# Weird tropes that seem to have caught on **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** tv-shows-scripted, movies\ **Created:** [September 30, 2021, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-tropes-that-seem-to-have-caught-on/951695 "2021-09-30T22:01:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2021, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-tropes-that-seem-to-have-caught-on/951695/1 "2021-09-30T22:01:35Z")
List them here folks. Mine will be that line from Jurassic Park. Where the guy goes: “Na uh uh… Na uh uh…” I know I’ve seen this referenced in a few sitcoms. The last one I saw it in was Rick and Morty I think. I wonder if younger viewers even get the reference? ---
**Author:** ![Si\_Amigo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/si_amigo/32/2877_2.png) [@Si\_Amigo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Si_Amigo)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2021, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-tropes-that-seem-to-have-caught-on/951695/2 "2021-09-30T22:32:13Z")
We often have an “airing of grievances” even if it isn’t December 23rd. ---
**Author:** ![furryman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/furryman/32/99_2.png) [@furryman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/furryman)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2021, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-tropes-that-seem-to-have-caught-on/951695/3 "2021-10-01T17:57:03Z")
Best. Blank ever. Ever, Worst. Blank. Ever. Not even used ironically or emphasized like Comic Book Guy. ---
**Author:** ![Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eyebrows_0f_doom/32/3119_2.png) [@Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eyebrows_0f_Doom)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2021, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-tropes-that-seem-to-have-caught-on/951695/4 "2021-10-01T18:00:20Z")
Aren’t these just “references to older movies/tv shows” rather than “tropes”? ---
**Author:** ![furryman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/furryman/32/99_2.png) [@furryman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/furryman)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2021, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-tropes-that-seem-to-have-caught-on/951695/5 "2021-10-01T18:03:08Z")
When does a reference become a trope? I feel that stripped of it’s associations, it’s a trope. ---
**Author:** ![garygnu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garygnu/32/2924_2.png) [@garygnu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garygnu)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2021, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-tropes-that-seem-to-have-caught-on/951695/6 "2021-10-01T18:32:36Z")
To me a trope affects the plot or characterizations. A pop culture reference is just that. ---
**Author:** ![furryman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/furryman/32/99_2.png) [@furryman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/furryman)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2021, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-tropes-that-seem-to-have-caught-on/951695/7 "2021-10-02T18:45:21Z")
Another weird reference that seems to be in nearly every cartoon I watch now is the kamehameha beam from _Dragonball Z_. My nephew says DZ is one of the most popular animes in the US, Going by the shear amount of references he must be right. I feel like it’s become a trope because in one episode of _Amphibia_ they use it without any other reference to DZ. ---
**Author:** ![Push\_You\_Down](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/push_you_down/32/9095_2.png) [@Push\_You\_Down](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Push_You_Down)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2021, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-tropes-that-seem-to-have-caught-on/951695/8 "2021-10-05T16:24:36Z")
…exactly… Tropes aren’t just random references. ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2021, 7:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-tropes-that-seem-to-have-caught-on/951695/9 "2021-10-07T07:22:46Z")
Sometimes, they’re referencing Ryu & Ken from Street Fighter’s _Hadouken_ finishing move instead, I think. I don’t think the one is a reference to the other (SF’s is a _Yamato_ reference) ---
**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2021, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-tropes-that-seem-to-have-caught-on/951695/10 "2021-10-07T14:00:59Z")
The Action Pose Landing in superhero movies. The three point landing was even called out in the recent Black Widow movie and in Deadpool. ---
**Author:** ![Trisha\_Gaurav](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d07c76/32.png) [@Trisha\_Gaurav](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trisha_Gaurav)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2021, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-tropes-that-seem-to-have-caught-on/951695/11 "2021-12-16T22:42:26Z")
In species where males and females look different, both sexes will be drawn to look the same. The first time I noticed it was in Barnyard. TV Tropes talks about it here: [Animal Gender-Bender - TV Tropes](https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/AnimalGenderBender) It’s also in the South Park episode “Fun with Veal”, which apparently came out before Barnyard existed. I think the calves in that episode were all supposed to be male, because only male calves are used for veal. But they had udders. ---
**Author:** ![furryman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/furryman/32/99_2.png) [@furryman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/furryman)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2021, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-tropes-that-seem-to-have-caught-on/951695/12 "2021-12-17T19:27:27Z")
You reminded me of the trope of cartoons/ comics anthro female characters of species that don’t have breasts are either drawn curvy or with breasts. Although I suppose that’s the idea behind anthro characters anyway. Still it’s kind of ironic to see characters such as Daisy Duck with breasts. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2021, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-tropes-that-seem-to-have-caught-on/951695/13 "2021-12-17T19:41:52Z")
> [@furryman](#): > > Although I suppose that’s the idea behind anthro characters anyway. Still it’s kind of ironic to see characters such as Daisy Duck with breasts. from _Howard the Duck_ Spoilered for bare duck boobs [[Reddit - Dive into anything](https://external-preview.redd.it/fKro6cRkhAUd8IUqA2KxkMgM_LcCSdCxfssJk5WuiXY.jpg?auto=webp&s=a8514dcfd46e7119d7cb252fdf4e22bb8bc1279b)