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Sugar And Spice Are Not-So-Nice

"I can grant your wishes with a sprinkle of fairy dust. So come with me, where dreams are born, and time is never planned."— **Callister Drizzledrops**, *Fairy Dust*

A life that has no turmoil, sadness, pain, or suffering. A life where everyone is happy and positive. A life that only has growth and not decay. How cool would that be? There are even television shows that feature settings which, at first sight, *look* nice and cute. The world is full of cheery colors, characters are smiling, happy and helpful, and you're probably thinking you just stepped into a Sugar Bowl.

But suddenly, you notice something *wrong*, and upon investigating, you realize that *every single thing* below the surface is *horribly* wrong and dysfunctional, and that behind the colorful appearance, it's really a Crapsack World. It doesn't help that the characters and setting so *perfectly* emulate a number of children's shows, or that the determined consequence is highly improbable to scare you into complying, whenever done right.

## Examples Include

1. Crapsaccharine World: At first glance, Super Milk Chan looks like the most adorable and cutest girl you've ever seen, but don't believe it for a second. Behind her sweet cotton-candy facade beats the heart of a little monster. Selfish, short-tempered and bossy, this potty-mouthed preschooler is way more concerned with her TV shows, video games, and snack-time than with her duties as The President's superhero-on-call.
2. Color-Coded Characters: \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_
3. Color-Coded for Your Convenience: \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_
4. Misplaced Kindergarten Teacher: \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_
5. Everything's Better with Sparkles: \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_
6. Everything's Better with Rainbows: \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_
7. Our Fairies Are Different: \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_
8. Easter Special: The preschool book *I Believe in Bunnycorns* is a prime example, featuring a species of colorful Easter bunnies with unicorn horns living in a glittery rainbow world. The bunnycorn is fluffy, she's energetic, loves springtime, and she leaves a trail of sparkle dust wherever she goes.
9. Christmas Special: \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_
10. Halloween Special: \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_
11. Valentine's Day Special: \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_
12. St. Patrick's Day Special: Kaylie and Corey's family has so much fun making holidays magical and memorable! In the first book, the reader finds the Irish brother and sister discovering many delightful surprises on St. Patrick's Day morning!
Inspector Gadget (2015)

The 2015 reboot of Inspector Gadget.

The show debuted on Teletoon in 2015, and airs on Cartoon Network or Boomerang everywhere else *except* the United States.

Oh yeah, and somehow Dr. Claw is thawed out of an iceberg and reactivates MAD. This prompts Inspector Gadget to come out of retirement and is back to stop Dr. Claw once again.

For the 1983 series, see Inspector Gadget.

## Tropes

* Action-packed: It's a reboot of Inspector Gadget; what did you expect?
* Cartoon Network Isn't Teletoon: Only partly subverted in the US; it was going to debut on Cartoon Network but ended up on Netflix instead; the "partly subverted" part kicks in due to the fact that most Cartoon Network originals used to be on Netflix.
	+ Now it's being played straight again thanks to reruns on Universal Kids.
* Netflix Original: In the US.
Lloyd in Space

Lloyd in Space is a One Saturday Morning cartoon from the creators of Recess.

The plot centers around Lloyd, an extraterrestrial in a spaceship, as he (usually) creates problems and tries to solve them himself.

The series has also aired on Toon Disney.

## Tropes

* Innocent punishment: Lloyd was deemed "irresponsible" despite wanting a pet.
* This gave us inspiration: Not exactly, but it was from the guys who worked on Recess.
* Cartoon Network Isn't Teletoon: Aired on CTV in Canada, even though many Disney series at the time were on Family Channel.
* What's with Andy's Unanswered Questions?: Did Zoit pick to be a boy or a girl?
* Size Changing: Lloyd's mold grows from a tiny speck to a giant monster bent on eating the spaceship's entire junk food supply.

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Only One Setting/Nickelodeon

Nickelodeon might be the first kids' network, but they never claimed that every one of their shows have more than one setting each...

* As a general rule of thumb; expect any Nickelodeon original show that isn't a Nicktoon to be set entirely in the main characters' hometown with the occasional visit outside said town. If it's a sketch comedy, expect it to take place completely on set (*All That*, everyone?).
* The X's only had two prominent settings- The X's homebase, and Glowface's recent lair. However, this still isn't 100% played straight.
* The primary setting of The Fairly OddParents is Dimmsdale, though this isn't 100% played straight.
* While ChalkZone itself rarely plays this straight, its TV movie "The Big Blow Up" takes place entirely in the world of ChalkZone.
* Rugrats took place mainly in the Pickles' house, but there are some exceptions (the pilot to All Grown Up!, for example).
	+ Its spin-off All Grown Up subverts this.
* Hey Arnold! (the series, not the movies) takes place entirely in Arnold's neighborhood.
	+ The movie subverts this, and the made-for-TV movie is going to subvert this too.
* Invader Zim played this trope straight, with very few exceptions (an example of an exception would be episode 26), mostly because of its short run.
* Necessary on *Pinwheel*, due to both the fact that the show was filmed in Columbus, Ohio, as well as Nickelodeon's low budget at the time. Save the cartoon segments and "Dream Songs", the show almost entirely takes place at the Pinwheel House. Keep in mind, this was the *first ever* Nickelodeon original series, debuting in 1979 nationally (and airing exclusively in Columbus prior).
* *SpongeBob SquarePants* averts this for the most part (especially in the movies), but Bikini Bottom is still the show's most prominent setting.
Hetalia

*Hetalia* is a manga by Hidekaz Himaruya which was adapted into an anime by Studio Deen (yes, that Studio Deen), as well as a clear lesson of how to make an anime based off of world history.

