Art and dialogue segregation Print Comic

Is there a trope for when the visuals of something don't match what's being said? I'm specifically asking about speech bubbles in comics, but it could be seen in other media. Basically, when a character's speech bubble has them saying "I absolutely hate burritos," but they're drawn happily eating a burrito. And it's not played for laughs, lampshaded, mentioned by another character, or anything. It's almost as if the dialogue was written by someone who wasn't even looking at the art. Related would be intentionally-comedic redubs of TV, like what Bad Lip Reading does. But this would be unintentional, or at least appear as if it COULD have been unintentional.

I'm thinking it's somewhat related to Gameplay and Story Segregation, or Lyrical Dissonance? It's not really Art-Style Dissonance.

What kind of twist is this? Print Comic

GI Joe A Real American Hero issue 35 has Buzzer take Zartan's motorcycle (which has holographic projectors to disguise it as anything) for a spin with Ripper and Torch. After Zartan finds out, we see a bus driving around with a little old lady as its only passenger and a driver who never speaks. Near the end, the bus turns out to be a helicopter with similar projectors and the driver turns out to be Zartan himself. After they return to Springfield, Ripper goes to check on the lady and discovers only her clothes and wig. Zartan comments that she wasn't what she appeared to be and comments that only a ninja master could escape from the helicopter while it was flying.

So what kind of twist is the reveal that the woman was actually a ninja master? (An analysis of her scenes seems to identify her as the Soft Master.)

Exclamation Point Above Head Print Comic

I can't find that thing where somebody who's surprised or noticing something has a cartoon exclamation point floating above their head. I expected to find that Sister Trope of Confused Question Mark listed on Briffits and Squeans, but I didn't. Alertness Blink uses a different icon, not an exclamation point.

A dog name Charles Print Comic

Is there a trope for characters such as aliens/monsters/cavemen/animals/robots having regular-sounding names, usually as a joke, or a form of Translation Convention?

Valid name by convention Print Comic

I’m looking for a way to describe the Roman, Gaul and foreign names in the ‘Asterix’ comics and likewise. It’s basically when you get a humorous effect by inventing a funny name for a place or character by playing with the naming conventions of the country/culture in question. Asterix does that by giving all Roman men names that end on ‘-us’ (Centurions Itakethebus And Yourasourpus ) all places names that end on ‘-um’ (Camp doomandglum) and all Gauls names that end on ‘-ix’ (the schoolteacher is called ‘Behomebysix’)

Although Asterix is the best example, there are lots of country/culture specifIc naming conventions that can be subverted for comic relief such as Dimitri Itsaripov the Russian store owner or Japanese supermodel Yoko Owhatakuti

Breaking the Fourth Wall by Interacting with The Medium Print Comic

Do we have a trope that covers Breaking the Fourth Wall instances of characters in illustrated works interacting with the paper of the page they're drawn/ printed on? Like tearing off a corner, or crawling through a hole in the paper to reach the next page. Frame Break doesn't quite cover what I'm looking for, and Medium Awareness seems too broad.

(Specifically: I've encountered an example of an illuminated manuscript from the 15th century where an illustrator drew the front half of a small dog on page 469, and the back half of the dog on page 470. The dog is drawn as if it's crawling through a tear in the paper.)

Everybody Gets One Print Comic

A work of Speculative Fiction takes place In a World... where every person has a distinctive thing - a different superpower, a Mon, a weapon, a tattoo, whatever. The main character is distinguised because his thing is extra-special (the only golden weapon), or because he's the only one who doesn't have the thing.

Most times it's all about magic, but it can also be a cultural aspect.

Fishing for self-incriminating answers Print Comic

Is there a trope for where Character A asks Character B for an answer that will make Character B look bad if they respond?

For instance, if in front of B's girlfriend, Character A asks B for the details of a porn flick they watched together.

This can be either intentional or unintentional.

Forced to work for the enemy Print Comic

While fighting overseas, Tony the scientist gets a piece of shrapnel lodged in his heart. He gets captured by the enemy, who promise to take it out safely- if he makes powerful weapons for them. If he refuses, they will leave him to die.

Character is disgusted - doesn't do the right thing as a result Print Comic

See the example in the 4-koma manga Seitokai Yakuindomo (read the left strip):

https://mangadex.org/chapter/32045/2

In the second strip, titled "I'm a guy", the boy character doesn't want to touch the codpiece out of disgust, even though he feels a sense of duty to confiscate it.

Is there any related trope?

New Writer Breakup Print Comic

Though I've seen this in longrunning TV shows, it seems to be a mostly Comics thing, where a Canon couple has been through thick and thin, life and death, and then a new writer takes over the series and within an issue/episode "oh, we're not together anymore," and may not even give an explanation why. Do we already have that trope?

Re-telling trope for comic book universe? Print Comic

What's the main difference between an Ultimate Universe and Alternate Continuity?

Is Ultimate Universe "an Alternate Continuity that's effectively often Darker and Edgier but does not cancel out the original continuity, but re-tells the story in its own way?".

Architecture Tailored to the Gag Print Comic

In How to Read Nancy, they discuss how for one strip, Nancy's house seems to be built so there's a fence right in front of the garden, while the next strip might have the garden in a different place, might add windows, doors, trees, for the gag to work.

Is there a trope for when the architecture in a comic strip or story seems to be ever-changing for the sake of logistics in a gag? (Of course, it's possible to do it in non-comedic scenarios, but the point is, there isn't a 'blueprint' of the house, because that would limit the joke possibilities)

No Title Print Comic

What's the trope for how supervillains never seem to have trouble acquiring the money for their expensive equipment? Goes double for any Mad Scientist Laboratory.

