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12-31-2009, 05:30 AM
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December 30 (5M^_^: Five-Minute Mecha Anime)
You know, the new approach I used with that last fiver was a real success. This time I'm gonna aim even higher! And I'll choose a target so preposterously big I can't miss it no matter how many eyes I close!
You've heard of them. You've seen them. They haunt your dreams. They are Japan's largest export by mass... mecha anime. But now you'll never have to watch another one, because I've summed them all up for you! Here's Five-Minute Mecha Anime -- all mecha anime, ever! But why does the main page say "The end is near"? Hmm, I should fix that...
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FiveMinute.net: because stuff is long and life is short [03:17] FiveMinZeke: Galactica clearly needs the advanced technology of scissors, which get around the whole "yanking on your follicles" problem. [03:17] IJD: cylons can hack any blades working in conjunction 
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12-31-2009, 02:10 PM
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"Please, Aslan," said Lucy, "what do you call soon?" "I call all times soon," said Aslan; and instantly he vanished away and Lucy was alone with the Magician.
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12-31-2009, 09:31 PM
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Unfortunately, I can't claim credit for the names -- we're not the only ones who have noticed this pattern in various series. TV Tropes calls it a Five Man Band. Voltron fits the pattern so perfectly that I couldn't resist doing a shoutout here. Hell, the Lancer is even called Lance.
(A cautionary note about TVT's Five Man Band pages: there are about five times more examples than actually fit the pattern. There seems to be a collective habit of cramming every possible show in, whether it fits or not.)
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FiveMinute.net: because stuff is long and life is short [03:17] FiveMinZeke: Galactica clearly needs the advanced technology of scissors, which get around the whole "yanking on your follicles" problem. [03:17] IJD: cylons can hack any blades working in conjunction Last edited by Zeke; 12-31-2009 at 09:33 PM.
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01-01-2010, 01:54 PM
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Yes, that's always annoyed me about TVT. Whenever I want to look at the examples for a particular trope, I have to read through a whole bunch of examples that appear to be forced into the TVT description.
Buffy, for example, apparently meets every trope ever.
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"Please, Aslan," said Lucy, "what do you call soon?" "I call all times soon," said Aslan; and instantly he vanished away and Lucy was alone with the Magician.
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01-05-2010, 02:37 PM
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My 5MV webpages My novel fivers list Yup “There must have been a point in early human history when it was actually advantageous to, when confronted with a difficult task, drop it altogether and go do something more fun, because I do that way too often for it to be anything but instinct.” -- Isto Combs
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