Vintergatan: Difference between revisions

* [[Only One Name]]: Played straight and averted -- the original four ''were'' given last names in 5B (making them Glenn Johnson, Henrik Gjöres, Mira Ardiles and Peo Persson), but they're still mostly referred to by their first names.

* [[Translator Microbes]]: Present all through the series, usually in form of the truthperculator, then subverted in one episode of ''VVS'', where Peo is, indeed, seen speaking an alien language with, well, an alien, complete with subtitles for us non-alien watchers. (Of note: One odd thing is that towards the end of the conversation, Peo says 'Zavidal' -- the typical greeting for Crona from Ypsagon, who the alien looks nothing like. So either there's a group of planets tightly bunched together with different species living on them, but sharing the same language, or [[Fridge Brilliance|the exhausted, rushed, and desperate Peo tried to act cheery, but a clear sign of his distress was him messing up the languages.]])

* [[Villains Out Shopping]]: Villains are frequently seen engaged in harmless activities. This troper distinctly remembers 'the mutants' being out getting backrubs in one episode of either 5A or 5B, and The Count in ''VVS'' frequently plays with his Playmobil figures.

* [[Word of God]]...: ...has commented on this page. Of course, it could be an impostor or a fraud, but since he's a bit more closely tied to his fanbase than other writer-directors, it's more likely than, say, Michael Bay complimenting his fanclub.

** Played for laughs occassionally, such as when Five plays board games, tries to solve a sudoku, and ''recites a telephone number''.

{{quote| '''Five''': Five five five five...five five...five...five five.}}

* [[Red Eyes, Take Warning]]: Lucci, Lennartsson's pet (who he keeps in his purse, talks to and ''feeds earthworms''), is at first only seen as a pair of glowing red eyes. {{spoiler|In some quite spectacular [[Nightmare Retardant]], it's revealed to be a white worm-thing. But then, it could intentionally resemble another [[Freud Was Right|white, worm-shaped object I can think of...]]}}

* [[Rule of Cool]]: Governs one half of this universe.

** ''VVS'', however, manages to avert this, by having a mostly craggy and rocky planet also be struck by occassional snowstorms.

* [[Soul Brotha]]: Glenn. The guy was as much pure coolness as you could fit into a children's show. To show how much, I will describe this scenario. Glenn in space, finding a jukebox. He erupts "Oh, space-funk!" and begins grooving along.

* [[Sticky Fingers]]: Played for drama with {{spoiler|Mira.}}

* [[Suspiciously Specific Denial]]: From a bit of extra material comes this: