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Increasing circulating rumors Anime
Do we have a trope for strange rumors in general, especially when they start to increase in number and/or outlandishness? The example I have in mind is for a manga set on a backwater island which already has a number of old rumors about its local legends. At one point some devils come to the island and the rumor mill around town starts increasing several times over, with one rumor being that a devil is the source of all the rumors. Sure enough, when his power is broken, a lot of the new rumors disappear.
Hands going up and down Anime
https://fairytail.fandom.com/wiki/Nadi
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yDKbP8WjlOg
I noticed that Iida from BNHA and always karate chops the air and the tall black and white cat from Fairy Tail always move their hands up and down. I was wondering if this was a trope and if there are any characters that do this.
Despair, lean back, power up Anime
I recognize the trope that this page of Apricot Cookie(s)! is making fun of, but I don't know what it's called or how else to describe it.
Boy and his robot dog Anime
I wa born in 1996, and grew up watching this show, was about a boy who got into adventures with his dog, which if memory serves me right, his dad built for him before he was (captured or killed) kid thinks it’s an ordinary dog until he finds out it can do really cool things. Is not Jimmy Nuetron, was Anime, looked a bit like the dog from Megaman, but white or silver, not blue. Tried finding it on my own and ran into another show, Zoids, which was similar and about the same time frame.
Insane Protagonist Anime
Distinctly different from sociopathic hero, the protagonist is not a hero operating in a grey area but is instead just generally and completely insane. The protagonist can be aware or ignorant of their altered mentality, however the fact that they are disturbed is obvious. Either through exposition or by subtle suggestions made by others. However it isn't presented as just a fact but is a key point in the plot or movement of the story.
Super mode trope? Anime
Do we have this one??
A character, whether The Hero or The Big Bad, wants to be in Super Mode all the time but is in normal mode most of the time.
and the inversion:
- A character, whether The Hero or The Big Bad, needs to be in Super Mode all the time and being in "normal", i.e. civilian mode for too long could be highly lethal.
Or is this TLP-worthy?
Edited by Merseyuser1
The unique mass produced machine Anime
A character has a unique combat vehicle or mech that no one else has. The vehicle was one of several (or many) identical vehicles in the beginning but the rest were all destroyed either in the beginning of the story or in the distant past (revealed in a flashback).
Basically the mechanical version of Last of his Kind.
Examples: Lagann in Gurren Lagann The first 3 Gundams in Gundam X J-Ark from Gao Gai Gar The Big Megadues trio from Big O The Deathshadows from the Harlock CG movie The titular Dunbine
Maguffin speedrun Anime
A trope where the protagonist has to collect all the shiny things to fulfill their destiny, which realistically should take several lifetimes but they do it in a few days.
"Blessed by the best" Anime
Most common in anime; main character wants to become the world's best [xxxx] so they can be just like their hero, [yyyy], but they absolutely suck at [xxxx] until [yyyy] themself comes down and gives our main character their blessing, and maybe a little gift to help them along the way.
See: -Jaden Yuki getting Winged Kuriboh from Yugi in Yu-Gi-Oh GX. -Izuku getting One For All from All Might in My Hero Academy. -Akko getting the Shining Staff in Little Witch Academy.
Idiotic decision actually pays off? Anime
Do we have this one?
Bob, The Protagonist is Walking the Earth with Alice and Jane, and comes across a Villain of the Week who's actually a puppet of the Big Bad (but they don't know that!). The team fights with the Villain of the Week, and Alice makes a decision that's idiotic and completely out-of-characterfor her (and seems it to everyone else), but to her, it's all part of the plan, and pays off in the long run (when a Continuity Nod is made).
Is there a trope for when an idiotic decision is actually planned, and is a good pay-off later on down the line?
Edited by Merseyuser1
Anime: State the name; pause for effect Anime Anime
I'm watching Hero Mask on Netflix and besides the agonising long stares in conversations, I'm noticing how much characters just say a person's name and nothing more. There's a heck of a lot of "Monica." when she's not there, but also saying the name of someone who's just entered the scene or is leaving (e.g. soooo much "Theo!" at one point). What are these terrible writing tropes that seem to just fill air time?
