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** The closest thing to a victory he's achieved was when he uncovered the school starch scandal in "Undercover", and even then, he ended up with awfully extreme side effects from the body modifications he did.
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* SeverelySpecializedStore: This was a common gag; Tom opened a store called "Big Cups", which only sold big cups. There was also a store that just sold bear traps.
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* SeverelySpecializedStore: This was a common gag; Tom opened a store called "Big "My Big Cups", which only sold big cups. There was also a store in the first episode that just sold bear traps.
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''Tom Goes to the Mayor'' was unique for its animation style - instead of using more traditional methods, pictures of live actors would be taken, and then be filtered through Photoshop to look like mimeographs. These "mimeographs" would then be "animated" in what was in effect [[StylisticSuck about a frame every two seconds.]] All other objects and backgrounds were typically animated using [[GISSyndrome stock clip-art]], and [[ShowWithinAShow shows within the show]] would be [[ArtShift live-action]].
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''Tom Goes to the Mayor'' was unique for its animation style - instead of using more traditional methods, pictures of live actors would be taken, and then be filtered through Photoshop to look like mimeographs. These "mimeographs" would then be "animated" in what was in effect [[StylisticSuck about a frame every two seconds.]] All other objects objects, animals, and backgrounds were typically animated using [[GISSyndrome stock clip-art]], and [[ShowWithinAShow shows within the show]] would be [[ArtShift live-action]].
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%%* FatBastard: Tom's wife Joy. She can usually be seen eating a breakfast trough and she is definitely not the kindest person out there.
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* BerserkButton: Whatever you do, ''do not'' touch Terry's inhaler.
* TheDitz: The Mayor, but at times this crosses over into being more
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* BerserkButton: Whatever BerserkButton:
**Whatever you do, ''do not'' touch Terry's inhaler.
** If Joy tells you to take the kids to Bass Fest, you ''better'' take them.
* TheDitz: The Mayor, but at times this crosses over into being more ChaoticStupid.
**Whatever you do, ''do not'' touch Terry's inhaler.
** If Joy tells you to take the kids to Bass Fest, you ''better'' take them.
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ChaoticStupid.
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He has a wife, so it could be this
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* AmbiguouslyGay: The Mayor with just about every man he interacts with, most of all Dr. Ian Black. They even have [[SecretHandshake a special handshake-dance]] they do every time they see each other.
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* CampStraight: The Mayor with just about every man he interacts with, most of all Dr. Ian Black. They even have [[SecretHandshake a special handshake-dance]] they do every time they see each other. However, one episode reveals that he’s happily married to a woman and has 3 kids with her, seemingly making him straight (or bisexual at least).
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* CampStraight: The Mayor with just about every man he interacts with, most of all Dr. Ian Black. They even have [[SecretHandshake a special handshake-dance]] they do every time they see each other. However, one episode reveals that he’s happily married to a woman and has 3 kids with her, seemingly making him straight (or bisexual at least).
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** One close up of Tom eating cheese fries is ''extremely'' unsettling.
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** Their Live-Action appearance in Series/TimAndEricAwesomeShowGreatJob is even creepier due to the fact that they ''aren't '' moving in a choppy ditto copy style.
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I originally wrote this entry a while ago but now I've found a better way to phrase it.
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* FailureHero: Though Tom is a loose definition of "hero", the fact that he's the only character with his heart in the right place and he ''never'' succeeds with his ideas can certainly qualify.
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* FailureHero: Tom is [[PlayingWithATrope a peculiar example]] as he is downplayed on the "hero" part and exaggerated on the "failure" part. Tom is far from a saint as [[NotSoAboveItAll even he]] has a few [[{{Jerkass}} jerkish]] and [[IdiotHero idiotic]] moments depending on the episode. Though Tom is a loose definition of "hero", at the fact that same time, he's the only character with who seems to have his heart in the right place and he at least ''tries'' to do good things for the town. But, of course, Tom's plans ''never'' succeeds with his ideas can certainly qualify.succeed for various reasons.
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* OlderThanHeLooks: Terry looks, sounds an acts like an 8 year old due to his inhaler use, but he's actually 27 years old.
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* OlderThanHeLooks: Terry looks, sounds an and acts like an 8 year old due to his inhaler use, but he's actually 27 years old.
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* OlderThanHeLooks: Terry looks, sounds an acts like an 8 year old due to his inhaler use, but he's actually 27 years old.
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* BeserkButton: Whatever you do, ''do not'' touch Terry"S inhaler.
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* KitschyLocalCommercial: Parodied with the intro, which is scored and edited like a low-budget Chamber of Commerce infomercial (specifically of the sort that runs on an infinite loop on a lot of resort towns' cable systems).
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* ADateWithRosiePalms: Tom masturbates to Barb in "Pipe Camp," and his inability to come to terms with his sexual repression starts off the plot of "CNE."
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* NegativeContinuity: Each episode is apparently the first time Tom and the Mayor are meeting.
** [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]] in an episode wherein both reminisce to past times, Tom thinks back to events of past episodes and the mayor thinks back to only a few minutes prior.
** Actually, when you pay attention; it's only negative continuity as far as the Mayor's concerned. Tom's too weak-willed and passive to ever call the mayor out on anything (up to and including his forgetting who Tom is, even part-way through an episode). The Mayor just really is just so far off in his own world that he legitimately thinks it's the first time he's ever met Tom, each time. Tom just never has the insight or backbone to realise that including the Mayor in anything is begging for disaster.
** [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]] in an episode wherein both reminisce to past times, Tom thinks back to events of past episodes and the mayor thinks back to only a few minutes prior.
