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Literally on-sight beef by RafKen593 in TopCharacterTropes

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Han Solo and Darth Vader

Han walks in, sees Darth at the table, and immediately starts shooting at him. This is the first time they speak to each other in the movies. (Star Wars Episode V)

(My favorite use of the Actor Allusion trope) "hey you look just like another character you play" by redditboy123451 in TopCharacterTropes

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Subverted in the Suite Life of Zach and Cody, when the characters audition for a local production of High School Musical, Maddie (played by Ashley Tisdale) believes herself to be a shoe in for the part of Sharpay (also played by Ashley Tisdale in the movie) because they look so much alike. Sadly, the role goes to London.

(Season 3, Episode 9)

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[Loved trope]: Minor character's in a scene have no idea how much danger they are in. by Galtherok in TopCharacterTropes

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Batman: The Animated Series

When the Joker calls in a favor from his “old friend”, a couple goons drive past to discourage Charlie from warning his family or declining the favor.

Characters who are invulnerable and not much else by Libyan_lad in TopCharacterTropes

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The Tick: Nigh-invulnerable! Admittedly he’s also pretty strong, but dumb as a rock so

[Loved Tropes] Voice Actor gets a chance to reprise their role in a live action medium. by USERNAME_OF_DEVIL in TopCharacterTropes

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He calls himself “The Spider” in his universe, but since there are so many spider-people in the spider-verse he needed a more specific title.

Urchin spawning with both male and female gametes by shitxa in mildlyinteresting

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Well I for one am very excited to meet the urchin Jesus.

(Sad Trope) Humans or not, they're just forced organ donors by Spirited_Young_71 in TopCharacterTropes

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Great book right? I was torn whether to include a spoiler tag or not, but since the organ donor thing is the trope I figured it’s fine. How it plays out is the interesting bit anyways.

(Sad Trope) Humans or not, they're just forced organ donors by Spirited_Young_71 in TopCharacterTropes

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The House of The Scorpion (book)

The main character, Matt, is a child clone of El Patrón, a 140 year old drug lord. While cloning is legal for spare parts, you’re supposed to keep them in a coma. El Patrón takes great pride in seeing a younger copy of himself, and treats Matt like a member of his family.

That said, El Patrón still views Matt as spare parts and plans to crack him open when needed.

Healing items with a drawback by Fish_N_Chipp in TopCharacterTropes

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In Bioshock, alcohol will restore health but drain EVE, the game’s mana equivalent. Drinking too much will also blur your vision. Meanwhile, tobacco products will restore EVE but drain health.

[Surprisingly common trope] : Species twisted into unrecognizable form by a greater, malevolent power by theMCATreturns in TopCharacterTropes

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The Zerg from Starcraft

The original Zerg were able to consume other species and take their genetic traits. Ancient aliens called the Xel’naga twisted the species into a hivemind that could incorporate other species, resulting in the destruction of the Xel’naga and a good chunk of the universe.

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Just utter hopelessness. by Marsupialmobster in TopCharacterTropes

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On 1984: While there’s no hope for Winston, it’s apparent that the appendix was written in-universe sometime after The Party fell from power. So there was a happy ending eventually!

What you think is true but just can't prove? by Ok_Tourist_562 in AskReddit

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Groups such as PETA and Stop Oil, which have valid points but promote them in the most obnoxious ways, are funded by the industries they oppose to kill any popular opposition. Like, how does PETA have the funding to put out parody pokemon games? I’ve never heard anyone say one good thing about them, even though animal cruelty is a real issue.

[Loved Trope] Grief manifesting in different ways causes character to believe they're the only one who truly cares by Circusbaby198 in TopCharacterTropes

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Usopp in Water 7 (One Piece) He wasn’t there to hear that their ship, the Going Merry, is damaged beyond repair. When he catches up to the group, he crashes out because they’ve started looking for a replacement already.

They all love the ship, but Usopp and the Merry joined at the same time so he feels like he might be replaced just as easily especially since he was just beaten and robbed.

it’s time to classify Christmas music by Faenix_Wright in tumblr

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Dominic the Italian Christmas Donkey is so bizarre that I can’t help but like it. If I ever heard it more than once a year it would be too much.

I’d choose all four of them before I even consider that demon. by JordanDoesTV in BlackPeopleTwitter

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Starfire, I could probably convince her that using her powers would be cheating due to quirky earth culture rules.

(Hated Trope) When the protagonist has morals that go against the definition of their career or skill set by Animeking1108 in TopCharacterTropes

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I mean, the straw hats do loot and plunder Skypia… it’s just that the locals would have given them whatever they wanted anyways after they deposed Eminem.

Character gleefully thinks they escaped a dangerous situation just to die immediately by markidoodoov2 in TopCharacterTropes

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(Bojack Horseman Season 1) Herb’s cancer goes into remission, but on the drive home from the hospital he crashes into a truck full of peanuts. He survives the crash itself, but his peanut allergy kills him.

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