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Having Fun/No Home Release for You

The ways that a series can go without a home video release.

*Note*: *Kamuku* is not a real anime series; Tropes Fanon just made it up so it can be used to play with the trope.

* Basic definition: A series either has no home release at all, or if it does, the home release is incomplete.
* Straight: For whatever reason, *Kamuku* is not available on DVD in the US, despite being streamed.
	+ Alternatively, the company that was releasing it to DVD went bust before they could finish releasing the series.
* Exaggerated: The series was never released to DVD in any region, including its native Japan.
	+ *Every* region's release of the show to physical media is incomplete, not just the US release.
* Downplayed: The series receives a Vanilla Edition, the catch being it's the only DVD release it ever got.
* Justified: The show is *extremely* niche.
	+ If it *was* still being released to DVD, the company releasing it went bust.
	+ Junking Tapes
* Inverted: *Kamuku* gets a complete DVD boxset in North America... but not in its native Japan.
	+ Alternatively, *Kamuku* pulls a *Fighting Foodons* and the American boxset is the show's *only* physical release in the world.
* Subverted: Discotek Media comes to the rescue.
	+ Alternatively, another company picks up the rights.
	+ A DVD is there, but it's extremely hard to find.
* Double Subverted: ...but Discotek only picked up streaming rights.
	+ The company picking it up went bankrupt soon after.
	+ Said DVD turns out to be a bootleg; there was no official release of the show.
* Discussed: "When will this show come to home video?"
* Averted: There is a DVD release that covers the entire show.
* Exploited: The company's CEO hates the show and tries not to announce a DVD release.
* Exploitation Denied: Of course, he's ousted, resulting in the DVD people were promised, assuming no write-offs occurred before that point.
* Defied: "The people want to own this show on DVD and we'll give it to them."
	+ The distributor goes through bankruptcy. Knowing the popularity of the show, however, they pull a Geneon and outsources a boxset to someone else, averting the trope.
* Played for Drama: It's Joe's dream to own a copy of his favorite show. If only it were available on DVD...
* Deconstructed: The show was pretty much confirmed never to be coming to DVD, and it goes double if it was written-off.
Do not confuse

There's a time where you start confusing things for other things. When a person walks up to you, they're likely to correct you whenever you get... confused.

Do not confuse with This gave us inspiration, where a character is inspired by something else.

## Examples

* The Loud House is getting its own page.
* Steven Universe: Opal is not an otter.
	+ And Ruby is definitely not Ruby Rose. Or K.O.
* Chloe: Chloe's last name isn't Carmichael. Nor is she animesque. Or human.
* Zoobles: Coron is not Ruby.
* What's with Andy?: Andy's last name isn't Travis. And he doesn't play with toys for enjoyment.
* Jewelpet: Ruby isn't Ruby Rose. Or an actual albino.
	+ Luna isn't a fan of rock music.
* Close Enough isn't Regular Show, despite both being from the same creator (J.G. Quintel).

TBA.
Ed, Edd n Eddy

If something were to be as obscure as PB&J Otter without a cult following, it would be Ed, Edd n Eddy.

But Ed, Edd n Eddy *does* have a cult following (especially from people who watched Cartoon Network between 1999 and 2009), which is due to its status for its long run, as well as being the longest-running Canadian animated series time-wise (Johnny Test and Total Drama beat the show for the longest-running Canadian animated series episode-wise). Then there's the fact that it was one of the 90s Cartoon Cartoons, which are sure to have cult followings after they end (Mike, Lu & Og being the one exception).

Because it's a Cartoon Cartoon, there was no doubt that it would air on Cartoon Network.

The plot for most episodes (but not all of them) is that Eddy thinks up a scam (usually because he wants jawbreakers) and gets Ed and Edd (though he goes by Double D) to help him out. Usually his scams fail, which became the reason why the Eds went to see Eddy's brother in Ed, Edd n Eddy's Big Picture Show.

Double D shouldn't be confused for another character called "Edd".

## Tropes

* Cult following: One of the few reasons why Ed, Edd n Eddy isn't as obscure as PB&J Otter or the original MTV run of Clone High.
* Only one quarter: Eddy usually charges at least one quarter for people to experience what his scam offers.
	+ Justified. The kids in the cul-de-sac have very little money.
* Diary Reader: Eddy took Sarah's diary just to see what she wrote in it.
* Signature work: To Danny Antonucci.
* Jazz: To be fair, most of the music in the show sounds like it's been inspired by jazz.
	+ Subverted in a scene in the episode "A Pinch to Grow an Ed", where Nazz and Kevin are listening to surf rock.
* Unrealistic stuff: Even if Jimmy ate peaches and cream nonstop, it would take one day for Eddy to go on to getting him to Japan under normal conditions. But this being a *cartoon*...
	+ The entirety of "1 + 1 = Ed".
	+ Ed's story which puts Jonny to sleep.
	+ When Edd's shoes which help Eddy be tall grow too tall.
	+ Eddy thinks up stuff like this under his alias "Bobby Blabby" when he temporarily took over the school newspaper.
* Girly Counterpart: The Kankers to the Eds.
* Get Over Here: Despite the fact that Eddy's brother is the only adult we truly see, we do see the arms of Eddy's dad and Ed's mom dragging both of them into their homes.
* Innocent punishment: Ed and Eddy are literally grabbed and sent into their houses, despite the fact that they should've been able to go home by themselves.
	+ The punishment itself, however, is a subversion since their report cards were bad.
* That's a Capital Idea: Eddy realizes this when Ed suggests that Ed and Double D could help Eddy be tall.
* My Life Meme: Plenty. It would fill up a lot of space on Cartoon Network's own page... if it had one.
	+ Edg, Edge, and Edgy.
Punk-O-Matic

Welcome to Punk-O-Matic! So, wanna sit in my garage? I'll get you some coffee.

