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Imagine that Video Games have taken a turn where you don't need a controller or a keyboard to play, all you need is a helmet and living the life of a adverting hero isn't just a moving picture on a screen...Now take one game called Sword Art Online and have the creator of said game make it so that If you die in the game you die in real life...not scary enough for you? Okay you know how people kill for fun? They're playing this game too and they made a guild where that's the ONLY type of person that's in said guild...Oh and you're probably saying "I have these awesome Skills, I can jus-" they have a means to paralyze you and kill you as they please...Not so simple now is it? Ya know what lets make it ever more complected, the game has a system that can pretty much label anyone as a Player Killer, A gem above every Players heads Green Means "He's a good guy He hasn't killed anyone" Orange Means "Oh he killed a guy...probably in self defense" Red Means "He's killed a bunch of people"...you know how in real life if you're involved in a murder you're charged with "Assisted Homicide"? unless you actually killed the guy...your gem won't change. Hey here's more the game uses your actual face so let's say you stopped some guy from killing a player to get his jolly for the evening and he wants revenge but OH NO the games clear everyone will be logged out...he can recognize you in public and kill you in your sleep...Fun game wouldn't you say?
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Night10194 posted:(well, usually just Germany, you almost never see stories of Japan having ancient, powerful magic or supersoldiers or anything) Originaly a Shōnen manga then a series of Light Novels, Strike Witches became an anime series animated by GONZO and was broadcast between July and September 2008. A second season was released in July 2010 by AIC, following GONZO's bankruptcy. Both seasons contain 12 episodes, with the first half centred around the titular Witches' backstories and livelihoods, while the remainder of each season unlocking more secrets about the nature of the war between humanity and the enigmatic Neuroi. A movie with an original story was released in March 2012. A new TV anime and an OVA were announced as having been greenlit in October 2013, although it was later clarified that neither are continuations of the existing story. The events of Strike Witches are set in an Alternate History; in 1939, the extraterrestrial Neuroi began their conquest of Earth. Despite lacking understanding about the Neuroi's background or motives, it was clear to humanity that the Neuori presented a grave threat to their civilization; this prompted the world's armed forces to mount a counteroffensive, enlisting the help of female magic users known as "Witches" and a newly developed weapon christened the "Striker Unit" (devices which bolster the Witches' magical abilities). Wielding spells and specialized firearms, they take to the skies and strive to repel the Neuroi invaders. The anime tells of Yoshika Miyafuji's story, a Fuso witch whose desire to learn about her missing father's fate eventually led her to join the battle against the Neuroi and understand what being a "Strike Witch" means. The anime series is one component of the franchise: additional materials includes eight light novels (covering the Suomus Misfits Squadron and the African front of the war), four manga series, five official doujinshi (also covering the African front), four video games, and occasional short stories released on Humikane's Twitter feed which follow the adventures of the 502nd JFW. Most of the early material is available in Japanese only, though more recent doujinshi and light novels have been receiving international releases, and fan translations exist for several of the Twitter releases. On first glance, Strike Witches appears as little more than a Fanservice-focused series. However, it ultimately presents what is, at heart, a war story about the camaraderie between the pilots of the 501st Joint Fighter Wing (aka Strike Witches) and their battles against the unknown enemy. Strike Witches shares a superficially similar concept with Sky Girls: both series saw Humikane Shimada's contribution as a character designer. Naturally, a character sheet is included and may be accessed here. A-Cup Angst: Yoshika Miyafuji experiences this at times early on. Featured most prominently in Episode 5: "Fast, Big, Soft". Averted with Lucchini, who believes with all her heart that one day her breasts will be as big as Shirley's. If Humikane Shimada's speculative Where Are They Now illustrations set in 1947 are to be taken as canon, then her hopes weren't entirely misguided. Barbie Doll Anatomy: Averted: When someone is shown bare-boobs at more or less close proximity, the nipples are shown, only the downstairs are covered by Censor Steam or a Scenery Censor. Bowdlerization: Inverted by Fan Sub Group Strike Subs. Because the removal of Censor Steam in the DVD version just revealed Barbie Doll Anatomy below the waistline they took the liberty to release an alternative version of episode 7 with some digital video