>it's an episode where they re-tell fairy tales with the show's characters
Robot Chicken is great with this.
>Mmm! Frosting!
>I think that's bird shit.
>Mmm! Bird shit!
>it's a wizard of oz episode with the show's cast
>It's a new character shows up and everyone sides with him/her over the MC episode
>>78679042
>Character is mind controlled
>"Come on! You have to fight it!"
I wouldnt be as mad if it wasn't literally always the exact same line.
>Character's new happy life/relationship is undone by something that was never previously shown or even hinted at
I hate you, Family Guy
>>78679201
Family Guy has done almost everything in this thread by now.
>>78679161
Higurashi did this, and it was great
>>78678913
>>78679042
What timeless story would you want to see cartoons reenact?
>Character becomes rich
>Becomes a dick for absolutely no reason
>Loses all their money because status quo
>is nice again
>>78679270
The Matter of France
>>78678913
>it's an episode where they re-tell fairy tales with the show's characters
>but it uses the Grimm, or older version of the fairy tale rather than the Disney one.
As someone who loves to read and study folklore, this shit is like crack to me.
>>78678913
> It's an episode where they re-tell fairy tales based on old bible stories with the show's characters
>>78679270
That's a good question, actually.
I dunno, but Psycho and Dracula come to mind, though I doubt either would be good.
>>78679270
Vlad the Impaler, but a kid-friendly version where he keeps tearing holes in random shit like walls and fences and peoples clothes.
>>78679270
The Cask of Amontillado. And the bricked character is never seen again.
>>78679161
There's also "I know you're in there X!"
>>78679295
>>78679347
>Vlad the Impaler, inventor of the Safety Pin.
>>78679382
A rare version where the character in question will probably still be collecting their money, regardless of what happened in the episode.
>>78679359
For the love of god, Montresor!
>>78679295
>>78679478
Yes. For the love of God.
>>78679295
>Character acquires fortune
>He saves it and invest some of it on promising business
>Many episodes later, this comes back as a plot point.
>>78679347
I want to see this done in a show with an all anthro animals cast solely to see this little hellion in action.
>>78679478
I'd watch a cartoon where they skip Poe and just use the story from Fort Independence.
>>78679499
That story is basically about drinking another man's booze, right? Surprised it doesn't get used in more frat rituals.
>>78679597
No, I'm pretty sure the story is just about burying someone alive in your basement.
>>78679575
It's basically the same story, just real.
>>78679648
No no. that's the telltale heart.
>Villain laughs
>coughs in the middle of laughing
Master of Disguse was a shit movie but at least it did something original
>>78679597
well it's about numerious injuries and insults the narrator feels Fortunado has done to him (without any real proof to the reader that these things ever happened), and was allegedly inspired by the legend at Fort Independence where two soldiers were in a duel and one was killed. The dead man was well liked by the soldiers, so the living man was taken into the foundations and bricked up into a wall.
>>78679729
No it isn't. He smothered the guy first and then buried the body under his parlor. Very different.
>Two characters, comedic foils.
>"Why don't we [action that will resolve the conflict]"
>"Hold that thought, I have an idea! Why don't we [exact same idea]"
This is an anti joke for me. It is a joke I am so sick of seeing it makes me unhappy.
>>78679879
AKA the one line of dialogue in the Lion King that I hate.
>character is going crazy/sleep deprived
>blinks each eye separately
>Singer guest stars
>doesn't sing
fuck you spongebob
>>78678913
>the villain is an older version of the hero
>Loser character
>Episode has him become stronger as a person and find happiness
>Next episode has him back to his normal loser self with no explanation.
King of the Hill did this so much with Bill it was annoying.
>>>78678913
>It's an episode where the Main Character is told about an ancestor.
>Ancestor looks like the Main Character.
>Cartoon's main feature is robots/aliens
>Is all human relationship and drama with a bit of robots/aliens in the background
>They are not even robots/aliens anyway, they are just humans with different colors and some line throw here and there
I hate this shit.
>>78680143
who
>>78678913
BEEEEEEEFFF JEEEEEEERRRRRKYYYYYYY
>>78680376
A meme singer.
>>78680333
This entire episode.
