Collin the Speedy Boy/Tropes

Collin the Speedy Boy is an American action-adventure superhero game series created by Oscar Hamilton (now deceased) and Tadaki Fujiyama, being developed by (1993-1995),  (1998-2002),  (2005-2011),  (2013-2016) and Avalanche Software (since 2018) and published by  (1993-1995),  (1995),  (1998-2002) and Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment (since 2005) since April 16th, 1993.

In 2018, shortly after Hamilton's death, Fujiyama departed from Warner Bros. and moved to Marvel Comics, with new projects based on the franchise being now supervised by Ryan Curcwald.

Tropes

 * Absurd Phobia: Bryte has a fear of insects, which is weird given the fact most birds hunt and eat them.
 * Accidental Pervert:
 * [Collin himself accidentally peeking on Evelynn while in underwear or taking a bath]
 * [Evelynn for a genderbender one as she accidentally peeks on Collin]
 * Action Girl: Evelynn, Maddie and Sara.
 * Actor Allusion: TBD
 * Adorkable:
 * Collin himself can fall into this.
 * Cooper can be this too.
 * Evelynn at times.
 * Ambiguously Bi: Evelynn and Aurelie are best friends, although the way the interact might look like they are more than just that.
 * Animation Adaptions: the franchise has two of them (four if you count The Space Rangers and Moira of the Wild).
 * Badass Adorable: both the Omegas and the Avians.
 * Beach Episode: TBD
 * Berserk Button:
 * Never call Collin a fraud.
 * Evelynn gets pretty annoyed when called "princess".
 * Bryte would get enraged when her plans fail, people (even the Elefish King) disrespecting her, gets disturbed or her minions act incompetently.
 * Betty and Veronica: Aurelie's Betty to Evelynn's Veronica.
 * Big Bad: several over the years, with Bryte being the most prominent one.
 * Big Damn Reunion: TBD
 * Biting-the-Hand Humor: the series has some occasional jabs at Warner Bros., including:
 * Blonde, Brunette, Redhead: There's Evelynn (redhead), Maddie (blonde), and Sara (brunette).
 * Breaking the Fourth Wall: the series does this.
 * Canon Foreigner: Jack Kanoff.
 * Cloudcuckoolander: Tommy at times.
 * Comic-Book Time: regardless of the year it's set and the introduction of new villains and concepts as well as the evolution of technology, the characters remain with the same ages they were at the beginning.
 * This ends up to be lampshaded in some media.
 * Crossover: Omegas and Titans Unite and Collin and Howler: Speedin' and Howlin'.
 * Cry Cute: TBD
 * Cursed with Awesome: Collin's powers might be a gift, but the fact the orbs are the only key that would make him live and he would die without those orbs (or destroyed), it would be considered a curse.
 * Darker and Edgier: TBD
 * Dark and Troubled Past: TBD
 * Dark is Evil: TBD
 * Did You Punch Out Cthulhu: TBD
 * Enemy Mine: TBD
 * Fiery Redhead: Evelynn is sometimes this.
 * Five-Man Band:
 * The Leader: Collin.
 * The Lancer: Tommy.
 * The Smart Guy: Cooper.
 * The Big Guy: Trent and WesDragon.
 * The Chick: Evelynn.
 * Foreshadowing: TBD
 * Funny Animal: Bryte, the Elefish King and Gurkha are all examples of this since they act human.
 * Getting Crap Past the Radar: some games, comics and episodes include hidden adult humor and innuendo. Examples include:
 * [Tommy peeking on Collin's secret stash (it might involve a lewd photo of Evelynn or a celeb he likes, but obviously not shown) and saying people are so poor they can't afford money for clothes in the comic or one of the TV shows]
 * Heel-Face Turn: TBD
 * Heroes Want Redheads: Collin's girlfriend is Evelynn, herself being a redhead.
 * Heterosexual Life-Partners: Gurkha and Sharp.
 * Homage: Porcupine Man is this to Batman.
 * I Am Not Weasel: Tommy is often called a shrew despite being an opossum.
 * Ink-Suit Actor: TBD
 * Intrepid Reporter: TBD
 * Large Ham: TBD
