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SpongeBob SquarePants

Are you ready, kids?

Time to describe SpongeBob!

SpongeBob SquarePants is the longest running Nicktoon so far, and it debuted in 1999 on Nickelodeon.

There are a few reasons why SpongeBob is the longest running Nicktoon: having over 172 episodes (172 episodes was the amount Rugrats had), being extremely popular after the first movie, and- wait for it- actually wrecking Klasky-Csupo before KC revived in 2012.

## Tropes

* Cartoon Network Isn't Teletoon: The show aired for a while on CITV. That's right; it aired alongside Cartoon Network shows and Disney Channel shows in the United Kingdom!
	+ It airs overseas on AFN Family. However, you're lucky should it ever come on, and if it does, it's an episode from the earlier seasons.
* Action-packed: Mermaidman & Barnacle Boy's own show-within-a-show.
	+ Every fight against Man-Ray and the Dirty Bubble sums up to this.
* Unrealistic stuff: The whole show, in a sense. There are few other shows that show one or two main animal characters working in a restaurant, let alone those taking place in the ocean.
	+ How can a *squirrel* live underwater? Well, Sandy *does* have a helmet, and since the creator was a marine biologist, he knew that squirrels cannot breathe water, fish cannot breathe air, etc.
		- That doesn't explain why SpongeBob and Patrick can go without water in "Survival of the Idiots". (Though snow *is* frozen water...)
* Pop culture: Especially the pre-movie episodes.
* KCA Nominee: More like KCA Winner. Every year since it was first nominated (the exception being 2008 when Avatar: The Last Airbender won instead) there was no doubt it would win the Favorite Cartoon category. It even won against Cartoon Network's Teen Titans Go!, if you're wondering the length of its current winning streak.
* Animal World: Level 5 for most episodes, Level 4 for episodes that have Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy in them, Levels 1 to 4 for the theatrical movies, and Level 1 for the Patchy the Pirate segments.
* Make Your Own Newspaper: The Krabby Kronicle, complete with a McDonald's reference.
	+ Not to mention the book "Stop the Presses!".
* Downwards Funnel: A meta example. Not long after Stephen Hillenburg passed away, Nickelodeon announced spin-offs in *Kamp Koral* and a show based around *Patrick*. Keep in mind, this was a show the creator forbade spin-offs of during his life. To say the fanbase was angry was a *huge* understatement; even The Mysterious Mr. Enter refuses to review *Kamp Koral* because according to him, it was Nickelodeon's way of squeezing every penny out of the franchise.
Jacob Two-Two

Jacob Two-Two is a series of children's books and a YTV television series.

Jacob Two-Two (called that due to his habit of repeating things twice... well, he doesn't do that frequently in the TV series, but still) is an ordinary Canadian boy who inadvertently causes trouble due to always telling the truth.

Mordecai Richler (no, not THAT Mordecai) based Jacob's family on his own. Jacob himself was based on Richler's son, Jacob Richler, a newspaper and magazine journalist.

Aired on Qubo in the United States.

## Tropes

* Cartoon Network Isn't Teletoon: The Spanish version of the TV series subverted this in the US until 2006 due to airing alongside a few Nickelodeon shows. The English version (as well as the post-2006 Spanish version), however, plays this straight in the same country.
* Unrealistic stuff: The children's book series. All four of them.
	+ As for the TV series, some of the conflicts Jacob has *are* realistic... others (such as the one in *Jacob Two-Two and the Too Big Tomato*) not so much.

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Led Breakup

A band member has just died, and instead of getting a replacement, the band announces that it was breaking up.

That's what happened to some bands from the 1960s to today.

Trope Namer is Led Zeppelin.

And for clarity's sake- do not add artists who had a Solo career, as their career usually goes down with them- unless they retire, which some people like Michael Jackson did not live to do. This is also not for hiatuses (Led Zeppelin qualifies for this trope, despite the reunion tours it had).

## Examples

* The Trope Namer is Led Zeppelin; they broke up the minute their drummer passed away.
* Cyndago, in-name only. Friends of Markiplier, they broke up under the Cyndago name when Daniel Kyre died of attempted suicide. The remaining members still collaborate with Mark, but don't use the Cyndago name anymore.

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Robotboy

Robotboy is a French production that aired on Cartoon Network... originally only in Europe, but it later premiered in the US.

The show ran for four seasons and has twice the episodes Spaced Out had.

Unlike other Alphanim productions, the show actually made it to air in the US.

Reruns are kept on the air in the countries that need to fulfill European content quotas.

## Tropes

* Obscurity, much?: The show is slowly fading into this. Reruns still continue in other countries, and as of 2019 it's exclusive to premium channels stateside.
* Cartoon Network Isn't Teletoon: This was the last CN show YTV ever aired that actually had CN themselves involved in production (outside of Transformers: Animated and CN's live-action shows). All future CN productions to air in Canada would air exclusively on Teletoon and CN's Canadian feed.

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"I'll Sue Ya"

The act of threatening a lawsuit to someone, whether for legit reasons or really petty reasons.

Comes in two variants:

* Type 1: Legit reasons. Someone threatens to sue, so the potential defendants do everything in their power to avoid them doing so.
* Type 2: Silly lawsuits. Exactly What It Says- lawsuits that hold little if any water in court, especially if it's a cheap and quick publicity stunt.

Since lawsuits are threatened so much in real-life, fictional examples only. Real-life examples of Type 2 (that actually happened) are better documented by the other trope-focused wiki anyway.

