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resolved Post-Apocalyptic Faux-Badass Western Animation
The apocalypse happens, and one of the survivors is a rugged Bad Ass that probably survived thanks to his special ops skills or bloodthirsty criminal lifestyle. Except it's later revealed, to the other characters or the audience, that he was actually a harmless average person who survived thanks to dumb luck, or because his skills or lifestyle coincidentally helped him out.
The idea isn't so much that the character isn't skilled in the story, but the contrast between the present version of the guy and the Nerd Behind The Mask he used to be.
resolved Shapeshifter tell Western Animation
Is there a trope for when a shapeshifter has a certain trait they cannot hide? Like in the new Kung Fu Panda 4 trailer, there is a Chameleon villainess who can transform into other characters, but her skin remains scaly in whatever form she takes.
resolved Those who can't do, brag Western Animation
A vainglorious character will boast about skills and deeds, then is revealed to have been lying all along. Meanwhile, the character who doesn't brag at all ends up being the superior one. i.e., there's an inverse relation between bragging and doing. There are lots of reasons the competent character doesn't brag: First, he doesn't need to, cause he can just show people his skills. Second, he doesn't need the thrill of telling people he did something because he had the actual thrill of doing it. Third, he might get in trouble if someone finds out he did something wrong (a liar can pretend he committed all sorts of crimes, but when there's no evidence he won't be in trouble. An actual criminal will keep his lips sealed). Fourth, developing the skills led him to be modest about them. Fifth, he might be conflicted about his own morality (a guy who fakes his military service will brag about all the people he "killed", while an actual veteran won't talk about it out of guilt or respect).
resolved Hyde in the Mirror Western Animation
A character with Multiple Personalities or a Superpowered Evil Side will see and have conversations with his other self in a mirror or reflective surface. The other self is often portrayed as being "trapped" in the mirror, banging on it as if it was a glass window, trying to get out.
resolved I don't want to die of Time Travel! (SOLVED) Western Animation
Alice and Bob live in the Bad Future. Alice wants to use Time Travel to Set Right What Once Went Wrong, but Bob wants to stop her because doing so would mean he no longer exists - either because she'll change the past before he was born, and he'll never be born, or because the "Bob" of the changed future won't have the same personality and memories he does. It can also be Bob's a kid, and his parents won't let Alice fix the past.
Edited by Mac_Rresolved Immediately Discarded Disguise (SOLVED) Western Animation
A hero uses a disguise to infiltrate a place. As soon as he's past the guards/cameras, he'll toss the costume away (or at least remove the helmet) and get back to his usual togs.
In-Universe, it might be because the disguise is physically or psychologically unpleasant, or because the hero doesn't want his friends already inside to think he's a guard.
Out of universe, it's cause the hero's clothes are cooler and easier to recognize.
Edited by Mac_Rresolved Heroism Drift Western Animation
Is there a trope for characters drifting closer to the idea of generic crimefighters as a series goes on? It's a bit general of an idea, since it comes in many different ways, such as:
- Characters who happen stumble upon danger in early episodes are later portrayed as willingly investigating dangerous stuff for fun and profit.
- Characters who can only think of Mundane Utility uses for their powers later on use them to protect others.
- Characters who at first just use their powers to defend themselves or a group of friends from villains, later are shown going on patrol looking for criminals.
- A character with a well-defined goal, such as getting revenge on a villain because It's Personal, will later go after villains he has no personal relationship with.
- An Action Survivor in the first film will be the one attacking the bad guys in the sequel.
- Characters initially portrayed as scientists or civilian adventurers will be approached by a martial authority to help in a war or espionage setting. Or, they'll offer their expertise to the authority. Eventually they're portrayed as being employed by that authority.
- Vigilantes will later be portrayed as having legal authority, or be friendly with people who do.
- Mercenaries are later portrayed as fighting evil without being paid (or refusing jobs that go against their ethics and turning on the prospective employers).
