoiler|Damon Gant}}. How many villains do ''you'' know that have a breakdown speech where they stand there laughing and clapping maniacally for an ''entire minute''?
*** Same series (notice a trend?), different villain: {{spoiler|Manfred von Karma}}. After he spends hours grinning smugly at you, the guy snaps like a twig on slow-motion and bangs his head against the wall after ''screaming at the top of his lungs''.
*** Really, pretty much any villain in this series. {{spoiler|Redd White}} with his strange headdesking thing, {{spoiler|Dahlia Hawthorne}} in 3-1 AND 3-5. {{spoiler|The Tiger's}} seizure-inducing breakdown, and {{spoiler|Daryan Cresend}} and his hair. Going everywhere.
*** Gotta give it to {{spoiler|Matt Engarde}} clawing his face out, although all of the breakdowns in the series are great. Considering it's kind of a once an episode type thing, the whole SERIES deserves to be the Most Triumphant Example, although this troper is tempted by [[Death Note
** ''[[Red Dragon]]''
** [[Death Note
** [[The Wire|Marlo Stanfield]]: '''MY NAME IS MY NAME!'''
** Dukat in ''[[Star Trek: Deep Space Nine]]'' to the point of {{spoiler|''getting plastic surgery to make him look like a Bajoran and seducing the head of the Bajoran religion.'' One might say his breakdown turned him into a [[Magnificent Bastard]].}} EvaLilith
** [[Rurouni Kenshin|Soujirou Seta]]. His sudden change from [[Dissonant Serenity]] to this is damn ''scary'', and simply masterful
*** Seconded.
** [[
** {{spoiler|[[Batman Beyond|The Joker]]}}, if only because the [[DCAU]] saved it's very best [[Villainous Breakdown]] for last
** [[Adolf Hitler]] in ''[[Downfall (
** Cesare Borgia in ''[[Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood
* [[Villainous Crossdresser]]
** [[Tim Curry|Dr. Frank]][[Rocky Horror Picture Show|N Furter]]
** [[Psycho
** [[The Silence of the Lambs]] has Buffalo Bill, who dresses not only in women's clothes, but their skins.
* [[Villain Override]]
** "'''''[[Mass Effect 2|ASSUMING DIRECT CONTROL.]]'''''"
* [[Villain Protagonist]]
** Lord [[Disgaea|Laharl
*** Seconded for being the most hilariously awesome villain protagonist ever.
** [[Death Note
***
***
***
***
***
** [[Amadeus|Salieri]]
** [[American Psycho|Patrick Bateman]] -getmemygun
** [[Invader Zim
** [[The Abominable Dr. Phibes]], particularly in the sequel
** Caim in Drakenguard, along with his whole party, barring Seere. An axe-crazy incestrous murderer, a dragon who thinks the only wise people are those who choose not to even be born, a madwoman who eats babies, and a pedophile preist. And that's your party. Plus a kid who never ages.
** [[God of War (
** [[
** The Nazis from [[Das Boot]]. -Ziggy Zag
*** Disagree. Aside from one guy, they mostly seemed politically apathetic sailors just doing their jobs, making them [[Punch Clock Villain
*** [[Captain Obvious|Punch Clock Villains are still villains, aren't they? Hence the name.]] It's the most triumphant example because no other story I know of can so consistently make you root for them and feel for them before slapping yourself once more and reminding yourself of who they are. That ending alone seals the deal. -Ziggy Zag
** [[Richard III]].
** Tony Montana from [[Scarface]].
** Alex from ''[[A Clockwork Orange (
*** Seconded
** [[
** [[MW|Michio Yuki]].
* [[Villain Song]]
** [[The Hunchback of Notre Dame (Disney film)|'Hellfire']] by [[Tony Jay|Judge Claude Frollo]].
*** Even the [https://web.archive.org/web/20130925065541/http://thatguywiththeglasses.com/videolinks/thatguywiththeglasses/nostalgia-critic/17640-top-11-villian-songs Nostalgia Critic] thinks so!
