History Sandbox / MetropolisOSC

* AdaptationalVillainy: Byte, WordOfGod, superheroes, on Sparkles and Bolt's side

* TheDanza: Ace and Lynx are voiced by Ace and Lynx (the former is credited as Corndni)

* BigDamnHeroes: Glass Shard saves the day

* DirectorsCut: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u07IK1cAwQw Director's Cut]], added an extra scene

* TimeSkip:

* SapientHouse:

* TrueBlueFeminity: Popsicle

well past midnight, the trail has gone cold

* TheComicallySerious: Cigar, CluelessDetective, says this as a matter-of-factly sells it
* CityNoir:

* StatingTheSimpleSolution:

* AnthropomorphicFood: Strawberry

** During intermission #6, waiting in the elevator alongside Filmy was Dandy, the TitleCharacter of [[Sandbox/NaturesBliss last year]]'s second placer ''WebAnimation/DandelionTheWorldBeginsWithYou'', who the latter asks if [[YouLookFamiliar they had met before]].

* PublicDomainSoundtrack: As per tradition, Kevin [=MacLeod=] music was played during {{Intermission}}s. The tracks in order are [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yJEPTk7FLmk Pamgaea]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FgXYzF5-Yiw Local Forecast]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_JPiBIBDBn0 Pinball Spring]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DkKjv25xtEE The Complex]] with "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qrlUkpvukeg Thief in the Night]]" for the film segways.

* ManlyGay: Mauve

* AnthropomorphicFood:

* DeliberatelyMonochrome: averted, unlike the previous two {{City Noir}}s, regular colour

* AscendedExtra: Lampy's clones that acted as {{Living Prop}}s from the previous short, now have a bigger role

* BodyHorror: missing most of their face including their right eye and mouth, TalkingLightbulb

* ICantBelieveItsNotHeroin: According to Fountain Pen, salt can boost your confidence and is taken in by inhaling but will make you go crazy when overdosing. He would know this because he occasionally buys some from a dealer for recreational purposes.

* NaiveNewcomer:
* SurroundedByIdiots:

* FromBadToWorse: overslept, cold shower, stubs toe on coffee table, rent's notice, splash by puddle, tripped over rock and miss train, super late to work, does bad presentation to the meeting board, got laid off and told to get out, drunk himself silly at the bar, girlfriend breaks up with him for missing their date,

* NothingIsScarier:

* ALizardNamedLiz:

* ViolentlyProtectiveGirlfriend: Gender-inverted. Mauve immediately went on the offense when the monster targeted Sen and proceeded to chase after to tried to kill it despite already scaring it off.

* ChekhovsGun: stuffed toy
* EyepatchOfPower: Mauve
* ImprovisedWeapon: fights off the monster with a bent stop sign

* OrphanedPunchline: only here the last line of the joke where they go "''you're'' eliminated! Hyuck, yuk yuk!"

* TokenMinority: in a wheelchair[[note]]Not Wheelchair from "A Failed Heist" earlier on[[/note]]

** "Wild Dreams": Poppy and Peacock Feather used to be one until the former acknowledges how toxic and dysfunctional they were. They recently broke up but Peacock Feather was so persistent in getting back together, he ''[[LaserGuidedAmnesia memory-wipes]]'' Poppy so she remains miserably trapped in their crapsack of a relationship.
** "Just Another Tuesday": Briefcase and his unnamed wife were one since the credits revealed they recently got divorced with the children taken away from him. This would explain his cynical and depressive state in the short proper.

* ContrastingSequelSetting: nature, urban landscape, less of AnAesop, having a more cynical/nihilistic tone, not one but two shorts where someone is having the [[FromBadToWorse worst day of their life]] where they ended up fired, dumped by their girlfriend and homeless.

* DopeSlap: Fountain Pen, completely fed up by his nonsense and uselessness towards the case, punches Cigar out cold and into a wall

* ICantBelieveItsNotHeroin: According to Fountain Pen, salt boosts your confidence and is taken in by inhaling but will make you go crazy when overdosing, ('''*cough*''' cocaine '''*cough*'''), He would know this because he had occasionally bought some from a dealer

* OneSteveLimit: there's only a finite number of objects that are recognisable and relatively easy to animate...

** Cigar has the most dramatic of the retellings, with lighter greyscale and well-detailed sketch art to boot, but the theory itself sounds like a nine-year-old who made it up on the spot. It goes as follows: Burger was with a friend at the nightclub ..ToiletHumour with stupid, unnecessary details

* AllForNothing: spent nearly two hours and spending money to get to the city, only for it to turn out to be a disappointment

* EarnYourHappyEnding: toiling away at a thankless job, sit a couch watching TV with his wife

* {{Pun}}: tocheer him up

* BigDamnHeroes: Glass Shard

* PointyHairedBoss: Zig-Zagged. Radio is quite incompetent and often makes bad decisions such as tasking Sundew, without notice, Glass Shard acknowledges how bad of a job Radio is doing by letting an inexperienced intern take care of such a huge responsibility without proper guidance, gloss over, the director's cut shows her to be more sympathetic but still

* StickyFingers: Scroll and Spool are doing community service because the latter got caught stealing snacks from a convenience store

* UnusuallyUninterestingSight: As the title implies, Briefcase ... nothing new, doesn't even turn around or respond to the hero and villain battle behind him, a recent divorcee and ensuring custody battle left him numb

* ViolentlyProtectiveGirlfriend: Gender-inverted. Mauve immediately went on the offense when the monster targeted Sen and proceeded to chase after and tried killing it despite already scaring it off.

