# Warning: Tv tropes link **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [December 2, 2010, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/warning-tv-tropes-link/562727 "2010-12-02T22:56:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2010, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/warning-tv-tropes-link/562727/21 "2010-12-03T03:21:57Z")
Obligatory [xkcd](http://xkcd.com/386/) link. ---
**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:** [December 3, 2010, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/warning-tv-tropes-link/562727/22 "2010-12-03T03:28:06Z")
> [@Simplicio](#): > > Yea. Its kinda like the “hated movie never happened” joke (Higlander 2, Star Wars Prequels etc). It was only mildly funny the first time I saw it, and now, thousands of iterations later, I can’t imagine why people bother. Especially annoying when someone posts to a thread _just_ to throw in that incredibly over-played joke. Because it’s not a joke. I don’t understand why people think it is. The reason we started doing it was because people specifically requested we do so. I can maybe understand people thinking that references to DisContinuity are jokes, as at least it started out that way, instead of what it is now–a short hand way of indicating how much you hate a specific work, and a silly little game amongst those who do not like it. Do you also get mad when Sherlockians continue to pretend that the detective really existed? (Actually, considering the response to Cecil and Ed, I wouldn’t be surprised. You [StopHavingFunGuys](http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/StopHavingFunGuys) are really annoying.) ---
**Author:** ![Max\_the\_Immortal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/6de8d8/32.png) [@Max\_the\_Immortal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_the_Immortal)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2010, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/warning-tv-tropes-link/562727/23 "2010-12-03T03:46:52Z")
> [@Chimera](#): > > Obligatory [xkcd](http://xkcd.com/386/) link. I was expecting [this one](http://xkcd.com/609/). ---
**Author:** ![fachverwirrt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/94ad74/32.png) [@fachverwirrt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fachverwirrt)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2010, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/warning-tv-tropes-link/562727/24 "2010-12-03T03:57:56Z")
[Link.](http://www.v7n.com/forums/attachments/forum-lobby/10434d1252410605-favorite-cartoon-anime-character-link-zelda-tp.jpg) (Warning: Link) ---
**Author:** ![Yorikke](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yorikke/32/4335_2.png) [@Yorikke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yorikke)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2010, 9:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/warning-tv-tropes-link/562727/25 "2010-12-03T09:09:27Z")
I, for one, have never, not one time ever, found any use for the TV Tropes site. I can get sidetracked for ages by links to many sites - FARK, Cracked, Wikipedia, SDMB, just to name a few. But TV Tropes is BORING. So lots of TV shows were similar. Whoop de fricking doo. Joe ---
**Author:** ![Leaper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/4bbf92/32.png) [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2010, 9:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/warning-tv-tropes-link/562727/26 "2010-12-03T09:12:45Z")
That’s one reason why the “TVTropes: beware!” thing is a bit inaccurate. In my experience, the _real_ addiction lies in coming in _through a work you’re already interested in._ THAT is where it starts: seeing what tropes are associated with your favorite TV show/book/manga/whatever, then following the trope links from there. It seems a lot less likely to get you going just starting on any old trope page. ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2010, 9:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/warning-tv-tropes-link/562727/27 "2010-12-03T09:49:13Z")
> [@Bosstone](#): > > …lies the Slack-Jawed Geek Zone. You are traveling through another dimension. A journey not just of sight and sound, but of neckbeards and overused Simpsons quotes. A journey through a tiresome land whose boundaries are Monty Python references and /b/tard memes. Your next stop… The Slack-Jawed Geek Zone. [DEEDEE deedee DEEDEE deedee…](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-b5aW08ivHU) ---
**Author:** ![Khaki\_Campbell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9de053/32.png) [@Khaki\_Campbell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khaki_Campbell)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2010, 12:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/warning-tv-tropes-link/562727/28 "2010-12-03T12:17:19Z")
> [@Peeta\_Mellark](#): > > Newsflash: nobody gives a shit. You’re basically bragging about what a slack-jawed geek you are. I’m light-years away from a geek (in fact, I have never ever seen any of the _Star Wars_ films) but I find TVT quite above the average. I’m rather digging the articles about the old video games. ---
**Author:** ![Mithril](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mithril/32/3517_2.png) [@Mithril](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mithril)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2010, 12:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/warning-tv-tropes-link/562727/29 "2010-12-03T12:23:50Z")
> [@wheresgeorge04](#): > > I, for one, have never, not one time ever, found any use for the TV Tropes site. I can get sidetracked for ages by links to many sites - FARK, Cracked, Wikipedia, SDMB, just to name a few. But TV Tropes is BORING. So lots of TV shows were similar. Whoop de fricking doo. Or, an identifiable thing happened in \*one \*show, so there is a page about it. Or, “OMG, look at all these shows…People walked through the front door in ALL OF THEM! I must run to my computer and let the world know about this marvelous new trope! Then I will be the King of the Internet!” I once clicked around on that website, and now only go if I don’t mouseover the link first. Blech. ---
