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A specific form of VisualPun. Compare LiteralMetaphor. Contrast NarrativeShapeshifting (a character shapeshifts while trying to describe something). Related to ShamefulShrinking and BuzzsawJaw.

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A specific form of VisualPun. Compare LiteralMetaphor. VisualPun (a play on words in the form of an image). Contrast LiteralMetaphor (a character makes a figure of speech and they--sometimes sarcastically--say that they meant it literally). Compare NarrativeShapeshifting (a character shapeshifts while trying to describe something). Related to ShamefulShrinking (a character literally shrinks down due to embarrassment and BuzzsawJaw.shame) and BuzzsawJaw (eating so fast that your mouth turns into a buzz).
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Likewise, metaphoric transformations can and have been used for purposes other than [[PlayedForLaughs comedy]].

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Likewise, metaphoric transformations can and have been used for purposes other than [[PlayedForLaughs comedy]].
comedy]] such as in FurryLens (a character is drawn as an anthropomorphic animal, but is considered human in-universe).



A specific form of VisualPun. Compare LiteralMetaphor. Contrast NarrativeShapeshifting. Related to ShamefulShrinking and BuzzsawJaw.

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A specific form of VisualPun. Compare LiteralMetaphor. Contrast NarrativeShapeshifting.NarrativeShapeshifting (a character shapeshifts while trying to describe something). Related to ShamefulShrinking and BuzzsawJaw.
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* ''WesternAnimation/OKKOLetsBeHeroes'': In "Special Delivery", Rad is suddenly wearing clown gear after he's humiliated by Enid bringing up the failure of his Radwing.

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* ''WesternAnimation/OKKOLetsBeHeroes'': In [[Recap/OKKOLetsBeHeroesS2E13SpecialDelivery "Special Delivery", Delivery"]], Rad is suddenly wearing clown gear after he's humiliated by Enid bringing up the failure of his Radwing.
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* ''WesternAnimation/OKKOLetsBeHeroes'': Rad is suddenly wearing clown gear after he's humiliated by Enid bringing up the failure of his Radwing.

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* ''WesternAnimation/OKKOLetsBeHeroes'': In "Special Delivery", Rad is suddenly wearing clown gear after he's humiliated by Enid bringing up the failure of his Radwing.
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* ''WesternAnimation/BettyBoop:

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* ''WesternAnimation/BettyBoop:''WesternAnimation/BettyBoop'':
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# In Japanese media, a character "turning into a {{tengu}}" (i.e. acting arrogant or boastful) will grow a tengu's long nose.
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# In Spanish-speaking media, a character with a cheating partner gets horns --from the idioms "ponerle los cachos" ("put the horns on her/him/they") and "cornudo/a" ("horned/cuckold").
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* ''Animation/{{Kuzdok}}'': The statue comes to life and begins sculpting away at its sculptor, rendering the sculptor into a shrunken old man. The metaphor of the artistic process of creation, and how creating art takes something out of the artist, is obvious.

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* ''Animation/{{Kuzdok}}'': The statue [[{{Sculptures}} statue]] comes to life and begins sculpting away at its sculptor, rendering the sculptor {{sculptor|s}} into a shrunken old man. The metaphor of the artistic process of creation, and how creating art takes something out of the artist, is obvious.
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* In one ''WesternAnimation/WoodyWoodpecker'' short, Woody and Buzz Buzzard turn into wolves when they see a beautiful woman. When they realize they are unable to [[GoldDigger buy her expensive gifts]], they turn into giant ice skates with $1 price tags- a pair of cheapskates, if you will.
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Because Administrivia/TropesAreFlexible, this, of course, can be done in media other than animation. For example, any visual format can easily make use of this trope. And figurative speech such as similes and metaphors in written media serves the same function, if usually more frequent and at the same time subtler.

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Because Administrivia/TropesAreFlexible, this, of course, can be done in media other than animation. For example, any Any visual format can easily make use of this trope. And figurative Figurative speech such as similes and metaphors in written media serves the same function, if usually more frequent and at the same time subtler.
done in a subtler manner.



A specific form of VisualPun. Compare LiteralMetaphor. Contrast NarrativeShapeshifting. Related to ShamefulShrinking.

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A specific form of VisualPun. Compare LiteralMetaphor. Contrast NarrativeShapeshifting. Related to ShamefulShrinking.ShamefulShrinking and BuzzsawJaw.
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** In "SOS - Swim or Sink", has a pirate captain morph into a snake.

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** In "SOS - Swim or Sink", has a pirate captain morph lusting after Betty briefly morphs into a snake.
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* A lollipop emblazoned with the word "Sucker" (the character has just been tricked).
* A donkey, with optional braying (the character is stupid or being a (jack)ass). In cases where actually ''saying'' the word "ass" would provoke the censors, this can double as GettingCrapPastTheRadar.
* Shoe heel (this example is often aligned with [[HeelRealization guilt and remorse]] akin to the trope MyGodWhatHaveIDone rather than being embarrassed).
* A dumbbell (a more direct VisualPun indication of stupidity).
* A wolf, complete with WolfWhistle (the character is lustful).

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* # A lollipop emblazoned with the word "Sucker" (the character has just been tricked).
* # A donkey, with optional braying (the character is stupid or being a (jack)ass). In cases where actually ''saying'' the word "ass" would provoke the censors, this can double as GettingCrapPastTheRadar.
* # Shoe heel (this example is often aligned with [[HeelRealization guilt and remorse]] akin to the trope MyGodWhatHaveIDone rather than being embarrassed).
* # A dumbbell (a more direct VisualPun indication of stupidity).
* # A wolf, complete with WolfWhistle (the character is lustful).

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