Gasoline is oil Western Animation

Is there a trope for how cartoons (and sometimes comics as well) often depict gasoline as a think black liquid as if it were crude oil, as opposed to a clear liquid like real gasoline?

Animation wherin boy loses his unique smile to a villain Western Animation

There is this animated series I used to love watching when I was younger wherein the main antagonist "stole" the unique smile of a young boy (he looked about 12). This smile had unique qualities (I forget what exactly) but I think the boy (then the villain) was able to charm people into doing what he wanted when he smiled

Terrible at Undercover Slang (SOLVED) Western Animation

A character has to go undercover, and, even if the disguise is not Paper Thin, he exposes himself by the awkard and stilted way he describes himself, getting slang wrong and being overly formal. For instance:

"Not a Cop": Hello, fellow crime-commiters. Boy, I sure do enjoy breaking the law, and disrespecting police officers, despite all the hard work they do. I, much like yourselves, enjoy smoking marijuanas, sometimes as many as three a day. Come, fellow evil friends, let us continue to menace society with our disregard for rules!

Criminal: You're obviously a cop.

Character mention tropes? Western Animation

I've often seen this on shows that have The Wiki Rule, such as Steven Universe, for example:

Characters

• Peridot (indirectly mentioned)
• Holly Blue Agate (indirectly mentioned)

and in a fanfic of my own that's Dead Fic:

Characters

• Pearl (dream sequence only)
• Ronaldo (hallucination talked to by Steven)
• Connie Maheswaran (hallucination talked to by Steven)

What sort of tropes would fit the first situation where a character who normally appears only gets mentioned indirectly, and the second one where a regular character only appears in a dream sequence or hallucination instead of physically.

Young character, but with old face? Western Animation

I've seen this in Robotboy with the Evil Knockoff of Tommy, Evil 17, who looks the same as Tommy, yet has stubble like someone in his 40s. Image◊

I also saw it in The Strange Chores, an Australian cartoon, where Van Helsing's descendant de-aged himself to teenage age, yet looked like an old man even when young - image.

Do we have such a trope for this?

enemy hard to fight, but multiple identical enemies easier to fight in group. Western Animation

Hi! long time reader of TV Tropes, first time poster. I spent the last...well more time than I should trying to find this trope but can't. But I am sure it must exist.

The trope is when a person or group of people take on a single enemy and it takes all they have to bring it down. But later on the inevitably find a whole group of these enemies and say something along the lines of "It took everything we have to just beat one of these things, how can we fight a whole army of them?" and then of course they proceed to take down said enemies far more easily than they did the first one.

An example of this trope that always stuck in my head since a kid was X-men the animated series episode 1 and 2 "night of the sentinels." Where the first sentinel they encounter in the mall takes a beating from gambit, storm, jubilee and even rogue and keeps marching. Managing to take out 3 of the said mutants and capturing jubilee. Eventually cyclops take the sentinel out.

In the next episode they have to fight a whole factory of sentinels and rogue makes the statement "how can we fight a whole group of these things." which they then proceed to do with...well ease.

You see this all the time in action movies and cartoons. Surely there is a trope page for it. Can anyone point me in the right direction?

thanks for any help.

Video game tropes? Western Animation

I was considering updating the Lemmings video game pages, but am not sure what Video Game Tropes tropes fit these scenarios:

• In Lemmings Revolution, they have birds which peck the Lemmings to death and crabs which snip them to death, but they're not the villains, it's just in their nature to do so.
• In Lemmings 3D, you can only give three skills when they're sliding on ice or any other slippery surface - the game won't allow any other skills during the time they're on ice.
• In Lemmings 3D, in some levels, the video game exits were fake, but you have to try and work out which exit is the genuine one.
• In Lemmings Revolution, there are two species with specific skills: Water Lemmings, who Walk on Water and Acid Lemmings who can walk across the Acid Pool. In some levels you need their skills to save the ordinary lemmings.

Detailed Animation Intro Cards Western Animation

This is apparent in a lot of short form western cartoons, namely Ren & Stimpy, Billy & Mandy and Hellbenders, where the episode title is featured alongside a more-detailed, sometimes painted illustration. What is this called?

Fanfic trope? Western Animation

Is there a Fan Fic Tropes trope for this, or any others:

I remember reading once a The Loud House Fan Fic (on a now-gone ultimatefreehosting.in site) where Lisa was kept otherwise the same as in canon, except she had hair and wasn't a Bald Woman in a wig, and her experiments were toned down for comedy purposes, being more amusing than seriously injurious (now a Missing Episode as the site's gone). The fan fic was focused on Lisa as the main character.

Is there such a trope for this sort of characterization?

A Day in the Limelight was the only trope I could think of for now.

Both Sides pointing guns at each other Western Animation

What's the trope where both sides are lined up pointing guns at each other like this: https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/tuffpuppy/images/6/62/SAL54.png/revision/latest?cb=20120221121400

Not sure it's a Mexican Standoff because the opposing teams (T.U.F.F. and D.O.O.M.) are in nice rows facing each other.

Finale Movie Western Animation

Doll/Puppet Theme Western Animation

In Moral Orel, Ms. Censordoll has a miniature town with dolls of everyone, which she moves around in accordance to what the people are doing, or what she wants them to do, which shows the viewer she's a Manipulative Bastard.

