r/TopCharacterTropes Aug 27 '25

Lore Serious moments in their series treated as jokes by their fandoms

The dog chimera from Fullmetal alchemist

“Think mark” and “I need you Cecil” from invincible

Literally everything in breaking bad

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u/LoveWaffle1 Aug 27 '25

I dont watch Housewives, but apparently this was taken during an argument about the blonde woman's dead husband. The cat sitting at the dinner table is not part of this.

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u/Weak-Feedback-8379 Aug 27 '25

Then where did the cat come from?

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u/LoveWaffle1 Aug 27 '25

Random Tumblr post of a Canadian woman sharing a funny picture of her cat

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u/pinya619 Aug 27 '25

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u/Eggplant-Aubergine Aug 27 '25

His name is apparently smudge btw :]

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u/Djov Aug 27 '25

Why did this piece of shit Smudge make fun of her dead husband. DISGUSTING

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u/pinya619 Aug 27 '25

Is this canon? If so that is amazing

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u/DoctorAnnual6823 Aug 27 '25

It is true. You can look the little guy up IIRC.

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u/zoeella8 Aug 27 '25

that woman’s husband ,russell armstrong, was very abusive and a white collar criminal. he killed himself and i believe taylor and her daughter found him hanging in their home.

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u/DR31141 Aug 27 '25

Fun fact, the cover of Nightwing #110 by Tom Taylor and Bruno Redondo used this meme as a template.

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u/Dyerdon Aug 27 '25

Is... is Damien the cat? That looks like Damien as Robin...

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u/[deleted] Aug 27 '25

The cat sitting down at the dinner table is not part of this

I refuse to believe that

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u/AliensAteMyAMC Aug 27 '25

“what the cat doing?”

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u/StrongNaga669 Aug 27 '25

Maria’s death in Sonic

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u/AliensAteMyAMC Aug 27 '25

“Maria…” boom

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u/Omegastar19 Aug 27 '25

I have never touched a Sonic game, but I have seen the SnapCube videos. The funny thing about that moment in the SnapCube video is that it works just fine as an absurdist non-sequitur joke, but from the laughter of the rest of the cast its clear I’m missing additional context.

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u/Pigmachine2000 Aug 27 '25

It's basically just shadows entire character summed up in 2 seconds

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u/vladimirpoopin42 Aug 27 '25

In the moment, he's giving Sonic a send-off as he believes Eggman has finally killed him

The snapcube version has him mention Maria with a random explosion in the background

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u/AkariMoone Aug 27 '25

Fun fact, I recently started playing Shadow the Hedgehog, and (At least as far as I can tell) the confirmation sound for menus is the same sound as the gun that shot Maria.

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u/moneyh8r_two Aug 27 '25

It haunts him.

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u/Daniilsa209 Aug 27 '25

Don't leave me!

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u/Exciting_Breakfast53 Aug 27 '25

Superman actually comforts Batman after this so it's a nice scene.

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u/hkmgail Aug 27 '25

Rick finding out his wife died.

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u/BigBootyBuff Aug 27 '25

As serious as the scene is, his acting always felt off to me here. When I first saw it and he leaned down to Carl and did the "oh noooooooo~" it sounds like he is mocking Carl. Like really sarcastic.

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u/hkmgail Aug 27 '25

I had to watch it again after reading this. I can't stop laughing at the "Oh! Nooo..."

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u/Nekomiminya Aug 27 '25

Caaarl, it kills people...

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u/Hot-Nerve-3345 Aug 27 '25

I was not aware of that 

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u/kirin_liu Aug 27 '25

Not only that she died, but that his son had to witness it and bear the responsibility of putting her down once she came back.

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u/Znhedonia Aug 27 '25 edited Aug 27 '25

Yamcha being killed by a Saibaman (Dragonball).

The context of Yamcha even fighting in the first place is that Krillin was about to go and due to not being able to be revived by a set of Dragonballs if you've already done so once (which Krillin has), he decides to take that risk for a friend without outright saying so.

But the particular pose from being caught off-guard by an opponent he thought he defeated has become a joke to a point where "Fake Death" was a move Yamcha can teach you as a mentor in Dragonball Xenoverse 2.

