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Grotadmorv
(Fifth Year at Tropey's)
14th Apr, 2021 07:49:16 PM
Bump. Any ideas? Or is this TLP-worthy?
The things in my dreams wish they could chase me!
NoUsername
Since: May, 2012
15th Apr, 2021 11:12:48 AM
i can't seem to think of a specific trope that fits this idea, but i know it's fairly common so yeah i would say it's worth going to the TLP
A visual joke: a blank image is shown (sometimes with a single dot visible). There actually is something there, but it turns out it's completely white, and thus seems invisible.
- Arthur: In the intro to "The Blizzard", a white image has two eyes and a nose visible. Arthur asks the viewers to guess what it is, then reveals that it's "a polar bear eating a marshmallow in a snowstorm."
- Calvin and Hobbes: The title panel for one Sunday comic has a blank background with a single black nose visible. Calvin tells Hobbes that it's "a polar bear blinking in a blizzard." Hobbes isn't amused.
- Paper Mario: The Origami King: If Mario interacts with a blank frame in the museum, the curator tells him not to confuse it with their "White Rabbits in Snowfall" collection.
Edited by Grotadmorv