Basic Trope: A character that isn't based on any of the toys from the original toyline.
- Straight: In "Troper Figures: The Series", a character named Toby is introduced, although he was never in the "Troper Figures" line of toys.
- Exaggerated: None of the characters in "Troper Figures: The Series" were in any of the original toyline.
- Downplayed:
- A figure of Toby does exist in the Troper Figures line, but he's incredibly obscure and may have even been discontinued.
- Toby was a planned figure, but his design ended up being unused.
- Justified:
- Toby is younger than most of the cast, and the series takes place sometime after the events of the toyline. Therefore, he probably wouldn't have been born yet.
- Toby comes from another place, or even time period/dimension.
- Toby the lapdog was meant to be in the toyline, but, due to the consistent figure scale, he proved too fragile against children. A problem the cartoon didn't suffer from.
- Toby the Figure Collector, represents us.
- Inverted: Toyline-Exclusive Character
- Subverted: Toby later becomes an actual Troper Figures toy.
- Double Subverted: However, he becomes obscure and/or gets discontinued.
- Parodied: A character with a rather egregious case of Non-Standard Character Design (such as a human character in a World of Funny Animals) is introduced in the series.
- Zig-Zagged: Toby was planned to have a figure initially, but the toy company kept changing their minds on whether to go through with making the figure. The closest he gets to having a figure in the main line is being included in one of the spinoff lines, and those figures of him have a tendency to be discontinued.
- Averted: All characters in "Troper Figures: The Series" were also in the original toyline.
- Enforced:
- "Troper Figures: The Series" changes some things from the original toyline, so it doesn't seem too out of place to add some characters.
- "I don't care that some people would actually want a figure of Toby. Demand isn't high enough, and the figures in our toyline that do exist are already selling well as it is, so there's no reason to introduce a new product anyway."
- Lampshaded: "Hey, Toby! Wait, do we know you?"
- Invoked: ???
- Exploited: ???
- Defied: ???
- Discussed: "I've never seen this guy named "Toby" before. Is he an obscure figure?"
- Conversed: "Why do some toyline-inspired shows add characters to them? Aren't the original ones enough?"
- Deconstructed:
- Toby becomes The Scrappy since many fans believe his introduction was pointless.
- Toby has trouble adjusting to his new situation.
- Reconstructed:
- However, Toby later undergoes Character Development and/or has a Crowning Moment of Awesome, causing him to get Rescued from the Scrappy Heap.
- The other characters decide to help Toby out.
