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Post by Belchic on Aug 16, 2011 12:57:52 GMT -5
Here's a neat idea I came up with.
For those of you who visit TV Tropes at a regular basis, you'll probably get where this is going. This was somewhat inspired by the topic that bab did where we analyze our fanfics by listing facts and deleted scenes and stuff like that.
Basically, what you do here is post a fanfic of yours, and give a list of tropes that the fanfic includes examples of, and also explain how the tropes are given in the fanfic. Make sure you list them in alphabetical order as well.
For example, here's mine for "Pup and Down". This fanfic includes the following tropes:
A Day In The Limelight: Noggin and Belchic both get spotlight in this episode along with the main pups. Bait And Switch: Belchic thinks they were going to go to a Cutaway Gag, but it doesn't happen. Big Boom: Noggin's explosion inside the barn, and at the end when he blasts the natives away. Big Eater: Rolly when he eats the cookies. Catchphrase: Rolly's classic, "Oh, papa!" line is said here. Conspicuous Trench Coat: The natives all wear these. The main pups wear one to blend in with the tribe. Conversational Troping: Lucky assumes that Lt. Pug will just go out saying that it's all a cat invasion and force the pups to work hard at something that's not all that important. Cute Bruiser: Cadpig Demoted To Extra: While Spot is in this episode, she doesn't do a whole lot. Don't Ask: There's no explanation as to where the natives came from. Downer Ending: What Belchic ends up doing at the end of the episode. Five Man Band: - The Hero: Lucky - The Lancer: Spot - The Smart Guy: Noggin - The Big Guy: Rolly - The Chick: Cadpig - The Sixth Ranger: Belchic G-Rated Sex: A couple of sex-related jokes were made at the part where Lucky gets flung to the roof of the barn and lands on his butt, but they're not too noticable. Huge Rider Tiny Mount: When the pups are in their disguise, Lucky stands on top of Cadpig. I Don't Think That's Such A Good Idea: When Lucky reveals his plan to Rolly and Cadpig, they are at first resentful against doing it with him, but once they get into it, they have fun. Nice Job Breaking It, Hero: Lucky runs into the natives' territory when he hears that Two-Tone was captured, which resulted in him getting thrown up to the roof. This caused a delay in the pups' attempts at getting rid of the natives. Potty Emergency: Happens to Rolly, surprisingly. Punny Name: Noggin and Belchic, like all the other Dalmatians have their own respective punny names. Sarcasm Mode: When Lucky immitates Cadpig over complaining about the pups making fun of Noggin. Shallow Love Interest: A couple times, Lucky somewhat expresses his love for Two-Tone, even though she is absent in this episode. Shout-Out: Several pop culture references were made in this episode. See the Story Database for a list of them. Totem Pole Trench: Performed by Lucky, Cadpig and Rolly in their attempt to rescue Belchic. We Could Have Avoided All This: If Belchic hadn't wandered off for no reason.
I look forward to seeing other pups try this out! ^^
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Post by Belchic on Aug 25, 2011 13:09:53 GMT -5
Come on, children, don't be shy.
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Post by Kit on Aug 27, 2011 5:09:32 GMT -5
I planned on doing this for my own characters, but it's a time-demanding task. Combined with being sick, lot's of work, school and a few economic situations that needed to be solved, I have simply not have had the effort.
But I am an avid troper. I'll see if I can give this a shot.