Funimation licensed the series in North America.

## Tropes

* The Colbert Effect: In every depicted country *except* South Korea, if a country is personified in the manga/anime, *rest assured the characters will be popular in the country they represent*. In Italy, for example, Italy's personification is the most popular character. In America, however, he's only popular because he's voiced by Todd Haberkorn; meanwhile, America's personification is crazy-popular among *Hetalia* fans.
* From Rags to Bankruptcy: France explains the Suez Canal put him close to this.
* Downwards Funnel: Seeing as this is an anime about world history, this is pretty much par for the course.
* Dubless Series: For such a popular series, which language could it *not* be dubbed in? The answer: Korean, because no one wants to do it even if it's popular in Japan and the US.
* What's with Andy's Unanswered Questions?: Unless you happen to be knowledgeable at world history, you'd be trying to figure out why Germany had to pay France a big sum of money, or why *everything* happened when it did. The kicker being this trope can be avoided in the first place if you take history classes.
	+ Averted in English-speaking territories that got the anime, however; Funimation at least translate some of the footnotes to avert this; this is carried over to the Manga and Madman releases in the UK and Oceania respectively. Combine that with world history being a major part of a given U.S. high school curriculum, and this is doubly avoided in the US.
* Obscurity, much?: The *World Stars* manga outside of Japan, to the point where the anime was released in North America (courtesy of Funimation) before the manga.
* Hours of Fun: The ONAs are five minutes each. And yet, to watch the *entire* series, you'll need 12.9 hours maximum to watch *everything*, including the movie. And there's another anime as of 2021.
* Padding Filler Z: The reason why episodes are 5 minutes a pop are to *avert* this trope.
RWBY Chibi

RWBY Chibi is a comedic spin-off of RWBY, made by the people at Rooster Teeth.

The series is an alternative to the plot of the main series (in other words, the Teen Titans Go! to *RWBY*, though RWBY Chibi is also popular with fans of the original as well), but sadly is not canon to the RWBY franchise.

## Tropes

* Cartoon Network Isn't Teletoon: Once averted, since unlike the main series, the series hasn't aired on TV in any country upon its initial debut. This has changed when a Japanese dub got underway.
* Size Changing: Despite the fact that *Chibi* is in the show's name, Nora sometimes grows taller than the rest of the cast, usually due to eating pancakes.
* Innocent punishment: Penny is revealed to be a robot, and everybody screams. However, *RWBY Chibi* isn't canon, and plus Ruby already knew Penny wasn't a regular person in the main series.
* Catchy Tunes: The theme song.
* Last Minute Plot Switchover: The first episode *alone* does this. Ruby goes from making cookies to *eating chocolate chips* at one point. Thankfully, the plot overall was not affected.
* Super Evil: Downplayed with Roman Torchwick, and the one time he does something really evil in *RWBY Chibi*, his plan gets foiled by Nora.

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Studio Trigger

Studio Trigger is a company made by former Studio Gainax employees.

It's a relatively new studio as it's only been around since 2011.

It has several works that can be defined as a Really Popular Production, such as the studio's first television production.

*Please* do not confuse with Tigger or anything even *related* to Tigger.

## What Studio Trigger did

* Provided a cutscene for Project X Zone
* Kill la Kill, why else would the anime have its own page as of August 2016?
* When Supernatural Battles Became Commonplace: The Anime; also counts as the light novel's English debut as the books and manga were never licensed
* Kiznaiver
* Little Witch Academia (which should not be confused with My Hero Academia, which Studio Trigger never worked on)
* Space Patrol Luluco, counting as the Western debut of Miss Trigger
* Darling in the Franxx
* SSSS.Gridman
* Inferno Cop
* *BNA: Brand New Animal*. Think Maple Town but seinen.
	+ Trigger would later be called "the savior of furries" due to this anime.

## Tropes

* Dubless Series: Generally averted for their TV work, as dubs usually come out within 1-2 years after the anime. Played straight with *Inferno Cop* (barring his appearance in *Luluco*) and *Hacka Doll*, since they were only released online via Crunchyroll.
* Pop culture: In the west, it's known as "the savior of anime". And as of *BNA*, the "savior of furries".
* Cartoon Network Isn't Teletoon: Streaming-wise, most of the anime they are involved in are streamed on either Crunchyroll or Netflix (*When Supernatural Battles Became Commonplace* got added to HiDive later on, if only since Sentai is the anime licensee). If a simulcast title is exclusively for Hulu, then this will be played completely straight.
Block 13

An Arab animated series that ran between 2000 and 2003, but only in the Arab World.

The show is best known outside its country of origin for being a rip-off of Comedy Central's South Park, due to its similarities.

