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Ryan's World, formerly Ryan ToysReview, is a YouTube channel, launched in March 2015, which stars a then-preschooler cheery little child, Ryan Kaji, unboxing and reviewing toys.

Seems boring to you? Guess again. He was considered the youngest YouTube celebrity and his channel is tenth most viewed (46 billion!) in the world, thanks to children being the Target Audience and getting their hands on technology more frequently than ever. The channel has set the Guinness World Record for the most viewed YouTube channel starring someone born post-2000. No, seriously. In other words, the Trope Codifier of children's toy review channels on YouTube.

Besides toy unboxing videos, he also stars in videos showing him in playtime, visiting fun points of interests, doing harmless challenges, making DIY things, and performing Edutainment. There are animations and children's songs to watch too. Pretty entertaining for a child to watch and love.

Ryan's World has spawned a Franchise of the same name, owned by pocket.watch and complete with its own toy line and currently 8 Spin-Off channels:

Kaji Family, formely Ryan's Family Review, is a vlog channel, launched in November 2016, showcasing the daily life of and fun moments in Ryan and his family. The channel also used to be a host for Ryan's Lets Plays, with Roblox being played usually, until VTubers (see below) was launched.
Gus the Gummy Gator is a Puppet Show and Vlog Series, launched in February 2017, featuring a gummy-loving alligator, Gus, who does entertaining activities, participates in songs and stories, and does Lets Plays occassionally. In short words, it's Ryan ToysReview but with an alligator puppet starring.
Combo Panda is a Let's Play and Video Game review channel, launched in August 2017, starring an animated self-proclaimed "hardcore" gamer panda.
Princess Squad, formerly Princess ToysReview, is a toy review channel, launched in June 2016, starring Ryan's aunt, Princess Thi, and her sister, Princess Pham. It is targeted to more general audiences than Ryan. They also have a vlog channel called Life Sisters, which was formerly ABC Surprises, an Edutainment and occasional Puppet Show channel which was launched in January 2016 by Thi and with videos that teach simple educational concepts with toys.
The Studio Space is a channel, launched in February 2018, showcasing behind the scenes, Bloopers, and Ryan having fun in the office.
VTubers ^note Virtual YouTubers, not to be confused with the genre of online peformers is a duel Let's Play channel, launched in March 2018, branching off Combo Panda with Combo Panda himself, Ryan, Ryan's parents, Gus the Gummy Gator, Big Gil and Peck the Penguin from Gus the Gummy Gator, and a new Virtual Celebrity, Alpha Lexa.
EK Doodles is a Web Stick Figure Animation series, launched in August 2018, following the adventures of Ryan's twin sisters, Emma and Kate.

View the channel here, as well as Ryan's Family Review, Gus the Gummy Gator, Combo Panda, Princess Squad, Life Sisters, The Studio Space, VTubers, and EK Doodles. The official website is here.

In December 2018, Ryan's World and pocket.watch collaborated with WildWorks of Animal Jam fame to create an Endless Running Mobile Phone Game, Tag with Ryan, which is pretty much Animal Jam's Dash Tag but with Ryan's World characters.

In 2019, he started production on his own TV show called Ryans Mystery Playdate, created and produced by pocket.watch. The show follows Ryan and his parents completing challenges and solving puzzles to gather hints in order to unbox their Mystery Playdate, a "Sesame Street" Cred. The trailer is here and you can (legally) watch the first episode here.

A licensed Mascot Racer title, Race with Ryan, debuted on Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and Nintendo Switch in November 2019.

In 2020, another television show based on Ryan's World was announced, a live-action/anime show called Super Spy Ryan, for Amazon Kids Plus+. His Superpowered Alter Ego, Red Titan, was also represented as a balloon in the 2020 Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade.

Please note that this page will never be complete, thanks to a load of videos being uploaded daily. Feel free to put some tropes in.