* PokemonSpeak:

* ShoutOut: Jawed from "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jNQXAC9IVRw Me at the zoo]]", first [=YouTube=] video, smile with the [[WebAnimation/BattleForDreamIsland BFDI mouth]]

* AscendedExtra: Lampy's clones... that acted as {{Living Prop}}s, now have a bigger role

* LeaningOnTheFourthWall: Lampy ...their "two-year hiatus of radio silence", working on a revolutionary project, This is a not-subtle lampshade of how Sacri missed the deadline with their team for ''Nature's Bliss'' ...[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ZsreJqQFlA video]], last seen in ''The Little Things''

* BrickJoke: The grape non tuplets wanted a skateboard... got one after the ring took a ride

* ConjoinedTwins: Conjoined Nontuplets, grapevine, say things at the same time
* DeathIsCheap: recovery centers

* BlandNameProduct: Polystation and Polystation 2

* SyntheticVoiceActor: [=text2speech.org=]

* DarkHorseVictory: No one had expected ''FRAGMENTS'' to receive third place given that the fourth and fifth placers ''On a Roll'' and ''Justice Never Sleeps'' were better acclaimed and had more votes. This is because the one and only vote the short had to its name was a $100 donation and easily brought it up to the top three. TMOJ Official is especially surprised by this:

-->'''Sheriff Badge:'''

five applicants, vetted, the best candidate for this elusive job at Flamora, there's just one problem, all of them are idiots who somehow by-passed the screening process , who even screen-checks them? entirely

* GreenIsGross: Snotty is made of green goo that is most likely snot judging by their name, was rejected for being a walking "health violation"

* NoMouth: Harmonica and Latte

* ShoutOut: Kenny, ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark''

* DeliberatelyMonochrome: The short was animated in a limited palette with only [[https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/1115625417110470666/1115628997200580738/image.png?width=685&height=60 three sets of color schemes]]

* StealthPun: Flag's signature weapon, in other words...she wields a ''flag staff''

* {{Bookends}}: Acorn shows Seedo the Nature's Bliss of the forest, Seedo then shows Acorn the metropolis, convincing them to move

* PooledFunds:
* PublicDomainSoundtrack: again like last short, Kevin [=MacLeod=] this time it's "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XEi2zAgUmMk Amazing Plan]]" playing in the background

* DisproportionateRetribution: Jar eliminates Toothbrush on the spot for merely suggesting the grass fields as an alternative setting to city.

* CreatorInJoke: "Girl World"
** "girl world" is just a reference Max (one of our members) made up that has little to know meaning to it, we just think it's [[RuleOfFunny funny for absolutely no reason]]

* TheUnintelligible: Whoever was in charge of the audio mixing did a rather poor job as many viewers complain about how inaudible the characters are and needed to crank up both the volume and volume booster. This was also present in the standalone short so this cannot be blamed on errors in the screening like [[Sandbox/TheLittleThingsOSC last time]].

* YouAreNumberSix: Teena... Mug [=D35=], says "Object" as oppose to "Name" in her identity status

Check out the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DH7hp35LMyg full screening]] alongside the [[individual shorts]].

* AddedAlliterativeAppeal: Dr. Peavil addresses her would-be victims as '''p'''unny '''p'''athetic '''f'''ools.[[note]]Since "fools" is phonetically pronounced with "ph-" prefix[[/note]]

* HidingBehindYourBangs: The barista Chocolate-Dipped Strawberry has melted chocolate covering one of their eyes to accentuate her character as an emo.

** "A Million Problems": Dollar Bill has an unnamed girlfriend until she had broken up with him over the phone, adding onto his already [[FromBadToWorse horrendous day]].

** "Little Pleasures in the Big City": Best friends Mike and Aaron
** "Just Another Tuesday": Briefcase and his unnamed wife to which the credits revealed they got divorced with their children taken away from him

** Cigar has the most dramatic of the retellings, with lighter greyscale and well-detailed sketch art to boot, but the theory itself sounds like a nine-year-old who made it up...ToiletHumour with stupid, unnecessary details

* PrivateEyeMonologue:
* RepetitiveName:
** The short is set in the '''City''' of '''City'''place.
** The chief detective and Tut's boss, has a first name (Ty) that sounds similar to his [[SpeciesSurname last name]] (Tie), making him Ty Tie

* FromBadToWorse:

* ArmlessBiped: Lime, Wheelchair (inverted)

* HidingBehindYourBangs: The barista Chocolate-Dipped Strawberry has melted chocolate covering one of their eyes.

* MonochromaticEyes:
* NoodleIncident: BystanderSyndrome

* ToxicFriendInfluence: Evett is this to Violet as the former's pranking escapades had almost put the latter in jail once. It's also implied Violet moved to the city to get away from Evett and have a fresh start since she also kept insisting he shouldn't move there as well, only to be greeted by them at her front door after doing exactly that. .. wasn't expecting him ....quite oblivious as to why Violet was avoiding him

%% She kept insisting that I shouldn't because I'm too loud and last time you almost got me arrested for property damage

* AlliterativeName: '''M'''ark '''M'''arkertown, '''D'''ebra '''D'''ollar, anchorwoman

* FromBadToWorse:already annoyed by somebody filming him, fired from his job, girlfriend broke up with him, kicked to the street, now homeless, sat behind the dumpster in an alleyway while it openly rained

* TheGhost:

* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Mark's girlfriend Bottle O'Ship , completely distraught, instead of supporting him like he needed, dumped and kicked him out of their apartment, in a fragile mental state

* ShoutOut: robbing the New Goiky Bank, ''WebAnimation/BattleForDreamIsland''

* LimitedAnimation: close to the deadline, move to storyboards

five applicants, the best candidate for this elusive job at Flamora, there's just one problem, all of them are completely incompetent, who even screen-checks them?