## Examples

### Type 1

* *Daria*: Helen (Daria and Quinn's mother) got so furious at a substitute for acting inappropriate in front of the class, she made an angry phone call to the school (and its principal Ms. Li) and threatened a lawsuit. Ms. Li's response? Fire the substitute who made Helen angry and temporarily hire Daria.
	+ Earlier in season two, Helen threatens a lawsuit because the school violated Daria's civil rights.
* A lawsuit like this caused The Itis to shut down. This wouldn't be the only time *The Boondocks* used this trope either- though Type 2 rather than Type 1 that time.
* In *Family Guy*, Pawtucket Patriot is sued by Duff because Homer found the former *was* the latter.

### Type 2

* In *Sayonara, Zetsubou-Sensei*, this is threatened by Kaede *all the time*.
* The Trope Namer is "Weird Al" Yankovic's song "I'll Sue Ya".
* In *The Boondocks* (which is also documented above), Riley and his grandpa sue the school after Riley's teacher used an ethnic slur. We can't say which one it was for obvious reasons, but given a show like this one, it's rather obvious to said show's fans.
* *SpongeBob SquarePants*: Plankton once sued the Krusty Krab (specifically, its owner Mr. Krabs). He lost.
* Whenever lawsuits are filed in *The Simpsons*, rest assured it will most likely be this.
* *South Park* has "Everyone vs. Everyone", a big suit that Gerald Broflovski represented *both sides* for.
* *Rocko's Modern Life*: When a fly sues Rocko, the entire trial is treated like a *criminal case*, with Rocko being sentenced to become a fly. In real life, at least in the United States, civil suits cannot be treated like criminal cases or vice versa.
* *Futurama*: Averted in "Into the Wild Green Yonder"; Bender *cannot* sue the military.
	+ There was also a suit that didn't go through: "I'll have you know I'm friends with every judge on planet."
* Joe Adler on *Beavis and Butt-head* takes on so many of these suits he's eventually arrested for dozens of counts of fraud. (Its spin-off *Daria* is documented in Type 1.)
* Courtney threatens suits *all the time* in *Total Drama*, especially if she's voted off.
* Lucky likes to take on these cases all the time, at least until the original finale.
Another Drum Solo, Man!

OK, so you know some rock bands from the 70s. But then there are some rock bands who put on spectacular drum solos (as opposed to the guitar solos you find in hard rock, heavy metal, some guitar-driven new wave, and power pop).

Trope Namer is Pelswick.

## Examples

* The Trope Namer, Pelswick, had a drum solo mentioned in an episode.
* The Who's Baba O'Riley had a drum solo.
* Iron Butterfly's "In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida" has a really long drum solo. It takes minutes before you hear the electric organ again.

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Mountain Dew

Mountain Dew. The boundary-breaker in the soft drink market. The first non-cola not 7-UP or Crush or any root beer out there.

*The* citrus soda.

Introduced in the 1930s, two men from Southern Country Tennessee made the soft drink themselves.

Well, it didn't show up in the mainstream market until the 1940s.

It's first slogan was "It'll tickle yore innards!", way back before the soft drink focused on the gaming community.

Has changed logos several times, though the most prominent change was in 2009.

Mountain Dew is one of the biggest-selling soft drinks for PepsiCo, not to mention the *only* soft drink the gamer community accepts fully.

Not to be confused with Mist Twst, which is also produced by PepsiCo and formerly carried the name "Sierra Mist".

## Tropes Mountain Dew uses

* Southern Country: The drink was developed in Tennessee; what did you expect?
* Slogan Dialects: The point of the drink's first slogan.
* All Citrus Soda is Mountain Dew: The Trope Namer; the gamer community accepts Mountain Dew as their official soft drink, and until 1949, Mountain Dew was the only citrus soda that has more citrus flavors than just lemon and lime.
* Major League Gamer: As of 2016, Mountain Dew is one of the signature components of a Major League Gamer.
* Point of discontinuation: Has an entire section on Pepsi's own page.
	+ Subverted for the soft drink brand in general, as it is one of the best-selling soft drinks from PepsiCo.
* Irrational combination: Mountain Dew Voltage combines caffeine with ginseng. Ginseng helps people sleep, and caffeine cancels out those effects.
* Rule of Caffeine-free: There's a Caffeine-free Mountain Dew, in case you didn't know.
Fresh TV

Fresh TV is a Canadian production company that was started up in 2004, and at least half of its key people were responsible for 6teen and Total Drama.

## Productions

* 6teen (co-production with Nelvana)
* Total Drama
	+ Total Drama: The Ridonculous Race
	+ Total DramaRama
* Stoked
* Really Me!
* My Babysitter's a Vampire
* Grojband
* Backstage

## Tropes

* Cartoon Network Isn't Teletoon: Subverted by *every single animated Fresh TV show to date*, what with the shows airing on Teletoon in Canada and Cartoon Network in the US. The only animated series from Fresh TV to (initially) play this straight was the first three seasons of 6teen, and that's because Nickelodeon formerly had the US rights to that show until CN picked it up.
	+ Played straight by My Babysitter's a Vampire until Disney Channel Canada launched.
	+ Until the launch of Disney+, this was also partially played straight by Really Me!, *especially* after Family Channel lost the rights to Disney's programming; the series was seen in the US on Netflix, which carried Disney Channel programming until they jumped ship to their own streaming service.
	+ However, Backstage subverted this (partially) since it was on Family in Canada and Disney Channel in the United States.
* Similar art style: Take a look at 6teen and Stoked. They have the same art style. The only difference? Nelvana didn't co-produce Stoked.
	+ Grojband looks awfully similar to Sidekick...
Prince

Prince was an American musician and *the* pop superstar for a while.

