Weird request regarding TV Tropes [Archive] - Giant in the Playground Forums

Tengu_temp

2008-11-17, 08:18 PM

I want to find as many tropes named in the vein of "someone does something" as possible. This is what I've got so far:

Professor X Likes Watching Teenagers Sweat (http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ProfessorXLikesWatchingTeenagersSweat)
Adam Smith Hates Your Guts (http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/AdamSmithHatesYourGuts)
Revive Kills Zombie (http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ReviveKillsZombie)
Germans love David Hasselhoff (http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff)
AliensStealCattle (http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/AliensStealCattle)
DogWalksYou (http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/DogWalksYou)
GirlsHaveCooties (http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/GirlsHaveCooties)
BaigarisTheAntidote (http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/BaigarIsTheAntidote)
RealityIsOutToLunch (http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/RealityIsOutToLunch)
PoorCommunicationKills (http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/MainPoorCommunicationKills)
GodsNeedPrayerBadly (http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/GodsNeedPrayerBadly)
WizardNeedsFoodBadly (http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/WizardNeedsFoodBadly)
AnAdventurerIsYou (http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/AnAdventurerIsYou)
YourMindMakesItReal (http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/YourMindMakesItReal)
Aliens Steal Cable (http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/AliensStealCable)
YourMindMakesItReal (http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/YourMindMakesItReal)
Our Angels are Different (http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/OurAngelsAreDifferent)
Our Dragons Are Different (http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/OurDragonsAreDifferent)
All Trolls Are Different (http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/AllTrollsAreDifferent)
Our Monsters Are Different (http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/OurMonstersAreDifferent)
Our Elves Are Better (http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/OurElvesAreBetter)
Our Ghosts Are Different (http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/OurGhostsAreDifferent)
Our Goblins Are Different (http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/OurGoblinsAreDifferent)
Our Mermaids Are Different (http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/OurMermaidsAreDifferent)
Our Orcs Are Different (http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/OurOrcsAreDifferent)
Our Vampires Are Different (http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/OurVampiresAreDifferent)
Our Werewolves Are Different (http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/OurWerewolvesAreDifferent)
Our Demons Are Different (http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/OurDemonsAreDifferent)
Girls Need Role Models (http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/GirlsNeedRoleModels)
Reed Richards Is Useless (http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ReedRichardsIsUseless)

Help me find more! I'll keep the list updated, and tell you what I need them for later.

Nerd-o-rama

2008-11-17, 08:30 PM

Construct Additional Pylons (http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ConstructAdditionalPylons)? It's an imperative with an understood "you" rather than a statement with a subject, but...

darkblade

2008-11-17, 08:48 PM

Our Lawyers Advised This Trope (http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/OurLawyersAdvisedThisTrope)

Enlong

2008-11-17, 09:46 PM

Germans love David Hasselhoff (http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff).

darkblade

2008-11-17, 09:55 PM

Not sure about this one but A Wizard Did It (http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/AWizardDidIt)?

charl

2008-11-17, 10:27 PM

AliensStealCattle (http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/AliensStealCattle)
DogWalksYou (http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/DogWalksYou)
GirlsHaveCooties (http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/GirlsHaveCooties)
IBrokeANail (http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/IBrokeANail)
ICanExplain (http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ICanExplain)
IHaveThisFriend (http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/IHaveThisFriend)
IKnowYouKnowIKnow (http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/IKnowYouKnowIKnow)
IMeantToDoThat (http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/IMeantToDoThat)
ImMrFuturePopCultureReference (http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ImMrFuturePopCultureReference)

Here are a few to start you off, from the comedy section.

Fri

2008-11-17, 11:53 PM

BaigarisTheAntidote (http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/BaigarIsTheAntidote)
RealityIsOutToLunch (http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/RealityIsOutToLunch)
TVTropesWillRuinYourLife (http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TVTropesWillRuinYourLife)
TVTropesWillRuinYourVocabulary (http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TVTropesWillRuinYourVocabulary)
WeSuckLess (http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/WeSuckLess)
PoorCommunicationKills (http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/MainPoorCommunicationKills)
GodsNeedPrayerBadly (http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/GodsNeedPrayerBadly)
WizardNeedsFoodBadly (http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/WizardNeedsFoodBadly)
AnAdventurerIsYou (http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/AnAdventurerIsYou)
YourMindMakesItReal (http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/YourMindMakesItReal)

Not sure if those are included in what you want. I could help you more if my pc wasn't blown up that few weeks ago. I don't erase my history. Meh, just use take what you need, and I'll try to find more similar things.