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Post by RaceFanX on Aug 29, 2011 15:38:39 GMT -5
Here's some from Eyes of the Beholder
And the Fandom Rejoiced: This fic was originally a joke trailer but people liked it and so I actually wrote it. Alternate Ending: There was enough demand for one that one was written that shows Epsilon winning, Downer Ending sums it up rather nicely. Baleful Polymorph: Epsilon's evil plan is to turn every human on Earth into a dog then brainwash all of the planet's canines, new and old, to do his bidding. Bittersweet Ending: Slightly, humanity is saved but all the people Epsilon turned into dogs don't get changed back at the end. Brainwashed and Crazy: Half of the farm's dogs end up this when Epsilon needs a distration to get away. A few remain so even afterward as he needs muscle to carry out his plan. -Special mention to Two-Tone who gets brainwashed to kill Lucky and almost has her body go through with it against her will. Continuity Nod: Several to previous FanFics including a few to the last time Doc dealt with an alien threat in the "Dogs of War / The Final Game" final game. Decoy Protaginist: Techno to some extent, in his first major FanFic appearence the hacker pup does his part to help Doc early on, playing him up like he'll do so throughout the fic, but gets brainwashed about halfway through the fic and spends much of the fic helping Epsilon with the tech side of his plan. Disney Death: Doc has one after his plunge. Disney Villain Death / Not Quite Dead: Epsilon seemingly plunges to his death at the climax. The pups fully believe he died...but somehow he just barely survived thanks ironically to some human rescuers. "London Calling" implied it took him months to recover from his injuries. Earn your Happy Ending: The Dalmatians save humanity but not before many of them get injured via brainwashing, eight people get a very canine future and Doc getting tossed off a catwalk and very lucky to have only ended up with a broken rear leg and having the wind knocked out of him. Enemy Mine: Even the Heartbreakers hate Epsilon after he forced them against each other with mind control. Expy: In-character Doc thinks of himself as this for "The Doctor" from Doctor Who. Oddly which Doctor is open for debate, he's usually a lot like David Tennant's but in this fic he acts much more like Tom Baker's. -The "Canine Crusher" is basically Bigfoot 4 in its 1988-1990 TNT Monster Truck Challenge configuration Fanservice: Characters belonging to a majority of the board's members show up in some fashion over the course of it. Heroic BSOD: Doc gets one after watching Epsilon personally devolve a boy into an Alaskian Husky then brainwash him into being just another good dog. Family Unfriendly Violence: Doc isn't the type for violence but still ends up in a fist, err, pawfight with Epsilon. He loses then gets dropped off a high catwalk, just barely avoiding falling to his death by having a HARD impact with a lower catwalk. He still ends up with a broken leg. Human Aliens: Not humans but the idea is the same as Epsilon is not of this world yet still a normal-looking Border Collie dog. Doc is suspecious enough of this to think it's a disguise but it's not, he looks like a normal dog. Improbably Cool Car: Patriot's 1988 Ford F-150 Monster Truck "Canine Crusher," only justified by Patriot implying he redid the entire interior to something he could actually drive it in and that the whole process of construction took months if not years. Kick the Dog: Epsilon plays up being a cute puppy just long enough to get out of the pound then "thanks" his new owner by turning her into a Chihuahua puppy. Mary Sue: Patriot averts it, despite this being my fic and he's my main character he even doesn't do much outside of one scene and the climax. Misaimed Fandom: This fic was intended to somewhat rip on the environmentalist movement but maybe members took it as a positive environmentalist fic. The ending was changed so all parties could interpret it as they please but that does result in... Broken Aesop: The moral now could be taken as appears to be "Enviromentalism is good but many enviromentalists are bastards trying to further an agenda." Nice Job Breaking It Hero: Not every move the pups make in this fic pays off. For instance Sparky and Puffy try to spot Epsilon's escape by disabling the Puppy Bus. It does delay him but he promptly carjacks a vehicle and doubles his body count when he dooms a family of four to a very Beagle future. Nice Job Fixing It Villain: The Dalmatians are completely unaware of Epsilon's plan. He could have just keep his "environmentalist" lie up and executed his plan if he hadn't tried to recruit Doc for it. Explaining the part of his plan without the devolution part mentioned to the rest of the pups wasn't the best idea either. One Scene Wonder / Ensemble Darkhorse: "Chihuahua Girl," the unnamed little girl who adopts Epsilon from the pound then ends up his first victim. She actually got a fanart from Bab before the fic was released of her new dog form. Pre-Mortem One-Liner: Doc's "It's the end, but this moment has been prepared for" before he pulls out the weaponized Sonic Screwdriver and blows up the support to DeVilCo1 to bring down the house. Being Doc, he's actually quoting the last words of Tom Baker's 'Doctor' before he regenerated into Peter Davison's 'Doctor' albeit WAY out-of-context. Pounds