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Looney Toons is professional and fan writer [[Everything's Better with Bob|Robert]] M. [[Shrek|Schroeck]]. He is a [[Joisey|New Jersey]] male in his middleearly fifties who is a published author of roleplaying games, magazine articles and assorted short fiction. He is a member of [[SFWA]], and his most recent book was released in July of 2003 (although he's working on his next). He's been watching TV since ''[[Bewitched]]'' was in black and white, and has a particular fondness for science fiction shows on both ends of the quality spectrum. He's also an [[Anime]] fan, and despite his status as a "pro" writer has delved into anime (and other) [[fanfic|fanfiction]].
 
He is the author of the [[Mega Crossover]] [[fanfic]] ''[[Drunkard's Walk]]''.
 
He has a [[Bacon Number]] of 3, thanks to having worked in the [[Princeton Triangle Club]] with [[Brooke Shields]] in [[Ivy League|college]].
 
Thanks to [http://boingboing.net/2004/03/11/tv-cliches-catalogue.html BoingBong.net], he became a troper on the original [[TV Tropes]] wiki in the summer of 2004 -- an unimaginably primitive time when it was hosted on the long-gone sytes.net and [http://web.archive.org/web/20040617082818/http://tvwiki.sytes.net/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TheContributors there were less than sixty tropers in existence] ''including'' the admins. As of May 2012 he was, to the best of his ability to determine, the single oldest remaining active member of the TV Tropes wiki outside of the staff.
 
He is personally responsible for writing nearly six hundred pages on that wiki, including almost a dozen [[Tropes of Legend]]. In response to finding an empty page labeled "Anime" during his first visit, he spent his first few weeks on the wiki creating the entire [[Anime]] section from scratch -- including the now-infamous [[Naughty Tentacles]] page responsible for TV Tropes' infamous [[About/The Second Google Incident|"Second Google Incident"]] eight years later in Spring 2012. He coined the first "Absurdly X" trope name ([[Absurdly Powerful Student Council]]) as part of that effort, unwittingly inspiring an untold number of [[Snowclone]]s. He also created the first trope with a name in the form "Instant X, Just Add Y" -- [[Instant AI, Just Add Water]] -- spawning an entirely different set of Snowclones.
 
