Trope Finder

Nerds Love Opera, or: Smart Equals Classy Western Animation

When a character shows off how intelligent they're meant to be by taking an interest in or knowing a lot about a "classy" interests such as fine dressing, opera, or ballet. Notable examples include Artemis Fowl the second, from the Artemis Fowl series, and Niles and Frasier Crane from Frasier.

Calm character loses it Western Animation

Is there name for that trope where a calm, collected or serious character becomes chaotic or goes totally crazy for an episode?

Voice Acting Trope Western Animation

I recently read an excerpt from an article discussing Amphibia, where creator Matt Braly says that the character Marcy Wu was originally written as a cold and calculating character, but ended up being changed to being Endearingly Dorky due to her voice actress' performance giving her an excitable, bubbly sort of energy instead that he really liked.

Now I'm familiar with the concept of voice actors' alternate interpretations of characters impressing the creators so much that the character is rewritten to better fit their performance rather than what was originally conceived, but I'm wondering if there is a trope name for it on this site. I could have sworn we have such a trope on the site, but for the love of god, I cannot remember its name.

Unnecessarily 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.

Can't Have Two Leaders Together Western Animation

Is there a trope where a leader works under another leader and that leader doesn't like how they lead and they argue over how they should do things.

• The Great North: When Beef's boat is unavailable due to repairs, Londra offers Beef to work on her boat in the meantime, but Beef politely turns her offer down. Beef explains to Judy that he believes a captain shouldn't work aboard another captain's ship because it would lead to conflict. He once worked a day on his friend Gordon's boat and he didn't like Gordon's captaining style and got into an argument with him.

SpiderVerse 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?

Funny Animals Serious Topics Western Animation

Are there any tropes for when what looks like it would be a fairly harmless cartoon set in a World of Funny Animals turns out to deal with some quite serious themes? Like WesternAnimation.Zootopia dealing with racism or VideoGame.Night In The Woods tackling mental illness?

Military Service as punishment Western Animation

What’s the trope where a person convicted of a crime is sentenced to do time in the armed forces? Like The Suicide Squad or this character that showed up in the new trailer for Western Animation.Lightyear?

Falling and accidentally landing on a suggestive pose Western Animation

I've seen it a lot in Miraculous Ladybug and maybe some other media. When a character falls on top of another (usually male character falling on top of female character, like in this case Chat Noir on Ladybug) and it's a suggestive pose. I can't seem to find the trope for it.

"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?

Trope to better fit example Western Animation

Found on Pinocchio:

• And I'm the Queen of Sheba: Jiminy Cricket's outraged reaction after Pinocchio sticks up for Lampwick:
  Pinocchio: Don't hurt him, Jiminy. He's my best friend. Jiminy: Your best friend? And what am I, just your conscience? Okay, that settles it!

This doesn't seem to be an example of And I'm the Queen of Sheba, but is there another trope that would fit Jiminy's reaction?

Up the nose Western Animation

Is there a trope in which small creature gets sucked up someone's nose?

Competition Destroys Prize Western Animation

Two characters are competing over something, and in their zealotry they end up destroying the prize - or the prize is used in the competition and ends up being destroyed.

Can also be done metaphorically - two dudes are competing over a woman's love, and they fight so dirty she grows disgusted with both of them.

A variation is when the energy put into winning the competition outweights the usefulness of the prize: to win the Infinity +1 Sword characters have to level grind so much, they can beat the game with ease without the sword.

Charlie Brown Dance Western Animation

Is there a specific trope for when people, often in animation, imitate the dances the kids do in A Charlie Brown Christmas, or are those just common shout outs?

A 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.

Parody trope for work? Western Animation

Trying to find a trope for the YMMV page of Ben 10 (2016) here.

Am I correct in thinking Pastiche is not the trope for when a work is a poor imitation of itself, as some reviews of Ben 10 (2016) on social media had comments like:

Username123: Ben 10's reboot is a sorry pastiche of itself, the originals were better.

A work can't be a pastiche of itself, right, isn't that a Logic Bomb or similar?

Surely Franchise Original Sin or Self-Parody are the right tropes?

Is there another trope?

Trans trope for looks? Western Animation

Trying to find a trope for Totally Spies! other than Artistic License for this example:

• In the episode "Game Girls", Clover's Holographic Disguise looks fairly similar to her normal self, as does Sam's. Little change between their masculine form and feminine form, even when being Transgender should mean there are some changes that can't be disguised. Although the episode doesn't mention transgender, some of the fandom feel it's an Unintentional Period Piece on attitudes towards trans issues.

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Celebrity Appearance in a Regular Job Western Animation

I noticed that in quite a lot of shows, celebrities appear as themselves or as characters who are working in a sort of day job rather than being a celebrity. I don't exactly mean Adam West being the mayor of Quahog in Family Guy, but I see Gary Coleman working as a security guard in that one Simpsons Christmas episode and Morgan Freeman selling tacos at his own taco shop.

Is there a trope for this?

Animation Evolution Western Animation

It's when a series permanently gets better animation throughout the series rather than better art. (Art Evolution is more-so the Evolution of a certain art style than animation-wise) For example, rather than just being a singular Animation Bump that only lasts a few episodes or a season, it's a permanent thing throughout the series' run.

The polar opposite of Off-Model and is quite similar to Art Evolution, but it only applies to the animation.

Shows that would fit this trope would be:

-Sonic Boom (TV Series)

-The Epic Tales Of Captain Underpants (specifically season 3 and onward)

-The Amazing World of Gumball (season 2 and onward)

-Ben 10 Omniverse (compared to Ultimate Alien and Alien Force)

-Kono Suba (Season 2 and onward)

And many more!

Weather-Independent Outfit Western Animation

A character wears an outfit based on his characterization, no matter what the weather is like. Especially if the characters are part of a Multinational Team and keep their nation's stereotypical outfit despite traveling around the world.