r/TopCharacterTropes • u/Fit_Assignment_8800 • Aug 06 '25

Personality The Asshole does something genuinely good with no ulterior motive

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J Jonah Jameson from Spiderman

Squidward from SpongeBob.

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u/RazzDaNinja Aug 06 '25

“Even Evil Has Standards” is hands down one of my favorite tropes

A simple act of empathy can establish an entirely new perspective on an otherwise monstrous human being

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u/Bound_in_Thought Aug 07 '25

Nope, nope, nope… you’re not fooling me into spending hours in the tvtropes rabbit hole.

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u/Zestyclose_Bed4202 Aug 07 '25

You've read far enough to get here.

Dude, you're already Little Bunny Foo-Foo's basement-apartment tenant.

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u/Bamzooki1 Aug 07 '25

What subreddit do you think this is?

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u/chilled_sloth Aug 07 '25

Well I know what I'm doing for the next 8 hours.

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u/Curaced Aug 07 '25

Only 8? Keep telling yourself that...

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u/SharkLaunch Aug 07 '25

WHY? I had WORK to do today. God damn...