He accidentally created the entire [[Useful Notes]] hierarchy by writing a (now long gone) page called "Useful Notes On Japan". This inspired other people to write their own useful notes about other cultures/topics until there were so many it was necessary to make an entire branch of the wiki to store them. He was also for many years inexplicably credited with coining the phrase [[Wiki Magic]] on TV Tropes (and thus inspiring the corresponding trope entry), but quite honestly he was quoting Webmonkey Gus. Oh, and while he's not the only culprit, he's one of the people to blame for the [[egregious]] overuse of the word "[[egregious]]" both here and on TVT, at least initially.
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* [[2-D Space]]
* ''[[8 Man]]''
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* ''[[The Addams Family]]''
* [[ADV Films]]
* [[The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension/Fanfic Recs]]
* [[The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension/Trivia]]
* [[Advertising Tropes]]
** [[Advertising Tropes/Quotes]]
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* [[Anna and the King/Trivia]]
* [[Appeal to Vanity]]
* ''[[The Arithmancer]]''
** [[The Arithmancer/Awesome]]
** [[The Arithmancer/Fridge]]
** [[The Arithmancer/Nightmare Fuel]]
** [[The Arithmancer/Trivia]]
* ''[[Armitage III]]''
* [[Armor-Piercing Slap]]
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* [[The Big List of Booboos and Blunders]]
* ''[[The Big O]]''
* [[Bill Dana]]▼
* ''[[The Bionic Woman]]''
* [[Bishonen]]
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* ''[[Bored of the Rings]]''
** [[Bored of the Rings/Fanfic Recs]]
** [[Bored of the Rings/Recap]] (originally part of the main page's text)
* ''[[The Borribles]]''
** [[The Borribles/Characters]]
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* [[Brain Donors/Trivia]]
* [[Brand X]]
* ''[[A Brane of Extraordinary Women]]''
** [[A Brane of Extraordinary Women/Fridge]]
* [[Briar Patching]]
* [[Brother-Sister Incest]]
* [[Bruce Springsteen/Trivia]]
* ''[[Bubblegum Crisis]]''
* ''[[Bubblegum Crisis: Tokyo 2040]]''
* [[Buffy-Speak]] ([[Tropes of Legend|Trope of Legend]])
* ''[[The Butterfly Kid]]''
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* [[Cat Concerto]]
* [[The Cat in the Hat/Trivia]]
* [[Categorism as a Phobia/Quotes]]
* [[Catgirl]]
* ''[[CBS Children's Film Festival]]''
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** [[Desperately Seeking Ranma/Funny]]
** [[Desperately Seeking Ranma/Nightmare Fuel]]
* ''[[Deteriorata]]''
* [[Die or Fly/Quotes]]
* [[Dirty Old Man]]
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* [[Dropped Glasses]]
* [[Drunkard's Walk/Image Links]]
* ''[[Dual! Parallel Trouble Adventure]]''▼
** [[Dual! Parallel Trouble Adventure/Fanfic Recs]]
* [[Dungeons & Dragons (film)/Trivia]]
* [[Earth All Along]] (Under the original name "Planet Of The Apes Ending")
* [[Eddie and the Cruisers/Trivia]]
* [[Eek! A Mouse!]]
* [[Electro Swing]]
* [[The Elevator From Ipanema]]
* [[Elevator Gag]]
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* [[Emergence/Funny]]
* [[Emergency Impersonation]] (Under the original name "Guise Will Be Guise")
* [[Emo PhilipsPhillips/Quotes]]
* [[Endangered Soufflé]]
* [[The End of the World as We Know It]]
* [[Engineered Public Confession]]
* [[English language/Quotes]]
* [[Eric and the Dread Gazebo/Image Links]]
* [[Escape From L.A./Fridge]]
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* [[Fenspace/Quotes]]
* [[Festival Episode]]
* [[Fifty Shades of Grey/Quotes]]
* [[Film Leader Gag]]
* [[Filmation]]
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* [[Frozen in Time]]
* [[Fuku Fic]]
* [[Fun Size/Quotes]]
* [[Furo Scene]]
* ''[[Fushigi Yuugi]]''
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** [[Gadgeteer Genius/Quotes]]
* [[Gainaxing]]
* ''[[Galactica 1980]]''
** [[Galactica 1980/Headscratchers]]
* ''[[The Games We Play (RWBY fanfic)]]''
** [[The Games We Play (RWBY fanfic)/Awesome]]
** [[The Games We Play (RWBY fanfic)/Funny]]
** [[The Games We Play (RWBY fanfic)/Heartwarming]]
** [[The Games We Play (RWBY fanfic)/Image Links]]
** [[The Games We Play (RWBY fanfic)/Nightmare Fuel]]
** [[The Games We Play (RWBY fanfic)/Quotes]]
** [[The Games We Play (RWBY fanfic)/Trivia]]
** [[The Games We Play (RWBY fanfic)/YMMV]]
* [[Gene Roddenberry]]
* [[GEnie]]
* [[Genius Ditz]]
* [[Genki Girl]]
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** [[Gilligan's Island/Trivia]]
* [[Ginger Rogers]]
* ''[[Girl Days]]''
** [[Girl Days/Funny]]
** [[Girl Days/Image Links]]
** [[Girl Days/Trivia]]
* [[Give a Man a Fish/Quotes]]
* [[The Glomp]]
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* [[Have Space Suit—Will Travel/Trivia]]
* [[Headcanon]]
* [[Hearing Voices/Image Links]]
* [[Heavy Sleeper]]
* [[Hemisphere Bias]]
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* ''[[Herman's Head]]''
* [[Hermetic Magic]]
* ''[[Hermione Granger and the Boy Who Lived]]''
** [[Hermione Granger and the Boy Who Lived/Awesome]]
** [[Hermione Granger and the Boy Who Lived/Funny]]
** [[Hermione Granger and the Boy Who Lived/Trivia]]
* [[Heroic Fantasy]]
* [[Hidden Eyes]]
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* [[All The Tropes:How To Delete a Page|How To Delete a Page]]
* [[Humongous Mecha]]
* ''[[The Hunting Trilogy]]''
* [[Hyperspace Mallet]]
* [[Hypno Fool]]
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* [[Intercontinuity Crossover/Quotes]]
* [[Invisibility]]
* [[Invisible Aliens/Image Links]]
* [[Invisible to Normals]]
* [[Iris Out]]
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* [[Is That What They're Calling It Now?]]
* [[It Seemed Like a Good Idea At the Time]]
* [[It Sucks]]
* ''[[It's Garry Shandling's Show]]''
* [[It's Probably Nothing]]
