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Motifs. Rules Of Anime. Rule of Cool. Rule of Funny. Crosses the Line Twice. Rules Of The Internet. Comic Books. Crazy Prepared. Combat Pragmatist. "World of Cardboard" Speech. Talk to the Fist. One More Day. Beam Me Up, Scotty! Broken Base. Doomy Dooms of Doom. "I'm gonna sing the Doom Song now! Doom-doom, doom-doom-doom, doom-doom-doom-DOOM! " There's something primal about saying "Doom". The deeper, the more echoey, the more stretched-out, the better. "Of Doom" can be added to any noun you wish to turn it into something terrifying; if you want to add some Gaelic whimsy or simulate an accent, "o'Doom" can be used instead.

People also often forget that "doom" (related to "deem," i.e., "judge" or "estimate") comes from the idea in Old English and Norse mythology of an ultimate destiny, which need not necessarily be a bad one — you could re-translate the phrase "He met his doom" as "He met his fate". File that one away, fact fans! Another possible re-translation would be "He met his (ultimate) judgment Tropers are especially susceptible to this. Trope names that have themselves met their doom Examples of Doom: open/close all folders Advertising of Doom This commercial. Anime & Manga of Doom Lupin III: Dragon of Doom... in the English release, anyway.

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