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[[File:Vote Gribble 4627.jpg|link=Round the Twist|frame|When someone's self-promotion gets this bad... not even your home is safe.]] |
[[File:Vote Gribble 4627.jpg|link=Round the Twist|frame|When someone's self-promotion gets this bad... not even your home is safe.]] |
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|Duckluck, brilliant social commentator.}} |
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|[[Rule of Three|Duckluck]], [[Small Name, Big Ego|prophet of the internet age.]]}} |
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|Duckluck, [[Take Over the World|natural leader]].}} |
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⚫ | {{quote|"It's this sort of shameless egotism that causes people to put huge annoying banners in their signatures that have nothing but their name, a link to their blog, and maybe a picture if you're lucky. They put similar links in their profiles, forum titles (if the forum allows that sort of thing), and even names. Plus you can bet they will have a really self-congratulatory avatar." |
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|Duckluck the Wise, [[Evil Overlord|Supreme Leader]].}} |
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{{quote|-- [[Tropers/Duckluck|Duckluck]], [[Take Over the World|natural leader]].}} |
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⚫ | {{quote|"Once they've turned every available inch of their account into one big, obnoxious ad for themselves, the Shameless Self Promoter will then go on the offensive. They may go slowly at first, one piece of ego stoking [[Self-Insert Fic]] here, one link to their boring website there, but eventually they will get to the point where they'll be starting whole threads based on some piece of crappy Fan Art they drew or [[Emo]] poem they wrote. These threads will typically go on for several pages (with half the posts being by the self promoter) and will only end when the Shameless Self Promoter stops getting praise and goes off to advertise themselves in a thread that people actually care about." |
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⚫ | "It's this sort of shameless egotism that causes people to put huge annoying banners in their signatures that have nothing but their name, a link to their blog, and maybe a picture if you're lucky. They put similar links in their profiles, forum titles (if the forum allows that sort of thing), and even names. Plus you can bet they will have a really self-congratulatory avatar." |
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|St. Duckluck the Humble, [[Messianic Archetype|Savior of the People]].}} |
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⚫ | {{quote|"The shameless self promoter is almost always either a (really) [[Small Name, Big Ego]] or someone just looking to make a buck by pushing their wares wherever they can. Either way, the best thing to do is just ignore them. If they're doing it for attention, they'll lose interest and go somewhere else. If they're doing it to sell their crap, then all you have to do is not buy anything and they'll probably just start advertising elsewhere. The one thing you never want to do is give them the attention/business they're looking for, because once you feed them, they're yours forever." |
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⚫ | "Once they've turned every available inch of their account into one big, obnoxious ad for themselves, the Shameless Self Promoter will then go on the offensive. They may go slowly at first, one piece of ego stoking [[Self-Insert Fic]] here, one link to their boring website there, but eventually they will get to the point where they'll be starting whole threads based on some piece of crappy Fan Art they drew or [[Emo]] poem they wrote. These threads will typically go on for several pages (with half the posts being by the self promoter) and will only end when the Shameless Self Promoter stops getting praise and goes off to advertise themselves in a thread that people actually care about." |
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{{quote|-- St. [[Tropers/Duckluck|Duckluck]] the Humble, [[Messianic Archetype|Savior of the People]].}} |
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⚫ | "The shameless self promoter is almost always either a (really) [[Small Name, Big Ego]] or someone just looking to make a buck by pushing their wares wherever they can. Either way, the best thing to do is just ignore them. If they're doing it for attention, they'll lose interest and go somewhere else. If they're doing it to sell their crap, then all you have to do is not buy anything and they'll probably just start advertising elsewhere. The one thing you never want to do is give them the attention/business they're looking for, because once you feed them, they're yours forever." |
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Compare: [[Small Name, Big Ego]], [[Cam Whore]], [[Attention Whore]], [[The Shill]], and [[Single-Issue Wonk]] (where the issue is themselves). |
Compare: [[Small Name, Big Ego]], [[Cam Whore]], [[Attention Whore]], [[The Shill]], and [[Single-Issue Wonk]] (where the issue is themselves). |
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[[Overused Running Gag|See also]]: |
[[Overused Running Gag|See also]]: Duckluck. |
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{{examples}} |
{{examples}} |
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== Comic Books == |
== Comic Books == |
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* In-universe example: In ''[[Simon R. Green|Winner Takes All]]'', one of a [[Those Two Guys|pair of mercenaries]] who help to protect James Adamant has a sideline, writing chapbook adventure-stories and songs with himself as the hero under a nom de plume. |
* In-universe example: In ''[[Simon R. Green|Winner Takes All]]'', one of a [[Those Two Guys|pair of mercenaries]] who help to protect James Adamant has a sideline, writing chapbook adventure-stories and songs with himself as the hero under a nom de plume. |
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* In "Where is Joe Merchant" by [[Jimmy Buffet]] has several references to Jimmy Buffet's own songs. |
* In "Where is Joe Merchant" by [[Jimmy Buffet]] has several references to Jimmy Buffet's own songs. |
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== Meta == |
== Meta == |
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* Troping Wikis: This page. |
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* Later, the unendingly [[Entry Pimp]]'d ''[[Instrument of God]]'' [part of the ''In the Matter of:'' series!] page. |
* Later, the unendingly [[Entry Pimp]]'d ''[[Instrument of God]]'' [part of the ''In the Matter of:'' series!] page. |
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* There's even [[Troper Works|a page]] for cataloguing self-promotion! |
* There's even [[Troper Works|a page]] for cataloguing self-promotion! |
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This page brought to you by the amazing tropulating |
This page brought to you by the amazing tropulating Duckluck. |
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{{quote|<small>Who's this guy Duckluck again? Someone from [[TV Tropes]]? Oooooh. That explains it.</small>}} |
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