** [[Keith David]]'s "Friends on the Other Side" in ''[[The Princess and
** [[Fern Gully|Toxic Love]] by [[Tim Curry|Hexxus
** [[The Lion King|Scar's]] "Be Prepared". Jeremy Irons, Nazi imagery, and mountains of ''bones''.
*** Seconded.
*** Thirded.
*** Fourthed.
** [[Repo!
** [[Anastasia|"In the Dark of the Night"]] by [[Jim Cummings|Rasputin
** "The Acid Queen" from ''Tommy'', by [[The Who]]. Or maybe "Career of Evil" by [[Blue
** What? No mention of Ursula? [[The Little Mermaid|You poor unfortunate souls!]] -Max1099
** [[Doctor Steel]]. Many, since he's a musical supervillain. But "Dr. Steel" is probably the crowner. "I have become the man with a plan / With an army of toys and a mechanical band / Ruling the world making everything real / I’m Dr. Steel, Dr. Steel!"
** [[Evil Matriarch|The Queen of the Night]]'s aria "Der Hoelle Rache kocht in meinem Herzen," from Mozart's ''[[
** [[The Protomen
*** "There is a hell that has been building from the moment we first met." indeed. So very seconded.
** [[Aladdin (Disney film)|"Prince Ali (Reprise)", by Jafar
** [[The Nightmare Before Christmas|"Whoa-oh
* [[Villain Sue]]
** More like [[Super Robot Wars|Villain Shu]], am I right?
** Captain Broken himself, [[Bleach|Sousuke Aizen]].
*** So much that him losing ''at all'' will be terribly OOC.
** [[The Force Unleashed|Lord Starkiller]] basically kills off a bunch of major characters and warps the continuity in Ultimate Sith Edition. Good thing he's not canon (outside of a [[Bonus Boss]] cameo).
** [[Shaman King|Hao Asakura.]]
** [[Glee|Villain]] [[Meaningful Name|Su]][[Just for Pun|e.]]
** [[Bomb Queen
** [[
* [[Villain
** [[Berserk|Griffith]]
** [[The Proposition|Mr. Fletcher
** [[Buffy the Vampire Slayer|The Mayor
** [[Beauty and The Beast|Gaston]]
** Pick a [[Real Life]] politician. Any one of them, it doesn't matter. [[Knight in Sour Armor|What?! Don't look at me like that!]] -Ziggy Zag
** [[Doctor Steel]].
** [[Exalted|Desus]]
* [[Violently Protective Girlfriend]]
** [[Mirai Nikki|Yuno]]
*** "Don't worry Yuki, [[Murder Is the Best Solution|I'll be sure to kill her.]]"
** [[Kara no Kyoukai
* [[Viral Marketing]]
** [[The Joker Blogs]], an amateur-produced [[YouTube]] television series, has established "Mr. J" as the sole rightful heir to Heath Ledger among ''diehard'' Batman fans, nevermind random viewers...and all of it right under Hollywood's nose.
** [[The Blair Witch Project]]. Too bad the movie sucked.
* [[Vitriolic Best Buds]]
** [[
** [[Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicle|Fai and Kurogane.]]
* [[Viva Las Vegas]]
** ''[[The Hangover]]''
** ''[[Fear and Loathing
* [[Vocal Minority]]
** [[Eagle Land|Americans]]. Most of them are not loud, boorish, fat, lazy, uncultured, stupid, etc. Shocking, isn't it.
** [[Straw Feminist
** [[Conspiracy
*** And [[QAnon|some]] far more than you're comfortable with.
** ''Avatar''-bashers, even now, well over a year after the film's release. For the want of good things said about the film on the internet by ''anyone anywhere'' (or even new jokes made about the same few perceived flaws by the haters), it is extremely difficult to consider the film's good reputation anything but mythical. Will it ''never'' end?! -[[Zuul MF]]
== W ==
* [[Wacky Homeroom]]
** [[Mahou Sensei Negima|Class 2-A/3-A.
** [[The Magic School Bus|Ms. Frizzle's class
*** Seconded
** [[Wayside School|Ms. Jewl's class.
* [[Waif Fu]]
** River's magnificent fights in [[Firefly]]'s [[Grand Finale]].
*** Seconded.
* [["Wake
** [[Sin and Punishment 2|Orion Tsang]]. So you bulldoze through Stage 1, then comes this boss. And unlike the game up to this point, he '''does not''' fuck around.
** [[
* [[Wake Up, Go to School, Save
** ''[[Kim Possible]]''
** ''[[
** [[Danny Phantom]]
** [[Persona 3]]. I mean, come on, you can't top waking up, going to school and then going ''back'' to your school during [[The Hidden Hour]] to save the world. (After your school turns into the [[Evil Tower of Ominousness]] too.)
