User:Damian Yerrick/crosswick worksheet: Difference between revisions

These changes were made by [[User:Damian Yerrick|Damian Yerrick]] to the article [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Website/CRACKED Website/Cracked] on TV Tropes between June 2012 and November 2013. The changes have been extracted from [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/article_history.php?article=Website.CRACKED&more=t the article's history on TV Tropes] and integrated into the ''[[Cracked.com]]'' work page but still need to be crosswicked in the respective trope pages.

[[Save Scumming]]

* How time works with this in play is ''[[Cracked.com]]'''s #17 [http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_388_27-science-lessons-as-taught-by-famous-video-games/ Science Lesson As Taught by Famous Video Games].

[[The Scream]]

* ''[[Cracked.com]]'''s Photoplasty [http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_581_17-famous-images-as-seen-from-different-angle/?view=article Famous Images, As Seen From a Different Angle] shows what the figure in Edvard Munch's painting was screaming at: [[Superman]].

[[Scunthorpe Problem]]

* In ''[[Cracked.com]]''

** [http://www.cracked.com/article_20562_6-spectacularly-failed-attempts-to-be-politically-correct.html 6 Spectacularly Failed Attempts to Be Politically Correct] tells how Microsoft banned an Xbox 360 user from Xbox Live for being from Fort Gay, West Virginia.

** Seen on ''Cracked'' itself in the comments section, where things like "documentary" and "Japan" get censored because of "cum" and "Jap".

[[Seen It All]]

* Losing the ability to be surprised by entertainment is one of ''[[Cracked.com]]'''s [http://www.cracked.com/blog/5-warning-signs-that-youre-finally-getting-older_p2/ 5 Warning Signs That You're Finally Getting Older]. Entertainment will ruin your life [[Tropes Will Ruin Your Life|with or without tropes]].

[[Serious Business]]

* ''[[Rad]]'', a film where the entire culture of a town is built around BMX, is cited in ''[[Cracked.com]]'''s "[http://www.cracked.com/blog/the-4-weirdest-lessons-80s-movies-really-wanted-to-teach-us/ The 4 Weirdest Lessons '80s Movies Really Wanted to Teach Us]" as the most ridiculous example of a hobby that saves the world.

[[Shoplift and Die]]

* One of ''[[Cracked.com]]'''s [http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_586_31-life-lessons-you-can-only-learn-from-video-games/ 31 Life Lessons You Can Only Learn From Video Games] is to avert this by putting a basket on the shopkeeper's head. "Robbery is easier than you think."

[[Smart People Wear Glasses]]

* #4 of ''[[Cracked.com]]'''s [http://www.cracked.com/article_20332_5-unrealistic-movie-cliches-that-are-scientifically-accurate.html 5 Unrealistic Movie Cliches That Are Scientifically Accurate] points out a study finding that intelligence and education are somehow correlated with nearsightedness in real life.

[[The Smurfette Principle]]

* In ''[[Cracked.com]]'':

** Most of the videos on the site have a single female.

** [http://www.cracked.com/article_20657_the-6-most-bizarre-ways-to-lose-popular-video-games.html The 6 Most Bizarre Ways to Lose Popular Video Games] describes a pub in the game ''[[Dishonored]]'' as containing "Havelock the leader, Piero the geeky inventor, and Callista the woman."

[[Springtime for Hitler]]

* ''[[Cracked.com]]'''s [http://www.cracked.com/article_20660_5-classic-movies-made-by-people-who-wanted-them-to-fail_p2.html 5 Classic Movies Made by People Who Wanted Them to Fail] mentions the 1955 romantic dramedy ''[[Marty]]'', starring Creator/ErnestBorgnine, which was expected to fail (and save the studio a bundle on income tax) but when its ugly actors ended up resonating as more authentic to viewers, it ended up winning four Academy Awards and a Palme d'Or. The article describes its production as having "literally started out as the plot of ''[[The Producers]]''."