are Doggy Prison: Averted hard, the one Epsilon was in at the start was rather nice. Of course the whole opening scene is just a twisted parody of the start of the film Bolt. Product Placement: Averted. McDonald's, Chevrolet, Ford, KFC, the TV channel E! and lots of real-life products appear however none of it was paid for (obvivously). I just prefere using real brands to make the fic feel more real world. Robot Buddy: Doc has K-4.5 on his side. Sequel Hook: Epsilon gets rescued after the credits and just barely alive mutters "I'll be back...I will win...I just need to bring reinforcements..." Shout Out: Being a fic starring Doc there are a lot of references made to "Doctor Who," most subtitle enough not to affect the plot though. There are a ton more listed on the Story Database page. Space Whale Aesop: Be careful before taking up an enviromentalist cause, it may be an evil plot by an alien to destroy humanity Stuff Blowing Up: The finale with the collapse of DeVilCo1 certainly counts. Swiss Messenger: Roxy accidently becomes one, she's warm and welcoming as she leads Epsilon to the farm completely unaware of his horrible intentions. Take That: A Toyota Rav4 SUV appears briefly as the vehicle for a few security guards, the two guys using it are implied heavily to end up victims of Epsilon while the SUV gets flattened first by Patriot running over it with his Ford then the DeVilCo1 dish collapsing on its remains. Being from Michigan I don't like Toyotas. What happened to the Mouse?: K-4.5 vanishes after he runs out of juice just after the fight at the barn. There's at least a throw away line he's recharging at the end. Wild Mass Guessing: The lengthy construction of the "Canine Crusher" is supposed to be the reason that Patriot is the oldest fan character around yet has made so few FanFic appearences in works other than mine, he's spent all his time building the truck.
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Post by babclayman on Oct 14, 2012 12:18:52 GMT -5
Well, I just posted All of my "Scorch Scraper" Fic up. So, I'll try doing a Trope Codifier for it here.
I will Black out any text that may contain spoilers to those who haven't read it yet. ;3
Let's see then...
Abandoned Playground- The Climax Battle with Scorch and CadpBig takes place in the Abandoned “Cruella World”. A God Am I- CadBig has one after defeating Scorch. Always A Bigger Fish- When Perdita shows up, larger than CadBig. Artistic License: Science- The Growth Ray works by Multiplying the Cells in your body at a rapid pace and can be reversed by pouring a formula on it…cause science! Attack Of The Fifty Foot Whatever- As the title implies, Scorch becomes a Giant…and then Cadpig, then Perdita. Canine Ladder- The Pups need to jump on top of one another, to reach the Door Lock. Car Fu- CadBig tosses a Garbage Truck at Scorch. Chekhov’s Gun- Cruella mentions “Cruella World” at the start of the Fic. Guess where the climax battle takes place? -Also, The Corn that Scorch enlarges at the Beginning, is the key to having Rolly incidentally finding the antidote. Continuity Nod- There are numerous references to other “101 Dalmatians The Series” Episodes in this story. Crowd Panic- By Most of the Dearly Farm Residents, during Scorch’s attack. Also from Horace & Jasper. Disposable Superhero Maker- The Growth Chamber is destroyed by Perdita, so can’t be used for future episodes, unless it gets repaired. Don’t Celebrate Just Yet- When the Pups think Scorch is defeated, CadBig begins to plan her own type of Conquest. Elders- Perdita Find The Cure- The Pups look around P.H. Lab to find a cure to Scorch’s largeness. Flat What?- Rolly gives one when CadBig refuses to Shrink. Fun with Alliteration- Aside from the title, Alliteration as used A LOT in the story. Helicopter Fly Swatter- What Scorch tries to do with Spot. Miracle-Gro Monster- The Device that P.H. Creates, is what makes Characters large. Mythology Gag- Spot refers to Perdita as “Missis Pongo”. The name of the Mother Dalmatian in the original “Dodie Smith Novel”. -If Letters were Numbers and we only used the first ten of them, The Procedure Code for the Pups to stack up almost spells Belchic. -CadBig goes “Rawr!”, like Nuke does. Not Quite Back To Normal- Scorch is normal size again, as is Cadpig, but Perdita still giant, going to teach the other Pups discipline again. Punny Name- Cadpig is always referred to as CadBig when Giant. Punny Title- The title of the story is “Scorch Scraper” (Sky Scraper) Reed Richards is Useless- P.H Devil has created a Device Capable of making Giants, for the sole use of a Diet Plan! (Put this under MST3K Mantra though). Shout Out- CadBig quotes Dirty Harry before she battles Scorch Snap Back- Chances are that Perdita will be back to normal in the Next Episode. Offscreen Rebuilding- Villa Devil will be most likely be repaired by the next episode as will “Cruella World”, if it makes an appearance again. Up To Eleven- The Pups accidentally turn the Growth Chamber settings up to "Level 11: Maxinum Power". What Happened To The Mouse?- We don’t see what happens to Horace & Jasper, when they try to tell other Humans about CadBig. We don’t see how Cruella or P.H. React to the damage to Villa Devil, due to this story. Written-In Absence- Roger, Anita & Nanny miss all the action, since they’re all out on their Errands. Your Size May Vary- Might happen depending on Scorch & CadBig’s battle.