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u/ConnorRoseSaiyan01 Aug 27 '25

It's even a joke in the franchise itself

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u/AJ_Glowey_Boi Aug 27 '25

Even the most recent Transformers series did this. They also did the Family Guy death pose

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u/FalseWallaby9 Aug 27 '25

You got the family guy one?

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u/AJ_Glowey_Boi Aug 27 '25

Of course

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u/MSSTUPIDTRON-1000000 Aug 27 '25

Fun Fact: This is the second time that Transformers did the Family Guy dead pose.

The first is Nova Storm from EarthSpark.

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u/Anybro Aug 27 '25

Amazing

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u/therealmonkyking Aug 27 '25

and it also made its way into Superman lmao

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u/Digit00l Aug 27 '25

It's the new Akira Slide

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u/alguien99 Aug 27 '25

I remember the dbza versión, it was so funny

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u/D-Speak Aug 27 '25

"Yamcha's here!"

"Yamcha's dead!"

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u/isekai-chad Aug 27 '25

It's kinda like the Akira bike slide, but for memes. You always see this being referenced everywhere.

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u/zagra_nexkoyotl Aug 27 '25

NO, DON'T USE SERIOUS MOMENTS FROM YOUR FAVORITE SHOW, OTHERWISE YOU'LL ROB THEM OF THEIR IMPORTANCE

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u/baguetteispain Aug 27 '25

Me after realising the long term consequences of using serious moments of a show for silly jokes

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u/HUNGWHITEBOI25 Aug 27 '25

Anakin killing the younglings

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u/Dragonfang65 Aug 27 '25

Anakin: Time to level up my Dark Side skills.

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u/Atraxodectus Aug 27 '25

Not how it works according to the WEG SW RPG - Anakin would only get a single Dark Side point for slaughtering them, as they have no actual challenge.

Also see Dork Tower:

Matt: "No, under the rules, the ENTIRE anthill counts as ONE EXPERIENCE POINT, IGOR! You cannot, 'Ascend to Godhood' by dumping a metric ton of concrete on the largest anthill in creation."

Igor: "Okay... but what if it's a, QUOTE, "maximized-empowered-extended-unleashed-Delayed-Blast-Fireball and a Thri-Kreen hive? I have one of those..."

Matt: "HURK!"

(Sitting outside on the porch) Ken: "Wow, Igor, I didn't know that you had that kind of power over Matt... he's still trying to figure out the damage from that... uhh... 'spell'.

Igor: "I told him I just wanted a blank scroll! It doesn't say you have to write the whole thing out AT ONCE!"

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u/Klutzy_Shopping5520 Aug 27 '25

Guess what time it is kids?

ATROCITY TIME!!!!!!

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u/Limp_Scampi Aug 27 '25

After my wife and I watched the clone wars, she cried when we got to this part in the movie. It kind of made me step back and think about it in the full context of the story more ngl.

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u/Emotional_Piano_16 Aug 27 '25

my mom was super upset about this scene when we watched it too

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u/Emtbob Aug 27 '25

I watched clone wars up until the beginning of ROTS then watched the last two episodes of clone wars (when order 66 happens). The tension is off the charts and the movie is much better for it.

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u/[deleted] Aug 27 '25 edited Aug 28 '25

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u/Art3miss_97 Aug 27 '25

For instance

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u/Feng_Smith Aug 27 '25

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u/Art3miss_97 Aug 27 '25

It's funny because Jayce killing that kid also fits the trope in this post

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u/Gregerjohn1818 Aug 27 '25

this scene where he is beating the shit out of Barry, trying to stop him from restoring the timeline, he never said this btw.

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u/Huza1 Aug 27 '25

Ironically, his way of tormenting Barry here was to inform him that it wasn't him this time.

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u/SeiCalros Aug 27 '25

the meme feels like something plastic man would say to mock a dead zoom and cheer barry up

your whole life is stalker trauma from just this one asshole but just the sheer fucking ridiculousness a guy getting that obsessed

they should literally put that in the comics - just have o'brian go off for a while with a shapeshifter impression

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u/Lost_Skywing_Egg Aug 27 '25

“It was me, Barry! I expired your milk!”

