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| Janeway's addiction to coffee |
   
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1 | 6.67% |
| Data's literalism and contraction use or nonuse |
  
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0 | 0% |
| Self-aware computers and other inanimate objects |
  
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0 | 0% |
| Slang use by otherwise uptight characters |
  
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0 | 0% |
| Technical difficulties with sound and special effects |
  
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0 | 0% |
| Characters mocking the plot they're in |
  
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7 | 46.67% |
| Boneheaded decisions by villians |
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1 | 6.67% |
| Gak! as the last word, particularly of redshirts |
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4 | 26.67% |
| Subtle crossfiver references |
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2 | 13.33% |
| Episode title bashing or explaining |
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0 | 0% |
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11-25-2006, 11:00 PM
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What's your favorite fiver troupe?
If you need a little background on troupes, you can visit http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/ but I'll just quote the relevant definition:
"Tropes are devices and conventions that a writer can reasonably rely on as being present in the audience members' minds and expectations. If a trope gets used too much, it becomes clichéd. The word cliché means stereotyped and trite. In other words, dull and uninteresting." The fivists here have come up with a number of conventions that have become accepted as useful to use when writing fivers, and thus have become expected. We can also use this thread to promote troupes that we want to see more of, as well as bringing up running gags between fivers that we enjoy.
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