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jormis29
Since: Mar, 2012

I've seen this now and then in cartoons. It's not a common trope but not an extremely rare one I think. It's when a character looks at their wrist and suddenly is conveniently wearing a watch to tell the time, such as when they are late for something, despite not normally wearing a watch at all, and it's gone the next scene. The only examples I can think of about this trope was in Happy Tree Friends I think (specifically Lumpy and his was blue) and Sponge Bob Squarepants (might of been a scene with Patrick, but maybe Sponge Bob himself did it too, not sure, and if I remember correctly Patrick's "sudden watch" was golden), but I'm not sure which episodes of the shows.