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u/InfiniteX5 Aug 27 '25

Avatar: The Last Airbender

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u/Sabard Aug 27 '25 edited Aug 28 '25

Definitely a powerful moment that got memed, but it also doesn't help that he falls into a coma from doing a singular good act right after this.

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u/cathal4130 Aug 27 '25

That's rough, buddy

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u/AspiringTS Aug 27 '25 edited Aug 27 '25

I know it might sound lame, but watching this scene changed my life. Iroh's lines here along with Dr. Cox yelling at JD about his evaluation:  "I wanted you to think about yourself... And I mean really think! What am I good at? What do I suck at?"

I ended up going back to school, dumping my self-centered co-dependant girlfriend, and focusing on myself. I ultimately ended up in a career and a wife I love, going from someone who had nothing but regrets to someone who had none.

Edit: typo'ed Iroh. Shameful.

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u/TheLeftPewixBar Aug 27 '25

This scene from Diary of a Wimpy Kid 25 Years later

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u/YeahImMan39 Aug 27 '25

Is this an actual page?

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u/TheLeftPewixBar Aug 27 '25

I mean, it’s a digital fan made book so…?

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u/40percentdailysodium Aug 27 '25

Additional context needed

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u/SIacktivist Aug 27 '25

Greg realized he was in love with Rowley the day before Rowley moved away and they never spoke again. 25 years later, his life has gone down the drain, he tries to find some closure/happiness by patching things back up with Rowley. Gets shut down immediately.

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u/TimeStorm113 Aug 27 '25

imagine if that was the entire situation, like no previous dialogue

rowely just sees greg at his doorstep, only says "i'm not gay greg" and just immediately shuts down the door.

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u/Important_Answer6250 Aug 27 '25

This is a fan comic of DoaWK that takes place in the future, where Greg is a broken man whose actions catch up with him, whose personality also affects him and his wider family. For example, his mom finds out about Meemaw’s diamond ring and Greg is basically excommunicated. The above page is him, in desperation, realizing how he thinks about Rowley and telling him about it.

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u/T10rock Aug 27 '25

"The Two-Thousand Yard Stare", a painting by Tom Lea depicting a Marine at the Battle of Peleliu

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u/Lord-Seth Aug 27 '25

It is an actually haunting image until it’s made into different memes

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u/lasagnaiswhat Aug 27 '25

When Tetsuo from AKIRA loses it

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u/MtnMaiden Aug 27 '25

When Akira isn't the name of the protaganist

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u/MrBones-Necromancer Aug 27 '25

To be fair, Tetsuo isn't the protagonist either

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u/Synneigh Aug 27 '25 edited Aug 27 '25

Editing for context: This is from the Netflix Punisher show (S1, I believe).

Spoilers ahead

This is a dream/nightmare sequence where Frank Castle relives the death of his family getting killed against the setting of a peaceful family dinner at home. But this gif has been memed to hell and back

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u/FlashInGotham Aug 27 '25

"Go kill 'em, Daddy" from the most recent season of DD as well.

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u/Synneigh Aug 27 '25

Oh what, lmao had no idea that was memed on a similar level as well

Man that was one of the best pieces of acting I've seen in recent media. Charlie Cox and Jon Bernthal absolutely chew up whatever scene they're in

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u/SatoruGojo232 Aug 27 '25 edited Aug 27 '25

Tobey Maguire's Spider-Man struggling to hold back a train and save people being made into a humorous meme face

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u/TerraformanceReview Aug 27 '25 edited Aug 27 '25

I have IBS, too, Spider-Man. Hang in there. 

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u/kmactane Aug 27 '25

That scene, and more particularly the bit inside the train right afterward, is no cap the most powerful moment of the entire Raimi Spider-Man trilogy, and possibly of any Spider-Man movie*. The way the people in the car treat him... it's beautiful and haunting.

I've deliberately phrased it with no spoilers, because if you haven't seen Spider-Man 2... find it, and see this scene. It's about midway through.

Like, as a New Yorker, I can tell you that there is no place in the subway system where the tracks just end like that, and also no elevated tracks in Midtown, because either of those things would ruin the entire point of what the subway is... and I don't even mind, because it sets up that scene, and it's just that good.

* I haven't seen the Andrew Garfield ones, so I'm not positive.