>>78679161
>Character can't fight it
>Character gets killed
>This also happened in the first episode
>>78680394
Doesn't exactly narrow it down.
>>78680454David Bowie.
>show goes on too long
>tries to develop gag characters
>they stop being funny or likable
>>78680333
>charcter's love interest/wife looks like ancestor's love interest/wife
>>78679763
I thought he farted
>>78681474
That's his point.
>>78680422
At least the wife didn't look like Lois. In every Simpsons ancestor episode, they always look like the Family.
>It's a "let's get in a shrinking submersible and enter somebody's body" episode
Every animated series, every time. Rick and Morty gets major points for trying to do something fresh with it, but even they couldn't save it.
>>78679042
>>78679270
>>78678913
Neither of these is as overused as
>christmas special
>it's A Christmas Carol retold with the show's characters
>>78680422
What's wrong with that baby?
>>78681554
She did when they were going through the Nate Griffin story.
>>78681640
You tell me, I don't see anything weird other than maybe the way the hair is drawn.
>>78680620
So he's a rapist now.
>>78680333
>mfw Kim Possible did this but had Ron repeatedly complain how too weird and coincidental everything is
>>78681639
I don't know about that, but on the subject of Christmas episodes
>it's almost always about the true meaning of christmas
Thank fuck for Robo Santa.
>>78679161
>Character is mind controlled
>Snaps out of it when other characters tell him some fond memories they shared together
>>78679270
The Shadow Over Innsmouth
Macbeth
>>78681943
MI LORD, YOUR WIFE, LADY MACBETH APPROACHES
>>78681770And the whole thing turned out to be a dream
>>78678913
>it's an episode about character with mental disabilities
>>78679270
Bram Stoker's Dracula in an episode of WoY.
>It's an episode where the characters end up in the same situation they were when the episode started
![[Aesir]Kamen_Rider_Gaim_-_21SD[D8EFC7B3].mp4_snapshot_20.47_[2015.09.25_00.47.47].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/hlMvRxs.jpg "[Aesir]Kamen_Rider_Gaim_-_21SD[D8EFC7B3].mp4_snapshot_20.47_[2015.09.25_00.47.47].jpg")
>>78680433gaim was shit
>Where the hero has a learning curve about their newfound powers/crimefighting life-style
MY POOR GRAND MA MA IS OF DELICATE HEALTH, SO I AM DELIVERING TO HER A PICNIC BASKET OF CONFECTIONERY TREATS!!
>it's an episode where they re-tell fairy tales with the show's characters
>flat character giver herself tits in he story
>>78679161
>The real ______ would never be [THE VILLAIN]'s puppet!
>Episode where a character learns a new trait, ability, or power
>never used again in any episode after that when they are in trouble
>>78681619
that book has a name.
>>78680422
>>78681554
Their entire ancestry at this point has just been random bouts of incest because technically Peter and Lois's ancestors have banged three times so far.
>>78679295
what if they were rich and an asshole when the story began? Lovable jerk stereotype. How well-received is that?
>>78680143
Not only that but
>It's a fucking musical special where a singer guest stars
>doesn't sing
fucking why
>>78684582
Isn't that Richie Rich's bag?
>character is asked if any favors can be done for him/her
>"there is one thing..."
In those exact
>>78684647
No way, when the fuck?
>It's an episode where a character meets a new friend or ally, or maybe several.
>New characters are likable and entertaining
>They become very close with the character
>Never appear again.
>>78679560
It's been done before, amigo.
>>78684754
anybody else?? I mean, there's always Tony.
>>78684839
Do you consider Xander Cruise "lovable?"
>>78684776
Spongebob Atlantis Squarepantis or w/e the fuck where David Bowie guest stars. Every character EXCEPT for Bowie's gets a song
>>78679201
Comedy is not a vehicle for wish fulfilment.
>>78679295
Man, having money must be nice, you can just spend all day on 4chan making sure to point in every trope thread how you're so discriminated against.
>>78684647
I'm guessing comedy.
>>78681639
And that's not as overused as
>It's A Wonderful Life parody
>>78679270
Pearl Harbor
Saving Private Ryan
Debby does Dallas
>>78680267
>The villain is a gayer version of the hero
>It's a Willy Wonka plot
>>78681708
>now
>>78678913
>characters go on a hunt for lost treasure
>they either find it or get really damn close to finding it
>characters either give up looking or are unable to get the treasure for some reason (booby trap, cave-in, etc)
>treasure is now lost forever
>>78679270
Some early biblical shit like the story of Cain and Abel, or the adventures of Jacob
>>78679042
>It's based on the movie rather than the book
>>78680143
>Spongebob has a special musical episode
>Literally every character sings
>They get David fucking Bowie to be a major character in the special
>He doesn't fucking sing
WHY THE FUCK DID YOU HIRE HIM TO BE IN A MUSICAL EPISODE IF YOU HAD NO INTENT FOR HIM TO FUCKING SING
>>78680422
Which doesn't make sense for Family Guy now as they already stated and shown that Peter isn't of Griffon heritage but of some other Irish guy his mom had a one night stand with who looks just like Peter.
>>78679270
Auschwitz
>>78684143
God the last season of Xmen looked like shit.
>it's a 24 parody episode
>it's a rashomon episode
>>78680376
David Bowie voiced a character in Atlantis Squarepantis. It's a terrible episode, mostly because it's a musical but the songs are unilaterally wretched - and it's even more obvious because David Bowie's character, rather conspicuously, doesn't sing anything, despite being played by one of the most famous musicians in history.
>>78684091
This scene kinda freaked me out as a kid. They show the empty throne and then Aku just instantly appears like this with no effects or anything. Just one frame he's not there, the next he is. It was so surreal.
>>78679270
Groundhog Day.
>>78679270
Titus Andronicus.
![280px-Logo_SimsalaGrimm[1].png](https://i.imgur.com/22IDn9K.png "280px-Logo_SimsalaGrimm[1].png")
>>78679326
You know about this show? I'm aware it's not the only fairy tale series, but I thought it might interest you.
>>78679648
But which Poe story isn't?
>>78684158
A lot of shows do this with technology. Like the mains defeat a villain with a growth serum or a time machine or something and never think to store/reverse-engineer the thing in case they need it later.
Not /co/, but Fringe is one of the only shows I can think of where Freak of the Week tech gets used by the protags later on.
>>78679253
Yeah but they did it infinitely better.
>episode's based on Lawrence of Arabia with the soundtrack and wide shots of the desert
>>78679270
Seven Samurai/Magnificent Seven
>>78688573
I wanted to fuck the two characters from it. Watching the show was just an excuse to see them because I know Grimm's tales by heart (The originals that is).
>>78679270
Jason and the argonauts. Even the part when the argo's mast crushes jason.
>>78679295
>character becomes rich
>the writers aren't smart enough to write the character simply storing their money and using it as dues ex machima when the plot calls for it.
>>78679270
The Count of Monte Cristo
>It's a "bring your kids to the workplace" episode
>>78679270
A thousand years of solitude
>>78678913
>movie begins with an open casket funeral
>camera pans over the crowd and on to the coffin
>zooms in on corpse
>main charcter vocieover: Yup, that's me
>it's me starts playing
>>78678913
>it's an episode
>>78690095
MI NEGRO!
Gym class is horrible. Jocks are big, dumb bullies. They can automatically get the head cheerleader.
>>78679270
Oedipus the King
>It's math class time
>one of the character write up a complex calculus problem on the blackboard
>these characters are elementary kids
>>78679700
The legend that purportedly inspired Poe is not entirely accurate. The duel did in fact take place, but the victor, Lieutenant Drane, was not murdered by the fort's soldiers but continued in his military career and was later promoted to the rank of captain. After the Second World War, Lieutenant Massie's remains were moved to the cemetery at Fort Devens in Ayer, Massachusetts.
>Science character
>E=mc^2 is written somewhere to show how smart they are.
>>78690377
Teachers do that so that they can feel superior in front of their students.
>its a character can see the future and makes the things he see happen while trying to stop them
>>78679516
Examples?
Sounds awesome.
> What If episode: protag never becomes protag.
>>78680062
Love that.
>>78678913
idk OP not all are bad
>you can't say that word!
>what word?
>x!
>x?
>oh no you said x!
>but you said x first!
>guys stop saying x!