* ClosestThingWeGot: After some consideration, [...] picks Harmonica to be a part of [...], despite their criminal background and being quite proud of it, best of the worst, Lamp, Latte, Note and Snotty are far less qualified... all of them would have been immediately rejected on the spot in any other company
-->'''Clipboard:''' Note's [[SmallNameBigEgo annoying]], Latte is incompetent, Lamp has too many future plans, Snotty is a health violation and Harmonica's [[DamnedByFaintPraise our best option]].

* GreenIsGross: Snotty

* HarsherInHindsight: At one point, the chat ask where Clankybot (The creator of ''Webanimation/ObjectCringe'') was since all the big OSC creators were here at the screening. ...not into the OSC drama, Clanky, grooming a minor

*** Originally, Sundew was going to have a pretty depressing line but it wasn't storyboarded since the audio editor forgot to put it in and thus there was no voice-acting for the line at all.

** "A City of Gray": Unlike the other straight couples listed, Sunny and Fedoric are HappilyMarried with the former being the only ....miserable life
** "Wild Dreams": Poppy and Peacock Feather used to be one until the former acknowledges how toxic and dysfunctional they were. They recently broke up but Peacock Feather was so persistent in getting back together, he ''[[LaserGuidedAmnesia memory-wipes]]'' Poppy so she remains miserably trapped in their crapsack of a relationship.

** "Just Another Tuesday": Briefcase and his wife, the credits revealed they got divorced with their children taken away from him

** "A Million Problems": Dollar Bill has a girlfriend until she had broken up with him over the phone, adding to his already [[FromBadToWorse horrendous day]].

* DirtyCop: Downplayed. Fountain Pen is an affable detective determined to find the truth and bring the murderer to justice but he's not as straight-lacedas he appears when revealing to have bought salt packets (The film's [[ICantBelieveItsNotHeroin equivalent to cocaine]]) from a dealer once in a while.

** While everyone was arguing over Cigar's idiotic theory, Burger [[NotQuiteDead turns out to be alive]] as he wakes from his prolonged nap to vividly recall the night for them. In [[StylisticSuck poorly-drawn Microsoft paint art]], what really happened was Burger walked past the nightclub when he tripped over a rock and merely knocked unconscious by the time the cops arrived, [[StatingTheSimpleSolution simple as that]] ([[TheUnreveal Although this doesn't explain why the club's glass door was shattered in the first place]]).

* DeliberatelyMonochrome: black-in-white
* TheComicallySerious: Cigar, CluelessDetective

* ICantBelieveItsNotHeroin: Fountain Pen, salt, salt boosts confidence level and is taken by inhaling, make you go crazy when overdosing

** Cigar has the most dramatic [...], Burger had a friend who is a soda cup, out in the club having the time of their lives, Soda got so hungry that they beat up and ate Burger even though he's allergic to pickles, then ran away in tears and needing to go to the bathroom, momentarily stopping to throw up, his colleagues were all so baffled by Cigar's InsaneTrollLogic that they interrupted his monologue and point out all the inconsistency and absurdities like how did Cigar know Burger had a friend or pickles, why said friend was stupid enough to do that and why Cigar is so obsessed about them going to the bathroom but completely ignored the broken door which never came up in the story...lighter greyscale, way more detailed but have sketch lines
* InsaneTrollLogic: Cigar's theory, outlandish... speculate he had a friend, allergic to pickles but ate him anyway, threw up and needed to go to the bathroom, his colleagues were so dumbfounded by what he's saying that they had cut him off from his ImagineSpot and told him off for being useless to the case, says this as a matter-of-factly

* TheUnreveal: The detectives suspect the broken glass door of the nightclub is a major clue in the case yet, it's never exactly stated how the glass door of the nightclub was broken, even after Burger's explanation
* WhoNeedsTheirWholeBody: the murder victim was totally fine, layers scattered everywhere

* BitchInSheepsClothing:

* AnthropomorphicFood:

* SoulCrushingDeskJob:
* {{Pun}}:

* AlienInvasion: Toilet Paper was going through their MorningRoutine when out of nowhere, there was an alien attack so they [[FoodSlap threw their torta]] at the invader and it went sailing out of orbit.

