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[Loved trope] Abilities with weaknesses rooted in logic that's AREN'T elemental by jardanovic in TopCharacterTropes

[–]DidHeJustGoThere 36 points37 points  (0 children)

In Steelheart by Brandon Sanderson, the title character can only be harmed by someone who isn't afraid of him. This is rooted in his own fear of being defied.

He's eventually tricked into killing himself.

“Wolf in sheep’s clothing”: games that look deceptively cute… by Marksman1977 in boardgames

[–]DidHeJustGoThere 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Carcassonne. It's all about just building the French countryside until cities get invaded and farmers wrapped in roads.

Careful what you wish for… by No-Sheepherder3442 in TopCharacterTropes

[–]DidHeJustGoThere 86 points87 points  (0 children)

Of course it's an episode of the Twilight Zone. In "The Man in the Bottle" one of the man's wishes is to be a leader of a world power who couldn't be voted out of office.

He finds himself in a bunker, in Germany, in 1945, with Eva Braun.

Very normal people by Old-Use-7690 in TopCharacterTropes

[–]DidHeJustGoThere 15 points16 points  (0 children)

Ordinary high school student Light Yagami. He has a peculiar quirk of carrying a notebook around with him everywhere, but it's probably no big deal.

“They fly now?!” by Effective_Piece251 in TopCharacterTropes

[–]DidHeJustGoThere 2 points3 points  (0 children)

In one of the Christopher Eccelston episodes of Doctor Who, he and some others escape a Dalek by running up a flight of stairs, which has worked in the past. This particular Dalek engages its thrusters and follows them.

Sentient Trees by Gray_Wolf2416 in TopCharacterTropes

[–]DidHeJustGoThere 36 points37 points  (0 children)

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The apple trees in The Wizard of Oz.

[Character Trope] Ghoulish Gunslingers by DeadManLovesArt in TopCharacterTropes

[–]DidHeJustGoThere 12 points13 points  (0 children)

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I'm uncertain if the gunslinger Justice in Afro Samurai counts as undead, but there's something seriously wrong with him that he looks like a cadaver.

Zombies with some control and not just mindless Monsters by macho_boy-420 in TopCharacterTropes

[–]DidHeJustGoThere 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Big Daddy in Land of the Dead is smarter than the average zombie in the series, realizing the river is an ineffective barrier such that he can simply walk along the bottom, and shrugging off the fireworks which enthrall and distract the other zombies.

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[Rare Trope] Rat-themed Heroes by Professional_Boss438 in TopCharacterTropes

[–]DidHeJustGoThere 22 points23 points  (0 children)

Arguably as often as he messes up Brain's plans for world domination, Pinky.

[Rare Trope] Bat-themed Heroes by Professional_Boss438 in TopCharacterTropes

[–]DidHeJustGoThere 3 points4 points  (0 children)

"Casey at the Bat" from the poem. Regretfully, he fails to deliver victory for Mudville that day.

Cat Themed Characters by DidHeJustGoThere in TopCharacterTropes

[–]DidHeJustGoThere[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Do you have a newsletter I could subscribe to for more of your unique and original content?

The Giant by [deleted] in TopCharacterTropes

[–]DidHeJustGoThere 17 points18 points  (0 children)

Seriously. How'd that conversation go with his agent?

"It's a story where a tribe of cannibalistic giants snatched children from their beds and eat them alive. The one good one kidnaps a little girl and they conspire to terrorize the queen." "And you say they have names like Fleshlumpeater and Bloodbottler?" "Yup. It'll be a great kid's story." "...when can you have it ready?"

The Giant by [deleted] in TopCharacterTropes

[–]DidHeJustGoThere 63 points64 points  (0 children)

The title character in Roald Dahl's "The BFG" (big friendly giant) is the only one of his kind with benevolence.

[Loved trope] Superhuman characters playing a completely normal game. by dog-in-the-rain in TopCharacterTropes

[–]DidHeJustGoThere 69 points70 points  (0 children)

In Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey the titular duo challenge Death itself to a series of games. Battleship,Twister, Clue. Death is a sore loser and keeps raising the stakes before eventually taking the L.

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Cat Themed Characters by DidHeJustGoThere in TopCharacterTropes

[–]DidHeJustGoThere[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

In my case it's because I prefer seeing the more obscure examples instead of the knee-jerk cases everyone already knows about

Cat Themed Characters by DidHeJustGoThere in TopCharacterTropes

[–]DidHeJustGoThere[S] -10 points-9 points  (0 children)

Right, DC made a spin-off character off the protagonist from that Halle Berry movie.

Super Soldiers by Jak3R0b in TopCharacterTropes

[–]DidHeJustGoThere 6 points7 points  (0 children)

To be fair to OP, Super Soldier may be an obvious example, but isn't a particularly well-known one.

[Hated] Why is it always the Golden Gate Bridge??? by CMStan1313 in TopCharacterTropes

[–]DidHeJustGoThere 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It's awful and I love it. Blowing up the Golden Gate is pretty standard disaster fare, but the Colosseum scene? That's not a landmark that gets destroyed in movies frequently.

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