Of course (say it with me now) Tropes Are Tools. Sometimes cheating angles is preferable -- be it to keep that distinctive feature visible, or to avoid a distracting tangent (having to tell the audience whats happening because they can't see for sure for example) that would be caused by drawing it "correctly". A subtrope of Distinctive Appearances. Unmoving Plaid is the subtrope of this for patterns that don't move with what they're attached to. Compare Cheeky Mouth. Social Semi-Circle is in the same spirit. Examples of Cheated Angle include: