Line #80 Website/Drawception


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3	[[http://drawception.com Drawception]] is a WebGame which can be described as the classic game of Telephone but with drawings. The players participate in creating a chain of drawings and captions, with each participant only seeing the previous player's phrase or picture to illustrate or describe. Once the predefined number of players takes part, the entire chain is publicly revealed, usually with hilarious results.
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5	It was created in March 2012 by Jeremiah "Reed" Freyholtz, and quickly developed a vibrant community.
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7	!!The website as a whole contains examples of the following tropes:
8	* AntiTrollingFeatures:
9	** You can get banned for "derailing" games; i.e. drawing or writing something that doesn't interpret the previous drawing or caption.
10	** You can only play a certain amount of games a day (anywhere from 8 to 32, depending on how many games you have completed), so that trolls can only do a limited amount of trolling per day.
11	* AuthorAvatar: In the early years of the game, it was common for the player to insert their avatar (i.e. a character resembling their profile picture) into the games. Eventually they made an unwritten rule against it, because these avatar insertions derailed the games from their original theme.
12	** Reed's avatar is a [[StealthPun blue link]] holding a [[ThePenIsMightier pencil sword]] and shield with the site's logo.
13	* AscendedMeme: Bee Week - an annual tradition among players - eventually became an official site event which was promoted on the news bar, and the Bee palette was created in its honor. The Bee palette is even a seasonal palette which becomes cheaper around the same time of year when Bee Week takes place.
14	* AnthropomorphicTypography: The site's mascot is a blue capital 'D' with arms and legs, holding a pencil.
15	* BeeAfraid: Some of the artwork during Bee Week may contain evil or dangerous bees. However, this trope is {{Averted}} with the majority of Bee Week games, where bees are presented as pleasant.
16	* BlackComedy: Quite common, as players aren't afraid to put their darkly-twisted ideas into their panels, whether be gratuitous ThoseWackyNazis, [[SubvertedKidsShow kids' favorite characters doing adult things]], an unexpected [[MushroomSamba acid trip]], or BloodyHilarious happenings.
17	* {{Bowdlerise}}: The website used to have an {{NSFW}} mode, but it was removed in 2019 [[https://drawception.com/forums/suggestions/55485/a-place-for-nsfw-content/?page=2#p2299052 for]] how it defeated its purpose of being a simply more mature version of a game and ended up slipping into SFW territory regularly, regularly needed shoehorns for NSFW content, disrupting the intended gameplay, and especially being rife with extremely controversial content. However, NSFW games are still available to see on the site with a ContentWarning and NSFW content is still allowed in private games (there's a forum thread for such links, but it was closed for being questionable, as well as having links to [[LoliconAndShotacon lolicon]] games).
18	* {{Crossover}}: A significant portion of the games are about characters from different works encountering each other. Sometimes becomes CrossoverShip.
19	* DeliberatelyMonochrome: Any game created with the B&W, Grayscale, The Blues or Sepia themes.
20	* EasterEgg: Several artists tend to hide a "Subliminal Batman" in their pictures, i.e. a hidden portrait of Franchise/{{Batman}} that is subtle enough not to be spotted by those who don't intentionally look for it.
21	* ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin: The majority of captions describe precisely what is on the previous picture.
22	* {{Freemium}}: Buying any set of Ducks with real money will upgrade your account to Gold, which grants you unlimited Draw First games and an exclusive palette.
23	* GrossoutFakeout: Seeing as the game is similar to the Telephone game, it's no surprise that some of the misinterpretations involve mistaking a drawing of some innocuous substance like chocolate for another, grosser one like poop. This even led to the unofficial site rule: "Even if it's brown, it's probably not poo".
24	* ItMakesSenseInContext: Lampshaded whenever the site promotes a forum post showcasing no-context Drawception games. Screenshots of games in which all panels beside the first and last are shown, also high-lighting how much a single game can change from start to finish.
25	* JokeItem: For a contest on April Fools 2019, Drawception added the Retina Burn palette, which is a [[SensoryAbuse painful]] combination of bright red and purple. On April 7th, it went on sale and costs 1500 ducks (about $20) when out of season.
