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openvillain slip up Western Animation
is there a trope for when a someone is presumed to be a good guy but blows their cover with a single action or line that makes the protagonist question who they actually are? Like Akechi mentioning the pancakes thing in Persona 5 leading to him getting busted. Or Kai figuring out Skylor was working with Chen when she used ice? Further more what is this trope called with a shape shifter or impersonator? Like when Twilight figured that Candace was a changeling?
openCharacter duplicated for a gag Western Animation
In Care Bears Movie II: A New Generation, there's a brief gag where Grumpy Bear is carrying one end of a comically large baguette, and is eventually revealed to be carrying the other end as well, making a comment about working double duty. Grumpy doesn't have Self-Duplication powers otherwise, so it wouldn't fall under that trope, especially since this is a one off gag.
Here is a video that contains the gag
, timestamped to when it starts, in case that helps.
openbeing beyond your wildest comprehension Western Animation
is there a trope for beings that are beyond what a normal human can see? for instance, the contumelia in ben 10 are 5 dimensional beings that can not be seen by the regular eye, and are visually seen by each person as an object or person that is the most important to them.
openWinnie the Pooh and Christmas Too Western Animation
In Winnie the Pooh and Christmas Too, Pooh in his Santa Claus disguise gives Rabbit an improvised version of the bug sprayer. Seconds later, Rabbit lets out a wicked laugh as he is about to use the sprayer on the bugs shortly before it falls apart.
Which tropes fit the above description?
Edited by gjjonesopenTwo plot tropes Western Animation
There are two plot tropes that I would like to add to The Loud House Mega Music Countdown, but I don’t know what they’re called.
- Ranking episode: This trope is one that would be shared with another Loud House special, Lucy Loud’s Halloween Spook-tacular. Basically, it’s when the entire plot is dedicated to displaying a ranking in some sort of “top 10”, “top 15”, “top 20”, et cætera format. The special falls into this because it’s about the host showing the viewers the top ten songs from the series that were chosen for a playlist.
- Plot driven by viewers: I’m looking for an example where the viewer interactions happen before filming, not during it, as this is a scripted (not live broadcasted) special. The special would fall into this because the songs in the playlist that the special focuses on were all voted for by the fans before being compiled into a playlist.
openComputer overload Western Animation
What is the trope for when somebody overloads their computer (often without realizing it), causing it to crash?
Example: In The Loud House & Casagrandes Hangin' at Home Special, Lincoln and Ronnie Anne have an event where they repeatedly change the backgrounds on their video chat screens. It eventually becomes rapid, so they decide to stop. While Ronnie Anne can easily revert her screen back to normal, Lincoln becomes stuck with his backgrounds rapidly changing beyond his control, which overloads his computer, crashes it, and prompts him to get it fixed.
openA fantastical character want to fit in with the mundane Western Animation
I'm looking for a trope where a character despite being fantastical in some way (they have superpowers, they're rich, there are different species) want to fit in amongst humans/the mundane world
openCharacter Derailment or Out of Character Western Animation
I'm working on editing one of The Amazing World of Gumball episode "The Burden". Describing Darwin's attitude on his jealousy gainst Gumball and Penny, however I can't identify what trope goes proper with his attitude, if it is a character derailment or an out of character episode.
Keep in mind that throughout the series up until this point, he never showed having jealousy of Gumball having a crush and her, it's between this episode and The Bros that Darwin have this attitude.
openHave sword, can't use Western Animation
Is there a trope for when a character has a sword, but never actually gets to use it? Usually for censorship reasons. Like Leonardo in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Sokka in Avatar: TLA, or Wolverine in the X-Men animated series (for a non-sword example).
openVoice acting error - wrong character Western Animation
Is there a trope for a voice acting error in animation where either a character's line is unintentionally said by a different actor (presumably due to a mixup in script reading during recording) or an Acting for Two example where the actor mistakenly uses a certain voice for the wrong character?
openrecreation of the pilot? Western Animation
Is there a trope where the pilot / one of the first important scenes is recreated / or otherwise caused later in a different part of the series? Im not talking back to the pilot, but smtn like how the original pilot for southpark was recreated in the episode “canceled”. or how no omnitrix ben and professor paradox watched 10 year old ben find the omnitrix in omniverse.
openPocket Pet Western Animation
I couldn't find a trope where a pet is small enough to be carried in a bag of some kind.
Usually a purse dog, but the example I saw is carried in a waist pouch.
openMassive Premiere Date, Massive Flop Western Animation
What would be a good trope to describe when a network holds a large premiere date for one of its most popular IPs, but it ultimately ends up not being a success, no matter what they put into it?