editing to make the characters more anatomically correct in the groin area. This "uncensored" version got five times as many downloads as the unaltered one. Fanservice: Prevalent throughout practically every episode, but especially so in the seventh episodes of both seasons. Fetish: Yoshika seems to have one for big breasts. Fanon often plays it up to Memetic Molester levels. Feminist Fantasy: Despite and because of this show's brand of fanservice. While the show is loaded to the hilt with fanservice, the girls make up the main cast, drive the story, and are given very strong and positive Character Development instead of being pawned off to service some generic male lead. Many of them are military officers and positive figures of authority, and those who aren't have their own unique strengths. Love interests with males (rare but there) are treated as the girls' story not the boys' and even the fanservice itself is a kind of pro-feminist Fridge Brilliance in and of itself. The trademark "pantlessness" of the Witches has become iconic, popular among women and publicly accepted because of their heroism, which is made even more significant when one considers that this is happening years before the pro-feminist movement happened in Real Life. Foreign Fanservice: Charlotte seems to think 100% of the fat a woman consumes goes straight to her breasts, and that this trait is unique to American women. Amazingly, she seems to be entirely correct about this. Gag Dub: While not really true of the series itself, the trailer for Funimation's dub gleefully points out the girls' lack of pants at least half a dozen times. Ironically, the "They're not panties, so it's not embarrassing!" line was originally meant not as a justification, but to tell the audience to treat their underwear as if they are wearing something over them. Innocent Fanservice Girl: None of the Witches seem to have any problem going around bare-legged except Perrine. Even Muggle girls go pantless. Though they do draw the line at Going Commando. Lolicon: Only in the legal and partially moral sense, since all of the characters are teenaged. However, there is a degree of subversion in that, with the exception of one petty officer and one dead fiancé, none of the male cast show the slightest romantic interest in 501st. Despite the best efforts of Flying Officer Erica Hartmann. In Season One, Episode Eight, it is revealed that due to her own experience, Minna has forbidden men from talking to the Witches, to avoid emotionally bonding. Male Gaze: An interesting thing to note is that males in-universe think nothing of the fact that the Witches and women who ascribe to the Witch fashion trend aren't wearing any pants. The lover of one Witch in Humikane's doujinshi actually pays more attention to her ample cleavage rather than her well exposed lower half. This is actually a Truth in Television as during that time culture and gender movements basically allowed women to wear things like bikinis and miniskirts which had previously been considered taboo up until the point where today such things are seen as normal but fashionable. Nipple and Dimed: There quite a few scenes, where the characters appear with bare boobs and the nipples are not censored away. Panty Shot: All witches go without pants (or only with really tight pants/tights/etc. leading to constant panty shots. Except they're apparently not panties, so it isn't embarrassing. The technical explanation is their legs aren't actually inside the Striker Units they wear due to the space needed for the magical engine to operate; they're instead shunted to an alternate dimension of sorts, and this can't be done with anything that isn't skintight. As the witches have to be prepared to fly at a moment's notice, they go pants-less constantly. To add to the confusion, they call whatever they wear "zubon", which translates to "trousers". The style has even spread to the general female population, thanks to the idolization of witches. Some girls, like Yoshika, don't even know where it comes from but still follow it. At present, there is exactly one female known to wear pants: Adolfine Galland, the counterpart to real-world ace Adolf Galland, who was the only pilot to fly without pants. To make it even more awesome he flew his fighter plane in "swimming trunks" while smoking his pipe and kicking rear end! Someone tell that's not inspiration right there. Eventually adressed and turned on its head in The Movie. A brief history section showing drawings and film material (including a witchyfied Saint Joan of Arc) shows witches fighting alonside men in various eras, from ancient greece to early WWII. About none of the witches wear skirts coming even close to covering everything. Psycho Lesbian: Perrine, jealous over the attention Mio gives to Yoshika, lures Yoshika into a duel carrying live weaponry instead of the usual practice guns, though this is mollified somewhat by the terms of the duel (no rounds — practice or otherwise — were fired, the winner was determined by who could stay on the others' tail for ten seconds). The appearance of a Neuroi stops it early on. Shown Their Work: Despite being a show about 13-20 year old girls fighting