**Author:** ![Khaki\_Campbell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9de053/32.png) [@Khaki\_Campbell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khaki_Campbell)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2010, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/warning-tv-tropes-link/562727/30 "2010-12-03T14:51:54Z")
> [@wheresgeorge04](#): > > But TV Tropes is BORING. So lots of TV shows were similar. Whoop de fricking doo. But TVT is absolutely not _only_ about TV (which I agree would be a bore). ---
**Author:** ![cuauhtemoc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ecb155/32.png) [@cuauhtemoc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cuauhtemoc)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2010, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/warning-tv-tropes-link/562727/31 "2010-12-03T14:57:55Z")
What’s TV Tropes? ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2010, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/warning-tv-tropes-link/562727/32 "2010-12-03T15:31:21Z")
> [@cuauhtemoc](#): > > What’s TV Tropes? Something that’s been linked to a number of times in this thread. Click on them. Or do a little investigative work on your own and add “.com” to “tvtropes”. ---
**Author:** ![Simplicio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c37758/32.png) [@Simplicio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Simplicio)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2010, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/warning-tv-tropes-link/562727/33 "2010-12-03T15:32:10Z")
> [@wheresgeorge04](#): > > I, for one, have never, not one time ever, found any use for the TV Tropes site. I can get sidetracked for ages by links to many sites - FARK, Cracked, Wikipedia, SDMB, just to name a few. But TV Tropes is BORING. So lots of TV shows were similar. Whoop de fricking doo. > > Joe Its kind of interesting. But I think the main problem with it is that too many of the examples given don’t really fit the trope. Its just fans of particular shows trying to shoehorn their favorite character into every page. ---
**Author:** ![Giles](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/giles/32/60_2.png) [@Giles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giles)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2010, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/warning-tv-tropes-link/562727/34 "2010-12-03T15:34:20Z")
> [@cuauhtemoc](#): > > What’s TV Tropes? [Google is your friend.](http://www.google.com/search?q=TV+Tropes) (It’s the first hit there.) ---
**Author:** ![Michael\_Ellis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/977dab/32.png) [@Michael\_Ellis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Michael_Ellis)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2010, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/warning-tv-tropes-link/562727/35 "2010-12-03T15:37:42Z")
TV Tropes is full of the most debauched creepy obese wapanese animu pedophile incestuous perverts I’ve ever encountered. Which is a shame since some of it is kinda funny. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2010, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/warning-tv-tropes-link/562727/36 "2010-12-03T15:47:38Z")
> [@Michael\_Ellis](#): > > TV Tropes is full of the most **debauched creepy obese wapanese animu pedophile incestuous perverts** I’ve ever encountered. You say that like it’s a _bad_ thing. ---
**Author:** ![cuauhtemoc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ecb155/32.png) [@cuauhtemoc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cuauhtemoc)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2010, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/warning-tv-tropes-link/562727/37 "2010-12-03T15:50:32Z")
> [@Munch](#): > > Something that’s been linked to a number of times in this thread. Click on them. Or do a little investigative work on your own and add “.com” to “tvtropes”. Along with several warnings not to go there. Which is why I asked what it is so I could know without having to visit the site. Douche. > [@Giles](#): > > [Google is your friend.](http://www.google.com/search?q=TV+Tropes) (It’s the first hit there.) You are also a douche. ---
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2010, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/warning-tv-tropes-link/562727/38 "2010-12-03T17:23:48Z")
> [@wheresgeorge04](#): > > I, for one, have never, not one time ever, found any use for the TV Tropes site. I can get sidetracked for ages by links to many sites - FARK, Cracked, Wikipedia, SDMB, just to name a few. But TV Tropes is BORING. So lots of TV shows were similar. Whoop de fricking doo. > > Joe Same here. I’ve poked around there a little bit now and then, just to see what the fuss was about. It really didn’t interest me at all. ---
**Author:** ![Yorikke](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yorikke/32/4335_2.png) [@Yorikke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yorikke)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2010, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/warning-tv-tropes-link/562727/39 "2010-12-03T17:34:05Z")
> [@cuauhtemoc](#): > > You are also a douche. For fuck’s sake, it took you longer to type “What is TV Tropes?” than it would have to just plug “TV Tropes” into google. Doesn’t every goddamn SDMBer (and you’re a **10-year Doper!** ) know to fucking Google something first? Obviously not. Joe ---
**Author:** ![Giles](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/giles/32/60_2.png) [@Giles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giles)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2010, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/warning-tv-tropes-link/562727/40 "2010-12-03T17:40:55Z")
> [@cuauhtemoc](#): > > You are also a douche. You’re welcome. > [@wheresgeorge04](#): > > Doesn’t every goddamn SDMBer (and you’re a **10-year Doper!** ) know to fucking Google something first? I don’t always use Google: I also use [Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TV_Tropes) a lot. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/warning-tv-tropes-link/562727.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/warning-tv-tropes-link/562727.md?page=3)