Repetitive Traits and Mannerisms
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Repetitive Traits and Mannerisms
Have you ever seen a particular thing within a film or tv show that's reminiscent of previous projects done by the same company or by others. You get it a lot with sitcoms and animations, like the particular set up to jokes or the way character's express emotions. Here are a couple that I've noticed.
The "Slip and Slide" scene - the most inexplicable phenomenon of animation, have you ever noticed since the birth of CGI films there has been a rise in the number of times you will see a character slip, cascade or travel uncontrollably down a slope of mind boggling height which has absolutely no business being there. Happy Feet, Surf's Up, A Christmas Carol, Tintin.
A lot of Disney Villains fall to their death - Yes, in such classics as Beauty and the Beast, Up, The Lion King 1 and 2, Tarzan, Hunchback, Snow White, Basil the great mouse Detective, Fox and the Hound, Sleeping Beauty, and arguably Peter Pan the villain will take a nasty tumble leading to an untimely end.
Dreamworks sink and sigh - When a dreamworks character wants to show how misjudged they are they'll always let out a big breath of air and lower their shoulders
The "Slip and Slide" scene - the most inexplicable phenomenon of animation, have you ever noticed since the birth of CGI films there has been a rise in the number of times you will see a character slip, cascade or travel uncontrollably down a slope of mind boggling height which has absolutely no business being there. Happy Feet, Surf's Up, A Christmas Carol, Tintin.
A lot of Disney Villains fall to their death - Yes, in such classics as Beauty and the Beast, Up, The Lion King 1 and 2, Tarzan, Hunchback, Snow White, Basil the great mouse Detective, Fox and the Hound, Sleeping Beauty, and arguably Peter Pan the villain will take a nasty tumble leading to an untimely end.
Dreamworks sink and sigh - When a dreamworks character wants to show how misjudged they are they'll always let out a big breath of air and lower their shoulders
Spike - "Seriously, a talking Dog is the weird thing about all this"
Me - "Not at all, the fact that you're a dog and not a lizard is much weirder"
Me - "Not at all, the fact that you're a dog and not a lizard is much weirder"
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Need I also mention the "Dreamworks Face"?
They always manage to find a place to put that particular expression into their movies. :p
They always manage to find a place to put that particular expression into their movies. :p
"When you're falling in a forest and there's nobody around,
do you ever really crash or even make a sound?"
do you ever really crash or even make a sound?"
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-The Hulk's pants turn purple when he transforms
-The only thing they eat in Pokemon is white balls with black lines on them
Oh, and KJ, your link is broken. Here's the image:
-The only thing they eat in Pokemon is white balls with black lines on them
Oh, and KJ, your link is broken. Here's the image:
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It sounds like it! Based on the title, I assumed this thread was about... you know... repetitive traits and mannerisms (like how I constantly count down from four to zero basically the entire time I'm conscious), not tropes. = P
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Sorry for the confusion, i probably could've picked a better title.
TV Tropes eh? That's the first time i've read that phrase, what exactly does it mean.
TV Tropes eh? That's the first time i've read that phrase, what exactly does it mean.
Spike - "Seriously, a talking Dog is the weird thing about all this"
Me - "Not at all, the fact that you're a dog and not a lizard is much weirder"
Me - "Not at all, the fact that you're a dog and not a lizard is much weirder"
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pretty much what you said in your opening post.
Something that gets repeated in multiple works.
http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/HomePage
Something that gets repeated in multiple works.
http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/HomePage
I think in Non-sequiturs
"I told you not to put metal in the science oven! What'd you do that for?"
Trash boiz
"I told you not to put metal in the science oven! What'd you do that for?"
Trash boiz
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I have one repetitive trait, OCD I guess. I have to count from 1-8, and I count everything I do or see, its quite annoying. The closest thing to mannerisms I have is I call everybody man.
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Oh God, Pandora's box has been opened.JohnWillow wrote:TV Tropes eh? That's the first time i've read that phrase, what exactly does it mean.
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NOO! NOT ROCKY'S EYEBROWS! He needs those for...for like most of his faces!
I'll often start a thought out loud and finish thinking about it in my head. Its usually not even part of whatever conversation I may have been having before.
I'll often start a thought out loud and finish thinking about it in my head. Its usually not even part of whatever conversation I may have been having before.
"Rancid - its like a wine or cheese." "Or like roadkill!" ".....or like roadkill...."
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Here's another few I notice
Nobody knocks on Friends - Have you ever noticed that nobody in the TV show Friends knocks before they enter their other friend's apartment. Now that i think about it I suppose this was resolved in the last episode when they all put down the keys to the same apartment on the kitchen counter.
Animals know far more than they should - In a lot of animated movies animals know lots of things which they really shouldnt. Happy Feet is a great example. Like when Mumble escapes the big seal and it says "Come here little sausage, i take you with Ketchup", yea, in the second one we're also meant to believe penguins can "Base Jump" but nobody knows what a Puffin is!!!
They never learn their lesson - Whenever we get a very moral driven cartoon the main characters never seem to apply what they've learned in the next episode
Nobody knocks on Friends - Have you ever noticed that nobody in the TV show Friends knocks before they enter their other friend's apartment. Now that i think about it I suppose this was resolved in the last episode when they all put down the keys to the same apartment on the kitchen counter.
Animals know far more than they should - In a lot of animated movies animals know lots of things which they really shouldnt. Happy Feet is a great example. Like when Mumble escapes the big seal and it says "Come here little sausage, i take you with Ketchup", yea, in the second one we're also meant to believe penguins can "Base Jump" but nobody knows what a Puffin is!!!
They never learn their lesson - Whenever we get a very moral driven cartoon the main characters never seem to apply what they've learned in the next episode
Spike - "Seriously, a talking Dog is the weird thing about all this"
Me - "Not at all, the fact that you're a dog and not a lizard is much weirder"
Me - "Not at all, the fact that you're a dog and not a lizard is much weirder"
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did somebody say most common expression in pretty much all drawn and animated media ever as well as every single comedy flick
i have to admit, i can't think of it as being the "[company] face" when it is in everything.
i have to admit, i can't think of it as being the "[company] face" when it is in everything.
I was going to make a joke but then I did.
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it is also called the "smarm brow" and it was already mentioned.
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indeed, indeed.RandomGeekNamedBrent wrote:it is also called the "smarm brow" and it was already mentioned.
did you like totally miss the smilie
I was going to make a joke but then I did.
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no I didn't. I was talking to NG up there, saying it was already mentioned under its better name.
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Does anyone else hate that face? Because I really hate that face.
You're just jealous because you can't do it yourself.
You're just jealous because you can't do it yourself.
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It looks arrogant. I can forgive Woody and Buzz though. Toy story is awesome.
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As already mentioned in that other thread, whenever I feel unobserved and walk somewhere, I play Ministry of Funny Walks by myself.
Also the voice of my mind adapts to accents. When I have a Skype call with british people, my mind starts talking to me in fake british accent. After playing a game of STALKER(which plays in the Ukraine) I think in fake russian accent.
Also the voice of my mind adapts to accents. When I have a Skype call with british people, my mind starts talking to me in fake british accent. After playing a game of STALKER(which plays in the Ukraine) I think in fake russian accent.
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repetitive traits found in myself:
-I talk until I finish my thought, even when I know everyone stopped listening and I'm talking to myself.
-When I read, I picture the scenes as anime and read dialogue in the voices of voice actors.
-I talk until I finish my thought, even when I know everyone stopped listening and I'm talking to myself.
-When I read, I picture the scenes as anime and read dialogue in the voices of voice actors.
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My God the Dreamworks smarmbrow is all over Tangled.
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