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[@antomicBOMBS]

saw Ranpo in the thumbnail and started praying you would bring up the eyes always being closed troupe!! its one of my favorites, and its so under appreciated

[@Heatwave_uwu]

I have noticed that troupe and love it

[@rodrickswife4ever]

me with tina's eye glasses, always have been a sucker for that trope

[@RubberDuckies404]

When you adore Ranpo and this trope so much you end up putting it in your persona ✨✨

[@Yeah.-uo4mt]

Same!

[@ridwanjodi1429]

My favorite is when a character is doing something but with closed eyes and smile (usually daily stuff, especially cooking). It feels like they put their heart into it and it's really adorable.

[@jayla5808]

I Totally agree.

[@emjakos3548]

Now I want to see a character do this, causing them to mess everything up, like cracking an egg and pouring it onto the table, right next to the frying pan, because their eyes are closed.

[@swoovat]

I remember craig of the creek was on the tv once while I was exercising, one of the main characters has no whites in his eyes, they just color it in with his skin color. The "lights out" trope happened, and all of the characters eyes glowed in the dark except his, and when they called him out on it, he just responds something like "well yeah I have no whites in my eyes" its stuck with me ever since

[@swoovat]

Everytime I see lana from pokemon I think of this scene lol

[@-candylovesans-]

JP OMG I LOVE THAT EPISODE. My whole family loves that show.

[@swoovat]

@-candylovesans- it's such a cute show omg

[@atsuodragneel]

JOHN PAUL MERCER MENTIONED

[@-candylovesans-]

@@atsuodragneel WE LOVE THE LITTLE GUY

[@SplendidSneb]

Funny enough the very show you used as a fingerless hands example, Powerpuff Girls, has an episode where the girls swap bodies with other characters, Buttercup switching with the Professor, and during this time she tries to pick up the phone as she normally does and continuously drops the phone, as she's 'grabbing' at it open palmed, having never used fingers before. After the third or so time dropping the phone she angrily exclaims "Professor your hands aren't working!!!" So there you go, an excellent example of the self aware character you're looking for, sans the lore bit.

[@johnsanchez8232]

MAO MAO HEROS OF PURE HEART MENTIONED 🗣️🗣️🗣️🗣️

[@frogg_face]

I LOVE THAT SHOW!!! 🗣️🗣️ 🔥🔥

[@Twin-Darkness]

The first trope reminds me of Angel Dust from Hazbin Hotel. I love his design, but him at the front...

[@ieuansmith518]

I know right. Brilliant looks, but the moment he faces you- whatcha' hair doin' there, Anthony? But would you consider it to look like an upward quiff? Something like Slayer from Guilty Gear. This isn't just me wanting to mention Guilty Gear Strive for no reason- what are you talking about?

[@TheDerpyDunsparce]

3D fan animators are going to have a bit of a challenge with Angel's hair

[@SoraTheSeaIsBlue]

@@TheDerpyDunsparceyeah his hair will be a struggle

[@trixxart777]

Honestly most animation characters look weird from the front

[@DudesOnline]

I got clickbaited with Adam from Hazbin Hotel

[@LUXxlight]

same

[@Br3rry.hellaverse]

Same

[@Hedgehogs_like_eggs]

Same

[@teomaverick]

Same

[@Miguel-fm4oj]

Same

[@Chaizin]

I also like the no fingers hands! Similarly in OK KO they used circles for their hands whenever the characters weren't doing much or if they were far away! I liked it so much that I even used it in a comic series I made when I was twelve! The only character that didn't have it was a talking cat.

[@elkefransisca3747]

Me NEED to see dis

[@SeaKimchi-gg8lj]

The perpetually closed eyes made me think of Lucoa from Dragon Maid, tho she does open them more often than the trope suggests. Also I love that she has that, which is a favorite trope, in addition to ridiculous boobage which is a least favorite trope of yours

[@ObiAlmighty]

Shoutout to Lucoa for creating the iconic boing boing sound effect 🗣️🔥🔥

[@0OB08O]

I'd say my favorite animation tropes are triangle teeth and/or huge heads when characters are very angry.

[@flickerwizz233]

As someone who goes through a lot of effort trying to make my character designs look good and recognisable from every angle, I do really admire the balls it takes to just have the character look the same from every angle, physics be damned.

[@dustinsimoneau4780]

I will continue to preach the glory of the Obari Sword Pose until the day I shed this mortal coil.

[@OniyunYun]

just looked it up and wow! I didn't even know it had a name.

[@ModernFennec]

CELESTIA POSTED!!!! ❤❤❤

[@frogmaiden6015]

There's a really interesting version of the final trout in Homestuck, Jake gets his glasses slapped off and the I dots fall away as if the pupil was a part of the glasses and not the face

[@stargirl3455]

i also immediately thought of that lol

[@Otto3573]

I was not prepared for the Alberta jumpscare, but I will say you left out the daily spring thunderstorms which magically appear on an otherwise clear day only to disappear just as quickly

[@raptoria1705]

Idk if this counts, but my personal favorite trope is soft/quiet dad character with bushy eyebrows that act/cover as their eyes (ex. Flint’s dad from Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs)

[@icecreal]

fr

[@trixxart777]

My favourite is when a character gets angry and they litterally go red and steem up like a volcano.