## Tropes

* Obscurity, much?: Popular in its home country, but near impossible to find (especially in high quality) elsewhere. The cherry on top? It has no Wikipedia page as of 2017.
	+ As of the 2010s, the show became more well-known internationally, for all the wrong reasons.
* Cartoon Network Isn't Teletoon: Never broadcast outside the Arab World, for obvious reasons.
* The Next Day is Always the Same: *Every episode* is like this (the formula is basically similar to the first five seasons of South Park turned up to 11 and then heavily rewritten to fit Kuwait's children's television category), the only thing being different being the dialogue spoken per episode, as well as Salood's cause of death.
	+ And even then Salood doesn't die every single episode; sometimes, his cause of death is just imagined.
* Innocent punishment: The show itself was *roasted* for ripping off South Park.
* Cartoon Appropriateness Scale: In the United States, this show is level 2 due to the power of fansubs. In the Arab World, the level would vary.
* Downwards Funnel: Once the show got out of obscurity outside its home country, people began to view the show more as a way to cash in on the success of South Park. Keep in mind that this came out *exactly three years* after South Park.
* Gainax Ruined the Ending: Most, if not all, episodes have one of these.
* Comedy Censtral: Outside the Arab World, the show may look like a kids' show, but translate what they're really saying into English... it's not.
Self-Lampshade Tropes

Any trope belongs in this index if it were written as though the trope itself is an example. Don't just take it from us – these tropes are all over the red carpet and they're *definitely* here to stay. By adding the right dose of sophistication, these tropes are coming out with options that are *way too good* to resist. In case you don’t believe us, we have always followed the tropes that matter the most.

## Related Examples

1. Self-Explanatory Definitions
2. Describe Your Favorites Here
3. Statements Are Your Thesis
4. Nobody's A Morning Person
5. Business First, Party Later
6. Speech Impediment Mispronunciation
7. Everything Is Useless
8. Sugar And Spice Are Not-So-Nice
9. Magical Imaginary World
10. Magical Imaginary Friends
11. Misplaced Aesop
12. Repeated Offenders
13. Wonders of Solitude
14. Tag Team
15. Perfection Incarnate
16. Consider The Following
17. Sunny Mornings
18. Chaister Garrincha Syndrome
19. Braddock Schroeder Disorder
20. Amazingly Magical Accents
21. Amazingly Magical Foods
22. Amazingly Magical Glasses
23. Amazingly Magical Doors
24. Does Not Like Mornings
25. Does Not Tolerate Foolishness
26. Does Not Eat Candy
27. Stuffed Companions
28. Top-Secret Companions
29. Bedtime Rest
30. Beloved Dearly
31. Imagination Station
32. The Chocolate Lovers
33. Read Between The Lines
34. Token of My Appreciation
35. The Gift That Keeps On Giving
36. Batteries Not Included
37. One Step Ahead
38. Best Friends, Worst Enemies
39. Action Packed
40. Comedy Gold
41. The Question Dodgers
Ned's Newt

Ned's Newt is a Teletoon cartoon that aired since the English version's launch (though reruns were taken off by 2001). Heck, it, along with the rest of the station's first lineup of CanCon, *defined* Teletoon.

The show is about a boy named Ned Flemkin (the titular boy of the series), who purchases a newt for $1.65 (which would later name himself Newton) and then gives him Zippo food. What Newton usually does gets Ned in trouble (usually because the Zippo food wears off by then).

Aired on Fox Kids and Qubo in the United States.

## Tropes

* Cartoon Network Isn't Teletoon: Played straight in the US, where it aired on Fox Kids.
	+ In fact, it aired on some Fox Kids channels internationally, and even aired on Fox Kids channels that eventually became Disney Channel and Jetix/Disney XD.
	+ Its Qubo reruns were justified since Nelvana produced it, and Nelvana has a deal with Ion to provide certain content to Qubo (mostly the older series). In 2020, Ned's Newt left American TV once again, and will probably not return to the lineup due to Qubo shutting down.
	+ Some people are saying Cartoon Network made it, but they didn't make it at all. This is despite some international CN channels airing it.
* We Defined It: Teletoon's first wave of CanCon, as well as this show, *defined* the network.
* Obscurity, much?: The original pilot was completely obscure. Only a small portion of it (the theme song, as well as a short clip online, in addition to another clip on an early Teletoon promo uploaded on YouTube) is found online. However, the remade pilot has the same amount of obscurity as the rest of the series. Almost nobody even remembers that Ned's voice used to be deeper.
	+ The series itself is semi-obscure at best, even with the Teletoon Retro reruns.
* Out With the Old, In With the New: The title of the remade pilot is called "Out With the Old, In With the Newt".
* Blame It on Development: The whole theme song save the title card.
	+ The first segment in the first episode is a remade version of the pilot.
* This gave us inspiration: Subverted. However, when you look at Codename: Kids Next Door, which premiered about 5 years after Teletoon aired Ned's Newt, you can see that Nigel Uno aka Numbuh 1 looks a lot like Ned (except that Numbuh 1 has different clothing and glasses... and not to mention Numbuh 1's British while Ned is Canadian).
* Junking Tapes: In-universe example when Newton destroys 48 hours' worth of programming at the station he and Ned were working at. Of course, because he did so *before any of the shows were set to air*, Newton and Ned had to recreate *the entire station's programming during that time frame*.

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Obscurity, much?/Sega

*Jewelpet* (which was a joint-effort between Sega and Sanrio) has its own page.

