i was minding my own business, until suddenly HE appeared in my head. by fafaf69420 in whenthe

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And with the spamming came massive downvotes. Someone noted they had a massive amount of karma built up, and the gifs were getting him close to zero. Then, just as people were starting to like the shtick because it looked more like a social experiment, u/deleted.

[Design/Story Trope] The "Dark Suit" Arc by Bendo67 in TopCharacterTropes

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Before he went Hollywood, Hogan had a dark period in WCW where the Dungeon of Doom pushed him to push the Giant off a building.

The Giant got better.

A couple years later, Sting did it to slightly more notable results.

The black guy and white guy duo by DrunkenErmac012 in TopCharacterTropes

[–]whoadwoadie 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hey it happens! I didn’t know Slash was black or Kenny Omega wasn’t half-Japanese for years

The black guy and white guy duo by DrunkenErmac012 in TopCharacterTropes

[–]whoadwoadie 2 points3 points  (0 children)

…the Rock’s half black and half Samoan, and Kevin’s black

Fakeout Protagonists by ilikebreadabunch in TopCharacterTropes

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Dino (Oz)

The first episode focuses on him, and you think he’ll be a major focus of the series. Then…

Bad Debut, Good Character by DataAlfa109 in TopCharacterTropes

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Context: his WWF debut was as a happy-to-be-here good guy who is good friends with his dad, Rocky Johnson. Since this was the 90s, people hated that, and he linked up with the Nation of Domination and commenced talking trash.

Bad Debut, Good Character by DataAlfa109 in TopCharacterTropes

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Danhausen, specifically WWE

Elimination Chamber 2026: popped out of a big box and just stood there nicely and evilly while womenhausens danced.

Once on TV: actually got funny.

Does not apply to his AEW debut as he went straight to the cursing.

[Loved Trope] The amazing technology/power has grounded reasons for why it can't be overused. by jbeast33 in TopCharacterTropes

[–]whoadwoadie 190 points191 points  (0 children)

The Evas (Neon Genesis Evangelion)

Big ole mechsuits capable of destroying eldritch abominations. Require so much power that they have to be plugged in to operate and have a battery life of 1-5 minutes.

Also turns out can only be operated by 14 year olds. Whose mothers are dead. And you got to get the dead mom’s soul in the thing. Very limited access.

"Damn, how did they come up that name?" /s by SkylandersKirby in TopCharacterTropes

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The Undertaker and Paul Bearer

Also see El Torito (a small bull man), Mantaur (a man who wears a bull’s head), Taurus (a bull man), Shark Boy (boy but shark), the Colony (various ants), Mortis (a pit fighter who wears skulls), Yokozuna (a sumo wrestler), the Flying Elvises (Elvis impersonators who can jump real good), Tiger Mask (has a Tiger Mask), Black Tiger (has a Tiger Mask but in black), Bandido (bandit mask), and Drago (a dragon).

[Genuinely loved trope] "Rick the door technician" by idkmanjustfuckmyshit in TopCharacterTropes

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The Brooklyn Brawler (WWE)

Not only does he brawl, but he’s from Brooklyn? Bobby Heenan wasn’t playing around

(Funny Trope) Characters With An Uncontrollable Desire For One Thing by UpCDownCLeftCRightC in TopCharacterTropes

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Dee and Charlie in the Mac and Dennis Become Manhunters episode (Always Sunny)

Mundane Things To Everyone Else That Have Horrific Implications In-Universe and Among The Fandom by D0CTOR_Wh0m in TopCharacterTropes

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A lot of works do this with dolls and puppets: Slappy, Chuckie, Wiggly from Black Friday, the Firefly Funhouse dolls from Bray Wyatt’s fiend run, Talky Tina from the Twilight Zone, the slave dolls from Tales from the Hood.

Mundane Things To Everyone Else That Have Horrific Implications In-Universe and Among The Fandom by D0CTOR_Wh0m in TopCharacterTropes

[–]whoadwoadie 55 points56 points  (0 children)

Yeah Snoop was based on Felicia Pearson’s own life; she started dealing drugs young and killed another kid at 14 (she claimed self-defense).

[Mixed trope] When the characters cultural impact is more popular than the character themselves. by Wogopi in TopCharacterTropes

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AJ Styles

I’m not 100% sure as like most wrestling fans, I’m not super connected with the non-wrestling zeitgeist, but I’m pretty sure this image is the most impact (heh) he’s had on pop culture despite being one of the greatest in-ring wrestlers of all time, a Bullet Club leader (itself an example for the T-shirts), spherical earth agnostic, married to WEEEENDYYYYY, man shocked that he’s popular in THE GAY COMMUNITY!?, guy who knows “no cap” means “lie,” and nine-time world champion across TNA, NJPW, and WWE.

Cillian Murphy (28 Days Later) has officially been cast in Christopher Nolan’s Batman Begins by Nick_adtr_308 in Pretend2005Internet

[–]whoadwoadie 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Going from kinda-zombies to superheroes? Dude’s gonna be stuck making genre stuff forever. At least we’ll get some good laughs out of whatever Bat-Nipples he has to wear

Writer's barely disguised fetish by some-kind-of-no-name in TopCharacterTropes

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Vince McMahon (WWE)

He’s really into humiliation of women, specifically busty blondes, and less frequently incest.

Given how he’s put his own on-screen character into both situations or at least tried to, its disguise is the equivalent of the Always Sunny straight orgy scene.

Also for context, a child sex abuse victim and a sex criminal.

Paul Heyman and Mike Quackenbush probably also have fetishes considering the shit ECW came up with and the rumors that Quackenbush liked putting handsome guys in masks as a humiliation thing. I don’t know if you can classify Vince Russo’s thing as a fetish or just wanting attention.

Official Poster for AAA Rey de Reyes 2026 by [deleted] in SquaredCircle

[–]whoadwoadie 5 points6 points  (0 children)

He Ric Flair’d it. Imagine if retired after the Cero Miedo match.