Board 8 > Best of the Trope Season 2: Day 212 - Humiliation Conga

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GavsEvans123
07/20/19 4:44:45 PM
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Hello everyone, and welcome back to Best of the Trope!

Here are the rules. Each day, I will post a trope from TV Tropes, and each poster can name up to three examples of that trope. Whichever nomination gets the most mentions wins! Posters may also name as many Honourable Mentions as they like, but they are purely optional and will not count towards the running score. You may look at the TV Tropes page for that day's trope for examples, but you do not have to pick all your examples from the page. You can nominate whatever examples you like, as long as they qualify for the trope. Each trope will last around 24 hours before the next one goes up.

In the event of a tie between 4 or more nominations, a tiebreaker poll will be run the next day to determine a winner.

Posters may also nominate any tropes they wish to see come up during the series. This is optional, and you don't have to do it every day, or at all. Tropes will be randomly selected from the list each day, except for some occasions where I will pick a thematically appropriate trope that may or may not be on the list.

Here's the list of previous tropes, so if you wish to nominate some tropes, check on here that it wasn't previously done. http://board8.wikia.com/wiki/Best_of_the_Trope

Trope list:
Fat and Skinny
Kindhearted Simpleton
The Woobie
Trauma Conga Line
Enemy Mine
Evil Costume Switch
Shock and Awe
Torch the Franchise and Run
Trash the Set
Grand Finale
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GavsEvans123
07/20/19 4:45:57 PM
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The winner of yesterday's trope, The Only One Allowed To Defeat You, was Bowser (Super Mario Bros.), who got 5 votes.

Previous winners: Day 181 onwards
Cliffhanger - The Snap (Avengers: Infinity War)
Anti-Climax Boss - Yu Yevon (Final Fantasy X)
Lights Off, Somebody Dies - Devil / Anthology of Interest (Futurama) / And Then There Was Shawn (Boy Meets World)
Broken Base - Genwunners (Pokemon)
Difficult But Awesome - Ana (Overwatch)
Disc One Nuke - Hawlucha (Pokemon Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon)
Lampshade Hanging - How did Yzma and Kronk get there first? (The Emperor's New Groove)
Tier Induced Scrappy - Meta Knight (Super Smash Bros Brawl)
Squishy Wizard - Alakazam (Pokemon)
Clipped Wing Angel - Genie Jafar (Aladdin)
Cruel and Unusual Death - Executions (Danganronpa)
That One Level - Escape from the Water Slums (Jak II) / Water Temple (Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time)
Ascend to a Higher Plane of Existence - Obi Wan Kenobi (Star Wars)
The Reason You Suck Speech - Quagmire to Brian (Family Guy)
Magic Knight - Geralt (The Witcher) / Bayonetta
Dem Bones - Jack Skellington (The Nightmare Before Christmas)
Acrofatic - Po (Kung Fu Panda)
Game Breaker - Detective Mode (Batman Arkham Series)
Fluffy the Terrible - Fluffy (Harry Potter)
Deathbringer the Adorable - The Grand Master of All Things Bad (Pokemon Mystery Dungeon)
Storming the Castle - Leeroy Jenkins
BFS - Buster Sword (Final Fantasy VII)
Fat Bastard - Eric Cartman (South Park)
Mentor Occupational Hazard - Obi Wan Kenobi (Star Wars)
Oddball Doppelganger - Mimikyu (Pokemon)
Mood Whiplash - The destroyed village ends "A Girl Worth Fighting For" early (Mulan)
Names to Run Away From Really Fast - Shelly DeKiller (Ace Attorney)
Hostile Show Takeover - Monika (Doki Doki Literature Club)
Lean and Mean - Voldemort (Harry Potter) / Waluigi (Super Mario Bros.) / Slenderman (Marble Hornets)
Identical Stranger - Guy Incognito (The Simpsons) / Kingsonn Dededoo (Brawl in the Family)
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GavsEvans123
07/20/19 4:48:10 PM
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Today's trope is Humiliation Conga. Here is the link: https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/HumiliationConga

It's the end of the episode/Story Arc/series, and the villain's plans have fallen through. Now it's just a matter of dealing with the villain.

Sometimes you want the villain to escape or have the villain realize that his evil ways are wrong and become a good guy, but not this time, usually because it would make for an unsatisfying ending or would just take up too much time. But there's a problem... you can't kill him off. Maybe the censors won't allow it. Maybe he's just not evil enough or what he did isn't deserving of death. Maybe he's literally impossible to kill. Maybe you just aren't feeling up to bloodshed. Maybe you feel that death is too good for him. Or, of course, he needs to survive for his next Evil Plan.

