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Clashing Equals Love Anime
What's the trope for when two people clash at a crossroad or a corridor and from then on they start falling in love? I know we have it but can't find it.
Buxom girl, petite girl Anime
Is there a trope for pairs of girls (romantic, friends or even enemies) where one is tall and well-endowed while the other has a smaller stature? Kase-san comes to mind, but that's a pattern I'm pretty sure I've seen elsewhere…
There's Big Guy, Little Guy, but I'm not sure that's quite the same thing…
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like the worf effect but Anime
is there a specific trope for an event or occurrence that was treated very seriously earlier in the series only for it to happen again much later and treated like no big deal or a joke? Or would the worf effect apply to that too even if its not a character?
The mask is there, but not drawn Anime
So the manga Shuukan Shounen Hachi has this girl who's constantly wearing a panda mask around people because she's too shy to show her face. But sometimes the author draws her without the mask so that we can see her expressions − even though she's actually still wearing it. What trope would that fall into?
Suddenly Appears In A Room Anime
A character appears in someone's room (usually MC's) mysteriously. The justification includes but not limited to magic and teleportation, Examples are A.I. Love You where Saati appears in the Hitoshi's room after a lightning, and like how Kyu appears in the player's room in HuniePop.
Different possibilites exist at the same time Anime
In the anime Houkago no Pleiades, different possibilites exist at the same time due to alien shards.
(I was thinking this trope should have something to do with Schrödinger's Cat, but it doesn't seem to fit exactly.)
Example: Two girls both thought the other had left school, but it turns out they have been going to the same class, sitting by the same desk in the same chair. When they can finally see each other again, so can the rest of the class, who disagree on which of the girls used to sit there.
A boy has magical powers, while at the same time he is still sleeping in a hospital bed.
When the boy starts living a normal life, he starts going to school. Which would require him being enrolled, having a home with parents, etc. All of this existed as a possibility the whole time, and now he has switched to that possibility. Only the magical girls remember that he used to be different.
A girl travels away from Earth for several months. When she returns, she comes back to the day when she left. There was a chance that she would come back months later, and also a chance that she would come back on that day - the possibilities existed simultaneously.
ye non-olde butcherede Frenche Anime
A character is supposed to be foreign and speaks a foreign language (French in toe work I cover, but this also often happens to Russian). The actor (or voice actor) is not a native speaker of the language and ends up unintentionally butchering it, so the words are hard to understand and very obviously not like a native speaker (that the character is supposed to be). Is there a trope for this?
The extended credits scene. Anime
This is when an anime episode gets an extended running time and the last scenes get to be under the credits instead of the usual visuals of the closing theme, though said closing or even opening theme might be playing in the background. Usually done for special episodes like mid season or season finales.
High school Superstition about love Anime
It's something that pops up a lot in romance anime and visual novels. It's a superstition among teenagers that if you do X with somebody, you're going to end up with them. Variations I've seen include holding hands during fireworks, confessing your love at a certain place or time, and in a non-school example sharing a particular fruit.
Then... I'm Going With You! Anime
This happens often in shounen (shonen) anime, but also happens in western TV dramas and movies (I'm thinking maybe Fast and Furious). One character in the protagonist group is initially against the idea of going on a particularly risky mission, but it's the only way (or perhaps not). In the last moments, he or she declares that if everyone is set on going then, "I'm going with you!"
Everyone;s granddad Anime
There is a person who was so, er, virile that most of the people in a certain circle are actually his (or her) descendants. Is there a name for this trope?
Screwed by the adaptation? Anime
So Alice was originally (in history or the original work) rather cool, though flawed. She becomes a Butt-Monkey in the adaptation, with the flaws visible but the cool parts disappearing. Which trope is that?
Hidden reference to earlier episode Anime
So, still doing up Uma Musume. In episode 9 the girls end up in a rather funny pose... and someone noticed this pose is a throwback to a blink-and-you-miss-it picture in episode 1. What trope should I use?
Magnificent Armor...in the wrong hands Anime
There's a scene in Konosuba season 2 where the protagonist commisions a grand suit of armor, puts it on, but discovers that the armor is completely useless since he can't so much as properly exit through the door because of its weight compared to his strength, played for comedic purpose. Is there a trope for when someone is given a mighty tool or weapon, whether it be armor or anything else, but it's discovered to be useless for that person in particular?
Captain Ersatz of an RL Original? Anime
Can one have a Captain Ersatz of a Historical-Domain Character ? Someone who is clearly a reference to a real-life person. but has a different name etc. And it's only one character, so not a Roman à Clef.
In the anime Uma Musume the character is actually based on an RL horse. While the main characters are based on horses and licensed and have names and designs based om the horses, this supporting character represents a horse (incidentally, a dead horse by now) who could not be licensed, so she has a different name (with a clever reference) and a design that is a Shout-Out to an anime classic, not the horse. But I won't use Bland-Name Product, horses as prototypes are not products as such. Used Captain Ersatz for now but is it really applicable?
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Nice detail to fit anatomy Anime
In Uma Musume characters are girls with horse ears. It tirns out that there are retro phones used for them regularly, with the kind of large handsets that they can hold to their ear with the mic close enough to their mouth. (In France, fittingly. the retro handset goes full-on imitation-nineteenth-century).
What trope should I list this under? While it was a blink-and-you miss it occurrence in Episode 1 it got Freeze Fame Bonus and Fridge Brilliance, but Episode 9 gave good screen time to these phones, so neither really applies anymore.
Voice actor expected to ad-lib Anime
We have Throw It In! for unexpected VA ad-libs staying in the finished product. What if the director expects a VA to ad-lib?
In the particular instance I am thinking of, it can go under Method Acting as the character is goofy. But is there a more specific trope for this?
Character meets (voice) actor Anime
A character meets their own actor or, for animation, voice actor. Happens off-screen in Lucky Star, where Konata is an outright fan of Aya Hirano. Happens on-screen in Excel Saga. The character may be aware of the connection or may simply know the actor for other work.
Is there a trope for it? Other than "Celebrity Paradox averted" which is how it's handled for Last Action Hero.
Japanese flag-print fan Anime
A character breaks out a pair of paper fans with the Japanese flag on them. Mostly appears in older anime.
Old cartoon name? Anime
I remember watching a show with a girl who was pale and had a pink hat that was living, they fought a team of evil animals who enslaved the good animals. It was in a japanese mythology style
Life-derailing love? Anime
So there is that relationship between Alice and Betty which is, well, at least a Romantic Two-Girl Friendship. Then Alice breaks a leg and ends up in hospital. Betty puts so much energy and time into caring for Alice in hospital and then rehab that Betty's own life gets derailed, she fails at her commitments and forgets about her dreams. This is very much a plot point. Is there a trope for this?
Someone/something suddenly becoming famous decades after the event Anime
So Alice did that great feat and/or died that glorious death. It was discussed, published then forgotten. Then a popular media work suddenly brings a new wave of fame to Alice after a few decades. What trope is this?
This is for the Trivia section of Uma Musume. After Episode 7, netkeiba, a popular Japanese horce racing site, reported that Silence Suzuka's page became the top most accessed page. The horse is dead since 1998. (Obvious pun is obvious, but this dead horse is unbeaten)
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Character names that are translated into another language in-universe Anime
Harukana Receive has a pair of siblings that are at least partly of Anglo ancestry: Emily and Claire Thomas.
This is partly a Schoolgirl Series; but turns out it is indicated that in their legal names in Japanese, the first names were localized: Emily is 恵美理 (Emiri) while Claire is 紅愛 (Kureai).
I don't think that kind of in-universe localized name is Multiethnic Name. But what is it?