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I'm looking for a trope that describes any of the staple "disaster requires realization" scenarios so common in Golden age cartoons, where the laws of physics break for a moment to give a character time to realize he/she/it is in for some hurt(e.g. walking off a ledge and remaining suspended until the lack of ground is noticed and finally falling). Any ideas? Thanks.
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Mostly seen in animation, the obviously looped and often exaggerated back-and-forth movements made by characters trying to keep something steady, like the big wheel on a sailing ship. Apparently in fiction it is impossible to keep a ship going in a straight line without constantly turning the wheel left and right. Similarly, when a character floats in the air, they always bob up and down, never in place. Finally, something I've often seen in Hanna Barbara cartoons like Wacky Races, you're watching the cars from the side. They are obviously drawn on two transparent cards which are being moved back and forth, to give the (unconvincing) illusion of a dynamic race.
Edited by HakaropenNo Title Western Animation
This would be the case in wich animated birds can fly as if they were helicopters or insects, they're capable of hovering in mid air, go backwards, take off vertically or even fly upside down.
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What's it called where, regardless of setting, characters can operate machinery and technology with apparently natural aptitude, eg. using a forklift truck in a fight?
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A while back I found a trope (I think it was on the Darth Wiki) and some of the examples were about how Charlie Brown was unfairly treated. Like how he was hated by everyone because he got SECOND PLACE in a national spelling bee. I've been wanting to find the page again but I can't remember the name of it. Could someone help me?
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What is the name of the trope that refers to when a "stronger" character can't open a jar or something and then a "weaker" character comes along and opens it with no problem whatsoever. I've seen it so many times that it has to be a trope now.
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This would be primarily an animation trope. This is a situation in which a character is stretched way beyond the limits a person should be stretched. This would be an Amusing Injury. The Rubber Man would be able to do this voluntarily.
What is the name of the trope where animated characters receive help or meet real life celebrities? Like when scooby doo meets the Harlem globe trotters.