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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 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 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 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 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 Lying to the Dying Western Animation
Suppose Bob and Alice are fighting some enemy to save Charlie. Bob is mortally wounded, and is losing consciousness. He asks Alice if Charlie's alright, and Alice lies and says they achieved their goal, that Bob's death wasn't meaningless, so he can die happy. A super sad scene.
Is there a trope forthat?
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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 junemew

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 DrOlson