26	* {{Mascot}}: "Drawception D", a blue letter D with arms and legs, holding a pencil.
27	* RoundRobin: Any of the "Tell a Story PIO" (Pass It On) games, where each participant adds a new part of the story and instructs the next player to do likewise.
28	* RunningGag: Particularly funny games are prone to MemeticMutation, with a lot of people trying to recreate it or make variants of it. They can easily become an OverusedRunningGag. Some of the more iconic ones:
29	** [[AdolfHitlarious Adolf Hitler]] occasionally appears in games, usually in hilarious situations.
30	** [[https://drawception.com/game/ZODEsT1ym7/sonic-rainboom/ This game]] originated not one, but two of them: "Sonic Rainboom", a term originating from ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'', turning into a picture of Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog blowing up a raincloud with a KamehameHadouken, and "[=PlayStation=] 3 controls intuitive enough for seal", followed by a picture of Music/{{Seal}} playing a game on Platform/PlayStation3. It is the example game shown to unregistered users on the front page, helping the popularity of these gags.
31	** Trouble Muffin: an [[AnthropomorphicFood anthropomorphic muffin]] looking for trouble. Following some EarlyInstallmentWeirdness, he gained an iconic look with blueberries and an EyepatchOfPower.
32	** Yellmo: [[Series/SesameStreet Elmo]]'s weird cousin, originating from [[https://drawception.com/game/e3ZsW3gqkm/espurr-is-bored/ this game]]. A deranged yellow {{muppet}} that is constantly yelling.
33	** Legdad: A humanoid figure with [[VertebrateWithExtraLimbs six to eight limbs]] who originated with [[NakedFirstImpression no clothes]] and was a creative interpretation of a [[VisualPun "Daddy long legs"]].
34	** Shark Jesus a.k.a. [[Film/{{Jaws}} Jawsus]]: [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Jesus Christ as a shark]].
35	* VideogamePerversityPotential: Trolls sometimes randomly derail games by drawing unrelated pornographic pictures or putting down crude dirty texts when describing a picture. The latter is especially sour when the previous picture was exceptionally well drawn.
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37	!!Tropes for individual Drawception games:
38	* AccessoryWearingCartoonAnimal:
39	** Any game featuring the "ducks with hats" RunningGag, starting with [[https://drawception.com/game/C1e5jbjyAW/start-a-new-drawception-trend/ this one]].
40	** For that matter, Western Chicken, who is a chicken wearing a cowboy hat.
41	* AnimalSuperheroes:
42	** [[https://drawception.com/game/2BHkwp7nTp/spiderman-is-a-bat-and-batman-is-a-spider/ Spiderman is a bat and Batman is a spider]].
43	** [[https://drawception.com/game/qFLwLDh59X/mary-janes-passionate-upside-down-wombat-kiss/ This game]] features ComicBook/SpiderMan as a bear.
44	* ArtInitiatesLife: [[https://drawception.com/game/dpn5b8f5WA/hamlet-chosing-a-pencil-2b-or-not-2b/ "Pencil to drawn boy: I am your maker"]]
45	* {{Bowdlerise}}: [[https://drawception.com/game/KTbrPkDrbs/say-hello-to-my-little-friend/ This game]] starts out as a fairly accurate depiction of ''Film/Scarface1983'', but about halfway it turns into a G-rated version, with the guns replaced with cute animals, candy, and balloons.
46	* CuteKitten:
47	** [[https://drawception.com/game/h49jS9xXz3/cute-little-kitty-cat/ This game]] features a few, before they turn into - equally cute - foxes.
48	** One replaces the ''Tyrannosaurus rex'' from ''Film/JurassicPark1993'' in "[[https://drawception.com/game/YhnwWM6bzr/jurassic-kitty/ Jurassic Kitty]]".
49	** A few more appear in [[https://drawception.com/game/L4Q7Nxf88W/cat-plays-drawception/ this game]].