* [[Wall of Text]]
** You haven't ''seen'' walls of text until you've read the (Ultimate) Warrior's comic book. Seriously...every page of that damn thing is like that. I think this, more than anything, is what qualifies the man as beyond batshit insane.
** ''[[Sonichu]]''. And when I say "Most Triumphant", I don't mean it as a good thing.
** No comic can match the Most (or rather, Least) Triumphant film example, the opening crawl of ''Alone in the Dark''. Has anybody tried ''timing'' that thing? -[[Zuul MF]]
* [[Walking Techbane]]
** [[The Dresden Files|Harry Blackstone Copperfield Dresden]]. Take a moment to think about all the things he makes reference to (the [[Evil Overlord List]], countless movies, [[The Dresden Files
* [[The Walrus Was Paul]]
** ''[[Neon Genesis Evangelion]]''
** ''[[Eraserhead]]''
** [[James Joyce]].
** "Stone of Love", by [[Blue
** ''[[The Big Lebowski]]''
** "[[The White Album]]" by [[The Beatles (
* [[Wangst]]
** [[Clerks|I'm stuck in this pit, earning less than slave wages, working on my day off, dealing with every backward fuck on the planet, the goddamn steel shutters are locked all day, I smell like shoe polish,
** Again, ''[[Sonichu]]''. The author doesn't even bother with an attempt at subtlety.
** Simple Plan. Look no further than ''Welcome To My Life''
*** [[
** [[Twilight (
*** Make that a more specific ''Twilight: New Moon'' and you've got yourself a "seconded". -Ziggy Zag
**** And thirded. Dear ''God'', the wangst...
***** [[Memetic Mutation|Bella, this is the skin of a killer! *Sparkle*]] (Pssst. that's fourthed.)
** Most of the Justice League in ''[[JLA
** [[Mega Man X|Zero]]. [[Memetic Mutation|WHAT AM I FIGHTING FOOOOOOOOR!!]] anyone?
* [[Warrior Poet]]
** ''[[Cyrano De Bergerac]]''
* [[Wave Motion Gun]]
** The Arc-en-Ciel from ''[[Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha]]''. What other Wave Motion Gun destroys its target by ''distorting the very fabric of space and time around it?''
*** The rainbow? Just with a name like that, [[Fluffy the Terrible|it has to be badass.]]
*** Heck, Nanoha is the cutest little [[Wave Motion Gun]] ever, and if you don't agree, she'll just ''befriend'' you.
** Krenim Temporal Weapon from ''[[Star Trek: Voyager]]''. ''Absolutely nothing'' beats the gun that erase things from history and also rewrite history to fit the erasure.
** The Ark in ''[[Transformers Cybertron]]''. Huge enough to be wielded by a [[Physical God]] Transformer the size of a planet. Fired to destroy a freak blackhole caused by the death throes of said Physical God's evil brother.
** [[Skies of Arcadia
** [[Fate/stay
** [[
** [[Star Wars|Death Star]] superlaser.
** [[Touhou|Love Sign [Master Spark]
** [[Shadow the Hedgehog|The Eclipse Cannon]]. Built and used for noble intentions.
** [[Neon Genesis Evangelion|The Positron Rifle]]. It takes ''all of Japan's energy'' for it to shoot ''twice''. The angel it was used against counts, too, but since they destroyed it with the Rifle...
** The [[R
** Thor's Hammer/The Mana Cannon from ''[[
** [[Blame|Graviton Beam Emitter]] looks like a tiny handgun, except that it fire a beam 70 KM LONG laser that can blow holes in metal structures that shrugs off [
* [[We Need a Distraction]]
** ''Stalag 17''. There could be a [[Massive Multiplayer Crossover]] where [[Firefly|Jayne]] and [[Metal Gear|Solid Snake]] [[Show Some Leg|strip naked]] while singing "[[
** ''Grand Illusion'': A [[Crowning Moment of Awesome
** [[The Lion King|"What am I supposed to do, dress in drag and do the hula?"
*** LUAU!!
** [[Doctor Who
* [[We Have Reserves]]
** [[Warhammer
** [[Warhammer Fantasy Battle|Skaven]], just [[Rodents of Unusual Size|S]][[You Dirty Rat|k]][[Swarm of Rats|a]][[Chronic Backstabbing Disorder|v]][[Magitek|e]][[The Corruption|n]].