>NOW YOU SAID X!
>EVERYONE STOP SAYING X!
>>>>NOW YOU SAID X TOO!
>YOU STARTED SAYING X!
>hey guys whats going on? why are you saying x?
>>>>DONT SAY X!
>>78687930
I heard a thing about Steven Universe, that they couldn't get Estelle to sing for a while because paying her to act was separate from paying her to sing, so they could afford her rather low acting rate, but couldn't afford her singing rate. I don't know if that's true, but maybe it was a similar situation with Spongebob.
>The "Friend needs to live with the MC and they become huge assholes for no reason" episode
Rugrats had this happen over the course of a single night
>>78680319
Bill never yearns for Lenore again after the episode where he dates Ann Richards and realizes he was always too good for her.
Just saying.
>>78683996
You couldn't possibly be referring to this situation, could you?
>>78691648
That episode where Kevin left them up to their neck in cement always freaked me out as a kid.
Like that's horrifying torture.
>>78678947
>Robot Chicken
>DUDE DARK TWIST ON INNOCENT SHIT LMAO
>>78692011
Whatever, fag
>villain becomes super powerful
>sends the protagonist's ally(s) flying across the room into a wall, knocking them unconscious
>protagonist has to fight alone
>>78679270
Il Principe
>Villain/Villain assistant is just doing their job
>Villain has a family that depends on their income
>>78689693
Well uh, that is a new one. Yeah, I don't remember them bringing much new to the table, they were pretty straight forward in their adaptions. But it was nice to see some of the less well-known ones to be adapted.I would lie if I said I didn't have a thing for one of them as a child-
>>78692083
You can't deny that the most recent season was shit compared to last season.
>>78692246
>ally betrais humanity
>gets raped to death
>>78692611
He deserved it desu
>>78679763
Masters of Disguise was shit but the mid-dialogue farts were always hilarious.
>>78691517Lord Moldybutt
>>78692863
STAY OUT OF THE CHAMBERPOT OF SECRETSSSSSS
>>78687774
>Don't you see anon, the treasure was friendship all along!
>It's a "racist character is saved by a dindu" episode.
>>78691555
It's true to some extent, you can be great friends with someone but can't live together whatsoever.
>>78684792
>New character is introduced
>Character is likable and generates a good dynamic with the existing characters
>Voiced by a celebrity guest, making it impossible for them to reappear
Fuck, imagine how different The Simpsons would have turned out if Lisa still had a smarter friend to play off of, instead of having to soapbox to people for dumber than her.
>Superhero cartoon
>Kid with disability shows up
>"You're my hero!"
>"No kid, YOU'RE the real hero"
>"HEAR THAT DAD! THEY SAID I WAS A HERO!"
Even as a kid I thought this was hokey as shit
![ff17_cover[1].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/fZGCaoa.jpg "ff17_cover[1].jpg")
>>78691555
>Implying this isn't one of the greatest comics in the last ten years
![c8e46e02d61ad162e3da0111d059f52e1444330572_full[1].png](https://i.imgur.com/McAwlu6.png "c8e46e02d61ad162e3da0111d059f52e1444330572_full[1].png")
>>78691517
That happened on Mr. Osomatsu with fake bleeps and everything.
>>78680422
The joke is that peter is making up all of these ancestors
>>78684084
>takes a story arc to learn the ultimate thing
>new bad guys show up and ultimate thing is worthless
>ultimate thing just becomes a thing they do all the time.
>begin learning new ultimate thing
>>78688513
that episode of sg-1 was a cinematic masterpiece.
>character who is previously thought useless proves himself by using his "superior intelligence and tactical prowess" to defeat a foe/save everyone else
>demonstrates his superior tactical sense by pointing out something blindingly obvious that even the five year olds watching the show could spot
>wow you're a genius! welcome to the team! you're just as good and useful as all us superpowered individuals!
>it's a fucking terrifying episode that still bugs you well into your 20's
does anybody else remember how god damn offputting that ep of Cardcaptors was with the Erase card?
>>78691517
>obviously saying a curse word
>dolphin noises
I miss golden age spongebob
>Battle of the Sexes episode
>Guy constantly do dumb shit or fight over leadership
>Girls are perfect in every way
FUCK THIS
>>78691648
Except that when EEnE did it, it was GOAT, as is the series.