So, Punk-O-Matic is a series of videogames that began with the first, simply called Punk-O-Matic.

Please add tropes that apply to either game, or both games.

## Tropes for the 1st game

* Punk rock: Well, it's a Punk-O-Matic. Duh!
* Shout-out: "What the f\*\*k do you think this is? Nickelodeon?"

## Tropes for the 2nd game

* Punk rock: Just like the first game.
* I hate spending cash: If you set character mood to "Pissed off" and you buy something in story mode: "Oh, great. Another useless expense".
* Comedy Censtral: All instances of "F\*\*k" (except one that is quiet) are censored.
* Shout-out: Yes, it's possible to create a cover of Ramones' "Blitzkrieg Bop".
	+ One of the guitar sounds are similar to Tommy Tutone's "867-5309".
	+ Not to mention- you can customize your band to play red, yellow, and purple (magenta?) guitars.
* Everything is expensive: Hackit's shots are the cheapest thing in the game at $10.
	+ "Buy my lemonade! It's totally cheap for the best lemonade you've ever tasted!", which gets "No way, kiddo! This is way too f\*\*king expensive!".
	+ Actually averted with Sid's Garage, where you can play at no cost.
* Innocent punishment: Cancel a show, or play very badly? Unless you play in Sid's Garage, you'll never pay the place.
Perfect Hair Forever

What happens if you combine an animesque style, make it adult-oriented, and have Williams Street produce it.

Sadly, for Adult Swim fans, only 4 half-hours (4 half-hours and eleven minutes if you count both Muscular Distraction versions) were produced.

The story is about a man named Gerald Bald Z (named after the "Z" from Dragon Ball Z) who is balding prematurely, and one day goes on a quest for perfect hair.

## Tropes

* Gainax Ruined the Ending: "Muscular Distraction", which to some fans of the show was never canon to begin with.
* Gainax Girl: Brenda is the closest to one.
* Super Evil: Coiffio.
* This gave us inspiration: Inspired almost *every* animesque series since the show premiered in one way or another, from Kappa Mikey to My Life Me (both of them because of their somewhat humorous moments).
	+ Brenda was apparently inspired by what language Numbuh 3 was originally going to speak during development of Codename: Kids Next Door.
	+ May not be intentional, but there's another person almost named Uncle Grandfather.
* Obscurity, much?: The April Fool's episode was the final episode of the series broadcast on TV, not because of this trope, but since the series canonically ends with episode 7. The series has only been seen on Williams Stream (if you're lucky, that is) since.
* Comedy Censtral: Ironically, this was *Adult Swim* we're talking about. Usually this tends to apply mainly to language that would easily get the show a TV-MA rating, and apparently the creators aimed for the TV-14 rating instead.
* Samurai Jack Timeskip: Gerald climbs up the mountain and comes back down with perfect hair in the 7th episode.
* Innocent punishment: Young Man is apparently killed by Gerald in the final aired episode.
* One Time Thing: Brenda only speaks once. In *Japanese*.
* Satisfactory Conclusion: If you feel satisfied with the 7th episode's conclusion... "Muscular Distraction" ruins said conclusion.
Team Fortress 2

NO FUN ALLOWED, BOWS ONLY

## Gameplay

Hahahahhahahahahahahahahahahahahahhahahahahha. Yeah right.

We haven't played this game in years. They kind of ruined it, and that's coming from the guys with like. 2000 hours in it.

Well to be fair, 1000 of those hours are probably idle farming.

But I did play alot back in the day, and like to chill in servers and goof around. That said:

### Man vs. Machine

More like sv\_cheats 1 vs. Machine. Amiright?

### Rancho Relaxing

After merging his neck and chin, SGAR went on to become a master relaxer
The Most Boring Videogame in the World

A game that is boring. *Beyond* boring. A videogame that is the most boring in the world.

A videogame that is so boring, not even *reading* is as boring.

An inversion is The Most Awesome Videogame in the World.

## Examples

* E.T.: The Videogame lives and breathes this trope. Not just that, but it helped cause the Great Video Game Crash of 1983. Not even the film was that boring.
* Super Smosh used an in-show gimmick to get Ian and Anthony to buy a copy of Robot Zombie Dinosaur Deathmatch at the midnight launch. Turns out the game was boring.
* Any puzzle videogame provided it isn't required to advance through the plot.
* Speaking of plots, this trope applies to the videogames *without* a plot.
* To Rigby, being Player 1 on a videogame is boring, because when he *finally* got to be Player 1, a snail killed his player character instantly.
* A few years working at the Frosty Mart and Lenny thinks his job is a non-videogame variant of this trope, not because he has to come in, but because of Fanboy and Chum Chum.
* In the Uncle Grandpa episode "Older", there's a non-videogame variant of this trope (in this case, a show within a show about pink and purple horses, which is basically the show's version of My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic), which is a weird plot for something rated TV-PG.
	+ Then again, Teen Titans Go! had an episode where the main characters are too young to see a movie without parental supervision.
* In contrast with the anime (which can go either way depending on your stance on shoujo anime), the Jewelpet videogames are this. It gets worse if you can't speak Japanese, since the games weren't localized.

TBA.
Trope Namer

Various shows are popular or influential when it comes to tropes. One measure is how readily we name tropes from shows or other works.