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Ryan's World and Kaji Family

General

A Day in the Limelight: Extreme Spicy Noodle Challenge is only done by Ryan's parents. Justified, since too much spicy food can be harmful to a young child's health.
Anthropomorphic Animal Adaptation: "Daddy the Bunny" is simply a retelling of how Ryan's parents met, set in a World Of Funny Animal rabbits.
Be Yourself: The Aesop of "Daddy the Bunny", in which Daddy and Mommy are made fun of, because the former is a video game and anime Geek and the latter has two tails that glows in the sun.
Bumbling Dad: When it comes to trivia challenges, Daddy gets all the answers wrong.
Captain Ersatz: Ryan does not meet Pac-Man in "Pac-Man in Real Life meets Ryan!!!!". He meets Gus the Gummy Gator's head who resembles Pac-Man.
Cheerful Child: Ryan is often this. Just look at a random video and you'll see.
Defanged Horrors: DO NOT MAKE FLUFFY SLIME AT 3am or 3pm! and Do not spin a fidget spinner at 3am or 3pm! ^note Both are based on the 3 AM legend, with an obviously fake Bedsheet Ghost in former and Tyrannosaurus Rex in the latter.
Distressed Dude: Dad in Ryan saves daddy with magical wand
Early Installment Weirdness: Just compare the first video, along with some other early videos, to the recent videos. You'll see that the production and effort put into the videos have improved A LOT.
Edutainment: Some of the videos are meant to educate children about various things. An example involving learning Spanish and Japanese with animals.
The Game Plays You: In "Pac-Man In Real Life meets Ryan", Ryan is playing Pac-Man on his iPad. The iPad starts to electrocute and a Gus the Gummy Gator version of Pac-Man comes to life. Daddy does this again and oh no...
Kid Hero: Ryan is this in some of the playtime videos and all of the animations.
Large Ham: Mommy uses her loud yet sugary voice a lot, particularly when it comes to hosting the challenges and games.
Long Title: Most videos have an overly long title, which makes it difficult to determine the video's actual title. Some, mostly the earlier ones, have random keywords jumbled up in the title.
Mall Santa: Ryan meets one at Disney World in Ryan and Babies first time meeting the real Santa Claus at Disney. ^note The reason the title says that the Santa Claus is real, because Ryan's a kid and he doesn't know much.
Mr. Imagination: This is natural to any child, including Ryan. He expresses this in some videos, which makes them come to real life with special effects.
Now Buy the Merchandise: Ever since Ryan ToysReview got his own toyline, the franchise, Ryan's World, has been doing this.
Pixellation: The videos apply blurs to people who did not oblige to appear in the video, such as Ryan in New York Time Square.
Please Subscribe to Our Channel: At the end of every video, Ryan will ask the viewer to subscribe to his channel "for more videos".
Product Placement: Since this is a successful toy review channel, expect some videos to be Toy Commercials paid by the toy manufacturers.
Public Domain Soundtrack: All of the videos, including the Spin-Off channels, use royalty free music. They even cover up the game audio during Let's Play videos.
Roger Rabbit Effect: These three Halloween songs show Ryan and his parents among animated characters and puppets.
Shaped Like Itself: Ryan ToysReview now has a toy line.
Sick Episode: Sick Kid with fever!
Spoiled Brat: Defied. His mother states that most of the toys reviewed are given away to friends, family, and, of course, charity.
Unnamed Parent: Ryan's parents are only referred to "Mommy" and "Daddy". However, VTubers reveal their names as Loann (Mom) and Sean (Dad).

Let's Play NOTE: Since the launch of VTubers, Kaji Family no longer uploads Lets Plays. Please only include tropes that have appeared in Let's Plays posted on Kaji Family, not tropes that only appeared in Ryan's videos on VTubers.

Age-Inappropriate Art: Ryan plays Zombie Attack on Roblox , with realistic guns and Family-Unfriendly Violence.
Cutaway Gag: These videos are CHOCK-FULL of them, that we would need a separate page to list all of them.