 * Likes Older Women: Collin partially falls on this since Evelynn is ten months older than him.
 * Lingerie Scene: TBD
 * Mismatched Eyes: Sara's eye color for both of her eyes are different. One being blue and the other being green.
 * Mixed Ancestry: Evelynn is mixed, being Hispanic and Caucasian.
 * Ms. Fanservice:
 * Evelynn is considered to be one of the hottest characters in the franchise.
 * Mr. Fanservice: Collin himself tends to be this.
 * No Celebrities Were Harmed:
 * Redy's voice is based on the one of Bill Murray.
 * Not Allowed to Grow Up: independent of the media, the characters will always remain with the age they had at the beginning of the games.
 * Official Couple:
 * Collin/Evelynn.
 * Cooper/Abygal.
 * Courtnei/Jayden.
 * Zane/Kelsie.
 * Polyamory: [Love Rectangle]
 * Real Men Wear Pink: [Collin showing his sensitive side sometimes]
 * Rule 63: Caitlin the Speedy Girl from the Speediverse TV movie.
 * Schoolgirl Lesbians: Courtnei and Jayden.
 * Shifted to CGI: the 2020 film.
 * Ship Tease:
 * [Trent and Sara]
 * [Wes and Maddie]
 * [Courtnei and Jayden before confirmed as canon]
 * Shout-Out:
 * Collin occasionally greets Kanoff by quoting Bugs Bunny's catchphrase "eh, what's up, doc?".
 * In the [movie studio name] level of Collin and the Avians, there are a few movie posters parodying Warner Bros. properties such as The Shining, The Matrix, Mad Max, TBD.
 * In [issue], Collin tried to bribe Tommy with Scooby Snacks to convince him to TBD.
 * In [issue], [kinda want a Scooby-Doo-inspired chase scene]
 * In a Halloween issue, one of the costumes Evelynn planned to use was Rachel Green from Friends.
 * In Nexus, one of Kanoff's collected experiments in space looks like Neptr from Adventure Time.
 * [around thirty more]
 * Spell My Name With an "S":
 * It's Collin with a double "L", not Colin.
 * Evelynn is written with double "N".
 * Coutnei is written with an "I" rather than an "Y".
 * Spicy Latina: Evelynn.
 * Split Personality: [Kristen]
 * Spin-Off: Collin: Artificial Leagues, The Space Rangers and Moira of the Wild.
 * Stalker With a Crush: Moira at times can be this towards Collin.
 * Talking Animal: pretty much every animal character.
 * Take That!:
 * In the Collin the Speedy Boy: Full Speed episode, Super Magic Super Girl, when it's revealed that the studio behind it TBD, it was confirmed to be a jab at The Walt Disney Company for TBD.
 * The Ditz: TBD
 * The Fashionista: Fashion is this, hence her name.
 * Those Two Guys: Trent and WesDragon are almost inseparable.
 * Tomboy and Girly Girl: Evelynn's tomboy to Aurelie's girly girl.
 * Tomboy With A Girly Streak: Evelynn has tomboyish traits such as having a taste for TBD music, enjoys playing video games and sports such as basketball and skateboarding and hates being called "princess", but she also enjoys wearing skirts and dresses and heels and spreading gossip, with her favorite dancing style being tango.
 * Took a Level in Badass: Evelynn started out as a damsel in distress on the first game, but starting with the second game, thanks to the addition of animated cutscenes, she became more competent and TBD, eventually adopting the alter-ego of Macaw on Collin Returns.
 * Video Game 3D Leap: TBD
 * Why Did It Have To Be Snakes?: TBD
 * You Mean "Xmas": festivities have different names but similar meanings in Arcasia. For example:
 * Valentine's Day is named TBD.
 * Mardi Gras is named TBD.
 * St. Patrick's Day is named TBD.
 * Easter is named Wester.
 * Halloween is named Frightstice.
 * Thanksgiving is named TBD.
 * Christmas is named Joy Day.
 * You Mean "Xmas": festivities have different names but similar meanings in Arcasia. For example:
 * Valentine's Day is named TBD.
 * Mardi Gras is named TBD.
 * St. Patrick's Day is named TBD.
 * Easter is named Wester.
 * Halloween is named Frightstice.
 * Thanksgiving is named TBD.
 * Christmas is named Joy Day.