His three most popular songs include "When Doves Cry", "Let's Go Crazy", and "Little Red Corvette", all three which have rock influences.

He is also remembered for having performed "Purple Rain" and "1999".

He also wrote a Bangles song.

Prince died in his Minneapolis home at 57 in April 2016, three months after David Bowie died of liver cancer.

Not to be confused with an actual prince.

## Tropes

* Hard rock: "Let's Go Crazy" is the most popular Prince song with this genre. There may have been some other songs he recorded in this genre, though...
* Hating the Fandom: He didn't *exactly* hate the fandom, but he hated illegal downloads of his songs. As a result, he went as far as *suing YouTube*.

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Imagination Station

"Everyone has fantasies of escaping reality for a while. I can help make that happen for you. It's just the kind of imagination you need."— **Callister Drizzledrops**, *Fairy Dust*

A creative and playful child with a whimsical imagination, the main character's feet may be on the ground, but their head is always in the clouds. Prone to "zoning out" and getting lost in their own little world, they have their head in the clouds even more than most other characters. While this occasionally has the unfortunate side-effect of making them very accident-prone, it does give them a very active imagination and they often provide new ways to solve problems.

The character's endless curiosity sets the stage for their ongoing pursuits to learn and explore just about everything, which is why the character is highly knowledgeable and well-informed in a variety of subjects. An imaginative dreamer, the character has frequent dream sequences in many episodes, visualizing their daydreams and wishes, and many episodes describe their normal daily experiences with their parents, friends, and neighbors.

Overall, the main character can be playful, kind, and helpful, but they often get into trouble, mostly through their lack of understanding of how society works. They are very childish in their understanding of the world and usually become confused as a result. The character also has many interactions with others. Everyone generally likes the character and frequently tries to help them.
Having Fun/Obscurity, much?

The obscurity level depends on how obscure a show is.

* Basic definition: Obscure works, especially if the show was also cancelled.
* Straight: A cancelled show is nearly forgotten; only some devoted fans who buy the DVDs (if there were any) and whatever merchandise there is keep the fandom alive.
* Exaggerated: See above, except *everyone* has moved on and only talk about the show once in a blue moon, if ever.
	+ The show does so poorly that Nielsen doesn't even bother to calculate the ratings of it. Bonus points if it's cancelled after *one episode*.
	+ The pilot never gets picked up in the first place.
* Downplayed: A devoted cult following keeps the show from becoming truly obscure.
* Justified: The work was terrible and people didn't want to see it again.
	+ If a work was story-driven, the work was 99% filler.
* Inverted: People know the show the world over.
* Subverted: Starts out obscure, only for The Colbert Effect to hit.
* Double Subverted: ...before a Popularity Killoff occurs a few years later.
* Averted: The work is still popular and has been from day one.
* Zig-Zagged: The work goes through multiple Colbert Effects and Popularity Killoffs during its run.
* Implied: DVDs of a nearly-forgotten show (assuming DVDs of the show were released in the first place) are sold for super cheap online (usually a few dollars plus shipping each), or in a used DVD store.
	+ Alternatively, the show is given the No Home Release for You treatment.
	+ No critic post-cancellation even bothered to review the work since they don't know about it.
	+ A show is written-off as a completely made-up joke from another, more popular work (such as when *Tattooed Teenage Alien Fighters from Beverly Hills* was mentioned in *Dragon Ball Z Abridged* and the latter's audience was shocked to find out that *TTAFBH* was a *real* show).
	+ The network executives end up cancelling the show due to low ratings not caused by the network themselves.
	+ When you talk about a show, the person you're talking to is *very* confused about what you're talking about.
	+ There is *literally* no way to watch a particular show; the masters are stored away in a vault if they still exist at all.
* Exploited: The executives secretly plan to cancel the show as soon as possible.
* Exploitation Denied: This backfires immensely with tons of angry fans knowing how to find the new time and watch it then.
* Defied: A work is so *beloved* it can never be completely forgotten... at least as long as it's still copyrighted, and sometimes not even then.
* Deconstructed: Whenever the producer talks about his shows, none of the viewers know about them. This makes him depressed and quit TV altogether.
* Reconstructed: Or at least, he *almost* quit TV altogether, as he decided to bet his career on one more show; after all, failure can bring success if he tried. He was right, as the new show turns into an instant success.
Pepper Ann

One of Disney's first One Saturday Morning cartoons, debuting in 1997.

The cartoon is about a 12-year-old named Pepper Ann Pearson who attends Hazelnut Middle School. In the opening, she arrives at school late (and gets detention) and always finds something different under her desk at the end of the opening.

The creator of Codename: Kids Next Door designed the characters, if you're wondering why the characters look like KND characters.

## Tropes

* Obscurity, much?: Semi-obscure. However, Disney has acknowledged the show in various ways (reruns on Disney Channel and Toon Disney, as well as board games).
* Innocent punishment: Pepper Ann gets detention slips thanks to being late for school.
	+ Pepper Ann was asked to fill in the role for the mascot Shania when Nicky knocked out the previous one.
* Downwards Funnel: Several episodes.
* That's a Capital Idea: Whenever Pepper Ann tries to fix things done in the episode.
* This gave us inspiration: Besides the obvious Codename: Kids Next Door:
	+ Hazelnut Middle School has an otter for their mascot. Hmm...
	+ The show itself was inspired by Disney's Doug.
* You Are Fired: Pepper Ann once got fired from the Food Barn after accidentally unleashing a Protest Towards the Crowd. This mirrored her teacher being fired from her previous job for knitting.
* Confined to Your Room: "...for two months!"

