Colin in the New World/Tropes

Colin in the New World is an Japanese-American video game series published by Namco since 1989. This page shows the tropes.

Tropes

 * 20 Minutes into the Future: Kinda. While the franchise has its start in 1989, the franchise is set in the year 1999, though it was not known until its confirmation in the 2004 press release, although it is not too different from the real world aside from the Infinitum.
 * Absurd Phobia:
 * The dinosaurs fear the Muds, especially Cecilie.
 * In TBD, it is revealed that Amanda has a very weird and goofy fear of hamsters and guiena pigs.
 * It is revealed that Samantha is pretty much scared of plushies and stuffed animals.
 * Alpha Bitch: Zoey is this, except for when she is around Colin.
 * Arch-Enemy: Colin and Amanda are each other's.
 * Breakout Character:
 * Penelope falls to this category. She started off as a minor character, before she became popular during the 2000s, and finally getting to the point where she gets her own series.
 * Clockcuckooland: The Infinitum can tend to make no sense.
 * Comic-Book Time: The characters don't age, regardless of what media and installment they are in.
 * Cry Cute: Alexis.
 * Dark Action Girl: Amanda, with or without weapon, is a badass fighter.
 * Dark World: The Terrifying World is this.
 * Darker and Edgier: This franchise tends to go to this route at times, especially Colin in the Terrifying World.
 * Evil is Sexy: Depending on the views, Amanda can fall at this instead of being feared.
 * Femme Fatale Despite being an arch-nemesis to Colin, Amanda does have feelings for Colin, even if she knows he has Delaney.
 * Cecilie also falls for this trope.
 * Gender Bender: Colin turns into Christine whenever he goes into Lovely Kingdom.
 * Hate Sink: Zoey was made to be unlikable on purpose by the creators and Namco.
 * Heterochromia: Alexis has these.
 * Jerk With a Heart of Gold: Samantha, despite being a spoiled whiny brat while caring about her looks, deeply cares about Colin and the other gang, willing to keep them safe if possible.
 * Laughably Evil: Zoey with all of her usual fails and comeuppances, it can make people laugh.
 * Magical Barefooter: Amanda doesn't wear any shoes, but is granted magic due to the shadows from the Shadow Kingdom as well as the magic from her weapon.
 * Despite now wearing shoes, it's revealed that Amanda still has magical abilities and will use them when she feels it's a good time to use it.
 * Not Allowed to Grow Up: The characters stay in their current age, regardless of the installment of the series and time going by.
 * Official Couple: Colin and Delaney since TBD, and eventually Amanda joined in dating Colin as well.
 * Origins Episode: Both the 1999 and upcoming 2024 movies, even if the former was considered non-canon due to the negative reviews.
 * Shorttank: Delaney, Amanda (kind of), Ruby and Braelynn both wear this.
 * Skirts, Dresses and Gowns: Alexis, Samantha, Zoey, Allison, Julianna, Vanilla, Carla, Amanda, Amethyst, Ruby, Braelynn, Bunny, Melina and Cecilie wear these.
 * Slapstick: The games, including T-rated games at times, and media does tend to include cartoony slapstick violence.
 * Stalker With a Crush: Zoey is this to Colin, creeping up on him 24/7, and according to Colin, she even smelled his hair one time and even took a picture of him without his knowledge.
 * The Dreaded:
 * Amanda is this to all kingdoms. Even the scary ones like the Outlands Kingdom and the Spooky Kingdom fear her.
 * The Muds are feared by dinosaurs except for Vector.
 * Tomboy with a Girly Streak: While Delaney likes to skateboard and do boy stuff, she does tend to enjoy wearing skirts and dresses as well as previously a cheerleader during her teenage years according to Colin.
 * Where the Hell Is Springfield?: Mainsburrough is located somewhere in the United States, and is still not known which specific state it is in.

Nightmare Fuel

 * The citizens at Outlands Kingdom can scare viewers.
 * The creatures at the Terrifying World, including Grinsley, while kinda cute, can scare some sensitive viewers.

Funny

 * The Dinosaurs being scared of the Muds can make people laugh.
 * Depending on your view, Zoey stalking Colin can be funny.

Trivia

 * Big Name Fan:
 * The creator of Adventure Time, Pendleton Ward, stated that he is a huge fan of the Colin in the New World series. He also reveals that he actually enjoyed the CiTNW series during his whole childhood.
 * When he was announced to be a director for the upcoming 2024 film, he called the moment "His dream come true".
 * Craig McCracken, the creator of The Powerpuff Girls (the 1998 OG one), is revealed to be a fan of the Colin in the New World series, even created some comics based on it.
 * Cash-Cow Franchise: Of course, being famous, it is one of Bandai Namco's cash-cow franchises, spawning spin-offs, television cartoons and even two theatrical movies.
 * God Does Not Own the World: Despite Yokota Masayuki originally creating the series, the rights are being owned by Bandai Namco Entertainment.
 * The media-exclusive characters (plus those that debuted in comics that would appear in other media) are also owned by Bandai Namco Entertainment, and even the creator reveals there is a chance they might appear in the games.
 * The Character Ice Cream Bar: Colin himself has one, being shaped like Colin's head with brown gumball eyes. He is blue-raspberry and strawberry flavored, and has started selling in late 90s/early 2000s and is still selling today.
 * What Could Have Been: It has a lot of examples, it has its own page.

YMMV

 * Crossover Pairings:
 * Colin x Lacey (Colcey)
 * Ensemble Dark Horse:
 * Fly himself has become a pretty popular
 * Zoey, despite being hated, does have fans and she falls to the So Bad, It's Good category, and there are fans that find her stalking Colin entertaining and funny.
 * Julianna has become pretty popular within the CiTNW fans, so much so she had several issues dedicated to her.
 * Penelope has also become pretty popular.
 * Fandom Rivalry:
 * While non-toxic fans of Sonic get along with the CiTNW fans really well, toxic fans of Sonic has a huge flame war with the CiTNW fans.
 * Fan-Preferred Couple: Half of fans shipped Colin and Delaney while half shipped Colin and Amanda. However, as the former became canon, the latter faded into obscurity until in recent years, thanks to a meme, the latter was bought back and eventually Amanda was shipped with the two canonically sometime after Lurking Out.
 * Friendly Fandoms:
 * Pac-Man fans have a rather healthy relationship with the Colin in the New World fanbase, even calling the latter "Namco's second mascot".
 * Fans of this and The Goth and Her Eclipse Sword have a rather strong healthy relationship with each other and gets along.
 * Despite its toxicity, non-toxic Sonic the Hedgehog fans have a pretty good relationship with the Colin in the New World fanbase, and vice-versa.
 * [Adventure Time and The Midnight Gospel, for Jon]
 * [other Namco franchises]
 * [Colin Crew franchises]
 * Germans Love David Hasselhoff: In addition to its native place in Japan where it's popular, the series is also very popular in the follow countries.
 * The series is very popular in North America, in par with Nintendo's Mario and SEGA's Sonic.
 * The series is also shown to be pretty popular in the United Kingdom, even to the point where Colin's Tales in the New World was ranked #1 in the television charts when it first premeired in that country and some games even ranked #1 in the Video Game Charts in the United Kingdom.
 * The franchise also is popular in Australia and New Zealand, even to the point of one of the games ranking #1 in the video game sales in Australia and New Zealand video game sales chart.
 * Vindicated by History: The series has a fair share of commercial failure games with positive feedback.
 * The prime example is with Colin in the Terrifying World where, while it had mixed reviews but positive fan reception, flopped in terms of sales and faded into obscurity as time went on. However, in the recent years, it became a cult classic.