This should not be done lightly and is not a badge of honor. Using trope namers lightly or as a badge of honor is Trope Namer Syndrome and leads to confusion, renames, and possible deletion of tropes.

A series usually gets to name a trope if it's so widely known for the trope (even outside the circle of nerds) it's basically an icon of it, or if it has a term for the situation that is simply Made of Win. Or if it happens to be the Trope Maker, too. Of course, since Most Tropers Are Young Nerds, we do kinda swing closer to the geek side of things. But whaddaya expect? This is the Internet, after all!

Also, we at TV Tropes don't want tropes named directly after a trope namer, since the trope namer may always get its own page. If they are the Trope Namer, the trope name should reflect the difference, for example Rashomon Style. This is doubly true for characters, who must embody the trope so well that one could point to them and say "Yeah, kinda like him" and other tropers will immediately agree (without having to consult Google in the process).

Keep in mind, however, that calling a work "the Trope Namer" in the initial YKTTW write-up simply because you took the preliminary title from it (especially if you are naming the trope after a character) is very presumptuous: chances are high that the troper Hive Mind will disagree about whether or not the work is widely known enough to qualify. Of course, such trope proposals aren't technically named yet; the title may be subject to change in YKTTW if someone else comes up with a better title. (For the purpose of actually finding a better title, see Naming a Trope.)
Recess (TV series)

Disney's highest-rated Saturday morning cartoon.

Recess is a cartoon that aired on the American Broadcasting Company, as well as UPN, as part of One Saturday Morning.

The cartoon is about six friends who attend Third Street School.

In most episodes, something happens that either threaten recess or the children (and in one episode, recess gets flat-out banned) only for it to get fixed at the end of said episode.

## Tropes

* Obscurity, much?: Semi-obscure. Ironic, too, considering this was the *highest-rated* Saturday morning cartoon at one point.
* Unrealistic stuff: The president of the United States couldn't ban recess. In fact, he can't do much without the consent of Congress (executive orders would be the best he can do without Congress' consent, though the Supreme Court can find those unconstitutional).
	+ Mikey's singing voice sounds deeper than his usual voice. A voice can't deepen until puberty.
* Slice of life
* Cartoon Network Isn't Teletoon: Ran on CTV in Canada despite most of Disney's series airing on Family Channel at the time.
* Super Evil: King Bob. Well, most of the time.
* Innocent punishment: Recess getting *banned* from Third Street (against the teachers' will) despite Third Street's test scores being relatively high.
* This gave us inspiration: Inspired Lloyd in Space, though that's because Paul & Joe created both shows.
	+ It might've been possible that Disney wanted a *Recess* for preschoolers, so what did Jim Jinkins give Disney? PB&J Otter.
		- However, said series has little, if any, relation to *Recess* as a whole.
* Satisfactory Conclusion: "Taking the Fifth Grade".

TBA.
Just to Get a Laugh/Nikki

Nikki is one of the main characters of 6teen. She is a punk rock-influenced Asian girl and is usually sarcastic all of the time. Nikki is the show's human reality-check, and is in a relationship with Jonesy.

Nikki was employed at the Khaki Barn for a while, but she quit for a while (the Rule of Thumb for the show was that all the main characters not named Caitlin have either switched jobs or quit at least once) and quit for good as of the series finale.

She was the inspiration for the favicon of the 6teen wiki.

One more thing, as to avoid confusion: Despite her hair being dyed purple, Nikki is *not* a human version of Jelly Otter. She's also not a human version of Stocking.

## Tropes

* I hate spending cash: We rarely see Nikki spending any money, so this trope might be kicked into full effect.
* Do not confuse: Nikki is neither a human version of Jelly nor a human version of Stocking.
* Innocent punishment: Nikki once got fired from the Khaki Barn for exposing Chrissy's secret life as a member of the Jedi Knights Club.

TBA.
Perfection Incarnate

"And for that, I will be forever thankful. I love you, and I thank you with all my heart. You did it all, and you changed everything. And finally, I couldn't be prouder of everything we achieved together."— **Deedra Featherstone**, *Helping Hands*

Jokes are a great way to make people laugh and have fun. One reason why people laugh at jokes is that most of them feature a character in poor light. But you can't use up creativity. The more you use, the more you have. The sub-genres of comedy differ from one another based on the fluctuations of the characters and the story (which, by the way, is a quite different trope). From the main character's charming voice, to the catchy theme song, to the seemingly-simple storylines, there are many reasons why a handful of characters leave behind some riveting tales to tell.

## Examples Include

1. Oh Crap: \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_
2. Denser and Wackier: \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_
3. There Are No Police: \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_
4. Gosh Dang It To Heck: \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_
5. Embarrassing Middle Name: Middle names are often a source of embarrassment for us, with many people refusing to disclose them publicly. Luckily, your blushes will be protected by your anonymity. So confess your middle name and tell us how you got it. Let's celebrate them in all their glory.
6. Deadpan Snarker: \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_
7. Fire-Forged Friends: \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_
8. Getting Crap Past the Radar: *Super Milk Chan* is the **biggest** offender of this trope. Milk Chan is a 5-year-old superhero with no real powers. She has an extremely violent temper, but also shows moments of kindness. She has a love-hate relationship with her friends, alternating between tormenting them and getting along with them. However, Milk Chan always celebrates her successes by going out to eat sushi.
9. Chronically Crashed Car: \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_
10. Earn Your Happy Ending: \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_
Too Many Toys

A children's book about Spencer (no, not that one) who has too many toys. Said toys, in turn, covered up the floor of his bedroom and they all piled up in his closet.

And it's a hazard to have too many toys, especially if they can easily be tripped on.

Written by David Shannon, most known for his David book series, the book teaches a moral: being too sentimental can be a bad thing, a moral that would later be used in an episode of Nickelodeon's SpongeBob SquarePants.

## Tropes

* Financial Failure: Just *how much money* does Spencer's relatives and friends spend on *toys*?
* What's with Andy's Unanswered Questions?: See Financial Failure above.
* Do not confuse: This Spencer doesn't have Carly and Sam for friends.
* Innocent punishment: The toys pile up to the point where they become a hazard.
* Obscurity, much?: One of David Shannon's lesser-known works, but still mentioned on his Wikipedia page regardless.
* This gave us inspiration: Indirectly, but the book came out in 2008. The SpongeBob SquarePants episode using the moral came out in 2011.
	+ While defictionalizations existed long before this book came out, it went to its extreme when a retired officer from Japan earned the world record for most Hello Kitty merchandise collected. Though this book didn't directly cause it.
	+ What happens when you take this book and make it about more than just toys filling up the house? You get the A&E/Lifetime series Hoarders. Again, not directly caused by this book.
* Loads and Loads of Irony: *Too Many Toys* came out at a time when the stock market was falling, leaving people with too little money to be that materialistic, especially in the United States.
	+ The book becomes more ironic when you realize that Toys "R" Us, once the United States' biggest toy chain, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy and subsequently shuttered its UK, US (though they did make a small US comeback via "Geoffrey's Toy Box", angering former employees of the US division), and Australian operations.
Comedy Gold

"I know carrots are good for my eyes, but a bunny without glasses is completely humiliating."— **Deedra Featherstone**, *Helping Hands*

Making people laugh isn't the easiest thing to do. It takes effort, wit, and of course, a set of some excellent jokes! Stand-up comedy has come a long way, and has now finally gained popularity. They say laughter is the best medicine, and it's true. When we're in a bad mood, it's practically miraculous how a good laugh can lift us out of it. So come and join the main characters as they get pushed beyond their limits and do unspeakable things!
Wan Wan Celeb Soreyuke! Tetsunoshin

Wan Wan Celeb Soreyuke! Tetsunoshin is a TV Tokyo shoujo that makes heavy use of Shonen Beat and features a dog who collects money to pay off a big debt accrued by his owner's family. In short: Cute Mascot meets *Cowboy Bebop*.

Done by the same animation studio as *Jewelpet* and *Onegai My Melody*, and some elements that would inspire the former's anime are seen here.

## Tropes

* Shonen Beat: So much so, that if not for the opening and ending, you'd think it's a flat-out shonen. Especially since the main plot is the titular puppy trying to help pay the Inuyamas' debt.
* I Have Failed to Keep a Secret: Tetsunoshin can never tell anyone about the Dog Paradise. Not that he is willing to, anyway, since he's more concerned about the Inuyamas' debt.
* Financial Failure: This is what sets off the main plot: the Inuyamas loaned so much, their company was almost driven to bankruptcy.
* Obscurity, much?: Outside Japan.
	+ Tetsunoshin toys are practically unavailable, even on eBay or Amazon. Only few pictures, mostly related to *Digimon*, even hint at the existence of any Tetsunoshin plush.
* Dubless Series: An English fansub exists, but no dubs.
* This gave us inspiration: Or more accurately, a flat-out reference to *JoJo's Bizarre Adventure*, via Tetsunoshin saying one of Joseph Joestar's most common catchphrases word-for-word.
* Cute Mascot: Tetsunoshin.
* From Rags to Bankruptcy: The Inuyamas almost fall into this from the moment they move to the Hills. In fact, the first person to do anything about their money problems? Their *dog*.
* You Messed Up, Now You're the Magical Girl: More accurately, "Tetsunoshin Discovered Dog Paradise, Now he's the Magical Boy".
* Werewolf Terror: Inverted, as dogs (mostly Dog Paradise members) can request they turn into something else, preferably humans, albeit voluntarily. See also You Messed Up, Now You're the Magical Girl.
* This gave us inspiration: More a coincidence than an inspiration, but near the end of the second half of the anime, Hoppongi Hills' inhabitants are turned to stone. *Dr. Stone* started its run in *Weekly Shonen Jump* 11 years after *Tetsunoshin* aired in Japan.
Sweet

There are two things associated with the word "sweet": how most candies taste, and the 70s glam rock band. We'll be discussing the glam rock band.

Sweet (also referred to as The Sweet) is a British rock band. Once fusing bubblegum music with power pop for some reason, they turned into an outright proto-glam metal band soon after, churning out hits such as Fox on the Run and Action.

They also made a glam metal song by the name of The Ballroom Blitz, which was used in the Regular Show episode "T.G.I. Tuesdays".

Did we mention that they *defined* glam metal? That's saying something since they were first inspired by bubblegum bands and later possibly David Bowie.

Originally broke up in the 1980s, but reunited a few years afterward.
You Are Expelled

"You Are Expelled" is the school-specific inversion of Confined to Your Room- instead of getting detention or suspension, a student winds up expelled due to increasingly bad behavior.

Can overlap with Innocent punishment, Confined to Your Room and Wrecking Lives.

And no, even if a student gets multiple F's, that's not grounds for expulsion- that's just a nasty case of the Crocker Grading System being in effect. The workplace equivalents of this are You Are Fired and "Jetson, You're Fired!".