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Example Overload

"Example Overload" is what happens to tropes with enough examples to get at least *one* subpage. Alternatively, this can also apply to networks with more than *five* subpages.

This is neither an example nor a trope. Instead, it's to list examples of cases where tropes got overloaded on examples and thus got subpages.

The other trope-focused wiki calls tropes with tons of examples Overdosed Tropes.

Contrast Exampleless Tropes, which are subject to either restrictions or complete bans on examples. Though the two can sometimes overlap.

## Examples

### Tropes

* Cartoon Network Isn't Teletoon: Frequent exploitation of this trope means there are now *six* subpages, including subpages for the co-Trope Namers. With the rebrand of the English Teletoon into Cartoon Network Canada in 2023, however, it's unlikely more subpages would be added in the future.
* The Colbert Effect: Has two subpages- one related to anime examples, and one for licensing company Discotek Media in particular.
* Dubless Series: By design, as certain anime are among the many shows that are released in other countries without dubs. So far there are two subpages.
* Innocent punishment: 3 subpages.
* Obscurity, much?: Despite the restrictions, the very nature of the trope means that there are *28* subpages, including a few for works that normally do not have example subpages.
* Only One Setting: Now has *six* subpages.
* Point of discontinuation: Five subpages (*three* of which are soft drink-related).
* Size Changing: 3 subpages.
* Super Evil: 3 subpages.
* You Are Fired: Has 8 subpages as of 2023, though "Jetson, You're Fired!" can technically count as both a subpage and a separate trope as it lists examples of firings taken up to eleven.

### Networks

* Cartoon Network: Got its own pages for at least *eight* different tropes.
Fighting Foodons

*Fighting Foodons* (*Martial Arts Cooking Legend Bistro Recipe* in Japan) is an obscure manga adapted into a slightly-less obscure anime series. It was one of the FoxBox's launch titles, and one of only two not to be released on physical media (in North America) while 4Kids was still around (the other being the English dub of *Ultraman Tiga*).

Magical cards are used in the show that turns food into monsters called Fighting Foodons. In short: *Food Wars!* meets *Pokémon*. (And the former didn't exist around the time this show aired.)

The anime is an oddity, as there is *no* physical release of this *at all* in its native Japan. Despite this, Discotek Media released the anime on physical media... dub-only.

## Tropes

* Cartoon Network Isn't Teletoon: Unlike most other 4Kids dubs (which were picked up by YTV in Canada), this dub aired on Fairchild TV in Canada.
* Unrealistic stuff: Food turning into Foodons. And yet it's the entire premise of the anime.
* Dubless Series: Inversion. Want to watch the show? Luckily, the dub can be found online. Want to watch the Japanese version? No English-subbed versions have surfaced. (That said, this is likely since it never got an official release on physical media in its native Japan). That said, good luck finding Japanese RAWs too, short of a friend who taped the entire series.
* No Home Release for You: This series was never released to physical media in its native Japan. This means the only VHS tapes of the original version contain episodes recorded off of Japanese TV, and it hasn't been re-aired there since its original broadcast. The English dub is only *slightly* better- going through "Late Home Release for You" instead.
	+ That said, due to the American physical release being the *only* official physical release of this anime, only the English dub is included, so the Japanese version *still* plays this straight in the USA.
* Obscurity, much?: The manga is completely obscure even in its native Japan, and hasn't been re-printed after its initial print run.
	+ The anime version, on the other hand, is a cult hit in the United States, enough for Discotek to give the anime a physical release. In its native Japan, however, the anime matches the manga in obscurity level.
* Animal World: Level 1, due to the Big 4 consisting of animals (furry or otherwise).
Only One Setting/Canadian content

As a general rule of thumb, most Canadian animated series take place in Canada. Some series actually show a lot of Canadian references to get around a certain content quota law over there. Even *Bob & Margaret* had to change settings from Britain to Canada due to this (hence why that show doesn't qualify for this trope).

* An exception could be Johnny Test, due to the fact that it takes place in the US. (Of course, Teletoon being, well, *Teletoon*...)
* A single season of Total Drama has up to two settings, the only exceptions being "Action" and "World Tour".
* Grossology only has two main settings: their hometown, and the Gag Lab. The other settings depend on the villain.
* The majority of Jacob Two-Two only takes place in Jacob's hometown. Despite the fact that Jacob once tried to stop a *rocket* from going into space.
* 6teen mostly takes place at the mall, but there are exceptions.
* Maggie and the Ferocious Beast (a Teletoon/Nick Jr. series) takes place in the world of Maggie's drawings, with Maggie as the only visible human in the show.
* Ned's Newt mostly takes place in Friendly Falls (aka Ned's hometown).
* Another Teletoon example would be My Dad the Rock Star, as it mostly takes place in Silent Springs.
* Speaking of Teletoon, Gerald McBoing-Boing (2005) also used this trope.
* PJ Katie's Farm is more of a "Only One Actor" thing, as only PJ Katie and the cameraman were on set. Also, most of the episodes take place on the eponymous farm (thanks to the low budget). Keep in mind that it was *YTV* that commissioned this, and live-action shows by YTV usually tend to subvert this trope. But, as stated before, this show had a low budget, so YTV had no choice.
Kitchen Casino

One of the Food Network's more obscure series, *Kitchen Casino* is a basically a cooking competition show where you either walk away with something, or you go bust.