[[Stealth Parody]]

* In ''[[Cracked.com]]'':

** Cracked has done some of their own. For example, Robert Brockway's "[http://www.cracked.com/blog/5-things-you-learn-from-lifetime-screwing-up/ 5 Things You Learn From a Lifetime of Screwing Up]" is probably a parody of David Wong and John Cheese articles.

[[Stockholm Syndrome]]

* ''[[Cracked.com]]'' accuses ''[[Beauty and the Beast]]'' of this in [http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_528_23-romantic-movies-revised-honesty/ 23 Romantic Movies Revised for Honesty] and [http://www.cracked.com/article_19285_5-romantic-movie-gestures-that-were-actually-dick-moves.html 5 Romantic Movie Gestures That Were Actually Dick Moves].

[[Tactical Suicide Boss]]

* One of ''[[Cracked.com]]'''s [http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_586_31-life-lessons-you-can-only-learn-from-video-games/ 31 Life Lessons You Can Only Learn From Video Games] is that "it may take a few tries, but life gets easier once you figure out the patterns." The example is from ''[[Punch-Out!!]]''.

[[Technology Marches On]]

* ''[[Cracked.com]]'''s [http://www.cracked.com/article_19325_6-technologies-conspicuously-absent-from-sci-fi-movies.html 6 Technologies Conspicuously Absent From Sci-Fi Movies] explores technologies widely available when several well-known science fiction films were first published that would have completely [[Trope Breaker|broken]] their plots: bicycles, night vision goggles, unmanned combat vehicles, Wi-Fi, GPS, and cell phones.

[[Throw It In]]

* ''[[Cracked.com]]'''s [http://www.cracked.com/article_20096_6-iconic-movie-scenes-that-happened-by-accident.html 6 Iconic Movie Scenes That Happened by Accident] cites Viggo Mortensen's broken toe in the film of ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]'', among others.

[[Toothy Bird]]

* ''[[Cracked.com]]'''s The toothlike serrations inside a penguin's mouth, used to grip fish, are #3 of the [http://www.cracked.com/article_19871_the-7-most-terrifying-mouths-in-nature_p2.html 7 Most Terrifying Mouths in Nature].

[[Tough Act to Follow]]

* ''[[Cracked.com]]'''s "[http://www.cracked.com/blog/5-works-art-so-good-they-ruined-their-whole-genre/ 5 Works of Art So Good, They Ruined Their Whole Genre]" calls ''[[2001: A Space Odyssey]]'', [[David Bowie]]'s ''The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust'', the film of ''[[Fight Club]]'', two [[Bob Marley]] albums, and ''[[Animal House]]'' tough acts to follow in their respective genres.

[[Tree-Top Town]]

* The Korowai tribe of Papua New Guinea live in tree houses 100 feet up to escape floods and predators, according to ''[[Cracked.com]]'''s [http://www.cracked.com/article_19286_9-houses-you-wont-believe-people-actually-live-in_p2.html 9 Houses You Won't Believe People Actually Live In] and [http://www.cracked.com/article_19976_6-isolated-groups-who-had-no-idea-that-civilization-existed.html 6 Isolated Groups Who Had No Idea That Civilization Existed].

[[Truman Show Plot]]

* ''[[Cracked.com]]'' calls ''[[The Truman Show]]'' one of [http://www.cracked.com/article_20031_6-movies-that-accidentally-recreate-real-mental-illnesses.html 6 Movies That Accidentally Recreate Real Mental Illnesses] because its plot resembles the real-life delusion that one's life is a reality show, a mental illness investigated by doctors Joel and Ian Gold.

[[Truth in Television]]

* ''[[Cracked.com]]'''s [http://www.cracked.com/article_20332_5-unrealistic-movie-cliches-that-are-scientifically-accurate.html 5 Unrealistic Movie Cliches That Are Scientifically Accurate] explores the real-life counterparts of five tropes that are more realistic than they [[Reality Is Unrealistic|may sound]].

