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crashkey Since: Apr, 2015
Oct 6th 2023 at 2:25:38 AM •••

I know this page has already been mostly neutered, but it just struck me how weird it is to call "unrealistic, over-the-top breast animation" "Gainaxing". The unrealisticness is what this page (and its laconic page) focuses on, but Gainax's early breast animation was actually quite naturalistic. It paid a deliberate and thematic focus to it, but it wasn't anything like the page image or similar moments in later anime that people like to joke about. Not sure if there's a point in walking this back even more, but I thought I'd point it out. (There's certainly a lot to be said about *why* people assume breast jiggle to be "unrealistic" but I won't go off on that either.)

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Nov 25th 2022 at 1:54:13 AM •••

Per TRS, this is now a definition-only page with disambiguation text between other pages:

https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/posts.php?discussion=16688016430.34944700&page=3#comment-63

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kkj12345 General Since: May, 2021
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Oct 3rd 2021 at 8:13:49 AM •••

I thought it means making the story intentionally confusing.

SeptimusHeap MOD (Edited uphill both ways)
Mar 23rd 2021 at 3:26:57 AM •••

Linking to a past Trope Repair Shop thread that dealt with this page: Clean up, started by Blissey1 on Nov 19th 2010 at 6:16:07 AM

"For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled." - Richard Feynman
EnragedFilia Since: Oct, 2010
Mar 31st 2014 at 1:25:28 PM •••

So, given that the Real Life section was recently excised from this page on the grounds that it applies only to animation, does that also mean that we're going to need to remove the (much larger) live TV and film sections? And if so, will we need to create a completely different trope for "bouncing non-animated breasts"?

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Larkmarn Since: Nov, 2010
Mar 31st 2014 at 1:51:28 PM •••

Many should probably either go to Jiggle Show or just be cut.

The ones that can stay are where it's clearly being played for fanservice (like the ones where the male cast openly gawks). The real life examples weren't cut because of the idea that Gainaxing can't apply to real women, but because if it happens to a person on the street it's not an intentional trope, it's just someone being a creeper.

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EnragedFilia Since: Oct, 2010
Mar 31st 2014 at 7:49:48 PM •••

Well if that's the case then it's not such a big deal (although to judge from the thread, it sure sounds like Madrugada feels this should be an animation-only trope). I should like to point out, however, that Real Life sections in general include far more than the trope happening to "a person on the street", such as celebrities at a red carpet event, which could be at least as intentional (on the part of the celebrity in question and/or her own PR department) as any media example.

Larkmarn Since: Nov, 2010
Apr 6th 2014 at 8:55:45 PM •••

The real cleanup that needs to be done is the video game section, I think. All the polygonal examples belong in Jiggle Physics.

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jayman419 Since: Jun, 2012
Jul 6th 2015 at 1:10:00 AM •••

1992's Bram Stoker's Dracula should go in one of them. It's not quite the entire premise of the film.

Sadie Frost's character has a few less-than-memorable examples, she spends most of the movie rather animated in low-cut dresses. But Winona Ryder running down the steps and into the cemetery is noteworthy.

SeptimusHeap MOD (Edited uphill both ways)
Aug 24th 2014 at 8:05:18 AM •••

Well, if she fits, feel free to add it. Make sure that your example isn't link-dependent though - Weblinks Are Not Examples. Also, I am not sure if Gelbooru links are actually OK - I think not though.

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Narutofreak1412 Since: Aug, 2014
Aug 24th 2014 at 9:19:34 AM •••

I'm new here and I don't know how to add new titles. I don't want to screw something up. Also I'm not really good at english and I don't know how to describe it properly, so at least I decided to mention it here. I hope someone can add her to make the list a little bit more complete :)

SeptimusHeap MOD (Edited uphill both ways)
Aug 24th 2014 at 12:40:38 PM •••

Well, if you have English problems you can run that edit through this forum topic.

"For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled." - Richard Feynman
sdmitch16 sdmitch16 Since: Aug, 2011
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Oct 8th 2011 at 5:45:04 AM •••

I think anime bounce should be to alternative names.

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TARDISES Since: May, 2011
Nov 6th 2011 at 7:34:12 AM •••

You know, the name seems to do wit hanime .One of the LAST things i expe cted was for the page quote to be from Doctor Who of all things. And I suppose only Cassandra WULD really notice it on herself, due to haveing been basically a stretched out piece of skin before body hijacking.

fierystage Since: Sep, 2010
May 3rd 2012 at 11:14:11 PM •••

Yeah, the name here is really opaque to someone unfamiliar with Gainax, which I am. I think this needs a rename.

neopeius Since: Dec, 1969
Jul 13th 2012 at 10:03:20 PM •••

I think Gainax bounce can be a subheading of Anime Jiggle. But the origin of the Gainax Bounce goes back to the 2nd Gainax film ever, the Daicon IV video, wherein the grown-up bunny girl does a triumphant little jiggle. That's 1983.

Darkstarr Since: Oct, 2011
Feb 11th 2014 at 10:59:46 PM •••

Before I discovered the TV Tropes website, I always referred to this phenomenon as "Independent Suspension". Take that however you want, it's meant to be very tongue-in-cheek.

TheOriginalFive Since: Jun, 2011
Sep 7th 2012 at 10:35:00 PM •••

Can the Gainax effect describe small/average breasts shaking as much as the large ones typically described? I added an example of a raunchy web animation where every single tata jiggles like crazy, despite being on the small side.

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Darkstarr Since: Oct, 2011
Feb 11th 2014 at 10:58:18 PM •••

I don't see why not. The trope is about bouncing breasts, after all.

kretes96 Since: May, 2011
Apr 5th 2013 at 9:13:42 AM •••

I found another example of Gainaxing on Know Your Meme: http://knowyourmeme.com/photos/524355-jiggle-physics Can anyone identify from which anime comes that gif(and if it's possible also the character)?

EDIT: Oh wait! That was Lucy from Fairy Tail.

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BioYuGi Since: Aug, 2009
Jan 4th 2012 at 10:26:06 PM •••

Is it necessary to have the video game section here? That should go under Jiggle Physics.

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Roxor Since: Jan, 2001
Dec 29th 2012 at 12:20:26 AM •••

Only if the game uses pre-drawn graphics. If they're 3D rendered, they'll almost certainly be using Jiggle Physics and should be moved there.

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