* Every Sega home console/peripheral outside the Sega Genesis and the Sega Dreamcast. Especially the 32X, considering how cheap the *Angry Video Game Nerd* got his. Even with the Sega Saturn (which is a cult hit at best), Sega fans are more likely to be familiar with its *Sega Hard Girls* personification than the console itself.
	+ The Sega Neptune, which was cancelled and isn't talked about anymore (at least in Japan). Western Sega fans are more familiar with the main character of *Hyperdimension Neptunia* than the scrapped console.
	+ That said, the Sega Dreamcast didn't just avoid this trope, it also *inverted* this trope. While it *was* Sega's shortest-lived console (and its last), its games (and the system itself) became massive cult hits in America. It got to the point where not only *Markiplier* mentioned the Dreamcast when he was playing Sonic Dreams Collection, but the Angry Video Game Nerd himself called the Dreamcast a good console to go out with.
* When you think about Sega's handheld consoles, do you usually think about the Game Gear, and the Game Gear *alone*? If so, that's because Sega's next handheld console, the Nomad, falls under this trope to the point where *the Sega Genesis itself* is *far better known* than the handheld console.
* Puyo Puyo has a *long* history of this combined with games not getting released overseas. Basically any Puyo Puyo game that stays in Japan is completely obscure in the West.
* Sonic the Hedgehog, as popular as he is in the West, has some examples:
	+ Several spin-off games were initially this as they were not released stateside at the time, though Sonic game collections and the Virtual Console fixed that.
	+ Non-videogame example: The Sonic manga never made it stateside, while the Sonic comic books never made it to Japan. Thus characters exclusive to the Western Sonic comic had their only appearance in Japan in Sonic Spinball and thus are fairly obscure there.
		- Even when the TV anime came out stateside, the *Sonic* manga didn't follow and thus said manga remained obscure in the West. Instead, a comic version of *Sonic X* was written and released, which itself became obscure.
* Two words: *Alex Kidd*. Originally Sega's mascot, once a certain blue hedgehog came along Alex was pushed into obscurity and not mentioned much by Sega since. Even his *World War Blue* equivalent was killed off when he transferred his powers to Gear, the *WWB* counterpart to Sonic.
Rocket Monkeys

Rocket Monkeys is a Teletoon series that first started airing in 2013.

The two main characters, Gus and Wally, are the Rocket Monkeys- literally monkey astronauts. The only human they see for hundreds of light years is Dr. Chimpsky, though that's because they are in space.

One problem, though: both of the Rocket Monkeys are idiots in some way.

They also have a robot called Yay-OK.

Aired on Nickelodeon in the United States.

## Tropes

* Cartoon Network Isn't Teletoon: Nickelodeon, and later, Nicktoons and KidsClick, aired the series in the US. Elsewhere, Disney XD airs the show.
* Wacky science: While monkeys technically *have* been sent into space, they've never been in space for more than a couple of days.
* Innocent punishment: Getting sent to the "planet of no bananas" (for re-training) is this for Gus, not so much for Wally.
	+ Gus even had the line "This planet has no bananas!"
* Obscurity, much?: Not as much as Chloe or Station X (or to a lesser extent, Jewelpet), but anything beyond the first season is semi-obscure in America, though KidsClick aired the remaining seasons before Sinclair shut it down, leaving the rights in limbo in America.
	+ The original pilot, in a way.
* Catchy Tunes: "They're Rocket Monkeys, monkeys in space...", to fans of Teletoon.

TBA.
Sanrio

Sanrio is a Japanese company most known around the world for making Hello Kitty.

*Very little* Sanrio works ever make it to the US, and the ones that do end up becoming somewhat popular among otakus (and in the case of *Hello Kitty*, becoming a part of Pop culture).

## Notable characters / franchises

* Hello Kitty: *The* Sanrio mascot. Hello Kitty is Sanrio's most popular character, and not just in Japan, either.
* My Melody: A bunny rabbit that has a character design that is *somewhat* similar to Hello Kitty, except with bunny ears.
* *Jewelpet*: A Webkinz-esque franchise that spawned a *seven season* anime. Some newcomers to the anime already know about the main Jewelpet Ruby before they see any other character.
* Show by Rock!!: Their first non-Hello Kitty anime to get dubbed for (and achieve a big fandom in) the US, mostly due to the franchise being Sanrio's first to be made for an older audience.
* Aggretsuko: Also known as *Aggressive Retsuko*, a red panda who relieves her stress mainly by singing metal songs in a karaoke bar and drinking. She's also identifiable with the stress of Japanese working women according to the BBC.
* Sanrio Danshi: Five boys interested in Sanrio characters (despite them being Sanrio characters themselves). It is the third non-Hello Kitty anime (the first being the aforementioned Show by Rock!!) to have a US release via Crunchyroll.

## Tropes

* Obscurity, much?: There's a reason why, as of April 2020, Sanrio has its own page for examples of this: Name a Sanrio franchise that isn't Hello Kitty, Show by Rock!!, Aggretsuko, or Sanrio Boys (Sanrio Danshi). Chances are it's this outside of Japan and Europe. Five months after Sanrio got their own page, *Jewelpet* got *its* own page. The fact that US Sanrio-themed stores are closing does not help.
* This gave us inspiration: Not exactly, but Aggretsuko seems like a gender-flipped Stressed Eric without strangling veins.
* Cartoon Network Isn't Teletoon: The My Melody anime has an English dub that never aired outside of Asia.
* Do not confuse: Ruby shouldn't be confused with Ruby Rose, though their personalities are completely different.
* Gainax Ruined the Ending: A staple of anime series based off of Sanrio properties except Jewelpet.
* Pop culture: Hello Kitty and later Aggretsuko have fallen into this, the only Sanrio characters to do so in America.
* Innocent punishment: In 2018 Sanrio started enacting a fanwork ban on all their properties (not that they were actively taking fanart and fanfiction down). It got to the point where the author of RWBYpet took his own work down.
	+ Parodies are still fair game as evidenced by *The Simpsons* showing a Hello Kitty factory in "30 Minutes Over Tokyo" (though the episode was made in 1999), and *Robot Chicken* doing a sketch about some of the Sanrio characters, including Kitty herself.