The series is split up into four rounds per episode, the first three of which involve cooking, and the final round involving "The High Rollers Wheel". The first three rounds are named after traditional casino games.

Considering the name of the show, you must have been 18 or over to participate in the show (due to laws concerning the legal age for gambling in most areas).

## Tropes

* Money or Nothing: You either walk away with at least *some* winnings, or you "go bust"- as in, you lose all the money you might have won within the show. Within the eight episodes, however, at least one person has spun the "High Rollers Wheel" and got the "Jackpot".
* Obscurity, much?: A rarity for a Food Network program airing in prime-time. The only other prime-time Food Network show rivaling this show in obscurity is a show called "Health Inspectors". Not helping was that only 8 episodes were produced.
* Innocent punishment: If the "High Rollers Wheel" lands on "Bust", then you shouldn't have risked everything. Likewise, landing on "Spin Again" gives you another spin.
* Downwards Funnel: Considering that this show has many ways to make you "go bust"...
* This gave us inspiration: The show was probably inspired by shows like Chopped and Cutthroat Kitchen, but the use of the Money or Nothing trope was (probably) mostly inspired by Cutthroat Kitchen.
* That's a Capital Idea: Within the three rounds, chefs may find themselves cooking someone else's dish and thus decide to put their own spin on it as a result.
* All Episode Titles are Casino-based: Hence the show title "Kitchen *Casino*".

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Obscurity, much?/Akira Toriyama

* Have you heard of Arale Norimaki? Of course you have. How about the series in which she's a main character? Maybe not if you live outside of Japan- none of the videogames released outside Japan (not counting Arale's appearances in *Dragon Ball* videogames and Shonen Jump crossover games), only *one* episode was dubbed (as a test pilot, no less), and as for the films? Five of them saw physical release from Discotek, but the rest are unlicensed. The 1990s TV anime *did* stream stateside at one point, however.
* *Dragon Ball Z* is *the* most popular anime in North America (when it's *the* Trope Namer for Padding Filler Z, you *know* it's big). Not so much for *Dragon Ball*, which *still* wouldn't count for this trope since there's a ton of fans of the *Dragon Ball* franchise, largely thanks to *Z*. That is, unless the South Korean release of the franchise is mentioned, in which everything pre-Z (and even *GT*) was skipped over.
	+ In Italy, the recut is this, largely since the original Z was aired for years in Italy and viewers over there apparently didn't mind the filler elements.
	+ In Japan, *Dragon Ball GT* ended up shaking the *Dragon Ball* franchise out of popularity for a decade. In America, it got more mixed reception, but people still deem it non-canon. But in South Korea, *Dragon Ball GT* is almost completely unknown since the distributors of *DBZ* over there decided to skip it the same way it decided to skip the original *Dragon Ball*.
	+ Toei apparently forbade licensors from acquiring *Super* if a TV broadcast wasn't done. Which came with extreme consequences- certain international networks were throwing off any and all anime and other networks refused to pick it up, making *Super* unlicensed in those countries. Furthermore, this almost made *Super* play this straight in North America until Funimation licensed it and got it on Toonami.
* *Sand Land*. Only fourteen chapters were serialized. Viz currently has them in their online back catalog if you're interested. Keep in mind, you'll have to pay to access more than a few chapters.
* *Cowa!*, if you live outside Japan.
* *Go! Go! Ackman*. None of the games released outside Japan, neither did the manga nor the anime film.
* This is more due to the time-consuming effort he put into *Dragon Ball*. Because he wouldn't write another large series after that, his later works aren't as popular.
* This even applies to videogames and their anime adaptations in which he worked on character designs. The *Dragon Quest* anime gets the worst of this.
Kid Daredevil

Spot a daredevil in your neighborhood?

Well, it's likely he or she is under 18, that is, a Kid Daredevil.

Please only put in examples of daredevils who are either under 18 or still in school.

## Examples

* The titular character of Kick Buttowski: Suburban Daredevil.
* Some of the members of the KND in Codename: Kids Next Door.
* A biker variation, but Mondo Owada from Danganronpa counts. His last stunt was also his execution.
* Yandere-chan rides her bike like a daredevil in the town. However, the main objective of that minigame is going to the school.
* Lynn Loud from The Loud House, since she's obsessed with sports and competition.

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90s Rememberance Club

There's so much 90s stuff around the web, we made an entire "club" for that stuff.

Stuff produced after October 1999 has been excluded from this "club" for obvious reasons (notably, not being true 90s material).

## "Members"

As of February 2017.

* Teletoon
* YTV
* Disney:
	+ PB&J Otter
	+ Pepper Ann
	+ Disney's Doug
* Nickelodeon:
	+ Hey Arnold!
	+ Nickelodeon's Doug
	+ SpongeBob SquarePants (season 1)
	+ Rocket Power
	+ Are You Afraid of the Dark?
	+ Oh Yeah! Cartoons
* Cartoon Network:
	+ Cartoon Cartoons (specifically, those that premiered prior to October 1999)
	+ The Moxy Show
	+ Space Ghost: Coast to Coast
	+ The What-A-Cartoon! Show (also known as World Premiere Toons or The Cartoon Cartoon Show)

TBA.
Markiplier

Markiplier is a Let's Player affiliated with Disney Digital Network. His main channel can be found here.

