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Dammit. Dammit. I can't find a trope. When it's called a trope, I don't want to like it. -- nm

Posted by loosi at home (aka loosilu2) Aug 14 '14, 20:06

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Mine would probably be the Heroic Comedic Sociopath -- (link) - znufrii Aug 14, 20:24 5
- Granny Weatherwax, right? -- nm - Roger More Aug 14, 20:44 2
  - I'm a fan of Nanny Ogg. The hedgehog can never be buggered at all. -- nm - loosi at home Aug 14, 21:01 1
    - too late! -- nm - Groiny si Aug 14, 21:02
- ask me tomorrow and you'll probably get a different answer -- nm - znufrii Aug 14, 20:26 1
  - actually, change my answer to Arson, Murder and Jaywalking -- (link) - znufrii Aug 14, 20:28
I'm an old movie fan, so mine might be "Take off your glasses. Why, you're beautiful!" but only because it's reversed in a Fred Astaire movie - mara Aug 14, 20:20 9
- I actually realy hate that one because so often the "ugly" girl has curly hair and they straighten it. - loosi at home Aug 14, 20:28 7
  - I know, it's actually pretty offensive. -- nm - mara Aug 14, 20:31 5
    - not to mention. A hot girl with curly hair and glasses, is still a hot girl. -- nm - loosi at home Aug 14, 20:33 4
      - Exactly. -- nm - mara Aug 14, 20:41 3
        
        It is just as much about change as it is about result. - T.S.Garp Aug 14, 20:45 2
        
        I would buy into this, except, glasses and curly hair. always bad. -- nm - loosi at home Aug 14, 20:59 1
        
        It's ripe for a rewrite. - ... Aug 14, 21:02
  - What works, works. -- nm - T.S.Garp Aug 14, 20:30
- mousy plain jane secretary instantly transforms into stunning beauty as soon as she pulls the pin holding her hair in a bun -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 14, 20:25
Not quite sure what a troupe is -- nm - eag Aug 14, 20:19 9
- Not quite sure if people are saying them because they love them or they love to hate them -- nm - con_carne Aug 14, 21:21
- Troupe is a group of performers working together. -- nm - ... Aug 14, 20:54 1
  - ... But that's not important right now... -- nm - Ender Aug 15, 06:27
- find the website called TVTROPES.com. You're welcome. talk to you in a week. -- nm - loosi at home Aug 14, 20:25 4
  - It really is a black hole of interestingness. -- nm - Beryllium Aug 14, 23:20
  - Dude, that's what I linked. -- nm - mara Aug 14, 20:26 2
    - dude, I was talking to ed! -- nm - loosi at home Aug 14, 20:28 1
      - (and was also sucked in to tvtropes.com) -- nm - loosi at home Aug 14, 20:29
- Dude! Okay, so my favorite example is the Gilligan Cut: -- (link) - mara Aug 14, 20:22
plucky but reluctant hero handy with a sarcastic quip as he is with C4 and/or 9mm and can blow shit up real good -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 14, 20:17
how about the cop/agent who always loses thier gun? -- nm - Remlik Aug 14, 20:11
OK, I'm gonna go with Anyone Can Die. -- nm - loosi at home Aug 14, 20:07
Prefer tripe? -- nm - budice Aug 14, 20:07

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