Edited by FacesOfMu
It should be psychologically damaging, but they're unaffected? Anime
What sort of Psychology Tropes or trope fits this scenario:
In an episode of an anime about bounty hunters Alice and Bob, they see a mighty battle take place on the field, involving a Captain Ersatz of The Incredible Hulk, and death, Stuff Blowing Up, even body parts. This sort of thing should be psychologically damaging to the average person (Alice and Bob are humans in this Fantasy Kitchen Sink), but Bob laughs it off and says "Ehh, I've seen worse, in the fires of Hell."
Is there a trope for where a character finds war on Earth so desensitizing because they've seen worse in a place like Hell?
Character dead in main continuity, but revived in another due to popularity? Anime
Is there a trope for where a character who is officially Killed Off for Real and Deader Than Dead in main continuity, but brought back to life in a Non-Serial Movie or Spin-Off due to their popularity?
Basically, a character brought back from the dead due to popularity with the audience, but without using any supernatural means to revive them.
Refuge in audacity, but for creators Anime
Sometimes, the creator really does not want to bother with too much realism - and at the same wants to discourage fan nitpicking. So, said creator just makes things BLATANTLY unrealistic. As in "hey, you see where this is going, so forget your logic filters and just enjoy".
The example I am thinking of is AKB 0048. Girls open the door of a jet that is taxiing (on a railway, ok) and preparing to take off, just to pull their friend in. The friend is able to run at taxiing speed, but more importantly, the takeoff is not cancelled and the girls are not caught - the doors just close right after they pull her in. Bonus points: the creator is Shoji Kawamori, an aviation enthusiast. So he's obviously making a blatantly unrealistic moment just for the sake of it.
Save me lollipop Anime
Hi
I’m very interested in Save Me! Lollipop this series and know that there’s a sequel of it for the manga called Modotte! Mamotte! Lollipop. All the fans of Mamotte! Lollipop (Save Me! Lollipop) are very looking forward hoping there’ll be a sequel season 2 tv series of Save Me! Lollipop in both languages available to stream online. And since there are a sequel of it called Modotte! Mamotte! Lollipop are you guys ever planning on making another season or two on Save Me! Lollipop continuing developing it more. Are you guys able to create more content of Save Me! Lollipop base on the sequel manga Modotte! Mamotte! Lollipop for funimation to pick it up and distribute it out worldwide for us fans from all over countries to be able to watch it as a tv series.
Thanks
Please help me find the tv show Anime
I have been searching everywhere, and nobody seems to know what the name of this tv show is. The tv show is a cartoon that took place on maybe cartoon network, or disney channel, im really not sure, it was about a young girl, looked the age of 11 or so, she has black hair, pale skin, she lives with a mean female guardian, her dad is dead i think and she starts to look for her mother. She also wants to become a ballerina like her mother, and a an odd guy with a black goat and a black top hat tries to help, but he's quite dangerous. She also have a best friend who is a guy around same age as her. The cartoon itself looks quite natural, not an anime where the people have huge boobs and are goofy, it's quite a serious cartoon that i enjoyed very much. The show might also be french since the name of it was quite exotic and fancy.
Time travel show or movie Anime
When I was about 9 I remember watching an anime which had a time travel aspect to it. There was a girl and a boy and the boys future self came back to the past to protect her from something or someone dangerous. There's a specific scene I remember when the boy and himself from the future meet in a graveyard.
Childish rubber ring Anime
Is there a trope about a character carrying a rubber ring to the sea to give them a chidish vibe? I've seen that quite often…
Edited by Lyendith
No glasses when transformed (not Clark-Kenting) Anime
When the character has glasses and doesn’t wear them when transformed (magical girl style).
Sooo Anime
Not actually sure if this is a troupe, but: a character who is either a tsundere or displays tsundere qualities having an older sibling whose either: a) possessive of their sibling (Think Makoto Teruhashi from "The Disastrous Life of Saiki K."), b) displays yandere-like qualities towards younger siblings (once again, Makoto Teruhashi from "The Disastrous Life of Saiki K."), and/or c) is a yandere and behaves that way about their sibling. I'm asking because it seems common for a tsundere/tsundere-like character to have a yandere/yadere-like sibling?? I know it's mostly played for laughs, but it's been bugging me. Is this a actual troupe, or is it simply a favored combo of various troupes?