[[Twenty Four Hour Armor]]

* One of ''[[Cracked.com]]'''s [http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_586_31-life-lessons-you-can-only-learn-from-video-games/ 31 Life Lessons You Can Only Learn From Video Games] is that "real men sleep in their armor."

[[Unacceptable Targets]]

* One of ''[[Cracked.com]]'''s [http://www.cracked.com/blog/4-reasons-no-one-laughed-at-your-joke/ reasons no one laughed at your joke] is "It Was About Something They Won't Laugh About, Ever".

[[Unfortunate Implications]]

* ''[[Cracked.com]]'''s [http://www.cracked.com/article_20562_6-spectacularly-failed-attempts-to-be-politically-correct.html 6 Spectacularly Failed Attempts to Be Politically Correct] gives a bunch of examples of how attempts to avert [[Monochrome Casting]] by including Black people in promotion campaigns ended up tripping over stereotypes about fried chicken, watermelon, and wanting to be white.

[[Universal Adaptor Cast]]

* [[Super Mario Bros.|Mario's]] numerous roles are evidence of a multiverse in ''[[Cracked.com]]'''s #15 [http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_388_27-science-lessons-as-taught-by-famous-video-games/ Science Lesson As Taught by Famous Video Games].

[[Video Game 3D Leap]]

* Parodied as ''[[Cracked.com]]'''s #25 [http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_388_27-science-lessons-as-taught-by-famous-video-games/ Science Lesson As Taught by Famous Video Games] which teaches that the third spatial dimension was discovered in 1996.

[[Viewers Are Geniuses]]

* One of ''[[Cracked.com]]'''s [http://www.cracked.com/blog/4-reasons-no-one-laughed-at-your-joke/ reasons no one laughed at your joke] is "They Didn't Have Enough Information to Get It". It states that the best practice for an [[Inside Joke]] that relies on knowledge of something obscure like ''[[Rocky (film)|Rocky IV]]'' or ''[[Battlestar Galactica Classic]]'' is to find a discreet way to [[Don't Explain the Joke|explain the reference]] in the setup.

[[The Watson]]

* #4 of ''[[Cracked.com]]'''s [http://www.cracked.com/blog/4-realizations-that-will-ruin-science-fiction-you/ 4 Realizations That Will Ruin Science Fiction for You] is that science fiction needs a "straight man" to whom the setting's rules are explained.

[[Welcome to Corneria]]

* "Psychology: People tend to say the same thing over and over" is ''[[Cracked.com]]'''s #9 [http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_388_27-science-lessons-as-taught-by-famous-video-games_p2/ Science Lesson As Taught by Famous Video Games].

[[Whale Egg]]

* [[Pokémon]] coming from eggs is ''[[Cracked.com]]'''s #27 [http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_388_27-science-lessons-as-taught-by-famous-video-games/ Science Lesson As Taught by Famous Video Games].

[[What Do You Mean It Wasn't Made on Drugs?]]

* Invoked in ''[[Cracked.com]]'''s [http://www.cracked.com/blog/the-5-most-aggressively-crazy-websites-internet/ The 5 Most Aggressively Crazy Websites on the Internet], where Mark Hill compares ''Boohbah'' to "the findings of a scientist adding LSD to baby food."

[[What Could Have Been]]

* Invoked in ''[[Cracked.com]]'''s Photoplasty [http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_707_21-real-deleted-scenes-that-completely-change-famous-movies/ 21 Real Deleted Scenes That Completely Change Famous Movies].

[[Zombie Apocalypse]]

* A favorite subject on ''[[Cracked.com]]''.

** Deconstructed in David Dietle's [http://www.cracked.com/article_18683_7-scientific-reasons-zombie-outbreak-would-fail-quickly.html 7 Scientific Reasons a Zombie Outbreak Would Fail (Quickly)]. For one thing, maggots and gut flora would devour the undead.

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