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resolved Coming up with a name for disguise based on surroundings Western Animation
What's it called when a character, who's disguised, comes up with a name based on the first things they see? For example, character A asks who character B is and what their name is, so character B comes up with "Wall-Couch-Window" because those where the first things they saw. Also sometimes character A responds with something like "Oh it must be a foreigner name"
Edited by junemewresolved I can still hear them... Western Animation
A character is presumed dead, but is alive and in danger nearby. The character will yell to a mourner, to which the mourner will say that they can still hear the character, before finally realizing what the person is saying and going off to help. Usually "I can still hear them now" or similar phrases are said.
Edited by DrOlsonresolved Green Visor Accountant Western Animation
An accountant will stereotypically be portrayed as wearing a green visor over his eyes, especially in older works.
If a character is acting like an accountant or pretending to be one, he'll put on the visor for the role. The visor's also used by dealers playing poker.
resolved Lying to a kid to expand their tastes Western Animation
A parental technique in fiction: The child claims to hate something (like carrots) despite never having tried it. So, the parent pretends to play along, and offers the kid "space cake". The kid eats it, enjoys it, then the parent reveal it was carrot cake all along.
The plan is the kid will realize carrots are good all along. The result often is the kid asking I Ate WHAT?! and spitting it out.
It also happens when an adult is a Manchild, and another adult (his Wet Blanket Wife) is trying to get him to try new stuff - not necessarily food, could be anything, a book, a person...
Or, it can even be Played for Drama - a detective figures out someone is guilty when he's shown to enjoy something he claimed not to. Or, a Straw Hypocrite will claim to support a certain politician's policies, until the interlocutor reveals they're actually a rival's policies.
So, is that a trope?
resolved Happens while someone's explaining it Western Animation
So there's an episode of Western Animation/Chowder where Chowder eats a really sour puckerberry while Mung is telling him not to. And while Mung is explaining the symptoms of what happens if you do eat one (puckered lips, watering eyes, uncontrollable flatulence), Chowder goes through them in that exact order.
Would that count as Tempting Fate, Now You Tell Me?, or something else?
Edited by MrEintheMorningresolved Eat Something, Become That Shape Western Animation
Is there a trope in which someone, usually a cartoon animal, eats something in one bite and you can see the outline of the food in their throat/stomach? An example would be that one picture of Jerry from Tom & Jerry where he looks like a triangle.
Mafer Yet/Neirueuteamo/Aiohtoviva
resolved Main characters's friend group gets a new friend who's also a main character Western Animation
Ummmmmmmm is there any specific trope were the main character group gets a new addition?
I have no idea how to explain this, so, here's some examples:
Wow! Wow! Wubbzy!:Daizy (idk how to write her name) debuted in season 2, and is in the main cast.
The Lion Guard:Anga turns into a main character and part of the Lion Guard in season 3
Edited by MaferYetresolved Is there a bubble power trope? Western Animation
Sasha in Mermaid Magic has an unusual power, she creates streams of bubbles to fight. Not as cute as that sounds, it's basically like a stream of compressed air pockets and the kinetic force is enough to pancake an adversary into the wall.
I could not find this superpower trope, so does the page exist?
resolved Keeping someone alive cause they're funny or amusing. Western Animation
The trope where a villain keeps someone alive because they find them entertaining or funny.
I'm specifically thinking of that time Lord Shen fromKung Fu Panda 2 says, "The only reason you are still alive is that I find your stupidity... mildly amusing" but iirc there's a whole trope page about times where people are spared because someone thing they're funny or amusing.
resolved Head of hair becomes sentient Western Animation
I’ve seen this trope come up a few times, but I can’t find the name of it. It’s basically when a character’s hair becomes sentient or has a mind of its own. Off the top of the head, a couple examples include:
- The short "Hair" from Body Bags.
- The episode Hair Today, Gone Tomorrow of Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur.
But it seems most common in cartoons.
Edited by CanuckMcDuck1resolved High Collar of Armor/So Armored you don't have a neck Western Animation
what's the term for where, in order to make an individual appear more armored (regardless of how armored they actually are) their armor will make it look like they don't have a neck (so their body goes straight from chest to head) or don't have a head or neck at all.
