- Big Ball of Violence
- Battle of the Still Frames
- By the Lights of Their Eyes
- Cartoon Cheese
- Cartoon Juggling
- Cheeky Mouth
- Dull Surprise
- Faceless Masses
- Featureless Plane of Disembodied Dialogue
- Four-Fingered Hands
- Furries Are Easier to Draw
- GIS Syndrome
- Hands in Pockets
- Invisible Anatomy
- Invisible Bowstring
- It's Always Spring
- It's Always Sunny in Miami
- Limited Animation
- Long Pants
- Motionless Chin
- Mouse Hole
- Mouth Flaps
- No Knees
- No Mouth
- The Noseless
- Off Model
- Only Six Faces
- Only One Female Mold
- Painted-On Pants
- Perpetual Expression
- Rainbow Lite
- Ring Around the Collar
- Rotoscoping
- Rubber Hose Limbs
- Skintone Sclerae
- Sparse List of Rules
- Speed Stripes
- Stock Femur Bone
- Tooth Strip
- Unmoving Plaid
- Unreliable Illustrator
- Wheel o' Feet
- Wraparound Background
- Your Size May Vary
Lazy Artist
Many graphical tropes are simplifications, used to make the scene easier to draw. Books are always open in the middle, bite marks are smooth, and so on.
Replace "lazy" with "low-budget" or "time-limited" as appropriate.
A Sub-Trope of Limited Animation, specifically the sub-type that makes the format so infamous.
Prominent examples:
