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Is there a trope for that cloud left behind when cartoon characters move very fast?
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Here's another trope that I can't find anywhere; one character notices something that he becomes greatly horrified or surprised at, but it turns out to be something mundane rather than the main event that happened. Happens fairly often in Sponge Bob Square Pants. It could be a subtrope of Completely Missing The Point, but I don't know what it's called. Does anyone know what that trope is called?
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Is there a trope for the comedic puffs of dust left behind by a cartoon character who has just made a break for it? They tend to have sight gags of their own (spelling out words, creating a silhouette of that character which also startles and runs away, etc.)
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Is there a trope for how characters with a cavity will usually have this depicted by having a swollen cheek and/or a bandage wrapped around their head?
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Is there a trope for when someone is summoned to bring their ear closer to the speaker, as if to whisper, only for the speaker to shout in their ear?
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What about where a character undergoes a significant transformation at the end of a story, but all of the merchandise shows the pre-transformed character? Plus, the sequels are all Interquels. In effect, the post-transformed character is a lot less interesting. Disney seems to love this one. The Beast is a beast, Ariel has a tail, Rapunzel has her hair, Pinocchio is a wooden boy, etc.
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What's the name of the trope wherein two people stranded on a deserted island or lifeboat etc. get so hungry, that they imagine the other person looks like a food product?
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Is there a trope for someone choosing to take a hit in a fight?
The reason I'm wondering about this trope is from a scene in Spider-Man, where Peter is attacked by a group of university thugs. After he managed to dodge their blows he decides to let himself be beaten, thinking that he looked too good. Is there a trope for that? Something to do with hiding a secret identity or something?
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Mostly a game trope, but I've seen it apply to animation and film.
There's an up-and-coming project from an up-and-coming company. They're cutting corners on costs to stay within the budget, so instead of guest stars, or, in fact, any trained actors, they do every bit (or a statistically significant bit, anyway) of acting themselves. Be it on-screen action for a movie, or FMV cutscenes for a video game, or voice-overs for a cartoon or a video game, it's done by the dev team, not trained actors. This can lead to both good (Tex Murphy, Warcraft and Mortal Kombat come to mind first of all) and bad (a great many Mortal Kombat wannabe) results. This can also apply to localizations as well, causing a further upgrade from what is simply a "Blind Idiot" Translation to a Translation Trainwreck =)
The Russian joke phrase (which would be the Trope Namer if we had a Russian version of the Wiki) is "Voicework done by professional programmers". But do we actually have one for a case of this on This Wiki?
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What is the name of the trope where animated characters receive help or meet real life celebrities? Like when scooby doo meets the Harlem globe trotters.
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I'm looking for a trope that describes any of the staple "disaster requires realization" scenarios so common in Golden age cartoons, where the laws of physics break for a moment to give a character time to realize he/she/it is in for some hurt(e.g. walking off a ledge and remaining suspended until the lack of ground is noticed and finally falling). Any ideas? Thanks.
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Mostly seen in animation, the obviously looped and often exaggerated back-and-forth movements made by characters trying to keep something steady, like the big wheel on a sailing ship. Apparently in fiction it is impossible to keep a ship going in a straight line without constantly turning the wheel left and right. Similarly, when a character floats in the air, they always bob up and down, never in place. Finally, something I've often seen in Hanna Barbara cartoons like Wacky Races, you're watching the cars from the side. They are obviously drawn on two transparent cards which are being moved back and forth, to give the (unconvincing) illusion of a dynamic race.
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This would be the case in wich animated birds can fly as if they were helicopters or insects, they're capable of hovering in mid air, go backwards, take off vertically or even fly upside down.
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What's it called where, regardless of setting, characters can operate machinery and technology with apparently natural aptitude, eg. using a forklift truck in a fight?
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Is this already a trope? The culprit or villian of the week is about to be revealed, the camera switches to the astonished faces of the heroes, who gasp in astonishment. They all say: "It's YOU!" or even just "You!" After the ad-break, the villian is revealed to be someone completely unexpected. Basically, everyone in the scene knows the identity of the Man of Mystery, but the AUDIENCE doesn't know. Usually because the shot has the villian standing with their back to the camera, or it's just their shadow, or their face is hidden etc etc. I'm sure I've seen this in every Saturday morning cartoon ever, but I can't find it.
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A while back I found a trope (I think it was on the Darth Wiki) and some of the examples were about how Charlie Brown was unfairly treated. Like how he was hated by everyone because he got SECOND PLACE in a national spelling bee. I've been wanting to find the page again but I can't remember the name of it. Could someone help me?
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Do we have a trope where a particular character KNOWS they're in a TV show/cartoon but no one else does?
What's the trope for reading the book in the wrong direction?
An example is Eternal Daughter, where the reading direction flips if you face left or right. Another example is an early episode of X-Men, where The Beast reads Animal farm by turning pages from the front to back (although I should verify this).
This doesn't include Japanese books/manga, which are meant to be read right-to-left.
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