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@besttropeevershowdown
Welcome to Trope Tournaments!
We are currently between tournaments. Vote in this poll to choose our next theme!
Past tournaments:
The Best Trope Ever Showdown (winner: Found Family)
The Worst Trope Ever Showdown (winner: Cringe Comedy)
The Best Trope Ever Showdown, season 2 (winner: Odd Friendship)
The Best Guilty Pleasure Trope Showdown (winner: No One Kills Him But Me)
The Worst Romance Trope Showdown (winner: Disposable Fiance)
The Funniest Trope Showdown (winner: Gilligan Cut)
So, now that the Worst Romance Trope Tournament has been decided, it's time to choose another theme! As you might recall, at the end of last tournament I asked for 12 nominations from the list of suggested themes, and then ran a poll to decide which of them would be our next tournament theme.
To select the next theme, should we:
Run another poll with the 11 other nominated themes
Reopen nominations and select a new set of 12, then run a poll
Leave some time for new suggestions, THEN reopen nominations, THEN do a poll
This poll will run for 3 days, so make your voice heard while you can!
Sorry for the delay, BUT: it appears that running another poll with the 11 other nominated themes won, so without further ado:
What's our next tournament theme?
Best trope pairing
Best romance trope
Funniest trope
Worst episode plot
Best magic trope
Best fanfic trope
Best episode plot
Weirdest trope
Best character design trope
Worst character design trope
Best character death
*character death TROPE, not character death
This poll will run for 1 week!
I'm ba-ack! Sorry for the delay, but the nomination poll is over, and our next tournament theme will be:
THE FUNNIEST TROPE SHOWDOWN!
Stay tuned for a submission form out shortly!
Alrighty! Now that the funniest trope showdown has ended (congrats to Gilligan Cut), it's time to choose our next theme, so the question returns:
What should we do?
Run another poll with the 10 remaining nominated tropes
Reopen nominations and select a new set of 12, then do a poll
Leave some time for new suggestions, THEN reopen nominations, THEN do a poll
It's decided: we'll be choosing another theme from the list of 10 up there! So:
What will be our next tournament theme?
Best trope pairing
Best romance trope
Worst episode plot
Best magic trope
Best fanfic trope
Best episode plot
Weirdest trope
Best character design trope
Worst character design trope
Best character death trope
Poll runs for one week: get your votes in while you can!
It's been decided: our next tournament theme will be Best Character Design Trope! A submission form will likely be out next weekend.
Well, that didn't happen (they say, two months later). As you could probably tell, I am way too busy at the moment to run two tournaments: submission form will likely be out in June once I am no longer up to my ass in work.
So, now that the Worst Romance Trope Tournament has been decided, it's time to choose another theme! As you might recall, at the end of last tournament I asked for 12 nominations from the list of suggested themes, and then ran a poll to decide which of them would be our next tournament theme.
To select the next theme, should we:
Run another poll with the 11 other nominated themes
Reopen nominations and select a new set of 12, then run a poll
Leave some time for new suggestions, THEN reopen nominations, THEN do a poll
This poll will run for 3 days, so make your voice heard while you can!
Sorry for the delay, BUT: it appears that running another poll with the 11 other nominated themes won, so without further ado:
What's our next tournament theme?
Best trope pairing
Best romance trope
Funniest trope
Worst episode plot
Best magic trope
Best fanfic trope
Best episode plot
Weirdest trope
Best character design trope
Worst character design trope
Best character death
*character death TROPE, not character death
This poll will run for 1 week!
I'm ba-ack! Sorry for the delay, but the nomination poll is over, and our next tournament theme will be:
THE FUNNIEST TROPE SHOWDOWN!
Stay tuned for a submission form out shortly!
Alrighty! Now that the funniest trope showdown has ended (congrats to Gilligan Cut), it's time to choose our next theme, so the question returns:
What should we do?