50	* CuteMonsterGirl:
51	** [[https://drawception.com/game/YN25KqFgqN/awww-look-a-cute-medusa/ Cute Medusa]], to be specific. Doubles as GorgeousGorgon.
52	** [[https://drawception.com/game/X7C59YrPyh/cthulhu-smurf/ Moethulhu]], a MoePersonification of [[Franchise/CthulhuMythos Cthulhu]].
53	* DopeSlap: Franchise/{{Batman}} gives one to a fish in [[https://drawception.com/game/AqgBRkhGP5/batman-slaps-a-fish/ "Batman slaps a fish!"]]
54	* EagleLand: [[https://drawception.com/game/7C3RXwhjhK/americafuk-yeah/ Fuck Yeah!]]
55	* ForcedMeme: "[[https://drawception.com/game/C1e5jbjyAW/start-a-new-drawception-trend/ Start A New Drawception Trend]]". The "new Drawception trend" the game tried to start, "ducks with hats", actually managed to [[https://drawception.com/game/FzwK5XWaQT/western-chicken-vs-a-duck-wearing-a-hat/ catch]] [[https://drawception.com/game/C32NK75zGQ/scrooge-donald-the-original-ducks-with-hats/ on]] [[https://drawception.com/game/CaLSE3LHdm/hi-snicka-duck-abolishes-all-fedoras/ briefly]].
56	* FoulFlower: What starts out with [[VideoGame/{{Undertale}} Flowey]] turns into "[[https://cdn.drawception.com/images/games/2015/11-10/CF1sjdhnQg.png Flower debates murdering family]]." Coincidentally, [[spoiler:that really ''is'' part of Flowey's plan.]]
57	* FoulWaterfowl: In [[https://drawception.com/game/9qcGNsyRDa/goose/ this]] game the Drawception Duck is thirsty for human blood.
58	* GenderFlip: Happens to [[Franchise/SuperMarioBros Mario, Luigi and Peach]] in [[https://drawception.com/game/KCp93eyejY/the-bizarre-adventures-of-billy-and-mandy/ this game]].
59	* GothsHaveItHard: [[https://drawception.com/game/eMaRDOq8AF/is-w-d-gaster-a-fraud-pio/ This]] game starts out with an emo who's an amputee and [[BlackComedy wants to cut himself but has no hands]]... [[SubvertedTrope then, it devolves into an emo who's an amputee]] and wants to cut ''vegetables'' but has no hands.
60	* InterspeciesRomance:
61	** [[https://drawception.com/game/N5BNXBm9ng/dragon-and-wizard-making-out-in-a-wardrobe/ Dragon and wizard making out in a wardrobe.]]
62	** [[https://drawception.com/game/WZr3er9TmD/drawings-visit-the-bar/ "A shark falls in love with a human."]]
63	** [[https://drawception.com/game/BTAEEZYkyk/rapunzel-and-platypus-say-goodbye-to-lighthous/ One develops between]] Literature/{{Rapunzel}} and a platypus.
64	* JudicialWig: Yellmo wears a fairly long, white wig in [[https://drawception.com/game/NB21nPb4Sf/yellmo-gets-jury-duty/ a game]] while acting as a judge.
65	* KamehameHadouken: [[https://drawception.com/game/ZODEsT1ym7/sonic-rainboom/ Sonic hadoukens a rain cloud]]. Although on the original drawing, Sonic is shooting the projectile upwards like a [[Franchise/StreetFighter shoryuken rather than a hadouken]].
66	* KungFuJesus: [[https://drawception.com/game/f2LmrxkRaz/action-hero-jesus-says-dont-cross-me/ Action Hero Jesus says "Don't cross me."]]
67	* LongNeck: In [[https://drawception.com/game/EEmrS1KzRM/satsukisama/ this game]], WesternAnimation/{{Mulan}} got depicted with a slightly longer-than-natural neck - which then got turned up to eleven with [[https://drawception.com/game/kKQTSahLLf/long-neck-mulan/ this game]] and the meme it spawned.