* [[We Were Rehearsing a Play]]
** ''[[Monsters, Inc.|Put That Thing Back Where It Came From Or So Help Me]]'', the reason being that it actually got written and produced.
* [[Webcomic Time]]
** ''[[
*** IT'S BEEN IMPLIED TO EVEN BE ONLY A FEW HOURS. AND THE TROLLS ARE ON THEIR SAME DAY TOO. So very seconded.
*** As of December
*** As much as I wanted to give this to long-running contender [[Megatokyo]]... yeah, you can't beat Homestuck in this, [[Memetic Mutation|it is simply the best there is.
** ''[[Lost]]''; seasons 1-4 take place over 100 days and 5 and 6 a couple of weeks.
* [["Well Done, Son" Guy]]
** [[Neon Genesis Evangelion|Shinji F___ing Ikari
*** But of course.
** [[Smallville|Lex F__ing Luthor]]
** [[Naruto|Sasuke Uchiha]], at least before the massacre
** Uh, '''[[Avatar: The Last Airbender|ZUKO]]'''!? [[My Friends and Zoidberg|And possibly Azula]]?
*** Seconded.
* [[Well
** [[Order of the Stick|Redcloak]] - benj; NamonakiRei
** {{spoiler|[[Watchmen (comics)|Veidt]]}} -getmemygun, [[User:Man Without A Body]] (who sort-of agrees with the actions of the character in question. And probably with [[Alan Moore]].), [[User:Voodoo Child]].
** V from V for Vendetta
** [[Death Note
** ''[[Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann]]'' {{spoiler|The anti spirals.}}
*** Bullcrap, that title belongs to Lord Genome.
** [[Princess Mononoke|Moro]].
** [[Doctor Steel]].
** [[Tales of Symphonia
** [[Serenity
* [[Wham! Episode]]
** [[Babylon
*** Seconded. The show was the [[Trope Namer]], for God's sake.
** [[Naruto|The Pain Invades Konoha Arc]]
** [[Doctor Who
*** The Impossible Astronaut.
** [[Red vs. Blue|Red Vs Blue: Reconstruction Chapter 16
** [[Tales of the Abyss
** [[Bleach|End of Hypnosis and Deicide]].
** [[Fullmetal Alchemist (
*** Seconded.
*** ''SO'' thirded. In fact, anything from chapter 95
*** Fourthed! And the most amazing part about it was the fact that the author could keep ''upping the ante''.
** [[Fullmetal Alchemist (
** [[One Piece|One Piece chapter 574]]. Its name? {{spoiler|The Death of Portgas D. Ace}}.
*** Chapter 513, {{spoiler|the separation of the Straw Hats}}. Never, ever did I see that one coming.
** [[Mass Effect]]. Virmire. "''There is a realm of existence so far beyond your own you cannot even imagine it. I am beyond your comprehension. I am {{spoiler|Sovereign}}!''"
*** Have fun on the '''rest''' of that same level.
** [[Battlestar Galactica|"Lay Down Your Burdens II"]]. One year later.
** [[A Song of Ice and Fire|The Red Wedding]].
** [[Avatar: The Last Airbender|Crossroads of Destiny]] Not so much the Wham, but precisely how much it enraged viewers.
*** No, that wham was ''definitely'' the most effective wham (in animation, at least) on its own.
** [[Buffy the Vampire Slayer|I Was Made To Love You]].
** [[Harry Potter|The Half Blood Prince
** [[
** [[
** "[[Lost|Through The Looking Glass]]"
** The [[Meaningful Name|Oh-So-Accuratly-Named]] [[The Dresden Files|"Changes"]]
** [[
** ''[[Degrassi]], Rock This Town''.
** ''[[
** ''[[Neon Genesis Evangelion]]'', episode 18 (and every subsequent episode)
** ''[[Puella Magi Madoka Magica]]'', episode 10. Never have I seen something that so completely changes everything we've seen before in a series by recontextualizing it so radically.