Is there a trope for characters using dolls or miniatures as a visual metaphor for how manipulative they are?

Long-nosed mosquito Western Animation

Is there a general trope for stuff like anthropomorphic mosquitoes in comic strips and cartoons having long noses to suck the victim's blood (as opposed to using their mouths)?

Limited reruns on every channel? Western Animation

In the "Video Airlines" episode of Garfield and Friends, Jon and Garfield feel like watching a movie, so they turn on the TV... only to discover that "Kung Fu Creatures on the Rampage 2" is on all the stations.

Jon signs up at the video rental place, and rents the only movie left, which happens to be "Kung Fu Creatures 2".

They go to the movie theater hoping for something different, and they find themselves watching "Kung Fu Creatures on the Rampage... 3".

Different locations seem like different time periods(?) Western Animation

Okay, this one's a bit complicated:

Is there a trope for fantasy stories, both serious and comedic, being based on wildly different time periods depending on the location the characters are - or even the type of place?

For instance, the character starts the story out in a farm, where technology and culture seems identical to 4th century europe. Then he gets to a castle and the armor and weaponry is straight out of the 15th century. Then he goes to a merchant's guild town, and everyone's wearing 18th century powdered wigs and high-heeled shoes.

Unaware of boss' incompetence Western Animation

Is there a trope for when a character idolizes his boss/relative/teacher/mentor/leader even though it's obvious to the viewer (and sometimes most other characters) that said boss is evil/incompetent/cowardly/a pathological liar?

The example I'm thinking of is Hank's praise towards Buck Strickland in King of the Hill.

Liquid version of PowderGag Western Animation

Is there a liquid version of Powder Gag, where instead of flour or glitter or whatever, the thing that coats everything in a blinding flash is paint or soup or something?

Close up talking shot Western Animation

Something I noticed recently while watching some old traditionally animated shows (like stuff from the 90s), there are a lot of shots that are just close-ups of a character's head while they talk.

I know Limited Animation is already a trope but considering the frequent use of this technique I spotted in a lot of traditional animation shows from the 90s, it might be able to be a trope in its own right. Provided this trope doesn't already exist.

Angry Nerd Western Animation

What trope(s) could be applied to characters that are stereotypically nerdy, and are angry at each other (for getting fandom stuff wrong, being too nerdy, ruining their chances at socializing or dating, ruining the fandom, being into creepy or obnoxious stuff, taking financial advantage of others interests, destroying valuable fandom material, or demanding they get a job)?

Villainy James Bond trope? Western Animation

I'm trying to find a trope for James Bond Jr..

What trope fits this entry before I add it:

• The villain The Worm (Only Known By His Nickname) had no connections to the Rogues Gallery, and hated sunlight. If anything, he had no affiliations with S.C.U.M and was only in villainy for reasons that remained nebulous.
• Tiara Hotstones, a villain who only appeared four times in the show's short run, seemed to prefer to be freelance over working with the show's Rogues Gallery that was S.C.U.M. James Bond Jr. made a lot less effort to apprehend her compared to other villains, and not just for Ms. Fanservice reasons.
• The Chameleon, a villain noted for his Voluntary Shapeshifting due to Applied Phlebotinum in his skin was never a full member of S.C.U.M because he could never escape from crime scenes easily and was always captured.

What tropes would fit these three scenarios from the show before I add it to the work page?

Obesity trope? Western Animation

Do we have this one? I first thought Art Major Biology but could be wrong.

Alice, Bob and Carol eat a load of chocolate and In-Universe, they get fat over a few weeks. Except, Carol, that is, she's a Big Eater but never seems to get any fatter, no matter how much she eats.

In one episode, Satan tries to get Carol to eat and eat, but is amazed she doesn't get any fatter and he keeps ranting about it.

Is there a trope for where someone should get fat, but In-Universe never seems to?

Future Full of Kids Western Animation

When a character fantasizes about the future, usually with a potential romantic interest, and said fantasy ends with the same scene: too many noisy kids running around the living room, dad lazing miserably on the sofa, and mom exhausted and exasperated. The main examples that come to mind come from My Life as A Teenage Robot (Sheldon's fantasy about QT-2), The Amazing World of Gumball (Gumball wonders about marrying Darwin), and the Beetlejuice animated series—while this last one was a vision of the future and not a fantasy, the main components remain (too many kids, lazy dad, overworked mom).

Looking at each other, then screaming Western Animation

Kid show/movie trope:

Two characters standing side by side see a monster. They turn so they're facing each other, then scream, then run.

Creative use of powers Western Animation

WANRING: Contains some Avatar: legend of Aang spoilers

Ok, what I mean is when a power is used in an unexpected/unusual way. For example: that one old water bender in Legend of Aang developing blood bending. The water bender realizes that all life has water in some way, so she learns how to control sentient life. She then goes on to develop this talent, and even teaches it to Katara, proving that all water benders can do it. So the power of water is used in a way that most people wouldn't think of using their hypothetical water powers. I am not referring to the trope "Heart Is an Awesome Power," where a seemingly useless power can be quite powerful.