- Selfish loners will need less and less justification to punish a bad guy.
resolved Happy Little Elves Western Animation
Is there a trope for in-universe media that's loved by small children (especially Barney-esque stuff with annoying songs, repetitive catchphrases, terrible production values), but unbearable for adults?
resolved Got hit the second time Western Animation
Basically, when someone is crossing the street and a car is coming towards them at full speed. They miraculously manage to avoid it, but while they are still realizing what happened/insulting the driver, another car arrives (which is usually chasing the first one) and this time they get hit.
resolved Breaking a precarious balance Western Animation
When an object, despite being in an unstable balance (like a car on the edge of a cliff) somewhat manages to not fall, but then a really small weight (usually a fly) gets on it and it falls down. I think it's pretty used in animation for comedy purposes.
resolved Hit with an object, object gets bent Western Animation
A cartoonish gag - a character gets hit with an object, such as a golf club, and the club gets bent to look like his sillhouette. If the character is super-strong, or very stupid, he doesn't even feel the hit.
Alternatively, a character gets hit with a frying pan, or hits a wall, and the other side of the object shows a negative imprint of his face.
resolved No title Western Animation
In Transformers: Cyberverse, there are no Transformers interacting with humans outside of humans filming Transformers and commenting on the Transformers' videos. In Transformers: Battlegrounds, the video game for Transformers: Cyberverse, your viewpoint character is a human who rides on Teletraan-X and directs the Autobots in battle. I was thinking Author's Saving Throw but given there was no explicit Word of God, I'm unsure how to classify "humans don't directly interact with Transformers in the cartoon but a human does interact with them in the video game".
resolved I was defending YOU! Western Animation
Bob criticizes Alice's behavior - she had a good thing going and screwed it up. He nags her because he doesn't understand why she did it.
Then, she reveals it - the reason Alice "screwed up" what was happening was to defend Bob. Now, Bob feels like a jerk.
For instance, Bob doesn't understand why Alice broke up with a boyfriend. It's cause the boyfriend asked her to choose between him or Bob. (Bob is Alice's friend of family member). Or, Alice and Bob work together, and Alice "screws up" a job opportunity, because the opportunity was just for her.
resolved El Farol Paradox Western Animation
A comedy gag where something is so popular, nobody can do it. Like the joke "nobody drives in New York city, there's too much traffic".
Is there a trope for that?
resolved Furry Cultural Equivalence Western Animation
A Funny Animal is stereotyped as part of the culture of the place where his real life species is found. e.g., an alligator behaves like a Florida hillbilly, a Zebra has a stereotypical African accent, a kangaroo acts like an "ocker", and so on.
resolved "I'm also a client" gag Western Animation
A character represents some sort of industry, so, in cartoony works, he's also a big user of whatever he's selling. For instance, a big tobacco CEO is always smoking, an alcohol industry guy is always drunk, the creator of a social media site is always taking selfies... usually, those characters are shown side by side in a meeting, making the relationship even more obvious.
resolved Secret-Knowing Pet Western Animation
A character is hiding a secret from everyone else (usually like a Secret Identity), but an animal or baby catches him all the time and gives him the stink eye. In exaggerated examples, the pet tries to verbalize his knowledge. If the secretive character is a villain, he might mistreat the pet, or pretend to be nice to it when there's people around.
resolved Douchey Millennial Tech Billionaire Western Animation
Is there a trope for the stereotypical tech CEO who's young, socially awkward, competitive and egocentric? Usually a parody of Mark Zuckerberg or Larry Page, but often a lot more handsome for some reason.
resolved Life-saving introduction (SOLVED) Western Animation
Bob is putting the team together and goes looking for Alice, whom he's never met. He finds her, and she kills a bad guy (or creature) who happened to attack him just then, thus proving she's both a trustworthy ally, and a proper Bad Ass.
Edited by Mac_R

A character's college roomate (usually the top bunk one) has lots of sex all through the night while the character listens to music in their headphones and tries to study.
If female, the character is an Academic Alpha Bitch who's actually in college to learn and is annoyed at her slutty roomate who'll probably become a killer's Asshole Victim if the story takes a turn for horror. If male, the character's a frustrated loser who trembles with sexual envy as his Frat Bro sport scholarship roomate has sex with all his crushes.