Carla's Intergalactic Life/Tropes

The Face Paint World Life is an American animated series created by Diana Uhlman, aired from 2001 til 2007. This page shows the tropes for the show.

Tropes

 * [Trope related to Alexis's nonsensical stuff like intelligent imbecile and witch making pizza]
 * Absurd Fear:
 * Maddie has a weird fear of tacos, as revealed in TBD.
 * Alexis has fears of hedgehogs, porcupines and peppers.
 * Gerrett has a fear of cacti, as mentioned by himself in TBD.
 * Collin has a fear of something spicy, but conquered it in the same episode.
 * Animal Companion: Matthew and Luna to Collin and Alexis, respectively.
 * Awesome Art: Diana's outstanding animation and art-style makes it stand out.
 * Cloudcuckoolander: Alexis and Gerrett at times.
 * Dream Walker: Maddie in Dream Maddies.
 * Dumbass Has a Point: [both Alexis and Gerrett (at times)]
 * Dumb, but Diligent: Alexis has some pretty intelligent moments despite her stupidity. Heck, she can solve simple math problems and can spell without any problems.
 * Getting Crap Past the Radar: Where do we begin...?
 * TBD
 * Girly Girl: Maddie and Alexis.
 * Likes Older Men: Both Maddie and Alexis have feelings for Collin, however, Maddie and Alexis are 15 and 14 respectively as Collin is 17, 2 years (and 3 years in Lexis's case) older than both of them.
 * Mis-Matched Eyes: Alexis and Skye has them.
 * Not Allowed to Grow Up: The characters will be staying in their age regardless of any canon.
 * One True Threesome: Some fans have a solution to the ship fight, and they ship Collin, Maddie and Alexis together.
 * Official Couple: Matthew and Luna
 * Parody:
 * Jemmings is a parody of Lemmings.
 * Spark the Dragon is a parody of Spyro the Dragon, but unlike him, he is a bad guy.
 * Portmanteau Couple Name:
 * Colladdie (Collin/Maddie)
 * Collexis (Collin/Alexis)
 * Colye (Collin/Skye)
 * Mattuna (Matthew/Luna)
 * Red Oni, Blue Oni: Collin is a stubborn Red Oni, while Maddie is cheerful Blue Oni.
 * Ship Tease: Both Maddie and Alexis flirt with Collin at times, but it seems that Collin and Maddie is likely to be the couple that could be official. Hints are shown below:
 * TBD.
 * Skirts, Dresses and Gowns: Obviously females due to them being Face Paints.
 * Take That!: TBD.
 * The Ditz: Maddie and Alexis.
 * The Shout-Out:
 * In TBD, Collin mimicked Mickey Mouse.
 * In It's The Spooky Night two parters, Collin is dressed as Bear from Bear in the Big Blue House.
 * [Ideas?]

Trivia

 * Revival: The upcoming Disney+ 2021 film.
 * The Character Ice Cream Bar: Maddie gained one, being wild berry and cherry flavored with her Gumball eyes being blue, it is being made by Blue Bunny.
 * Video Game: They gained a point and click PC game and a console video game in 2003.
 * What Could Have Been:
 * The series was planned to have an earlier 2001 release date, but due to schedule conflicts, it was moved to November 2001.
 * Matthew is originally going to be called Catnips, but was soon changed to the name used today.
 * Matthew was originally conceived as a female cat named Destiny.
 * [reserved for Green]

YMMV

 * Essemble Dark Horse: 
 * Matthew is considered the most popular character of the series to date.
 * Alexis Doll gained popularity as well, tied with Maddie as the most popular humanoid character in the series.
 * Along with Alexis, Maddie is tied as a most popular humanoid character in the series.
 * The Jemmings gained popularity, especially those who liked Lemmings.
 * Ms. Fanservice:
 * Maddie, due to being a pretty character.
 * Alexis, due to her appearance and her stupidity.
 * Luna, due to her appearance.
 * Fandom Rivalry:
 * The Tales of the Paintders and this fanbase does not get along very well, due to a crazy fan calling Paintders "too girly".
 * [Steven Universe, due to its fanbase being extremely toxic]
 * Fans of The Face Paint World Life does not enjoy The Nutshack for obvious reasons.
 * Fans of this does not like the The Powerpuff Girls 2016 reboot for obvious reasons.
 * [inside the fandom, related to Collin/Maddie, Collin/Skye and Collin/Alexis shipping war]
 * [some Looney Tunes fans, due to Collin-Bugs meme]
 * [Ideas?]
 * Fan Nickname:
 * Gerrett is often referred by fans as "Tommy, but as a ferret" and even "Disney's Tommy".
 * The series is often referred to by fans as Disney's Animal Crossing, but with Face Paints due to the fact the main character is a human, and the rest of the humanoid characters are Face Paints.
 * Fans often referred to Collin as either "Bugs Human" or Collbugs", due to the fact that Jeff Bergman provides voices for both of him and Bugs.
 * Fan-Preferred Shipping:
 * Many fans of the series ship Collin x Maddie, but there are fans that ship Collin x Alexis. However, some fans started shipping Collin x Skye as well since her introduction.
 * Friendly Fandoms:
 * Fans of this and Myth of the Monkey King have a rather healthy relationship, therefore getting along with each other.
 * [Velocity?]
 * Fans of Lemmings get along well with the show's fan, mainly due to the Jemmings.
 * Fans of Mickey Mouse get along well with TFPWL, mainly since Disney owns both of them.
 * Fans of this and Animal Crossing has a rather healthy relationship.
 * Many fandoms of Disney Channel shows such as Kim Possible, Lilo and Stitch: The Series, Brandy and Mr. Whiskers, American Dragon Jake Long, Phineas and Ferb/Milo Murphy's Law, Gravity Falls, Wander Over Yonder, Amphibia and Ocean Depths get along well with this fandom.
 * Fans of The Face Paint'nimal Gang has a rather healthy relationship with the show.
 * [Stanley, the Playhouse Disney show... for lulz?]
 * [Kodiak, reserved for Green]
 * [some Looney Tunes fans]
 * [The Reds?]
 * [Bailey, since Uhlman now runs the series since 2020]
 * Memetic Mutation:
 * The extremely weird face Matthew makes in The Strange Dimension has become a meme since 2016.
 * The Jemmings has become a meme since 2018, being used in the similar style as Big Chungus.
 * Additionally, hacks of Lemmings, with the Lemmings being replaced with the Jemmings are now a thing.
 * Ship-to-Ship Combat: Fans argue when it comes to betting that Collin x Maddie or Collin x Alexis are a better couple.
 * Since her debut, some fans started to ship Collin x Skye, joining the shipping rivalry.
 * X Meets Y: The Face Paints meets Animal Crossing.
 * X Meets Y: The Face Paints meets Animal Crossing.

Funny

 * Both Alexis, Gerrett and Matthew are actually comic reliefs.
 * [reserved for Green]
 * Moments where Maddie's fear of tacos is hilarious to viewers. Same with Alexis's fears.

Tear Jerker

 * Alexis saying her tearful goodbye to Synla can make some viewers cry.

Heartwarming

 * Cute moments with Collin and Maddie can be heartwarming at times.

Nightmare Fuel

 * Drackus's appearance can scare some viewers, especially younger ones.