TBA.
Jimmy Neutron

Jimmy Neutron is a Nicktoon about the titular boy genius.

Debuting in 2002, the show focuses on the titular Jimmy Neutron and his friends Carl and Sheen. He has a pet "robo-dog" called Goddard, and has... somewhat of a relationship with Cindy.

In other words, Nickelodeon's approach to Dexter's Laboratory.

Spun-off a show called Planet Sheen, which ran from 2010 to 2013.

## Tropes

* Wacky Science: Trope Codifier, but not the Trope Maker (the Trope Maker was Dexter's Laboratory).
* Cartoon Network Isn't Teletoon: Boomerang once ran the movie. And thankfully, out of the whole show, *only* the movie aired on a CN channel.
* Samurai Jack Timeskip: Inverted when Jimmy and friends grow older (to the point where they would turn to dust if *something* wasn't figured out).
* This gave us inspiration: Johnny Test was a gender-bent version of both this show and Dexter's Laboratory, where Susan and Mary have Dexter/Jimmy's personality and Johnny somewhat has Dee Dee/Cindy's.
* Size Changing: In some episodes, at least one character can grow to gigantic proportions.
* Downwards Funnel: Jimmy advanced the DNA of a spinach plant by 350 million years, which made it grow some, but not a lot. The plant burst open soon after, turning Ms. Fowl into a giant... "Substitute Creature", before turning back to normal. Carl then eats the seeds, and a similar thing happens (except it happens almost immediately).
	+ In another episode, Jimmy invents a "sick patch" so that they can stay home from school. Unfortunately, the sick patch can dissolve and keep kids sick... possibly for the rest of their lives. What was worse? Jimmy gave them out. For *free*. Against his wishes, too. Granted, since apparently everyone would like a chance to stay home for the day. But then Ms. Fowl sees an empty classroom.
* Innocent punishment: In the next-to-last segment of the show, Jimmy not only gets multiple detentions (though in the show, that's normal), he gets banned from the soup station in the lunchroom, *and* is forced to do a *ton* of push-ups.
	+ When Hugh Neutron invests in McSpanky's (which is a McDonald's parody), the Neutrons become rich and Jimmy ends up with- you guessed it- the Encyclopedia of Infinite Knowledge. But then Jimmy realizes money isn't everything.
	+ Those wouldn't be the only examples, either.

TBA.
Padding Filler Z

Padding Filler Z is the addition of so much filler, you'll want the filler to end already.

Usually common in anime, especially if it Ran Out of Manga. An inversion would be Rushed Pacing. If there's too much filler to the point where cancellation is inevitable, No Ending at All is the result of this. If there's too much padding or filler, the episode feels like The Next Day is Always the Same when in actuality, it's not. For anime that can be theorized to have used its planned excess episodes for filler rather than actual plot, but had the episode count cut, see The Kanade Effect.

## Examples

* Dragon Ball Z is both the Trope Namer *and* the most infamous example. They literally had to recut it just to get the plot flowing faster.
* Sailor Moon: The entire Doom Tree arc was filler, and you can remove a lot of episodes from the anime without missing any plot.
* Yu-Gi-Oh! has 80 episodes dedicated to pointless filler duels. This gets more ridiculous come its sequels before filler was mostly completely ignored for Zexal onward.
* Naruto's infamous filler arc while waiting for *Shippuden*.
* Jewelpet: Since the plot of *Magical Change* is resolved in just five episodes, you can remove the other 34 episodes and not miss anything.
* Pokémon is inept with plenty of filler. Usually because the plot was resolved and the new games have not yet come out.
* Detective Conan, not just in the anime, but also in the *manga*.
* One Piece has slowed this practice down recently due to being given no room for filler in later arcs.
* Fairy Tail has a solution to try and avert this: take seasonal breaks. Any and all filler in the anime is short.
* Also, JoJo's Bizarre Adventure only has a new arc animated once every two years since *2014* to avert this (*Phantom Blood* and *Battle Tendency* were covered in the same first season).
* Due to its status as a gag series (it also doesn't help that the first season was released before the game it was supposed to be based on), Galaxy Angel as a whole could be this, especially extra episodes produced after the initial order for airing before the next season is ready.
	+ *Galaxy Angel Rune* averts this entirely.

TBA.
Rage Over the Airwaves

Rage Over the Airwaves is when someone gets angry and rants about their life, or confesses their partaking in a Super Evil scheme, over-the-air. Because of the nature of this trope, expect this trope to come with some sort of consequence.

There are two variations:

* Out of Anger- The person unleashing the rage on-air is doing it because he or she is too angry not to suppress his/her feelings, if he/she doesn't do a full-on rant.
* Villains' Rage Over the Airwaves- A villain confesses what he did over the air.

Not to be confused with Cartoon Network Isn't Teletoon, even though that trope will sometimes draw rage if the people believe the show doesn't deserve to be on the network it was sold to. Also not to be confused with Rage *Against* the Airwaves- that would be another trope entirely. The equivalents of this on the other trope-focused wiki are Engineered Public Confession and Role-Ending Misdemeanor.

Real life examples are best not documented, else we'd be here all day- not to mention the FCC discourage this trope being used in real-life via fines.

