r/TopCharacterTropes • u/Uma-apreciator • Sep 08 '26
Personality The character unexpectedly transitions to a goofy art style.
Oguri Cap (Uma Musume Cinderella Gray)
Nijika Ijichi (Bocchi the Rock)
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u/Alko- Sep 08 '26
https://giphy.com/gifs/12bE9SHGZYR85O
Happens a ton in Fullmetal Alchemist
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u/Fine_Cat_9712 Sep 08 '26
Al basically exists half the time as this trope
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u/BarelyInvested Sep 08 '26
Tbf his actual appearance looks really time consuming to draw
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u/RoseWhiteRedBlack Sep 08 '26
I work as an illustrator for a japanese firm, and I can assure you, 90% of animators would probably cry if they had to draw Alphonse costantly with his full design.
On the flipside, people at studios bones are sickos in their head, I feel like a lot of people forgot that they initialy started out as a mecha studio lol; they love stupid armor designs like Alphonse.
Apparently the CEO of the studio is very proud in saying how they barely use any CGI for their shows.
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u/corvettee01 Sep 08 '26
I like how you can see in a lot of long running manga that the clothing design gets simpler due to artists throwing up their hands and saying "fuck this shit."
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u/RoseWhiteRedBlack Sep 08 '26
Weekly manga is borderline artist abuse tbh...I say this as someone japanese who does on the weekly 12 hours workshift. I' ve seen mangakas who do 16hours work for months, 7 days of 7... it' s soulcrushing.
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u/momoka42 Sep 08 '26
It's also so similar to what they do in the movie Uma Musume: Beginning of a New Era, when Jungle Pocket gets exasperated.
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u/Evening_Produce_4322 Sep 08 '26
Bochi does it often from Bochi the Rock
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u/Thatll-Do Sep 08 '26
This gif search sucks but this always gets me good
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u/Imosa1 Sep 08 '26
Wait, does that happen in the show
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u/Thatll-Do Sep 08 '26
Yes. Yes it does
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u/hdgrbodnd Sep 09 '26
What could possibly be the context 😭
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u/Thatll-Do Sep 09 '26
She had to socialize and realize she had to do it again the next day 😔
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u/TehAsianator Sep 08 '26
Yep, basically all the funny jank animations you see are ways to convey her moment of extreme social anxiety
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u/Smiley_J_ Sep 09 '26
My favorite one is where she just pops.
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u/GilligansIslndoPeril Sep 09 '26
The best part is that this instance happens in-universe too.
"Bocchi-chan exploded!"
proceeds to carry her flapping in the wind over her shoulder as they run away
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u/smitty9112 Sep 09 '26
That show does some wild stuff with with the animation. Im pretty sure there's even a sequence where she becomes claymation. Bocchi the rock is a fantastic show.
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u/ahambagaplease Sep 09 '26
It's one of the best directed shows of this decade, crazy considering it was the first time Saitõ was head director.
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u/Aure0 Sep 08 '26
The scream her VA does is crazy as well, wasn't even edited apparently she can just do that
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u/Infinite_T05 Sep 08 '26
...is she okay?
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u/Careful_Welcome7999 Sep 09 '26
She literally turns into dust when her friend tries to adjust her hair bangs that girl is ANYTHING BUT okay
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u/melisslo Sep 08 '26
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u/drillmaster125 Sep 08 '26
I see your Deku-Might and raise you Shocked Tokoyami
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u/Cabbageworrior210 Sep 08 '26
They better have adapted this properly
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u/drillmaster125 Sep 08 '26
I’d say so.
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u/But-who-I-be Sep 08 '26
THIS IS REAL?!?! I thought it was an edit
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u/Gil_Demoono Sep 09 '26
It's not even the only time he does it. In fact, his ability to pull that face is a little bit plot relevant.
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u/EJAY47 Sep 09 '26
Does he ever do that face before Allmight gives him the hair? Cause I think Dekus quirk is perfect imitations of people who's hair he's eaten.
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u/ClassicT4 Sep 08 '26
Amanchu! is constantly switching between two styles I can only describe as super detailed and muppets.
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u/shyguy157 Sep 08 '26
Saitama - One Punch-Man
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u/Ya-Boy-Tony Sep 08 '26
i miss when it had good animation
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u/CacklettasMinion Sep 08 '26
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u/LtAgn Sep 08 '26
I see this GIF a lot and I only just now noticed the tiny little wake of grass coming off his left foot. It's so unnoticeable that you can't really see it unless your face is inches away from the screen or if you really zoom in.
I'm willing to bet that if the animators used a cloud of dirt to at least try to sell the illusion of movement instead of nearly invisible grass, this scene wouldn't be the poster child of OPM S3's animation issues.
