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openLiving on a mountain side. Anime
This popped up in head. I have no idea why but my friend and me are going crazy. There was anime short where a brother and sister escape like this prison thing and they had like matching special tats. They lived on a mountain side hiding away from them and the both of them never said a word. Both of them were mute. They lived high above the clouds and had this little hut thing that looked fururistc as well. The brother was trying really hard to protect his sister and it was really pretty looking ugh. Its stuck in my head but the picture of its stuck in my mind. They had orange outfits on and I think the girl had short black hair and other was older with a bit longer black hair.
Edited by MasterCrazyRJopenRoles trope for villains? Anime
Is there a trope for this?
Apart from Punch-Clock Villain, Punch-Clock Hero, Friendly Enemy and Go-Karting with Bowser, is there even a trope for this:
Heroes and villains are simply roles for the characters in the Cityof Everywhere, off the clock they all socialise with one another, to them being a hero/villain is just a job, that is, until the true Big Bad arrives...
Basically, the Big Bad of the show seen in supplemental materials is just playing a role, and isn't the true Big Bad.
openDon't know the title Anime
some dudes in teams would go around fighting each other with these little animals in tubes, they would like spin the tubes in to like a wall and the animal would pop out, i think one of the teams names were storm and they had a black and yellow theme.
openDe-aging trope? Anime
In a filler episode of an anime, for example One Piece, Bob is the king of a local tribe, but the Filler Villain of that episode de-ages Bob from his 40s to being a teenager so he can carry out his Evil Plan.
Do we have a trope for the villain de-aging a character to carry out a plan?
openThe hero is part enemy-species Anime
A character has some of the enemy DNA, which makes him both stronger and a cause for concern. This appears in for example Bleach, where Ichigo is part Hollow, and Darling in the Franxx, where Zero Two has Klaxosaur DNA.
openIs this the correct trope? Anime
When I was doing work on The Voynich Hotel, I added this example but later commented it out because I wasn't sure about it:
- Bowdlerize: Zig-zagged in the official translation. In the Fun T-Shirt scene with Helena, English scanlations usually have her shirt saying "FUCK ME", while the official translation uses the equally inappropriate but less vulgar "OPEN FOR BUSINESS". However, while the same scanlations give the female member of the Sleuth Brigade the code name "Vixen", the official translation calls her "Sexy" which is even more inappropriate given her age, although it highlights her failed Femme Fatale schtick even more.
Is Bowdlerize the correct trope?
Edited by WillbyropenMistaken for Villain? Anime
What villainy trope fits this, or Mistaken for Index?
Goku is accused of murder and stealing food in a Non-Serial Movie of Dragon Ball Z, except he couldn't have done it as he was at a tournament. The individual who actually did it was an Ambiguously Human shapeshifter, but everyone assumes it was Goku and he leaves temporarily, too ashamed to return. Mr.Satan decides to fight Goku, not realizing he's a shapeshifter fake with Power Copying abilities.
Secondly, the shapeshifter is a perfect 1:1 copy with nothing to give away his true form.
Is there a trope where the shapeshifter steals an identity and everyone assumes it's them, other than Clear My Name?
Do we even have a Mistaken for Villain trope?
Edited by Merseyuser1openAbnormally Strong Generation (Battle Shounen) Anime
The characters the story is about, including side characters, are remarkably strong or above average, but most people of the earlier and later generations are weaker or average and typically end up as mooks. I'm thinking along the lines of Naruto, where the main cast's generation was composed of powerhouses.
It is important that the trope need not overlap with The Dreaded.
Note: If it does not exist, should I post this on You Know, That Thing Where?
openCensor water? Anime
In numerous anime, the surface of water is used as an effective censor for nudity. This is also sometimes used to tone down nudity in live action film, e.g. the brief swimming scene from Ohlahoma!.
In reality, the tendency of water to reflect and refract can significantly conceal things below the water line, hence the existence of live action examples. In anime (at least, the ones that I usually watch where fanservice is kept low key), this is usually exaggerated by some combination of art style, lighting, and viewpoint, rendering the portion of the character underwater a faint silhouette or entirely invisible, probably for some combination of better censorship and easier animation.
While we frequently see a ring of froth immediately around an animated character at the water line, this isn't soap or bubbles (I am not aware of any examples in a western bath, where soap bubbles are usually used - in live action, it's a pond; in anime, it's an onsen or ofuro; in all cases, people are soaking or swimming, not washing) and in any case isn't necessarily effectively placed to itself conceal (usually) nipples. Therefore, this is not censor suds. Similarly, steam is not typically present, so it is not censor steam.
So what is it?
openDeities in Highschool Anime
I've only seen it in anime and manga: A goddess enrolls in the protagonist's class at highschool. It shouldn't be necessary since they're already centuries old and have vast knowledge. Yet, they still attend classes as if they're still teenagers. Is there a trope that covers it?
Examples: Rukia Kuchiki (Bleach) and Kodama Himegami in Maken-ki!.
Edited by MiinUopenPowers/anime trope? Anime
Is there such a trope for this?
In a Non-Serial Movie of Dragon Ball Z, during part of the story, the heroes' powers do not work unless a character whose only power is being able to perform a Jedi Mind Trick on the antagonist of the area they're in, allowing the heroes' to effectively leave the antagonist to get thrashed. Otherwise, it ends in a Downer Ending as the heroes are weak compared to the villain.
Not sure if there's a trope for this one.
openA Pyramid/Tower made out TV screens Anime
I've noticed this visual motif in several Japanese media, where the protagonists run into a bunch of TV screens arranged into a pyramid or tower shape, with all screens pointing outward. They are usually find in the middle of some kind of trash heap, but the space around them is cleared, except maybe for cables. The screens have a tendency to go on all at once, primarily to increase the creepiness of the scene. Does any know whether this has already been troped, or if not, anything on the origins and meaning of this motif?
Examples would be in episode 23 of Cowboy Bebop, where the TV pyramid is used by the bounty of the week to talk with Spike, and in NieR: Automata under the Opera House, where it, among other things, serves as the backdrop for a robot zombie outbreak.
Is there a trivia trope for a series that's stuck in limbo? Like the series isn't complete and there hasn't been any news of it being discontinued, but there's also been no news of it being continued at all for really long time? I'm sure there is a trope for that, but I have no idea what the name could be.
Edited by Oratel