History WesternAnimation / ShopAPopOpera

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* {{Gonk}}: The Old Milk Woman certainly qualifies.

* VanillaProtagonist: The main character of the series is a fairly average person who is meant to bounce off the eccentric characters he meets while grocery shopping. [[spoiler: However, he still has his own issues to deal with as "Cheese" confirms.]]

SHOP: A Pop Opera is an animated 2019 miniseries created by Music/JackStauber for Creator/AdultSwim as one of their [[ShortFilm "smalls"]].

It premiered in five installments from March 4th to 8th of 2018, though it works just as well as it's own short film that clocks in at about thirteen minutes, the length of your average cartoon episode.

** '''Cheese''': [[spoiler: Don't obsess over every detail of your life. Trust your judgement.]]

* SuperOCD: The Oatmeal Guy is so obsessed with scheduling his life that he has his '''meals''' planned out through the next week.

* RuleOfSymbolism: Each character (except the protagonist and the samples guy at the beginning and end) look like and represent the item the episode they're featured in is based around.

* {{Retraux}}: Like most of Jack's creations, the animation is run through a VHS to give it a grainy, old feel.
* SuperOCD: The Oatmeal Guy is so obsessed with scheduling his life that he has his '''meals''' planned out through the next week.
* SurrealMusicVideo: The protagonist's burst of thoughts in [[OncePerEpisode each]] segment is represented as one of these.

* [[GrumpyOldMan Grumpy Old Lady]]: The Old Milk Woman is a bit rude. Instead of asking the protagonist to hand her the cookies from the shelf, she simply repeats "pecan", is dismissive, and tells him he seems deaf for not following her unclear directions.

* MustHaveCaffeine: The Coffee Lady drinks so much of these that it's not even funny.

* [[GrumpyOldMan Grumpy Old Lady]]: The Old Milk Woman is a bit rude. Instead of asking the protagonist to hand her the cookies from the shelf, she simply repeats "pecan", is dismissive, and tells him he seems deaf for not following her directions.

* MustHaveCaffeine: The Coffee Lady drinks so much these that it's not even funny.

* SuperOCD: The Oatmeal Guy is so obsessed with scheduling his life that he has his '"'meals''' planned out through the next week.
* SurrealMusicVideo: The protagonist's burst of thoughts in [[OncePerEpisode each]] segment are represented as one of these.

** Milk: Live a good life and be a good person, so that when you "expire" you can do so knowing you left a good impact on this world.
** Bread: Impress people with your personality instead of your possessions. Just be yourself. There's nothing wrong with being plain "Wonder Bread."
** Paper Towels: Life is chaotic and messy. That's just how it is and there's nothing you can do about it. Don't get caught up with the giant messes in life, just push forward.
** Oatmeal: You could follow a routine and feel comfortable having everything planned out, but life never really follows your plans and road bumps will always get in the way. Just go with the flow instead of trying to plan against it.
** Coffee: Everything in moderation. You don't need the things you enjoy to survive. There's nothing wrong with enjoying a cup of coffee but don't get addicted to the caffeine.
** Cheese: [[spoiler: Don't obsess over every detail of your life. Trust your judgement.]]

** Milk:Live a good life and be a good person, so that when you "expire" you can do so knowing you left a good impact on this world.
** Bread:Impress people with your personality instead of your possessions. Just be yourself. There's nothing wrong with being plain "Wonder Bread."

** Oatmeal:You could follow a routine and feel comfortable having everything planned out, but life never really follows your plans and road bumps will always get in the way. Just go with the flow instead of trying to plan against it.
** Coffee:Everything in moderation. You don't need the things you enjoy to survive. There's nothing wrong with enjoying a cup of coffee but don't get addicted to the caffeine.

* AnAesop: [[spoiler: Don't obsess over every detail of your life. Trust your judgement.]]

[[NoNameGiven A guy]] has a hard time figuring what type of yogurt sample he'd like to try. Resolving to come back later, he finds his day of grocery shopping at the store filled with weird people and his own brain running too fast for him to keep up.

* FatalFlaw: The main character's signature problem is that overthinks things too much. Just meeting someone new is enough to give him a whole song's worth of an existential crisis.
* RuleOfSymbolism: Each character (except the protagonist the samples guy at the beginning and end) look like and represent the item the episode they're featured in is based around.

* MotorMouth: Eileen the Coffee Lady is so hopped up on coffee that everything she says is a run-on sentence.

* MotorMouth: The Coffee Lady is so hopped up on coffee that everything she says is a run-on sentence.

It premiered in five installments from March 4th to 8th, 2018. Though it works just as well as it's own short film that clocks in at about thirteen minutes, the length of your average cartoon episode.

It premiered in five installments from March 4th to 8th at midnight, but works just as well as it's own short film that clocks in at about thirteen minutes, the length of your average cartoon episode.

It premiered in five installments from March 4th to 8th at midnight, but works just as well as it's own short film that clocks in at about fifteen minutes, the length of your average cartoon episode.

* AnAesop: [spoiler: Don't obsess over every detail of your life. Trust your judgement.]

* [[Gonk]]: The Old Milk Woman certainly qualifies.
* Retraux: Like most of Jack's creations, the animation is run through a VHS to give it a grainy, old feel.

It premiered in five installments from March 4th to 8th at midnight, but works just as well as it's own short film that clocks in at about fifteen minutes, the length of your average cartoon episods.

It premiered in five installments from March 4th to 8th at midnight, but works just as well as it's own short film.