** Actually, when you pay attention; it's only negative continuity as far as the Mayor's concerned. Tom's too weak-willed and passive to ever call the mayor out on anything (up to and including his forgetting who Tom is, even part-way through an episode). The Mayor just really is just so far off in his own world that he legitimately thinks it's the first time he's ever met Tom, each time. Tom just never has the insight or backbone to realise that including the Mayor in anything is begging for disaster.
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* NegativeContinuity: Each episode is apparently the first time Tom and the Mayor are meeting.
** [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]] in an episode wherein both reminisce to past times, Tom thinks back to events of past episodes and the mayor thinks back to only a few minutes prior.
** Actually, when you pay attention; it's only negative continuitymeeting. At least, as far as the Mayor's Mayor is concerned. Tom's too weak-willed and passive to ever call the mayor Mayor out on anything (up to and including his forgetting who Tom is, even part-way through an episode). The Mayor just really is just so far off in his own world that he legitimately thinks it's the first time he's ever met Tom, each time. Tom just never has the insight or backbone to realise realize that including the Mayor in anything is begging for disaster.disaster. This is [[LampshadeHanging lampshaded]] in an episode wherein both reminisce to past times, Tom thinks back to events of past episodes and the mayor thinks back to only a few minutes prior.
** [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]] in an episode wherein both reminisce to past times, Tom thinks back to events of past episodes and the mayor thinks back to only a few minutes prior.
** Actually, when you pay attention; it's only negative continuity
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%% * GettingCrapPastThe Radar: Due to overwhelming and persistent misuse, GCPTR is on-page examples only until 01 June 2021. If you are reading this in the future, please check the trope page to make sure your example fits the current definition.
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Uncanny Valley is IUEO now and the subjective version has been split; cleaning up misuse and ZCE in the process
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* UncannyValley: The animation style deliberately evokes this. Characters rapidly switch between static poses that generally only vaguely connect with the emotion they are meant to be conveying, and their expressions and/or features are often exaggerated through editing to look even weirder. Even [[OnlySaneMan Tom]] is almost always contorted in some kind of bizarre and unfitting way. The fact that all character designs are taken from photos of actual people makes everything look slightly unsettling at all times.
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* CosmicPlaything: Tom, ''Tom'', '''''TOM'''''. The universe just seems to hate the poor guy; he genuinely means well with his ideas, but due to the Mayor and everyone else often going to absurd lengths to screw him over, circumstances beyond Tom's control, or just plain bad luck, everything that can go wrong for him does go wrong.
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* CosmicPlaything: Tom, ''Tom'', '''''TOM'''''. The universe just seems to hate the poor guy; he genuinely means well with his ideas, but due to a combination of the Mayor and everyone else often going to absurd lengths to screw him over, circumstances beyond Tom's control, or his own ExtremeDoormat attitude, and just plain bad luck, everything that can go wrong for him does go wrong.
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* CosmicPlaything: Tom, ''Tom'', '''''TOM'''''. The universe just seems to hate the poor guy; he genuinely means well with his ideas, but due to the Mayor and everyone else often going to absurd lengths to screw him over, circumstances beyond Tom's control, or just plain bad luck, everything that can go wrong does go wrong.
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* CosmicPlaything: Tom, ''Tom'', '''''TOM'''''. The universe just seems to hate the poor guy; he genuinely means well with his ideas, but due to the Mayor and everyone else often going to absurd lengths to screw him over, circumstances beyond Tom's control, or just plain bad luck, everything that can go wrong for him does go wrong.
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* CosmicPlaything: Tom, ''Tom'', '''''TOM'''''. The universe just seems to hate the poor guy; he typically means well with his ideas, but due to the Mayor and everyone else often going to absurd lengths to screw him over, circumstances beyond Tom's control, or just plain bad luck, everything that can go wrong does go wrong.
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* CosmicPlaything: Tom, ''Tom'', '''''TOM'''''. The universe just seems to hate the poor guy; he typically genuinely means well with his ideas, but due to the Mayor and everyone else often going to absurd lengths to screw him over, circumstances beyond Tom's control, or just plain bad luck, everything that can go wrong does go wrong.
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* CosmicPlaything: Tom: the universe just hates him.
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* CosmicPlaything: Tom: the Tom, ''Tom'', '''''TOM'''''. The universe just hates him.seems to hate the poor guy; he typically means well with his ideas, but due to the Mayor and everyone else often going to absurd lengths to screw him over, circumstances beyond Tom's control, or just plain bad luck, everything that can go wrong does go wrong.
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* ItIsPronouncedTroPAY:
** In "Pipe Camp", Tom pronounces "aerobics" as "uh-roobics".
** In "Calcucorn" entrepreneur is pronounced "entreprenyer", or "entreprenoir" by Joy's ex.
** In "Pipe Camp", Tom pronounces "aerobics" as "uh-roobics".
** In "Calcucorn" entrepreneur is pronounced "entreprenyer", or "entreprenoir" by Joy's ex.
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* FailureHero: Though Tom is a loose definition of "hero", the fact that he's the only character with his heart in the right place and he ''never'' succeeds with his ideas can certainly qualify.
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* MayorPain: The Mayor, of course. He's actually ''both'' types, with the Incompetent type being the more obvious and with some subtle shades of the Evil type (as mentioned under BigBad above).
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* HotGuyUglyWife: Mild example. While Tom is no Adonis, he's a lot better looking compared to Joy.
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* HotGuyUglyWife: Mild example. While Tom is no Adonis, he's a lot better looking compared to and Joy.
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* DiegeticSoundtrackUsage: The Mayor sings "Me, me, me, me, me!" to the tune of the theme song in "Vice Mayor".
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* ThemeTuneCameo: The Mayor sings "Me, me, me, me, me!" to the tune of the theme song in "Vice Mayor".