Run another poll with the 10 remaining nominated tropes
Reopen nominations and select a new set of 12, then do a poll
Leave some time for new suggestions, THEN reopen nominations, THEN do a poll
It's decided: we'll be choosing another theme from the list of 10 up there! So:
What will be our next tournament theme?
Best trope pairing
Best romance trope
Worst episode plot
Best magic trope
Best fanfic trope
Best episode plot
Weirdest trope
Best character design trope
Worst character design trope
Best character death trope
Poll runs for one week: get your votes in while you can!
It's been decided: our next tournament theme will be Best Character Design Trope! A submission form will likely be out next weekend.
So, now that the Worst Romance Trope Tournament has been decided, it's time to choose another theme! As you might recall, at the end of last tournament I asked for 12 nominations from the list of suggested themes, and then ran a poll to decide which of them would be our next tournament theme.
To select the next theme, should we:
Run another poll with the 11 other nominated themes
Reopen nominations and select a new set of 12, then run a poll
Leave some time for new suggestions, THEN reopen nominations, THEN do a poll
This poll will run for 3 days, so make your voice heard while you can!
Sorry for the delay, BUT: it appears that running another poll with the 11 other nominated themes won, so without further ado:
What's our next tournament theme?
Best trope pairing
Best romance trope
Funniest trope
Worst episode plot
Best magic trope
Best fanfic trope
Best episode plot
Weirdest trope
Best character design trope
Worst character design trope
Best character death
*character death TROPE, not character death
This poll will run for 1 week!
I'm ba-ack! Sorry for the delay, but the nomination poll is over, and our next tournament theme will be:
THE FUNNIEST TROPE SHOWDOWN!
Stay tuned for a submission form out shortly!
Alrighty! Now that the funniest trope showdown has ended (congrats to Gilligan Cut), it's time to choose our next theme, so the question returns:
What should we do?
Run another poll with the 10 remaining nominated tropes
Reopen nominations and select a new set of 12, then do a poll
Leave some time for new suggestions, THEN reopen nominations, THEN do a poll
It's decided: we'll be choosing another theme from the list of 10 up there! So:
What will be our next tournament theme?
Best trope pairing
Best romance trope
Worst episode plot
Best magic trope
Best fanfic trope
Best episode plot
Weirdest trope
Best character design trope
Worst character design trope
Best character death trope
Poll runs for one week: get your votes in while you can!
So, now that the Worst Romance Trope Tournament has been decided, it's time to choose another theme! As you might recall, at the end of last tournament I asked for 12 nominations from the list of suggested themes, and then ran a poll to decide which of them would be our next tournament theme.
To select the next theme, should we:
Run another poll with the 11 other nominated themes
Reopen nominations and select a new set of 12, then run a poll
Leave some time for new suggestions, THEN reopen nominations, THEN do a poll
This poll will run for 3 days, so make your voice heard while you can!
Sorry for the delay, BUT: it appears that running another poll with the 11 other nominated themes won, so without further ado:
What's our next tournament theme?
Best trope pairing
Best romance trope
Funniest trope
Worst episode plot
Best magic trope
Best fanfic trope
Best episode plot
Weirdest trope
Best character design trope
Worst character design trope
Best character death
*character death TROPE, not character death
This poll will run for 1 week!
I'm ba-ack! Sorry for the delay, but the nomination poll is over, and our next tournament theme will be:
THE FUNNIEST TROPE SHOWDOWN!
Stay tuned for a submission form out shortly!
Alrighty! Now that the funniest trope showdown has ended (congrats to Gilligan Cut), it's time to choose our next theme, so the question returns:
What should we do?
Run another poll with the 10 remaining nominated tropes
Reopen nominations and select a new set of 12, then do a poll
Leave some time for new suggestions, THEN reopen nominations, THEN do a poll
The Funniest Trope Showdown: FINAL POLL
Which trope is funniest?
Gilligan Cut
Extended Disarming
Gilligan Cut
A character says something won't happen, and then we immediately cut to that thing in fact happening.