[@skullmothstudios713]

8:50 in the Powerpuff Girls there’s an episode where everybody switches bodies and buttercup is in the professors body and tries to answer a phone, but she doesn’t move her fingers because she’s not used to having them so she’s not able to pick up the phone. I’m pretty sure the characters mentioned that they don’t have fingers as being creepy also

[@anony_apis]

Kind of similar to the eyes in the dark trope, i really like when shadows have eyes and mouths even though realistically they should also be covered in shadow. That’s not super funny but i like how it looks visually. Murder drones does the hair thing and i think it’s pretty funny, like why do these robots not only have hair but also corsets, thigh highs, and socks w/ garters

[@DangerDan64]

I vibe with the big anger or malicious aura that surrounds the characters. It's the kind of saying that speaks to me of either, "Don't mess with me if you know what's good for you," or worse, "Don't make me do something what we'll both regret" without it being said just shown Unless you're Alucard or Raven, that aura can is now completely visible where everyone can see and now should be aware of.

[@pinkieglitterheart]

adam Adam Adam! adam my beloved!

[@rvvsetsu]

the always-closed eyes are called itome charas (糸目キャラ: literally meaning thread/string-eyed characters, but it means slit-eyed characters) they're very, good.

[@WellThinkOfATitle]

I love love love the eye glasses trope, I use it in my art all the time, including when I draw myself even if I very rarely actually wear my glasses in real life because I got the wrong prescription.

[@hanadunn7297]

I clicked cuz I saw Hazbin Hotel’s Adam and stayed until I figured out which troupe was his!

[@TheobaldLeonhart]

When you were talking about, the first one I thought of Mickey Mouse, not Goku Anyways, I guess I do this with my art? Like, my primary sona's hair, bang, thing (furry artist), stays in the same spot, regardless of where he moves his head And my secondary sona's hair, just flips when he turns his head Edit: For number 3, Craig of the Creek actually made a joke about this The three main characters, Craig, JP, and Kelsey were in, I think a dark side room in the stump. And Craig and Kelsey's eyes were shown, but not JP's. 'Cause he doesn't have eye whites

[@DisabledKitkat6068]

11:31 hmm Murder Drones

[@tinymittensdesign]

no no you're right, all of thse tropes slap

[@Starrie-Eyed]

I've been looking forward to this video! :D

[@SarcasticAriel]

As someone who has a android oc who has hair. I feel called out. He would feel ugly if he didn't have it since he is always styling it.

[@carucath97]

I remember an episode of Pokemon where the girl Brock simps for actually likes him back and at the end of the episode you see her go to her house where she had a Cyndaquil, Snorlax, Swinub, Skitty and an Abra and she says something like “looking into your beautiful eyes reminds me of someone else I met today” 😂

[@dragoness5515]

The best animation trope is chowder’s moving backgrounds and clothes

[@CrabyMan]

Yippee Celestia missuses her artist's ability for evil 🎉🎉

[@25tundra95]

enjoy your day, celestia ur the best

[@Hatsune-Miku_Fan]

9:05 i love this one sm

[@barbi111]

I love these type of videos

[@noahluvrr]

HOLY FRICKITY FRACK 11 MINS AGO?!?!??!!

[@_havanAA]

22!

[@lorelaimorace-kk1xz]

Æ

[@lorelaimorace-kk1xz]

32 min

[@imreallybatman]

47 MINUTES AGO??

[@skootergirl22]

My favourite trope is when the MC character gets possessed and afterwards passes out when they get rescued

[@princeapoopoo5787]

As someone obsessed with Gaster I wish I had the Wingdings eyes

[@snereon7739]

You know, I'm a simple man. I see my baby Ranpo, I click on the video 😭 (please don't ask me about the plot of bsd, I've watched the anime and I have no fucking clue what is happening)

[@OrangeJoe897]

I 100% agree with the hair thing at 4:28

[@haraya_manawari]

it's implied in the body swap episode the PPG have a certain way of holding things since when Buttercup was in the Professor's body she can't hold the phone since she's not used to having fingers

[@usubenidango]

This is really creative!! I'm gonna try creating my own "drawing art tropes I love" video too!

[@clari3711]

I mean, technically with the robot one, if people were thinking about it they could argue that it's for storing RAM or some other robotic thing that helps the android function, but nah. stylistic.

[@remiaamop2120]

Epic

[@krys9463]

The fingerless hands trope makes me think of that scene from Dragon maid where Ilulu had balls for hands but they were just a microscopic collection of tiny hands. Now that thought is stuck with me and I always think about it everytime I see a character handle objects just fine even though they have no fingers 🤣

[@kittycandy_art]

Loll, i do the glasses trope for my own persona. I've gotten so used to her glasses that one time when i had to draw her without them, she looked lowkey scary it made me laugh 🤣🤣

[@vibeslime]

Love ya Celly

[@TheMistyPhantom]

At least you find the Princess Celestia/Duchess Celestia comparison amusing. I'm sorry if it ever became annoying. You were right, Princess Celestia is almost never allowed to have her face completely covered, but that was also a thing MLP Gen 4 did in general with a lot of characters. Their manes would be completely flipped on the side facing the camera, and a far view was rarely seen. 🎶 It's an easy cheat, the animation's all complete 🎶 It wasn’t just done for their shillouette, though. That's also done to show the emotions and expressions of the characters so they don't seem blank when they're most needed.

