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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 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
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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.
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 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 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?
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 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.
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 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 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 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 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 Fake Defector But The Villain Is Smart Western Animation
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.
resolved The Villain & Hero Gets Defeated At The Same Time. Western Animation
The Villain Is About To Be Defeated, Killed, Taken To Jail Or Something Else, The Villain Takes Down The Hero As well Or Taken To Jail Alongside The Villain In Some Way Shape Or Form (By Either Using a Surprise Attack Or Exposing The Hero's Dark Secret To Cops), (Which Is Like: "If I'm Going Down...YOUR GOING DOWN WITH ME!").
resolved The Villain & Hero Gets Defeated At The Same Time. Western Animation
The Villain Is About To Be Defeated, Killed, Taken To Jail Or Something Else, The Villain Takes Down The Hero As well Or Taken To Jail Alongside The Villain In Some Way Shape Or Form (By Either Using a Surprise Attack Or Exposing The Hero's Dark Secret To Cops), (Which Is Like: "If I'm Going Down...YOUR GOING DOWN WITH ME!").
resolved Time Traveling To The First Episode Or Scene Western Animation
Looking For a Trope In Cartoons Or Movies Where The Character Time Travels To The First Episode (Or First Scene In The Movie) To Either Warn Their Past Selfs Or Change Something That Prevents The Events Of The Show (Or Movie) Ever Happening.
resolved the next episode its like nothing happened Western Animation
whats the trope, where in one episode something happens and then in the next one everything is back to normal? Like for ex. a character dies or theres an apocalypse and then everything is fine next week. I know i've seen it somewhere but can't find it now. usually used in cartoons like gumball
resolved Is there a “Trope Fail” trope? Western Animation
I know there is a page called Trope Breaker, which talks about how tropes can become less relevant over time. But that’s not what I’m asking about.
What I’m asking about is, sometimes a comedy work will start out with a well known trope - but then the trope fails, breaks, or gets flipped around, as a joke.
For example, in The Simpsons Movie, Bart’s skateboarding scene, it starts out like a Scenery Censor trope. By “luck,” the inappropriate bits just happen to be invisible from the perspective of the camera. But after doing this successfully for several shots, then all of a sudden the trope breaks and shows ONLY the, uh… inappropriate bit. Would this be called something like “Scenery Censor Breaker”? Or is there a specific trope that refers to breaking other tropes?

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.