Subverted Timeskip Character Expectations Print Comic

Might be too specific - suppose a show features Alice, Bob (who's very rich) and Charlie (who's very poor). Then, one episode features a Time Skip. In that episode, older Alice mentions she knows someone who's very rich... and it turns out Charlie became a Fortune 500 CEO between years, while Bob lost all his money.

That twist can apply to anything - money, morality, appearance, skills, interests... and of course, it doesn't need to be a Time Skip - maybe an Alternate Universe, Parody, Deconstruction, Similar Squad...

There's only one Vigilante (SOLVED) Print Comic

Is there a trope about the Fridge Logic that applies to countless superhero stories - that is, the fact that people in-universe always assume the superhero is a single guy, despite not knowing anything about him - and despite the fact that the superhero costume makes it easy for impersonators - for instance, J. Jonah Jameson always assumes Spiderman (the chameleon or Mysterio) robbing a bank is "proof" he's a criminal, rather than some other powered character buying the same costume.

Why Is The Sky Blue? Print Comic

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I am trying to think of this trope, where some one asks some thing like; "Why must this happen!?", and some one responds with some thing like "Who Knows?".

Case in point, in "House Of M", Layla asks why it must be her who must help restore reality to Normal, before Emma Frost responds; "Why is the Sky Blue?".

Then, there is another trope, where some one takes the question literally, and answers that with the scientific explanation as to why the Sky is blue.

Does any one Know if there are tropes with some thing like the above?

Exact car trope Print Comic

So this guy has a Real Life '69 Charger, which is already a Cool Car, but then because he's a Ghost Rider, it comes with a whole bunch of supernatural powers.

Without the powers, the car has, and I quote: "A fuel-injected BDS 9-71 Roots-style blower, supercharged Hystler 426 Hemi V-8 and 900BHP." I don't know what any of that means but it sounds awesome.

So... Is this a Pimped-Out Car or something specific, or does "Cool Car" cover it?

People Know What the Author Knows (SOLVED!) Print Comic

I remember a trope in this wiki about authors (especially amateur ones, like Fan Fiction writers) assuming, either consciously or subconsciously, that the characters know the same things they do - the examples listed were how random characters assumed Supergirl was Superman's cousin, even though that wasn't common knowledge - she might be a sister, friend or even just a fan. Another example was the old Star Wars expanded universe, wherein characters somehow "knew" Darth Vader was Luke's father after the fall of the empire, despite Luke never going public - and nobody knowing Vader's real name and background to begin with.

Supporting cast doesn't cross-over Print Comic

It's common for superheroes to show up in each other's comics, but their non-super supporting cast usually doesn't. So the Fantastic Four might show up briefly in an issue of The Amazing Spider-Man, but their mailman Willie Lumpkin never does.

Is that a trope? (Please note that what I'm talking about is the kind of cross-over where it's not a team-up book; I mean where it's clearly one character's, or one team's, book.)

Character published very frequently, but not just for publicity grabs Print Comic

Specifically, Deadpool. Some of his appearances are Wolverine Publicity, but there are months where he's a genuine title-starring role in multiple things at once.

Here's what I've written up so far, but... what is it?

• Deadpool's appearances exploded starting in 2008, with multiple simultaneous comic books of his own and concurrent appearances of varying significance in other comics. For instance, his new appearances released in February 2016 (cover: April 2016) to coincide with the Deadpool film premiere: ongoing series Deadpool vol. 4, Uncanny Avengers, and newly-launched Spider-Man/Deadpool; limited series Deadpool & Cable: Split Second and Deadpool & the Mercs for Money; and a guest appearance in Black Knight. The prior month, he also made six new appearances, along with several True Believers reprint issues anticipating new readers from the film's audience. As Deadpool later tells Gwenpool in her issue #13:
  Deadpool: Do you know who's heard of me?! Everyone. I have had hundreds of issues. I don't know how many series. I guest-appear everywhere. Comics. Video games. TV shows. And so much merchandise. And never forget... the highest grossing R-rated film of all time.

(Heck, I might even change the "For instance" stuff to an example from March 2017— ten issues from 9 different titles, 4 of them his own)

Trinities Print Comic

Is there a trope related to a trinity of lead characters such as Superman, Wonder Woman and Batman? Aside from the Father, Son and Holy Spirit, I cant really think of anything yet the concept seems to legendary

Superman discovering his full power. Print Comic

So basically, Superman couldn't unlock his full potential when he couldn't accept his Kryptonian heritage. It was only when he could accept that he unlocked his full potential. I guess the trope is more like, unwillingly mentally preventing yourself from getting to your full power?

radiation gives you superpowers Print Comic

Is there a trope for radiation being portrayed as something that gives you superpowers? Or is at least beneficial somehow as opposed to poisoning people? I put this under print comic as it's VERY common in old-school superhero stories likely due to scientists back then not entirely understanding how radiation works, but can appear in other media. Also, on a related note, is there a trope for how radiation (even when portrayed as dangerous) is usually shown in comics and cartoons as a sort of green light/fire that vaporizes people or the like, as opposed to being invisible and basically being a slow-killing poison?

Deep-Cover Hero Print Comic

Is there a trope for when a a bad guy is actually a hero in disguise or Fake Defector, who uses his influence among bad guys to keep them performing Innefectual Villainy, but never Becomes The Mask?