The Gilligan Cut is a staple of classic comedy. Simply put, if the character says "I'm not doing this", no matter how many times they say it
Propaganda:
I'm personally a big fan of jokes that are delivered via juxtaposition/contrast and this is a great example of that!
The set-up and immediate payoff. The way you know exactly what's coming but you laugh anyway. The way the universe seems cosmically aligned to do whatever will piss off this character the most. Delicious. Hilarious.
"X is not happening." Smash cut to X happening. All the comedy of a noodle incident (how did X end up happening?) and also the characters gets clowned on.
Extended Disarming
A long sequence of a character removing all the weapons they're carrying.
A character is told to drop all his weapons, or is frisked. He lays down the shotgun, takes the pistol or pistols out of their holsters, and
Propaganda:
I have never seen this trope miss. And since this tends to happen to bodyguards or trigger-happy characters, you also get the bonus of having the stoic one act eccentric for once, or have a character get comically sad or frustrated at having to part with their things, respectively. Funny, and character informing!
And without further ado, the WINNER of the Funniest Trope Showdown 2026 is...
GILLIGAN CUT!
Congratulations to Extended Disarming for making second place!
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The Funniest Trope Showdown: FINAL POLL
Which trope is funniest?
Gilligan Cut
Extended Disarming
Gilligan Cut
A character says something won't happen, and then we immediately cut to that thing in fact happening.
The Gilligan Cut is a staple of classic comedy. Simply put, if the character says "I'm not doing this", no matter how many times they say it
Propaganda:
I'm personally a big fan of jokes that are delivered via juxtaposition/contrast and this is a great example of that!
The set-up and immediate payoff. The way you know exactly what's coming but you laugh anyway. The way the universe seems cosmically aligned to do whatever will piss off this character the most. Delicious. Hilarious.
"X is not happening." Smash cut to X happening. All the comedy of a noodle incident (how did X end up happening?) and also the characters gets clowned on.
Extended Disarming
A long sequence of a character removing all the weapons they're carrying.
A character is told to drop all his weapons, or is frisked. He lays down the shotgun, takes the pistol or pistols out of their holsters, and
Propaganda:
I have never seen this trope miss. And since this tends to happen to bodyguards or trigger-happy characters, you also get the bonus of having the stoic one act eccentric for once, or have a character get comically sad or frustrated at having to part with their things, respectively. Funny, and character informing!
The final 2 have been decided! They are...
Extended Disarming
and
Gilligan Cut!
The final poll will be out on Sunday 1/25, 5pm EST.
The Funniest Trope Showdown: Semifinal Poll 2
Which trope is funnier?
Extended Disarming
Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking
Extended Disarming
A long sequence of a character removing all the weapons they're carrying.
A character is told to drop all his weapons, or is frisked. He lays down the shotgun, takes the pistol or pistols out of their holsters, and
Propaganda:
I have never seen this trope miss. And since this tends to happen to bodyguards or trigger-happy characters, you also get the bonus of having the stoic one act eccentric for once, or have a character get comically sad or frustrated at having to part with their things, respectively. Funny, and character informing!
Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking
A joke in which several extreme or shocking things are listed followed by one much milder/more mundane thing.
When listing three or more things, the comedy rule is to not finish strong, but to list some strong examples followed by a very weak example
Propaganda:
Both a reversal of expectations and useful for characterization. Also very funny if the character getting accused let's the Arson and the Murder go by but insists that they would never ever Jaywalk.
Congratulations to Extended Disarming for winning the matchup and moving onto the final round!
Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking has lost the matchup and its time in the tournament is over.
The Funniest Trope Showdown: Semifinal Poll 1
Which trope is funnier?
The Running Gag
Gilligan Cut
The Running Gag
A joke that recurs throughout a work or an episode.
