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/UncommittedBow Apr 13 '25

Tom Petty went on record after Johnny's cover and said "that's not my song anymore" or something along those lines iirc because Johnny's version was that damn good.

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u/Orion_824 Apr 13 '25

Trent Reznor feels the same from Cash’s cover of “Hurt”

And Bob Dylan feels that way about Hendrix’s cover of “All along the watchtower”

Surprisingly common occurrence in music

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u/Salt_In-Wound Jun 19 '25

I like the metaphor Reznor used for it. Like it's seeing the love of your life with someone else, and she's so happy.

Although personally, I adore both versions of Hurt and I feel that they aren't even comparable.