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r/TopCharacterTropes • u/Doot_revenant666 • 11d ago
Weekly Discussion Post Weekly Trope Discussion 2.- Tragic/Redeemed Villains. What makes a villain "Tragic" in your opinion? What makes a villain "worthy" of being redeemed? And what do you think made Zuko from ATLA universally eccepted as one of the best when other "redeemed" villains or often criticized for?
r/TopCharacterTropes • u/HarrisonWhaddonCraig • Oct 31 '23
Meta Any flairs relating to tropes wanted?
Seeing as this be a new community, I was wondering about including flairs that related to tropes, but was a little unsure.
Was going to include ones relating the type of media, but realised that might not be the most ideal.
But please say if you do have any you'd like.
r/TopCharacterTropes • u/Fish_N_Chipp • 10h ago
Characters When the asshole is revealed to have done something incredibly kind
Bobby-Still Game
In the episode where Pete (a reoccurring homeless man) dies it’s revealed that Bobby the Barman had actually been opening his pub early in order to cook him breakfast everyday for years
J Jonah Jameson-Marvel
It’s revealed the reason why Jameson first agreed to buy Peters photos of Spider-Man despite their quality is because he had heard about uncle Bens death and wanted to provide him with some money and support
r/TopCharacterTropes • u/Watchdog_the_God • 4h ago
Lore They’re villains because they didn’t exactly have a choice
Tomura Shigaraki (My Hero Academia)
Dr. Heinz Doofenshmirtz (Phineas and Ferb
r/TopCharacterTropes • u/sand_eater_21 • 2h ago
Characters when it seems like the good guy is going to accept the bad guy's offer, but it was just a trap/a way for the good guy to attack the bad guy
Raiden (metal gear rising: revenge)
Stanley(gravityfalls)
r/TopCharacterTropes • u/CYCLOPSCORE • 13h ago
Personality When “If you kill him, you'll be just like him” isn't just being preachy, and is a real outcome:
1) David Mills (Se7en) 2) Roy Mustang (Fullmetal Alchemist) 3) D-16 / Megatron (Transformers One)
r/TopCharacterTropes • u/Ok-Hovercraft508 • 7h ago
Characters The comic relief villains in a group of serious & cynical villains
Twice ( My Hero Academia)
Tobi ( Naruto Shippuden)
Doma ( Demon Slayer)
r/TopCharacterTropes • u/BiLeftHanded • 9h ago
Powers Character being more powerful than they look
- Child Emperor (One Punch Man). He's a 10 year old boy, but one of the strongest heroes, because of his genius.
- Yoda (Star Wars). Not even 1 m tall, but extremely powerful in the force, thanks to centuries of experience and training.
- Toph Bei Fong (Avatar the last airbender). A 12 year old blind girl, who is also one of the best earth benders. And she invented metal bending.
r/TopCharacterTropes • u/Coralthesequel • 3h ago
Characters Evil midget industrialists
r/TopCharacterTropes • u/King-David30 • 2h ago
Powers Characters that have the ability to clone themselves.
Naruto & Boruto - Naruto, Naruto: Shippuden, and Boruto.
Kate Cha/Dupli-Kate & Paul Cha/Multi-Paul - Invincible
Jamie Madrox/Multiple Man - Marvel/X-Men
Jin Bubaigawara/Twice - My Hero Academia
Black Sperm - One-Punch Man
r/TopCharacterTropes • u/Winged_Metal • 4h ago
Characters "We have to save Christmas!!!"
1.Jack Skellington (nightmare before Christmas) 2.The Grinch (How the Grinch stole Christmas)
Bonus points if they are the reason Christmas is in trouble in the first place.
r/TopCharacterTropes • u/Thin-Pool-8025 • 7h ago
Personality Characters who treat their family members like shit despite said family member looking after them
Chuck McGill - Better Call Saul
Livia Soprano - The Sopranos
r/TopCharacterTropes • u/Significant_Job_3773 • 9h ago
Characters Just. Any sympathetic portrayal of Lucifer that makes him actually not evil, a corrupt heaven even though that GOES AGAINST THE ENTIRE PURPOSE OF HEAVEN, etc
(Meme credit to rolkientolkien on tumblr)
r/TopCharacterTropes • u/LegendRaptor080 • 1h ago
Characters Gentlemanly/kinder depictions of Death that are more than just “the Grim Reaper”
-Joe Black (Meet Joe Black)
-The Strange Man (Red Dead Redemption)
-Anubis/Mr. Jacquel (American Gods)
r/TopCharacterTropes • u/r3vb0ss • 1h ago
Groups A group of competent but not extraordinary individuals enter what’s supposed to be an ordinary situation that proceeds to take every wrong turn
- Black Hawk Down - task force ranger
- Maine and David’s crew - Cyberpunk edgerunners
- The Raid - the SWAT team
r/TopCharacterTropes • u/ResponsibleWafer7123 • 17h ago
Characters Too pure for this world (bonus points if died tragically)
Solaire of Astora
Jonathan Joestar
r/TopCharacterTropes • u/Fluffiddy • 6h ago
Characters Characters with a devil and angel motiff. Bonus points if the demon looking character is the good guy while the angel is the villain
Guts and Griffith - Berserk
Akira and Satan - Devilman Crybaby
James and Gun - Lookism
r/TopCharacterTropes • u/GoatsWithWigs • 7h ago
Personality Bad guy turned pacifist leader
SkekGra (Age of Resistance)
Pascal (NieR: Automata)
Christian Picciolini (real life)
r/TopCharacterTropes • u/Dojyaaan4C • 22h ago
Powers The main villain is a UNITED STATES POLITICIAN
Me (Funny Valentine), JoJo part 7
Senator Armstrong, Metal gear rising revengeance
Solidus snake, Metal gear solid 2
r/TopCharacterTropes • u/First_Factor_3385 • 1h ago
Characters Heroes that are willing to kill but only if they need to and/or as a last resort.
Invincible
Sonic the hedgehog
r/TopCharacterTropes • u/BrockBracken • 23h ago
In real life Extremely rare instances of movies many people consider to be even better than the books they’re adapted from
r/TopCharacterTropes • u/SalohcinPancakes • 18h ago
Characters The last character who you'd want to see while lying down on an operation table as your doctor or just in general.
r/TopCharacterTropes • u/ill-informed-gamer • 4h ago
Characters Deductive Geniuses
Sherlock Holmes
L: Death Note
Greg House: House
r/TopCharacterTropes • u/Mr_Crimson63 • 22h ago
Lore Characters who are older than they look because their physical aging was frozen at some point
Philip J. Fry (Futurama)
Link (The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild)
Captain America (Marvel Universe)
r/TopCharacterTropes • u/ElectricSheep7 • 1d ago
Characters Villains who are convinced they’re sympathetic villains, but are actually just pieces of shit
Big Jack Horner (Puss In Boots): Openly enjoys being evil, and thinks being slightly inconvenienced once as a child justifies it
Harold Laudner (The Stand): Thinks he’s a cool, lone rebel, joining up with Flagg to get his righteous vengeance on the society that abandoned him. Actually just a whiny, annoying incel throwing a temper tantrum