A joke whose humor derives from repetition, ideally becoming funnier each time it is repeated. Must be repeated at least three times, otherw
Propaganda:
There is nothing funnier than the inevitable reappearance of a well-established repeated joke….especially when they manage to slip the setup by you and drop it as a genuine surprise that you SHOULD HAVE SEEN COMING but DIDN'T. Highest art form in humor.
Gilligan Cut
A character says something won't happen, and then we immediately cut to that thing in fact happening.
The Gilligan Cut is a staple of classic comedy. Simply put, if the character says "I'm not doing this", no matter how many times they say it
Propaganda:
I'm personally a big fan of jokes that are delivered via juxtaposition/contrast and this is a great example of that!
The set-up and immediate payoff. The way you know exactly what's coming but you laugh anyway. The way the universe seems cosmically aligned to do whatever will piss off this character the most. Delicious. Hilarious.
"X is not happening." Smash cut to X happening. All the comedy of a noodle incident (how did X end up happening?) and also the characters gets clowned on.
Congratulations to Gilligan Cut for winning the matchup and moving onto the final round!
The Running Gag has lost the matchup and its time in the tournament is over.
The Funniest Trope Showdown: Semifinal Poll 2
Which trope is funnier?
Extended Disarming
Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking
Extended Disarming
A long sequence of a character removing all the weapons they're carrying.
A character is told to drop all his weapons, or is frisked. He lays down the shotgun, takes the pistol or pistols out of their holsters, and
Propaganda:
I have never seen this trope miss. And since this tends to happen to bodyguards or trigger-happy characters, you also get the bonus of having the stoic one act eccentric for once, or have a character get comically sad or frustrated at having to part with their things, respectively. Funny, and character informing!
Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking
A joke in which several extreme or shocking things are listed followed by one much milder/more mundane thing.
When listing three or more things, the comedy rule is to not finish strong, but to list some strong examples followed by a very weak example
Propaganda:
Both a reversal of expectations and useful for characterization. Also very funny if the character getting accused let's the Arson and the Murder go by but insists that they would never ever Jaywalk.
The Funniest Trope Showdown: Semifinal Poll 1
Which trope is funnier?
The Running Gag
Gilligan Cut
The Running Gag
A joke that recurs throughout a work or an episode.
A joke whose humor derives from repetition, ideally becoming funnier each time it is repeated. Must be repeated at least three times, otherw
Propaganda:
There is nothing funnier than the inevitable reappearance of a well-established repeated joke….especially when they manage to slip the setup by you and drop it as a genuine surprise that you SHOULD HAVE SEEN COMING but DIDN'T. Highest art form in humor.
Gilligan Cut
A character says something won't happen, and then we immediately cut to that thing in fact happening.
The Gilligan Cut is a staple of classic comedy. Simply put, if the character says "I'm not doing this", no matter how many times they say it
Propaganda:
I'm personally a big fan of jokes that are delivered via juxtaposition/contrast and this is a great example of that!
The set-up and immediate payoff. The way you know exactly what's coming but you laugh anyway. The way the universe seems cosmically aligned to do whatever will piss off this character the most. Delicious. Hilarious.
"X is not happening." Smash cut to X happening. All the comedy of a noodle incident (how did X end up happening?) and also the characters gets clowned on.
The Funniest Trope Showdown: Round 3, Poll 1
Which trope is funnier?
The Running Gag
Selectively Stupid Smart Character
The Running Gag
A joke that recurs throughout a work or an episode.
A joke whose humor derives from repetition, ideally becoming funnier each time it is repeated. Must be repeated at least three times, otherw
Propaganda:
There is nothing funnier than the inevitable reappearance of a well-established repeated joke….especially when they manage to slip the setup by you and drop it as a genuine surprise that you SHOULD HAVE SEEN COMING but DIDN'T. Highest art form in humor.
Selectively Stupid Smart Character
A smart character who is consistently very wrong about 1 or 2 specific things (maybe intentionally).