## Tropes

* Hard folk rock: Although it's more folk-influenced than hard rock-influenced, any time Mark plays the ukulele (especially in his Exoptable Money playthrough) could count.
* Series of my own: Markiplier Animated, created by Lixian though other people could be the animators, Drunk Minecraft, created by Mark, Bob and Wade (though it's been confirmed to never be coming back), and his version of Reading Your Comments.
* Led Breakup: This is what happened to Cyndago, a group of Mark's friends who collaborated with him prior to the end of the group in-name. Subverted in that the remaining members still collaborate with Mark, under their own names.
* The Chef is Lethal: In the "Baking Simulator" playthrough. Mark manages to redeem himself at the end.
* Comedy Censtral: He had to censor a passage in his walkthrough of Wrestle Jump Numero Dos, in order to prevent getting banned.
* Innocent punishment: Mark had to sit through a long lecture of this. While playing Yandere Simulator.
* One Time Thing: He set up a channel known as *Unus Annus* with his friend/constant collaborator Ethan. This channel would be deleted on November 13th/14th, 2020.
	+ There are also many, *many* one-off playthroughs he did. For example, his playthrough of *Failman*.
* The Colbert Effect: Many times over. He helped popularize Five Nights at Freddy's specifically (even going so far as to call himself the "King of FNAF" whenever he beats the final night of a certain game), and while a certain girls' toy was losing popularity among its target audience, Mark and Ethan ended up making it known among *Unus Annus* fans.
Jimmy Two-Shoes

Jimmy Two-Shoes is a Teletoon cartoon that began airing in 2009.

It's about Jimmy Two-Shoes, the titular character of the show and the only human in Miseryville (Heloise, despite being a human-shaped figure, doesn't count due to canon). His one true friend is Beezy, who is the son of the current owner of Misery Inc, Lucius Heinous VII, who also rules Miseryville. It's a long story.

Aired on Disney XD in the United States.

## Tropes

* One Time Thing: Jimmy Two-Shoes has a unique setting which will likely never be used again in a kids' show.
* Cartoon Network Isn't Teletoon: It depends on the country:
	+ Between the US and Europe, it's actually subverted since it's a Disney XD Europe (well, technically Jetix Europe before the Disney XD rebrand) co-production. This also made the show playing this straight between the US and Canada justifiable.
	+ This is also subverted in Australia, where it aired on Cartoon Network.
	+ Unfortunately, outside those markets, it is played straight.
* Blame It on Development: Jimmy was supposed to have been killed in the first episode and sent to hell, but Jetix Europe vetoed this idea. Possibly for two reasons- one, it'd be too similar to Yusuke's tragic death in *Yu Yu Hakusho*, and two, because it'd be too kid-unfriendly. So the setting was renamed Miseryville and the first episode hastily rewritten.
* You Are Fired: Lucius fires Jimmy, to which the latter's reply is "I don't work here". One quick hiring and firing later, Lucius also fires Heloise.
	+ Jimmy and Beezy deliver goods in one episode to *prevent* Heloise being fired *again*.
King of Five Nights at Freddy's

You'd like to call yourself a king of video games. But first, you must beat every level (except custom mode, which is usually not in there).

Trope Namers are Markiplier and Five Nights at Freddy's.

## Examples

* Markiplier likes to call himself the King of Five Nights at Freddy's; he had to reclaim his crown in his playthrough of Five Nights at Freddy's 4, though...
* In order to call yourself a Pokemon master, you must catch every Pokemon from every region so far, obtain all gym badges from every region so far, and fill up every Pokedex in every region so far (or if you're like Ash Ketchum, upgrade your Pokedex so it can store more Pokemon info).
Just to Get a Laugh/Caitlin Cooke

Caitlin is one of the main characters of 6teen.

For starters, Caitlin is a shopaholic who maxed out her credit card while shopping one day. Because of that, she was forced to take a job.

As the 6teen Rule of Thumb goes, every main character that *isn't* named Caitlin either switches jobs or quits at least once- and we know why; Caitlin was forbidden from quitting until she pays back her debt in full.

She eventually paid it all off (but her credit score was likely lowered as a result of the first episode's events), but remained with the Lemon even after her debt was paid off.

She also once had a part-time job at a confectionery shop; she ultimately quit that job.

One more thing, as to avoid confusion: she has no relation to any other female blonde character from any other TV show, she is not a human/teenage version of Baby Butter Otter, and she's not a human version of Panty.

## Tropes

* Innocent punishment: One of the reasons why she works at the Lemon in the first place.
* Financial Failure: Caitlin didn't realize that credit cards had limits. Perhaps she didn't take a personal finance class yet by the time the show started.
* Rule of Thumb: Caitlin was the only exception to the 6teen Rule of Thumb until she paid off her debt.
* Shopaholic: In fact, her shopaholism caused her to go into debt, forcing her to get a job.

TBA.
Gender Stereotype Swap

Let's say you wanted to watch the latest hit film, Alice & Bob. People online are staying that it defies gender roles. Ah, so the characters aren’t stuck into stereotypes, right.

And then you watch the film.

So, Alice is a Tomboy who plays sports, acts gross, and rejects everything even slightly girly? Bob is a bit TOO in touch with his feminine side, to the point in which you wouldn’t tell the difference between him and a random female character from the 50’s?

That’s not positive representation; they just gave them stereotypes from the opposite gender!

A Gender Stereotype Swap is a Gender Bender Trope done wrong. It still enforces stereotypes, but they’re suddenly okay because it’s been applied to the opposite sex! Yay?