68	* LoveTriangle: [[WesternAnimation/TheLittleMermaid1989 Ariel]], ComicBook/{{Aquaman}} and [[ComicBook/SubMariner Namor]] form one in [[https://drawception.com/game/4NTHZ9PwYz/ariel-leaves-namor-for-aquaman/ this game]].
69	* LukeYouAreMyFather: The classic scene from ''Film/TheEmpireStrikesBack'' gets flipped around in [[https://drawception.com/game/F6HyZdjbS8/luke-no-vader-i-am-your-son/ this game]].
70	* MajorInjuryUnderreaction: [[https://drawception.com/game/LMmmfWafkw/persons-eye-is-on-fire-they-dont-care/ "persons eye is on fire, they don't care"]]
71	* ManiacMonkeys: In [[https://drawception.com/game/3sZExO3mFs/monkey-no-see-no-hear-no-talk/ this game]], three monkeys, initially in a MonkeyMoralityPose, gradually attack and brutally devour a human.
72	* MixAndMatchCritter: [[https://drawception.com/game/8aKrPTbb3x/catshark-hybrid/ "cat-shark hybrid"]]
73	* NonMammalMammaries:
74	** [[https://drawception.com/game/fW851SDbLn/sharkira/ Sharkira]] has a humanoid body, including breasts, despite being a shark.
75	** [[https://drawception.com/game/25dMp2KEXG/beautiful-frog-princess/ Beautiful frog princess]] also has human-like breasts.
76	* OminousOwl: In [[https://drawception.com/game/smF5sRkFKD/barn-owl/ this game]], an owl is said to be "haunted" and have "untold power".
77	* PirateParrot: Replaced by a lobster in [[https://drawception.com/game/7SOMYxssBk/lobster-replaced-bird-on-pirates-shoulder/ this game]].
78	* {{Planimal}}: [[https://drawception.com/game/hmF5rpRZyh/citrus-crav/ Lemon Crab]] is [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin half-lemon, half-crab]].
79	* PottyEmergency: [[https://drawception.com/game/Ewc1dqZdhj/dragon-doing-a-potty-dance/ "Dragon doing a potty dance."]] has this happen to a dragon... and a tornado, of all things.
80	* RussianReversal: In [[https://drawception.com/game/C9LNTcphg9/seals-are-ps3-enough-for-intuitive-controls/ this game]], the Platform/PlayStation3 plays Music/{{Seal}} rather than the other way around.
81	* SpacePirates: [[https://drawception.com/game/kLfqjL4Efd/just-confuse-the-person-describing-your-panel/ "Just confuse the person describing your panel."]] has both regular-looking pirates floating in space, and astronaut pirates.
82	* SpaceWhaleAesop: The results of [[https://drawception.com/game/87HTW4PP6z/step-1-fart/#p4483217 this "steps" game]] are summed up as thus:
83	-->"This is why you dont (sic) fart kids, you'll [[MakesJustAsMuchSenseInContext become a fish and blub for the remainder of your short sad life]]."
84	* SubvertedKidsShow: Games that feature children's franchises like ''Series/SesameStreet'', ''Series/{{Teletubbies}}'' or ''Series/BarneyAndFriends'' are likely to turn into something horrifying. A few examples:
85	** [[https://drawception.com/game/NqpFEm6Qeq/teletubbies-in-the-hood/ "Teletubbies in the hood"]]
86	** [[https://drawception.com/game/P1MtB7R4cm/teletubbies-spiral-into-deep-depression/ "Teletubbies Spiral into Deep Depression"]]
87	** Any game featuring Yellmo is automatically this.
88	* ThreateningShark: [[https://drawception.com/game/fyFG6btyTm/shark-shoots-firebeam-from-mouth/ This game]] has [[BreathWeapon fire-breathing]] sharks, [[EyeBeams laser-eyed]] sharks, and sharks [[RecycledInSpace in space]]!
89	* YourCostumeNeedsWork: [[https://drawception.com/game/ab2wRk9O8F/decomposition-of-samamu/ This game]] had one of the pictures described as "a bad imitation" of another user's drawing style. Guess who actually drew it.

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