When you find yourself trying to remember a show (or any works) that's on the tip of your tongue but just out of reach, come here - the collective brain of the TVTropes community can probably help. Post all the details you can remember (examples help). If you're looking for a trope, head over to Trope Finder. Have general questions about tropes? Visit Ask The Tropers!
Find a Show:
openNutrition Show? Web Original
I think I was in grade 3, so 2014 or around there. This girl, and I think there was a boy too, had this little web series about health. This specific episode had the girl focusing on nutrition. Making a healthy lunch and that stuff. I think she learned to make a healthy pizza and then a dessert pizza pie. I think one of the main points in the episode was her playing basketball and warning another girl that eating chips was only good for short term energy, and that she could crash and get hurt.
resolved Prehistoric CGI Cartoon Web Original
I remember a while back about a CGI cartoon on YouTube that was set in a prehistoric-like world with these Mons based on Dinosaurs and other prehistoric creatures where people with a stone-like device can tame and summon Mons along with having some competition based on it. I think it was based on a video game. Does this sound familiar to anyone?
resolved Mario Party video that's eluded me for years. Web Original
I have done a lot of my own digging to find this one specific video which (despite remembering so much from) I cannot find the video or it’s creator.
The main things that the video had was (given the title) reviews of games that were “knockoffs” of Mario Party (one of these games was Fuzion Frenzy), and an opening sketch where two of the reviewer’s friends were fighting to the death over a Mario Party gone wrong.
I also know that this creator made a sequel video, and also during that time covered Grabbed by the Ghoulies. I’d estimate the video was made around 2013-17.
Also, the creator was not Connor The Waffle or Austin Eruption.
Edited by CanuckMcDuck1openYouTuber who uploaded dubs of popular anime Web Original
There was once a YouTuber I watched back in 2023. Being a fan of dubbed anime, most of their content consist primarily of dubbed animes like Jujutsu Kaisen, Horimiya, Bleach, etc, and was one of the main reasons I subscribed to their channel in the first place. Their channel was taken down in early 2024, something I didn't notice until now. While it was very obvious why the channel was gone, the fact it happened very sudden and quickly meant no one had enough time to archive the videos prior to the termination. I couldn't even search up their name; all I do know is that it's initials are "VG" and the "V" stands for "Vail" or "Vial". Even the Wayback Machine only archives my channel layout from 2022, and even then the subscription bar leads to nothing. Does know this channel and what was their name before they left YT?
openTumblr Post About Specimen Tube Trope Web Original
This was a humorous post about a sci-fi trope (I don't know if it has a name). It went something like this...
"What did you do with the unknown life form?"
"It's suspended in a vertical tube of translucent blue liquid."
"Are there bubbles in the liquid?"
"Yeah, every couple minutes a bunch of bubbles rise to the top."
"How's the lighting?"
"Well, the lab's pretty dark, but there's a bright light shining into the tube from underneath."
"Good work."
openNutrition Show? Web Original
I think I was in grade 3, so 2014 or around there. This girl, and I think there was a boy too, had this little web series about health. This specific episode had the girl focusing on nutrition. Making a healthy lunch and that stuff. I think she learned to make a healthy pizza and then a dessert pizza pie. I think one of the main points in the episode was her playing basketball and warning another girl that eating chips was only good for short term energy, and that she could crash and get hurt.
openFan animated Patapon series on youtube, starring a Zigoton Web Original
Many years ago, there used to be a animated series on YouTube based on the Patapon games. I remember several specific things about it:
- It was fanmade, but near-perfectly mimicked the Patapon art style.
- It (seemingly) took place in an Alternate Continuity in which the Zigotons succeesfully kidnap Meden in the first game, as all of the Patapons are held prisoner by the Zigotons, with the exception of Hatapon.
- The main character was a Zigoton (possibly Makoton), and Hatapon was a background/secondary character.
- The main character was secretly gay for General Gong, and was constantly trying to impress him to no avail, which was Played for Laughs
- The video description for one of the episodes said "I made him gayish for the lols" referring to the main character.
- One episode had a scene in which an imprisoned Patapon notices the main character trying to impress Gong, leading to dialogue that went something like this:
open6 Most Wanted Fighters Web Original
A Youtube video on the top 6 most wanted fighters for Super Smash Bros Ultimate. The video was made before the DLC content for the game ended.
The picks included Sans from Undertale, Tracer from Overwatch, and Spyro the Dragon. They suggested that Sans would throw bones as an attack, and that Spyro should be based on his Playstation games.
resolved Puppet Bunker Series Web Original
I remember way back in the day that I watched this series on Youtube that was sort of like "Glove and Boots" meets Mushroom Land with a sprinkling of Fallout. From what I can remember, it was a puppet show made for kids who were currently in an underground bunker after some disaster (I think nuculear fallout, but it could be something else). I remember there being four episodes, but they could have made more, with the last episode being a sort of quiz with every correct answer praising the bunker. Any idea of what I'm trying to remember?
resolved A youtube horror short Web Original
I forget all the details, but a guy goes into a small building (I think it's offering free somethings) and ends up talking with this "person" made of what looks like ground meat with a smiley face carved into it before eventually the walls fall down, revealing the man is just a pillar on the floor (both made of ground meet seemingly) and the guy gets eaten by monster that was using under the building and using it as a lure (the meat pillar was part of the monster the whole time) before it resets the trap.