Trivia

 * Adored by the Network: Warner Bros. treats CtSB the same way it treats several of their other main franchises such as Looney Tunes, Scooby-Doo, DC Comics, The Matrix, Mad Max, Wizarding World and Lord of the Rings/The Hobbit, giving origin to a lot of TBD.
 * Author Existence Failure: Oscar Hamilton passed away on December 1st, 2018, leaving the series without one of his co-creators.
 * Big Name Fan:
 * When Warner Bros. approached him to develop Full Speed, Greg Weisman revealed he was a big fan of the series and the fact they picked him to develop the series was something he wished for TBD.
 * On the other side, Oscar and Tadaki were both fans of Gargoyles and had Weisman as one of their top choices to develop the series.
 * [possible celeb fans, maybe one of the voice cast of the film]
 * [why I see Joss Whedon liking it]
 * [fellow cartoon creators, why I see Rebecca doing lewd art? Also Ed Boon liking it despite the MK-CtSB rivalry?]
 * Cash Cow Franchise: since CtSB is by far one of the most popular WBIE franchises aside from Mortal Kombat, it has been considered the cash cow for Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment, spawning a LOT of merchandise, two TV shows (Full Speed and The Chronicles of Collin the Speedy Boy, a theatrical film along with some direct-to-video films, and several spin-offs, including a non-canon spin-off series (Artificial Leagues). Not bad for Warner Bros.' first ever video game series.
 * Creator's Favorite: both Oscar and Tadaki regarded Collin as their favorite character on it.
 * Dawson Casting: Collin and his human friends, despite being teenagers, were always voiced by adults, even with their consequent recasts.
 * As an example, when Full Speed came out, Quinton Flynn (Collin and Zane) was 39, Scott Menville (Tommy) was 32, Carlos Alazraqui (Cooper and Ugly) was 41, James Arnold Taylor (Trent) was 34, Will Friedle (WesDragon) was 27 and Kath Soucie (Evelynn and Kelsie) was 36.
 * Same can be said to Aurelie, Maddie and Sara since, back in 2003, Jennifer Hale was 31, Tara Strong was 30 and Hynden Walch was 32.
 * Same for Matthew Mercer since he was 31 when he replaced Quinton Flynn as Collin and Zane in 2013.
 * Executive Meddling:
 * TBD
 * Fake American: although not necessarily set in the United States, it is worth to point out that main cast member Eric Bauza and supporting cast members Jennifer Hale, Tara Strong and Maurice LaMarche were all born in Canada.
 * Averted with main cast member Carlos Alazraqui and supporting cast members Alanna Ubach, Maria Canals-Barrera and Janice Kawaye, since, despite their ethnicity (Hispanic for the first three and Japanese for the latter), they were all born in the United States.
 * Fake Nationality: Kath Soucie falls on this since, despite Evelynn being of mixed ancestry (Hispanic and Caucasian), she is fully Caucasian.
 * Fan Nickname:
 * Some fans like to call Collin, "Sonic but he's human".
 * CollinBob SpeedyPants from some SpongeBob fans, due to its supposed popularity, humor and the memes they both spawn.
 * However, this also annoyed some fans from both media due to their different tones, with some SpongeBob fans considering Howler a fairer SpongeBob of Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment and due to Looney Tunes already serving as its general Warner Bros. counterpart to the show due to their status as pop culture icons and mascots, while some CtSB fans prefer to be compared to Danny Phantom, Avatar or Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles instead, considering they're more action-focused Nicktoons.