Contrasting with the Genius Ditz, who, while usually foolish, has one area (or some) in which they are absolutely brilliant, we have the inv
Propaganda:
I just love a smart character being stupid. Something something the duality of man
Congratulations to The Running Gag for winning the matchup and moving onto the semifinals!
Selectively Stupid Smart Character has lost the matchup and its time in the tournament is over.
The Funniest Trope Showdown: Round 3, Poll 2
Which trope is funnier?
Deadpan Door Shut
Gilligan Cut
Deadpan Door Shut
A character opens a door to see something bizarre, then simply closes it with very little reaction.
A scene where someone opens something, usually a door, to something completely unexpected: a Crapsack World, Cloudcuckooland, a supposed thr
Propaganda:
The fact that the character doesn't even have a reaction outside of just shutting the door gets me every time. Also, it's so versatile; what's behind the door doesn't have to be a monster.
Gilligan Cut
A character says something won't happen, and then we immediately cut to that thing in fact happening.
The Gilligan Cut is a staple of classic comedy. Simply put, if the character says "I'm not doing this", no matter how many times they say it
Propaganda:
I'm personally a big fan of jokes that are delivered via juxtaposition/contrast and this is a great example of that!
The set-up and immediate payoff. The way you know exactly what's coming but you laugh anyway. The way the universe seems cosmically aligned to do whatever will piss off this character the most. Delicious. Hilarious.
"X is not happening." Smash cut to X happening. All the comedy of a noodle incident (how did X end up happening?) and also the characters gets clowned on.
Congratulations to Gilligan Cut for winning the matchup and moving onto the semifinals!
Deadpan Door Shut has lost the matchup and its time in the tournament is over.
The Funniest Trope Showdown: Round 3, Poll 3
Which trope is funnier?
Extended Disarming
Screw This, I'm Outta Here!
Extended Disarming
A long sequence of a character removing all the weapons they're carrying.
A character is told to drop all his weapons, or is frisked. He lays down the shotgun, takes the pistol or pistols out of their holsters, and
Propaganda:
I have never seen this trope miss. And since this tends to happen to bodyguards or trigger-happy characters, you also get the bonus of having the stoic one act eccentric for once, or have a character get comically sad or frustrated at having to part with their things, respectively. Funny, and character informing!
Screw This, I'm Outta Here!
When a character abandons a situation that's dangerous or doesn't favor them.
Sometimes, a character is pushed just a bit too far. They might be thrown into a dangerous situation, where they'll most likely get slaughte
Propaganda:
Okay so I wanted something a little more specific to submit but this was the only trope closest to what I wanted. Specifically, I was thinking about the scenario when a character walks into a room, or is walking in a certain direction, something problematic is happening in there path, and then wordlessly, without even visibly reacting, the character turns heel in the direction they came with nary a single break in there stride. Something about the seamless change in momentum coupled with the anti-humoresque non-reaction just cracks me up.
Congratulations to Extended Disarming for winning the matchup and moving onto the semifinals!
Screw This, I'm Outta Here has lost the matchup and its time in the tournament is over.
The Funniest Trope Showdown: Round 3, Poll 4
Which trope is funnier?
Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking
Brick Joke
Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking
A joke in which several extreme or shocking things are listed followed by one much milder/more mundane thing.
When listing three or more things, the comedy rule is to not finish strong, but to list some strong examples followed by a very weak example
Propaganda:
Both a reversal of expectations and useful for characterization. Also very funny if the character getting accused let's the Arson and the Murder go by but insists that they would never ever Jaywalk.
Brick Joke
Jokes where there's a long time between the set-up and the punchline.
Named after an old joke, which seems at first blush to be a pair of unrelated jokes. At the end of the first joke, a brick is tossed away, l
Propaganda:
When they pay-off, they're some of the funniest things ever and they can make being a long-time fan of something feel really rewarding
Congratulations to Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking for winning the matchup and moving onto the semifinals!
Brick Joke has lost the matchup and its time in the tournament is over.