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u/NoLegs02 Sep 08 '26
Man, I miss when it had OKAY animation, Season 2 was NOT that bad!
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u/SaddestSprout Sep 08 '26
Compared to s3, s2 was great, compared to s1, both are trash
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u/ProfessionalDust Sep 08 '26
You know that, don't lower you expectations cuz something worse happened
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u/Fern-ando Sep 08 '26
Even the anime about cat girls addicted to tobacco has better animation than season 3.
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u/InfiniteThing2808 Sep 08 '26
I’d say the goofy bobble-head design is his regular look, it makes the impact so much bigger the handful of times they draw him in “serious shit” mode
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u/lordkoba Sep 08 '26
I have to rewatch that fight every once in a while. It's beautiful.
I don't know what else that studio drew but they were flexing so much.
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u/Hellknightx Sep 08 '26
Studio Madhouse, who are already an incredible studio. Plus they had a lot of extra third-party talent from other studios. It was basically a dream team of animation all-stars.
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u/Born_Usual998 Sep 08 '26
Reverse example
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u/metal_gearmen Sep 08 '26
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u/Professional_Maize42 Sep 08 '26
This transition shouldn't be as smooth as it is.
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u/metal_gearmen Sep 08 '26
The entire budget went into the debut episode featuring the angels and the transformations of all the characters.
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u/RoseWhiteRedBlack Sep 08 '26
It' s not really the budget actually, this entire part was animated by famous character designer Mai Yoneyama.
Most people probably knew them because of her recent work as character designer for Xenoblade Genesis and Persona 6 lol. She loves drawing pretty boys and she trained at Trigger before becoming a professional animator. As far as what she said, she actually did this work on the cheap, it was mostly done as a thank you for the studio for norturing her!
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u/MrBoomf Sep 08 '26
Jesus Christ, I’ve seen porn that’s somehow less lewd than this
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u/metal_gearmen Sep 08 '26
And this is not the most revealing part of the transformation
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u/Routine_Mall_566 Sep 08 '26
WHAT 😭
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u/Dr_Jabroski Sep 08 '26
The transformation animation for season two is so provocative that it makes sex look like a church.
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u/Existing-Sweet-19 Sep 08 '26
I wonder if God would let me impregnate this man.
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u/IzzyDizzyLi_GXY Sep 08 '26
Correction: You don't need God's permission. You absolutely should get the consent of the subject (the man).
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u/goota_niieve Sep 08 '26
Going from goofy to this instead is somehow even funnier
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u/Bright-Help3071 Sep 08 '26
What is it from
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u/Ok-Journalist-8875 Sep 08 '26
Panty & Stocking with Garterbel. It’s about two angles who get kicked out of heaven for bad behavior and kill demons to get back in. New season came out last year after long break and a cliffhanger.
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u/Draconichaos Sep 08 '26
Maomao from Apothecary Diaries randomly grows the ears and tail of a cat to emphasize comedic moments
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u/Cardboardoge Sep 08 '26
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u/Gil_Demoono Sep 09 '26
I want to be absolutely clear that this is a serious show about inner palace intrigue and the dangerous position women of all standings find themselves in a hyper-misogynistic world.
It is also like this some times.
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u/JE78IsTheName Sep 08 '26
Komi Shouko from Komi can't Communicate does the same thing
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u/SlapstickGags Sep 08 '26
For reference:
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u/SlapstickGags Sep 08 '26
Which are apparently real??
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u/Ploontie Sep 08 '26
to add on The Apothecary Diaries' side, the cat ears' gags went even further than just a simple visual gag; I remember a scene in Nekokurage's manga where a character (was it the Madam?) physically tugs Maomao's cat tail as if it were really there.
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u/Weaponv200 Sep 08 '26
Additionally her name in Chinese is just ‘cat’, so it also fits
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u/Perfect-Fondant3373 Sep 08 '26
Sokka on Catus Juice
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u/thatmanzuko Sep 08 '26
This happens a lot in avatar actually
https://giphy.com/gifs/l6BtzFwUC0BPO74
u/dankpurps Sep 08 '26
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u/HouseErikson Sep 08 '26
https://giphy.com/gifs/xVp06fZFVkscV4zwCo
Takaba during his Wifi joke in Jujutsu Kaisen
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u/0ijoske Sep 09 '26
Joke so ass it put the enemies in deep thought over it
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u/Zalogal Sep 09 '26
I love Takaba. He shows up and immediately make three dudes think about quitting the job
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u/altymcalty-2 Sep 09 '26
"do I truly wanna be a sorcerer? I mean, I know sorcerers are fucking weird, but this is a new low I didn't know existed"
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u/LeSimple1 Sep 08 '26
I completely forgot the style watered down this hard during this segment. Takaba is a treasure
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u/strahinjag Sep 08 '26
Sailor Moon does this a lot
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u/BewareOfBee Sep 08 '26
It was the first show I'd seen that broke the character models like that. First anime id seen at all so those tropes were so fascinating.