Fictional examples only, please- *real* expulsions require hearings before they can be enforced and thus aren't worth documenting on this wiki. Similarly, if a college rejects a person, this doesn't qualify for this trope as it's technically not an expulsion.

## Examples

* In *Uncle Grandpa*, a girl is expelled after she was caught "flushing your education down the toilet" due to her duck lips.
* *Kick Buttowski: Suburban Daredevil* was threatened with expulsion at least *twice* over the course of the series, but he is always saved from it at the last-minute.
* In *Yandere Simulator*, Ayano can get herself expelled. And in earlier builds (and possibly the full game), she can get her rivals expelled without attracting suspicion herself.
* In one episode of *The Simpsons*, Skinner expels Bart after a prank gone wrong. Luckily, Bart is accepted back into the school at the end of the episode.
* The entire premise of *Carmen Got Expelled!*.
* *Kill la Kill*: When a student is expelled from Honnoji Academy, not only are they expelled but their homes are confiscated and the entire family is banished from Honno Town. It's that harsh. Gamagoori exercised this as early as *episode four*.
* Speaking of Studio Trigger, Akko Kagari of *Little Witch Academia* was threatened with expulsion in one episode but was ultimately saved.
* Lee Ping of *Detentionaire* was originally thought to be incapable of serving his year-long detention when he got expelled. Of course, status quo hit and he's back in detention come season 3.
* Surprisingly averted in *Nate is Late*, despite the many times Nate was... well, late for school.
* Certain GoAnimate videos can have the troublemaker expelled, with predictable results...
* Eliza Leagan of *Candy Candy* tried to get the titular character expelled in one arc. Eliza is instead hit with as much karma as the boarding school gave.
Télétoon

If there are tropes pertaining to the English version or *both* versions, please put those examples on the English version's own page.

That aside, some of the page will be in French since this version of Teletoon is, well, obviously French.

So the French version plays out *very* different from English-language Teletoon, including a different slogan, a different version of the logo, Télétoon la nuit, and all its programs are broadcast in *French*!

Oh, and most of Teletoon's regular programming are not seen on Télétoon proper, but Ned's Newt later aired on Télétoon Rétro as- excuse me- *Ned et son titron*.

Ironically, while this version was the first to launch, Télétoon Rétro didn't launch until almost one year after the English Teletoon Retro launched.

The French version *does* air some Teletoon originals, though...

See Teletoon for the English version of this channel, and Télétoon+ for the completely-unrelated channel (aside from it airing several Teletoon shows).

## Tropes

* French Version
* Advertisement Ban: Well, aside from promotions for their shows during daytime hours.
* Canadian Content Required
* Werewolf Terror: One episode of *The Bizarre Adventures of Professor Zarbi* has this trope happen.
You Are Benched

"You Are Benched" is the sports equivalent of Confined to Your Room; a coach treating a player like a misbehaving child and forbidding them from playing a couple games or more. Sometimes it's as punishment for failing to follow a coach's orders, but oftentimes it's due to an injury or lowering stamina. Despite how strict this sounds, sports teams have to bench injured players so they can have time to heal.

*Can* lead to You Are Fired if the benched player misses too many games. Examples where players are benched if they're the worst player in the team won't be documented.

Has a page to play with the trope.

## Examples

### Sports-related

* Hyuuga of *Captain Tsubasa* gets benched when he tries to take leave to train without permission.
* Sports-based videogames, being simulations of the real thing, will sometimes have benched players.
	+ Special mention goes to *MLB Power Pros*, which has a story mode where the protagonist starts out benched and works up his way. Though he can get benched *again*...
* Kicchou of *Slam Dunk* got benched after he attacked Taoka.
* *Kuroko's Basketball*: Kuroko Tetsuya often gets benched due to lowering stamina.
* Par for the course if an athlete gets arrested. Doubly so if the same athlete is convicted of a crime punishable with lengthy prison sentences.
* In the *Need for Speed* games (which technically aren't sports games, but since racing itself is a sport, it's sports-related), getting busted three times will have the player character benched by being arrested. And in some modes, even getting busted once will have the same effect. Luckily, you can restart the level, but still.

### Other

* *RWBY* is about up-and-coming hunters and huntresses fighting Grimm; naturally, Weiss Schnee was benched by default after she was confined to the manor grounds and disinherited.
* In the 4Kids dub of *Ojamajo Doremi*, Mirabelle being punished for breaking an omelet maker means she wouldn't be able to work at the magic shop that weekend.
* *Pokémon*: Fainted Pokémon cannot battle further, and *remain* fainted until you take them to a Pokémon Center.
* In *Medabots*, this is what happens to defeated Medabots. Until they're repaired, there's no way for a Medabot to escape this trope.
	+ The Rubber Robo Gang being the winner will (in the games, at least) bench the Medabot for life, assuming they don't take the Medabot itself as well.
* Aizawa ends up placing both Izuku and Bakugo under house arrest for a few days, thus benching them. They aren't even allowed to go to class.
* *Dragon Ball Z*: This happens to most of the Z Fighters *a lot*. Goku especially, considering the number of times he died.
The Loud House

A Nicktoon created by Chris Savino, following the exploits of Lincoln Loud, a boy who lives with his ten sisters.

Began broadcast on May 2nd, 2016, though prior to the premiere, two episodes were uploaded online.

The series has since become a hit for Nickelodeon, to the point where a DVD of the first season was released just mere weeks after the show's first anniversary.

Savino didn't last long on the show though, for reasons we cannot explain here. Needless to say, he was fired from Nickelodeon shortly thereafter.