Do you think there are any other Tropes, I missed for this Fic? o.o
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Post by Belchic on Oct 14, 2012 14:58:00 GMT -5
What about Human Ladder?
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Post by babclayman on Oct 14, 2012 15:03:10 GMT -5
It is there, Belchic. I've named it "Canine Ladder" however. See it? ;3
Any other Tropes, I missed, Pups? o.o
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Post by Belchic on Oct 14, 2012 20:23:58 GMT -5
Was it really necessary to rename it?
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Post by babclayman on Oct 15, 2012 3:57:51 GMT -5
They do so on TVTropes. I have seen them do so. So, why can't I?
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Post by Sweeney Terrier on Oct 15, 2012 5:23:54 GMT -5
I don't entirely know how this Trope Codifier works, but I think I'll try it with my "3rd Time's the Harm" fanfic. - Notre Dame de Dearly Farm, (or Hunchback, [metaphorically speaking] of Dearly Farm): Vlad tells Lupus and Jocelyn to say 'sanctuary' 3x while they are in the barn. Some things never change: Though he's younger, Lupus is still willing to protect Jocelyn from Shaw. Pollution Problems: Some of the excess of PH's youth serum chemical evaporated into the clouds, due to the water cycle, and poured down into the pond that Lupus drank from, polluting the water in some way. I guess one could call it, youth rain, hehe. All this could be avoided: If Shaw wouldn't try to kill Jocelyn. (least, the main events, [such as the fighting and chasing]).
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Post by RaceFanX on Oct 30, 2012 1:23:51 GMT -5
Not a complete list but here's some for London Calling...
And the Fandom Rejoiced: Epsilon's back and he brought backup. Alternate Ending: There's one where Patriot faces off against Epsilon with a gun, a very Family Unfriendly Death ensues. Baleful Polymorph: Epsilon's evil plan again involves turning humans into dogs, minus the brainwashing this time. Canon Welding: One of the first fics to take a crack at putting the 101 movies and series in the same universe. The move to America is lampshaded, the change from the 1960s to the present day is not. Chekov's Gunman: A ghost dog appears at various times during the fic, a reference to 'The Watcher' from Doctor Who. The ghost dog's identity isn't revealed until the very end by which point you probably forgot about him. Creator Cameo: The author RaceFanX appears as a sports writer covering the big game, at the time I wrote this fic I was mainly a sports writer. Death by Cameo: Loose versions of Babclayman and his real-life friends that inspired his characters show up (the real ones don't live anywhere near London), Bab gets blasted in the opening scene and the other two follow about halfway in to demonstrate Epsilon's plan to override England's TVs. Did Not Do the Research: More like did and ignored it, the big soccer game in the fic is England v. Germany and played like a huge rivalry game when in real life that really isn't a major one; England's main soccer rival is Scotland but that doesn't make for as international a game. - the callsign for a British Airways flight refering to air traffic control very early in the fic is wrong, BA flights are always called 'Speedbird' in that context. Disney Death: Sigma gets one as do Omega and Iota later. Not Quite Dead: Many of the Skayninians. Epsilon especially gets run over by a train and somehow survives it. Earn your Happy Ending: The Dalmatians again get pushed to their very limit, beaten down and have innocent people hurt because of their own actions in the face of evil but pull it out at the wire. Even Evil Has Loved Ones: Epsilon and his friends very much have the power of friendship on their side too and when the pups hurt his allies Epsilon gets very, very angry. At the end when he finds out they all survived he's more thankful for that then angry his scheme failed. Fanservice: Again characters belonging to a majority of the board's members show up in some fashion over the course of it. - A chase scene with a Chevrolet used heroically was written in to appeal to Slayer who ironically didn't read the fic. Genre Savvy: Epsilon has gotten a good shot of this but in the end it's actually a big part of his undoing. Heroic BSOD: Two-Tone gets one when her actions with a pair of reflective sun glasses end up raising the body count by one small boy turned into a weiner dog who's a dead ringer for Itchy from All Dogs go to Heaven Family Unfriendly