Animations

1 Million B.C.: The setting of "Ryan ToysReview Rescue Baby T-Rex"
Alternate Tooniverse: Ryan can jump through the Television Portal and into an animated universe, where Gus the Gummy Gator and Combo Panda live.
An Aesop: The Power of Friendship and Team Spirit are very evident, as Ryan is often seen helping out his allies.
Angry Guard Dog: In "Ryan Helps Santa Delivering Presents", when the gang lands in China, an angry Shih Tzu, Ella, barks at Moe. He takes care of it by stuffing the present in her mouth. Subverted, as she only barks and doesn't attack.
Christmas Episode: "Ryan Helps Santa Delivering Presents"
Crossdresser: Played for Laughs in "Ryan Kids Halloween Trick or Treat to the Haunted House", with Moe dressed up as a fairy
Eggshell Clothing: In "Ryan ToysReview Rescue Baby T-Rex", the baby Tyrannosaur Rex wears an eggshell as a diaper.
Flight: Emma and Kate are able to fly in their superhero alter egos.
Halloween Episode: "Ryan Kids Halloween Trick or Treat to the Haunted House"
Kid Hero: Ryan, of course. Twin sisters, Emma and Kate, become one in "Ryan Emma and Kate Save Valentine".
Mime and Music-Only Cartoon: The animations, except for the intro, where Gus calls Ryan on a mission, and occasional voices Gus makes.
Pirate: Ryan and company becomes this in "Ryan Pirate Adventure Cartoon", with a goal to find treasure with a Treasure Map.
Stick Figure Animation: "Emma & Kate" animations are presented in this format.
Super Strength: As shown with Ryan's superhero alter ego in SUPERHERO KID
Dad: Whoa, Ryan, what are you doing?

Ryan: Ryan Titan, and his superpower is strong.
The Taming of the Grue: In "Ryan Kids Halloween Trick or Treat to the Haunted House", a Frankestein's Monster, vampire, and werewolf show up at the Haunted House, but choose to compete with the gang in carnival-style games. They end up losing.
Television Portal: How Ryan enters the Alternate Tooniverse
Thick-Line Animation: In fact, all Ryan's World animation (read: Gus the Gummy Gator, Combo Panda, VTubers) are in this style.
Threatening Shark: In "Ryan Pirate Adventure Cartoon", when Gus attempts to retrieve the treasure chest, a shark comes out of the water and tries to eat him. Gus uses a banana as a bait and successfully rides the shark back to the bank.
Unstoppable Rage: The Heart Monsters in "Ryan Emma and Kate Save Valentine". Unless pleased, they can wreck havoc through their tantrums.
Valentine's Day Episode: "Ryan Emma and Kate Save Valentine"

Gus the Gummy Gator

Combo Panda

Alright Combo Crew, it's tropetime! ^note "Aw, whoever came up with that one, good one!"

Accessory-Wearing Cartoon Animal: Combo only wears headphones. His mother only dons earrings.
Affectionate Parody: Combo Panda is this to Kung Fu Panda.
Combo: I'M NOT A PARODY OF KUNG FUN PANDA! He's a panda, and you gotta be a parody.
Age-Inappropriate Art: Combo has played some T-rated games throughout his career, such as Monster Hunter: World and Marvel vs. Capcom: Infinite
Animate Inanimate Object: Sometimes, the mentioned video game will become anthropomorphic and talk to Combo Panda for a short while, because of the Rule of Funny.
''(old Roblox logo is shown sitting on a couch with a pile of burgers)

Roblox logo: You, what? You mean like me?!

Combo: Classy as always, Roblox...