Since there are a lot of characters with the same names as other characters or people, this show is getting its own page.

## Tropes

* That's a Capital Idea: Lincoln tried to fulfill his idea of getting the Sweet Spot. Cut to 7AM the next morning, and all the Loud children *except* Lily destroy the car.
	+ Lincoln tries to cannonball into any pool he finds. The outcomes? Kicked out because a few of his sisters were chicken fighting (1st), kicked out because Lana was drinking pool water (2nd), kicked out because Lily caused a fecal incident (3rd), stopped by Lola (fantasy), seeing Lori and Leni using the pool (4th), seeing a "no cannonballs" sign (5th), destroying the other Loud pool (6th).
* Innocent punishment: Has an entire section on the "Innocent punishment" page, and this Nicktoon might need its own page to cover every example out there.
* Wacky Science: Lisa does this part of the time.
	+ Leni's skin turns blue as a result of a skin pigmentation.
	+ All of the water in the Loud pool drains out and turns into a gas as a result of a serum that tests urine levels.
	+ Lisa even once tried to test something on Lily.
	+ In "The Butterfly Effect", Lincoln accidentally flings his yoyo into Lisa's chemicals and he fantasizes that this would happen. To avoid it, he told Lisa about it... and Lisa thanked Lincoln since Lincoln's clumsiness was the one variable she was missing.
* Insist on the X: Lincoln tries to save Frank, a female spider, from getting killed. *Twice*. And Frank survives both times.
* Must Stay Awake: Lincoln does this to obtain the Sweet Spot.
* All Coffee is Morning Joe: In "A Tale of Two Tables", the only time we ever hear any word similar to coffee within the series was when Lincoln said "Nothing like that first cup of morning joe".
* Blame it on Development: How Bun-Bun came to be. See, Lincoln and his sisters were originally supposed to be rabbits. Evidently, Lincoln's rabbit design was loved so much, they created the character "Bun-Bun" to use the design.
* Slice of Life: The whole point of the show. In the few times they don't use the genre, it's usually as a result of an experiment by Lisa.
* Animal World: Originally supposed to be this before Savino was advised to make the Loud family human.
* Kid Daredevil: Lynn Loud, since she's obsessed with sports and competition.
* This gave us inspiration: The Loud family was originally going to be like Chloe's... in a way. But then Savino was advised to make the Louds human.
	+ Misha's character design looks partially inspired by Lynn Loud (and Vambre).

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Nickelodeon Fanon

The one thing about a wiki that's been standing for 6+ years, is that it's too good to last.

It's one of the *few* wikis that were NOT a One Time Thing; a short-lived reboot was eventually given the boot due to low interest.

Back in 2009, the entire community, other than the founder Stelios7, created stuff about actual Nick fanon, in addition to stuff from Disney or Cartoon Network, or as of 2010, ponies.

Irrelevant articles are banned from the site as of 2013 in order for the community to *exclusively* focus on Nick fan-fiction and original content.

Nickelodeon Fanon eventually rebranded as Fiction Foundry in 2016.

Since Nickelodeon Fanon was the original name for Fiction Foundry, please put tropes on this page. You can access the wiki here.

## Tropes

* Innocent punishment: Just a warning to be fair: post too much irrelevant content *without* reading the rules first, and you're blocked for a few days.
* There's a Wiki for That: For fiction.

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Yu-Gi-Oh! The Abridged Series

Yu-Gi-Oh! The Abridged Series is basically like Yu-Gi-Oh! if Adult Swim dubbed it in-house.

...well, not exactly, but a lot of the humor comes from making fun of 4Kids' standards and practices. Mostly.

They edited around 60+ episodes (with more to come), introduced the first (and so far only) official-sounding fandub of the movie based off "Season Zero", and defined "abridged series" in general.

The abridged version of the movie is on Dailymotion, if you prefer stuff dubbed instead of subbed.

## Tropes

* Obscurity, much?: The abridged series mocks 4Kids to oblivion, to the point where fans of the abridged version mainly know 4Kids for being the main punchline of the entire series. And then 4Kids went bankrupt. What fun.
* Financial Failure: Kaiba often describes himself as "obscenely rich". In fact, when told summoning multiple monsters in one turn is against the rules, Kaiba says the line "Screw the Rules, I Have Money".
	+ He later hands Yugi a playing card, saying he'd do it himself but he was "obscenely rich".
	+ "Screw the Money, I Have Rules! Wait, let me try that again..."
* This gave us inspiration: Inspired more abridged series, which in turn inspired more, which in turn made a whole genre of animation.
* The Colbert Effect: A bad example. The series, alongside the 4Kids dub of One Piece, basically turned 4Kids into little more than a laughing stock and almost forced them into bankruptcy (which the actual Yu-Gi-Oh! did).

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Sunny Mornings

**Puggles:** "But it's way too early in the morning for it to be early in the morning."
**Mary Cassowary:** "Don't be mad, Puggles. We can still enjoy some lollipops together."

**Puggles:** "Mornings are so evil."— *Kids Bits*

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Mornings can be a challenge for a lot of people. Our beds feel incredibly cozy, and after the phone's alarm sounds, the allure of "just five more minutes" seems irresistible. The snooze button promises a brief escape to the warmth of dreams, a little respite before facing the busy day. It's a small comfort, a momentary delay from the bustle ahead.

But five minutes becomes 10 minutes and then 15 minutes, until we find ourselves racing against the clock to get to work/school on time. The snooze button can create a terrible cycle that feels like an addiction.