*** Episode 10? Try Episode 3! [[Gratuitous Spanish|Madre de Dios]]!
** ''[[
** [[
** ''[[Fairy Tail]]'' [[Break the Badass|Ac]][[Hero
* [[Wham! Line]]
** [[Doom: Repercussions of Evil|No, John.]] [[It Was His Sled|You are the demons.]] [[And Then John Was a Zombie]].
** [[Nineteen Eighty
** ''[[
{{quote|
** [[It Got Worse|Some weeks after that update, there's something even worse and more unexpected now.]]
{{quote|
** [[It Got Worse|And a few weeks after THAT.
{{quote|
** And finally in the End of Act 5...
{{quote|
** "[[The Girl Who Leapt Through Time|Makoto...]] {{spoiler|Have you been time-leaping?"}}
** "[[Star Wars|Obi-Wan never told you what happened to your father...]]"
** [[Alphas
** [[The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya|"I'm going to kill you to see how Miss Suzumiya reacts."
** [[A Song of Ice and Fire|Ser Ilyn,]] {{spoiler|[[Decoy Protagonist|bring me his head.]]}}
* [[What an Idiot!]]
** [[Nick Arcade]]. No, [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R3AH9y_wkk0 really].
* [[What Do You Mean
** The Poison Ivy/pod babies episode of [[Batman:
** What do you mean adults can't enjoy [[Pokémon]]?
*** Different perspective: Go look at the [[Fridge Horror]] and [[Nightmare Fuel]] pages for Pokémon.
** When will the internet understand that ''[[Watership Down]]'' is entirely suitable for children? I was raised on those vicious rabbits, and I'm fine.
** ''[[
** ''[[Harry Potter]]'', if only because the debate rages on
*** There is quite a fair bit of [[Nightmare Fuel]] and some disturbing themes in that series.
** [[Don Bluth]]. [[Nightmare Fuel/Don Bluth|full stop.
** [[Rocko's Modern Life]]
** Folks, it may have great writing and characterization, and it recognizes the older members of its audience, but even until the very end, [[Avatar: The Last Airbender]] ''was targeted at children''. [[Tropes Are Not Bad|Not that this is a bad thing, of course]].
** [[Fist of the North Star]]. Don't mind all those intestines flying everywhere, this show is for the kids!
** [[Regular Show]]. Just, [[Regular Show]].
** ''[[
** ''[[
** ''[[Invader Zim]]''
*** "[[Organ Theft|He's stealing everyone's organs and replacing them with... STUFF!]]" --
** ''[[
* [[What Do You Mean
** ''[[
*** Seconds Pan's Labyrinth.
** [[Neon Genesis Evangelion]]
** "[[The Randomverse|Sorry Kids]], I couldn't get tickets for [[Kung Fu Panda]], so let's go watch the [[Dark Knight Trilogy|Clown open fire on a school bus, hm]]?"
*** [[Batman: Arkham Asylum]] freaked me out more than [[Dead Space (
** [[
*** And many animé to follow.
** [[Jurassic Park]]. MOMMY, MAKE THE T-REX GO AWAY!!
** [[Watchmen]]. Full stop.
** [[
*** Hence why the picture on that page is a Photoshopped poster from that very movie.
** [[
** All of the "adult" animation that ''[[The Simpsons]]'' helped popularize.
** ''[[Higurashi no Naku Koro
*** [[Higurashi no Naku Koro
* [[What Do You Mean Its Not Symbolic]]
** [[The World Ends With You
** [[Battlestar Galactica|Gaius Christ Superstar, Angel!Six, and Kara Frakking Thrace]].
** The ending theme of [[Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha]] Strikers where Nanoha ''walks on water''.
** ''[[Neon Genesis Evangelion|NEON. GENESIS. EVANGELION.]]''
* [[What Do You Mean It Wasn't Made
** ''[[
** Oddly enough, ''[[Alice in Wonderland]]''. Lewis Carroll was nuts and a bit of a pedo, but he ''wasn't'' on drugs.
*** [[Alice in Wonderland (
** Once again, ''[[Neon Genesis Evangelion]]''.
** ''[[Moulin Rouge]]''
** [[Bobobo-Bo
** ''[[Cat Soup]]''
** [[
** ''[[Perfect Hair Forever]]''. In fact, I refuse to believe that it wasn't.
** ''[[Katamari Damacy]]''
** [[
* [[What Kept You?]]?
** The climax of Matthew Lewis' play ''The Castle Spectre''
* [[Wheelchair Woobie]]
** [[Homestuck
* [[When Life Gives You Lemons]]
** '''[[Portal 2
*** Seconded! That was one of the best psychotic ramblings I've ever heard, and I've heard a lot of psychotic rambling. '''"Do you know who I am? I'm the man who's gonna burn your house down! [[Beyond the Impossible|WITH THE LEMONS!]]"'''