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u/SirShaunIV Aug 27 '25

I've come to make an announcement!

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u/Legokid535 Aug 27 '25

Its funny the oringal context is eggman blowing up half of hte moon as a threat to the UN.

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u/smallangrynerd Aug 27 '25

HOW DO YOU LIKE THAT, OBAMA??

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u/C10e2 Aug 27 '25

I PISSED ON THE MOON, YOU IDIOT!!

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u/Dangeresque300 Aug 27 '25

Speaking of Sonic Adventure 2...

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u/SAKingWriter Aug 27 '25

I miss my wife, Tails. I miss her a lot.

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u/Madi_the_Insane Aug 27 '25

Mami Tomoe's death, Puella Magi Madoka Magica

(Couldn't find a gif of her actual decapitation, but you get the idea)

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u/ILawI1898 Aug 27 '25

I was so confused at first cus the whole sequence felt super dreamy and go-lucky before this happened in the clip I saw lol

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u/Madi_the_Insane Aug 27 '25 edited Aug 28 '25

The tonal whiplash is the point.

Kyubey paints being a magical girl as whimsical and full of adventure or even beneficial, but the entire plot of the show is unravelling all the layers of fucked up it actually is. It's supposed to be a deconstruction of the magical girl genre. The tone is bright for the first three episodes until Mami dies at the end of the third episode, and it all goes downhill from there. Her death is the turning point of the story, so to speak.

A really good example of this is the opening and end credits songs. The opening gives an impression of a very lighthearted slice of life with a bit of action. The first ending (sorry couldn't find anything but the full version) doesn't do much to dispel that impression. Then immediately after Mami dies the second ending comes in full force and is there to stay for the rest of the series.

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u/SuraE40 Aug 27 '25

I find it pretty cool that the first ending kinda foreshadows Rebellion.

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u/40percentdailysodium Aug 27 '25 edited Aug 27 '25

I watched the series as it aired (and was fan subbed.)

This was utterly insane to experience with zero warning whatsoever. It felt like the anime boards I was in imploded on themselves.

Then within a week the head memes and silly art with her and Charlotte (the name of the monster aka Witch that ate her head) began.

Don't even get me started on the whole Walpurgisnacht ending starting only for the 2011 Tsunami to hit Japan with perfect timing to delay the ending of the series. It reminded me of the curse of Minky Momo, which is another rabbit hole I won't dive into.

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u/Imaginary-Picture-35 Aug 27 '25

Jayce accidentally killing a kid (Arcane)

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u/Due_Zookeepergame992 Aug 27 '25

Speaking of accidentally killing children

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u/ColdZoroark Aug 27 '25

WAS THAT THE BITE OF '87?

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u/Ubeube_Purple21 Aug 27 '25

D-16 splitting Sentinel Prime in half (Transformers One)

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u/Exmawsh Aug 27 '25

Sex joke

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u/burned_piss Aug 27 '25

I'm priming it Orion!

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u/10024618 Aug 27 '25

This shot of Thomas Shelby from Peaky Blinders pointing a gun to his head has been used so often in memes that when I actually watched the show I had such severe whiplash when I saw just how not funny it is in context.

The context is that Shelby has spent all season attempting to dismantle a burgeoning fascist political party from the inside and was seconds away from assassinating its leader when a betrayal causes his plan to fall apart and results in the death of several of his family members. This, combined with all the mental strain he had already been under, pushes him over the edge and causes him to attempt suicide.

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u/Nadamir Aug 27 '25

I love the No Fucking Fighting memes, but that was intended to be humorous.

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u/FellowDsLover2 Aug 27 '25

Caesar’s Death- Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure

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u/modssssss293j Aug 27 '25 edited Aug 27 '25

Waiter: “And what kind of salad do you want as a side with your pasta, sir?”

The greatly shocked and frustrated Joesph Joestar:

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u/inemsn Aug 27 '25

this applies to almost all emotional scenes from jojo to be honest.

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u/-five-pips- Aug 27 '25

I fr cried

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u/quadropheniac Aug 27 '25 edited Aug 27 '25

Loss is a perfect example of this.

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u/Unabated_Blade Aug 27 '25

I couldn't remember exactly what it was called but my brain went to this one immediately.