## Examples

### Out of Anger

* This is what kicks off the main story of *Wave, Listen to Me!*, and also what causes Minare to lose her daytime job and go into a career in radio.
* In *Urusei Yatsura*, the news reporter gets angry when he learns that the oil is being sucked up because of Ataru, who didn't have the money to pay for his taxi bill.
* In *The Fairly OddParents*, Chet Ubetcha once went into a rant about Christmas coming *every day*.
* Kent Brockman of *The Simpsons* once did this (albeit just for one line) after Homer accidentally spilled hot coffee on him. The result was that Brockman was demoted to weatherman and the station hit with a record fine. Only when his coffee was thought to have something illegal in it was Brockman fired.
* Defied with Bakugo in *My Hero Academia*. Bakugo of course replies to everything he's asked in an interview in a way that this can happen, but the network cuts almost all his screen time out at the last minute (it wasn't recorded live).

### Villains' Rage Over the Airwaves

* In *Miraculous Ladybug*, Bob Roth confessed what he did on the air, while Cat Noir had the camera facing Roth.
* A kids' show host in *Rugrats* does a combination of this and pure irony over-the-air, which made her get fired.
* R.J. Fletcher of *UHF* was unlucky enough to have one of his rants (not aired live, of course) played over-the-air. The result was that not only did R.J. Fletcher lose his chance to buy out Channel 62, but his license was also revoked by the FCC.

### Both at once

* In *South Park*, Mickey Mouse utilizes this trope in *both* ways, costing Disney millions. Unfortunately, Mickey did not take it well.
C Bear and Jamal

A fairly obscure Fox Kids cartoon.

The plot is that Jamal, a gullible 9 (or 10) year old, tries to give up many childhood belongings, including C-Bear. C-Bear is a wise teddy bear who can hip-hop.

Only received 13 episodes, and its first season was shorter than *any* season of British series.

## Tropes

* Exactly What It Is: C-Bear is a bear, obviously.
* Cartoon Network Isn't Teletoon: In the UK, the show aired on what would eventually become Disney XD UK. Subverted as Disney XD UK was Fox Kids at the time.
	+ It's likely C-Bear and Jamal got bought over by Disney due to Disney buying up Fox Family Worldwide and Saban Entertainment.
* Obscurity, much?: Only aired in North America, Israel, and the UK. Its short run doesn't help either, and to top it off, it hasn't gotten any DVD or VHS releases. Your best bet is sites where you can watch free cartoons online.
	+ To top it off, this is Film Roman's most obscure work, thanks to its short run.
* This Gave Us Inspiration: C-Bear and Jamal eventually inspired the art style of The Proud Family and Da Boom Crew.

TBA.
Being Ian

Being Ian is a YTV cartoon that debuted in 2005.

The show is about Ian Kelley, who is a filmmaker that has "a million moving pictures spinning right inside his brain".

Ian believes anything is possible when it comes to filmmaking. Keep in mind that this was made during a time when any YTV cartoon had some educational value.

Oh yeah, and if Ian's father has a familiar voice, this is because Dukey's voice actor, Louis Chirillo, also voiced Ken Kelley.

## Tropes

* Cartoon Network Isn't Teletoon: First-run on Qubo in the US, who ran it until January 2021, just two months before Qubo was to shut down.

TBA.
Hatsune Miku

One of the most popular Vocaloids, with over 100,000 songs to her name (the number is even less for official concerts, but still hefty). Her voicebank (both Japanese and English) was recorded by seiyuu Saki Fujita, and said voicebank became the thing most associated with the seiyuu.

Note that many of the trope examples listed will be the result of the fans. Also, for the Obscurity, much? section, songs with Miku on vocals must have at least 5K, but no more than 1M views on YouTube to qualify, cover versions included. Otherwise, we'd end up documenting every obscure Vocaloid song using Miku ever created.

## Tropes

* Size Changing: "Gigantic Girl".
* Pop culture: At least in Japan, but there are shades of this in America, too.
* Cartoon Network Isn't Teletoon: Some of the songs utilizing her are exclusive to Niconico, and some to YouTube.
* Obscurity, much?: Many videos with Miku in it will see big numbers, but some not so much.
	+ Specifically, while "Lost One's Weeping" by itself is *hyper-popular* (the Japanese version having over *20 million views*, with the English version having half of those views and *still* being popular), whenever someone uses Hatsune Miku to dub over any vocals for it, expect the video to get less than a million views.
	+ When a fan of "Tokyo Teddy Bear" used Hatsune Miku to dub over Rin's original vocals, the resulting video only got 5,598 views as of this writing. That's only slightly more views than the full version of Beatcats' debut single has.
	+ When someone used Hatsune Miku to do a vocal cover of the *Lucky Star* opening, the video got less than 350K as of this writing.
	+ This particular vocal cover of the first *JoJo's Bizarre Adventure* opening is perhaps the most obscure cover of said opening, with only 130K views as of this writing.
	+ "Super Driver", one of the *Haruhi Suzumiya* openings, was also covered with Hatsune Miku. The highest-viewed video of it on YouTube only has 8.1K views as of this writing.
* My Life Meme: It's the reason why she's associated with leeks. Even some official merchandise depicts her with a leek.
* Dubless Series: When you've got most of her songs sung in Japanese (and fan-generated, to boot), this is pretty much par for the course. Not every song will be dubbed into English, despite Miku herself getting an English voicebank.
* Inunderstandable Language: Usually averted, but "The Disappearance of Hatsune Miku" is a song that *runs* on this trope, going so fast you can't hear what Miku was singing about.
* The Colbert Effect: A fan covering "Ievan Polkka" using Miku was what sent the Vocaloid into virtual idol singer status.
	+ It also planted the seeds for potential, non-Vocaloid virtual idols from Japan, including Super Sonico and (eventually) the Beatcats.
Catchy Tunes

A Catchy Tune is a song that is *really* catchy. Some might even get stuck in your head.

