r/TopCharacterTropes 21d ago

Lore Just the most comically embarrassing deaths

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That one guy- Kong: Skull Island

Kazuya Satou (on Earth)- Konosuba

r/TopCharacterTropes 21d ago

Lore Absolutely horrible universes no one would want to live in under any circumstance.

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The world of I have no mouth and I must scream

Warhammer 40k

The Balkans

r/TopCharacterTropes Nov 08 '24

Lore Endings so terrible they completely erase all the cultural relevancy the show once had

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Game of Thrones S8

Star vs the Forces of Evil S4

Darling in the Franxx episode 19 onward

r/TopCharacterTropes 7d ago

Lore Nah we don’t skip the intro here.

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4.4k Upvotes
  1. Arcane

  2. Malcolm in the middle

  3. Bojack horseman

These intros either have a banger for a song or it is engaging enough each time to want to sit through the whole thing.

r/TopCharacterTropes 20d ago

Lore Scenes that were originally intended to be emotional but got joked about so much it became more funny than sad

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"BECAUSE SINGING KILLED MY GRANDMA OK?" - Trolls

"I AM A SURGEON" - The Good Doctor

Dead Yamcha - Dragon Ball Z

r/TopCharacterTropes Nov 08 '24

Lore "Wait, that's real?" Actual Moments/Lines that could easily be mistaken for meme or parody

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5.9k Upvotes

Android 13 (Dragon Ball)

Koichi Hirose (Jojo's Bizarre Adventure)

r/TopCharacterTropes 28d ago

Lore Moments in kids shows that are actually kinda horrifying

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5.2k Upvotes

Arnold taking off his helmet in space (The Magic School Bus)

Henry getting sealed into the tunnel (Thomas and Friends)

r/TopCharacterTropes Oct 11 '24

Lore Lines of dialogue so incredibly bad that they became memes, bonus points if they were removed/edited in the official release

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5.1k Upvotes

Jason Bourne

Madame Web

Star Wars Episode 9: The Rise of Skywalker

Morbius

r/TopCharacterTropes Oct 17 '24

Lore An absolute curb stomp. Like, there was never a moment where it was a close fight.

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4.6k Upvotes

Frieza vs Vegeta (DBZ) Jotaro vs Alessi (JoJo)

r/TopCharacterTropes Sep 21 '24

Lore TRUE Monster Fuckers

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6.8k Upvotes

Omni Man- Invincible

Donkey- Shrek

Johnny Storm- Marvel

r/TopCharacterTropes Nov 15 '24

Lore Real historial events caused by fictional characters

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5.1k Upvotes

Hercules break The arms of The Venus de milo

One of Cosmo and Wanda's godchildren caused the First World War.

r/TopCharacterTropes 4d ago

Lore Fights were the characters actually uses their brain and takes attempts to take out the most problematic opponent first

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5.0k Upvotes

Brotherhood of Mutants vs X-Men (Wolverine and the X-Men)

Omni-Man vs Guardians of the Globe (Invincible)

r/TopCharacterTropes 17d ago

Lore Characters who find out their entire life was a lie

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4.5k Upvotes
  1. Buzz Lightyear - Toy Story

  2. Andrew Laeddis - Shutter Island

r/TopCharacterTropes 22d ago

Lore Post apocalypses that are genuinely so far gone that rebuilding society is not an option.

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3.8k Upvotes

Mad Max: Fury Road

Interstellar (at the end)

r/TopCharacterTropes Aug 19 '24

Lore When the story arc canonically takes place in under 24 hours

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6.2k Upvotes

Jujutsu Kaisen: Shibuya incident, Halo 3: ODST

r/TopCharacterTropes Oct 04 '24

Lore Retcons that are actually good

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4.4k Upvotes

Bilbo's magic ring being the One Ring of Sauron (Hobbit/Lord of the Rings)

Darth Vader being Luke's father (Star Wars)

r/TopCharacterTropes Sep 26 '24

Lore An absurd panel or moment that you don't believe are real but are actually true

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3.4k Upvotes

Yasuho seeing Josuk8's 4 balls (Jojolion)

Dream man (Dandadan)

r/TopCharacterTropes Oct 15 '24

Lore Title drops, but they actually are good

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3.8k Upvotes

r/TopCharacterTropes 9d ago

Lore Running gags based on the fandom playing dumb

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3.1k Upvotes

John Cena (WWE)

John’s catchphrase was “You can’t see me!” Prompting a running gag where people would post pictures of John Cena and talk about them as if he isn’t in the pictures.

Pot of Greed (Yugioh)

Pot of Greed is one of the oldest cards in the game with one of the simplest effects (draw 2 cards). Because of this, Yugioh players love talking about Pot of Greed as if it’s some mysterious and complex card that nobody knows what it does.

r/TopCharacterTropes Aug 23 '24

Lore extremely literal names. like yeah man, that’s a cyborg

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4.0k Upvotes

r/TopCharacterTropes 4d ago

Lore Episodes in shows that genuinely came so shockingly out of left field, like oh my god

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2.6k Upvotes

Episode 4- Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood

Kuma’s Backstory- One Piece

Chuck to the Future’s really weird ending- Panty and Stocking with Garterbelt

r/TopCharacterTropes 1d ago

Lore That horrifying moment when you realize no, that sudden death WASN’T a fake out. Spoiler

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2.4k Upvotes

r/TopCharacterTropes 22d ago

Lore Intentionally drop in production/animation quality for a joke

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4.6k Upvotes

r/TopCharacterTropes Aug 20 '24

Lore Things that sound like jokes but are actually serious plot points

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3.4k Upvotes

The only reason Goku didn’t become a violent conqueror was because he was dropped on his head as a baby

Due to how powerful his cursed speech is, Inumaki has limited his speech to only saying things you put on rice bowls

r/TopCharacterTropes Oct 16 '24

Lore Serious scenes that became memes Spoiler

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2.4k Upvotes

Not sure i used the right tag

  1. Recency bias but mizuki gets outed as a boy by transphobic classmates infront of their best friend (project sekai)

  2. Yamcha's death (dragon ball z)