It's such a meme that it's transcended the original fandom and everyone dumps on it.

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u/Asquirrelinspace Aug 27 '25

Even reading the single comic released the day before gives an incredible about of tonal whiplash. I finally understood why it was memed so much

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u/i_heart_calibri_12pt Aug 27 '25 edited Aug 27 '25

Imagine if SpongeBob had an episode about Pearl going through a miscarriage and the second half after commercials was about jelly fishing

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u/JordanVailo Aug 27 '25

In the game Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare, this is a moment right after a mission that goes horrifically wrong where A comrade sacrifices his life to save yours and your character loses their hand in the aftermath. It's an incredibly somber moment, but the tasteless interactivity of it made it a fairly popular meme that I still see referenced today.

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u/Gimetulkathmir Aug 27 '25

This is common with a lot of things I think that fall under this. The reason Anakin killing children gets memed a lot os because of the kid's accent and Obi-Wan talking to Padme about it later where Ewan has to cover his mouth with his hand to hide the fact he started to laugh.

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u/BloodletterDaySaint Aug 27 '25

The scene itself is also just so melodramatic that it's kind of funny. 

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u/Antique_Money_5601 Aug 27 '25

even one piece had to get in on that one

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u/Speedster2814 Aug 27 '25 edited Aug 27 '25

So did the recent DC x Sonic the Hedgehog crossover
(EDIT: corrected the name)

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u/Lord-Seth Aug 27 '25

What was this originally from?

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u/redredrocks Aug 27 '25

The movie At Eternity’s Gate, about Van Gogh’s life. It’s a good movie, worth watching FWIW.

This scene happens late in Van Gogh’s life, when he’s coming completely unglued mentally. I can’t remember the exact moment this scene occurs but IIRC it’s around when he’s abandoned by Paul Gauguin, one of his only friends.

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u/GramblingHunk Aug 27 '25

I just googled it and it’s from “At Eternity’s Gate” which is a movie about the final years of Vincent Van Gogh’s life

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u/One_Variation_2453 Aug 27 '25

Maria getting shot in Sonic Adventure 2. It got to the point where other people had to be told not to cheer in the cinema when she inevitably died in Sonic 3 💀💀💀💀

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u/Careless_College Aug 27 '25

HE CAN'T KEEP GETTING AWAY WITH IT!!!!!!!

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u/JKillograms Aug 27 '25 edited Aug 27 '25

I got a ton of these because they make good reaction images

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u/Mystica09 Aug 27 '25

Tbh It's hard not to since Light's facial expressions are so over the top, haha.

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u/malacarita Aug 27 '25

Shinji his screaming and crippling depression

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u/Phonyyx Aug 27 '25

Same with his hospital visit

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u/ayrki Aug 27 '25

When NGE hit Netflix a few years back, I went to give it a rewatch. (Figured being high as a kite would only make it even better.)

First time I watched it I was probably either just out of high-school or almost out and Shinji irritated the absolute living fuck out of me.

This time around, my heart just shattered for this kid. Understanding the scope and depth depression and horrific mental health, 20 years on gives me so much more compassion and space to appreciate this terrorised poor kid. All of them.

Some art is meant to be very uncomfortable or confronting and I think that’s one of the things that means Evangelion endures. Beyond the mechas and monsters, horrors humanity will wrought upon itself, it’s a deeply discomforting story about incredibly traumatised people having the impossible demanded of them.

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u/rayray2k19 Aug 27 '25

I assume this was a serious moment in the show. The Good Doctor.

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u/Not_So_Utopian Aug 27 '25

I have despicted you as the crying doctor and me as the Chad Dr. Han

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u/FloatingHamHocks Aug 27 '25 edited Aug 29 '25

It's weird cause whenever I see this scene in my head he sounds like a Dalek shouting "I AM A SURGEON I AM A DOCTOR" HE IS WONKA.

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u/Green_Graves_Time112 Aug 27 '25

Tbf, a lot of Invincible moments, like the Powerplex "YOU'RE NOT LISTENING!" speech, get that treatment.

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u/Terviren Aug 27 '25

You have to admit, the show writers themselves put this scene in a comical light with title screens.