* BrickJoke:

This {{Object Show|s}} is brought to you by [=ChatGPT=] because the creator entrust bots to write a script due to lack of time and animated accordingly. It's quite bare bones to say the least... (Possible rephrase)

* EyelessFace: Martini

** "A City of Gray": Unlike the other straight couples listed, Sunny and Fedoric are HappilyMarried,

* SoulCrushingDeskJob: Fedoric (A City Of Gray), Briefcase (Just Another Tuesday), Mug (Escape)

* PointyHairedBoss: Zig-Zagged. Radio is quite incompetent and often makes bad decisions such as tasking Sundew, without notice, Glass Shard acknowledges how bad of a job Radio is doing by letting an inexperienced intern take care of such a huge responsibility without proper guidance, gloss over

* OccularGushers:

* SphereEyes: The syringe, type 2, better to cry streams and puddles with

* LeaningOnTheFourthWall: Lampy...their "two-year hiatus of radio silence", working on a revolutionary project, lampshading how Sacri missed the deadline with their team for the ...[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ZsreJqQFlA video]]

* {{Callback}}: The short has {{Recurring Element}}s from TMOJ Official's previous film "Object-Rama" such as [[Creator/BobRoss Rob Boss]], the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=335YyMRdeNM Ray William Johnson's cool transition]] sound effect and Boris from the GoAnimate Calilou animations popping up out of nowhere and going "Owowowowowo!".

* DancePartyEnding: DoingTheEndlessLoop
* DisproportionateRetribution: Jar eliminates Toothbrush for suggesting the grass fields

* PublicServiceAnnouncement:

* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: doing an {{ObjectShow|s}} in the city, first time trying it out, didn't account for the dangers that come with it

* AccessoryWearingCartoonAnimal: Tie, bowtie, Cranberry, straw hat

* CrushBlush: Cranberry and Tie could not stop blushing in each other's presence
* ChildhoodFriends:

** "girl world" is just a reference Max (one of our members) made up that has little to know meaning to it, we just think it's funny for absolutely no reason

* BoomHeadshot: Clock the getaway driver was shot through the head, catching the chat off-guard... [[BigNo collective response]], but was relieved he was luckily NotQuiteDead.
* ExhaustedEyeBags:
* LaResistance:
* LimitedAnimation:

* NotQuiteDead: Clock, despite being shot through the head

* {{Lilliputians}}: Beepdoot a lot smaller... a foot for comparison

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* WordOfGod: Rephrased and transfer
** The poster during the first few seconds which contains "TIOSC" references another project of the film crew, along with other people, which hasn't been publicized yet

*** Originally, Sundew was going to have a pretty depressing line but it wasn't storyboarded and thus their voice actor never recorded it.

** "Disarray": The [[SapientHouse building that comes alive]] at the end of the short had a scarier nightmare face as seen in initial [[https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/854908828852158504/1115842323650191410/characters48HOUR_V_assets.jpg concept art]] but was made more family-friendly. This would probably explain why everyone was screaming and running in terror at the sight of it in the final cut.

%%** Magical Malfunction...Sundew, non-binary... Glass Shard identifies as Objectum

* "Justice Never Sleep" has the most votes in the ''Metropolis'' film festival, receiving eleven donations in total, but only placed fifth in the official rankings.

** "A City of Gray": Sunny and Fedoric, HappilyMarried, unlike the other straight couples listed,
** "Wild Dreams": Poppy and Peacock Feather used to be one until the former acknowledges how toxic and dysfunctional they were. They recently broke up but Peacock Feather is persistent in getting back together to the point of ''memory wiping'' Poppy so she remains miserable in a crapsack of a relationship.

** "Just Another Tuesday"*: Briefcase and his wife, got divorced
** "Terrors And Fables Of The Horrible City Of Cityplace"*: Claire Wilson was revealed to have a wife who cried so hard when she died

** "FRAGMENTS": Fish Cake and Wrench, the former finding a way to get the latter, the only kiss on the lips
** "A day in the life of Mark"*: Mark and his girlfriend until they broke up

* ComicallyMissingThePoint: After spending the entirety of the short speculating and arguing over Burger's murder, Burger himself explains what really happened (He tripped on a rock and was knocked unconscious) which left the detectives speechless and in utter disbelief. But Cigar is still convinced his [[InsaneTrollLogic theory]] is right and has this to say:

* DirtyCop: Downplayed. Fountain Pen is an affable detective determined to find the truth and bring the murderer to justice but he's not as straight-laced when he reveals to have bought salt packets (The film's [[ICantBelieveItsNotHeroin equivalent to cocaine]]) from a dealer once in a while.

** While everyone was arguing over Cigar's idiotic theory, Burger [[NotQuiteDead turns out to be alive]] as he wakes from his prolonged nap to vividly recall the night for them. In [[StylisticSuck poorly-drawn Microsoft paint art]], what really happened was Burger walked past the nightclub when he tripped over a rock and was merely knocked unconscious by the time the cops arrived, [[StatingTheSimpleSolution simple as that]] ([[TheUnreveal Although this doesn't explain why the club's glass door was shattered in the first place]]).

* ArtShift: ImagineSpot, [[StylisticSuck degrades]]

** "Wild Dreams": Poppy and Peacock Feather used to be one until the former acknowledges the toxicity, dysfunctional, recently broke up but Peacock Feather kept pestering her to get back together, they do with a convenient memory wipe

** Cigar has the most dramatic [...], Burger had a friend who is a soda cup, out in the club having the time of theor lives, Soda got so hungry that they beat up and ate Burger even though he's allergic to pickles, then ran away in tears and needing to go to the bathroom, momentarily stopping to throw up, his colleagues were all so baffled by Cigar's InsaneTrollLogic that they interrupted his monologue and point out all the inconsistency and absurdities like how did Cigar know Burger had a friend or pickles, why said friend was stupid enough to do that and why Cigar is so obsessed about them going to the bathroom but completely ignored the broken door which never came up in the story...lighter greyscale, way more detailed but have sketch lines

* StickyFingers: stealing snacks from a convenience store

* AlliterativeName: '''C'''otton '''C'''andy, the '''S'''ugary '''S'''aviour ...{{Superhero}}, AnthropomorphicFood

* OfficialCouple: ''Metropolis'' has the most number of onscreen couples of all the film festival, in part due to the screening having been released during Pride Month, featuring a total of thirteen pairs:

* {{Mascot}}: Filmy the film strip acts as an AudienceSurrogate, excited for the screening, ...It's unknown if they are gonna be the official mascot of the 48 Hour OSC Film Festival onwards or just for ''Metropolis'' only since [=legotd61=] made up the character on the spot with no further plans.

