Line #33 Sandbox/Clicker


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3	!!The short contains the following tropes: (1/46)
4	* ShoutOut:
5	** Trevor, a boombox-headed guy who speaks entirely in beatboxing, is a reference to Juke from ''WesternAnimation/TheAmazingWorldOfGumball'' with the same gimmick.
6	** One of the party-goers has a Toys/{{Tamagotchi}} for a head.
7	** In a FreezeFrameBonus, there's a [[VideoGame/AmongUs crewmate]] on a post-it note when seeing through the Plasma Ball guy.
8	** When Bloo is knocked unconscious from Trevor chucking a beer keg at him, a parody of the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5UifSNQeydI Blu-ray screensaver]] is played across his face alluding to his PunnyName.
9	* {{Tagline}}: "We can't fix this... can we?" in reference to not only Bloo and Trevor trying to fix the remote [[DoubleMeaning but also]] their dying relationship. They managed to succeed in the former but not the latter.
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11	* TwoDVisualsThreeDEffects: {{Sitcom}} parody
12	* AmazingTechnicolorPopulation: Trevor and Bloo being a YellowPurpleContrast respectively
13	* AnachronismStew: Despite the short being set in the year 2004, as seen on the date of the news footage, a few of the references (Such as ...) when the duo was switching channels are after that year.
14	* AnimateInanimateObject: SlidingScaleOfAnthropomorphism
15	* ArtShift:
16	* AspectRatioSwitch:
17	* AuthorAvatar: the [=MP3=]-headed
18	* BittersweetEnding:
19	* BreakingNewsInterruption:
20	* ContentWarnings:
21	* {{Crawl}}:
22	* DestructiveRomance:
23	* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything:
24	* TheFaceless: Since everybody has
25	* FreezeFrameBonus:
26	* FunWithSubtitles:
27	* GayAesop:
28	* GroinAttack: something along the lines of
29	* InkblotCartoonStyle: The second channel, DeliberatelyMonochrome
30	* IntelligibleUnintelligible:
31	* ItaliansTalkWithHands: ''Film/TheGodfather'' parody has the pair ...hands up in the gesture
32	* KilroyWasHere: TREVOR WUZ [=HEЯE=]
33	* LeftTheBackgroundMusicOn: a hangover record player, end credits "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x0YR92cRDTc StaticElectricity]]" by REY GWEN.
34	* LoveCannotOvercome: their relationship cannot be salvaged anymore
35	* ManlyGay: Trevor, buff frat boy
36	* MediumShiftGag: struggling for the remote
37	* MonochromaticEyes: Bloo, white eyes
38	* MoodWhiplash:
39	* NonHumanHead: electronic or appliance
40	* NoodleIncident: During the ''Series/TheOfficeUS'' segment, Bloo listed ...including....
41	* OminousMultipleScreens:
42	* OneHeadTaller: Trevor is more than twice the height of Bloo
43	* OppositesAttract: deconstructed
44	* PunnyName: The leads' names are Bloo (Blu-Ray), Trevor B. Box (middle initial and last name, beatbox or boombox)
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47	* ShoutOut:
48	** The paintings adorned in the {{Sitcom}} house include the Minecraft-version of "Paradisträd", Jerma
49	** The second channel is in InkblotCartoonStyle akin to ''WesternAnimation/SteamboatWillie''.
50	** The third is a reenaction of the bus-stop scene from ''Anime/MyNeighborTotoro'' with Bloo as Satsuki and Trevor as an aggressive Totoro respectively.
51	** Next up is a ''Film/TheGodfather'' parody complete with Italian accents and [[ItaliansTalkWithHands gesturing]]. Bloo plays the part of Don Vito Corleone while stroking a black cat who has a heavy resemblance to [[WebAnimation/TheLegendOfPipi Pipi]].
52	** RealityShow parody
53	** ''Series/TheOfficeUS'' (Creator/{{NBC}} logo reading "GAY"), Main/TheNutcracker was also mentioned
54	** Creator/Channel5 news
55	** The {{Crawl}} in the News Case namedrops a ton of short films in the SCAD's showcase and other media.[[labelnote:In Order of Appearance]]Celestial Transits, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f7eUbNHarYA Tea Dragons]], [[TitleDrop Clicker]], Light On Me, Mouncer, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D7Rk07AYMQo Manor Mania]], Piece of Cake, Beeloved, Double Rainboom, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lx48nJZvj6s Out O' the Inkwell]], Lucky Boy, Pope's Dog, Growing Pains, Hideout, [[AlicesAdventuresInWonderland Through the Looking Glasses]], Obscured, The Battle, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UhDsRp0EfbA The Mandrake]], The Boy, Talva, ''Film/SavingFace'' and Jupiters[[/labelnote]]
56	** There's a quick shot of Bloo slumping over a chair in frustration, reenacting the "[[https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/shinji-in-a-chair Shinji in a Chair]]" scene from ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion''.
57	** The tv logo for the {{Telenovela}} segment reads "[[Creator/{{Telemundo}} Trevormundo]]" with Trevor's face on the T.
58	** Trevor and Bloo are Franchise/{{Batman}} and Joker respectively
59	** Bloo wearing Audrey Hepburn's iconic black Givenchy dress and holding a cigarette in a holder in one hand and a croissant in another, ''Film/BreakfastAtTiffanys'' homage
60	** [[WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons Homer Simpson]]
61	** ''Series/WheelOfFortune''-esque gameshow, Trevor acting in Vanna White's role
62	** When struggling for control over the remote, it quickly changes channels... ''WesternAnimation/SpongebobSquarepants'', ''Film/{{Twilight}}'', ''Series/SesameStreet''
63	** Once Trevor and Bloo snap back into reality, the posters are ''Film/{{Jaws}}'', Music/{{Gorillaz}}'s ''Music/DemonDaysAlbum'', Music/{{ABBA}}, two other posters
64	** ''Clicker'' ends with the HBO Family static screen
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67	* SitcomHomageEpisode: The first channel Trevor and Bloo switched to is a [=90s=] styled sitcom called "[...]" staring them as the leads and their live-action pet dog. It's also further parodied with an intro sequence where the two look confused throughout.
68	* SkullForAHead: Bloo
69	* SphereEyes: type II
70	* StudioAudience: sitcom, LaughTrack
71	* TurnOfTheMillennium: The setting takes place, 06/06/2004
72	* TrappedInTVLand:
73	* TheTwink: Bloo, the MTV parody even calls him one
74	* UnmovingPlaid: sitcom
75	* WackyFratboyHijinx: sorority house, frat party
76	* WalkingShirtlessScene: Trevor spends most of short
77	* WildTeenParty: the setting takes place in Trevor's fraternity house in the middle of a huge rager
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79	!Trivia

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