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We seem to have a tradition of using the Homestar Runner character 'Trogdor the Burninator' to request tag deletion.

Screenshot of Trogdor, the burninator

I thought we could use crisper images, so I made my own. >:)

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  • Who wants to be the first to use these? :)
    – iglvzx
    Commented Feb 7, 2012 at 18:57
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    A Trogdor bat signal?
    – user102937
    Commented Feb 7, 2012 at 19:02
  • There will have to be a tag 'trogdord" or "burninated" for those that fall to Him Commented Feb 7, 2012 at 19:02
  • @RobertHarvey Yes.
    – iglvzx
    Commented Feb 7, 2012 at 19:04
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    Nice! Only devs can completely burninate tags, but the burninator signal will be a nice addition to burnination-request posts. Now that Jeff's leaving, I'm not sure who will be the new trogdor... we'll see!
    – nhinkle
    Commented Feb 7, 2012 at 19:35
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    Related: The true meaning of burninate
    – Pops
    Commented Feb 7, 2012 at 21:00
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    +2 just because I can. Commented Feb 7, 2012 at 21:19
  • Shouldn't those images be posted as an answer, instead? Commented Feb 7, 2012 at 21:23
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    @Chris Why yes, they should... which also lets us up-vote multiple times! That said, I couldn't help thinking of Alex Trebek when I read your comment... Commented Feb 7, 2012 at 21:28
  • @Chris Fixed it!
    – iglvzx
    Commented Feb 7, 2012 at 22:25
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    @iglvzx meta.askubuntu.com/posts/2489/revisions :D Commented Feb 8, 2012 at 2:45
  • @Sathya Use the new graphic. I fixed a few minor problems with the coloring. :P
    – iglvzx
    Commented Feb 8, 2012 at 3:06
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    @iglvzx congrats :P meta.askubuntu.com/a/2502/1182 Commented Feb 8, 2012 at 6:12
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    Rep cap two days in a row, what did I say? ;) Commented Feb 8, 2012 at 20:16
  • rofl, rofl, rofl.
    – RolandiXor
    Commented Feb 10, 2012 at 20:21

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Request:

request

request-alt

Burninated:

burninated

BONUS:

The above were made using a Trogdor reference from an unknown person on the internet, which has some inaccuracies. I went to the source (Strongbad), and retraced Trogdor. This is the real Trogdor, in color, in higher definition:

Trogdor the Burninator

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    my name is Jeff Atwood and I approve of this message. Commented Feb 7, 2012 at 22:40
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    So happy! @Jeff I hope you still stick around for some good ol' burninating from time to time.
    – nhinkle
    Commented Feb 8, 2012 at 2:41
  • @Jeff UPDATED! NOW IN COLOR!
    – iglvzx
    Commented Feb 8, 2012 at 3:05
  • *and transparent backgrounds.
    – iglvzx
    Commented Feb 8, 2012 at 4:00
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    @troggy will be happy :P Commented Feb 8, 2012 at 4:29
  • @YiJiang'sProble_ You do not need to change the kerning. If you watch the cartoon, the text is actually spaced like that. :)
    – iglvzx
    Commented Mar 17, 2012 at 7:46
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    @iglvzx Oh, okay, but it's just that the... bad kerning... must... resist... argh! *stabs eye with pen*
    – Yi Jiang
    Commented Mar 26, 2012 at 14:43
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    Those Vs are so consummate! tears up
    – Zelda
    Commented Apr 8, 2012 at 1:10
  • Tshirt of Burninator Signal plz.
    – Nicole
    Commented Sep 26, 2012 at 0:53
  • Request: Trogdor animated GIF
    – jkd
    Commented May 30, 2015 at 4:09
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This inspired me, so I made some ASCII:

                                     {
                                   ( ) }
                  "--____            ))
           "      ) -_(        \/   (
      ___-´ \     | _(        0  o
        )_-  `_   / (__-+`''-------=.         _____
          )_-  \,/-'       ,--______:     .--´   /      ___
    __.-----_)_-\        <(    V v v  ---'     _'=-----'/
  .´    --   /             `-----___. -__     {__ `----'_
  |   ,    .´          ___----------'    `-_     '-----___----'
 (    /'--'|         --                     `--.__---''
 (    /   '         /
  |  /_   |        |
  (  _-)  \        \
   '-_)    '.       \_
              -_       \_
                `--_     `-__
                    `-__     `-_
                /\      `-_     \
        --.__A-/__\       _)     |          B  U  R  N  I  N  A  T  E  D  !
             `--   `-/\_-'     _/
                `-__      ___-'
                  | `-.--'
                  |    \
                  L__   \_.-
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    Well done. pun-intended
    – iglvzx
    Commented Feb 8, 2012 at 3:08
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    I entered 10 puns into a contest to see which would win. No pun in ten did. Commented Feb 10, 2012 at 6:12
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@iglvzx's Trogdor is great, sure, but I always imagined trogdor as having a red skin (yes, I have played peasant's quest, but my artistic style is not to be questioned!).

I have also taken on the daunting task of converting our good friend Mr. Troggie into a vector format (SVG), which you can download here: imageDescr http://dl.dropbox.com/u/108400557/TROGDOR.svg

And for those of you who don't have a browser capable of SVG, then here's a PNG render:

Trogdor PNG

Do what you will with this file, and hopefully trogdor can burninate more!

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    Inkscape? Pfft, I hand craft my SVGs.
    – bjb568
    Commented Jun 7, 2014 at 5:48
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    @bjb568 Honestly I would have, I'm just a terrible artist. Here's the best I could do with about 10 minutes in pixelmator: imgur.com/lBQhmB2, just to give you an idea of how horrible I truly am. Commented Jun 7, 2014 at 6:19
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    Oh, god. Well +1 for macs. Apple FTW!
    – bjb568
    Commented Jun 7, 2014 at 6:32
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    Your link is dead! :(
    – Wai Ha Lee
    Commented Jan 13, 2016 at 12:16
  • Do you still have a copy?
    – wizzwizz4
    Commented Nov 13, 2020 at 22:16
  • @wizzwizz4 Not that I know of, its probably on one of my old hard drives... If I ever dig it up I'll ping you here. Commented Dec 21, 2020 at 4:27

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