If you're a sleepaholic, the following tropes may break your dependence.
You Messed Up, Now You're the Magical Girl

When a would-be magical girl messes up and it's story-related, they're faced with only one option: to become a magical girl (or partner, if said girl is an animal).

Oftentimes, they can't refuse as it can lead to world destruction. See also Innocent punishment for punishments not involving becoming a magical girl or partner. Once the deed they became a magical girl to do is done, they can invoke I Renounce My Position and lose their powers.

Some of these are spoilers, so it's best you watch and have knowledge of these shows before you continue reading.

## Examples

* Cardcaptor Sakura: When Sakura accidentally releases most of the cards, Keroberos makes her a Cardcaptor.
* Kamisama Minarai: Himitsu no Cocotama: If one sees a Cocotama, the only way to keep them from vanishing is by signing a Cocotama Contract. Unlike other examples, this example doesn't make them a magical girl or magical boy.
* Jewelpet: Ruby's carelessness caused her to become Rinko's partner.
* Kill la Kill: Ryuko's wish led her to activate a booby trap and find Senketsu. Quote her teacher, "You should be careful what you wish for, Ryuko Matoi".
* The consequences of making a wish in Puella Magi Madoka Magica. So the titular character wishes for the erasure of all witches everywhere.
* A rare example of having her magical girl powers *taken away* lies within Usami/Monomi in the Danganronpa franchise, thanks to Monokuma.
* Servamp: Contact with Sleepy Ash (nicknamed Kuro) caused Mahiru to become the former's Eve. It should be noted, however, that Mahiru didn't intend to do this: he took Sleepy Ash in his house (in Kuro's cat form) and then realized Kuro was a vampire.
* A rare non-anime example in The Zimmer Twins: just by adopting a psychic cat, the titular twins become psychic too.
* Wan Wan Celeb Soreyuke! Tetsunoshin: Tetsunoshin accidentally discovered the Dog Paradise. Not only is he told to keep it a secret, but once the Inuyamas find themselves crushed by debt, he also gets a magical boy/human form donning the name "Celebrity Knight".
* In another rare non-anime example, *Star vs. the Forces of Evil* parodies this; Star was already magical to begin with (she came from Mewni, so it's expected), but she *was* sent to Earth since she couldn't control it. She does invoke I Renounce My Position by destroying all magic in the universe later on, though; the only repercussion being Earth and Mewni are merged.

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Oobi Clone

You watch something on TV and it's about a talking hand (or at least has a talking hand in it). Chances are you've seen an Oobi clone.

The show does not necessarily have to be for preschoolers (as stated below, Cartoon Network experimented with this trope when they had High Noon Toons).

Trope Namer is Oobi, obviously.

## Examples

* The earliest example (and the one that was the shortest-lived) was Cartoon Network's High Noon Toons, back when Oobi didn't exist. The hosts were *talking hands*, and the block was composed of- you guessed it- Hanna-Barbera cartoons.
* The Mighty B! has Bessie's finger. It doesn't talk, though, but rather communicates through expressionism.
* SpongeBob SquarePants and friends sometimes do this when they're mimicking someone.
* And so does Timmy Turner when he makes up a bad excuse.
* One episode of Adventure Time has Jake's tail go to a circus (in the first Cartoon Network example since High Noon Toons, no less).

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Sun Drop

*The* southern version of Mountain Dew.

Took a different approach from the "un-colas" like 7-UP or Mountain Dew, and was marketed as "Golden Girl Cola".

No wonder it's been confined to the South for so many years. The Sun Drop formula was unpopular outside its core markets.

Only has five flavors outside the original: Cherry-Lemon Sun Drop, Diet Sun Drop, Caffeine-free Sun Drop, Caffeine-free Diet Sun Drop, and Diet Cherry-Lemon Sun Drop.

Caffeine-free Sun Drop is not to be confused with the soft drink *Squirt*, despite Squirt being owned by the same company who makes Sun Drop.

## Tropes used

* Southern Country: The drink's core is in the South.
* All Citrus Soda is Mountain Dew: The Fancy Farm Picnic made Sun Drop the official soft drink of the event.
* Rule of Caffeine-free: Caffeine-free Sun Drop.
* Cherry-flavored Whatever: Cherry-Lemon Sun Drop.
* Point of discontinuation: Zig-zagged, but never enforced.
It's Your Birthday

It's Your Birthday is a song that was performed by the ZingZillas in the episode Birthday Todd featuring the Silk Street Hot Seven.

## Lyrics

It’s your birthday

It’s your birthday

It’s your birthday

Yes it’s true

So happy birthday

Happy birthday

From all of us ZingZillas to you.

Parties and streamers

Presents and cards

Joining in with all your birthday games

Happy birthday

Musical statues

Pass the parcel too

Open up your eyes and you'll discover a surprise.

It’s your birthday

It’s your birthday

It’s your birthday

Yes it’s true

So happy birthday

Happy birthday

From all of us ZingZillas to you.

Ha-ha! I love that sound!

Oh, boy! Yay!

Nuts and bananas

Savoury and sweet

Blowing out the candles on your cake

Happy birthday

Jelly and ice cream

Playing with your friends

Colourful balloons and lots of happy birthday tunes.

It’s your birthday

It’s your birthday

It’s your birthday

Yes it’s true

So happy birthday

Happy birthday

From all of us ZingZillas to you

All of us ZingZillas to you.
Token of My Appreciation

"The kids are trying to steal sweets again, and this time they're using... balloons? Looks like we have something new today, and leading the revolution is none other than [somebody] herself."— **Brennon Traphagen**

A "token of appreciation" is a small act of kindness that shows gratitude. In our Everyday Lives, receiving a thank you card for attending a wedding or helping someone out is a small token of appreciation that highlights how your friend is thankful.