EDIT: Nevermind, I found it, it's The Christmas Grotto by Will Mc Daniel.
Edited by TheFacelessOneopenBlue's Clues parody Web Original
I remember watching this Blue's Clues parody video many years back. What I remember is that the plot revolved around the protagonist/Steve stand-in hallucinating the whole thing, and it involved a "drinking chair" instead of a "thinking chair", and the Blue stand-in was a girl in a dog costume named "Sunshine" or something similar. One scene I do remember is "Sunshine"/whoever the dog was called shooting the Steve stand-in, causing him to wake up from the hallucination. I also remember that the scenes set in the "real world" involved a whiteboard.
Does anybody know what I'm talking about?
open2d-ish animation about a Doctor guy on a search in a steampunk-ish world Web Original
I'm gonna be honest, I remember the visuals more than I remember anything about the story itself, because I actually didn't watch the video yet, I found it here then I looked it up on Youtube and I was gonna mark it to watch later but I forgot. I think it was black on yellow animation,or maybe it was black on white. It wasn't 2d like Disney, it's just that everything seemed flat, the characters and the background, but it was stylized. I don't really remember what the guy was searching for, I THINK it was the cure for some plague that has been ravaging the world or for a disease a loved one of his had. And I think the steampunk elements were pretty mild or maybe I'm even wrong about it being steampunk but there were definetly some super strong victorian vibes.
Edited by AnnikaLaceropenName of youtuber in video Web Original
As the title says, looking for the this youtuber https://twitter.com/jailedamanda/status/1749495601606144363
openYouTube video about kid kissing vacuum cleaner Web Original
Around 2013, I found this humorous video of a kid kissing a vacuum cleaner. The mom asked "do you want to give the vacuum a good morning kiss"? And this kid kissed the vacuum cleaner. The mom then asked "Do you want to give Daddy a good morning kiss", with the Dad leaning in, touching his finger to his cheek, to which the child responded, "Nope, no, nope, no".
openThat one GoAnimate-esque YouTube show/user that had a page on this wiki. Web Original
I remember going on this wiki before I joined it (I think it was back in 2020?) and seeing a page about an individual, amateur YouTube content creator who uses GoAnimate as an inspiration for their videos note (e.g. the "bad" guys being the troublemakers who get grounded in the end at every video, the "good" guys being the teachers/staff of the school, "educating" the troublemakers on which show the creator likes and slamming them whenever they get the question wrong, and are usually the ones to stop the troublemakers from causing havoc); said videos consists of the creator using a camera to record their videos, using stock images of fictional characters (be it original or from an existing work), switching to a different tab when choosing a specific soundtrack or audio clip for a scene or Character Catchphrase (usually Robotnik's Big "NO!" or "that's disgusting" from an unknown source), etc. There are also a bunch of very strange and kind of creepy fetishes inserted into their videos (e.g. characters becoming fat like a balloon, with an image ripped straight out of DeviantArt, or characters turning into a giant). Lastly, they have an Author Avatar who appears in pretty much every video and whose design is reminiscent of Foxy the Pirate, to the point of being an Expy of the latter. At one point, it had a page here, but I couldn't find it anywhere when going on the related searches for GoAnimate. Maybe it got deleted?
Edited by ToonAbbyopenWebsite for Pokémon Fan Game Idea Web Original
Trying to remember the name of this Pokemon fansite that was for a fan game; I don't believe there was a demo or anything, it was just a hosting website for someone's fan idea for a video game with chapters of a story laid out.
The 1st sprite character I remember was a recolor of Wally from Pokémon Ruby/Sapphire/Emerald. Instead of his green hair and white shirt, it was recolored to give him white hair and a blue shirt; he was also renamed Simon. In the story itself, it starts with him being kidnapped by Team Rocket.
The 2nd sprite character was a Team Rocket character with the uniform, but the character in question was a little girl with pink hair and pigtails.
Edited by TropeFanaticFanopenDo you remember this or have watched it? Web Original
I believe it was an You Tube animation series of some kind about an elderly detective who gets hired to protect a bratty influencer form a creepy guy that just have a crush on her and the first ever seen of that elderly detective is him engaging in a fight with two men in a sauna and beating the shit out of them while wearing nothing
Edited by AminoopenAnimated Fantasy Trailer with Dinosaurs Web Original
I remember seeing this trailer for a web animation series (which wasn't out yet at the time), and it was fantasy based and had dinosaurs, but not every character was a dinosaur. The villain was this demonic-looking dude. Sorry I can't tell you more, but this is what I remember.
resolved Very old Article that claims the legend of Zelda is Nazi propaganda Web Original
Many years ago on an obscure gaming site , I remember stumbling upon an article that claimed the The Legend Of Zelda series is actually nazi propaganda The reasons the article gave: 1) Link and Zelda are Aryan due to their blond hair and blue eyes. 2) Said The master sword is a reference to the "Master Race" theory in Nazism 3) Ganondorf is a Jew because of his big nose and dark skin 4) The deku tree is a reference to white supremacist druids that worship trees 5) The name "Navi" is similar to the word "nazi"
Can anyone tell me the name of this article?
Edited by monkeyheroine
I've tried numerous times to copy and paste the information from reddit over to here but it hasn't worked so I'll try this instead: https://imgur.com/Wld38gq