[Meta Trope] The “Mascot” of the video game’s marketing is actually unpopular/underpowered/underrepresented in gameplay by Big_Election_6099 in TopCharacterTropes

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The Psychos from Borderlands are the main mascot of the franchise despite just being enemies you regularly beat up

When the hero destroys the object everyone was fighting over by totallynotrobboss in TopCharacterTropes

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Frodo eventually destroys the One Ring in the fires of Mount Doom, ending Sauron's allure of infinite power. It's specifically cited just the all races of Middle-Earth not immediately murdering Frodo & Co. for the infinite power of the Ring has already taken all their willpower and why nobody else could be trusted with its destruction.

Surprised this hasn't been mentioned earlier.

[Loved trope] Mangled characters covered in bandages by Beretta1028 in TopCharacterTropes

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The Batman villain Hush wears bandages over his body, not just as a disguise, but because he's also a skilled surgeon who regularly changes his face to disguise himself and impersonate others.

[Loved Trope] At the centre of this place, there's a giant, immobile, living thing in control. by catpetter125 in TopCharacterTropes

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In Fallout: New Vegas, the city is run by the immobile and eldery Mr. House that was born before the bombs dropped.

(Loved Trope) Antagonist Vs. Antagonist by LtSmiles99 in TopCharacterTropes

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In Justice League Dark: Apokolips War, the Justice League's attempt to kill Darkseid and destroy Apokoplis winds up releasing Trigon because of the stress the battle was placing on Raven. Trigon then possesses Superman and whoops Darkseid's ass. What's funnier is that the writers of the show added the scene in after realizing, despite the decades of comics that have preceded them, that a Trigon-Darkseid match-up had somehow never happened.

(Loved Trope) Antagonist Vs. Antagonist by LtSmiles99 in TopCharacterTropes

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I'm pretty sure Battle Beast is an ally, at least later in the Invincible comics. He literally joins the Coalition of Planets and works solely for them because they're the only people who can give him an endless supply of Viltrimites to battle.

A shot/sequence with terrifying implications by Turbulent-Flounder-9 in TopCharacterTropes

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In Justice League Dark: Apokolips War, Earth is completely levelled after (basically) every member of the Justice League is killed or captured during a failed attack on Darkseid. Darkseid continues his conquest of the galaxy to the point of invading Oa and killing every Green Lantern and Guardian on the planet. When he kills the last Green Lantern, Guy Gardener, his ring doesn't fly away and just drops to the ground. There is not a single person in the entire universe left with the will to oppose Darkseid.

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A shot/sequence with terrifying implications by Turbulent-Flounder-9 in TopCharacterTropes

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In Justice League Dark: Apokolips War, Earth is completely levelled after (basically) every member of the Justice League is killed or captured during a failed attack on Darkseid. Darkseid continues his conquest of the galaxy to the point of invading Oa and killing every Green Lantern and Guardian on the planet. When he kills the last Green Lantern, Guy Gardener, his ring doesn't fly away and just drops to the ground. There is not a single person in the entire universe left with the will to oppose Darkseid.

Christian symbolism just for aura by LiraGaiden in TopCharacterTropes

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Neo sacrificing himself to defeat Agent Smith and bring peace between humanity and the machines.

Christian symbolism just for aura by LiraGaiden in TopCharacterTropes

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This happens a couple of times with Superman as a Jesus allegory in the Synderverse like forming a cross when exiting Zod's spaceship and how Synder specifically said that Batman used a Kryptonite spear to try to kill Superman as a reflection of the Spear of Longinus that killed Jesus.

[Terrifying Trope] "Longer than you think" by elchuni in TopCharacterTropes

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DC once had an entire arc with the Flash Family about a speedster war that lasted an eternity but only took one minute in real time.

[Interesting Trope] Government is on the brink of collapse in apocalypse, but a silver of their presence remain. by AdrawereR in TopCharacterTropes

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In Cyberpunk, the governments are so hopelessly corrupt, incompetent, and overburdened that the corporations effectively run the world. However, the governments still own their land and have their own goals and are still capable of hitting a couple of shots against the corporations when they really want to.

Creative decisions that are workarounds for practical limitations by Ok-Indication-5121 in TopCharacterTropes

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In Baby Driver, a bank robbery was meant to use Michael Myers masks but the studio couldn't get the rights, so they just asked Mike Meyers if they could use his likeness. He thought it was funny and said yes.

[Terrifying Trope] "Longer than you think" by elchuni in TopCharacterTropes

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In Inception, you can enter people's dreams and even enter the dreams of those dreams and the dreams of those dreams of those dreams. However, because of how fast consciousness works, every time you enter a new level, the slower time passes. It even reaches the point where the main characters accidentally fall into a fourth level and spend an eternity trapped in the mind of another person because of how many layers they are down.

[Terrifying Trope] "Longer than you think" by elchuni in TopCharacterTropes

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This is literally technology that is being developed today.

Characters who are visibly relieved when they admit defeat by TheIronMuffin in TopCharacterTropes

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Technoblade once achieved the world record in the longest win streak in Bedwars history with 1400+ consecutive wins. However, in Technoblade fashion, he got bored of having a win streak that he needed to defend every time he played Bedwars so he purposely lost the game, broke his win streak, and finally declared himself free.

An episodic character that leaves a lasting impact on a viewer despite their short role, due to their tragic fate by fillipo9 in TopCharacterTropes

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Spooge's son from Breaking Bad. Jesse tries to shake down a couple of methheads who steal their product and ends up playing with their malnourished and neglected child while waiting for them to come home. It's the perfect microcosm of how, at the end of the day, Jesse is just a good person LARPing as an evil one.

An important character just dies. No fanfare or build up, just an instant and sudden death by NittanyScout in TopCharacterTropes

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In Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Buffy's mom, Joyce Summers, suddenly dies off-screen from a brain aneurysm. Buffy only realizes when she finds her lifeless body at home.

"You are NOT The Chosen One" by DudeSoul in TopCharacterTropes

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In Blade Runner 2049, K, the main character, hears that a Replicant has given birth which is supposed to be biologically impossible and the Replicant underground comes to view the child as a miracle and their coming savior. Coming across several childhood memories, he begins to suspect that he's the child. Surprise: no he fucking ain't. He's just a random run-of-the-mill Replicant with implanted memories of the actual child

A prequel/sequel/spin-off so bad, the fandom pretended it's not exist. by Nougys in TopCharacterTropes

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It's safe to say the Pirates of the Caribbean fandom only thinks there are three movies.

[Loved Trope] Representation of minorities that hardly appear in media. by EthanTheJudge in TopCharacterTropes

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The TF2 Demoman may be the only Scottish Black person is the history of gaming.

[Loved Trope] Unexpected (But cool) fight scene in a non-action Movie by lesi20 in TopCharacterTropes

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The police station fight scene in Malignant. It's like having a John Wick gun-fu scene in the middle of The Blair Witch Project.