Ozymandias

2008-11-18, 12:25 AM

You Fail X Forever (http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/SearchWiki?text=you+fail&pagename=Main%2FSearchWiki) series.
(Biology, Logic, Film School, Nuclear Power, and Statistics.)
A God Am I (http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/AGodAmI) if you can stomach the syntax

Tengu_temp

2008-11-18, 03:00 AM

Note: I am looking for third person statements and present simple tense.

Keep'em coming, people!

darkblade

2008-11-18, 06:53 PM

YourMindMakesItReal (http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/YourMindMakesItReal)

Haruki-kun

2008-11-18, 07:45 PM

Our Angels are Different. (http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/OurAngelsAreDifferent)

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Rogue 7

2008-11-18, 07:54 PM

Along with that...
Our Dragons Are Different (http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/OurDragonsAreDifferent)
All Trolls Are Different (http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/AllTrollsAreDifferent)
Our Monsters Are Different (http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/OurMonstersAreDifferent)
Our Elves Are Better (http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/OurElvesAreBetter)
Our Ghosts Are Different (http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/OurGhostsAreDifferent)
Our Goblins Are Different (http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/OurGoblinsAreDifferent)
Our Mermaids Are Different (http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/OurMermaidsAreDifferent)
Our Orcs Are Different (http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/OurOrcsAreDifferent)
Our Vampires Are Different (http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/OurVampiresAreDifferent)
Our Werewolves Are Different (http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/OurWerewolvesAreDifferent)
Our Demons Are Different (http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/OurDemonsAreDifferent)

Jewel Thief

2008-11-18, 10:09 PM

Why, might I ask?

Juhn

2008-11-18, 10:16 PM

Girls Need Role Models (http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/GirlsNeedRoleModels)

Nerd-o-rama

2008-11-18, 10:33 PM

Along with that...
Our Dragons Are Different (http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/OurDragonsAreDifferent)
All Trolls Are Different (http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/AllTrollsAreDifferent)
Our Monsters Are Different (http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/OurMonstersAreDifferent)
Our Elves Are Better (http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/OurElvesAreBetter)
Our Ghosts Are Different (http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/OurGhostsAreDifferent)
Our Goblins Are Different (http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/OurGoblinsAreDifferent)
Our Mermaids Are Different (http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/OurMermaidsAreDifferent)
Our Orcs Are Different (http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/OurOrcsAreDifferent)
Our Vampires Are Different (http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/OurVampiresAreDifferent)
Our Werewolves Are Different (http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/OurWerewolvesAreDifferent)
Our Demons Are Different (http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/OurDemonsAreDifferent)

Jesus, why are there so many of these? I hate TVTropes sometimes...

Juhn

2008-11-18, 10:42 PM

Reed Richards Is Useless (http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ReedRichardsIsUseless)

The going is slow because I'm going by links. By the way, thanks for sending me back into that mire...

MeklorIlavator

2008-11-18, 10:45 PM

Jesus, why are there so many of these? I hate TVTropes sometimes...

Most of those are sub-entries, with the actual one being Our Monsters Are Different.

Tengu_temp

2008-11-18, 10:51 PM

Okay, I've got enough of those to explain my reasons. And those are...

1. I was curious how many tropes named in that way are there.
2. I wanted to perform a social experiment - how many people will help me with a seemingly pointless, but amusing task when asked.
3. I wanted to make you people think "what the heck does he need all these tropes for?".
4. I was bored.

Nerd-o-rama

2008-11-18, 10:59 PM

Totally saw at least 3 and 4 coming. Which is why I put minimal effort into this.

Rogue 7

2008-11-18, 11:08 PM

All of the "Our X are different" tropes basically describe a base creature type and variations thereof, so it's really more variations on a theme.

GenericFighter

2008-11-20, 03:17 AM

Along with that...
Our Dragons Are Different (http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/OurDragonsAreDifferent)
All Trolls Are Different (http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/AllTrollsAreDifferent)
Our Monsters Are Different (http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/OurMonstersAreDifferent)
Our Elves Are Better (http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/OurElvesAreBetter)
Our Ghosts Are Different (http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/OurGhostsAreDifferent)
Our Goblins Are Different (http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/OurGoblinsAreDifferent)
Our Mermaids Are Different (http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/OurMermaidsAreDifferent)
Our Orcs Are Different (http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/OurOrcsAreDifferent)
Our Vampires Are Different (http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/OurVampiresAreDifferent)
Our Werewolves Are Different (http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/OurWerewolvesAreDifferent)
Our Demons Are Different (http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/OurDemonsAreDifferent)

You forgot the best one

Our Dwarves Are All The Same (http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/OurDwarvesAreAllTheSame)

averagejoe

2008-11-20, 03:31 AM

>_< This is definitely going to waste my evening. Thanks a lot.