*** Thirded! '''"I'm going to get my engineers to invent a COMBUSTIBLE LEMON, that BURNS YOUR HOUSE DOWN!"'''
* [[Whip It Good]]
** [[Ace Attorney|Franziska von Karma]].
*** Seconded.
** Gene Hackman in ''[[Unforgiven]]''
** Simon Belmont in ''Super Castlevania IV''. -Ziggy Zag
** Have to go with a classic: [[Indiana Jones
* [[White
** [[Final Fantasy VII|Sephiroth]] - Ghost of Gene Rayburn
** [[Inuyasha|Sesshomaru
* [[Who Would Be Stupid Enough...?]]
** ''[[Bone]]'', specifically the [[Memetic Mutation|STUPID, STUPID RAT CREATURES!
* [[Wicked Cultured]]
** [[A Clockwork Orange (
* [[Wide Open Sandbox]]
** ''[[
* [[Widget Series]]
** ''[[FLCL]]'' for conventional media, ''[[Katamari Damacy]]'' for interactive media. Absolutely ''no'' justification, absolutely ''no'' sanity. - Gattsuru
** ''[[
** [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XWcQei3hPz4 The Fleischer Brothers], owners of one of the first successful animation studios, have yet to be passed in oddness
** ''[[Lucky Star]]''.
** ''[[Katamari Damacy]]''.
** [[
** [[
** [[Excel Saga (
** [[Earthworm Jim (
** [[Elite Beat Agents|Are you ready? 3-2-1 Go!]]
** [[Seto no Hanayome]]. Just because of the finale.
** One word... [[Adventure Time
** Again, [[Bobobo-Bo
** [[Panty
*** Seconded; this beats everything else. - PLZSIC
*** Thirded; Are we allowed to change our votes when something more batshit insane comes up?
*** Fourthed, and I believe you can, so long as you delete your previous vote.
*** Fifthed. And it's interesting how this bizarre mess is a Weird Japanese Thing in disguise as a Weird American Thing. It manages to exponentially sum up all the weirdness of both universes, so much that the only reason Season 2 was not yet made is because the sheer accumulated density of its weirdness would create a black hole on Earth and cause [[The End of the World
** '''[[Dead Leaves]]'''. Made by the same lunatic director as Panty and Stocking
** [[
* [[Wife Husbandry]]
** [[Twilight (
* [[Wild Mass Guessing]]
** The [[Warhammer 40
** The [[Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann|Gunmen]] were built by {{spoiler|[[Phineas and Ferb]]}}
** [[James Bond]] is really {{spoiler|a Time Lord.}}
* [[Wimpification]]
** Marco del Rossi on ''[[Degrassi the Next Generation]]''. He went from having a "sporty" look and being into sports (although perhaps just to [[Male Gaze|see Sean shirtless]] and [[Depraved Homosexual|lick his lips]]) to not knowing who the Washington Redskins were.
** [[South Park|Kyle Broflovski]]. Dear God. If canon Kyle ever came face to face with slash fic Kyle, his reaction would be priceless.
* [[Winter Royal Lady]]
** "[[
** [[The Chronicles of Narnia|The White Witch
* [[Wise Prince]]
** Ashitaka of [[Princess Mononoke]]
* [[The Woman Wearing the Queenly Mask]] : Ambassador Delenn of [[Babylon
* [[Wishplosion]]
** ''[[Puella Magi Madoka Magica]]'', where the trope is used to underline the quintessence of being a [[Magical Girl]]. --
* [[Women Drivers]]
** Milka Duno. It's hard to adequately explain the scope of it without looking her performances up directly, one at a time.
* [[The Wonka]]
** [[Doctor Who
** [[Bleach|Urahara]] [[Trickster Mentor|Kisuke]]. --ncfan
* [[The Woobie]]
** [[WALL-E]] Might as well call him WOOB-E (Credit goes out to whoever came up with that on the page for [[The Woobie]]).
** [[Supernatural (TV series)|Sam and Dean Winchester.]] I believe they are still the reigning gods of [[The Woobie
** [[South Park|Leopold "Butters" Scotch
** ''[[
** [[Haruhi Suzumiya|Yuki Nagato]].
*** Especially after [[The Movie
** [[The Elephant Man|"Can you imagine the kind of life he must have had? I don't believe you can. I don't believe any of us can."
