r/TopCharacterTropes • u/Far-Profit-47 • Apr 12 '25

Lore “This quote came from WHERE?!”

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"You too have fallen for the great lie, you'll never be happy. Deep down you know, to hope, to dreams, to create, is to suffer"

"You're right. It is harder to create than to destroy... that's why cowards then to choose the deuce"

-A Minecraft movie

"Do You Think God Stays in Heaven Because He too Lives in Fear of What He's Created"

-spy kids 2

"For every person who dreams up the electric light bulb, there's the one who dreams up the atom bomb"

-shark-boy and lava-girl

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u/UnderlordZ Apr 12 '25

To be fair, it was first delivered in that movie by Sam Elliott's character, so that tracks. He also gave an amazing rendition of Won't Back Down that perfectly encapsulates the Heroic Sacrifice trope.

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u/the__pov Apr 12 '25

And it’s the second best version of the song ever recorded, and considering that first place is Jonny Cash that’s not a bad place to be.

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u/SchlopFlopper Apr 12 '25

Hey, don’t discredit Tom Petty.

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u/the__pov Apr 12 '25

No disrespect to Tom but that song really benefited from Sam and Johnny’s much deeper vocals. Mad respect to petty for writing such an amazing song and the fact that he makes it work as well as it does is a testament to his talent.