## Examples

### Web Animation

* Aspen Pellot: His Vyond videos ALSO has a lot of these. Doris, Elena (which who is the biggest of all), Jessie, Ariel, Kelly, Satari, Lola Bunny (Which who is the biggest of all), Petunia Pig, Rosie, D.W., Minnie Mouse, Daisy Duck, Daisy (Vyond), Mouthless Girl, Amy and Puffy, and some (or not) other female character lacks the female trails and have male traits, behavior, and personality instead. Mickey Mouse, almostly Daffy Duck, Elmer Fudd, Monk, Cole, Noah, and few other male characters have stereotypically girlish traits instead of boy traits. However, some of the male characters have boyish traits. Aspen Pellot is trying to become "the next Emmy The Mermaid"

###  Western Animation

* RobArts Cartoon Universe: This franchise has a lot of these. Emmy, Preston, Penny, Colette, Molly Ducky, Jackie Rabbit, Helina Hare, and Himari are the biggest gender role breakers. The girls acts extremely boyish in this franchise. Preston acts extremely girly. Some modern-day critics has noted that these character's personalities did not age well.
Grojband

A Canadian cartoon that aired on Teletoon and Cartoon Network. Yes, it's from Fresh TV, who so far had all its animated shows air on CN.

The titular Grojband consists of four band members: Corey (guitarist and lead singer), Laney (bassist and the only girl in the band), Kin (keyboardist), and Kon (drummer).

And usually, when Grojband can't think up any lyrics, they turn to Corey's sister Trina, who absolutely *hates* Grojband and supports the Newmans more, apparently.

That sums up the series.

One more thing: the series isn't a ripoff of My Dad the Rock Star (which also aired on Teletoon a decade prior to Grojband).

## Tropes

* Cartoon Network Isn't Teletoon: As per usual with all Fresh TV cartoons since 6teen jumped ship to CN, Grojband subverted this... before being banished to Boomerang, which is ironically a spin-off network of CN.
* Rock Out Loud: Grojband. And the Newmans, too.
* Super Evil: Trina. Subverted in that she's not actually evil; she just hates Grojband and wants them overshadowed by the Newmans (as evidenced in one episode).
* Hard rock: The theme song.
* Keep on Debating You: Is Grojband a true rock band? They also delve into other genres from time to time.
* Missing the Point: They try to go indie in one episode. Ironically, they're *already* an indie rock band.

TBA.
Chrysanthemum

*Chrysanthemum* is a children's picture book featuring a mouse named after the eponymous flower. Because of this, when it comes time for her to start school, people start to bully her.

It was one of the many Scholastic books that was adapted into an animated short. This short was formerly available via Kids Unlimited, the on-demand service that currently hosts a ton of WildBrain's catalog.

## Tropes

* What's with Andy's Unanswered Questions?: The allegory of Chrysanthemum being a seed from a flower in the animated short. Likewise, the *other* Chrysanthemum from the very end of the book. Obviously, it's an allegory for birth.
* This gave us inspiration: In-universe example: Chrysanthemum ended up being bullied and tortured because of her name. The music teacher takes pity on her and announces to the class she was *also* named after a flower. This prompts the class to stop picking on Chrysanthemum.
	+ It gets better. Also in-universe, said music teacher *also* named her own daughter after the flower. So now there's *two* characters with the same name.
	+ Meta example: The book is about why people named after flowers tend to get bullied, and the lengths Chrysanthemum's teacher had to go to get them to stop. Fast-forward to 2011, and somebody "doomed her child to a lifetime of bullying" by naming her child Dohvakiin... which was also the name of The New Kid in *South Park: The Stick of Truth*.
* Dubless Series: The animated short was dubbed into relatively few languages, as is common for animated shorts based off Scholastic books.
* Obscurity, much?: For a book dealing with someone named after a flower being bullied, this book is pretty obscure. You can count the number of mentions it has on the other trope-focused wiki on *two hands* at most. Even its page on the Children's Books Wiki has little info about the book's premise, plot, characters, or even trivia about the book. In the late 2000s it was more common for children to have seen the animated short based on the book than it was for them to have *read* the book itself. This, despite that it accidentally predicted the future when *The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim* came out and somebody named her son after the Dragonborn Dohvakiin, dooming him to "a lifetime of bullying".
* Size Changing: Averted, despite the book saying Chrysanthemum "grew... and grew... and *grew!*". That was purely allegory for her getting older.
* Cartoon Appropriateness Scale: The cartoon adaptation is level 0. Ironically for a book like this, it deals with the protagonist being bullied, being made fun of, and being tortured (by TV-Y standards) *all because she was named after a flower*.
* Animal World: Obviously a Level 5, considering every character is a mouse.
* Padding Filler Z: In the animated short, this was par for the course. Brief pauses in-between reading the books were common in Scholastic book-based cartoon shorts, after all.
Dr. Unknown

When a villain never, ever reveals his name. It is so mysterious, only his henchmen (or a few select people) know it, and even they refuse to tell the heroes.

The former Trope Namer was Sapient, then known as Dr. Unknown, of Nickelodeon Fanon fame.

## Examples

* Dr. Eggman's previous name in Sonic the Hedgehog (Dr. Robotnik) is only known to pre-Sonic Adventure Sonic, Tails & Knuckles, in addition to Rosie the Rascal (previous name of Amy Rose), Dr. Eggman's henchmen, Sonia the Hedgehog, and Manic the Hedgehog. The other characters simply know him as Dr. Eggman.
	+ Unless you count the comic books or Sonic Sat AM, in which even Sally Acorn knows Dr. Robotnik's previous name.
	+ Subverted in Sonic Adventure 2 Battle; Dr. Eggman's grandfather was Dr. Gerald Robotnik (Eggman used to be Dr. IVO Robotnik until changing his name).
* Despite being the former Trope Namer, Sapient's name is known by everyone in Syndicate. Only his appearance is unknown.