** [[Phantom Brave|Marona]]. [[Ungrateful Bastard
** Ako Izumi of [[Negima]].
** [[Questionable Content|Hannelore!]]
** [[Soul Eater|Crona]].
** [[Chrono Trigger
** [[Final Fantasy IX|Vivi Orunitia]]. Just about everything that happens to him makes you want to give him a nice warm blanket.
** How is [[Grave of the Fireflies|Setsuko]] not here yet?
*** Uh, what about [[Super Robot Wars Z|the other Setsuko]]?
** [[Peanuts|Charlie Brown]].
** [[House (TV series)|Doctor James Wilson]]. Especially after Season 4.
** [[Clannad (
** [[Fullmetal Alchemist (
** [[Mitsumete Knight
** [[The Wire|Bubbles and Randy]].
** [[Mother 3
** [[Pokémon Black and White
*** Seconded. Poor guy.
** [[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic
*** Fluttershy.
** [[Twin Peaks|Laura Palmer
** Rottenvenetic (this troper) is usually not that impressed by Woobies as I don't think I have a soul. However when [[Elfen Lied|Nana]] is concerned...
** [[Victorious|Robbie Shapiro]]. - excaruso
** [[Gorillaz|2D.]] It can actually be hard to sit through some Plastic Beach interviews, just because you have to listen to [[Jerkass|Murdoc]] beat him.
** [[
** [[Heavy Rain|Ethan Mars]].
** [[
* [[Woobie, Destroyer of Worlds]]
** [[Star Trek|Nero]]
** [[Fate/stay
** [[Gundam Seed|Rau le Creuset]]. Humans really, ''REALLY'' are [[Humans Are
** [[Paper Mario (
** {{spoiler|[[Kingdom Hearts: 358/2 Days
** [[The Abominable Dr. Phibes
** [[Breath of Fire|Fou-lu]]. [[Humans Are
** No mention of [[Doctor Who
** [[Tales of Symphonia: Dawn of the New World
** [[Marvel Universe|Wanda Maximoff
** [[Gargoyles
** {{spoiler|[[Live a Live|Oersted]]}}
** [[Batman Returns
** [[The Phantom of the Opera
** [[Pokémon|Mewtwo]]. Just try watching "The Uncut Story of Mewtwo's Origin" without shedding a tear.
** [[Immortal Rain|Yuca Collabel.]] This is a guy who's willing to [[
** [[Elfen Lied|Lucy]] aka Nyu aka {{spoiler|Kaede}}
** [[Buffy the Vampire Slayer
* [[Woolseyism]]
** [[Paper Mario (
*** Seconded. [[User:gatotsu 911]]
** Let's not forget [[Final Fantasy VI]].
** The [[Ace Attorney]] series
** "You [[Spoony Bard]]!"
** ''[[Vagrant Story]].''
** [[Crayon Shin
** Not for an individual line, rather than an overall localization: "[[Neon Genesis Evangelion|I'm so]] [[Precision F
* [[Word of God]]
** [[Harry Potter|J.K. Rowling]]
*** Seconded. I can't think of another creator who's been so concise and open to their fans.
** [[Avatar: The Last Airbender|Mike and Byran]], mainly for their [[Ship Sinking]].
** [[Bionicle|Greg Farshtey]] who stayed close to the fanbase and answered any questions they had.
*** Easily seconded
** [[J. Michael Straczynski]]. Frequently answered fans' questions personally on the rec.arts.sf.tv.babylon5 [[
* [[Word Salad Lyrics]] / [[Word Salad Humor]]
** [[Bad Lip Reading]].
* [[Word Salad Philosophy]]
** What the hell is a [[Time Cube]], anyway?
** [[Ultimate Warrior|The Ultimate Warrior]] -[[Zuul MF]]
* [[World Building]]
** ''[[
** [[Dune
** [[Known Space
** [[
* [[A World Half Full]]
** ''[[This Is Wonderland]]''
* [[World of Cardboard Speech]]
** [[Naruto]] Chapter 228
** Right before the final boss from [[Mega Man Zero]] 4
* [[World of Badass]]
** ''[[
** ''[[Warrior Cats]]''
* [[World of Ham]]
** [[Dawn of War
** [[Dynasty Warriors]] and its spinoffs.
** ''[[Flash Gordon (
** [[One Piece]]... just One Piece. If the author one day decides to add romances to all the sheer emotions in this series it will surely make its universe implode into a gigantic Black <s>Hole</s> Ham.