>>78679270
In no particular order?
Picture Related
Mad Max
It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World/Rat Race/Cannonball Run
War of the Worlds
Plan 9 From Outer Space
Manos: The Hands of Fate
Ocean's Eleven
Duel
Scream 2
The Cabin Fever trilogy
Tommy
The Rugrats Movie
The Homestar Runner original book
Demolition Man
The RoboCop Trilogy
Here Comes Garfield
Pit and the Pendulum
Brave New World
Captain Underpants 1-6
One Missed Call
The Saw franchise
The CSIs besides Miami
That episode of House where he got shot and starts noticing the jump cuts and plot points of his usual episode
Time Enough At Last
Five Characters in Search of an Exit
That Twilight Zone episode where five criminals go into the future to escape a robbery
That Twilight Zone Episode where an old west cowboy is brought forward in time and kills the Professor from Gilligan's Island
Any Twilight Zone Episode that hadn't been done by The Simpsons
Any mystery novel that doesn't involve Sherlock Holmes or ends with "The Butler Did It"
The Goonies
The Rescuers
Pokemon The First Movie
That Digimon Spin-Off where Davis falls in love with a Digimon
Fantasia 2000 WITHOUT THAT FUCKING SORCERER'S APPRENTICE HORSESHIT THAT WE'VE SEEN 9 MILLION TIMES BECAUSE THAT'S SUPPOSEDLY MORE BEAUTIFUL THAN THE STEADFAST TIN SOLDIER OR RHAPSODY IN BLUE
Team Fortress 2
Whose Line Is It Anyways
Amadeus
Beethoven (the man, not the dog)
Cats in the Cradle
Saints Row 2
Beethoven (the dog, not the man)
National Lampoon's Vacation series
Robot Jox
The Austin Powers trilogy
Rosencratz and Guildstern are Dead
The Music Video for Land of Confusion
Forrest Gump
Mr Mom
The Wolfman
The Mummy
The Creature from Black Lagoon
The Bride of Frankenstein
Nosferatu
Ghostbusters 2
Home Alone 2
This Is Spinal Tap
West Side Story
The V/H/S Trilogy
The Game starring Micheal Douglas
Christine
Any Western
Any Road Trip movie
Psycho
Fried Green Tomatoes
The Revelation of John
Les Miserables
Mystery Science Theater 3000
Running Man
Total Recall
Daddy Day Care
Waterworld
>>78694333
Dammit, forgot my picture.
>>78691075
dick towel money
>>78694351
When did we as a society forget how to make good movie posters.
Now they're all "Look at our cast we're paying millions of dollars for"
>it's a camping episode
I cry for the fact I never been. I hate being an inner city poor kid.
>>78680433
I should rewatch Gaim
>>78695364
Let me tell you, that shit makes camping look WAY more fun than it really is.
Like don't get me wrong, camping can be a good time, but most of the time it's just you being really cold all the time.
>>78695364
If you hate bugs and mud, it's fucking shit
>>78695366
Shit, thanks for reminding me to do the same.
>>78695393
>>78695538
Even if it a bad experience, at least I experience, but now I never will.
>It's a Dragon Ball parody/what westerners think anime is episode
>It's a video games episode
>villains far ancestor was also villain
>It's an episode where a character overhears a conversation and doesn't hear the important part, so they do something stupid that could have been avoided if they stuck around for the whole conversation, or just weren't nosey bastards
>>78687774
>>78696103
>It's a video game episode
>Players are using a modern game system
>Game is filled with retro sound effects and graphics
And my favorite part...
>Players are just mashing buttons on the controller wildly
>>78696123
>It's an episode where the protagonists friends walk in on an awkward situation and don't let them explain it, treating them like dog shit the whole time
>>78694604
Blue Orange
>>78696250
>Boy play games all day long
>Girl wins because mashing buttons
>None of the video games look like they could exist or be fun
>Games have no clear rules
>"I read the manual" - Winner
>"Manuals are for losers" - Loser
Oh god this is the wrost trope.
>Dumb Character says something that gives an idea to the MC
>"X, you're a genius!"