Violence: Zeta throwing a knife to stab a security guard very much counts. -Patriot uses a real gun firing a real bullet, he doesn't shot anyone with it but that's still something that would never fly on a real cartoon these days. Foreshadowing: Clayton mentions the Queen 'is not a canine of any kind' early on when Doc implies she's a werewolf like an episode of Doctor Who implied... not for long she isn't. Heel Face Turn: Kappa the Corgi switches sides near the end Improbably Cool Car: The pups use a Transformers edition Chevrolet Camaro in a car chase, that's a real car but at the time this fic takes place the Camaro wasn't sold in England (that's lampshaded in that they steal it from a car show) Killed off for Real: A news report early in the fic describes an evil diplomat from a fictional country having been killed, he is dead but ends up being a Chekov's Gunman later... Like you would really do it: The entire Dearly Family, the Queen of England, the Prime Minister, a bunch of cameo characters with some personality and many more important people are all at the soccer game. -Most are unharmed but one gets devolved. Monumental Damage: Up to Eleven, the final battle isn't in Wembley Stadium, it's above it! - The fight on the blimp that precides it includes Sigma's final plunge taking place at the Big Ben clocktower. Monumental Damage: BBC Television Center gets a hole punched in its roof. -The soccer game is played at Wembley Stadium, it survives mostly intact minus Epsilon's special antenna installed during the fic. Nerfed: Epsilon's potent brainwashing power from 'Eyes of the Beholder' is gone here to make it more apparent his friends follow his leadership willingly. Epsilon only gets to use his full power set briefly at the climax. Nice Job Breaking It Hero: Again the pups are flawed in their attempt to deal with Epsilon and some of their actions raise the body count. Nice Job Fixing It Villain: Genre savy enough not to explain his plan this time Epsilon manages to leave the pups in the dark and confused to his plot for most of the fic. They only get a chance to stop him because he became convinced those 'wantabe heroes' would find some way to interfere anyway so he decided to gamble on attacking them first which doesn't work out. If he wouldn't have done it he presumedly could have pulled off his plot before the pups realized what was happening. Product Placement: Averted. Chevrolet, Porsche, BBC and other real brands appear but all to make the fic feel more real world. Ripped from the Headlines: The fic centers around a soccer game that's a warmup for the 2010 World Cup and includes the German team that did very well in that tournament. There are several jokes about the Germans being a third-place team as that is where they finished in the World Cup that year...there's also a quick Call Forward to the eventual USA-England tie when those countries played each other that year. Robot Buddy: Averted, K-4.5 is absent without explaination, assumedly the Dearlys didn't bring him to London. Sequel Hook: Epsilon and his team have been beaten...but his siblings are ready to help him execute a round three. Shout Out: A few to Doctor Who, Top Gear and Wallace and Gromit... -Three unidentified men resembling the Top Gear hosts appear at the car show criticizing the Chevrolet Camaro- Top Gear reviewed and panned the real car. -In the car chase a semi gets trashed advertising 'Bake-O-Lite Bread,' the brand from Wallace and Gromit's 'A Matter of Loaf and Death.' - The RL Kendra cameo character jokes about John Terry, a soccer player who was the real captain of the English team at the time. Take Me Out at the Ball Game: Epsilon's plan involves an attack to devolve all the humans attending a massive England v. Germany soccer game and override the national broadcast to devolve everyone watching it. Running Gag: Various G-Whiz electric cars, common in London, show up and everyone is violently destroyed. Stuff Blowing Up: Averted with the Kanine Krunchies blimp, it deflates and crashes but notably doesn't blow up. It's filled with helium, it can't really explode violently. Take That: A lot against the G-Whiz and quite a few against Prince Charles. - Charlie gets the last laugh when the fic makes him King as a post-credits gag. What could have been: Kappa was originally to spend all of this fic being bullied before switching sides to join the Dearlys in a possible third installment. Everyone could see it coming anyway so he changes sides at the end here.
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