Basic Trope: CGI that looks off compared to 2D animation in a 2D show.
- Straight: When Troperion Zero is summoned, the robot is entirely in CGI that stands out from the rest of the 2D world.
- Exaggerated: Troperion Zero is a total Special Effects Failure compared to the rest of the 2D world.
- Downplayed: Troperion Zero is cel-shaded, so it at least fits in somewhat.
- Justified:
- The CG-like appearance is used by Eldritch Abominations to appear otherworldly, without shattering the minds of those that see them.
- Troperion Zero's home dimension is entirely CG as well.
- Inverted: Troperion Zero is 2D in an All-CGI Cartoon. Hence, Painted CGI.
- Subverted: ???
- Parodied:
- Troperion Zero is very obviously CG, and very bad CG, too.
- Troperion Zero is depicted in ASCII art.
- Characters in-universe snark about how fake Troperion Zero looks.
- Zig-Zagged:
- Sometimes Troperion Zero is CG, sometimes it isn't.
- Averted:
- There is no CG. It's all 2D.
- The show adds subtle touches to make sure that the CG isn't completely obvious.
- Enforced:
- "Put in some CG scenes to help build ratings". "Sir, our budget wasn't prepared for CG". "Do you want your paycheck or not?"
- The show didn't have the budget or technology to make it match the rest of the world.
- Troperion Zero came out in the early 1980s, when CGI was still an expensive technological novelty.
- The animators forgot to perform the final pass on some of the CGI.note
- Lampshaded: "We can't repel CG that powerful!"
- Invoked: The creators deliberately make Troperion Zero's CGI stand out to make him look otherworldly.
- Exploited: ???
- Defied: The CG model is cel-shaded, moves with a low framerate, and generally looks very little like CG.
- Discussed: "Oh great. The VFX budget was slashed again, wasn't it?
- Conversed: "That CG is so fake! I could've done better".
- Deconstructed: ???
- Reconstructed: ???