Example: December 11, 2021 marked a hefty premiere date for The Loud House franchise. It started off with Nickelodeon airing a rerun of A Loud House Christmas at 7:00 PM EST, which was accompanied by the premiere of a tie-in standalone TV special called A Loud House Christmas Holiday Party. After that came the premiere of another stand-alone TV special, Lincoln Loud's Holly Jolly Gift Guide, at 8:38 PM EST, and the premiere event ended with a new episode of the main series, "How the Best Was Won", at 8:53 PM EST. Despite the heavy back-to-back premieres, the event was ultimately a flop. The event had been advertised
, but the main focus was put on A Loud House Christmas Holiday Party, with only a vague mention of "a brand-new Loud House episode" (referring to the new episode of the main series) and no mention of Lincoln Loud's Holly Jolly Gift Guide. "How the Best Was Won" ended up accumulating the lowest view count of the entire event, at 0.25 million viewers; this view count would also consequently become the lowest view count in the entire season, remaining unbroken by the time of the season's end (for reference of how hard it flopped, the next-lowest-viewed episode of the season attained 0.33 million viewers, a total difference of .08 million viewers). It did not help that the episode had already been accidentally leaked by Sky Go, a VOD service, about two and a half months prior, and this factor also potentially misled viewers into thinking the "brand-new Loud House episode" advertised in the promo was Lincoln Loud's Holly Jolly Gift Guide, despite its content making it clear that it's actually another stand-alone special. This effectively gave the stand-alone special a slightly higher view count of 0.27 million viewers. Many fans who already knew about "How the Best Was Won" before the event likewise skipped out on it, which caused Lincoln Loud's Holly Jolly Gift Guide to slip into obscurity among the fandom, although Nick still recognizes it and treats it like all the show's other stand-alone specials. To top it all off, A Loud House Christmas Holiday Party got the worst treatment out of the bunch, despite being the main focus of the promos; it was never broadcast again, and likewise neither released on Paramount+ nor even aired in foreign countries. (It also doesn't help that the film currently has no releases on physical media, which would present an opportunity to include the special on a DVD or Blu-Ray release.) No viewership information is available for this special, as it was directly attached to a film that was rerunning on the network, which has caused it to slip the farthest into obscurity among the fandom.
I’ve been thinking about Screwed by the Network, but I doubt that would fit this case very well because of a few factors like the advertising.
Edited by BlankBlanknessopenChorus Thing Western Animation
What’s the trope where someone sings, for example, “Laaaaaa”, then someone else sings “Laaaaaa”, then a third person sings “Laaaaaaaaa”, then a fourth person sings “Laaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa”?
openthe 3d gag thing Western Animation
The gag where some characters are watching a movie with old 3d glasses and the main protagonist (usually getting persued.) crashes through the film screen thingy. Then the person wearing said 3d glasses would say something like "Woah this 3d is so realistic."
openYour Photo Over Rival Photo Western Animation
A character has a photo of their crush with their boyfriend, but the boyfriend is covered by your picture.
Example: Carl has a picture of Jimmy's Mom with her husband, but Hugh is covered by Carl's photo.
openAccidentally muted myself Western Animation
What is the trope for when a character talking to another character accidentally hits the mute button without realizing it, causing the person on the receiving end to realize that they have hit the button?
Examples:
- The Epic Tales of Captain Underpants - In "Captain Underpants and the Taxing Trauma of the Treacherous Tattle Trials, Part 1", Melvinborg accidentally presses the mute button on his phone while communicating to Melvin about how the Nanobots work. Melvin tries to communicate that he pressed the mute button, but nothing happens.
- The Loud House & Casagrandes Hangin' at Home Special - Lincoln accidentally hits the mute button on his computer while discussing what has been happening at his house. Ronnie Anne quickly points this out, and he promptly unmutes himself before retelling his story.
openDialogue added in a foreign dub Western Animation
What is the trope for when a silent character receives dialogue in a foreign dub?
Example: In The Loud House Movie, Flip has no dialogue in the original version. However, in the Italian dub, he is given dialogue (voiced by Walter Rivetti) when he shoos Lincoln away from his store.
openUplifted Animal changes art style Western Animation
So I've noticed this a few times, namely in Secret of Nihm and We're Back! A Dinosaur Tale.
But essentially, when an otherwise normal animal becomes Uplifted, their art style changes. Now this is close to Anthropomorphic Transformation, except not every case is left with a *physically* anthropomorphic design. Sometimes they become more cartoony than their normal brethren, but otherwise remain quadrupedal.
So I was wondering if there was a trope for this thing I've seen a few times now that isn't just Anthropomorphic Transformation, more dealing with a change in style than a full change in form?

The general trope is that someone who has a certain friend that is disliked by a group or larger is discriminated, shunned, or mocked for being friends with them. A major symptom of Fantastic Racism or just general racism. Often by the end of the media, the friendship is accepted by the masses thanks to The Power of Friendship or similar.
For example, in Sitting Ducks, Bill is feared by every duck he knows (with a few exceptions) because of his friendship with Aldo the alligator, and on the other hand, Aldo is mocked because of his friendship with the duck Bill.
Edited by Toony1