** "Wild Dreams": Poppy and Peacock Feather, acknowledge the toxicity, dysfunctional, recently broke up but Peacock Feather kept pestering her to get back together, they do with a convenient memory wipe

* CluelessDetective: Cigar got the [[FedoraOfAsskicking detective]] [[BadassLongcoat attire]] and gruff PrivateEyeMonologue down to a T but other than that, he's an entirely incompetent moron who contributes nothing to and even hinders the case with his InsaneTrollLogic. It's like he was hired for aesthetic purposes rather than actual detective work.

** Cigar, all dramatically, Burger had a friend who is a soda cup, Soda got so hungry that they beat up and ate Burger even though he's allergic to pickles, then ran away in tears and needing to go to the bathroom, momentarily stopping to throw up, his colleagues were all so baffled by Cigar's InsaneTrollLogic that they interrupted his monologue and point out all the inconsistency and absurdities like how did Cigar know Burger had a friend or pickles, why said friend was stupid enough to do that and why Cigar is so obsessed about them going to the bathroom but completely ignored the broken door which never came up in the story...lighter greyscale, way more detailed but have sketch lines

* LimitedAnimation: 10 fps/ ten frames per second

We now exit out of last year's tranquil, unkept beauty of "Nature Bliss" and into the big city known as ''Metropolis'' (This year's theme)

a bustling hub, seemingly alive, streets, concrete jungle, crimes galore, CityNoir...live out your dreams or see them get crushed

* OfficialCouple: ''Metropolis'' has the most number of onscreen couples, in part due to the screening having been released during Pride Month, featuring a total of thirteen pairs across ninety-two films:

* AllForNothing:

* {{Mascot}}: Filmy the film strip acts as an AudienceSurrogate, ...It's unknown if they are gonna be the official mascot of the 48 Hour OSC Film Festival onwards or just for ''Metropolis'' only since [=legotd61=] made up the character on the spot with no further plans.

* ShipperOnDeck:
** A very funny instance of this is when Dandy made a cameo during one of the {{Intermission}}s in the elevator with Filmy, after they both briefly interact, the chat does what it does best, ShipsThatPassInTheNight
-->'''Commentor #1:''' dandelion????/DANDELION
-->'''Commentor #2:''' KISS
-->'''Commentor #2:''' KISSSS
-->'''legotd61:''' NO CHAT

* DirtyCop: Downplayed. Fountain Pen is an affable detective determined to find the truth and bring the murderer to justice but he's not as straight-laced when he reveals to have bought salt-packets (The film's [[ICantBelieveItsNotHeroin equivalent to cocaine]]) from a dealer once in a while.
* FlatWhat: Fountain Pen offhandedly mention how he personally knew the salt-packet dealer was because he was one of his customers despite how illegal the substance is and that he's a cop, eliciting the response from Handcuffs.

* StickySituation: While climbing the stairs, Sundew falls on their face and couldn't get up because their tendrils became stuck to the floor. They started struggling since the Orb is undergoing a nuclear meltdown and almost broke down into a panic attack if it weren't for [[BigDamnHeroes Glass Shard]] helping them back up.

* FreezeFrameBonus:
-->'''Shard Glass' Letter:''' "Dear Radio, I have been working nonstop for these past 5 years, the last time I’ve had a break was 3 years ago and I think today is my breaking point. I’m too worn out to work for now, so I’m going to need a vacation to let me relax a little. Cheers, Glass Shard."

* NonHumanNonBinary: Sundew

* SupportingProtagonist: Glass Shard is the second main character after Sundew even though they only appeared in the last scene. ...help guide Sundew, instructs

* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor:
* NoodleIncident: all were in jail at some point

!![[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lKgkJmzg6mM City of Dreams]]
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->'''Created by:''' benthobars and Terra

* EyeScream:

* DownerEnding: KilledOffscreen
* FromBadToWorse:already annoyed by somebody filming him

* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Mark's girlfriend

* AllLowercaseLetters:

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: The Pom Brothers were going to have a SuperMode, puff of smoke, but it was cut for time

** When Acorn [[HurlItIntoTheSun kicks Toad into the sun]], there's text briefly stating "Beautiful Morning" in reference to ''WebAnimation/TheDailyObjectShow'''s RunningGag.
** Toad's croaky voice is likely inspired by the iconic MushroomMan of the same name in ''Franchise/SuperMarioBros''.

* TimeSkip: one year, several days, with the ''WesternAnimation/SpongebobSquarepants'' title cards and narration, reflecting how one year has passed since the previous short in 2022

-->'''Shell:''' "You know what, I guess someone meant [...] are pretty big after all. Maybe even bigger than a ''Metropolis'' of [...]"

