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Age Change
When a character changes their age, either growing older or younger, and typically not simply by having time pass but as the result of some power or outside source. |
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A Twinkle in the Sky
A common trope in anime & manga. When characters or objects are launched into the sky, they vanish and a small twinkle appears where they disappeared. |
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Bad Turned Good
Nightmare Moon (Princess Luna). |
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Big Bad
Usually the main villain of the season/show. Alongside the "Bigger Bads", they are the most difficult to defeat or even kill. |
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Birthday
A anniversary of the day on which a person was born (or the celebration of it). |
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Breaking the Fourth Wall
The act of Breaking the 4th Wall is when a character seem to show knowledge that they are in a fictional series. Normally by talking directly to the audience. |
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Broken Friendship
A Broken Friendship is a dead relationship between two people or more. |
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Brother and Sister
A male and a female member of a family that share the same parents. |
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Bullies and Bullying
A bully is a person who habitually badgers and intimidates smaller or weaker people. |
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Cerberus
A multi-headed hound which guards the gates of the Underworld, to prevent those from ever escaping. |
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Clone
A Clone is a biological copy of any organic creature. A Clone is mostly created through science and is sometimes abused to an extent. |
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Code of Honor
Many characters in anime/manga live by a personal or structured code of honor. |
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Cooking
Someone or something to do with cooking. |
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Crazy
Characters with serious long mental unstabilities. They're sometimes simply weird but recently they're portrayed as downright homicidiacs. Not to be confused with the Mentally Unstable where the character fights against it and usually wins. |
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Crime And Mystery
A genre/concept that appears in many anime series, notably Case Closed. |
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Crying
What someone does when upset/sad. Sometimes people can also cry from sheer joy. |
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Curse
A long-lasting spell that causes negative results to the cursed one and sometimes those around him/her. |
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Dances And Balls
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Destiny
The belief of predetermined events. |
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Dragons
A legendary creature that is typically reptilian, that can fly and can breathe fire and sometimes ice. |
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Dreams & Nightmares
The imaginary events that goes on in your head when you are asleep. In some anime's they can bring important messages or to haunt a person. |
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DVD Release
Anime episodes and movies released on DVD should be linked to this page. |
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Earth Pony
Earth Ponies can't fly or conciously use magic, but have a special connection to nature and animals. |
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Evil Twin
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Flashback
Used frequently in Anime to either recap past events or provide a back story for a character, either their origin story or their off-screen training of new attack. Sometime and entire episode/chapter would be a entire flashback. |
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Folklore
A concept used to describe characters who are based on myths, legends, and even religion. |
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Ghost Stories
A concept given to the telling of scary stories, folktales and urban legends. |
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Halloween
Halloween is a holiday celebrated on October 31st. |
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Hammerspace
Hammerspace is where a character manages to pull out items and objects seemingly out of thin air, several examples may include the Great Director Watanabe from Excel Saga pulling machineguns out of his afro and Sano in Law of Ueki pulling a seemingly infinite amount of battle ready towels. The best example would be Doraemon's four dimensional pocket. |
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Illusion
An Illusion is a condition of being deceived by a false perception or belief. |
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Jealousy
A feeling of jealous envy (especially of a rival). |
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Kidnapping
Capturing and carrying away a person against their will and holding them in false imprisonment . |
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Kissing
Kissing is the act of pressing your lips to the body of another person. This can be on the cheeks, head, hand, but more commonly to another person's lips. |
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Magic
That's what "Friendship" is. ;) [Most of the ponies are magic users.] |
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Manga Iconography
Common visual conventions seen in manga and anime to convey emotions, often for comical effect. |
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Marriage
A couple who have made an official vow to stay together. |
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Models
Models are known in Japan as Idols. They are young female models who appear in magazines and advertising. They can often be the public faces for companies. |
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Musical
Someone or something heavily involved with music. |
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Pegasus Pony
Pegasus Ponies, or Pegasi, have wings and the ability to walk on clouds and manipulate the weather. |
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Petrified
The concept where someone is turned to stone by magical or scientific means. |
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Pets
Something that serves as a pet or behaves in the manner of one. |
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Phobia
An irrational fear of something that can be concrete or abstract. |
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Phoenix
A mythical Firebird from various countries mythology. The Phoenix is able to live for many years and is capable of being reborn from it ashes when it dies. |
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Possession
The act of controling an individual, making him preform actions at your will. |
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Premonition
A presentiment of the future or warning of things yet to come. |
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Princess
A female heir to a royal throne. |
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Promise
A Promise is a frequent theme in anime, manga, and real life. |
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Racing
A series of contests that tests the speed. Some of them include kart racing, Street Racing, NASCAR and many more. |
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Rain
In addition to being just weather, the rain can symbolize many things. It can represent life, foreshadowing, sadness, and many things. |
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Revenge
When someone returns an cruel favor to another after what has been done to them or an loved one. |