* ''[[It's Showtime!Garry Shandling's Show]]''
▲* [[BillIt DanaSucks]]
* [[Ivy League/Quotes]]
* [[J. Michael Straczynski/Quotes]]
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* [[Joan of Arcadia/Quotes]]
* [[John M. Ford/Quotes]]
* [[José Jiménez]]
* [[Joshikousei]]
* [[Josie and the Pussycats/Trivia]]
* [[Jungle Princess]]
* ''[[Jungle wa Itsumo Hale Nochi Guu]]''
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* [[Lime]]
* [[Limited Wardrobe]]
* [[Lindsey Stirling]]
* [[Lite Creme]]
* [[The Little Prince/Trivia]]
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* [[Luke, I Am Your Father]]
* [[Lying on a Hillside]]
* [[M*A*S*H (television)/Fanfic Recs]]
* [[Macekre]]
* [[Mad Scientist's Beautiful Daughter]]
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* [[Mind Control Eyes]]
* [[Miniature Senior Citizens]]
* [[Miracle of Sound/Tear Jerker]]
* [[Missing White Woman Syndrome]]
* ''[[Mission: Impossible (TV series)|Mission: Impossible]]''
* [[Mistimed Revival]]
* [[Misty May]]
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** [[No Social Skills/Quotes]]
* [[Nosy Neighbor]]
* [[Not Allowed to Grow Up]] (Originally created as an article about early Live Action sitcoms that were so strictly defined that the real children in them could not be allowed to grow up lest they destroy the show's dynamic; culminated with the sad case of Anissa Jones from ''[[Family Affair]]''. [[Trope Decay|Has since been taken over by hundreds of]] [[Captain Obvious|breathless revelations that cartoon characters don't age]], and the ''Family Affair'' material was exiled to an [[Not Allowed to Grow Up/Analysis|analysis page]] in August 2011.)
* [[Not Allowed to Grow Up]]
* [[Nothing Left to the Imagination]]
** [[Nothing Left to the Imagination/Image Links]]
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* [[Panty Thief]]
* [[Paper Fan of Doom]]
▲* ''[[Dual! Parallel Trouble Adventure Dual]]''
* [[Parental Abandonment]]
* [[Paris Hilton/Trivia]]
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* ''[[Perry Mason]]''
* [[Phantom Thief]]
* [[The Phil Harris-Alice Faye Show/Trivia‎]]
* [[Phony Psychic/Quotes]]
* [[Pillar of Light]]
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* [[Porn Without Plot]] (Under the original name "PWP")
* [[The Power of Friendship]]
* [[Pre-Explosion Glow]]▼
* [[Precursors]]
▲* [[Pre-Explosion Glow]]
* [[The Presidents/Quotes]]
* ''[[Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon]]''
* ''[[Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon: Crystal]]''
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* [[Restraining Bolt]] (based on a one-line summary by Janitor on TVT)
* [[Results Not Typical]]
* [[Resurrected Trope]]
* [[Reunion Revenge]]
* [[Reunion Show]]
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** [[RWBY/Fridge]]
** [[RWBY/Funny]]
** [[RWBY/Headscratchers]]
** [[RWBY/Heartwarming]]
** [[RWBY/Laconic]]
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** [[RWBY/Recap/Trailers/P1 Red Trailer]]
** [[RWBY/Recap/Trailers/P2 White Trailer]]
** [[RWBY/Recap/Trailers/P3 Black Trailer]]
** [[RWBY/Recap/Trailers/P4 Yellow Trailer]]
** [[RWBY/Trivia]]
** [[RWBY/WMG]]
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* [[Schoolgirl Lesbians]]
* [[Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America]]
* [[Scully Box/Image Links]]
* [[Scunthorpe Problem/Quotes]]
* [[Sealed Evil In a Soda Machine]]
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* ''[[The Secret Return of Alex Mack]]''
** [[The Secret Return of Alex Mack/Awesome]]
** [[The Secret Return of Alex Mack/Characters]]
** [[The Secret Return of Alex Mack/Funny]]
** [[The Secret Return of Alex Mack/Tear Jerker]]
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* [[Squeaky Eyes]]
* [[Squirrel Girl/Fanfic Recs]]
* [[Squirrel Girl/Trivia]]
* [[Standardized Space Views]] (based on text written by Kendra Kirai in another entry)
* [[Standing in the Hall]]
* [[Stan Freberg]]
* ''[[Star Wars Rebels]]''
* [[Starship Troopers (film)/Quotes]]
* [[Stealth Clothes]]
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* [[Stock Footage]]
* [[Stone Soup]]
* [[Streets of Fire/Trivia]]
* ''[[Strong Girl Bong-soon]]''
** [[Strong Girl Bong-soon/Awesome]]
** [[Strong Girl Bong-soon/Funny]]
** [[Strong Girl Bong-soon/Quotes]]
** [[Strong Girl Bong-soon/Trivia]]
** [[Strong Girl Bong-soon/YMMV]]
* [[Sufficiently Advanced Alien]]
* [[Summer Replacement Series]]
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* [[Theme Naming]]
* [[There Can Be Only One]]
* ''[[The Thing (2011 film)]]''
* ''[[Things I Am No Longer Allowed To Do At Hogwarts]]''
* [[This Is Not a Drill]]
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* [[To the Batpole]]
* [[The Tokyo Fireball]]
* [[Tom Robbins/Quotes]]
* [[Tom Stoppard/Quotes]]
* [[Tom Swift/Image Links]]
* [[Tomato Surprise]]
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* [[Tunnel of Foreshadowing]]
* [[A Twinkle in the Sky]]
* [[Twister/Funny‎]]
* [[Undocumented Features/Awesome]]
* [[Undocumented Features/Funny]]
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* [[Unknown Phenomenon]]
* [[Unwanted Harem]]
* [[All The Tropes:Uploading and Adding an Image to a Page|Uploading and Adding an Image to a Page]]
* [[Vanity License Plate/Image Links]]
* ''[[Variable Geo]]''
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* ''[[Wait Till Your Father Gets Home]]''
* [[Wakeup Makeup]]
* [[War in Heaven]]
* ''[[The War of the Worlds (1953 film)]]''
* [[Warding Gestures]]
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* [[Young Wizards/Quotes]]
* ''[[Yumeria]]''
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He also named, but did not write:
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Revision as of 04:46, 25 May 2019

