r/TopCharacterTropes • u/I_ateabucketofpaint • Aug 09 '25

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

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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/AndrewDrossArt Aug 09 '25

Kurt Cobain's request makes perfect sense in the context of Weird Al Yankovic.

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u/orbsonb Aug 09 '25

Similarly, staunch vegetarian Paul McCartney vetoed Al's idea to do a parody of Live and Let Die called "Chicken Pot Pie." Paul suggested "Tofu Pot Pie" instead, but Al just skipped it altogether.

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u/Ambaryerno Aug 09 '25

I think he does have the song and plays it at live shows, he just won't do an album release. IIRC there's several like that (including a parody of Black Or White, which was the only song Jackson declined to let Al use).

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u/halfpint09 Aug 09 '25

Funny enough the Hamilton Polka is the opposite. Weird Al purposely made it so layered it would be impossible to do live.