# Interview with TVTropes Founder

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interview-with-tvtropes-founder/530353>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [February 25, 2010, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interview-with-tvtropes-founder/530353 "2010-02-25T02:56:25Z")\
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**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\
**Post date:** [February 25, 2010, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interview-with-tvtropes-founder/530353/1 "2010-02-25T02:56:25Z")

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IO9 has an interview with one of the founders of TVTropes and it’s a fairly quick and interesting read.

Caution, TVTropes is linked in this article, click at your own risk.

> **[Behind The Wiki: Meet TV Tropes Cofounder Fast Eddie](https://gizmodo.com/behind-the-wiki-meet-tv-tropes-cofounder-fast-eddie-5479423)**
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> One of the richest, wittiest pop culture resources on the web is the TV Tropes wiki. A celebration of recurring themes in everything from anime to classic SF, TV Tropes today has 40 thousand contributors. Here is its origin story.

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**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\
**Post date:** [February 25, 2010, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interview-with-tvtropes-founder/530353/2 "2010-02-25T03:43:39Z")

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And to think, a few months ago Eddie was talking about shutting the whole thing down.