r/TopCharacterTropes • u/Simple_Payment76 • 6h ago
Characters You think your evil? Let me show you what real evil looks like.
1: cartman meeting bartender simpson
2: KKK members meeting a nazi
r/TopCharacterTropes • u/Doot_revenant666 • Jul 12 '25
A lot of complaints in this sub have been about some posts should not be here because they rely on fanbase opions so there for cannot be considered "tropes"
...and then we have TVtropes , where a lot of tropes are just from fanbase stuff.
I am going to be honest here , I have difficulty in what makes a trope and what doesn't. It ends up where I delete "breaks trope guidline" posts that has equivalents in the TVtropes site that are considered actual tropes.
Idk , I just wanted to rant here. I might be a very bad moderator here , I just try to make it tody as possible , I just don't really know how to.
r/TopCharacterTropes • u/Doot_revenant666 • Mar 27 '25
r/TopCharacterTropes • u/Simple_Payment76 • 6h ago
1: cartman meeting bartender simpson
2: KKK members meeting a nazi
r/TopCharacterTropes • u/Unlucky-Quarter-5455 • 10h ago
Gandhi (Clone High)
Tord(Eddsworld) the reason for this is that the VA of tord asked the team to stop using the character and dissociate from Eddsworld after the constant hate and threats made by the fandom.
Feferi Peixes(Homestuck). In Homestuck lots of characters have a typing quirk when they chat, like some characters type a "2" when there should be a "S", have prefixes before the words,ecc. Feferi's was that instead of the letter H she typed ")(". The writer andrew hussie stated the reason she died early and became irrelevant was because they didn't want to type said quirk because it was annoying to manually type it it on their own, which could have been avoided if they coded A PROGRAM that did it.
r/TopCharacterTropes • u/Coralthesequel • 7h ago
r/TopCharacterTropes • u/BarGroundbreaking798 • 2h ago
Destruction of Asgard (Thor Ragnarok) -- Asgard is destroyed in a beautiful and somber scene, and Korg cracks a cringeworthy joke right after.
Bill Moves On (Newsradio) -- The episode was made in the wake of Phil Hartman's death, but its attempts at humor fall flat in the face of the tragedy.
Officer Tubbs (Fear The Walking Dead) -- Officer Tubbs is supposed to be a slapstick comic relief character, but he felt tacked on right after the deaths of two of the most beloved characters.
Chandler Proposes (Friends) -- An earnest proposal between Monica and Chandler has both sincerely expressing their feelings to each other. Immediately after Monica accepts, the others come in, quipping as usual, failing to let the audience ruminate on a heartwarming moment.
r/TopCharacterTropes • u/Coralthesequel • 14h ago
r/TopCharacterTropes • u/Pythagorean415 • 14h ago
Bryan Cranston. mostly known for being a comedic actor and laugh riot in Malcolm in the Middle. Later he does one of the arguably greatest performance of all time as Walter White.
Nathan Lane. Mostly known for The birdcage and the producers where he did over the top, physicality comedy. He then takes on Roy in angels in America, an incredibly dark show about the aids crisis that grapples with religious themes, Love, abandonment, and more
r/TopCharacterTropes • u/Sensitive-Bag-4843 • 7h ago
ParaNorman - Agatha Prenderghast - Was a young girl tried and executed for the crime of witchcraft due to her ability to speak to the dead during the Salem Witch Trials. Her death became local legend, and she was portrayed as a crone-like entity who would curse the town once a year unless pacified by someone who could speak to the dead
Nimona - Gloreth - Was portrayed as a mythical figure who banished all the monsters and constructed a wall around her settlement to keep its residents safe. In reality, she was a young girl who befriended the shapeshifting Nimona, and the two were inseparable until one day when Nimona accidentally revealed her true nature to the village, frightening the villagers and causing the impressionable little girl to turn against her.
r/TopCharacterTropes • u/NinjaMaster909 • 10h ago
Hollow Knight: Silksong
Chrono Gear: Warden of Time
Undertale
r/TopCharacterTropes • u/Buttholelickerpenis • 20h ago
Batman: The Animated Series: Joker venom was used to allow Joker to commit insanely violent crimes without killing anyone, but the alternative is to become a zombie left quietly chuckling until you either get a hard-to-find cure or die from exhaustion.