* NoodleIncident

* ToxicFriendInfluence: implied she moved to the city to get away from Evett and have a fresh start

* ALizardNamedLiz: Mark Markerton the marker
* ByStanderSyndrome: The unseen [[CameraFiend cameraperson]] does nothing but document Mark, despite telling them to back off multiple times, as his life spirals down the drain. At one point, they silently record him sitting behind a dumpster in an alleyway homeless while it rained, not helping him ...It's also implied they didn't stop him from robbing the bank which eventually led to him getting shot

* RepetitiveName: '''Mark''' '''Mark'''erton, AlliterativeName
* SpeciesSurname: Markerton

* ContrastingSequelSetting: nature, urban landscape, less of AnAesop, having a more cynical/nihilistic tone, not one but two shorts where someone is having the [[FromBadToWorse worst day of their life]] where they ended up fired, dumped by their girlfriend and homeless

** "A City of Gray": Sunny and Fedoric, HappilyMarried, unlike the other straight couples listed
** "Wild Dreams": Poppy and Peacock Feather, acknowledge the toxicity, dysfunctional, recently broke up but Peacock Feather was pestering them to get back together, they do with a convenient memory wipe
** "Little Pleasures in the Big City": Mike and Aaron

** "A Million Problems"*: Dollar Bill and his girlfriend until they broke up

** "Moving Day": Popsicle and Parfait
** "On A Roll": Flower Vase and Umbrella

** "The Seedlings 2: Home Sweet Home": Acorn and Seedo, RelationshipUpgrade

* CluelessDetective: Cigar, got the detective aesthetic and gruff monologue down to a T, other than the fact he's an entirely incompetent moron, hired for aesthetic purposes than actual detective work

* {{Bizarrchitecture}}: {{Floating Platform|s}} stairs

* DirectorsCut: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u07IK1cAwQw Director's Cut]]

* PointyHairedBoss: Radio, incompetent, makes bad decisions, Glass Shard acknowledges how bad of a job Radio is doing by letting an inexperienced intern take care of such a huge responsibility without proper guidance, , gloss over

* RelationshipReveal: It turns out Mike and Aaron are not just best friends but also a couple given the last scene implied two live together and share a bed then hold hands in the credits. The live chat was especially pleased but also disappointed they didn't kiss.

* OneHeadTaller: Mike,

* LimitedAnimation: the sentence "I'm going to be honest, I forget to animate the body." briefly scrawled at the corner of the screen

* ThePrankster: Evett Pood
* SmallNameBigEgo:
* ToxicFriendInfluence:

* ImprobableWeaponUser: Comic Book (Dual wield pencils), Lemon (Googles that produce shock waves), Flag (staff pole with bombs at both ends)

* ImmediateSequel: "Seedlings 2" picks up an hour where ''Sandbox/NaturesBliss'' left off although it later {{Timeskip}}s to the current year of the festival screening.
* TheThingThatWouldNotLeave: Toad [[StalkerWithoutACrush constantly follows]] the main duo around and keeps insisting they're friends in their gratingly annoying voice when it's evident their presence is clearly unwanted. Acorn even had to kick Toad into the sun but that didn't stop them from coming back and [[MomentKiller interrupting an intimate moment]]:

* HurlItIntoTheSun: Acorn...first punts through the stratosphere and into the sun
* MeaningfulAppearance:

* QueerEstablishingMoment: This was made more blatantly obvious in the [[WhatCouldHaveBeen original ending]] where they [[TheBigDamnKiss kissed]].
-->'''Acorn:''' We found our home but more importantly... [Closely moves in] We found each other.
-->[Seedo leans and rest peacefully on Acorn who also did the same]

* ShoutOut:
** [[HurlItIntoTheSun kicks Toad into the sun]], briefly says "Beautiful Morning" at the corner of the screen, referencing ''WebAnimation/TheDailyObjectShow'''s RunningGag
* StalkerWithoutACrush: Toad, restraining order

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: [[https://twitter.com/waffiewitch/status/1665524395173896193?cxt=HHwWgoCzsZ7nkJ0uAAAA concept art]], Carrot was armless, Tomato has arms, other way around, Tomato also had buck-teeth

** "Disarray": The [[SApientHouse building that comes alive]] at the end of the short had a scarier nightmare face as seen in initial [[https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/854908828852158504/1115842323650191410/characters48HOUR_V_assets.jpg concept art]] but was made more family-friendly. This would probably explain why everyone was screaming and running in terror at the sight of it in the final cut.

** During intermission #6, Dandy, the TitleCharacter of [[Sandbox/NaturesBliss last year]]'s second placer ''WebAnimation/DandelionTheWorldBeginsWithYou'', was seen waiting in the elevator alongside Filmy ...YouLookFamiliar

* CityNoir: Three films,"The Leftovers", "Terrors And Fables Of The Horrible City Of Cityplace" and "An Awakening Mystery", focuses on detectives.... were centered around the nitty-gritty side of the city... ...with the former two, DeliberatelyMonochrome

* NaiveNewcomer:

* OfficialCouple: ''Metropolis'' has the most number of onscreen couples, partially due to being released on Pride Month

** "Wild Dreams": Poppy and Peacock Feather, toxic, dysfunctional

** "FRAGMENTS": Fish Cake and Wrench

** "On A Roll": Magnifying Glass and Picnic Basket, AccidentalProposal, the misunderstanding was cleared up but the incident... peak their interest, basfully waving and smiling at one another

* DeliberatelyMonochrome: The short was animated in a limited palette with only [[https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/1115625417110470666/1115628997200580738/image.png?width=685&height=60 three sets of color schemes]].