If you're looking for information on Warner Brothers cartoons, see Looney Tunes.

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Looney Toons is professional and fan writer Robert M. Schroeck. He is a New Jersey male in his early fifties who is a published author of roleplaying games, magazine articles and assorted short fiction. He is a member of SFWA, and his most recent book was released in July of 2003 (although he's working on his next). He's been watching TV since Bewitched was in black and white, and has a particular fondness for science fiction shows on both ends of the quality spectrum. He's also an Anime fan, and despite his status as a "pro" writer has delved into anime (and other) fanfiction.

He is the author of the Mega Crossover fanfic Drunkard's Walk.

He has a Bacon Number of 3, thanks to having worked in the Princeton Triangle Club with Brooke Shields in college.

Thanks to BoingBong.net, he became a troper on the original TV Tropes wiki in the summer of 2004 -- an unimaginably primitive time when it was hosted on the long-gone sytes.net and there were less than sixty tropers in existence including the admins. As of May 2012 he was, to the best of his ability to determine, the single oldest remaining active member of the TV Tropes wiki outside of the staff.

He is personally responsible for writing nearly six hundred pages on that wiki, including almost a dozen Tropes of Legend. In response to finding an empty page labeled "Anime" during his first visit, he spent his first few weeks on the wiki creating the entire Anime section from scratch -- including the now-infamous Naughty Tentacles page responsible for TV Tropes' infamous "Second Google Incident" eight years later in Spring 2012. He coined the first "Absurdly X" trope name (Absurdly Powerful Student Council) as part of that effort, unwittingly inspiring an untold number of Snowclones.

He accidentally created the entire Useful Notes hierarchy by writing a (now long gone) page called "Useful Notes On Japan". This inspired other people to write their own useful notes about other cultures/topics until there were so many it was necessary to make an entire branch of the wiki to store them. He was also for many years inexplicably credited with coining the phrase Wiki Magic on TV Tropes (and thus inspiring the corresponding trope entry), but quite honestly he was quoting Webmonkey Gus. Oh, and while he's not the only culprit, he's one of the people to blame for the egregious overuse of the word "egregious" both here and on TVT, at least initially.

For nigh unto thirty years he has been quietly (and sometimes not-so-quietly) active in online anti-censorship and intellectual freedom movements. He was a tangential party to the infamous Secret Service/Steve Jackson Games debacle in 1990, and as a result became one of the very first members of the Electronic Frontier Foundation. In the 1990s he worked with local and national groups to help defeat US government attacks on privacy and freedom of expression including the Clipper Chip and the so-called "Communications Decency Act" of 1996. He continues to be active in these causes.

In the spring of 2012, the fallout from The Second Google Incident -- along with the subsequent imposition of heightened restrictions on "acceptable content" for the TV Tropes wiki -- convinced him that he could no longer contribute to that wiki and remain true to his principles.

In May 2012, he ceased to participate in the TV Tropes wiki. As an unanticipated side effect of his departure, a number of other tropers chose to make use of the more generous licensing terms TVT then possessed to fork the wiki database and create All The Tropes. (This promptly resulted in TVT implementing far less generous licensing terms, on the grounds that tropers were only welcome to copy the entire tropebase until someone actually did so.)

Recent edits by Looney Toons

Looney Toons' contributions include the initial entries for:

He also named, but did not write:

And of course, he's made thousands of edits on thousands of pages, just like any other troper.

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