Split (TV series)/Tropes

Tropes for Split

 * Actor Allusion: Kevin Conroy and Diedrich Bader, both of whom are known for playing Batman, voice a couple of bat-detectives. Additionally, Roger Craig Smith voices their transport; he voiced both Batman and Sonic the Hedgehog. And if that wasn't enough, Troy Baker, who also voices Batman, voices their police chief.
 * Adorkable: Elizabeth is pretty much a curious and nerdy bundle of joy.
 * Art Shift: For the final shot in episode 3, the animation changes from the series' hand-drawn style to the flash animation of Teen Titans Go!.
 * Celebrity Voice Actor: Averted. Most of the voice cast is composed of long-time voice actors such as Candi Milo and Phil LaMarr
 * Company Cross References:
 * One of the Earth toys Julie gives to Elizabeth is a Garnet action figure.
 * In episode 1, Marie uses the Fred Flinstone method of bowling.
 * Among Anne's childhood memories are an Ice King figure, an Scooby-Doo plush toy, an Snagglepuss toy, and action figures of Dee Dee Sykes in her SCOOB! design and Hadji Singh in his Jellystone! design.
 * At one point, Marie defeats a magic monster by using a levitation spell to fky over a canyon, while the enraged beast tries to attack her onky to realize he's not standing over anything, ála Wile E. Coyote.
 * A Halloween episode shows two girls dressed as Harley Quinn and Poison Ivy.
 * During a wide shot for a science fair, the Iron Giant cwn be seen as a science project.
 * In a Magitech arcade, a game named "Quest for Camelot" can be seen.
 * Migo and Mechee from Smallfoot appear in the Magitech world.
 * A LEGO set of Unikitty can be spotted in a Los Angeles store.
 * One of the pet shops in Los Angeles is named "Pebbles". In another pet store, Scrappy-Doo, Charlie Dog, and Tom can be seen as potential pets.
 * Several characters from Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends make cameos in billboards or as toys.
 * Creator's Oddball: This is the first time since 2014 that Sam Liu worked on a non-DC project.
 * Deconstruction: Of the "reunite divorced parents" plots. Unlike many other shows, where they overcome their issues and get back together, they only bring them to the fore, almost make things worse, and, in the end, the couple remains divorced.
 * Expy: Elizabeth is pretty much a female Gus.
 * Heartwarming Moments: None of the girls were planned to be born, yet their relationship with their parents could easily tell you otherwise.
 * I Want You To Meet A Friend of Mine: Candi Milo and Janice Kawaye reunite after Nickelodeon's My Life as a Teenage Robot.
 * Lighter and Softer: While still emotionally heavy, Split is far more lighthearted than Terrace's last work as a showrunner, The Owl House.
 * Nightmare Fuel: What else to expect from people who worked on The Owl House and Amphibia?
 * The episode "Missing" reeks with Adult Fear. Little Julie is walking around the street, separated from her mother, when she suddenly sees gang members commiting a crime. Not wanting to get exposed, the gang kidnaps her and threatens to kill her. Any parent watching must have been terrified of such sight.
 * The gang leader herdelf is quite scary, being a sadistic Card-Carrying Villain who sees no trouble with killing kids.
 * Jerome can be quite scary. He's pretty much an intelligent dinosaur from Jurassic Park.
 * Power Inconstency: Julie's young age means she has troubles controlling her powrrs from her mother's side. And while Anne has a better hang on them, she still shows troubles from time to time.
 * Production Posee: Most of the team was brought back by Dana Terrace from Disney's The Owl House, such as executive producer Sabrina Coutgno and composer T.J. Hill. Matt Brasly and Rebbeca Sugar also brought back some of their own collaborators from Amphibia and Steven Universe, respectively,
 * Recurring Gag: The fact that every police officer is voiced by a Batman voice actor.
 * Shown Their Work: The series was lauded particularly by how realistic divorce is potrayed, particularly with how children react to divorce.
 * Stepford Smiler: Marie shows signs of being one to some extent, as the struggles of single motherhood come to fore.
 * Surprisingly Realistic Outcome:
 * While the two indeed went througth divorce, Marie and Bob's meetings are awkward rather than full of rage or tension. Not all divorced couples break up out of anger. Sometimes things just don't work out.
 * The girls' attempt througth the season to reunite her parents, which fails spectacularly. After all, if people break up, they do for a reason.
 * Take That!: In episode 3, Marie tries to take care of a missile by transporting it to... the world of Teen Titans Go!.
 * Tearjerker: The very premise of the series, a family that was split and how they struggle with that.
 * The first episode has Julie asking Marie if she hates Bob. If that won't break your heart, nothing will.
 * Visual Pun: Alive is a female dog-like creature with a rich background; in other words, she's a Rich Bitch.

