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Is there a trope for when one character whispers to another, but all viewers hear is "ssvshsvshshvshshpsvhsvps"? Usually done in Western Animation, when the characters are talking about... ahem... in which this trope usually ends with one character going "Ohhhh!"
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Is there a trope name for a when a cartoon character's pupils spin in opposite directions (usually to indicate head injury or dizziness, less commonly to show insanity). Wingding Eyes covers the "swirlies" common in anime to show dizziness, but not this. G-rated Mental Illness also covers this slightly, but that's more of a related trope.
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A classic comedy, gernerally animated trope is where an object falls, or is knocked around, and ends up stuck temporarily teetering on its balance point, and then falls over, usually off a cliff or into a lake or something equally final.
It's used everywhere, and I just can't find it
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Is there a trope for when a fat/otherwise large character jumps into a pool and makes an unnaturally large splash, usually at the end of a bunch of other people jumping in? I'm thinking immediately of Chien Po in the pond scene from Mulan, but I've seen it a bunch of places.
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Is there a trope for when a character gets ill or swallows something, then his/her friends shrink themselves to go inside them (tee hee) and "fix" said character?
There are many examples of this including:
- Spongebob Squarepants, when Squidward swallowed his clarinet and the gang went to retrieve it.
- Mona The Vampire, when they went inside the teacher who had food poisoning.
- Phineas And Ferb, in the episode Journey To The Centre Of Candace.
- Futurama, in the episode Parasites Lost.
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Do we have a trope about a specific type of fourth wall breakage where a character in a show talks about or interacts with things that he shouldn't be able to see, such as the channel logo or subtitles?
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I've seen (or at least heard of) this one a lot in cartoons: a pet acts cute and well-behaved towards one individual, but is a complete asshole towards another (usually his friend or another pet). Two examples I can think of off the top of my head are "Stimpy's Pet" from Ren And Stimpy and the infamous "A Pal for Gary" from Spongebob Squarepants.
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I was watching an episode of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2003 series, season 2 which introduces the crocodile character Leatherhead. The episode features three of the turtles fighting Leatherhead, while they're standing in ankle deep water, into which the 8 foot tall crocodile suddenly dives in to head first becoming fully submerged. The three turtles then proceed to stand exactly where he dived and not fall in to deeper water. They themselves only become submerged once the Leatherhead starts dragging them under.
I'm sure I've seen this in other cartoons and possibly films where characters seem to have the Jesus like power to walk on water that is much deeper than appears, or they can apparently fully submerge in water only a few inches deep. Is there a trope for this?
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Is there a trope for when a live-action character turns into a cartoon, as in movies like The Pagemaster, Rock-A-Doodle, The Phantom Tollbooth, or in shows like Captain N, or Kidd Video? You should get the idea.
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Ok, so, I've been looking for this show I used to watch when I was little, and I'm beginning to think it didn't even exist. I only remember little snippets that might or might not have anything to do with the show. It was an animated children's show, and I remember this beast-like guy who roamed around in the woods. He had a troop of children/teens (I don't really know which) whom I believe he taught life lessons to. There was some sort of large book that contained knowledge. I distinctly remember the book being in either the opening or closing credits, and it may have been in the actual show, as well. I also remember the beast and his troop of people sometimes wandering into a city. This show probably came on anywhere from 1999 - 2003, roughly. I believed it was on PBS, but I can't find any trace of it there, so it could have been on another kids programming block somewhere. Does this sound familiar to anyone? I REALLY want to find it.
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I can't seem to find anything about the humorous trope where the evil (but a little stupid) character starts talking with the good one (not necessarily the good one, maybe even one of his helpers) about stuff that doesn't have anything to do with the scene that is happening. I think I am not explaining exactly what I mean though, but I can't think of any other words to describe it. There is an example of what I mean in "Hoodwinked", before the end of the movie, when the two characters start talking about refurbishing the Evil character's liar (this doesn't fit with the scene but is just lots of fun).
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She doesn't have legs: How about "stalk people", mermaids, early South Park and first season Princess Bubblegum. And other characters in which the feet or legs are never drawn?
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Is there a trope for when, say, in a cartoon, an object is about to fall in one direction onto a character, but then has a swift and immediate change of heart, pulls a 180, and falls in a completely different direction, usually on top of someone who deserved it (like the resident Jerkass or something)?
Would the be Artistic License – Physics or something else?
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I know we have this but the name escapes me, does anyone remember the name of that trope about cartoon characters being able to bend the laws of physics until they realize that what they're doing is impossible? For example, a character who walks off a cliff initially floats in mid-air but as soon as he looks down and realizes he isn't standing on anything gravity takes over and he plummets down to the ground.
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Is there a page for the kind of animation error where one character speaks but it's clearly another character's voice?
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Is there a trope similar to I Take Offense to That Last One, but not quite?
It usually goes something like this:
Character A lists severals times Character B has done something, usually including a secret as the second-to-last one. B asks what that last one was, and A, after hesitating a bit, says the one before it. B usually believes it.
I know this is out there, but I don't know where.
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Is there a trope about electronics that come to life to attack people (basically an electric version of an Evil Doll or something)?
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Is there some sort of trope about emblems that represent character's personality throughout a series. I'm thinking about the cutie marks from My Little Pony and the chest tattoos of the Care Bears. Also the webcomic webcomic/Housepets has collar tags for all their characters.
Basically, it's the idea that a group of characters all have something that is unique to them and represents something about them.

where they use a different name to an old episode