 * [joke with Guardians, Futurama and Persona for Space Rangers]
 * God Does Not Own This World: one of the main reasons why the series kept going after Oscar Hamilton's death and Tadaki Fujiyama's departure, since despite creating the series' characters and concepts, Warner Bros. Entertainment is the copyright holder for it, allowing them to continue the series, although their successor was personally picked by them and not by the company.
 * Outlived Its Creator: TBD
 * Playing Against Type: TBD
 * Playing Gertrude: Grey Griffin was this to Bryte until 2009 since she was 27 when she took that role over from the late Mary Kay Bergman.
 * Mary Kay Bergman herself was also this until 1997 since she was 34 by the time Collin the Speedy Boy 2 came out.
 * Release Date Change: TBD
 * Rule 34 - Creator Reactions:
 * Oscar Hamilton was aware of CtSB porn and adult fanfics and he was not surprised with it and affirmed that "every fandom has its perverted fans, Collin ' ain't exception, but I don't care about it. As long they enjoy my work, I'm fine with it".
 * When he found out that Stella McDonnell made some, he had a little talk with her, saying "Would you like if they did the same with your characters?", with Stella jokingly replying "I already do that".
 * When Fujiyama discovered CtSB adult material and fics, including ones made by Stella, he was TBD.
 * While not necessarily favorable to it, Oscar's widow Madison McDougal-Hamilton is tolerant about it, since she understands such things are also part of the fandom and they can't actually stop those fans from doing it.
 * Current developer Ryan Curcwald is more open-minded about it and he said to be okay with it, but warns that he doesn't support any kind of adult art or fanfiction where the characters are under 18, calling it "sick and disgusting"
 * Of course, Warner Bros. isn't fond of this and threatened to take down some websites that featured TBD.
 * Technology Marches On: TBD
 * The Character Ice Cream Bar: Blue Bunny released an ice of Collin's face with green gumball eyes.
 * The Other Darrin: over the run of the series, there were a few recasts:
 * Due to Mary Kay Bergman's unfortunate suicide in late 1999, Bryte was eventually recasted with Grey Griffin, who also inherited the role of Daphne Blake from Scooby-Doo from her.
 * When Collin Returns was first released, the game was dedicated in loving memory of her. Most of Bryte's dialogue on it featured her voice, although some additional dialogue already featured Grey's voice.
 * In 2013, Quinton Flynn stepped down as the voice of Collin and Zane, with Matthew Mercer assuming his roles. Despite initial backlash from fans, they quickly warmed to the new voice.
 * Voices in One Room: Warner Bros. has favored this standard since its creators and voice director (initially Andrea Romano and then Collette Sunderman) believe it makes the characters' dialogue to sound more natural and realistic.
 * What Could Have Been:
 * Before setting on Collin, Oscar and Tadaki toyed with several concepts for the protagonist, including a British aviator who flies a WWI-styled plane, a feminine flower, an opossum (eventually became Tommy), a figure who looks like Abraham Lincoln with an axe, a TBD and a TBD.
 * After deciding on Collin, Oscar and Tadaki had a few concepts for the villain, including a parasitic hive mind, a vulture with flaming wings, TBD, TBD, TBD, TBD and TBD.
 * After deciding on Collin, Oscar and Tadaki had a few concepts for the villain, including a parasitic hive mind, a vulture with flaming wings, TBD, TBD, TBD, TBD and TBD.