** [[Professional Wrestling]]. ''Literal'' [[Ham
** [[Code Geass]]
** [[TV Tropes]] itself.
*** IIIII RESENT THAT! WHY, HOW DAAAAAAAUH YOU,! BAH!
** "Holy [[Narm
** [[Gurren Lagann]]. Just. Gurren. Fucking. Lagann.
** [[Brutal Legend]]
** [[Dragonball Z]]. The characters get their ''powers'' by yelling.
** The [[Fake
** Zelda CDI
** [[Invader Zim|But, invader's blood marches through my veins-like GIANT RADIOACTIVE RUBBER PANTS! The pants command me.]] '''[[Invader Zim|Do not ignore my veins!]]'''
** ''[[
* [[World of Woobie]]
** ''[[Les Misérables]]''
** ''[[Puella Magi Madoka Magica]]'' features [[Stoic Woobie|every]] [[Iron Woobie|kind]] [[Jerkass Woobie|of]] [[Woobie, Destroyer of Worlds|woobie]] and then some.
** ''[[
* [[Wreaking Havok]]
** ''Just Cause 2''. The game's ''main gimmick'' is being able to attach stuff to other stuff with a grapple rope. And about half of said stuff ''explodes''.
** ''[[Red Faction]]: Guerrilla''. Can't get more [[Buffy
* [[Wrench Wench]]
** [[Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers (
** [[Firefly|Kaywinnet Lee Fry
** [[Fullmetal Alchemist (
*** Seconded.
*** Thirded.
** [[Girl Genius|Agatha.]] Just... Agatha.
** Lucca from ''[[
** [[Mass Effect|Tali'Zorah nar Rayya
** [[Atlantis:
** [[Ah! My Goddess
* [[Writers Cannot Do Math]]
** Bram Stoker, at least in ''[[Dracula (
* [[
** ''[[Transformers:
*** [[Money, Dear Boy|"I play a big toy who does horrible things to a bunch of smaller toys."
** Joseph Gordon-Levitt as [[G.I. Joe:
** Heath Ledger as [[The Joker]]. It was the oddest choice, almost nobody (including myself) believed in it, and it turned out to be one of the best instances of a "so crazy it just might work" idea actually working in the history of filmmaking.
** The entire cast of ''[[
== X ==
* [[Xanatos Gambit]]
** ''[[The Wicker Man]]''
** [[Gargoyles
** [[God]]'s epic defeat of Satan in [[The Bible|the Gospels]]
** ''[[
** [[A Song of Ice and Fire|Petyr "Littlefinger" Baelish]].
*** Seconded. - atrasicarius
** Lex Luthor, most notably in [[Lex Luthor: Man of Steel]].
* [[Xanatos Roulette]]
** [[Death Note
*** Seconded.
** Please. He's only doing it because it works to ''[[Trope Namer|David]]'' [[Gargoyles
** The above examples were part of a [[City of Heroes|Nemesis]] [[Memetic Mutation|plot]].
** [[Code Geass|All conditions have been cleared.]] Or are people not impressed by pre-recording entire conversations so your enemies will be talking to a TV while you sneak up?
** Before any of these plot were enacted, they were a [[The Sandman|Dream
** "You should have known [[House
** ''[[Bleach]]'' {{spoiler|[[Bleach|Every battle you have fought has played into my hand.]]}}
** [[Whateley Universe|''Ayla and the Networks'']], which it turns out was already won maybe two novels earlier. That's just how good the winner really is.
** Mr. [[Watchmen (comics)|I already did it 35 minutes ago.]]''
** [[Neon Genesis Evangelion|It's all according to the scenario]].
** ''[[Saw]]''
** I hereby propose Xanatos Roulette be renamed to [[Bionicle|"Teridax Gambit."]] After about 80,000 years, eight real life years, more subplots both successfully worked and foiled, and almost cuasing the end of the world as we know it (which is what REALLY pushes it into Roulette territory rather than a rather lengthy [[Xanatos Speed Chess]]-if Matoro had hesistated for a split second, the Matoran universe would have been killed off for real-an entire parallel universe shows what would have happened had one of the Plan's crucial steps failed.) Top that, Xanatos.
** Seconded, motion carried. Avidly awaiting name change.
** [[Fullmetal Alchemist (
** [[Second Apocalypse|Anasurimbor Kellhus]] and {{spoiler|his father}}.
* [[Xenafication]]
** [[X-Men|Storm's]] mohawk phase.
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