Robot Carnival: Tropes

Signature tropes

The ones that say the most about Robot Carnival. Pick one to read it.

• No Endor Holocaustin 323 titlesAverted big time. The massive destruction caused by the eponymous "Robot Carnival" in Opening is shown front and center.Read →
• Rock Beats Laserin 237 titlesPlayed with and (perhaps intentionally) subverted.Read →
• Ambiguous RobotsRare · in 50 titlesThe prologue to the short is an Uncle Pennybags spear carrier getting his head kicked off by a bunch of schoolchildren playing ball, while nobody — including the old man — is disturbed more than if t…Read →
• Un-Robotic RevealRare · in 9 titlesRobot Suit Guy is not a robot, just some guy wearing a mascot costume for the robot theme park.Read →
• Steampunkin 141 titlesThe segment features two giant robots battling over a Japanese port town, the Western invader in his giant robot opposed by some Teenagers With Attitude in a robot they'd designed for a parade.Read →
• Mass "Oh, Crap!"in 765 titlesDuring the first half, a young boy races into a village and tries to warn the residents of something that has clearly terrified him, even though the only evidence is a poster that had blown into his…Read →