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openOverly long "moment of shock" Western Animation
Looking for the classic cartoon trope where a character is SO utterly shocked that the show shows various clips of several moments of the day (or just days entirely) where the character is just still completely questioning everything (it's usually accompanied by backgrounds of people going on with their lives)
openAmerican Pop Western Animation
At the end of American Pop, Pete Belinsky performs a medley of Carl Perkins's "Blue Suede Shoes", Shorty Long's "Devil with a Blue Dress On", and then Heart's "Crazy on You" (which were all arranged by the film's composer Lee Holdridge) in concert. Which trope fits this example?
Edited by gjjonesopenThe Random Enemy greeting at the camera during a chase/invasion Western Animation
Picture this: A shot of an invasion/chased caused by the main antagonist, chaos everywhere, and one of the minions decides to break the 4th wall by greeting at the camera man.
I seen this happen in the Mixels Minisode "Wrong Colors" and some of the ghost invasion scenes from Pac-Man and the Ghostly Adventures.
open(Back to) Normal Episode Western Animation
An episode or story in a series wherein the protagonist doesn't have superpowers or interacts with Speculative Fiction elements... or so it appears. Basically, the story starts out trying to convince the viewer that everything that happened before was All Just a Dream, and the hero is just a regular person.
It's revealed that a villain is manipulating the hero's mind or reality itself (like through Time Travel) to get the hero to give into The Final Temptation - but there are flaws in the hoax which allow the hero to realize the truth and either break free from the spell or Set Right What Once Went Wrong.
openCharacter's appearance is changed under the radar over the course of a series Western Animation
What's the trope for when a character (usually a minor one) quietly has their appearance changed without an explanation, but the audience doesn't know it until later? (Specifically within the same work, especially in a series.)
Example: In The Loud House, Boy Jordan, a minor background character, originally looked like this
in Seasons 1-3. In Season 4, he got redesigned to look like this
(which makes him look like a completely different character), but he wasn't addressed by name in this design until the Season 5 episode "Frame on You".
openHome (2015) Western Animation
Happens when oh and tip meet each other
I don't know what was called but it was like reactive continuous scream but with exclaim or just AH
openNarcissistic Housing Western Animation
When a character owns a house either shaped or themed around themselves. Overlaps with but is unique from Bizarrchitecture
openReal face through damaged portrait Western Animation
This is where someone's face somehow gets shoved through a painting of a person, in which the portrait's "head" is replaced by the real person's face. Especially funny when it's a portrait of someone famous, like a president, king, or military figure. The collision could be the result of a scuffle, someone angrily whacking the painting over the person's head, or just the result of general clumsiness.
This could also be in a comic (see Archie Andrew's first-ever appearance
◊), or even played for laughs in a live-action medium. And the burst-through picture is not necessarily a painting. On the Jetson's, George came "flying" into Spacely's office once (through a pneumatic-tube transport), and wound up with his face replacing that of a beauty-contest model in an advertising poster for Miss Solar System.
openCloser to reality Western Animation
In the animated film Ferdinand, I see highlights of very accurate representation of real life entities of Madrid and Spain authorities when the bulls are loose around the city like the emblems of the Madrid city authorities and even the bus lines. Is there a trope for that to mention in the trivia?
openI don't know Western Animation
It was set in the desert and it was the lives of animals from the desert, there was no talking but I remember a lizard like creature being the main character I assume
openNew Season, New Logo Western Animation
In a series with multiple seasons, each season has its own title logo with a narrative-related meaning, but doesn't necessarily change the series' title or have a particular subtitle á la New Season, New Name.
Hazbin Hotel comes to mind as an example.
openOpening titles end with the main character pratfalling Western Animation
Basically the opening title sequence ends with the main character tripping, falling or generally suffering some sort of minor mischief, and nervously shrugging it off (often to a grumpy authority figure) for a final shot of them smiling. It was extremely common in 90's cartoons.
- Watch My Chops's title sequence ends with Bernie doing a handstand, falling over and nervously speaking the final line of the theme song, as his employers walk in to see.
- Lloyd in Space's opening ends with Lloyd accidentally breaking a window (which goes as you'd expect on a space station), ending on a lingering shot of him sheepishly saying "oops...".
openSecond hand Pain Grimace Western Animation
Character is injured or crashes into something off screen, to which the over characters react by grimacing in discomfort, in a sort of "oooh, that looked like it hurt..." way.
not specifically limited to Western Animation

I'm looking for a trope involving a character who has a specific power, but personally dislikes using (especially notable if the power's useful and not useless).
Here's a sample example:
- Hazbin Hotel: Word of God states that Charlie has wings similar to those of her father Lucifer, but doesn't like using them, hence why she's never seen sprouting wings in the series itself despite fitting her power level and heritage.
(The example is mostly a demonstration of the idea because I believe I may have found some source or reference citing the example's context, but thus far I've only seen ambiguous official sources, so I most likely won't add it.) Edited by Inky100