an evil alien threat, many WWII references were made in both moefied and non-moefied ways. The example of Erica Hartmann stealing panties was Hitler's hat being taken by Ace Pilot Erich Hartmann. They had to settle for her stealing Francesca's panties since there was no Hitler Distaff Counterpart, though the ensuing chaos over the issue was done well enough to parallel the situation. And in the sound department, each Striker Unit has its own piston-driven propeller airplane sound. Every piece of machinery, including the Neuroi, are based on something from the era. Though the second season may have moved on to include later material. Season 2 episode 6 has fan dubbed "Yuri Rocket" referencing Russian Yuri Gagarin who was the first person in space. Note that the launch is exactly how a multi stage rocket operates. Trude's first impression of the Me 262 jet Striker is that she's being pushed by angels, which was exactly what the real Barkhorn said about the real Me 262. Skinship Grope: Quite a few times in the series proper, and Francesca in the end credits. Vapor Wear: Sanya wears opaque pantyhose and a miniskirt so to compensate in the fanservice department. Yuri Genre: In some cases the teasing between the girls appears to be fueled by genuine romantic feelings. Fan Nickname: "Sky Girls no pantsu", "Strike Pantsu", "Pantsu Witches" Fetish Retardant: If you're not into the series' particular [links to Lolicon] brand [links to  EPHEBOPHILE ] of fanservice, the panty shots and such can come off as this. This has turned some viewers off the series completely, while others put up with the fanservice for the sake of the entertaining plot and likeable characters, as well as the awesome battle scenes (panty shots excluded of course)Strike Witches whole series review by tehnubkilr 29th Oct 11 Moe anthropomorphism in the skies? You bet! Strike Witches is an unique anime in several aspects; set in the World War II era, the series possesses elements from both a war film and a slice-of-life series. These two elements mesh together to form the basis of the plotline, cycling between character development (which is given a lot of attention to and shows positively in the series) as well as the state of the human-Neuroi conflict. The latter is actually one of the secondary aspects of the show: there is no central plot outside of shooting down a Neuroi every week, and in this respect, is the weak end of things. However, the characters breathe life into the show; depicting the livelihoods of the 501st, much of the enjoyment value is derived from watching the characters interact and mature. Every pilot of the 501st was based off a real pilot from WWII, so for individuals with a strong background in history, subtle details such as the military tactics, weapons, aircraft and events will demonstrate the effort that went into generating a story that hints at the actual events of WWII. In fact, sufficiently knowledgible individuals with a keen ear will note that every striker unit possesses a slightly different engine sound. The Striker units incorperate elements of WWII planes and turns the girls into anthropomorphic combat aircraft; taken together, the implementation of such a concept gives rise to appealing visuals during combat sequences. Meanwhile, the Neuroi are depicted as mysterious antagonists with no speaking roles. Following Awakening of the Trailblazer, such aliens aren't too much of a surprise, and have the effect of simplifying the plot further, which in turn allows for extended focus on the characters. When everything is considered, Strike Witches is a visually rewarding anime, with character development being its strongest suit. The presentation of the plot is a unique and pleasing one, despite being a touch shakey at times. For fans who are sufficiently mature to get over the fanservice, there is much to be enjoyed from this series. > Moatman wrote: > ^^^^I think having to constantly scroll up and down the thread ruins the flow more. > But I'm not Fast Eddie, so what do I know. Besides, tropers seem to do manual cut-and-paste quotes a lot anyhow. Even if quotes somehow did hurt the flow of conversation, Captain Ahab hasn't actually solved the problem at all, he's just made things slightly less convenient for everyone. 
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 I found this on the forums just now. Apparently, their panty fetish hasn't stopped with that Google purging. How do I report this?
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Penny Paper posted:
What are you trying to report? Attempting to stop tvtropes people from being creepy nerds is like trying to stop a hurricane, man.
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Useful Notes: Panties Through The Ages
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Regalingualius posted:"I won't stand for this!" 
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Lottery of Babylon posted:
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No. No. No. Christ on a cracker. 'Oh, I swear, it's a super cool war story! There's an important plot reason the little girls never wear pants!' gently caress you, tropers. gently caress you forever!
