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openkids playing until one of them is caught Western Animation
a common trope at the beginning of an episode or movie that mostly shows up in western animation, but occasionally live action is when a group of kids (who aren't usually relevant to the plot) are playing football, frisbee etc until the item get's launched somewhere far off. one of the kids goes to get it and discovers something e.g. a supernatural creature or a dead body. or the child is killed, kidnapped or something else harmful happens to them, depending on the setting e.g. stunned with a spell.
it's not always with children but it's the most common.
Edited by perfectpiecesopenFurry Confusion... Western Animation
is there a difference between when it's acknowledged by the characters and when it's just passingly noticed or interacted with (someone saying something about a cat or leaning on the fourth wall, an example being Gumball in the "Amazing World of Gumball" getting attacked by a cat and then proceeding to say he's "not a cat person") significant enough to make a seperate trope or nah?
openOne person in the audience applauds Western Animation
The main character is in front of a crowd delivering a speech. But the speech takes an unexpected turn (something incredibly insensitive or outright racist is said) and the audience is completely silent except for one guy who enthusiastically shouts and claps in agreement with what was just said. Maybe the guy shrinks once he realizes nobody else is clapping or maybe he continues to cheer until the scene ends. This is not a slow clap. It might be coupled with a delayed reaction, but it is specifically one person in an otherwise quiet audience.
I suppose a variant on this would be if, during the speech, a joke is made and one guy in the audience shouts a single, "Ha!"
I looked through all the "crowd" tropes I could find, but can't find anything describing this.
As far as examples, I really can't think of any specific instances. I know I've seen it in episodes of Family Guy. I'm sure I've seen it at least once in a live action movie where the camera cuts from the person giving the speech to the one guy in the audience applauding...
openTurnaround First Movements Western Animation
Hooray (not really, but still)! Bob and The Other Bob have figured out how to acidentally turn something into an Animate Inanimate Object. There is a quick Explosion Birth and the AIO doesn't seem that animate at first... Until it turns around, left and right, not knowing how to get up. "So that's how babies are made?", says The Other Bob (as a punchline.) Example: https://youtu.be/InAi4kLKtGw?t=209
openA Plot, B Plot Western Animation
When a media has an A plot and B plot/when each episode of the media has an A plot and B plot. ex: Phineas and Ferb has an A plot of the titular characters doing their thing while Perry does his thing in the B Plot.
openWhat trope fits better for blowing money like no tomorrow? Western Animation
I’m working on the Recap for the Metalocalypse episode "Renovationklok" and there's a point the guys are showing what they're blowing their money on.
- The band spends their money on wasteful things that sound good on paper but are prohibitively expensive. They make solid crystal concert posters that aren't for sale, scream lighting in every room of the house ($12 million for one room, $88.9 billion for every room); Skwisgaar makes a platinum practice chamber ($6.5 billion), a solid ruby metronome ($8.3 billion) and a champagne humidifier for his guitars ($2 million); Pickles has an endangerd species furniture room ($28 million) with a California condor bottle opener ($5 million), gold plated meerkat shelf holder ($30 million), giant panda throw rugs ($2 billion), giant tortoise ottoman ($1.5 million), silver gazelle wall sconce ($4 million), Helter stork tiffany lamp ($6 million).
I'm considering either Awesome, but Impractical or Conspicuous Consumption. Also, that's just what's shown on camera.
openParent hunts creature not knowing it is their child Western Animation
My roommate watched Wolfwalkers and asked me to find this trope. In the movie, the dad is hunting wolves and he doesn’t know one of the wolves is his daughter. This creates dramatic tension because she knows that’s her father, and he wouldn’t hurt her normally.
The formula of this trope is “kid is turned into something else” + “parent hunts that thing” + “the transformation makes parent unable to recognize their kid.”
Any ideas? TY!
openRepackaged episodes Western Animation
Is there such a trope other than Stock Footage where a new episode is effectively made from old ones but redubbed in part with new dialogue and spliced together and it's sometimes seamless?
Not talking about a Clip Show but old episodes presented as new.
openEating/drinking through a mask Western Animation
Do we have a trope for the gag of a character wearing a mask or face-covering helmet, without a mouth hole, and eating or taking a drink without taking it off?
openFast knife-cutting skills Western Animation
A person/character cuts something in half with a knife, in an unusually quick way, without getting injured, as far as I'm aware. I think I remember seeing this trope in "The Princess and the Frog".
Might also apply to films, I don't know.
Edited by FurretFunnyopen"Siren" choir in nautical-themed shows Western Animation
In Flapjack and Spongebob, I've noticed that female voices sometimes sing to announce some sort of object when it appears. This happens in a bunch of Flapjack episodes, but in Spongebob, I only recall it happening in the episode "Arrgh!", where the choir chants "The Dutchman's Treasure!", "Two Gold Doubloons!", and "Plastic!"
Does anyone know if there is a trope for this? If it exists, what is it called?
Edited by MoldySoupopenDust cloud remains post zooming away Western Animation
A character flees with such speed, that only a cloud of dust remains behind momentarily. Usually in the shape of the character.
Edited by Pirakavezonresolved Got hit the second time Western Animation
Basically, when someone is crossing the street and a car is coming towards them at full speed. They miraculously manage to avoid it, but while they are still realizing what happened/insulting the driver, another car arrives (which is usually chasing the first one) and this time they get hit.
openRunning Down the Hills Ending Western Animation
(I hope I'm describing this right)
A visual shorthand in cartoons - there are three hills as part of the scenery. Something or someone is moving away from the action, and is shown going down the three hills, the figure diminishing in size and going on a different direction over each othe hills.
For bonus points, when the character is at its smallest, on top of the last hill, an Iris Out fade centers on it.
openDelayed gravity Western Animation
A primarily cartoon trope where gravity doesn't actually affect a character until they realize that they're in a situation where they should be falling — e.g., the Coyote chases the Roadrunner off of a cliff, but doesn't fall until he looks down and realizes that he's standing on thin air.
openSpiderVerse style Western Animation
Has there been a specific trope made for the animation style that started in Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse? The 3D images with 2D effects and augmentations added in? Or is it just Medium Blending?
Edited by BigBadShadow22openUnnecessarily complete outfit Western Animation
A comedy scene: A character has to wear an embarassing outfit (because his own clothes are ruined or something), but for some reason he goes all the way: makeup, hairdo, accessories, even behavior.
openLosing one part of a pair Western Animation
Is there a trope for when a character uses a pair of weapons, one of which is guaranteed to be lost eventually? For example in TMNT, Leonardo uses two swords, but one of them is gonna be dropped or lost mid-battle. In Arcane, Vi is known for a pair of gauntlets but one gets broken.

Where the well intentioned hero inadvertently kills or fails to save Alice and Bob blames him for it. Conversation usually goes something like: Well-intentioned hero: "I'm sorry, I tried to save her" Bob: "well you didn't, and now she's dead" Bob: *slams door in well-intentioned hero's face* Well-intentioned hero: *covers face with hands and sobs into hands*
I'm fairly certain it's a subtrope of something where a side-character is needlessly cruel just to elicit an emotional response from the protagonist after the protagonist makes an honest mistake that was out of his hands.