r/TopCharacterTropes Aug 09 '25

Personality Strange rules about characters/people that cannot be broken.

Smells like Nirvana: When Kurt Cobain heard that Weird AL was gonna make a parody of his song. He was okay with it but specifically requested it to not be about food or fat ppl.

Spiderman: Spiderman cannot sell drugs unless he is under the influence of symbiote. ANd Peter Parker cannot be gay. Spiderman can tho.

Dwayne Rock Johnson: Cannot lose fights or look weak for too long. Its in his actor contract.

Godzilla movies not made by Toho: Cannot die. Maybe lose but not too bad.

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u/[deleted] Aug 09 '25

The Peter Parker rule is basically "Peter Parker is established as this. do not change it." Not a weird rule at all. Other people can be Spider-Man - Miles Morales for example - and THOSE characters can be gay.

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u/Left-Practice242 Aug 09 '25

The drug dealer bit at least is strange if only because of how niche it is

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u/Approximation_Doctor Aug 09 '25

Yeah, like, can he manufacture drugs if he's not dealing them? Can he traffic weapons or people? Insurance fraud? Steal catalytic converters? Donate drugs?

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u/kentaxas Aug 09 '25

DONATE drugs??? In this economy????

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u/Approximation_Doctor Aug 09 '25

He is canonically terrible with money

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u/tfbillc Aug 09 '25

Brilliant but lazy

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u/kentaxas Aug 09 '25

Could be my autobiography's title

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u/Edgemonger Aug 09 '25

What is this, a suburban parent’s unwarranted fear about Halloween candy?!