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openArtwork quality declines, but story gets better? Print Comic
Do we have this one?
Similar to Seasonal Rot, except applying to artwork in a comic book, not the storyline?
Basically... a comic book (maybe a DC Comics New 52 one as an example) gets better on each new issue, but the artwork declines in quality each new issue that comes out.
Checking before I make any new trope at TLP.
openRogue & Gambit & Poochie Print Comic
The comic "Mr and Ms X" is starred by Rogue and Gambit, a beloved X-Men battle couple... and (in the first issues) also Deadpool, who was basically forced into the plot.
Meaning, there is a duo that works well, but they added an unneeded third guy into the mix, just because he's popular.
Edited by GrigorIIopenAlien mistaken for human Print Comic
Do we have a trope for when an alien is mistaken for a human being, but not due to shapeshifting? For instance, a Kryptonian is on Earth, undisguised, and a human thinks she's a human since Kryptonians look just like humans? (Just to be clear, it doesn't have to be humans; it can be other things too, like how Rocket Raccoon isn't a raccoon—or so he claims now and then—but still is mistaken for one.)
openToken... "other superpower origin"? Print Comic
I'm looking for a trope pertaining to the X-Men. Basically, what I'm referring to is that the X-Men mainly consists of mutants, but have had several non-mutant members in their history that include super soldiers, cyborgs, mutates, aliens, magical beings, interdimensional beings, robots, and ordinary humans.
I struggle to figure out what trope would best describe this. Not sure if Token Minority (dealing with real world minorities) is applicable, nor is Token Non-Human (mutants aren't baseline humans), Token Enemy Minority (they aren't necessarily enemies with the others), or really anything else. I feel like this is worth troping, but I can't figure out what trope to put it in.
Any ideas?
openPost-apocalyptic world turns out to be mostly okay Print Comic
I've read a couple of comics that take place in post-apocalyptic worlds, but in a surprising twist, it turned out that the world was actually still okay. Modern civilization was actually fine, and it was only in the region where the story took place that things had become post-apocalyptic. (I could name the actual comic series, but since it's usually a spoiler I won't.)
Is that a trope?
openTime travel gives me a headache to understand Print Comic
In countless time travel stories, the time traveler gets things explained, like "You'll need to go to the past and meet her, but don't worry, because technically you've already been going to have had met her," and the time traveler replies "Understanding this stuff gives me a headache" or make some similar complaint. Is that a trope?
openFront-Heavy Guy? Print Comic
You know that thing in some comic book art and anime where a ridiculously muscular character is probably just meant to be leaning forward, but they're so heavily muscled and/or the art style is so exaggerated (or poorly drawn) that it looks like their head and neck (if any) are in the middle of their chest rather than above their shoulders? Not exactly a hunchback, but inhumanly muscular. I don't quite know what to type to bring up an example in GIS, but I feel like some artists made this part of their design for characters like The Hulk (the page image is a slight example but with more realistic anatomy) or Juggernaut, or Overtkill from Spawn.
Would that be Cephalothorax? Top-Heavy Guy? Tiny-Headed Behemoth (though the head isn't necessarily as tiny as some examples)? Its own thing?
Edit: Like the hezrou from D&D, the guy in the back here
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openribbon cape Print Comic
Is there a trope for when a character has a cape that's not a solid piece of fabric but rather made of a bunch of ribbons? Mr.Sinister's cape is the main example I can think of, though I think there are a few other Marvel characters with capes like that.
openSeen in the same room with your alter-ego Print Comic
I'm pretty sure this is a common way to protect a secret identity (by faking a simultaneous appearance of a character and that secret identity), but I'm not sure that there's a trope for it.
openSelf-Deception Print Comic
After acting X for a while, Bob is revealed to be Y.
But, then, why did we, the readers, see Bob being X even when he was alone? Or why did he keep the pretense up with someone else in on the con? Or, even worse, did his thought bubbles indicate he was X? Was he lying to himself?
I've seen that happen a lot in comic book retcons, when a character is later revealed to have been evil or savvy all along, contradicting previous thought bubbles. But it also happens in self-contained stories, especially in ones featuring a Gambit Pileup.
openHome Base Cross Section Print Comic
Is there a trope for when a comic book shows a Cross-Section map of the heroes' Home Base, as a sort of "sneak peek" for the readers? Usually, the map makes no sense since artists are making the base up as they go, and they need to fill space with stuff like "supply room" and "bunker".
openGhost of the Living Print Comic
We have Undercover When Alone, for when a character acts like someone else even when nobody's around because it wasn't revealed (or decided) that he's actually The Mole. But, what about when we see a character's ghost (or some other afterlife equivalent) when afterwards, it's revealed that the character faked his death, or whatever? Is there a trope for that?
Edited by PisthetairosopenSome type of homage? Print Comic
So the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles were originally created as a parody of Daredevil (same origin stories, similar villains and settings etc). What exactly trope is that? Spiritual Successor? Homage? Shout-Out?
openStockCharacter transition Print Comic
We've god Genre Refugee, where a stock character from one genre shows up in the wrong genre, but is there a trope for when a Stock Character becomes a different type of stock character?
openUntitled Print Comic
So here's the situation; the protagonist wakes up in the morning and finds out that a bounty hunter is after his superhero alter ego and is minutes away from finding his apartment. He does so by following old heat signatures. So the protagonist, who knows who that bounty hunter is cause he's read his file, immediately comes up with a plan to cover his identity; he jumps off the window to get a drop on the hunter (the window is almost on top of a skyscraper, so nobody on ground level would notice when it broke), and then he follows the same path he took the previous day to cover his old trail, and jump out of his apartment again, while telling the AI assistant to pretend she didn't know who the masked guy is. All to disassociate his heroic alter with his real identity.
I was thinking Indy Ploy, but the whole thing seems too complicated for that. So is it that or Xanatos Speed Chess?
Edited by LermisopenTwo visual anger tropes Print Comic
Are there tropes for either of these scenarios:
1 - A character gets angry, or threatens to start a fight so he pulls one of his sleeves up while balling his fist (either to show his muscles, or to avoid getting blood on his shirt). Also done by cartoon animals that don't even wear clothes.
2 - A little girl / young woman gets angry, so she balls her fists and moves them perpendicular to her arms, keeping them straight down - this shows she's angry, but still cute.

A typical supervillain bodytype. Thin, tall, long nose, fidgety, shrill voice, Evil Laugh, constantly teasing the hero with Incredibly Lame Puns and catchphrases, has an obnoxious theme and an inflated ego. Mentioned in a Venture Brothers commentary.