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openTrope Where a couple has two kids Western Animation
AND ONE KID LOOKS EXACTLYYY LIKE ONE PARENT AND THE OTHER KID LOOKS EXACTLY LIKE THE OTHER ONE. LIKE SONIC AND SALLY'S KIDS. WHAT'S THE NAME OF THIS TROPE.
resolved Coming up with a name for disguise based on surroundings Western Animation
What's it called when a character, who's disguised, comes up with a name based on the first things they see? For example, character A asks who character B is and what their name is, so character B comes up with "Wall-Couch-Window" because those where the first things they saw. Also sometimes character A responds with something like "Oh it must be a foreigner name"
Edited by junemewresolved Fake Defector But The Villain Is Smart Western Animation
The Character Pretends To Join The Dark Side But The Villain Already Knows And Either Plays Along Until Their The Most Variable, Or Do Something To ACTUALLY Make Them Join The Evil Side.
resolved The Villain & Hero Gets Defeated At The Same Time. Western Animation
The Villain Is About To Be Defeated, Killed, Taken To Jail Or Something Else, The Villain Takes Down The Hero As well Or Taken To Jail Alongside The Villain In Some Way Shape Or Form (By Either Using a Surprise Attack Or Exposing The Hero's Dark Secret To Cops), (Which Is Like: "If I'm Going Down...YOUR GOING DOWN WITH ME!").
openBirthday cake during the apocalypse Western Animation
In Carol and the End of the World, Luis meets a guy under a bridge and trades away some meds for what turns out to be a birthday cake. Considering this show takes place during an impending apocalypse, and the military are managing ordinary grocery stores, the implication is that Luis couldn’t go to a bakery and had to resort to drug dealing. Should I list this as Commonplace Rare, or Mundane Luxury?
Edited by CSS1resolved The Villain & Hero Gets Defeated At The Same Time. Western Animation
The Villain Is About To Be Defeated, Killed, Taken To Jail Or Something Else, The Villain Takes Down The Hero As well Or Taken To Jail Alongside The Villain In Some Way Shape Or Form (By Either Using a Surprise Attack Or Exposing The Hero's Dark Secret To Cops), (Which Is Like: "If I'm Going Down...YOUR GOING DOWN WITH ME!").
openThe Villain & Hero Gets Defeated At The Same Time. Western Animation
The Villain Is About To Be Defeated, Killed, Taken To Jail Or Something Else, The Villain Takes Down The Hero As well Or Taken To Jail Alongside The Villain In Some Way Shape Or Form (By Either Using a Surprise Attack Or Exposing The Hero's Dark Secret To Cops), (Which Is Like: "If I'm Going Down...YOUR GOING DOWN WITH ME!").
openThe Villain & Hero Gets Defeated At The Same Time. Western Animation
The Villain Is About To Be Defeated, Killed, Taken To Jail Or Something Else, The Villain Takes Down The Hero As well Or Taken To Jail Alongside The Villain In Some Way Shape Or Form (By Either Using a Surprise Attack Or Exposing The Hero's Dark Secret To Cops), (Which Is Like: "If I'm Going Down...YOUR GOING DOWN WITH ME!").
resolved A Character is eaten by a bird and comes out in an egg... Western Animation
I saw this in the Trolls movie and I've also seen it in other cartoons as well. A character gets eaten by a bird and comes out the other side in an egg.
openA character is eaten and becomes an egg Western Animation
I noticed some egg examples on Anuscape Plan, and I realized that there doesn't seem to be the trope where a character gets eaten and then comes out as an egg? It's pretty ubiquitous in western animation and animated films, so maybe it's already a trope that I just can't find the name of? The closest I can see is a similar query from 2018: https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/query.php?parent_id=60478&type=lnf
resolved Time Traveling To The First Episode Or Scene Western Animation
Looking For a Trope In Cartoons Or Movies Where The Character Time Travels To The First Episode (Or First Scene In The Movie) To Either Warn Their Past Selfs Or Change Something That Prevents The Events Of The Show (Or Movie) Ever Happening.
openFaceless Parents Western Animation
Seems to be a common trope in some media, like The Loud Housenote for a while and Gravity Falls (and, technically, Comic Strip/Peanuts) that parents and other adults tend to be kept faceless a lot of the time. I wonder why this isn't a trope of itself, though admittedly The Faceless does somewhat cover it.
openphony halo Western Animation
when a character is pretending to be kind and a halo appears, usually followed by red devil horn appearing when they drop the façade
openvehicle on stretcher Western Animation
A character has crashed a vehicle, an ambulance turns up and two men come out with a stretcher, but then they put the vehicle on the stretcher instead and leave the character on the ground. I've seen this in old cartoons, any clue?
open“you made me believe i was the chosen one!” Western Animation
best example off the top of my head like Tai Lung from Kung Fu Panda or Morro from Ninjago Possession
Picture this.
There is a prophecy that one day there will be a destined fighter who will save the day one day. One day, the old wise sensei finds a pupil who shows promise and tells them they might be the great destined one, but it turns out theyre not from whatever signal of destiny . They obviously become very angry and storm off having a personal vendetta against this sensei. Years later the actual destined one comes around, the first catches wind lf this and tries to exact revenge against the sensei and new pupil
Edited by Juno199xopenAmerican Dad! - answering machine scene Western Animation
In "Da Flippity Flop," Steve finds an answering machine in his room and Roger has left a ton of messages on it pestering him to join his gym, then the messages literally swerve off into Roger getting into a car accident and then shooting up a courtroom. I've had this as Funny Answering Machine, but that's more for the message on the machine. What trope fits this scene better?
openNon-Sapient Predator Western Animation
In media depicting Talking Animals, especially Civilized Animal societies, I've noticed that one of the tricks a lot of writers use is have the predatory animals act much more animalistic and inhuman compared to their prey counterparts. For example:
- Sabor in Tarzan
- The barracuda and anglerfish in Finding Nemo
- The bird in A Bug's Life
- The hawk in Rango
Is there any existing trope that tackles this type of characterization?
openTrope in The Jungle Book Western Animation
In Disney's 1967 film adaptation of The Jungle Book, there is a scene where Baloo and Bagheera try rescuing Mowgli from King Louie and his band of monkeys. At one point, Baloo tries hitting one of the monkeys with a club, but inadvertently hits Bagheera on the head.
I wonder if we have any tropes based on the above example?
Edited by gjjonesopenWe Bee One Western Animation
An even more common trope in Western animation is a swarm of bees acting so perfectly in sync as a hive mind they can work together to form objects and pictures within seconds, often being weapons or people. Otherwise, they form an oval shape that still acts as one entity.
I thought this would have been easier to find.
A parody scene where a trope that's supposed to be an organic aspect of the story is revealed to be something that's happening intentionally, by action of an individual or organization.
For instance, in Family Guy, a Fruit Cart is destroyed during a car chase scene, and it's revealed that there are several fruit carts being sent to the location of the scene from a base resembling a police station.