I hate this so much.
Bonus point for
>"I am?"
>>78696478
>dumb character is a stealth genius in one super specific discipline
2x score multiplier if the rest of the cast doesn't notice
>>78696478
>"What did you just say?"
>"that I *somethingafterthat*?"
>"NO! Before that!
>"that I *somethingbeforetha*t?"
>"NO! After that!"
>"that I *thatthing*?"
>"Yes! Exactly! You are a genius, dumb sidecharacter!"
>Characters play hooky and have shit time
>Side characters who stay in school are rewarded in a completely unrealistic way
It's never "Oh the teacher was sick so we got to see a movie instead of a pop quiz" or "it was that no-named character's birthday so he brought in cupcakes"
No, it's always something so fucking dramatic and expensive the school would have told the kids beforehand.
>episode has greeks in it
>they have a restaurant that plays "Zorba the greek"
>>78679270
>Disney's Beowulf.
Grendel's villain song will be great.
>>78690163
>it's an
>>78695364
Camping alone is shitty anyways. Going with a huge group of friends is fun as fuck.Especially if drugs or alcohol is involved
>>78697017
>it's
>"This isn't a cartoon/comic book. This is reality!"
>>78687774
No, wait
>characters stop looking because they realize the real treasure was friendship or some dumb shit
>as they walk off screen, camera pans over to actual treasure
Oh god, this whole thread.
When I was a kid I was certain all these cliches and parodies were just like, a rule of cartoons. Like, if your series DIDN'T have Wizard of Oz/Alice in Wonderland/The Incredible Journey/A Christmas Carol episodes, you were doing it wrong and not properly padding your resume.
>tfw all the shitty comics I made as a kid in the 90's followed this rule religiously.
>>78696861
I liked this incarnation of the legend.
>>78692386
Robot Chicken has been unholy garbage since the start of season five.
>>78693116
>s**
What did he mean by this?
>>78696123
>>78696288
You don't understand how fucking much this irritates me.
It's even worse in romance plots.
>>78693865
>battle of the sexes episode
>men revert to violent savagery the moment the women leave
>women create a utopia that collapses into flaming anarchy over fashion/makeup/other petty issues
>its a mind control episode
>character is super obvious about it not being them too
>>78689959
>we can kill him right now but le big bad guy wants him alive
>hero is losing to the villain
>villain kills/hurts/threatens the hero's loved ones
>hero's rage triggers some obscure "hidden power" within them
>hero kicks the villain's ass
>Someone notices the character went through a drastic change.
>"Did you get a haircut?"
>>78697380
"San", I guess
>Whatever you do, don't do the thing!
>Thing is the only way to overcome the odds and win
>Villain wins with a well thought out plan that neutralizes all his enemies
>Losses due to some one off bullshit that will never happen again
>Doesn't try his initial plan ever again
>girl power episode
worse:
>girl power episode in a show where girls get equal or better billing than the boys
>Villain explains reasoning, sometimes being more logical and morally sound than the protagonists reasoning
>Protagonist just ignore it and chant "muh frenship" or "muh freedoms"
>>78697873
The Death Star can't catch a break.
>Villain has a self-destruct button on invention for no reason
>Character A is drinking something
>Character B says something shocking
>Character A spits his drink
>>78681639
I feel like Doctor Who's the only show to actually do a nice take on that, with the Doctor himself acting as the ghost of Christmas Present, and Future, and using a bunch of time fuckery and paradoxes to change everything.
Also helps that you had Michael Gambon being a huge dick, a flying sleigh led by a shark, and a nice song.
>>78698009
>Boss: "Who is the idiot that built this thing!?"
>Minion: "... It was you boss."
>character loses loved one
>queue feels
>later finds recording they made
>they say something about how much they care about that person
>Character plays video game
>Beep Boop
>High Score
Also
>Every computer has pleasant female voice saying everything that's happening on screen
>More beep boops
>>78698017
>Character B says something shocking
>Character A gets a glass of water
>drinks half then spits it in B's face
>character is eating something
>they say it's delicious
>ask what it's made from
>find out it's something weird
>spits it out
>>78697727
>"IMPOSSIBLE!"