YMMV

 * Abandon Shipping: when Courtnei and Jayden were first introduced, some fans started to play with the idea of pairing either with Collin or any other guy. However, that eventually was canned when the developers confirmed that there is indeed a thing going on between both of them.
 * Accidental Innuendo: TBD
 * Alternative Character Interpretation: TBD
 * Awesome Music: TBD
 * Banned in China: The franchise was banned in some countries where LGBT is considered a crime, most notably in several African and Middle Eastern countries (excluding some cases like South Africa and Israel).
 * Ironically, the franchise was not banned in Russia, despite its laws.
 * Base-Breaking Character:
 * Tommy is this since some fans find him completely annoying.
 * [Evelynn and Aurelie at times]
 * [Bryte for obvious reasons]
 * Fans (especially LGBT fans) loved Courtnei and Jayden due to being an example of a positive and natural same-sex relationship, yet there are fans who hate them since they think they're just added just to "push an agenda."
 * Best Known for the Fanservice: [related to the females]
 * Broken Base: TBD
 * Cargo Ship: TBD
 * Complete Monster: TBD
 * Crack Pairing:
 * [Tommy/Cooper]
 * [Gurkha/LIlia from TDP]
 * Crossover Ship:
 * There are some crossover pairings in the fandom like Collin/Ashton, Collin/Charlotte, Collin/Kitrina, Collin/Miranda, Collin/​Cassie Cage​, Collin/Jacqui Briggs, Trent/Kitrina, WesDragon/Gayle, TBD.
 * When asked about pairing Collin with either Cassie or Jacqui, Ed Boon replied that he'd better make Collin a DLC in Mortal Kombat 11 and implying that he might be frigthened for TBD.
 * For same-sex couples, there's Gurkha/​HueHue​, Aurelie/Kitrina, Evelynn/Charlotte, Collin/William Doxx, Collin/Tristan, Collin/Howler, WesDragon/Isiah, Aurelie/Cassie, TBD.
 * Ensemble Dark Horse:
 * Cooper and Tommy were one of the most popular characters in the franchise.
 * Gurkha became a very popular character thanks to Gurkha memes, especially to the meme community.
 * [the Avians]
 * Jack Kanoff became popular, mainly because of his name being an adult joke.
 * [Space Rangers, especially Triston, Alexis and Claudia]
 * [Moira]
 * Fan-Preferred Couple:
 * Collin/Aurelie.
 * Collin/Stacie.
 * Collin/Moira.
 * Bryte/Eli.
 * Bryte/Fang.
 * Fandom Rivalry:
 * Initially with Looney Tunes since the game series became popular around the same time as Warner Bros.' flagship franchise was being revitalized with modern takes and spin-offs such as Tiny Toon Adventures and Animaniacs as some fans feared that it would have Collin be more recognizable to children than Bugs Bunny, therefore being a lot more popular than him.
 * Looney Tunes fans also disagree that CtSB can be considered "Warner Bros.' counterpart to SpongeBob SquarePants", especially since both Looney Tunes and SpongeBob are comedic works while CtSB, despite having some comedic moments, is more serious and dramatic, being more accurate if compared with a more action-oriented Nicktoon such as Danny Phantom, and since Bugs Bunny is the mascot of Warner Bros. as a whole, including Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment, much like how SpongeBob is the mascot of Nickelodeon and, at some extent, Paramount Pictures and Viacom as a whole.
 * The CtSB fandom has a rather complicated relationship with the Sonic the Hedgehog one due to their similar premises and some even accusing of being a rip-off due to it as both sides TBD.
 * [GOM, TDP, Bailey, Howler, Fluke, Veronica and TSL at an initial phase]
 * After Warner Bros. acquired most of Midway Games' assets, a new rivalry showed up, this time with Mortal Kombat as TBD.
 * One Mortal Kombat fan even drew fanart of Scorpion tearing Collin in half.
 * CtSB fans didn't get along well with SpongeBob fans, especially those who keep calling the former "CollinBob SpeedyPants".
 * Some insane fans of CtSB hated Sajoedri, USA, mainly due to the Craig the Shitty Boy episode, therefore arguing with the Sajoedri fanbase.
 * [Birds of Prey for the Avians]
 * [Steven Universe because SJW fanbase]
 * Fanfic Fuel: TBD
 * Foe Yay Shipping:
 * Collin/Zane.
 * [Collin/Owl]
 * Fountain of Memes: TBD
 * Friendly Fandoms:
 * The rivalry with the Looney Tunes fandom didn't last so much since its fans eventually embraced Collin's potential and believed he's a great addition to the Warner Bros. catalog, especially since the company didn't have too much family-friendly franchises back then. That until Time Warner's merger with Turner in 1996 allowed Hanna-Barbera and Cartoon Network to join their family as well.
 * When Space Jam first came out, CtSB fans noticed [the new addition sharing the same voice and some traits with Evie].
 * [GOM, TDP, Bailey, Howler, Fluke, Veronica and TSL at a later phase]