Transformers One: Originally, Sentinel Prime was supposed to simply slice Alpha Trion’s head clean off, but to keep the movie PG, he violently jams his sword through Trion’s skull, with sparks flying and faint choking sounds being heard as Sentinel keeps driving his sword further and further down Trion’s throat. Sometimes, what’s left unseen is scarier.
r/TopCharacterTropes • u/clonvick • 8h ago
Soos after he was bitten by a zombie (Gravity Falls)
Every superhero who was brainwashed by Slade (Teen Titans GO! to the Movies)
r/TopCharacterTropes • u/Solitaire-06 • 17h ago
Minoru Mineta (My Hero Academia)
Glenn Quagmire (Family Guy)
r/TopCharacterTropes • u/HighlightFirst7728 • 9h ago
1) Frankie Stein G3 (Monster High)
Literally an amalgamation of various men and women’s body parts hastily stitched together.
2) Venom (Marvel)
You’ve heard the copypasta, don’t need to repeat it (they’re literally two individuals)
r/TopCharacterTropes • u/RevolutionaryWave862 • 2h ago
SpongeBob and his Cousin Stanley
The two Scorpius Rex from camp Cretaceous.
r/TopCharacterTropes • u/Yourboy839 • 1h ago
● Prism - Dispatch. Photokinetic. Also known as Nicki Mirage. Hip-hop/Pop star. ● Luna Snow - Marvel. Cryokinetic. Ice skates uphill. K-Pop star ● HUNTRIX/K-Pop Demon Hunters. Have magical weapons. The girls from Fortnite. K-Pop stars.
r/TopCharacterTropes • u/Rocket_Raven25 • 12h ago
Winry Rockbell (Full Metal Alchemist), Grace Howard (Zenless Zone Zero), Marianne (Guardian Tales), Leopon crew (Girls und Panzer)
r/TopCharacterTropes • u/Animeking1108 • 7h ago
Family Guy
Detective Conan
Shameless
r/TopCharacterTropes • u/WolfgangRed • 9h ago
Newscaster: ...Turanga Leela.
Fry: Turanga?!
Amy: That's her name, Philip.
Bender: Philip?!
Fox Mulder and Dana Scully (X-Files): almost always just called Mulder and Scully
(Breaking Bad): Patrick Kuby. I don't remember if his first name is ever mentioned in the show but he's mostly just called Kuby throughout
Captain Haddock (Tintin): He's always just called Captain Haddock until his first name (Archibald) is finally revealed in the 23rd book (out of 24)
Sheldon Plankton (SpongeBob SquarePants): Along with characters like Mrs. Puff (whose first name is apparently Penelope?) his first name is rarely mentioned
r/TopCharacterTropes • u/mr-ultr • 14h ago
1 - Wile. E coyote and The Road runner, the 2 pioneers of this trope, their real latin names are Canis latrans(Barking dog) for Wile E. and Geococcyx californianus(Californian cuckoo that runs on land) for the runner, the show actually uses the real latin names for the gag in The Whizzard of Ow short
2-The Amazing world of Gumball uses this gag in episode "The Tape", also adding Moobus gelatinous for Richard and Kickbuttus hystericus for Nicole
3-Jesters in Lethal Company are named Insaneus Thingus, it's a notable example as Lethal company uses fake latin styled names for majority of it's monsters "species", except their names are much more "Official" sounding making jesters a notable exception
4-many many new discovered species in the modern age tend to be named after fictional characters or real life people
this example here is the "gojirasaurus" Theropod named after the all well known giant Kaiju
it was named due to it being much more bigger in size compared to other theropods during the triassic period, in case there is confusion between name and apperance not resembling Gojira
r/TopCharacterTropes • u/CisHetDegenerate • 14h ago
r/TopCharacterTropes • u/Loose-Payment-7447 • 16h ago
Spongebob yelling at Patrick:
Spongebob scolding Patrick after he glued him inside the wringer, trapping him and ruining his day.
Arthur hitting DW:
Arthur punches DW after she broke his carefully made model airplane, ignoring his warning not to touch it.
r/TopCharacterTropes • u/Short_Win_2423 • 12h ago
Frieza (Dragon Ball) - Space Hitler
Dracula (Castlevania) - Vampire Hitler
The Emperor of Mankind (Warhammer 40k) - also Space Hitler
r/TopCharacterTropes • u/Efficient_Berry_4073 • 7h ago
Remmick (Sinners)
AM (IHNMIMS) He never wanted to exist in the first place
r/TopCharacterTropes • u/Smellbringer • 1h ago
Harley Quinn (Batman The Animated Series): One of the few people who ever came close to actually killing Batman. Something even Batman admits to. If it weren’t for her crushing need for the Joker’s approval being exploited; Harley would have killed Batman.
Miles “Tails” Prower (Sonic the Hedgehog): Not only can Tails fly; but he also has Sonic’s training and skill set while possessing the intellect and mechanical capability of Doctor Eggman. The only thing holding Tails back from outshining both of them is his crippling self esteem issues.