Some examples:
Ultimate Juggernaut
exaggerates the design of regular 616 Marvel Juggernaut, still giving him the appearance of being heavily armored while wearing less armor than basically about as much armor as Conan the Barbarian.
Tokugawa
from Lancer
The MCU version of the Hulkbuster
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Armored Trooper VOTOMS
◊ (for the unaware the pilot's head is actually in the head of this mech, VOTOMS are really small, that chest is basically entirely cockpit with the pilot seated inside it in a pressure suit)
Juggernaut armor from Call of Duty
and its real world inspiration EOD armor
Note that this is different from a gorget, in that it's not armor that conforms to the neck, but rather armor that obscures the neck entirely, often giving a character the appearance of a bullet head, box head, or no head at all.
1x1x1x1 (NOT FORSAKEN)
resolved Is there a certain trope for a pink character themed around love? Western Animation
I am looking to find a trope about characters who are themed around the colour pink and the feeling of love, I am looking for this trope for Jargonaise from the lingo show who fits this description.
resolved Suddenly having a watch Western Animation
I've seen this now and then in cartoons. It's not a common trope but not an extremely rare one I think. It's when a character looks at their wrist and suddenly is conveniently wearing a watch to tell the time, such as when they are late for something, despite not normally wearing a watch at all, and it's gone the next scene. The only examples I can think of about this trope was in Happy Tree Friends I think (specifically Lumpy and his was blue) and Sponge Bob Squarepants (might of been a scene with Patrick, but maybe Sponge Bob himself did it too, not sure, and if I remember correctly Patrick's "sudden watch" was golden), but I'm not sure which episodes of the shows.
resolved Two Whirlybirds With One Stone Western Animation
A character is being chased by two or more flying enemies, such as fighters - he'll manage to shoot one in a way that makes it lose control and crash into the second, getting rid of both.
Also happens during car chases: shoot one of the cars' wheel, it'll steer to the side and crash on the other
resolved Face in the Binoculars Western Animation
Combined with Binocular Shot. I've seen this in 6teen and the Super Mario Brothers Super Show. A character is looking at/for someone through binoculars, pans away for a moment, and when they pan back, the person they were looking at/for is glaring at them with their face taking up the whole binocular shot. Sometimes used as a Jump Scare but just as likely to be Played for Laughs.
resolved Faster than the Speed of Gravity Western Animation
A character's holding something, but either because he's afraid of what he sees approaching, or because there's something he wants elsewhere, he he bolts away, so fast that the object he's holding hasn't even fallen down, and we see it floating in the air without nobody around.
A related trope: The character's sitting in an office chair, and he leaves so fast, the chair is left spinning with leftover torque from his impulse up.
resolved Mini versions of the character in their brain Western Animation
When a character has internal conflict which is represented by versions of them bickering in their brain. Usually in animation but I could imagine it in other formats too.
Examples: Spongebob: https://youtu.be/18fLWU8C68Q?feature=shared
Given: https://youtu.be/H9k1NdBMJPY?si=4Yzp2knKcR0K-24Q
Kaguya-sama Live is War s2e14 (This may be a meme edit but the original scene is still fairly represented here and I couldnt find a better depiction of it): https://www.reddit.com/r/kaguya_memes/comments/g3zdbv/kaguya_wright_love_is_justice_kaguya_goes_to/
This is also the whole conceit of Sanders Sides I guess.
Similar to what's going on with Inside Out, but not because those emotions aren't mini versions of Riley.
resolved Cultural Difference Mistake Western Animation
Is there a trope for when a story mistakenly portrays a member of a culture as being in the wrong subculture - for instance, an American show portraying an English aristocrat as a Cockney-accented, Ale-swilling Lower-Class Lout? After all, they're all british, right? They're all the same.

The Character Pretends To Join The Dark Side But The Villain Already Knows And Either Plays Along Until Their The Most Variable, Or Do Something To ACTUALLY Make Them Join The Evil Side.