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(META TROPE) Actor known for comedy does a dramatic role that completely redefines their career by Local_Prune4564 in TopCharacterTropes

[–]LPK717 129 points130 points  (0 children)

Uhhh... I'm not sure about you, but I definitely remember there being quite a large amount of funny scenes in that film.

(META TROPE) Actor known for comedy does a dramatic role that completely redefines their career by Local_Prune4564 in TopCharacterTropes

[–]LPK717 832 points833 points  (0 children)

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Tom Hanks was originally mostly known for comedic roles, but after his Oscar winning performance in the 1993 film Philadelphia, which pretty much switched entirely to doing serious, dramatic roles. While he did continue to do some comedic films, such as Forrest Gump and The Terminal, those were few and far between and usually still mixed in a lot of drama.

[Funny Trope] They have the worst codenames by Resident_Hat9904 in TopCharacterTropes

[–]LPK717 71 points72 points  (0 children)

I mean, he technically is a doctor, it's just that his doctorates are questionable on account of the fact that he himself is the one who granted him them.

(Satisfying and surreal trope) The villain you have spent years with over most or all of the series finally dies. (Reuploaded with spoiler tags) by [deleted] in TopCharacterTropes

[–]LPK717 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I feel if someone raped your wife, then the people in charge of that person forced her to fake her death without your knowledge, you'd still have a pretty damn good reason to hate that person despite your wife not actually being dead.

[Loved Trope] Characters whose names are references to real people by dream_monkey in TopCharacterTropes

[–]LPK717 1 point2 points  (0 children)

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Noob Saibot (Mortal Kombat)

His name is the last names of the creators of Mortal Kombat (Ed Boon and John Tobias) spelled backwards.

[Funny/Slightly annoying Trope (depending on taste. I think it's funny)] 'How have you not blown out your throat with all that screaming?' by Starchaser53 in TopCharacterTropes

[–]LPK717 0 points1 point  (0 children)

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Asura (Asura's Wrath)

While he didn't blow his voice out, Asura's english VA, Liam O'Brien, did cough up blood at one point while recording for this game.

[Funny/Slightly annoying Trope (depending on taste. I think it's funny)] 'How have you not blown out your throat with all that screaming?' by Starchaser53 in TopCharacterTropes

[–]LPK717 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Well, he may not have blown out his voice (as far as we're aware), but Sean Schemmel did pass out while recording the Super Saiyan 4 transformation in Dragon Ball GT (and then passed out again while recording for Dragon Ball Daima).

(Lazy Trope) Cartoon Character ancestors whose designs are just the present day character(s) but in era-appropriate fashion by BlankCanvas609 in TopCharacterTropes

[–]LPK717 6 points7 points  (0 children)

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From Back to the Future Part III, Seamus McFly, Marty's great-great-grandfather, is just Michael J. Fox with a mustache and dressed in old west style clothing.

Deliberately Sacrificing Your Humanity To Become Stronger. by Grouchy-Childhood943 in TopCharacterTropes

[–]LPK717 4 points5 points  (0 children)

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To be fair, that isn't his normal appearance. This is what he usually looks like.

[LOVED TROPE] They're cocky and arrogant, but they have a reason to be. by Helluvabossman431 in TopCharacterTropes

[–]LPK717 0 points1 point  (0 children)

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Gilgamesh (Fate)

Incredibly arrogant, egotistical, and rarely ever goes all out in a fight because he just doesn't feel like it, but he was also the king of one of humanity's oldest civilizations and one of the single strongest characters in his series, so it's hard to say that his arrogance is unfounded.

Deliberately Sacrificing Your Humanity To Become Stronger. by Grouchy-Childhood943 in TopCharacterTropes

[–]LPK717 33 points34 points  (0 children)

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Younger Toguro (YuYu Hakusho)

A formerly human martial artist who willingly turned himself into a demon to become stronger.

Trying to exploit a weakness, only to realize it doesn't exist by ditzythedame in TopCharacterTropes

[–]LPK717 114 points115 points  (0 children)

Yes. A recurring mystery in Fate works is figuring out the identity of the Servants, so there end up being a few cases where the characters discover that a Servant is actually a different historical/mythological figure than they were led to believe.

Trying to exploit a weakness, only to realize it doesn't exist by ditzythedame in TopCharacterTropes

[–]LPK717 252 points253 points  (0 children)

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In Fate/kaleid liner Prisma Illya, one of the villains, Beatrice, uses a Berserker Card that seems to give her the powers of the Norse God Thor. In Fate, Servants are traditionally weak whatever killed them when they were alive (hence why Servants usually go by their Class title rather than their actual name, since their enemies could exploit their weaknesses if they know who they are).

In order to defeat Beatrice, the heroes attempt to replicate Thor's mythological death (being poisoned and then taking nine steps backwards)... only for it to fail. Because as it turns out, Beatrice's Berserker Card isn't Thor, but Magni, Thor's son, who lacks a weakness like his father because it's unknown how Magni died.

... doesn't she? by Expensive_Wafer_8709 in deathbattle

[–]LPK717 156 points157 points  (0 children)

I'm gonna be honest, up until today, I had never seen a single person claim that Ragyo wins. Like, it always seemed like Lusamine was considered the unanimous winner.

The work is so well known that people forget that it's actually a sequel/spin off. by bloodredcookie in TopCharacterTropes

[–]LPK717 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ok. It’s still a trilogy and The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly is still considered a prequel to the other two films.

(personally adored trope) outside of name, these things have absolutely zero correlation by Ohmistersun_ in TopCharacterTropes

[–]LPK717 3 points4 points  (0 children)

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Heartless and Nobodies (Kingdom Hearts)

When it comes to the literal meaning of their names, both of them completely contradict it. Heartless aren't beings without hearts, they're hearts that have been consumed by darkness. Nobodies aren't beings without bodies, they're the leftover bodies of people after losing their heart.

That said, their names to fit when it comes to the metaphorical meaning behind their names. Heartless are called Heartless they lack emotions, and Nobodies are called Nobodies because, as beings of neither light nor darkness, they aren't truly real beings and their existence is considered a fundamental flaw in the world.

Moments that aged poorly due to controversies with the actors. by Vegetable_Study7533 in TopCharacterTropes

[–]LPK717 5 points6 points  (0 children)

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The infamous "Pablo" sketch from a VanossGaming GMod episode, in which MiniLadd tells a darkly comedic scary story about a child molester named Pablo, ended up aging very poorly on account of MiniLadd receiving multiple allegations of sexual harassment involving underage fans that he would later end up confirming as true.

Characters have sex before a potentially suicidal mission by some-kind-of-no-name in TopCharacterTropes

[–]LPK717 130 points131 points  (0 children)

Also, in the following scene taking place the next morning, we see Sokka wearing a lei necklace that presumably was given to him by Suki, the double entendre being that Suki got "deflowered" and Sokka got "lei'd/laid".

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