Then how about the Humiliation Conga?

Everything the villain has built up, piece by piece, comes crashing down in front of him. The lovebirds he kept apart so that he could have the heroine for himself pass by him arm-in-arm, the hotel he spent millions building catches fire and burns down, his former Yes-Man steps on his foot, the bum he spat on now has a Rolex (probably the exact model he coveted) and asks him to light his cigar, and the dog he kicked is now laughing at him (or worse). People Come to Gawk at How the Mighty Have Fallen, and when one starts to laugh, everyone joins in. And here come the cops; turns out the mic was on when he declared his foul intentions.

In the end, the villain realizes he's in very, very dire straits. He's still alive, natch, but that's not all for the good.


TL,DR: A character is thoroughly humiliated when numerous embarrassing things happen to them in succession.

Nominations:
Yzma (The Emperor's New Groove)
Herr Starr (Preacher)
Eric (Billy Madison)
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hombad46
07/20/19 4:59:24 PM
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Heather (Total Drama Island)
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"That's Engarde hairflip metal detector tier btw"
-XIII_rocks
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Nanis23
07/20/19 5:00:43 PM
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Can someone please explain to me why Theon (Game of Thrones) doesn't fit this trope? (he isn't listed in the examples)
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wololo
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Underleveled
07/20/19 5:01:26 PM
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The trope page is not meant to be a comprehensive list, and you aren't limited to voting for examples on the trope page.
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darkx
Score: There goes bracket
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PButterAndJelly
07/20/19 5:33:51 PM
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Jackie Gayda (WWE)

Prissy Jackie Gayda got a well-deserved one at WrestleMania XX in 2004. She and Stacy Keibler were booked to face Torrie Wilson and Sable in a Playboy Evening Gown Match; unlike more traditional Evening Gown Matches, this one would begin with the participants willingly removing their gowns and wrestling the match under normal rules in their underwear.

Sable, Stacy, and Torrie all obligingly removed their high-heeled shoes and gowns, but Miss Jackie played the role of a shameless cock-tease by slowly taking off each of her shoes....and then slipping back through the ring ropes and trying to leave the arena.

Sable and Torrie weren't about to let this happen, though: Sable grabbed Miss Jackie and threw her back into the ring, and she and Torrie proceeded to tear off her white gown and matching long gloves to leave her in her lacy white undies.

Then Torrie rolled Jackie up in a pin to win the match for her team, continuing to hold Jackie in the pin for several seconds with her butt pointing up into the air. Then Torrie delivered a spank to Jackie's upper thigh, which was bared by her skimpy white panties. And then Torrie grabbed Jackie's panties and yanked them down (or rather up, since Jackie was basically sitting on her head), exposing her butt crack to the entire world.

Only then did Torrie release Miss Jackie from the hold, and the poor lovely hastily covered her coin slot and fled the arena sobbing in humiliation.

Oh, and did I mention that this all happened in front of a crowd of 20,000 at Madison Square Garden in New York City - the single most famous forum for professional wrestling in all of world history? It just doesn't get more mortifying than that. (And, just to top things off, Miss Jackie was a Face when this all happened and remained a Face even afterward, which does make what happened to her seem rather unfair.)
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PButterAndJelly
07/20/19 5:35:39 PM
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Molly Holly (WWE)

Molly Holly, again at WrestleMania XX. She vowed that she would submit to having her head shaved if she could not beat Victoria for the WWE Women's Championship - and then, when she lost the match, she reneged on her promise and tried to run away.

She was caught, tied to a barber's chair, and shaved bald in front of everyone while screaming in terror. There's no question about it: March 14, 2004, was an unforgettable night for many, and for all the wrong reasons.

It would only get worse for Molly, as she had to spend the next several months wearing a ridiculous wig with a chin strap on it to hide her bald head (this was WWE's idea - she wanted to just come out bald) and losing several matches due to Hairstyle Malfunction.