Keep in mind that some of these are obscure.

Anime examples are so common, they earned their own page.

## Examples

* "The lights go off, the world flips upside-down..."
* "One fine day with a woof and a purr, a baby was born and it caused a little stir."
* SpongeBob SquarePants' opening theme is this to some people.
* "Call me, beep me, if you wanna reach me..."
* RWBY has had its fair share of catchy tunes, but the biggest one is the song "Time to Say Goodbye".
* "So stick with us cause Phineas and Ferb are gonna do it all!"
* "Adventure Time, come on grab your friends..."
* Regular Show used these sometimes.
* "We... are the Crystal Gems... we'll always save the day..."
* Gravity Falls' opening.
* "Pepper Ann, Pepper Ann..."
* Even Stevens' opening, depending on how you feel about Disney Channel shows from the 2000s.
* Cory in the House's opening. The show itself was a meme.
* The Recess opening is pretty catchy to 90's kids.
* "Yakkity Yak, Yakkity Yak..."
* "When there's trouble, you know who to call... Teen Titans!"
	+ And then the song was remade.
* "It started when an alien device did what it did..."
* "This is my life so don't get in my way..." ...though the animation may look worse than the song itself, depending on how you see it.
* "They're Rocket Monkeys, monkeys in space", to Teletoon fans.
* "Atomic Betty is a fighting girl..."
* "Don't you see the man, he's Kappa Mikey!"
* "It's The Nutshack!"
* Pop-Up Video's opening tune, as well as several tunes shown within the series.
* Nickelodeon's Doug had one. The Disney version... not so much.
* Chip and Dale: Rescue Rangers' opening.
* DuckTales' opening is iconic for this.
	+ The reboot has a pop cover of the song for its opening theme.
* "Fighting crime, trying to save the world..."
* "Gotta get back, back to the past..."
* PB&J Otter's opening theme is catchy to preschoolers. It's even possible to make an EDM cover, though people choose not to do so.
* "Gonna get a little weird, gonna get a little wild..."
* "It's my world and we're all living in it!"
* "Summer's on, and I'll be living on the beach..."
* "When you're always having fun 'cause life's a rerun..."
* "OK K.O.! We'll fight to the end, you are my best friend..."
* "But deep in my heart, I feel so alive..."
* Bobby's World has an opening that may get stuck in your head.
* "Here I am in your life, here you are in mine..."
	+ "'Cause we're living the suite life..."
* "Five hours of summer... One Saturday Morning!"
	+ And then it was re-recorded by an apparently young Selena Gomez.

TBA.
Bionix Bankruptcy

From Rags to Bankruptcy applied to U.S. anime companies and channels.

Given an increasing amount of bankrupt U.S. anime distributors, this list may not be up-to-date a few years from now.

See also Popularity Killoff in which something *other* than finances kills off the anime distributor.

## Examples

* Bionix is the Trope Namer, though it didn't go bankrupt. YTV simply pulled the plug by 2010 and its comeback did not last long.
* Bionix managed to outlive the original Toonami, which itself shuttered in 2008. At least Toonami was kind enough to have it go out with a bang (yes, TOM literally said "bang").
	+ Becomes even more ironic now that the revived Toonami managed to outlast Bionix (both the original and the online reboot), as of 2019.
* 4Kids Entertainment ended operations due to a big lawsuit from TV Tokyo demanding Yu-Gi-Oh! back. 4Kids won, but ended up selling the license (and the dubbing studio) to Konami anyway.
* Geneon became bankrupt not just in North America, but also in Japan (though that division lives on). They didn't completely shutter until their distribution deal with Funimation fully expired.
* ADV Films actually re-organized into Sentai Filmworks in order to keep parts of their library. And they could have carried over everything had it not been for U.S. laws against monopolies and a slew of expiring licenses (one reason why the Cartoon Network Isn't Teletoon trope exists).
* Bandai Entertainment didn't really go bankrupt, but they were hit by the 2008 recession and a falling demand for anime on home video. If you're wondering why you're more likely to see Family Guy on DVD than any non-Weekly Shonen Jump, non-Pokémon anime on the same format, this is why.
* Central Park Media up and closed operations in 2009 due to this.

TBA.
Station X

Let's face it; if there's one thing more obscure than Chloe Rabbit herself, it's this.

Station X is an animated series using music videos that aired on Teletoon (as part of The Detour on Teletoon) back in 2005, and hasn't been heard of since.

The characters are Kandi, Davis, Jesse, Seven, Slate, and Knob.

It has a combination of animation and clips from films.

Only given as many episodes as Clone High (2002) and Undergrads.

## Tropes

* Cartoon Network Isn't Teletoon: Apparently never aired outside Canada.
* Obscurity, much?: *Big time*. It's not even a cult hit in its native Canada. And that's saying something.
* Jack's Giant Music Show: Most of the clips are music videos.
* This gave us inspiration: The series is an adult-oriented version of Muppet Babies due to its references of TV movies and shows.
* No Home Release for You: Due to its use of music videos, which require licensing fees for broadcast in the first place. Imagine how much the rightsholders would charge for a home video release. (This is why *Daria* managed to avert this trope- because they were able to replace the music in the show for it and not touch the show itself. Kind of hard to do with something with actual music video clips in it.)

