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In which we propose our own terms that could someday compose a dictionary of cartoon idioms.

I'll start:

The Meg: A character that exists only to be a punching bag for other characters. Named after: Meg Griffin of Family Guy, who's notorious for being used as an easy punchline.

Bendy Ending: An ending in which an obnoxious character fails to get the comeuppance s/he richly deserves after tormenting everyone for the entire episode, thus leaving the viewer unfulfilled. Named after: the Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends episode "Everyone Knows It's Bendy", just such an episode.
 
The Billy: A character used mainly/only for toliet humor and gross-out jokes. Named after: Billy from The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy.

Kenny Gag: A character created soley for the purpose of a one-joke gag. Named after: Kenny from South Park who was known for dying in every episode as a running gag.

Kenny Death: A character that mysterious comes back to life after dying with no explaination as how. Named after: Kenny from South Park who came back to life in the next episode after dying.
 
The Gleek- a allegedly cute non-human sidekick/mascot for a gang of human crime stoppers or mystery solvers, supposedly there for comic relief but who mainly serves as a grating annoyance. After Gleek, the Wonder Twins' pet on Super Friends. (Synonyms: The Slimer, The Orko.)
 
The Cheese: A character on a show whom it's impossible for fans to have neutral feelings for; fans either love this character immensely or they hate him/her with the fury of 1000 suns. Named after Cheese from Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends (For fans of Teen Titans, see also, The Terra).
 
The Foxglove: A character who appears in only one episode, yet has a huge fanbase.
Named After: Foxglove from "Chip & Dale's Rescue Rangers". (see also: The Julie Bruin)
 
The Ma-Ti: The most useless member of a group. Named after: Ma-Ti from Captain Planet and teh Planeteers, who had the power of "Heart", whatever that means. See also: The Aquaman
 
With the power of Heart, he was able to talk to animals. I think he could make people act more friendly as well.

The Bobobo: an animated series mostly comprising of jokes that only the people from its country of origin would get.

You know, TV Tropes has most of these things listed already, like the Daria.
 
TV Sponge - A show that has immense popularity that lasts for years and has many seasons, but the quality of said show continues to go down. Named After: The show Spongebob Squarepants, which is currently past it's prime, but still has high popularity.
 
See also: The Simpsons.

The Land Before Time: An animated film that gains endless (or more than one) sequel, most of which are usually pointless. See also: The Disney.
 
The Angelica: A character that acts nice around all the secondary characters, but around the main one, they are evil, manipulative, rude, and try to get them into trouble. From Angelica Pickles from the Rugrats
 
A real one:

Breaking the Fourth Wall: Making references to the real world (and i'm talking to you! Yeah you, looking at the screen on that dang computer!)

The Ed: A character who's only purpose is to act stupid and give a cheap laugh.

See Also: Ralph Wiggum
 
The Token: A character whose sole purpose is to prove that that particular show does not neglect/exclude minorities.
Named after: Token from South Park.
 
Here's a few:

The Social Paradox Phenomenon: present in any show featuring a juvenile cast of characters in which the "nice" kids are all pariahs and social outcasts, while the "popular" kids are vile, self-absorbed maritnets that no child in their right mind would want to be around, much less emulate. (Totally Spies, Danny Phantom, Spectacular Spider-Man)

The Acceptible Mix: The character spectrum meets whatever is the currently approved racial/ethnic/gender level of tokenism. (Captain Planet, Superfriends) There is no apparent limit to the number of minority characters you can use, but you must have.....

The Wheeler: the white male character who contains all of the group's characters flaws, because you can't show a minority character in a negative light. (From Captain Planet)

The Fallen Angel: Villains who are not purely evil, but whose ambitions and character flaws are the only thing that prevent them from becoming heroes. (David Xanatos in Gargoyles, the Brotherhood of Mutants in X-Men: Evolution) Often these characters become...

The Penitant: the villain who goes all out and joins the side of the angels (Piccolo and Vegeta on Dragonball Z, Rubberband Man in Static Shock)
 
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