Trope Name/Headscratchers
- Really whiny rant that invokes They Changed It, Now It Sucks.
- Retort that a Troper thinks is witty, but isn't.
- Denial of Fan Dumb.
- Direction to a website full of it.
- Canon Discontinuity declared on website.
- Direction to a website full of it.
- Straw Feminist or Strawman Political bullshit.
- Just-as-bad retort.
- Rant over really, really, really insignificant thing.
- Lame attempt to Hand Wave it.
- A well thought-out, researched, comprehensive explanation that unfortunately serves to demonstrate that the person composing it has no life outside his fandom or This Very Wiki.
- Blunt and rather rude dismissal of said well thought-out, researched, comprehensive explanation, complete with pedantic nitpicking over certain minor points.
- Exasperated retort, intended to demonstrate that the Troper in question is a lot more relaxed about the issue than the initial poster but which instead comes off as slightly hypocritical, given how they've expanded a similar effort to respond.
- Indication of MST3K Mantra.
- Indication that the MST3K Mantra is pointless from a Watsonian perspective.
- Rant that this entry even exists and that people are complaining about it, with sub-rant that TV Tropes is Jumping the Shark.
- Flame War
- Whine about a Ship Sinking.
- Sinking my ass. We all know that both of those characters are Time Lords anyway!
- Whine about how much people whine.
- Pointing out that someone is whining about whining, in a fashion the Troper presumably thinks is witty but instead comes off as rather smug.
- Write something that is genuinely puzzling or disturbing, but is then buried under pages of people who whine, people who whine about whining, and the color of goldfish.
- Example complaining about how bad in general this show is.
- Angry rebuttal by fan!
- A question about something that was already asked and answered above.
- Valid complaint
- Nitpick over minor detail of said complaint.
- Me Too.
- Expression of fury about why Trope Name is even still on.
- Entry quietly censored out by defensive Fanboy as an alternative to unleashing their nerd rage on it.
- Entry updated to replace obsolete markup.
- Just Eat Gilligan
- OVERLY emphasized example TALKING about how this thing fucking sucks and getting AIDS would be better than this. This example will eventually be cut or it will lead to the page getting cut.
- Understated response encouraging the complainer to chill.
- OVERLY emphasized response SCREAMING about how the complainer is a complete string of ad-hominem PROFANITY, and that this is the best thing ever, and would cure AIDS, if people like the complainer didn't turn everyone against it! This example will quickly be restored if the header example is cut.