TBA.
Ketchup: Cats Who Cook

The Australian expy of SpongeBob SquarePants' life at work... only replace marine animals with *cats*.

Ketchup: Cats Who Cook is an Australian/Japanese cartoon that supposedly aired from 1998 to 1999 in Japan (in other words, the show actually premiered around the same year as other shows, like The Powerpuff Girls (1998) and PB&J Otter).

Unfortunately, the show never aired on U.S. television, but it *did* get a VHS release which compresses every episode into a full-length movie.

And if some of the voices are familiar, some of the characters are voiced by Japanese voice actors. For example, Pickles (now does that sound familiar?) is voiced by L's voice actor Kappei Yamaguchi.

## Tropes

* Obscurity, much?: This show is obscure in America, due to the fact that it was only issued a VHS release there. Not just that, not a lot of American people were willing to buy a copy.
	+ A Wikipedia page wasn't made until 2012. That's how obscure it is.
	+ It's also obscure in Japan and *its native Australia*; both countries haven't had the show broadcast since its first-run.
* Unrealistic stuff: Well, it's an Australian expy of what SpongeBob SquarePants does at work... except the cats rarely use grills or deep fryers. Keep in mind that this came out before SpongeBob even began airing.
	+ Years later, an American "expy" of this show would air on Cartoon Network, but only three characters on that show are able to cook until that show's series finale.
* Cartoon Network Isn't Teletoon: The only legal release in the US was a VHS tape, not even getting a TV broadcast (as most non-anime TV cartoons exported to the US did at the time).
* I hate spending cash: If cash isn't visible in the show, either there's no cash in that world, or there's an Australian expy of Mr. Krabs as well.
* This gave us inspiration: Before you say that this inspired SpongeBob... it actually didn't, since SpongeBob was in the making *long* before this came around.
	+ Yamaguchi would later go on to voice L Lawliet.
	+ Ironically, it didn't inspire Cartoon Network's Chowder (since C.H. Greenblatt probably didn't watch the show), and definitely not YTV/Nicktoons' Three Delivery (since Three Delivery is more of a kung-fu-inspired action series).
	+ History would repeat with Teletoon's My Life Me, which would receive a DVD release (at least in Canada), which, in turn, few people would buy up until 2017 (when someone who bought it found the MLM episodes that didn't pop up online). As for Ketchup? Good luck finding the individual episodes.
	+ More and more Australian expies of Nickelodeon cartoons would air in the years that followed *Ketchup*; an example would be Pixel Pinkie.
	+ Coconut Fred's Fruit Salad Island, which came out 7 years later, would later be regarded as a *big* rip-off of SpongeBob SquarePants.

TBA.
Pixel Chix

Pixel Chix was a toyline of virtual dollhouses full of the eponymous virtual avatars (all but one voiced by Tara Strong) that you must care for everyday.

Notable in that any trace of Obscurity, much? concerning them when you already started a game will result in a game over via them getting angry enough to move out.

See also *Tamagotchi*, a similar virtual pet toyline for girls.

## Tropes

* Obscurity, much?: Until people who remember them started sending their thoughts to the internet.
	+ So far, *Pixel Chix* is the only virtual pet-like game to actually have a game over ending if you forget about it for too long, via the eponymous virtual avatar getting so angry at the player that she moves out. Contrast this with *Tamagotchi*, where you can continue hatching new Tamagotchi after you lose your current one.
* Gainax Ruined the Ending: See Obscurity, much? above. It does not help that this applies to the *only* ending in the entire game.
* Financial Failure: Pixel Chix love to shop in-game. "Let's go to the mall!" is one of the common phrases for the Pixel Chix car toy.
* Insist on the X: A subversion can occur. When there's bad weather in-game and you want your Pixel Chix to go out not wearing clothing that is weather-appropriate, she will ask you: "Go out like this?". If you choose yes, the Pixel Chix will be disappointed that she has to go out in that weather wearing her current clothes.
	+ Played straight if said Pixel Chix is neglected, but not to the point where she moves out. If you want her to do anything, there's a chance she'll say "no way".
	+ And of course, like all virtual pet toys, there's the "Low Battery" warning for just that- the virtual house running on low battery.
	+ If you use the Debug menu in the two-story building to max out the "neglect" levels, you can move out Pixel Chix right then and there.
* The Next Day is Always the Same: Once you reach a certain level.
* Fauxnime: But only the 2D sprites. The TV commericals, even less so.
* This gave us inspiration: The *Pixel Pets* nickname *Secret Life of Pets* is also the title of an animated film. Averted otherwise.
* Dubless Series: Technically, a dubless *game*. Besides English, the Pixel Chix have been dubbed into relatively few languages (including French), if only because most Pixel Chix are released only in the Anglosphere.
	+ This has more to do with girls' toys not selling well outside of its country of origin (My Little Pony G4 being an exception).
* Don't Need a Quirk to Be a Hero: At the Pixel Chix' jobs, they can find mice and swat flies without breaking a single sweat.
* Super Evil: The same Pixel Chix who called the player her friend when she moved in can think he or she is this upon moving out. Usually, it's due to big-time neglect.
* The Most Boring Videogame in the World: Level 1 as well as the "Neglect" levels.