[@applecatofwinter9880]

I'm a simple man, I see ranpo I click.

[@GhoulishGallery1]

I watched a show where the main character, almost. every. single. episode said "OPEN YOUR EYES ALREADY!" And when that character did, he managed to tell you your entire purpose in life, your past AND your future. (PS, the anime is called A Destructive God Sits Next To Me, its just about a cat- I mean guy and a silly lil goober :3) Another thing that happens is he has a belt and e v e r y s i n g l e c h a r a c t e r pulled his belt and it was just funny to me.

[@user-if7po7ju5v]

I have an OC with shut eyes and everyone making comments, main hero often be like "I know that you eyes are shut but wtf I feel your gaze?!" He was mistaken us blind couple times by some dumb characters and he uses it in school to sleep

[@blackberrynina999]

the fact that here in Brazil we have a character called "Cascão" with fingerless feet with the lore that he aways wears socks while the other characters just...Dont have?

[@glowstickspinalfluid]

i love the eyes in the dark trope so much but most of my characters won't work with it due to my love of bioluminescence and fire powers :(

[@zecorasvenskendavidsson4940]

If your setting has supernatural or magical elements you could still use the trope! Magical, amplified darkness could help you there! The Darkness spell in D&D for example can't be dispelled by non magical light or magical light that is weaker than the Darkness spell. So If you add something like that into your setting, then you can still use the trope and have bioluminescence at the same time! : D

[@Chlogami]

I see Adam in the thumbnail, I click!

[@yumeyumeappleo]

LETSGOOO UPLOOOAAADD HEHEHEHEHEHEHE A GOOD DAYY

[@fiziiko]

12:34 YOU CALLED ME OUT SO BAD 😭😭😭😭😭

[@user-jz5cd7vs5s]

11:34 Michael Bay is absolutely a fan of this artstyle, just look at his Transformers designs, so many of them have hair yet they are robots

[@nellewoodruff6337]

Closed eye majin buu opening them hits harder than the black and red demon eyes sometimes

[@johannesviljoen9656]

damn, you can have HAPPY VIDEOS? uncharted territory...

[@marikothecheetah9342]

The shut eyes? You have to see Tantei Bakuen Q. One of main characters is called out for having small eyes and yet... he has vision 20/20 XD

[@trixxart777]

The robot with hair tope reminds me of murder drones

[@RadioShower]

14:15, here's one more example, flint's dad from cloudy with a chance of meatballs.

[@GamingPandaCat]

If I'm not mistaken, epic mickey on the wii also had the mickey ears, like we're capable of fully 3d rendering mickey and his ears still defy all logic

[@m..fasa_]

proud to say I woke up at 1am to watch this

[@dragondoodles78]

These are all SOOOO good fuck yeah. I love the Outline trope 😂😂 its a skill I wish to one day have 😂

[@nickycat1]

the best user of the closed eyes trope is the dad from rainy with a chance of meatballs

[@ellafrost4296]

Saw Bungo Stray Dogs and faceplanted into the video. I faceplant into all of your videos, but I fell particularly hard on this one.

[@ginger3164]

RANPO EDOGAWA IN THUMBNAIL LETS GOOOOO

[@user-ki8uq2ws6j]

Chad chin😂

[@sqi_googie]

12:35 I CANNOT ESCAPE UNDERTALE

[@supernova_29]

AAAA I had the sherb amibo card and I lost it HES MY FAVVVV

[@Salithin]

BOBS BURGERS SPOTTED, RANDOM OBSESSIONS GO!

[@MeMe-ds4pg]

Atla doesn't do the eyes thing and it's most notable in the drill episode

[@sondekmo]

i am a simple person. i see ranpo, i click

[@user-ki8uq2ws6j]

Yay I'm early

[@SidenkoE51]

HI HI PUFFY AMI YUUUUUMIIIIIIIIIIII!!!!!!!

[@RyanxLying]

RANPO SPOTTED !?!??!?!?!?!

[@epichoagie5999]

Not for nothin' but PPG was a bad example of the sausage arms/hands thing. They're the only characters in the show (aside from the Rowdy Rough Boys) who have that going on, and it's only because they were made by _SCIENCE_ (like the Rowdy Rough Boys were).

[@sans5548]

12:28 whaat noo i defenently know wingdings from.. windows..

[@CreativaArtly]

The hair thing is a joy tbh. And yes especially where the MLP princesses are concerned.

[@StylusShade]

Some characters should not take off their glasses, because that shit is CURSED.

[@user-mh5ue2oz5i]

I'm really really mad.

[@lerdherlix6657]

i understand why the goku hair thing is necessary, but i can't stand it lol