In the workplace, a token of appreciation is slightly different, but carries the same general thought. Instead of the normal gestures, such as moving or attending a party event, workplace appreciation can be more general. For instance, helping meet a long-term goal, supporting a team, or even for the sheer act of being a fun and wonderful person to work with.

What you need to understand about giving a token of appreciation is that it's really not the actual gift that is important. It's The Thought That Counts. While that definitely sounds like a blasé idea, it can be true (which is probably why it's so cliché in the first place).
Unreadable Language

An Unreadable Language is a language that cannot be read by most people. Sometimes one *can* learn the language, but it may be difficult to master.

Obscurity, much? applied to languages. For more extreme and/or fictional examples, see Jewelrunes. See also Inunderstandable language for spoken languages.

The following languages do not qualify as an example: English, Spanish, French, Russian, German, Mandarin Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Arabic, Latin, or indigenous languages from North America. Extinct languages can count, but oftentimes they can be Jewelrunes.

## Examples

* If you live outside the country of Georgia (yes, the country, not the US state), the Georgian language is this.
* The most recent example for Canada is Nuchatlaht, a former dialect of the Nuu-chah-nulth language.
* Likewise, the most recent example stateside is Mandan.
* The Zarphatic language that was once native to France and Germany.
* The Ainu language to most people living in Japan (and outside Japan). That said, this one isn't completely unreadable as the manga Golden Kamuy sometimes uses this language.
* Ancient Egyptian crosses the line between this and Jewelrunes back and forth.
* The late Elie Wiesel once wrote a big manuscript in Yiddish (862 pages' worth, if you wanted to know how big the manuscript was) about his experiences during World War II. No one in America, Britain, or France liked what Germany did during the war, but because of this trope, the story was translated into English and French.

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Wayside

A Teletoon (and Nickelodeon) series loosely based off of the book trilogy of the same name.

The series centers on Todd (who is sent home on the kindergarten bus every day in the book), who is a new student at Wayside; the school in question was supposed to only be one story high, but somehow ended up 30 stories high, with one classroom on each floor.

The series garnered 26 episodes, and it wasn't renewed for a third season.

In Canada, the show was reran on Teletoon until 2014, when Corus bought the network and moved reruns of Wayside to YTV.

## Tropes

* Obscurity, much?: Not as much as Chloe or Station X, but compared to the books, this series is semi-obscure, considering the amount of fanart based on the show (mostly of Todd and Maurecia). However, an official YouTube channel (and YTV Direct) has every episode up as of 2017. Yes, including the movie.
* Cartoon Network Isn't Teletoon: Justified, considering that Nickelodeon distributed the series outside its native Canada.
	+ The movie, however, played this completely straight.
	+ The series later subverted this between Canada and... pretty much every Nickelodeon network that has ever aired Wayside, thanks to the reruns on YTV.
* Innocent punishment: Todd still gets sent home on the kindergarten bus on a few occasions, such as the movie and "Kindergarten King".
* Size Changing: "The Three Erics" has Myron imagine himself so large, he casts a shadow over the entire school.
	+ And towards the end of said episode, he shrinks down.
* Only One Setting: The eponymous Wayside School for the majority of the show.

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Yandere Simulator

Yandere Simulator (excuse me, Lovesick) is an indie game that has been in development since April 2014.

YandereDev pitched the idea in 2014 on a blog post, and everyone pretty much agreed with him.

As of October 2019, the game, ultimately, is still under development while the game was supposed to be released in April 2019.

In 2016, it got its own website, where you can download the launcher that was released in July.

In 2017, YandereDev announced a partnership with TinyBuild, but ultimately ended it in December 2017 for reasons which, long story short, we can't discuss here.

Due to the sheer number of debug builds released, it'll take a long list just to explain the tropes used. Thus the below tropes are only a fraction of what all of the debug builds use.

YandereDev has considered renaming the game to Lovesick. If that happens, then tropes exclusive to the debug builds will go on this page, and tropes most prominent to the final game will go on Lovesick's own page.

## Tropes

* Insist on the X: The community's reaction to YandereDev pitching his idea for the game.
* Glitch Fever: It's a debug build. Debug builds exist for that purpose.
* Customize your Character: It's possible to customize your character.
* That's a Capital Idea: Ayano one day gets the idea to make Senpai hers out of the blue.
* Unusual Rival: Kokona Haruka, despite being a test rival, acts like everyone else.
* Comedy Censtral: A pain for players whenever they want Ayano to change into a clean uniform. Averted with Titan Mode, ironically.
* Innocent punishment: There's an entire section on the Innocent punishment page.
* Gene Inheritance: Ayano's mother used to be a yandere herself, and she passed those genes on to Yandere-chan.
* Japanese Academy: Akademi High School will be referred to as an academy in the final game.
* Samurai Jack Timeskip: Inverted with the rumored "1980s Mode".
* Size Changing: Not in the game itself, but there's a mod for several debug builds that allow you to do this to Ayano.
* Downwards Funnel: As of May 2020, Akademi can be shut down as a result of students not feeling safe at the eponymous school.
	+ "SNAP" Mode. "If I can't have you... *nobody* can." To make matters worse, Ayano ends up committing suicide after this.
* You Are Expelled: Ayano can be hit with this if caught.

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