39,327
edits
Stop Copying Me: Difference between revisions
m
update links
m (→Tabletop Games: clean up) |
m (update links) |
||
Line 6:
Remember when, as a kid, you used to copy everything a friend said? Well, you're not alone. Everyone played it, including the creators of fiction. It gets old very fast and, in some circumstances, is not even a game: it's just a way to get on someone's nerves. Obviously, this is exploited in comedy, with the end result "stop copying me!"... "I mean it!" Sometimes the victim will turn the table and force the perpetrator to either quit the game or say embarrassing things. This may still mean that the joke is on the victim, if the purpose of the game ''was'' to make them say embarrassing things.
That said, in horror, there is a niche for the game. The ''[[Doctor Who]]'' episode "[[Doctor Who/Recap/
For "stop copying me" on the scale of an entire work, see [[Digital Piracy Is Evil]].
Line 40:
== Live Action Television ==
* [[Played for Drama]] in the ''[[Doctor Who]]'' episode [[Doctor Who/Recap/
* ''[[Friends]]'' called it The Shadow Game.
* On ''[[Full House]]'', Michelle annoyed Stephanie by shadowing her. Steph eventually got Michelle to shadow Kimmie instead.
| |||