Cartoon reality

Cartoon / anime concept

Any tags describing cartoon-like expression, graphics, sounds and reality itself.

Some of these might not have proper names anywhere and thus only describe a visual trait or theme. If any commonly accepted terms are found, the ones found here should be modified to match.

Child groups

Caricature	Characters' certain personal traits are greatly enhanced or simplified.	1993 / 2021	54 games
Cartoon physics	Employs any form of cartoon physics, excluding those seen as the norm in most video games.	2009 / 2014	3 games
Chibi / Super deformed	This is a supertag for chibi and super deformed styles for those who don't know or care about the differences.	1992 / 2015	7 games
Four fingers	Characters, even humans, are depicted with four fingers (and possibly toes) instead of five. Common in western cartoons.	1990 / 2015	24 games
Huge forearms	Instead of biceps, forearms of characters (especially male and generally masculine ones) are abnormally large, commonly widening towards the fingers and often with no apparent wrist.		1 game
Huge heads	Characters consistently have disproportionally large heads.	1987 / 2012	29 games
Invisible anatomy	Characters behave, manipulate things and generally act as if they had certain anatomical features they're clearly missing. Commonly things like characters holding things without fingers, hands, or entire arms.	2005 / 2012	5 games
Unconnected extremities	Characters' hands and feet are not connected to the body by limbs but rather move seemingly independently of it.	1990 / 2012	52 games
X-ray electrocution	Getting electrocuted, struck by lightning or such causes characters to become transparent except for their skeleton which often becomes luminescent in turn.	1987 / 2024	54 games