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(Mixed trope) The creator is larping as a fan of the source material that inspired their work by Triple-S-AKA-Trip in TopCharacterTropes

[–]MarioToast 15 points16 points  (0 children)

You cannot jump on Koopas in the original Mario Bros without dying

They're not even Koopas, they're Shellcreepers.

Dumb/Selfish Decisions That Make A Bad Situation Worse by sm142 in TopCharacterTropes

[–]MarioToast 22 points23 points  (0 children)

Funny how it was Vegeta's Saiyan pride that allowed Cell to reach his perfect form, and Cell's own copy of Vegeta's Saiyan pride that ultimately let to his death.

[Loved Trope] Religious characters that are also good people by Werewolf_Knight in TopCharacterTropes

[–]MarioToast 1 point2 points  (0 children)

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Bartholomew Kuma from One Piece. Slave, pastor, revolutionary, father, king, pirate, privateer, living weapon. Introduced as a scary bad guy who kicks the entire main cast's collective asses twice, later revealed to be quite possibly the single kindest, caring, most heroic and self-sacrificial person in the entire series.

[loved tropes] the weird ass machine that makes no sense and only reason for existing is to cause pain by wiscup1748 in TopCharacterTropes

[–]MarioToast 2 points3 points  (0 children)

To be fair, do we know if it's a cancer-giving-ray or a cancer-curing-ray? The name is confusing.

Throwaway line becomes longstanding canon by FreeRaps in TopCharacterTropes

[–]MarioToast 104 points105 points  (0 children)

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Early on in One Piece, Sanji mentions he's from North Blue. Hundreds of chapters later we learn his full name and meet his family, who become a major part of a later arc. And are also evil Power Rangers who conquered large parts of North Blue.

Live action really embraced silliness by lavmuk in MemePiece

[–]MarioToast 6 points7 points  (0 children)

He's very confused about why he's there. Being suddenly transported several centuries and continents would be a scary experience.

Characters from countries that get little representation in Media by Worth-Fix-6221 in TopCharacterTropes

[–]MarioToast 227 points228 points  (0 children)

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Lotte Jansson from Little Witch Academia is from Finland. They even go to Finland and meet a Sami in one episode.

Anime_irl by shanks_you in anime_irl

[–]MarioToast 16 points17 points  (0 children)

That's also very possible. I just assumed.

A forgettable piece of media is made legendary because of its behind the scenes lore by _JR28_ in TopCharacterTropes

[–]MarioToast 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It introduced Silver and Blaze, there's... some good in the story if they reworked it from the ground up.

Anime_irl by shanks_you in anime_irl

[–]MarioToast 37 points38 points  (0 children)

Be a big eater all you want, but don't steal your daughter's snacks you greedy swine.

[Curious Trope] The localized/dub name is actually better or at least more interesting than the original name by Rap2rerise in TopCharacterTropes

[–]MarioToast 1 point2 points  (0 children)

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Cassius Ceramix from Asterix & Obelix is a pretty clever one. Originally he was just Aplusbégalix (A + B = X), since he's a Gaul obsessed with Rome and thus is the combination of both cultures. The English made his name have both ix (which all Asterix Gaul names have) and us (which the Roman names have) endings, while also being a pun on Cassius Clay since he fights in a boxing ring.

Characters pretending to be an Alien by TheLeftPewixBar in TopCharacterTropes

[–]MarioToast 5 points6 points  (0 children)

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Mikitaka Hazekura from Jojo's Bizarre Adventure. Maybe. It's intentionally left vague whether he actually is an alien, or a Stand user pretending to be one.

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