View Full Version : Your Least Favorite TV Tropes
Game Freak 4
03-31-2009, 01:40 PM
Yeah, I know there are good addicting TV Tropes, but then, there are ones that you just don't like. Well, I don't like them.
1. Cute Bruiser
I'm just getting sick of this one and I just can't find it believeable. I mean, a cute little loli 10 times stronger than The Incredible Hulk? Are you serious?!
2. Dojikko
Some find them cute and funny. Some get a little heartwarming joy from them. I find them facepalmingly pathetic.
3. Heroic Mine
A Video Game Trope I can't stand. Seems like a waste of good character development.
4. Heroic Soicopath
Why can I stand this? WHY?!
Mynd Hed
03-31-2009, 04:22 PM
1. Cute Bruiser
I'm just getting sick of this one and I just can't find it believeable. I mean, a cute little loli 10 times stronger than The Incredible Hulk? Are you serious?!
As long as we're talking in the context of a fantasy universe in which things like muscle mass don't make any practical difference, I don't see what the problem is. Cuteness is awesome. Super strength and other ass-kicking powers are awesome. It's two for one, baby!
Dens Maris
03-31-2009, 04:51 PM
Not even The Scrappy (http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TheScrappy) can touch the absolute hatred I feel for the Tsundere (http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/Tsundere). Lazy, annoying, predictable archetype, and I can think of only...two, three cases? where it didn't make me want to put an axe through my television. :sad:
Bakasama
03-31-2009, 05:18 PM
Not even The Scrappy (http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TheScrappy) can touch the absolute hatred I feel for the Tsundere (http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/Tsundere). Lazy, annoying, predictable archetype, and I can think of only...two, three cases? where it didn't make me want to put an axe through my television. :sad:
Isn't that character type described as "Bipolar" by some people?
NelStone
03-31-2009, 05:20 PM
Not even The Scrappy (http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TheScrappy) can touch the absolute hatred I feel for the Tsundere (http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/Tsundere). Lazy, annoying, predictable archetype, and I can think of only...two, three cases? where it didn't make me want to put an axe through my television. :sad:
I hope you realize the consequences of linking to TV Tropes... now I'll be there reading until about 2 a.m. :p
Game Freak 4
03-31-2009, 05:22 PM
As long as we're talking in the context of a fantasy universe in which things like muscle mass don't make any practical difference, I don't see what the problem is. Cuteness is awesome. Super strength and other ass-kicking powers are awesome. It's two for one, baby!
Maybe I just don't like the fact that adults had to struggle and suffer to get to where they are, yet little kids manages to do this with no effort at all.(Like when Goku and Vegeta, even Gohan, suffer and strained so much to they reached Super Sayian level, yet, Goten and Trunks reach this level at very young ages. Vegeta was pissed about this.) Nor do I like the fact that Organizations tend to rely on children to save the day instead of experinenced adults(Sky Girls, Strike Witches, etc.). Will there ever be a Magical WOMAN? And I sometimes wonder if Honey from Ouran High School Host Club is really human at all?
And sorry, but I hate cutness.
Bakasama
03-31-2009, 05:36 PM
And sorry, but I hate cutness.
You hate Cuteness (http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/Kawaisa)?
Well, I got some bad news for you, that's very common in anime.
Game Freak 4
03-31-2009, 05:50 PM
You hate Cuteness (http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/Kawaisa)?
Well, I got some bad news for you, that's very common in anime.
One of the reasons that turn me off of Japanese Fiction in General. At least, Akira Toriyama knows how to draw a fat ugly chick. Do females(males as well, I guess) have to look so cute, pretty, and beautiful, all the time?
Marvin Tikvah
03-31-2009, 06:36 PM
Honestly, I don't hate any trope 100% since the archetype can work depending on the situation or how its written into the concept. It all depends on how its executed and if it seems reasonable for it to exist.
However, Tsundere characters are absolutely my biggest pet peeve. Many writers use them as a way to pass off a strong female character with no effort, or its become the basis of a token female since she clearly cannot look bad next to the boys. Not to mention most of them are insufferable and annoying, and inject hokey romance into the show. In a nutshell, its just a terrible stereotype that brings nothing good to anything its applied to.
Martianinvader
03-31-2009, 06:54 PM
Not even The Scrappy (http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TheScrappy) can touch the absolute hatred I feel for the Tsundere (http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/Tsundere). Lazy, annoying, predictable archetype, and I can think of only...two, three cases? where it didn't make me want to put an axe through my television. :sad:
Maybe I don't watch enough anime to be annoyed by that. Most of the Western examples of Tsunderes, I've enjoyed. I love the tough girls.