 * [non-toxic Sonic fans]
 * Germans Love David Hasselhoff: aside from the United States and Canada, CtSB has a large following in several European countries (especially the United Kingdom and Ireland, France, Germany and Russia), Japan, South Korea, Australia and New Zealand.
 * Growing the Beard: although the game series had a steady start, most fans consider Collin Returns the moment it reached its prime thanks to introducing new elements such as turning Evelynn into Macaw, TBD.
 * Ho Yay Shipping:
 * [Evelynn/Aurelie]
 * [Wes/Trent]
 * [Courtnei/Jayden]
 * [Gurkha/Sharp]
 * Idiosyncratic Ship Naming: TBD
 * Launcher of a Thousand Ships: Collin has been shipped with a lot of characters, both inside and outside the CtSB franchise.
 * Memetic Badass: TBD
 * Memetic Mutation:
 * In April of 2019, there were various memes being made featuring Gurkha, including the "Look out, fool! Gurkha's heading after you!" video.
 * One example of a Gurkha meme was a Moto Moto parody video, with Gurkha as Gloria and HueHue from Victor and Valentino as Moto Moto.
 * Another example was a video with Gurkha acting like Swiper from Dora the Explorer, with Collin and Tommy saying "Gurkha no eating!", but before they could finish saying it the third and last time, Gurkha eats their heads off.
 * Yet, another example was an Instagram video of Gurkha snapping his fingers with the Infinity Gauntlet, causing Shaggy Rogers, Moto Moto, Shrek, Goku, and even Thanos to fade away from existence.
 * Another example is several fanmade drawings and videos of Gurkha dressed as Ricardo Milos while dancing at the sound of either DotA, U Got That or Dancin (Krono Remix).
 * As a variant of the Bowsette meme, some fans created a Rule 63 version of Gurkha named Gurkhette as he turns into a beautiful blue-haired woman with a velociraptor tail and TBD.
 * [Tommy-related]
 * [Tommy doing a Rigby-like angry face]
 * Collin's creepy face from Girls of a Feather became a meme around the late 2000s to early 2010s, with some members of the meme community comparing it to SpongeBob's ugly face in Whatever Happened to SpongeBob?. In 2019, memes about it have been revived.
 * By the time The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius was airing on Nickelodeon, CtSB fans started spoofing the DNA Productions logo with Bryte replacing Paul.
 * As soon YouTube was launched, CtSB fans started making animated versions of it.
 * [Claudia from Space Rangers]
 * Not even Bryte was safe from the Bowsette fever as some fans turned her into a humanized version of herself named Brytette as TBD.
 * [YouTube Poops]
 * The GoAnimate/Vyond community made infamous grounded videos of Bryte, Elefish King, Gurkha and Sharp, and other villains, with some moments becoming memes.
 * [JoJo's Bizarre Adventure memes]
 * [hyper-realistic cringy Collin based on the original version of movie's Sonic]
 * Memetic Molester:
 * [Gurkha]
 * [Bryte]
 * [Collin himself]
 * [Moira]
 * Memetic Psychopath: After memes of Collin's creepy face from Collin the Speedy Boy: Full Speed resurfaced in 2019, TBD
 * Mis-blamed: TBD
 * No Yay:
 * Collin/Bryte due to the fact it crosses as zoophilia.
 * [Collin/Gurkha for similar reasons]
 * Ship Mates: Collin/Evelynn shippers commonly ship Cooper/Abygal, WesDragon/Sara, Trent/Maddie and Courtnei/Jayden as well.
 * Same can be said for Collin/Aurelie fans.
 * Ship-to-Ship Combat: TBD
 * One True Threesome:
 * Collin/Evelynn/Aurelie.
 * Bryte/Eli/Fang.
 * Portmanteau Couple Name:
 * Collynn (Collin/Evelynn).
 * Jaydnei (Courtnei/Jayden).
 * We're Still Relevant, Dammit!: [everytime they do a reference to trends and memes from the time they're on]
 * What Do You Mean, It's For Kids?: TBD
 * X Meets Y: The Flash meets Sonic the Hedgehog meets Mario.
 * Bryte/Eli/Fang.
 * Portmanteau Couple Name:
 * Collynn (Collin/Evelynn).
 * Jaydnei (Courtnei/Jayden).
 * We're Still Relevant, Dammit!: [everytime they do a reference to trends and memes from the time they're on]
 * What Do You Mean, It's For Kids?: TBD
 * X Meets Y: The Flash meets Sonic the Hedgehog meets Mario.
 * X Meets Y: The Flash meets Sonic the Hedgehog meets Mario.

WMG

 * The whole franchise was a whole story made up by Collin himself. While people like Evelynn, Tommy, Cooper, Trent and Wesley do exist in real life, others like Flappy, Voodoo, Bryte, Gurkha and Sharp are entirely fictional.
 * Everything that happened in the franchise is a result of a coma Collin Brady is in.
 * Zane is actually Collin from a dimension where everything TBD.

Funny

 * Tommy, Goof, and occasionally Trent and WesDragon are often seen as comic relieves of this franchise.

Nightmare Fuel

 * Ziles' appearance can be terrifying to viewers.