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Not sure how to describe this one...
Is there a trope for adaptations of a cast ensemble where, in the original, everyone is more or less equal but in the adaptation there's a clear difference in power?
For example, The Super Hero Squad Show is based on The Avengers. It has a set of protagonists who act like teenagers (slightly older than the target audience) and a supporting cast who act more like adults. Iron Man is in the 'teenager' group and Captain America is in the 'adults' group, even though in the original comics they're equals.
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One character slaps another (maybe with a glove, maybe with their hand) and leaves a hand-shaped mark on their face. Like Person Shaped Hole, except that it's just a red spot and is almost always survived (Internet cookie to anyone who can give me an example of a character comedically slapped to death). Almost always Played for Laughs, though it could also be the result of a cheating husband/boyfriend caught in the act, and most commonly a Western Animation trope, though it could be used in any drawn medium. Also obviously Truth in Television, though usually not to the extent shown (mild pinkness as opposed to bright red and occasionally pulsing with pain, a perfect hand shape every time as opposed to a vaguely-hand-shaped smudge). I'm sure we have this one (if we don't, why don't we? People Sit On Chairs?), but I can't seem to find it using the search.
Powered Armor feet go 'clomp clomp'
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Hey guys!
Does anyone know what is the trope for when a character's eyes keep spinning, rattling or vibrating, as a sign of dizziness? It's practically a staple of My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic, but I've seen much older cartoons with such examples, like Tom and Jerry, for example.
I'd be very happy if someone could help me find it :D
EDIT: Ninja'd.
Edited by REV6PilotopenNo Title Western Animation
Okay i got two: 1. 'I forgot i have Superpowers'. Where a character has the ability to do something or has something able to defeat the problem, but for some reason suddenly forgets or doesnt have it when its convenient? Like Superman not using his particular super power when its proven powerful in other episodes to blow up kryptonite or something. Or in Captain N the Game Master when the Game master has the ability to pause reality he never takes advantage of it.
2.'Why do we keep him again?' Its when a person or persons establishes a well done plan to avoid the problem or help the story and then the side character stupidly fucks it up. All accidentally of course. And they never learn their lesson, but the other character never takes any action to get rid of or consider more fuck ups. Like Wheeler in Captain Planet, just screwing around. Or Gus from Robotboy who for example who opens the protector pod during an invasion on complete accident. Or Duck Dodgers, who constantly ruins any plans The Space Cadet had.
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This applies to any animated format, or even comics. Basically, it's the trope about how cartoon/anime characters don't age (or more specifically, look exactly the same) as the series goes on, even though they age in-universe. Sometimes a character will look the same as they age from 14 to 18.
Even weirder is that sometimes they'll introduce new characters who are younger than the cast now, but older than the characters were in the first episode. But in order to show an age difference, they draw those characters to be younger (usually by making them smaller or some other trick of the trade) than the cast.
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Applies to anime too, and I think the trope may have originated there. I don't watch anime, and I've mostly been seeing it in Friendship Is Magic, though, so Western Animation it is.
It's the inverse of Dull Eyes of Unhappiness. People's eyes getting extra shiny, with a little shaky sparkle, when they're ecstatic. Don't see any mention of it on Dull Eyes of Unhappiness, though, and I can't find it by searching for "shiny happy eyes". Am I being stupid, or does it not exist?
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In "Smart and Smarter" from The Simpsons, Lisa thinks Maggie the smartest one in the family and starts looking for new things to identify her, like being a cowgirl or a cheerleader. I thought of Quest for Identity, but that is an amnesia trope. Is there an appropriate trope that perfectly describes this episode subplot?
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The gang of heroes has penetrated the Supervillain Lair to foil the enemy's scheme. They proceed to the Control Room, but what's this? It's The Dragon blocking their way. The heroes could probably take him out if they worked together, but time is of the essence. No problem, The Lancer will stay behind and and hold him off. The others continue on to the next floor, only to run into The Brute, also itching for a fight. So The Big Guy stays to fight him while the remaining members go on. Rinse and repeat until only one or two heroes remain to face The Big Bad.
The first time I saw this was in the "Pryde of the X-Men" special, and I saw it again in comic form in Excalibur #100. I can't think of where else it's been done, but it seems like a simple way of giving all your heroes and all your villains screen time.
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I THINK a scene in Futurama played out something like this:
The usual characters are sitting in the room with the table and Fry walks in and said "What's everyone been up to?" to which Dr. Zoidberg nervously shouted "Not drinking juice out of the dumpster, if that's what you're asking!"
Thus by denying something that was so abjectly repulsive that no one even would have ever SUSPECTED that was what he had just been doing unless they had seen him doing it, he in fact informed them that he was just doing that loathesome thing.
Is this an official trope?
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I've seen this alot in western animation, but I'm pretty sure it's common in other media.
It's basically like this: Bob is taking care of Alice, who has a cold. Later in the episode Alice is no longer sick, but Bob has caught the cold from her. Thrus,the role between caretaker and patient is reversed by the en of the episode.
I've could've sworn we had this already...
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Is there a trope for when a character is inflated like a balloon, and then goes flying away when they "deflate"? I know I've seen this in cartoons, but I couldn't find that exact thing when I searched around.
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The trope where there is one normal/generic character in a large cast mainly consisting of other characters who are alot less normal/generic. A good example would be Arthur but the cover stars of old DC Thomson Comics would fit this trope as well.
Its a bit like the generic guy but then some.
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Is there a trope that is basically "All Adult Animation Is South Park"?
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I've seen in a lot of comedy shows that the characters have no sense of priority: serious injuries are either laughed at or ignored completely (never taken to the hospital), and things like sports and watching new episodes of a drama are almost life-or-death situations for them. It's like a combination of Black Comedy and Serious Business used as a universal opinion. It's used on most of Seth MacFarlane's shows (Family Guy, American Dad, etc.) and on Butch Hartman's shows (Danny Phantom, Fairly Oddparents, etc.),Spongebob and even on the older cartoons like Looney Tunes. What is the trope for this?
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What's the type of run/charge by cartoon characters where their legs/feet run around in a circular blury motion.
Sonic the Hedgehog from the Genesis games has this type run.
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Do we have a trope for when a character is of a different species from everyone else? For instance, in the cartoon Birdz, literally everyone is a bird except for Sleepy Bat, who is Exactly What It Says on the Tin.
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Is there a step-sister trope to No One Could Survive That! where a character falls into fire/quicksand, etc. but is merely 'captured' and shows up unhurt later? It's something of a Saturday morning cartoon thing, where characters and viewers alike can safely assume that no one ever actually dies.
Not the same thing as an anime dub or edit that spares a character who died in the original or retcons his death.
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In the end of a cartoon, the babies look exactly like miniature versions of the adult couple, with exact gender correlation, like in the end of Lady And The Tramp. Does this exist?
Edit: Omg found it on this page. Gender Equals Breed, eh?
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Is there a thing for where one of the Big Damn Heroes comes along and it's revealed s/he is The Chosen One—the village's destined ruler, or something to that effect—because s/he is the one who's supposed to Appease the Volcano God? Especially when The Chosen One decides being the ruler isn't fun anymore once it's about fighting/sacrificing/whatever instead of being waited on hand and foot?