TBA.
Nickelodeon's Doug

There's Jim Jinkins' preschool work... and then there's the first ever Nicktoon to actually premiere on Nick.

Of these four, *Doug* came first, premiering on August 11th, 1991... the same day as the other forefathers of Nicktoons (the Nick episodes were repeated on Nicktoons from time to time, though).

It's about Doug Funnie, who is based off Jinkins himself.

Unfortunately, the Nick series only received 52 episodes. And if *that* wasn't bad enough, Nick and Jinkins were on sour terms. Which lead to Disney buying Jumbo Pictures and the rights to Doug, not to mention PB&J Otter being condemned to Playhouse Disney, before Jinkins cut ties with Disney.

See Disney's Doug for the rest of the show's run.

## Tropes

* Cartoon Network Isn't Teletoon: The Nick series wasn't listed on Wikipedia's program list of YTV in Canada for a while. Ironically, it *was* listed on Nick Canada's program list. This has since been fixed.
	+ Cartoon Network Japan reran the show in Japan (one of three Japanese networks to do so).
* This gave us inspiration: It's quite possible that Doug's dog was the inspiration for the character models of the Snooties.
* Obscurity, much?: Surprisingly averted, as any true 90s kid remembers Doug and grew up with it, in contrast to Jinkins' other work not named Pinky Dinky Doo.
Contrasting Character Copy

The **Contrasting Character Copy** is basically an inverted trope to and the opposite of an Expy and Captain Ersatz.

Contrasting Character Copy is basically the polar opposite of another fictional character, sometimes intentionally. They are characters with a comparable setup to a past or contemporary character, but a distinctly different execution.

Contrasting Character Copy is still good if they were the opposite of the good character and still evil if they were the opposite of the evil character.

Contrasting Character Copy is also called an "Anti-Expy".

See Also: Spiritual Antithesis
Describe Your Favorites Here

"No no no, I have to do this! A little voice inside me would never leave me alone if I gave up. Hmm, what do you think it is, who is the voice inside of you? Who do you think it is?"— **Cellita Gonzalecio**, *Unlock the Big Question*

The show has sharp humor, fun characters, a great voice cast, and sweet, touching story-lines. Some very cool, often unexpected things occur when the characters join forces. Beautiful animation style. Parental presence is seen, active, and respected. Sweet characters. Really good lessons clearly explained and wrapped up in engaging plot lines that don't shy away from large words.

This is an awesome show. I just love it so much. The characters feel like they're real people and have a lot of depth and nuances, the animation is crisp (especially in the new episodes), the music is pleasing to the ear, and I really get into the wonders of the show. It manages to teach lessons without being pandering. I hope you guys renew it for season 3.

Honestly, I feel as if I'm already a little too old to watch this show. But I also really enjoyed it. It teaches a lot of stuff about many wonderful things.
One Time Thing

See something that you can never see again? Well, then you've got a One Time Thing.

Also known as "Every 100 years" or "Once in a lifetime".

Not to be confused with a one-episode series (TV Tropes calls that a One-Episode Wonder).

## Examples

* All one-off plots, though there are similar plots in other shows.
* Teletoon's Event Countdown was only used once in both French Canada and English Canada and never used again. Though the French Canadians got Teletoon first, while those living outside Quebec had to wait another month at best.
* Regular Show had an episode called "The Best Burger in the World", where Mordecai and Rigby try to get the eponymous burgers they make only every 100 years. They fail, though...
* If you encounter a bug in Yandere Simulator but can't trigger it again, you shouldn't report it to YandereDev. If he doesn't know how to fix it, then he *can't*.
* Super Smosh had an in-show plot involving a midnight launch of *Robot Zombie Dinosaur Deathmatch*, and Ian and Anthony really want to buy it at the midnight launch, as such a thing could never happen to the original game again.
* To quote ABC's One Saturday Morning, "You only get one a week".
* Markiplier and his friend Ethan's collab channel *Unus Annus* takes this to its extreme. While far from obscure (Markiplier's large subscriber base helps the channel too), they deleted the channel and its archives on November 13th-14th, 2020. If there's a reason why we haven't linked the channel here, it's because they planned that from the start.

TBA.
Does Not Eat Candy

"Nice try, guys! You're not going to make me unhealthy [with too much candy]."— **Cellita Gonzalecio**, *Unlock the Big Question*

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Candy makes life sweeter. It's a small token to show appreciation or to celebrate an event. Candy makes people happy! You don’t have to go far to find someone who enjoys eating something sweet — in fact, it's likely that everyone has a favorite type of candy they enjoy, at least *once in a while*. But why do people love this sugar high so much?

There are many reasons for the addiction: the taste, sugar high, nostalgia from when we were younger and more carefree, satisfying our sweet tooth – the list goes on and on. But when it comes to eating a healthy diet, is savoring candy or dessert such a good idea? Unfortunately, the answer is probably not. If you love saving room for dessert, but you also want to be as healthy as possible, take a look at these reasons why candy may not be worth it after all. That's why many people (and television characters) do not enjoy candies or desserts at all.

Sugar is addictive. Most candies and desserts are packed full of this delicious but unhealthy substance. If you want to be healthy and maintain a good weight, it's important to watch your sugar intake. Candy, because of the high sugar and calorie content, is a great place to cut back.