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Nintendo Kid posted:What are you trying to report? Attempting to stop tvtropes people from being creepy nerds is like trying to stop a hurricane, man. Then I should just evacuate, then, because I'm not waiting for FEMA to rescue me. Oh, and for additional laughs/tears, check out their page for Barney and Friends. Penny Paper fucked around with this message at 02:41 on Sep 13, 2014 |
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Ninjasaurus posted:Useful Notes: Panties Through The Ages Right and if there's one thing you can't get tvtropes people to shut up about it's panties.
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Penny Paper posted:Then I should just evacuate, then. I thought otakus are odd in general? I avoid those threads in all forums I use. (Including here)
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TVTropes on Barney posted:The show is infamous for not exactly being very well-liked among older kids, adults and teenagers, to the point that anti-Barney humor became a borderline fad in The Nineties. As for parents, well, 30 minutes of free babysitting buys you a LOT of tolerance. And we will say no more about it. You goddamn liars, you wrote more words about this than you have about the complete works of Shakespeare. why posted:Accidental Innuendo: An episode has B.J. becoming Captain Pickles, who then goes to protect the world for pickle lovers everywhere. If not for the fact that this is Barney and Friends, one would think that it was really getting it past the censors. TVTropes is filled with broken people posted:Moe: Tina (in the early Barney & the Backyard Gang videos), Kathy (in Season 1), and some other kids. One girl, Linda, seems to make a connection with Kathy in a reunion special.  I'm done for the day, gently caress everyone 
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Don Gato posted:There's also the ending theme, which encourages hugging and kissing children. God drat.
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Also, they use goddam spoiler tags for Barney. For some reason that really ticks me off. And of course Barney is just like their anime lolis: quote:Really 700 Years Old: Barney is over 200 million years old. It's justified as he's a t-rex, but how he's still light on his feet is a mystery. Averted with the other dinos, whose ages are in the single digits. E:  quote:Nightmare Fuel: Depending on who you are, the post-credits during the 90s could have really gotten to you. There was the 1993 Connecticut Public Television logo, the old Corporation for Public Broadcasting/Viewers Like You funding credit combination (which was originally accompanied by a voiceover given by a cast member and spoken so fast it could be scary), and finally, the 1993 PBS ident featuring the creepy singing P-Pals which closed nearly every children's program on the network until PBS Kids debuted in 1999. Could potentially be a triple scare factor. SerialKilldeer fucked around with this message at 03:26 on Sep 13, 2014 |
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If Tropers get giggly at the name BJ, never let them watch M.A.S.H.
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Alternate History: The Ponyverse diverges from regular history obviously, but one particular example is that in this universe World War II was replaced by a giant party, or World Party II in which Prance(France) and Hoffinay(Germany) went into a war to see which nation could out-party the other.
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Speaking of children's telelvision:YMMV: VeggieTales posted:Pair the Spares: Bob/Madame Blueberry is often a compliment ship for Larry/Petunia shippers.  I don't even know what to say. The mere fact that people out there actually think like this... earnestly depresses me.
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BlueDude posted:Speaking of children's telelvision:
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BlueDude posted:Speaking of children's telelvision: ....loving Veggie Tales!?
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They believe there is scary stuff in Barney and Friends. I'm going to repeat that. They believe there is scary stuff in Barney and Friends. Demolish the Pony Indiana Jones statue, we have found a new, greater monument to the inherent wrongness in tropers.
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Gen. Ripper posted:Demolish the Pony Indiana Jones statue, we have found a new, greater monument to the inherent wrongness in tropers. No way. The eternal monument to troperdom is still this: 
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Remember, you are a troper. You're one of us. Even if this is your first time on this site, even if you don't have an account, you're part of the community we have here. And we don't want to lose you. You've made it this far and we know you can make it the rest of the way. You Are Better Than You Think You Are, and we tropers are in this together. Never forget, we tropers aren't a community, we're a family.
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BlueDude posted:No way. The eternal monument to troperdom is still this: You can have multiple monuments for the same thing! The Barney monument will be for their wimpiness and the breast chart will be for their creepiness. Other monuments will be considered at a later date.
