Camp Gratitude/Tropes

Camp Gratitude is an American animated adventure-comedy television series, being created by TBD. The series was produced by TBA and premiered on May 15, 2021 on HBO Max and Cartoon Network.

The series follows the adventures of 5 teenagers as they attend Camp Unitas for the summer, exploring the forest and hanging out at the camp with the counselors and the other campers.

Contains examples of

 * Five Man Band
 * The Leader / The Smart Guy: Jasper Reed
 * The Lancer: Jamal Humphrey
 * The Smart Girl: Cordelia Murphy
 * The Big Guy: Jack Oakstone
 * The Chick: Riya Odom, Cordelia Murphy, and Hesperia Blodwynne
 * Extreme Omnivore: Riya Odom is the Unpicky Eater type even though she is careful on what she eats.
 * Bizarre Taste In Food: Riya Odom will eat anything she can think of eating.
 * Dreadlock Rasta: Jamal Humphrey is an aspiring Jamaican-American musician.
 * Camp Chef: Alisha Fisher is this
 * Gender-Bent Alternative Universe: In "Gender Bender" The gang meets their gender bent selves.
 * Supreme Chef: Alisha Fisher is a very great cook, although she can get a bit too creative with her dishes.
 * Spoiled Sweet: Hayden Bluebell is this, The cast is believed that she is the Alpha Bitch but she's doing this because she is believed that, Jasper encouraged her to be herself. This opposed to Rikki's Spolied Brat Persona. Mikaela Starks, the daughter of Javion Starks, counts to this trope too.
 * Perky Goth: Hesperia Blodwynne, she puts the fun in creepy.
 * Teeth-Clenched Teamwork: When the Unitas and Triumph campers are forced to work together, it starts this way because they are rivals (although Scarlett is an exception), But Scarlett and Jasper inspires them with a Rousing Speech, not only inspiring them to work together but making a merger at the end of Season 3.
 * Spoiled Brat: Rikki Truax has been this her whole life!
 * First Father Wins: Indigo stays with her more caring father, who send her to camp to make new friends.
 * Ship Tease: This is the list as it follows:
 * Jasper/Indigo
 * Jamal/Riya
 * Jack/Scarlett
 * Jade/Alisha
 * Ken/Adrianne
 * Laser Guided Karma: OH MAN, did Rikki get some! She got arrested for planning to buy out the camps with the help of a businessman, her campers turned against her, got dumped by her ex-husband, and lost rights to Camp Triumph.
 * Prejudice Aesop: In A Very Special Episode of Camp Gratitude, Jamal and the gang helps a kid who s angry about the prejudice that Black people endured and wanting to take revenge on them, Jamal encourages him that even though there's always prejudice in the world, it is worth fighting for hope.
 * Silent Credits: "The Black Truth", a episode dealing with racism and with a message of hope for better times ahead, ends with this alongside a memoriam of Breonna Taylor and George Floyd. Even the Cartoon Network logo is silent.
 * This also happens in the end of "The Forbidden Part", when it is revealed that Hollow will be returning soon, the credits play with leaves bristling.
 * A Very Special Episode: "The Black Truth" is an episode that deals with racism and bigotry and also hope for better times ahead, it is considered one of the emotional episodes of the series.
 * Big Bad: Hollow is this, as much of a deadly and dangerous threat he is, there's no wonder he's a dangerous being to be reckoned with (Even Rikki wouldn't have fit this trope)
 * Psycho Ex-Girlfriend: More like Psycho Ex-Wife, this is what Rikki is.
 * Our Demons are Different: Hollow is a forest demon who have been alive for 1000 years, he is an Eldritch Abomination that isn't to be reckoned with.
 * Near-Death Experience: Jasper nearly dies in "Hollow's Return", but Indigo's love (and some CPR) for him revives him in time.
 * Tainted Veins: Jasper gets this in "Hollow's Return" as Hollow poisons him with his darkness. they disappear near the end of the episode as the effects of Hollow's destruction is reversed
 * Empty Eyes: Jasper get this when he nearly dies in "Hollow's Return"
 * Barbarian Tribe: Miko's tribe is this.
 * World-Healing Wave: Near the end of "Hollow's Return", after Hollow has been defeated, the damage that he has done reversed to what they were before what happened, even Jasper's poisoning.
 * Gasp Of Life: Jasper does this after getting revived after Hollow's damage has been reversed.
 * CPR: Clean, Pretty, Reliable: Indigo perform this to try to revive Jasper from his poisoning, it did not work but thankfully the poisoning is reversed and Jasper is brought back.
 * Bigfoot, Sasquatch and Yeti: Bucky, Clove, and Mango are a species of Sasquatches.
 * Growling Gut: Jamal gets this in "Jamal's Stomachache" due to stomachache.
 * Summer Campy: The setting takes place in Camp Unitas but the campers and counselors make the most of their time there.
 * Art Shift: This happens most of the time, like when Jasper dreams a Indiana Jones-esque dream.
 * Tree Top World / Tree Top Town: The forest that Camp Unitas asides in is home to many of mysterious creatures.
 * Camping Episode: Come on! The whole series is a camping episode!
 * Quirky Town: Timberville is this, with it's mysterious stories and neat things to do.
 * Finale Movie/Big Damn Movie: Camp Gratitude: The Big Adventure Movie involved the campers and staff trying to save the camp from a Corrupt Corporate Executive trying to destroy the WHOLE Camp Grounds (With the help of Rikki, who escaped prison thanks to him).
 * Face-Heel Turn/Deal with the Devil: After the campers walk out on him after they find out he summoned Hollow, Javion accepts Hollow's deal out of spite and revenge.
 * Changed My Mind, Kid: The campers angrily leaves behind Javion after they found out he summoned Hollow and leave to the woods (With the others following them). After a Armor Piercing Question by Jade, they realized they misunderstood him as he summoned him by accident and not on purpose, but as they went back to apologize, it was too late as Javion accepted Hollow's deal.
 * "I Know You're In There Somewhere" Fight: Jasper does this to Javion to get him out of Hollow's control, adding an apology along with it.
 * Walking Wasteland: Hollow often uses this power
 * Special Edition Title:
 * At the end of "The Black Truth", the credits play without any music, symbolizing the importance of the episode
 * The Christmas and Halloween specials plays with intro remixed in their respective holidays
 * At the end of "The Forbidden Part", the credits play with the sounds of leaves bristling, hinting Hollow's return
 * The end of "Camp-anniversary ", the credits play with a darker version of the theme, symbolizing Hollow's return and the destruction of Timberville
 * In "Hollow's Return", The theme is replaced with a cinematic-like opening of Jasper and the campers facing Hollow, the animation was done by Mercury Filmworks.
 * Darker and Edgier: "Hollow's Return", Hoo boy where do we start? Hollow destroying Timberville, Jasper being put in a Life-threatening situation AND dying on-screen, everyone's life being at stake, and Hollow threatening to kill the world. This may be the darkest episode of the series.
 * Guest Strip: This happens every now and then, some examples being in "Camping Dreams" and "Hollow's Return"
 * What the Hell, Hero: Javion gets called out for summoning Hollow.
 * Literally Shattered Lives: This happens to Hollow after he is defeated.