Roblox logo: Hey, you ain't so classy, me the buddy! As a matter of fact, you're just- (farts) Hoo-whoops, sorry! Guess I had too many Krabby Patties for long. (pulls out Combo's credit card) Found some chump's credit card on the floor. Heh heh.
Anti-Climax: In his gameplay of Sonic Forces:
Combo: I bet you'll never guess what I named him [the Avatar]! He's named... *breathes* Combo Panda.
- Overlaps with Blatant Lies in this case. The 100,000 subscribers special promised a face reveal of Combo Panda. It first appears as a guy wearing a panda head, but taking off the head, it reveals to be the animated Combo Panda.
Art Shift: The section telling how Combo learned to swim in his speedrun of New Super Mario Bros. U is presented with crude crayon drawings.
Badass Adorable: Combo's appearance can be adorable, but he calls himself hardcore.
Badbutt/Mascot with Attitude: For starters, Combo proclaims himself as a Hard Core gamer and his tone is similar to a Hot-Blooded teenage core ^note "Core?" gamer's.
Big Ball of Violence: Before the intro starts on his gameplay on the Team Rumble gamemode on Fortnite, Combo hosts a wrestling match between The Gewf Troope and The 21 Pilots -1, just after he starts the match, they attack him, resulting into one of these.
Big Guy, Little Guy: Big Gil, Combo Panda
Big "NO!": When Combo discovers that Big Gil can't fit through the door into the house, thus unable to play games together with Combo
Black Bead Eyes: Big Gil dons them.
Camera Abuse: At the end of each video, Combo fistbumps and punches the camera, breaking it and showing up a continue screen.
Catching Some Z's: In one of his latest gameplays, Combo is shown sleeping this way during one scene when he wakes up at 3 AM to get his chocolate, but it turns out to be dark chocolate.
Catchphrase: Combo Panda has "Alright Combo Crew, it's showtime!" and "Combo bunga!" ("Heh, yeah I do.")
Cutaway Gag: Like the Ryan's Family Review's Lets Plays, Combo Panda has a mountain of them too. However, in recent videos, they seem to be mostly retired.
Disappeared Dad: Combo's mother is implied to be single, and his father has barely been hinted.
Fireball Eyeballs: When Combo is heavily frustrated or angered.
Foil: Combo Panda to Big Gil and Peck. Combo is a Badbutt Mascot with Attitude, who is very passionate about gaming and YouTube and speaks with a rowdy, loud voice. Big Gil has a very calm and chill personality, and Peck is rather a quiet Stoic.
Four-Fingered Hands: Combo dons these.
Funny Animal: Combo Panda and Big Gil are both fully sapient animals.
Half-Dressed Cartoon Animal: Big Gil wears maroon headphones and a maroon red shirt.
Happy Dance: He sometimes dances on his bed.
Hard Core: Combo Panda portrays himself as such gamer, packed with attitude and trying to win every game he plays.
Hostile Show Takeover: That One Ninja Player attempts this in ROBLOX Icebreaker .
Ninja: Do not praise my skill. As a ninja, I only seek to avenge my-

Combo: Okay, that's enough of that already. This is the Combo Panda show.
- Robo Combo takes over Combo's channel for real.
Incredibly Lame Pun: In Roblox Jailbreak Episode 3:
Kawaiiko: Combo's kawaii self in Making a Mii on Nintendo Wii U
Long Title: In his gameplay of Mario & Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games:
Combo: We're playing Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games, Rio 2016!

("Longest name ever" appears, along with a drawing of unhappy Sonic and Mario)
Meaningful Name: Combo is a term for combination of actions done in a game, and he's a gamer!
Medium Blending: Occasionally, an animated photograph of a real panda, named Barry, is shown accompanying Combo.
MittenHands: Big Gil has these.
Mythology Gag: In Combo's room, you can see a poster of Gus and another poster showing the unedited thumbnail of Ryan Pirate Adventure Cartoon on Ryan ToyReview.
No Fourth Wall/Television Portal: Combo is able to interact with those beyond the screen ^note He nicknames the audience "The Combo Crew" and even jump into real life for a short moment. This is shown explicitly in this video.
Off-Model: The Combo Panda plush's ◊ right arm is too long...
Panda-ing to the Audience
Parody: Of Let's Play in general.
Punny Name: Handrew in the Nintendo Labo videos. He's a hand who constructs the cardboard machines.
Rage Quit: Whenever he has enough, he puts down the controller and angrily walks out of the room.
Real Men Wear Pink: Initially deconstructed in ROBLOX Work at a Pizza Place :
(in a pink car) This is the manliest car I've ever seen. Just kidding.
Retraux: The outro is done in the style of Super Mario Bros. 3.
Robot Me: Robo Combo, who took over Combo Panda's channel briefly.
Roger Rabbit Effect: An animated Combo Panda goes shopping in Real Life in these videos.
- He and his friends play hide-and-seek at a mall.
Running Gag: That One Ninja Player in ROBLOX Icebreakers , constantly breaking the scene and switching sides.
Shout-Out: Combo Panda signs off by fistbumping the camera. Do you know who does this also? ^note Doubles as a Parental Bonus, as kids generally don't know PewDiePie; Played for Laughs, as the fistbump results in Camera Abuse
Something Completely Different: An Edutainment video showcasing panda facts
- And Combo joins with Alpha Lexa to teach cat facts.
Species Surname: Combo Panda
The Stoic: Pack speaks with a rather quiet and emotionless voice.
Tailfin Walking: Big Gil walks upright on his tail.
Tear Jerker: In-Universe and Played for Laughs examples. The death of "Luck-E Charms Bunny" ^note Topper the Broodal in his gameplay of Super Mario Odyssey
Combo: (sniff) (starts bawling) I FORGOT ABOUT THE DEATH OF THE LUCK-E CHARMS BUN- (returns to bawling)
- ROBLOX Icebreakers has another sad tribute to "Combo's Friend Upstairs", after being frozen.
- This exchange with an anthropomorphic copy of Sonic Adventure 2: Battle in the gameplay of Sonic Forces:
  Combo: And that game isn't perfect. Sonic Adventure 2 Battle at least had a good lockon.
  
