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openSuperpower Roll Call Western Animation
Is there a trope for the opening scene we see in many superhero shows, where a leader or narrator lists the characters' names and powers, and the characters get to show them off?
For example:
Boss: I brought you all together to finally defeat Captain Tropeman. Welcome... Alice, queen of ice (scene cuts to Alice freezing something), Bob, master of flames (Bob burns something up), Charlie, who has power over wind (Charlie makes a little tornado in his hand), etc.
openNon-speaking appearance due to actor availability Western Animation
A character appears in an animated show. Their voice actor is established. Later, they appear again, possibly in a short, minor appearance. During this appearance, they are silent and do not speak at all, because their voice actor is unavailable. Maybe it's because the voice actor is a celebrity, and the show couldn't afford to get them on again (i.e. Sugilite from Steven Universe). Maybe it's because the voice actor is dead (i.e. Death from Adventure Time in Together Again). Either way, this is side-stepped by having the character simply not speak.
Edited by Theredglowboxopen"Square Peg, Round Hole" Educational Game Engine Western Animation
I've seen a handful of old educational games parodies where the game clearly uses an engine or gameplay mode not meant to be educational, but given a visual makeover to look so. For instance, a religious game is just a shooter where the player character shoots "conversion rays" onto unbelievers instead of shooting "bullets" at bad guys.
I don't know much about real games following that format, other than Chex Quest.
open"Add just a drop.." trope? Western Animation
This trope is almost exclusively in cartoons to my recollection, if it has been made. So a person is given a potion and told to add "just one drop" or other similar limited amount. The person then, either because of impatience or an accident, adds much more than they should. Wacky Hijinks ensue. What is this trope?
openHolding detached steering wheel after crash Western Animation
This is one I have seen in several comics and cartoons but could not find a trope for: A vehicle crashes, explodes or is otherwise violently destroyed. From the wreckage emerges the driver, dazed and still holding on to the vehicle's steering weel, even though it's no longer attached to anything.
I guess it would be a sister trope to Free Wheel. Do we have something that covers this?
openPicture Face (or Exactly As Depicted) Western Animation
The audience is shown a picture, drawing, etc. The audience is then shown the person in said picture, and they are making the exact face as in the picture.
Edited by Rico677openBrain description Western Animation
Hi, does anyone know if there is a trope where we see sections of a person's brain? Like the picture where we see Homer Simpson's brain where we see words like donuts, etc?
openSphinx Nose Loss Western Animation
Is there a trope where the Sphinx is shown losing their nose? I feel like cartoons have done that a few times.
openInanimate object forms mouth Western Animation
Just saw this in The Christmas Light: an intercom speaker horn moving like a mouth. I've seen it with the listening end of a phone headset, etc.
openCampfire Horror Story Western Animation
Is there a trope about kids, either boy scouts, on summer camp or camping with their families, telling a horror story - often about a serial killer who escaped from an insane asylum and now roams these very woods? The killer usually has a hook for a hand, but sometime it's the traditional Chainsaw And Hockey Mask.
openenemy 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.
openSisyphean Toons Western Animation
The tendency for children's cartoon characters to spend most of their time endlessly pursuing a goal (catching the Roadrunner, getting the Krabby Patty secret formula, keeping Deedee out of the laboratory, obtaining Trix cereal) that they never, ever achieve.
openFriendly, Laid Back Antagonist Western Animation
Okay, so I want to edit a trope page for a character that while is an antagonist and the henchman of the main villain, is actually considered a friend to the protagonist and is annoyed by many of the villain's behaviors.
My question is, what trope exactly would fit for that?
(For more context, I'm talking about Brock from 'Unikitty!'.)
openRobot Chest Opening Western Animation
A humanoid robot has a cabinet door-like opening on his chest (or like a vertical equivalent of a car hood), which can be opened to perform repairs. Might be a Dead Unicorn Trope though it does show up in Astro Boy.
openLicking the napkin Western Animation
Someone (usually an overprotective mom) will notice some dirt on the kid's face, pull out a napkin, lick it, and apply it to the kid's face to clean it.
openCalm 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?
open"What do I pay you for?" "You don't even pay me." Western Animation
I've seen this happen twice at least, so I'm hoping it's a trope or a trope-worthy idea. Basically someone (usually with authority) makes a remark regarding someone's (a subordinate typically) pay, but it turns out the fella doesn't get paid anyway.
First example from BoBoiBoy: Adu Du tells Probe to zip it if he didn't want his wages deducted, to which Probe replies that he doesn't even get paid. (Makes sense since Probe is a Robot Buddy)
Then I recalled in Hotel Transylvania where Dracula yells "What do I pay you for?" at a knight for letting Quasimodo get away. Once Drac leaves the room, the knight pops his head back in the doorway to remark that he doesn't pay him.
Edit: Just adding that I looked through the latter's examples and came up blank. I'll still keep looking though.
Edited by BlackFaithStaropenAdaptational Singularity Western Animation
A character in an adaptation that is based on a class/rank/species/etc. of characters in the original. In other words, in the original X is a type of Y, in the adaptation, X is a particular member of Y.
Krusha and Klump of Donkey Kong Country are based on the enemies of the same name from the game of the same name.
In the games, they are a type of enemy, a rank/species/something, the important thing is there's more than one klump, and more than 1 krusha.
In the show, General Klump and Krusha are the only klumps and krushas, and judging by how Kaptain Skurvy is General Klump's brother, it seems that in the cartoon, Klump and Krusha are just the names of the two rather than a type of Kremling.
Same thing applies to Grounder in Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog.
Edited by DromeoopenType of Wipe Transition Western Animation
What is the trope where someone grabs hold of the camera as if to grab something out of a box or.. climbing a ladder?
Usually seen in cartoons, in this episode the parents take their children with them to work. An alternative could be "Take your daughter to work". I've seen this in The Loud House and Lampshaded once in an episode of Phineas and Ferb by Vanessa.
If I'm not mistaken, this is not very common in media nowdays, so it could very well be a Dead Horse Trope.