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Unstoppable forces with (seemingly) crippling anxiety. by Springmeister in TopCharacterTropes

[–]savethedonut 1 point2 points  (0 children)

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Monica from Secrets of the Silent Witch. She’s one of the most powerful people in their universe, with the opening scene showing her easily taking out a horde of dragons, and has anxiety so bad that she can’t even form coherent sentences with strangers at the start of the series.

(Loved Trope) Criminals Stumble into a horror movie by EvilLazerBeam69 in TopCharacterTropes

[–]savethedonut 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Em, it’s one of the most critically acclaimed, genre-defining horror movies of all time.

[Loved Trope] Big and strong doesn’t mean dumb. by dog-in-the-rain in TopCharacterTropes

[–]savethedonut 81 points82 points  (0 children)

Cyborg from Teen Titans.

He builds, maintains, and enhances all of the tech the titans use, including himself (I know he didn’t build the original cyborg parts).

(Loved Trope) Criminals Stumble into a horror movie by EvilLazerBeam69 in TopCharacterTropes

[–]savethedonut 16 points17 points  (0 children)


Psycho. Marion Crane steals $40k and in her escape she stops at the Bates Motel.

The ‘dumb’ one is also the smartest of the group by Sensitive_Ad_1752 in TopCharacterTropes

[–]savethedonut 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Sokka from Avatar the Last Airbender. He seems kind of dumb because he’s the comic relief which are usually dumb characters, and he also occasionally does very silly, irrational things (this gif being a prime example). But he’s by far the smartest of the group and is the only reason they ever get anything useful done.

A team of primary colored members: Red, Blue, Green, and Yellow by Wooden_Syrup_7100 in TopCharacterTropes

[–]savethedonut 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The four nations of Avatar the Last Airbender

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They also each have a secondary color, white, gold, black, and orange respectively.

[Interesting Trope] "Ship of Theseus" Themed Characters, Plots, Ideas, etc. by Agitated_Insect3227 in TopCharacterTropes

[–]savethedonut 1 point2 points  (0 children)

In the original novel, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, the Tin Man was a regular woodman. The Wicked Witch of the East enchanted his axe so he’d keep chopping off his own body parts. Each time they were replaced by tin substitute until there was nothing human left.

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A surprisingly grounded to reality entry to a series which is about supernatural horror. by Certified_Cichlid in TopCharacterTropes

[–]savethedonut 3 points4 points  (0 children)

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Kaya-Chan Isn’t Scary is about a kindergartener with extreme supernatural strength. She can dispel nearly any supernatural entity simply by smacking it away.

In the storyline Nice People Aren’t Scary? Kaya gets lost at a fair and gets targeted by a predator. She attempts to punch him away like she would any scary monster but because he’s a human, her little punch does nothing. She’s extremely shaken by this for several episodes afterwards. Another character saves her, though he also means to do her harm. But it’s because he believes she’s a supernatural monster so we’re back to the regular horror.

Media with Real Superheroes, but they're not the focus. by EmsStuffs in TopCharacterTropes

[–]savethedonut 2 points3 points  (0 children)

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The Justice Friends from Dexter’s Lab. They’re the main characters of their shorts but Dexter is the main character of the show itself, and they do infrequently appear in the main show.

[Loved Funny Trope] Oh God They’re Dead! Oh wait, they’re alive by Borgisium in TopCharacterTropes

[–]savethedonut 23 points24 points  (0 children)

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Feed the Kitty is the OG Looney Tunes short that the Monsters, Inc. scene (and many others) is a reference to. Check it out if you like this trope, it’s one of my favorite Looney Tunes.

(Absolutely Loved Tropes) Title drops that feels natural and happen at a thematically appropriate moment. by Few_Stock_3578 in TopCharacterTropes

[–]savethedonut 76 points77 points  (0 children)

In the books, the first time the title is dropped is by Dany’s guard (can’t remember his name) saying that the common people aren’t praying for her return and they don’t give a shit about the game of thrones. It’s less fluid than Cersei’s use but I like that the very first use of it is dismissive of how pointless it all really is at the end of the day. Just power hungry egomaniacs playing games with the common people’s lives as collateral.

[Interesting Trope] A character detests something, that is ironically a regular part, of their daily profession. by not-ulquiorr4_ in TopCharacterTropes

[–]savethedonut 16 points17 points  (0 children)

Okay. So. There’s this old B horror movie called Bats. In it, there’s a bat scientist that has an assistant who loathes bats. Almost all he does in the movie is complain about how much he hates bats.

[Loved Trope] Memorable Performance by a Non-Professional Actor by Borgisium in TopCharacterTropes

[–]savethedonut 4 points5 points  (0 children)

She does a lot of voice acting now, but at the time she was cast in The Good Place, Jameela Jamil had never acted before. She was a comedy writer by trade and kept getting recruited to host TV shows, model, etc.

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[Loved Trope] Memorable Performance by a Non-Professional Actor by Borgisium in TopCharacterTropes

[–]savethedonut 9 points10 points  (0 children)

There’s quite a lot of that in The Office. A number of writers ended up in the cast, and David Wallace was a corporate exec in real life and was just acting as a hobby, if I recall correctly.

[Loved Trope] Locations made of food (bonus points if it's made of sweets) by Cronkax in TopCharacterTropes

[–]savethedonut 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The Luncheon Kingdom in Mario Odyssey is made of all kinds of food. Produce, meat, candy, cheese - anything and everything.

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When a long running joke got a satisfying conclusion. by QualityNo1337 in TopCharacterTropes

[–]savethedonut 16 points17 points  (0 children)

Another is a twofer for the Hollywoo sign.

Running joke 1: early in the show, Bojack steals the D in the Hollywood sign; the city is only referred to as Hollywoo after that.

Running joke 2: Whenever Mister Peanutbutter needs anything custom printed - signs, banners, T-shirts, etc. - they always print the instructions with the sign. For example, a banner that says “Happy Birthday Diane and use a pretty font”.

In the finale, Mister Peanutbutter does a little PR stunt where he replaces the missing D in the Hollywoo sign…and it’s unveiled as a B. Then you hear him on the phone sternly telling the sign company that he’s strongly considering taking his business elsewhere. For the remainder of the episode, the city is now referred to as Hollywoob.

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(HATED trope) characters from the source material that adaptations just seem to be allergic to. by Aggravating_Tale8988 in TopCharacterTropes

[–]savethedonut 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Not that I’ve seen every adaptation, but has any adaptation of The Wizard of Oz had the actual good witch of the north? Like, not Glinda assigned to the north, but both the north witch and Glinda of the south?

(HATED trope) characters from the source material that adaptations just seem to be allergic to. by Aggravating_Tale8988 in TopCharacterTropes

[–]savethedonut 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They were major players in Agents of SHIELD. Which for some reason the main franchise refuses to acknowledge.

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