* CityNoir: Three films were centered around the nitty-gritty side of the city... "The Leftovers", "Terrors And Fables Of The Horrible City Of Cityplace" and "An Awakening Mystery" ...the former two, DeliberatelyMonochrome

* {{Mascot}}: Filmy the film strip acts as an AudienceSurrogate, ...It's unknown if they are gonna be the official mascot of the 48 Hour OSC Film Festival onwards or just for ''Metropolis'' only since [=legotd61=] made up the character on the spot.

* OfficialCouple: *possibly need moving to another more suitable trope

** "Wild Dreams": toxic, dysfunctional

** While everyone was arguing over Cigar's idiotic theory, Burger [[NotQuiteDead turns out to be alive]] as he wakes from his prolonged nap to vividly recall the night for them. In [[StylisticSuck poorly-drawn Microsoft paint art]], what really happened was Burger walked past the nightclub when he tripped over a rock and was merely knocked unconscious by the time the cops arrived, simple as that ([[TheUnreveal Although this doesn't explain why the club's glass door was shattered in the first place]]).

* TheUnreveal: The detectives suspect the broken glass door of the night club is a major clue in the case yet, it's never exactly stated how the glass door of the nightclub was broken, even after Burger's explanation

Heroic Hackers

* GenderEqualEnsemble:

* AudienceParticipation

* WholePlotReference:

* EasilyForgiven:

* HereWeGoAgain:

* "Disarray": The [[SApientHouse building that comes alive]] at the end of the short had a scarier nightmare face as seen in initial [[https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/854908828852158504/1115842323650191410/characters48HOUR_V_assets.jpg concept art]] but was made more family-friendly. This would probably explain why everyone was screaming and running in terror at the sight of it in the final cut.

* BickeringCouplePeacefulCouple: There's a noticeable trend that the few straight couples in the festival are either broken up[[note]]Dollar in "A Million Problems" and Mark in "A Day in the Life of Mark" got dumped by their respective girlfriends while Briefcase's wife divorced him and took the kids in "Just Another Tuesday"[[/note]] or dysfunctional[[note]]In "Wild Dreams", Poppy was manipulated into getting back together with her toxic ex Peacock Feather via [[LaserGuidedAmnesia memory wipe]][[/note]], the only exception being [[HappilyMarried Sunny and Fedoric]] in "A City of Gray", whereas the abundance of LGBT couples...HappilyMarried, together
* ButtMonkey: Filmy

* NoMouth: Binoculars, lenses in each eye, no room for a mouth, can somehow talk with no issue

* InfoDump: Radio rattled off

* TheUnreveal: it's never exactly stated how the glass door of the nightclub was broken, even after Burger's explanation

* ALizardNamedLiz: Sunflower named "Sunny", fedora named "Fedoric" (combining fedora and Fredrick)

* MorningRoutine: wake up, save humanity from an AlienInvasion

* AddedAlliterativeAppeal: Dr. Peavil addresses her would-be victims as '''p'''unny '''p'''athetic '''f'''ools[[note]]Since "fools" is phonetically pronounced with "ph-" sound[[/note]]
* AlliterativeName: Cotton Candy, the Sugary Saviour ...{{Superhero}}, AnthropomorphicFood

the big city known as ''Metropolis'', this year's theme, , bustling, alive, streets, concrete jungle...live out your dreams or see them get crushed

* ChastityCouple: The many couples in ''Metropolis'' usually just hug, hold hands and/or say they love each other but [[ShipperOnDeck the chat]] wants them to kiss as evidenced by the feverishly-typed abundance of comments,

* CityNoir: Three films were centered around... "The Leftovers", "Terrors And Fables Of The Horrible City Of Cityplace" and "An Awakening Mystery" ...the former two, DeliberatelyMonochrome

* {{Mascot}}: Filmy the film strip acts as an AudienceSurrogate, ...It's unknown if they are gonna be the official mascot for the 48 Hour OSC Film Festival onwards or just ''Metropolis'' since [=legotd61=] had come up with the character on the spot.

** "Stop, Yield, Explore": Mauve and Sen

* DeadlineNews: abruptly cut off by the ceiling falling on top
* TheFaceless:
* {{Lilliputians}}:
* LiterallyShatteredLives: a glass cup, proclaiming it's the end of the world... crushed by falling debris

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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: The building that comes alive had a scarier nightmare face, [[https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/854908828852158504/1115842323650191410/characters48HOUR_V_assets.jpg concept art]], which explain why everyone was screaming, standard, more family-family

* AccidentalProposal: The ring hits Magnifying Glass and falls to the floor which Picnic Basket

* OrphanedPunchline: only here the last line of the joke where they go ""

[[https://youtu.be/Kh-yypaNu_4 OST]]

** Handcuffs speculated Burger was in a fight with someone over flirting with the latter's girlfriend which then escalated into being punched out of the window. Either that or he saw a really cool-looking blimp and jumped out of the window to reach it but failed. Fountain Pen points out in both scenarios that the glass door should be broken instead but Handcuffs thinks the culprit is covering their tracks. The segment was animated more crudely than Binoculars'.
** Fountain Pen recognizes Burger to be an infamous [[ICantBelieveItsNotHeroin salt-packet]] dealer, even admitting to buying his goods but that's another story, which means the murder could be a deal gone wrong when one of his customers overdosed, killed him and ran away with his supply. Handcuffs call it smart citing the lack of evidence as evidence but found out upon closer inspection that the body is not a cheeseburger the dealer was specified as. Fountain Pen's reenactment was [[MediumShiftGag shot in live-action]] on pencil and notebook paper with shaky camera SFX to emulate a LineBoil.
* MonochromaticEyes: Fountain Pen is the only object with white eyes given he has a darker colouring in the [[DeliberatelyMonochrome black-and-white]] CityNoir.