  Sonic Adventure 2 Battle: Yeah, nothing beats the classics, so why don't you throw me in for some old time sake?
  
  Combo: Oh, uhh, I didn't know you were there. Here's the thing about that. Okay, so I don't really have my GameCube or my Wii anymore. I only got the Wii U, so I can't even play you anymore.
  
  SA2 Battle: (sad music plays and background darkens) Oh.
Threatening Shark: Averted with Big Gil, but he does become a straight example in Roblox Shark Bite
Token Human: The bus driver in BEDTIME SLUMBER PARTY SLEEPOVER !! is the only human that has appeared in the otherwise presumably World of Funny Animals Combo Panda takes place in.
Tuft of Head Fur: Combo has a tuft of blond hair on his head.
Virtual Celebrity: Combo does not exist in Real Life. He's an animated character. Big Gil and Peck also count too.

Princess Squad and Life Sisters (formerly ABC Surprises)

Bunnies for Cuteness/White Bunny: Karat
Punny Name: Karat is a pun on carrot, Stock Animal Diet of rabbits.
Ridiculously Cute Critter: Winkie the Bear, Karat the Bunny, and Baby Lamb

VTubers

Ascended Extra: Big Gil', who only starred in a few Combo Panda videos, and Peck the Penguin, a minor character in Combo Panda, get more screen time and action in VTubers.
Amazing Technicolor Wildlife: Alpha Lexa is a pink and cerulean cat.
Awesome McCoolname: Alpha Lexa seems more cool-sounding than the other guys' names.
Catchphrase: Alpha Lexa has "Alphawesome" and "Hey there, Alphassassins!"
Barefoot Cartoon Animal: Alpha Lexa's regular outfit consists of a pink hoodie and cerulean skirt, but no shoes. Other outfits she has worn, such as the purple dress featured in the thumbnail for V Tubers Ryan's Mommy Vs Alpha Lexa BEAUTY CHALLENGE Let's Play Roblox Fashion Famous, tend to not come with shoes either.
The Chick/The Smurfette Principle: Alpha Lexa is the only female of the main 5 ^note outside of Ryan's immediate family, of course.
The Cutie/Cute Kitten/Ridiculously Cute Critter: Alpha Lexa. Her Puppy-Dog Eyes, sweet high-pitched voice, and grin cannot be ignored!
Funny Animal: Combo Panda, Big Gil, Alpha Lexa, and Peck are all fully sapient and bipedal (not so for Big Gil) animals.
Gamer Chick: Alpha Lexa and Loann are both female gamers.
Girly Girl with a Tomboy Streak: Alpha Lexa both loves pink and gaming.
Alpha Lexa: I'm your favorite gamer girl with a passion for fashion and beating Combo Panda at everything.
Graceful Ladies Like Purple: Alpha Lexa wears a purple dress in the thumbnail of the video, VTubers Ryan's Mommy Vs Alpha Lexa BEAUTY CHALLENGE Let's Play Roblox Fashion Famous
In the Style of...: Part of the intro announcing the players starring in each video is done in style of an average multiplayer character select screen.
Roger Rabbit Effect: Think about it.. Real humans playing along with fictional Funny Animal characters.
The Sixth Ranger: Alpha Lexa is a new character introduced in a group of characters from previous Ryan's World channels.
Virtual Celebrity: The main focus. Despite the name, the characters are not actual Virtual YouTubers, fitting in better with this trope.
We Are Experiencing Technical Difficulties: In Ryan and Daddy's gameplay of Kirby Star Allies, at end of the cutscene when King Dedede hulks up, the screen cracks and a white screen pops up, with "Technical Difficulties" moving upwards.

EK Doodles

Ascended Extra: Emma and Kate, while minor in Ryan ToysReview, are the sole protagonists.
Big Ball of Violence: Whenever Emma and Kate fight.
Stick Figure Animation