During the summer of 2004, WWE management changed direction with the Divas, emphasizing looks over talent and Molly was reduced to being a jobber, having to repeatedly put over Faux Action Girl Stacy Keibler, all while Jerry Lawler made jokes about her on commentary for being old and ugly.
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PButterAndJelly
07/20/19 5:36:39 PM
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Mickie James (WWE)

LayCool at the 2010 Royal Rumble. They had been bullying Mickie James for weeks about her weight, calling her "Piggie James" and Layla had even dressed up as Mickie in a fat suit. There was a title match between Mickie and Michelle. Mickie won the match and the title in 20 seconds, then all the face divas came down to the ring with a huge cake and Mickie smashed it all over Michelle and Layla. Layla was even stuck in her fat suit.
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Kenri
07/20/19 5:39:42 PM
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Almost every villain (One Piece)
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Congrats to BKSheikah, who knows more about years than anyone else.
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Johnbobb
07/20/19 5:46:22 PM
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Theon
Yzma
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Khal Kirby, warlord of the Super Star Khalasar
PSN/Steam: CheddarBBQ https://goo.gl/Diw2hs
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Shonen_Bat
07/20/19 5:47:21 PM
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Yzma
Heather
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Hello again.
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Mewtwo59
07/20/19 5:56:54 PM
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Theon Greyjoy (A Song of Ice and Fire)
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""Love" is making a shot to the knees of a target 120 kilometers away using an Aratech sniper rifle with a tri-light scope." HK-47
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kevwaffles
07/20/19 6:02:33 PM
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G'Kar (Babylon 5)
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"One toot on this whistle will take you to a far away land."
-Toad, SMB3
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Snake5555555555
07/20/19 6:02:55 PM
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Herr Starr (Preacher)
"Nerdy" Avril (Avril Lavigne - Girlfriend)
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I've decided to put my fears behind me. I'm not going back.
https://i.imgtc.ws/2Q88rI4.gif - https://i.gifer.com/E07R.gif
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ZeeksFire
07/20/19 6:18:51 PM
#16:


R.J. Fletcher (UHF)
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_SecretSquirrel
07/21/19 1:41:30 AM
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Moe takes the lie detector test (The Simpsons: Who Shot Mr. Burns)
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Agent Triple Zero at your service!
This line reserved for the true greatone, Advokaiser, the 2018 Guru Contest winner.
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kevwaffles
07/21/19 2:00:49 AM
#18:


_SecretSquirrel posted...
Moe takes the lie detector test (The Simpsons: Who Shot Mr. Burns)

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"One toot on this whistle will take you to a far away land."
-Toad, SMB3
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Nanis23
07/21/19 2:11:42 AM
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Underleveled posted...
The trope page is not meant to be a comprehensive list, and you aren't limited to voting for examples on the trope page.

I know, but it made me feel like maybe I didn't understand the trope right or my example is just bad

Anyway
Theon (Game of Thrones)
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wololo
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GavsEvans123
07/21/19 7:02:10 AM
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Rankings so far:
Yzma (The Emperor's New Groove) - 3 votes
Theon (Game of Thrones) - 3 votes
Heather (Total Drama Island) - 2 votes
Herr Starr (Preacher) - 2 votes
Moe takes the lie detector test (The Simpsons: Who Shot Mr. Burns) - 2 votes
Eric (Billy Madison)
Jackie Gayda (WWE)
Molly Holly (WWE)
Mickie James (WWE)
Almost every villain (One Piece)
G'Kar (Babylon 5)
"Nerdy" Avril (Avril Lavigne - Girlfriend)
R.J. Fletcher (UHF)
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Mega Mana
07/21/19 7:37:12 AM
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Lindsay McDonald (Angel)
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"In my headcanon, some staffer saw Trump pull out his phone and start typing so they just Terry Tate Office Linebacker'd him out of his shoes." - FFD
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jcgamer107
07/21/19 7:47:45 AM
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Dan Backslide (The Dover Boys)
Ed Rooney (Ferris Bueller's Day Off)
Harry and Marv (Home Alone)
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Underleveled
07/21/19 8:53:59 AM
#23:


Harry and Marv
Yzma
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darkx
Score: There goes bracket
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DeathChicken
07/21/19 10:42:58 AM
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Herr Starr (Preacher)
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We are thought, and reality, and concept, and the unimaginable
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GenesisSaga
07/21/19 2:30:32 PM
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Dr. Heinz Doofenshmirtz's entire life (Phineas and Ferb)
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"You're stronger than you believe. Don't let your fear own you. Own yourself." - Michelle Hodkin
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Mewtwo59
07/21/19 2:32:08 PM
#26:


_SecretSquirrel posted...
Moe takes the lie detector test (The Simpsons: Who Shot Mr. Burns)

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""Love" is making a shot to the knees of a target 120 kilometers away using an Aratech sniper rifle with a tri-light scope." HK-47
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