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Gen. Ripper posted:They believe there is scary stuff in Barney and Friends. Speaking of that, here's some somewhat proto-Troper fanfiction writings about Barney from good old 90s usenet: http://de.jihad.net/lib/bull-dotb.txt (quick summary: barney is in fact actually evil, barney takes over the world, barney sets up a child raping and pregnancy system to pbereed dinosaur-human monster babies, some brave kids finally defeat him)
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I remember actually reading that. It came bundled with a Wolfenstein 3D mod that replaced the boss of the shareware episode with Barney.
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Nintendo Kid posted:Speaking of that, here's some somewhat proto-Troper fanfiction writings about Barney from good old 90s usenet: It has a TV Tropes page, too. Believe it or not, the trope page isn't that bad. It's got a shitton of spoiler marks everywhere so you can barely read anything, but the actual content is alright, I guess. BlueDude fucked around with this message at 06:11 on Sep 13, 2014 |
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BlueDude posted:It has a TV Tropes page, too. Apparently there were two more written after it. There weren't two more written after my link, it's the full trilogy.
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Nintendo Kid posted:There weren't two more written after my link, it's the full trilogy. Dammit, I realized this after making the post. Oh well  Have some content to make up for it: The TV Tropes page posted:Puzzle Boss: Barney in Part 3 cannot be killed by normal means. Thankfully, Maca'hzar's gift comes in handy... Tropers cannot think of things in non-video game-related terminology.
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Nintendo Kid posted:Also reading over that thing again for the first time in years, those random dudes writing on USENET seem to be better at writing than just about anyone on TvTropes. And that's kinda really sad. Tropers don't write fiction. They plan out fiction and hopefully if they apply enough tropes their fiction will become something that can be read by a human being that is not also a Troper themselves.
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Chromius posted:Tropers don't write fiction. They plan out fiction and hopefully if they apply enough tropes their fiction will become something that can be read by a human being that is not also a Troper themselves. No no, there were a couple of times that a troper actually wrote something that wasn't just a bunch of planning and tropes. And those were KIKEN and Mills College Anime Club so maybe it is for the best that they just keep planning out fiction and trying to shoehorn tropes into their plans.
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BlueDude posted:Speaking of children's telelvision: And here I thought nothing could make veggie tales worse
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Nintendo Kid posted:Also reading over that thing again for the first time in years, those random dudes writing on USENET seem to be better at writing than just about anyone on TvTropes. And that's kinda really sad. Are you sure? It's full of child rape and needless grimdark stuff. It seems like some of the worst bile TV Tropes has ever covered.
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Samurai Quack posted:And here I thought nothing could make veggie tales worse Excuse me, but Veggie Tales was loving awesome.
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Chromius posted:Tropers don't write fiction. They plan out fiction and hopefully if they apply enough tropes their fiction will become something that can be read by a human being that is not also a Troper themselves.
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Apropos of only the mention of Barney and the wide distaste that was held for him, the Barney Fun page still exists and still works. This poo poo was high tech back in the day.
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WickedHate posted:Are you sure? It's full of child rape and needless grimdark stuff. It seems like some of the worst bile TV Tropes has ever covered. I mean the actual writing. Sentences flow together properly. Despite literally being some internet nerds' fantasy thing, a lot of dialogue comes off like how people might actually speak. There's avoidance of needless jargon and using foreign words at random to prove how special the authors are. And there's not vast amounts of repetition unlike say MCAC or other troper writings. A dumb story well executed, basically.
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Don Gato posted:No no, there were a couple of times that a troper actually wrote something that wasn't just a bunch of planning and tropes. And those were KIKEN and Mills College Anime Club so maybe it is for the best that they just keep planning out fiction and trying to shoehorn tropes into their plans. Speaking of Mills College Anime Club, does anyone know where I can find a copy of that? I'm trying to submit evidence to the "gently caress No, TVTropes" tumblr on just how bad tropers are.
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Penny Paper posted:Speaking of Mills College Anime Club, does anyone know where I can find a copy of that? I'm trying to submit evidence to the "gently caress No, TVTropes" tumblr on just how bad tropers are. So you've gone to a one website to get help in setting something up in another website that'll be about making fun of a third website? Jesus.
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