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.
 * Anvil on Head: TBD.
 * Awesome Art: Diana's outstanding animation and art-style makes it stand out.
 * Cloudcuckoolander: Alexis and Gerrett at times.
 * Cry Cute: Female characters, especially Maddie and Alexis.
 * Dream Walker: Maddie in Dream Maddies.
 * Dumbass Has a Point: Alexis and Gerrett (at times) had these moments throughout the show.
 * 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.
 * Fictional Holiday: Fest of Paint.
 * Getting Crap Past the Radar: Even TV-G shows has adult jokes. Where do we begin...?
 * [reserved for Green]
 * In the episode, Atomic Kaitlyn, Gerrett tells Kaitlyn to name her team "Awesome Stunting Superheroes". It is a dumb name, but look at the beginning of each words (it is ASS).
 * In TBD, Collin gets angry and then starts swearing in rage. This was obviously censored to make it family friendly.
 * 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. Makes since as they are sisters.
 * 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.
 * The Cost is Correct is the parody of The Price is Right.
 * [Wheel of Fortune parody]
 * Portmanteau Couple Name: This does include fanon shippings for all of the Collin shippings.
 * Colladdie (Collin/Maddie)
 * Collexis (Collin/Alexis)
 * Collyan (Collin/Lillyan)
 * Colye (Collin/Skye)
 * Collyn (Collin/Kaitlyn)
 * Colstal (Collin/Crystal)
 * Mattuna (Matthew/Luna)
 * Red Oni, Blue Oni: Collin is a stubborn Red Oni, while Maddie is cheerful Blue Oni.
 * Running Gag: You can't have a show without running gags.
 * TBD
 * 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.
 * Show Within the Show: The Cost is Correct and [Wheel of Fortune parody]
 * Sick Episode: Doctor Matthew
 * Skirts, Dresses and Gowns: Obviously females due to them being Face Paints.
 * Slapstick: The show has moments of slapstick.
 * 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?]
 * You Mean "Xmas"?: Of course The Face Paint World have similar holiday, albeit with different name.
 * Christmas is called Wintermas
 * Easter is called Egg Day.
 * You Mean "Xmas"?: Of course The Face Paint World have similar holiday, albeit with different name.
 * Christmas is called Wintermas
 * Easter is called Egg Day.

Trivia

 * Comic-Book Adaption: The series has one since 2019.
 * Dawson Casting: Kids and teenagers are voiced by adult actors.
 * God Does Not Own This World: While being created by Diana Uhlman, The Walt Disney Company owns the full rights to the series, therefore they own the rights to the characters and Summerheart City.
 * 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, and a game for Game Boy Advance in 2005.
 * 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.
 * There were plans to have Kaitlyn Beach join the main characters cast, but fearing that the series would start to suck with her as one of the mains, Diana stated that it would be better if she was part of supporting characters instead, and so they sticked to that.
 * Originally, Disney had plans for a theatrical The Face Paint World Life movie that would have served as a de facto series finale to the series, but it was sadly scrapped.
 * [reserved for Green]
 * [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.
 * [Gerrett]
 * [Lillyan]
 * While not as popular as Maddie or Alexis, Kaitlyn Beach has got enough popularity to be on the list of popular TFPWL characters.
 * [Crystal]
 * [Quincy]
 * [Collin]
 * Ms. Fanservice:
 * Maddie, due to being a pretty character.
 * Alexis, due to her appearance and her stupidity.
 * Luna, due to her appearance.
 * Kaitlyn Beach, due to her prettiness.
 * 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".
 * Fans of this and Steven Universe aren't very friendly with each other, mainly due to the latter's fanbase being 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, Collin/Kaitlyn, Collin/Lillyan, Collin/Crystal 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, Collin x Crystal, Collin x Lillyan and even Collin x Kaitlyn as well since their introduction.
 * Friendly Fandoms:
 * Fans of this and Myth of the Monkey King have a rather healthy relationship, therefore getting along with each other.
 * [Velocity?]
 * [PPG]
 * 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, The Owl House and Ocean Depths get along well with this fandom.
 * Fans of The Face Paint'nimal Gang has a rather healthy relationship with the show.
 * [Bear in the Big Blue House, due to Collin dressing as him in It's a Spooky Night]
 * [Stanley, the Playhouse Disney show... for lulz?]
 * [Fluke]
 * [Kodiak, reserved for Green]
 * Despite some fans hating on the series due to the Collin-Bugs joke, there are fans of Looney Tunes that actually enjoyed the series.
 * [The Reds?]
 * This and Bailey the Face Paint Hero started to get along well since Uhlman is put in charge of the series since 2020.
 * Fans of Ori have a rather healthy relationship, therefore getting along with TFPWL fans.
 * Fans of this and Trolls gets along with each other very well.
 * Fans of Onward got along with TFPWL fans really well.
 * Launcher of a Thousand Ships: Collin was a prime victim of tons of Face Paint girl shippings.
 * 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.
 * Not a major meme, but Collin did become a base for some artwork with him being dressed as Bugs Bunny.
 * 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, Collin x Crystal and Collin x Kaitlyn, joining the shipping rivalry.
 * X Meets Y: The Face Paints meets Animal Crossing.
 * Not a major meme, but Collin did become a base for some artwork with him being dressed as Bugs Bunny.
 * 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, Collin x Crystal and Collin x Kaitlyn, joining the shipping rivalry.
 * 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.