* DopeSlap: Fountain Pen, completely fed up by his nonsence and uselessness towards the case, punches Cigar out cold and into a wall

** While everyone was arguing over Cigar's idiotic theory, Burger [[NotQuiteDead turns out to be alive]] as he wakes up from his prolonged nap to vividly recall the night for them. In [[StylisticSuck poorly-drawn Microsoft paint art]], what really happened was he was walking past the nightclub when he tripped over a rock and was merely knocked unconscious by the time the cops arrived, simple as that, (Although this doesn't explain how the club's glass door was shattered in the first place).

[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u07IK1cAwQw Director's Cut]]

* FadeToWhite: stuck their hand into the orb

-->'''Shard Glass' Letter:''' Dear Radio, I have been working nonstop for these past 5 years, the last time I’ve had a break was 3 years ago and I think today is my breaking point. I’m too worn out to work for now, so I’m going to need a vacation to let me relax a little. Cheers, Glass Shard

* {{Retraux}}:

* ArmlessBiped: Poppy

* TrueCompanions:

* RelationshipUpgrade:

* AnachronismStew: The Sheriff proclaims that technology shouldn't exist yet but if there isn't then how come he knows what to call it in the first place ... a tv, a smartphone (The Sheriff himself) and a keyboard cap living amongst the townsfolk.
* AscendedExtra: Lampy's clones... acts as {{Living Prop}}s, now have a bigger role

* BodyHorror:
* CloningBlues: miserable and feel like they have no purpose working at Large Incorporated, want to live their own lives
* {{Hypocrite}}: The sheriff ...the time machine is unwanted as he declares that there's no technology in TheWildWest in spite of the fact he's a living smartphone

* YouCantGoHomeAgain:

* OrphanedPunchline:

* {{Callback}}: The short has {{Recurring Element}}s from TMOJ Official's previous film "Object-Rama" such as [[Creator/BobRoss Rob Boss]], the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=335YyMRdeNM Ray William Johnson's cool transition]] sound effect and Boris from the [=GoAnimate=] Calilou animations popping up out of nowhere and going "Owowowowowo!".

* TitleDrop: Not only this year but also the previous two film festivals get one at various points of the short:
-->'''Key:''' "Is is next to impossible to rely on ''[[Sandbox/TheLittleThingsOSC The Little Things]]'' in life?"
-->[Later On]
-->'''Fish Cake:''' "Welp, time for me to lie down and contemplate ''Sandbox/NaturesBliss'' to try to make me feel better..."
-->'''Shell:''' "You know what, I guess someone [...] pretty big after all. Maybe even bigger than a ''Metropolis'' [...]"

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* Miscellaneous Trivia: "Justice Never Sleep" has the most votes in the ''Metropolis'' film festival, receiving eleven donations in total, but only placed fifth in the rankings.

* {{Cyclops}}:

* RhymingTitle:

* InJoke: The reference to Psycho Teddy was because some of the participants spamming the discord chat on the first day
** Psycho Teddy is also there bc on the first day some of the participants were just sending psycho teddy in the participant chat on Discord, may 27th was a weird day [Rephased]

* ShoutOut: psoters adorning the walls of [...] feature nods to Psycho Teddy, Miku, Young Girl A (vocaloid Song), Omori, TIOSC (The company from the poster at the start), and ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse''

* DoubleMeaningTitle: "Watch Out" ...the main character's watch got stolen

* AmbiguouslyGay: specify a wife and kids, lied

* {{Expy}}:

* ShoutOut: ''[[WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls1998 The Powerpuff Girls]]'', ''WesternAnimation/{{Trolls}}''

!!Miscellaneous

* WriteWhatYouKnow: pogdogbytes based Cranberry and Grandpa Fern off themself and their dad respectively while rosehip puree, Cranberry's gift, is something their dad makes for them.

** Handcuffs speculated Burger was in a fight with someone over flirting with the latter's girlfriend which then escalated into being punched out of the window. Either that or he saw a really cool-looking blimp and jumped out of the window to reach it but failed. Fountain Pen points out in both scenarios that the glass door should be broken instead but Handcuffs thinks the culprit is covering their tracks. The segment was drawn and animated more crudely than Binoculars'.

** While everyone was arguing over Cigar's theory, ... Burger wakes up, and turns out to be alive, remembers the night vividly, what really happened was he was walking past the night club when he tripped over a rock and was merely knocked unconscious by the time the cops arrived, simple as that, although this doesn't explain how the club's glass door was shattered in the first place... poorly animated and drawn in Microsoft paint

* MonochromaticEyes: Fountain Pen, the only one with white eyes

* WhoNeedsTheirWholeBody: the murder victim was totally fine