>Flashback/daydream sequence
>Character is staring into space while everybody else watches in awkward silence
>>78698128
>that episode of sword art online
It's a shame the series only lasted like three episodes before it became Naruto-tier.
>It's a Charlie and the Chocolate Parody
>>78697909
Hey, sometimes it can work.
HI I'M THE MAIN CHARACTER
I'M STUPID, LIKE TO EAT AND SLEEP AND AM STUPIDLY STRONG FOR NO REASON
EVERYONE LOVES ME DESPITE MY ONLY MEANS OF PROBLEM SOLVING IS HITTING SOMETHING TILL IT DIES
WHAT'S CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT? A TYPE OF MEAT?
>>78697779
>Saints Row 2
>Your character can be a different race and sex, have a different voice, weight, and face shape, overall look nothing like your SR1 character
>"Did you do something to your hair?"
>>78679295
>Character becomes poor
>Becomes nice for absolutely no reason
>Gets all their money back because status quo
>Is an asshole again
>>78698621
Only one I can think of at the moment is Sailor Moon, kinda.
>Character trying to ask or tell someone something discretly
>The other person yells it back
>Shh Shh!
>Character keeps whispering while the other is yelling
>>78698699
>No! Not (x)! Anything but (x)! Uhh, what's (x)?
>>78698724
>character is supposedly trying to tell someone something discreetly about someone else
>clearly loud enough for the someone else to hear but somehow doesn't
>>78679125
>MC finds irrefutable proof that the new character is evil
>the friends ignore the proof and scold MC for invading the new guy's privacy
>>78698621
jojo memedust memesaders?
>Protagonist, you gotta get Mr. X to stop doing thing!
>oh, hey Mr. X, i wanted to ask you-
>oh i just love doing thing. if i couldn't do thing, that would be bad and i would be sad.
>you were saying, protagonist?
>>78692947
>The blackmail episode
>Crazy thing happens when the main character is the only one around to see it
>Tries to show other characters
>Crazy thing stops happening
>Main character looks like an idiot/jerk/crazy person
See: Every episode of The Twilight Zone.
I'm always sort of relieved when the other characters actually see the crazy thing happen.
>>78698875
>Someone else finally sees it happen
>Is immediately killed by thing
>>78680267
>the hero goes back in time and encourages himself as a kid to become a hero
>>78679270
The Diary of Anne Frank
>He's standing right behind me, isn't he?
>>78697304
mah nigga
>at the end, character's mind gets wiped or they get amnesia, making all of their character development a waste of time
worse than killing off a character desu
>Kids go to cops with info about monster/alien/supernatural horror
>"Ahhh you crazy kids with your pranks."
>Kid gets taken home by cops
>Parents: "We can't BELIEVE what we heard tonight! How dare you waste officer faggotson's time!"
>Kid: "But seriously guys it was a-"
>Parents: "WE DON'T WANT TO HEAR ANOTHER WORD ABOUT THIS!"
Bonus points if a person is actually dead because of the monster
>>78699000
>No, I'm in front of you
>>78699000
Nice trips
>character caught doing something bad
>other character promises not to tell only if character does some shit
>character does some shit
>"I CAN'T TAKE THIS ANYMORE!"
>fesses up
>what they did is never anything particularly bad anyway and would only earn them a slap on the wrist at most
>"Gee, old man. You're a pretty cool guy! ...Old man? Hey, where'd you go?"
>"Silly kid. The Old Man has been dead for fifty years."
>>78699151
>Boy and girl are friends
>Constantly being mistaken for a couple
>Shout "I-I'm not her boyfriend/girlfriend!" while blushing super hard
>Constant awkward sexual tension
>>78699151
I found it funny in that one Garfield episode where they are stranded in the desert and plagued by mirages.
The tow service that helps them turns out to be a mirage in the end too.
>Ohhhhh NO!
>NO! NO!
>There is absolutely...
>...positively....
>...No way...
>I will ever...
>...EVER
Cut to them doing it
>>78699188
>That episode of American Dad where Roger's imaginary friend steals his real TV
>>78699226
fug
>>78699200
I still don't understand why, in Hey Arnold, they named their cart the Mauve Avenger instead of the Dark Storm.
>>78679270
The Epic of Gilgamesh.