Dens Maris
03-31-2009, 06:58 PM
I find it a lot more grating in anime and video games, because it tends to cross over with what they call the "Defrosting Ice Queen" trope. Basically, every time we're supposed to see that they have a soft spot, they do this:
":o"
And in too many cases this is followed by a "Sh-shut up!" or a petulant scowl or- even better- randomly slapping the taste out of an adjacent character's mouth. I suppose this is meant to be an endearing quality, but...yeah. :shrug:
Game Freak 4
03-31-2009, 07:02 PM
I find it a lot more grating in anime and video games, because it tends to cross over with what they call the "Defrosting Ice Queen" trope. Basically, every time we're supposed to see that they have a soft spot, they do this:
":o"
And in too many cases this is followed by a "Sh-shut up!" or a petulant scowl or- even better- randomly slapping the taste out of an adjacent character's mouth. I suppose this is meant to be an endearing quality, but...yeah. :shrug:
That's one of the reasons I can't stand Love Hina.
TripleS
03-31-2009, 07:38 PM
I find it a lot more grating in anime and video games, because it tends to cross over with what they call the "Defrosting Ice Queen" trope. Basically, every time we're supposed to see that they have a soft spot, they do this:
":o"
And in too many cases this is followed by a "Sh-shut up!" or a petulant scowl or- even better- randomly slapping the taste out of an adjacent character's mouth. I suppose this is meant to be an endearing quality, but...yeah. :shrug:
Basically this, and in general "luminescent blush" is kinda my pet peeve. XD Oh yeah, and sometimes the whole "nosebleed" thing is annoying.
Bakasama
03-31-2009, 08:25 PM
Basically this, and in general "luminescent blush" is kinda my pet peeve. XD Oh yeah, and sometimes the whole "nosebleed" thing is annoying.
Ah, the Nosebleed (http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/Nosebleed), you could read more about (http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/Squick) if you dare.
There's a list of them, here. (http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/AnimeTrope) The one problem is, at least for me, is once you understand the anime tropes, anime becomes a lot less interesting.
Game Freak 4
03-31-2009, 09:54 PM
Ah, the Nosebleed (http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/Nosebleed), you could read more about (http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/Squick) if you dare.
There's a list of them, here. (http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/AnimeTrope) The one problem is, at least for me, is once you understand the anime tropes, anime becomes a lot less interesting.
Wouldn't that apply to pretty much everything?
Bakasama
03-31-2009, 10:04 PM
Wouldn't that apply to pretty much everything?
Yeah but I've notice anime/manga seem to use certain tropes like No Koreans In Japan (http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/NoKoreansInJapan) and Kawaiiko (http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/Kawaiiko) a lot. They're not likely seen elsewhere for various reasons.
R-Taco
03-31-2009, 10:05 PM
Take Thats (http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TakeThat), by a long shot. All they do is make you look petty while pissing off a piece of your fanbase. It doesn't help that so many people that edit that site are so keen on doing it themselves. Author Tracts (http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/AuthorTract) also bug me for similar reasons, and Outer Limits Twists (http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/OuterLimitsTwist), because poor writers under the assumption that they make their stories deeper.
As for my least favorite TV Tropes page, this ego-fest takes the cake (http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/TroperTales/BrilliantButLazy).
defunctzombie
03-31-2009, 10:47 PM
I hope you realize the consequences of linking to TV Tropes... now I'll be there reading until about 2 a.m. :p
Same here. :anime:
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This is my least favorite: Commercial Pop up (http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/CommercialPopUp). One time it was so big it blocked half the screen. I was really mad one time: Bill Engvall (comedian) actually PAUSED my show to blab about his. :shrug:
Daxdiv
03-31-2009, 10:59 PM
I guess my least favorite has to be the whole, They Change It Now It Suck. I guess it is because I was open to new changes, like Sonic being a werehog, and Banjo riding around in cars than being a traditional Platformers and warming up to the new art style.
Taekmkm
03-31-2009, 10:59 PM
Do females(males as well, I guess) have to look so cute, pretty, and beautiful, all the time?
Hi, welcome to the world of media. No one's ugly unless the plot demands it, and that applies to everything.
Game Freak 4
03-31-2009, 11:23 PM
Yeah but I've notice anime/manga seem to use certain tropes like No Koreans In Japan (http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/NoKoreansInJapan) and Kawaiiko (http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/Kawaiiko) a lot. They're not likely seen elsewhere for various reasons.
Now that I think about it, it seems that Japanese Fiction has the most Tropes of any media shown in TV Tropes Wiki. Their list of tropes are broken into categories, with their OWN lists.
Hi, welcome to the world of media. No one's ugly unless the plot demands it, and that applies to everything.
Good Bye, true expressive art. Does John K feels this way, as well? One must wonder how long his stuff lasted.
Will The Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack on Cartoon Network be next?
I am now hating the Trope, "Macekre," even more.
Taekmkm
03-31-2009, 11:27 PM
By media, I mean live-action too. Ugly Betty was only ugly because of the plot.
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