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u/AthleteIntrepid9590 Sep 08 '26
This happens a lot in demon slayer, as show here with tanjiro, the main character.
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u/jamslat Sep 08 '26
Umamusume is full of silly moments like this
...And then there are the not-so-silly moments, but we're not talking about that.
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u/SeelieDeco Sep 08 '26
beginning of a new era really did have some incredible faces, loved this movie so much
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u/TheHattedKhajiit Sep 08 '26
I mean,they're constantly talking about them. In fact it's rare to see Uma mentioned in a silly context rather than serious.
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u/Bloonmasterpopuplous Sep 08 '26
Sakura laurel's legs
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u/KriegerHatcher Sep 08 '26
What is this from?
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u/thJAKK Sep 08 '26
You and I are polar opposites
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u/demonsdencollective Sep 08 '26
Now is not the time to bring our differences into this, Clarence.
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u/Remixman87 Sep 08 '26
https://giphy.com/gifs/2vWAcpyDd7T5S
Surprisingly no one has yet to mention the star staple to the trope Umaru.
Umaruun~
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u/Fl_Funky_Jam Sep 08 '26
Turns into a goblin so hard she's literally unrecognizable.
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u/BlatantConservative Sep 09 '26
Very relatable. My actual sister did the exact same shit when we were in high school.
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u/zenoob Sep 08 '26
For anyone willing to read, there's a sweet yet heartbkrealing story behind Umaru. I'm not a fan so I might've understood things wrong tho. Anyway :
Umaru is based on the author's real life younger sister. Unfortunately, said real life sister passed away during the publication of the manga and the author powered through it all and only revealed everything years later.
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u/Russell-Sprouts3 Sep 08 '26
The one line where the creator describes Umaru as proof that his sister lived and that by remembering her you remember his sister is burned into my brain, it’s so tragically beautiful.
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u/BlatantConservative Sep 09 '26
Umaru always reminded me of my actual sister (put together outside, slob at home, very demanding) so that story made me sob for sure.
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u/Confedehrehtheh Sep 08 '26
Gonna be honest, I thought that was just her animation. My only exposure to Umaru has been her in gremlin mode apparently
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u/greedyrabitt Sep 08 '26
Sullivan from Welcome To Demon School, Iruma-Kun! for some reason he randomly turns into this little egg-shaped chibi sometimes. nobody in-universe has acknowledged it, so I'm guessing it's not literally him shapeshifting and instead just a visual gag
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u/2percentnotthemilk Sep 08 '26
Kalego winds up with a trophy that's just a golden sculpture of Sullivan's egg form, implying that others, in fact, do see him transform in-universe.
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u/Android_Taco Sep 08 '26
FLCL
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u/SarcasmSanctioned Sep 09 '26
Is... is that the South Park animation style?
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u/Jensaarai Sep 09 '26
Yup. At the time South Park was only 2 or 3 seasons in. So it was weird/neat to see that style pop up for a gag in an anime already.
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u/99acrewood_ Sep 08 '26
Mokoto getting back to her manga roots in The Ghost in the Shell (2026) and being a sometimes existential qt
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u/FM1091 Sep 08 '26
I love when Dandadan does silly faces like these.
Also, Momo eating crab.
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u/vanilla_disco Sep 08 '26
In this thread: anime
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u/lemonylol Sep 08 '26
It's just the unfortunate demographic of this sub, especially when it's just the same handful of shows instead of deep cuts.
But it does happen in western animation as well, it's just called going off-model.
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u/totallynotaweeabbo Sep 08 '26
Is this the scene where in the anime yuji starts whininh about not doing spirit guns or rasengans? Also, adding the scene of "I don't want your wifi"
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u/Purpleflower0521 Sep 08 '26
Vash the Stampede: "😠 it's your job, or your life. Which is more important to you? I can't explain now, it'll put you in danger."
Makes a perky goofy face: 🫠So it's been a lot of fun, but... Well... I guess that's all!!
Really wish I could have found footage.
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u/xSantenoturtlex Sep 08 '26
Avatar does this quite a bit.
Here's Katara and Suki realizing they mistook an actress from a play they hated for the real Aang.
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u/ghostgabe81 Sep 08 '26
https://giphy.com/gifs/H0z74eiKjhdUBaMhlX
Super Creek too from Umamusume
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u/QSlade Sep 08 '26
https://giphy.com/gifs/inNIsEjQ3has1EUzoF
Bochi, bless her little anxiety addled heart
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u/OnCallPartisan Sep 08 '26 edited Sep 08 '26
It's a staple in anime. Chibiesque.