Tropes for Lizzie

 * Awesome Moments: Elizabeth finally starts to overcome her insecurities and uses a spell tp trap the raging Florence befire she can hurt her mothers.
 * Catharsis Factor: After a season of being a smug homophic bitch, Florence brimg arrested under charges of repeated physical aggression is very satisfyimg.
 * Double so for fans of El Chavo del Ocho who are aware of Florence being an Exoy of Doña Florinda, as it makes this the closest to seeing Doña Florinda fafing the consequences of her actions.
 * Deconstruction: According to Dana Terrace, Florence is meant to be a deconstruction of the character of Doña Florinda from El Chavo del Ocho. Much like Doña Florinda, Florence sees herself as of a higher moral and social status, is smug towards everyone, spoils her son rotten, and tends to beat up everyone who makes her mad. Unlike Florinda, who remained a Karma Houidini for the entire show, Florence is treated with disgust by her neighbors at best, her son ends up an irrespectful Jerkass, and her violent habits eventually gets her in trouble with the law. Also, unlike Doña Florinda, Florence lacks a romantic interest due to her smug and condescending actitude towards the rest. The series also shows how having someone who beats up people due to being angry as neighbor is actually terrifying, with the season finale, where she agtempts to beat up Elizabeth and her family, playing up like a horror movie.
 * Everyone Has Standards: Steve may be an unbeareable Jerkass, but the moment he finds out how his mother has been beaten up people, he's horrified.
 * Has Two Mommies: The series marks the official debut of Elizabeth's mothers.
 * Nightmare Fuel: As noted above, the series, througth Florence, deconstructs Doña Florinda's habit of beating people when mad as actually terrifying. And boy, does it do a good job.
 * For starters, when somebody begins laughing at her only to discover she's noticing that, El Chavo tended to plsy that for laughs. This show, on the ogher hand, shows how utterly bone-chilling it is to mock someone with the will, temper, and strength to beat you to a pulp only to discover they heard you.
 * The first episode finishes with Florence beating up somebody for taking her child's toy, without letying the individual explsin themselves, resulting in a beat-up. Typical Chavo situation, right? No! This time, we get to see the beat up, and its horrifying. It looks more like something that Batman would do instead of an Expy of a character from a comedy show. Jeez, no wonder Don Ramon was so scared of Doña Florinda.
 * The season finale gives a reqlistic look to all those scenes where Doña Florinda pursues and severely beats up Don Ramon, and is terrifyimg as hell. When Elizabeth's mothers hide in their home, Florence begins to angrily beat the door, almost making her seem like a demon. And when she does enter the house and tries to find the family, the whole sequence seems out of The Shining. And then the actual chase begins. Imagine this, you mildly offended someone, and for that said person wants to beat you until you end in the hospital, and, when you run, begins to chaee you with such as speed she seems like a predatory animal.
 * One of her most scary moments is when Florence uses a spell to tie Elizabeth to a tube within the attic, and then she tells her how she'll "teach" her mothers to respect that. Repeat, a child was tied by a raging lunatic who taunts her that she'll physically attack her mothers. Not only that, but the red light shining througth the room almost makes her seem devil-like.
 * Obnoxious Entitled Housewife: Florence treats everyone like utter shit yet demands respect from them like she deserves it. and feels completly justified in using physical violence against people who do nothing as bump towards her. This gets to the point that, when the police arrive to arrest her for attacking Elizabeth's family, she believes they are the ones getting arrested for calling her mean.
 * Politically Incorrect Villain: Florence, aside from being a Jerkass, is also rather homophobic.
 * Role Reprise: Candi Milo, Grey DeLisle, Kevin Conroy, and Diedrich Bader repruse their roles from Split.
 * Sequel Scalation: Inverted. This series has a Slice-of-Life focus, contrasting its serialized-if-mudane predecesor.
 * Surprisingly Realistic Outcome: An episode has Florence trying to fill a restriction order against Elizabeth's family. However, she not only did this because she wanted them away merely due to disliking them, but the officers in charge investugated her behavior and found out that she is the cause of their conflicts. As a result, the order is denied.
 * Tearjerker: It is clear througth the series that Elizabeth has long-term self-steem issues, doybting herself on rather mundane skills several times. Thankfully, she overcomes this througth the first season.
 * Talking to Themselves: Grey DeLisle voices both Julie and Florence.