Ã¢â‚¬Å¾The Grand TourÃ¢â‚¬Â� Tropes Contest - win Ã¢â€šÂ¬40 worth video game!

czokletmuss · April 15, 2014

You really want to win, don't you? These are good tropes, especially Death World which btw applies for basically every world we know in our Solar System save for Earth - but Venus are one of the worst offenders together with Io and gas giants IMHO.

QuesoExplosivo · April 15, 2014

Yes, I do want to win!

I finally have a good use for all that time wasted on Tv Tropes. Wait . . . there's a trope for that!

Trope: (not for the contest): Tv Tropes Will Enhance Your Life: http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/SugarWiki/TvTropesWillEnhanceYourLife

Type: Played Straight

Explanation: By knowing lots of tropes, I can win a valuable video game!

czokletmuss · April 17, 2014

Hahaha, spot-on trope

gutza1 · April 23, 2014

Trope: Space Does Not Work That Way

Type: Averted like a boss (duh!)

Explanation: It's KSP! Of course space physics works like it should!

Trope: Single Biome Planet

Type: Played Straight

Explanation: Duna is one giant desert, Eve is a two-biome planet (toxic oceans and wasteland), most moons are an airless plain, and laythe is a beach world.

Trope: Zeroth Law Rebellion

Type: Played Straight

Explanation: BERTY'S rebellion is one of the main plot points.

Trope: Affectionate Parody

Type: Exaggerated

Explanation: THE ENTIRE KERBAL UNIVERSE!

Trope: Adaptational Badass

Type: Played Straight

Explanation: Jeb, who is normally known for being a Cloud Cuckoo Lander, is now an awesome Broken Ace.

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Trope: Precursors

Type: Played Straight

Explanation: The civilization that built the monoliths.

Trope: The Omniscient Council of Vagueness

Type: Played Straight

Explanation: KSC seems to by run by the trope( it hides the mission's main reason (to research the mysterious signals)).

Trope: Nothing Is Scarier

Type: Played Straight(Type 2 and 3)

Explanation: (Type 2)We (so far) never find out what caused the Krussian space station around Ike to become abandoned. We also don't know what happened to the crew on Duna after their manned exploration of the source.(Type 3) The black and white photograph of Jool seems normal... until you see the face.

Trope: Alien Sea

Type: Played Straight

Explanation: Eve's seas are purple and composed of hazardous chemicals.

Trope: Screw the Rules, I'm Doing What's Right

Type: Played Straight

Explanation: Jeb hijacks the AMU to refuel the Proteus, mutinies (along with BERTY) against KSC, and ends the mission early.

Trope: Obstructive Bureaucrat

Type: Played Straight

Explanation: Bob is this trope.

Trope: Cool Starship

Type: Played Straight

Explanation: The Proteus is this.

Trope: Neutral Good

Type: Played Straight

Explanation: Jeb is willing to comply with KSC and BERTY, but when things get out of hand, he rebels.

Trope: Big Dumb Object

Type: Played Straight

Explanation: The Source.

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Trope: Space Compression

Type: Played Straight

Explanation: The planets and the distances between them are 10 times as small as they should be in real life.

Trope: Artistic License - Biology

Type: Played Straight

Explanation: How are Kerbals able to move their giant heads? They should be very unstable

Edited April 23, 2014 by gutza1

czokletmuss · April 23, 2014

And we have a new contender I didn't update the leaderboard because of Easter but I'll update it this evening.

gutza1 · April 24, 2014

This really needs to be updated. I submitted a lot of tropes, and it might cause some confusion.

gutza1 · April 24, 2014

Trope: The Needs Of The Many (AKA For The Greater Good)

Type: Played Straight

Explanation: BERTY is willing to use a dead body for experiments and to sacrifice Kerbals in the name of Kerbalkind( I thought Jeb was being stupid with the dead body, after all, aren't the lives of millions of Kerbals more important than a cultural taboo?)

Edit: 50^th post!

czokletmuss · April 24, 2014

This really needs to be updated. I submitted a lot of tropes, and it might cause some confusion.

I agree. I'll do this ASAP.

EDIT: Please, include links to the tropes! It'll make adding them to the list much easier

EDIT2: Done. Congrats gutza 1, great job at trope-hunting!

Edited April 24, 2014 by czokletmuss

QuesoExplosivo · April 24, 2014

Trope: The Computer Is Your Friend: http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TheComputerIsYourFriend

Type: Played Straight

Explanation: Berty believes that what he does is best, and says so.

