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{{quote|''[[Hello]]. [[My Name Is Inigo Montoya]]. [[You Killed My Father]]. [[Prepare to Die]].''|'''Inigo Montoya''', ''[[The Princess Bride (film)|The Princess Bride]]''}} |
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Various shows are [[Trope Overdosed|popular]] or [[Trope Makers|influential]] when it comes to [[Trope|tropes]]. One measure is how readily we name tropes from shows or other works. |
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'''This should not be done lightly''' and is not a badge of honor. Using trope namers lightly or as a badge of honor is [[Trope Namer Syndrome]] and leads to confusion, renames, and possible deletion of tropes. |
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A series usually gets to name a trope if it's ''so'' widely known for the trope (even outside the [[Most Tropers Are Young Nerds|circle of nerds]]) it's basically an icon of it, or if it has a term for the situation that is simply [[TV Tropes Made of Win Archive]]. Or if it happens to be the [[Trope Maker]], too. Of course, since [[Most Tropers Are Young Nerds]], we do kinda swing closer to the [[Geek]] side of things. But whaddaya expect? This ''is'' the Internet, after all! |
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Also, we at [[TV Tropes]] don't want tropes named directly after a trope namer, since the |
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trope namer may always get its own page. If they ''are'' the Trope Namer, the trope name should reflect the difference, for example [[Rashomon Style]]. This is doubly true for characters, who must [[All There Is to Know About "The Crying Game"|embody the trope so well]] that one could point to them and say [[Iconic Characters|"Yeah, kinda like him"]] and other [[Troper|tropers]] will immediately agree ([[One Mario Limit|without having to consult Google]] in the process). |
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Keep in mind, however, that calling a work "the Trope Namer" in the initial YKTTW write-up simply because '''you''' took the preliminary title from it (''especially'' if you are naming the [[Trope]] after a character) is ''very'' presumptuous: chances are high that the troper [[Hive Mind]] will disagree about whether or not the work is widely known enough to qualify. Of course, such [[Trope]] proposals aren't technically ''named'' yet; the title may be subject to change in YKTTW if someone else comes up with a better title. (For the purpose of actually ''finding'' a better title, see [[Naming a Trope]].) |
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Works and creators that have inspired trope names are listed in the subpages linked below. |
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* [[Trope Namers/Anime and Manga|Anime and Manga]] |
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* [[Trope Namers/Comic Books|Comic Books]] |
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* [[Trope Namers/Film|Film]] |
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** [[Trope Namers/Star Wars|Star Wars]] |
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* [[Trope Namers/Internet|Internet]] (IRC and other websites) |
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* [[Trope Namers/Literature|Literature]] |
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* [[Trope Namers/Live Action TV|Live Action TV]] (includes Game Shows and Professional Wrestling) |
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* [[Trope Namers/Music|Music]] |
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* [[Trope Namers/Newspaper Comics|Newspaper Comics]] |
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* [[Trope Namers/Religion and Myth|Religion and Myth]] |
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* [[Trope Namers/Theater|Theater]] (also includes Opera and Musicals) |
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* [[Trope Namers/Traditional Games|Traditional Games]] (includes Board Games, Card Games, and Tabletop Games) |
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* [[Trope Namers/Video Games|Video Games]] |
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* [[Trope Namers/Web Animation|Web Animation]] |
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* [[Trope Namers/Webcomics|Webcomics]] |
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* [[Trope Namers/Western Animation|Western Animation]] |
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** [[Trope Namers/The Simpsons|The Simpsons]] |
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* [[Trope Namers/Other Media|Other Media]] |
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* [[Trope Namers/Real Life|Real Life]] |
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Sometimes we don't quite get it right the first time. |
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* [[Renamed Tropes]] |
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{{reflist}} |
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[[Category:Tropes of Legend]] |
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[[Category:Wiki Tropes]] |
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[[Category:Trivia Trope]] |
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[[Category:Pothole Magnet]] |
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[[Category:Index Index]] |
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[[Category:index]] |
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