Trope: Sapient Ship: http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/SapientShip

Type: Played Straight

Explanation: Before Berty is deactivated, he is integrated into every part of the ship. "Jeb. I am the spacecraft."

Trope: Spaceship Girl: http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/SpaceshipGirl

Type: Averted

Explanation: Berty is not female.

Trope: Cold Equation: http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ColdEquation

Type: Played Straight

Explanation: The Laythe lander could not lift off with both Sid and the samples.

. . . which leads to . . .

Trope: Sadistic Choice: http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/SadisticChoice

Type: Played Straight

Explanation: Rozer has a choice: abandon the samples or abandon Sid.

Edited April 25, 2014 by QuesoExplosivo

czokletmuss · April 24, 2014

Nice! Keep'em coming I'll update the list tomorrow.

QuesoExplosivo · April 25, 2014

Trope: The Mutiny: http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TheMutiny

Type: Played Straight

Explanation: This happens both when Rozer takes control and when the crew votes to return to Kerbin.

Trope: Anti-Mutiny: http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/AntiMutiny

Type: Played Straight

Explanation: Berty takes the Proteus to Jool, following the original orders.

Trope: Wham Episode: http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/WhamEpisode

Type: Played Straight

Explanation: "Impact" changes the story drastically. (It is also a literal "wham"!)

Edited April 25, 2014 by QuesoExplosivo

gutza1 · April 25, 2014

Time for revenge, Explosive Cheese!

Trope: Space Whale: http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/SpaceWhale

Type: Played Straight

Explanation: The Kraken (it's dead though).

Trope: Shout-Out:

Type: Played Straight

Explanation: "Daisy", as well as BERTY's core, are references to 2001: A Space Odyssey

Trope: Unexpectedly Abandoned: [url="http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/UnexpectedlyAbandoned

Type: Played Straight

Explanation: When some of the crew land back on Duna to investigate the distress signal, they find that the base is empty.

czokletmuss · April 25, 2014

Trope fight!

Great tropes guys, I'll add them to the list today as promised

czokletmuss · April 26, 2014

List is now up to date - and guess what, we have more than 50 tropes already!

gutza1 · April 26, 2014

Trope: Enemy Mine

Type: Played Straight

Explanation: Jeb reactivates BERTY to save his crew mates from himself.

QuesoExplosivo · April 28, 2014

Trope: What the Hell, Hero?: http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/WhatTheHellHero

Type: Played Straight

Explanation: In Chapter 64, Jeb goes crazy with the tazer and reactivates Berty.

"What's the hell is going on?" --Ned

Trope: Out of the Frying Pan: http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/OutOfTheFryingPan

Type: Played Straight

Explanation: Rozer and Cambo successfully make it back to Proteus from Duna, only to face a reactivated Berty.

Edited April 28, 2014 by QuesoExplosivo

gutza1 · May 1, 2014

Does the gift include DLCs?

czokletmuss · May 1, 2014

Does the gift include DLCs?

Unfortunately no - but you still get 40 euro worth video game! If you win the contest, that is

I'll update the list on Friday - remember, only few days left!

QuesoExplosivo · May 2, 2014

Trope: Someone Has to Die: http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/SomeoneHasToDie

Type: Lampshaded and Averted

Explanation: Ned says, "the only real option we have is to sacrifice someone so that we won't all die of carbon dioxide poisoning," but Rozer refuses.

czokletmuss · May 4, 2014

Today is the day! Sorry for not updating the first page but (I'll admit honestly) I was reading "The Martian" during the whole weekend. But hey, the contest ends today so it's not that important anyways - expect announcement (with winner and so on) tomorrow

gutza1 · May 4, 2014

Trope: Lawful Neutral

Type: Played Straight

Explanation: Rozer's only commitment is to the mission: he is willing to maroon a crew member behind on Laythe just to advance the mission.

gutza1 · May 4, 2014

Trope: Ghost Ship

Type: Played Straight

Explanation: The Krussian space station orbiting Ike.

Edited May 4, 2014 by gutza1

czokletmuss · May 4, 2014

IT'S HAPPENING! They are fighting until the very end! But who's going to win?!

(good tropes btw)

gutza1 · May 4, 2014

I've got another one!

Trope: Bizarre Alien Biology

Type: Implied

Explanation: Exactly how does the kraken live in space? It probably has this trope.

czokletmuss · May 4, 2014

Hmm I can't acknowledge this one - but there are other tropes concerning this "encounter" which you may find and use.

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