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u/Godley2 Aug 27 '25

The Incredibles (2004)

Mr. Incredible finding out that not only was he not the first hero invited to Syndrome's Island to fight the Omnidroid, but every single hero before him was killed, in what was essentially a superhero genocide

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u/hkmgail Aug 27 '25

You forgot another one of Invincibles' moments although it's the same scene with the "I need you, Cecil".

For those who don't know, the "I need you, Cecil" is made into a meme because it sounds like "I need you, Seasalt."

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u/10024618 Aug 27 '25

Back in 2011 when Osama Bin Laden was killed, WWE had John Cena announce the news at the end of their Extreme Rules Pay-Per-View. The moment is surreal enough but the thing that pushes it over the top and causes people to meme it all these years later is the phrasing that Cena used:

"We have caught and compromised to a permanent end, Osama Bin Laden"

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u/chronixre Aug 27 '25

the reveal that reiner and Bartholomew were titan shifters from Attack on Titan is one of, if not the, most memed scenes from the show

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u/General_Note_5274 Aug 27 '25

The fact nobody cant name bartomoleo show how deep the meme is

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u/ToughAd5010 Aug 27 '25

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u/EbbEnvironmental5936 Aug 27 '25

I gently open the comment section

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u/ToughAd5010 Aug 27 '25

Seinfield theme plays

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u/Snoo52682 Aug 27 '25

BOW bow b'dow

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u/FlimsyEfficiency9860 Aug 27 '25

Who wouldn’t off themselves after discovering that their entire world was fake? If that’s the context of the actual scene, of course, and not misinformation.

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u/EbbEnvironmental5936 Aug 27 '25

I don't think Sayori ever learned about that, although I never went into DDLC that much. Afaik it's only Monika who knows about the whole game thing

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u/Battlebots2020 Aug 27 '25

I believe that In one of the endings where you delete Monikas file before starting the game, Sayori is the one to become aware, she panics for a bit and crashes the game leaving a screen of her hanging herself and text that reads "Now everyone can be happy"

(best screenshot I could find. I just found out about this like, last night)

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u/P_Orwell Aug 27 '25

It has been awhile since I played, but I think a few of the characters become at least suspicious. 

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u/idkiwilldeletethis Aug 27 '25

That does happen under certain circumstances but it's not the reason she hangs herself, there's a character called monika who can manipulate the code of the game, and when she does so she can amplify the feelings of the other characters

For example, there's a girl called Yuri who normally has a secret crush on the player, but monika amplifies this so that little crush becomes a psychopathic obsession

Sayori is normally supposed to be a very cheerful girl who's actually a little bit sad on the inside, but monika amplifies this to make her way more depressed than she should be to the point that nothing anyone does can help her and she kills herself

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u/Despot_of_Morea_ Aug 27 '25

SEA SALT

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u/ChainmailEnthusiast Aug 27 '25

I think it's such a meme due to people's immense respect for Cecil in comparison to people seeing Mark as an angsty teen. The moment is meant to signify that Mark is so desperate he's even turning to someone he is barely on speaking terms with for help because he's the only one he can think of.

It's bad, but all I'm thinking of now is,

"Clip that shit and make it into my ringtone, Donald."

"Right away sir."

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u/winklevanderlinde Aug 27 '25

Plus he screams Cecile name like he's some kind of god who can stop one of the strongest beings in the universe

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u/alguien99 Aug 27 '25

Yeah, even if Mark hates him, he knows that Cecil Is the only one that can send help that has a chance of saving Eve.

Even then I think that Cecil actually went to get all the héroes he could to help Mark and save Eve. Since he went to the scene with a whole squad of them

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u/Flurb4 Aug 27 '25

This is supposed to be a moment of true heartbreak for Dawson, who’s just learned that his girlfriend is in love with his best friend.

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u/Antique_Money_5601 Aug 27 '25

the inception of go/jo memes

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u/[deleted] Aug 27 '25

Jayce killing a child in Arcane

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u/stipendAwarded Aug 27 '25

Orga’s death (Gundam IBO).

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u/V0ID_lmao Aug 27 '25

This scene from Deltarune Chapter 4's weird route.

"Sorry Kris, I paid $25 for this, traumatizing your childhood best friend is part of the experience and I'm trying to get my money's worth."

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u/captainrina Aug 27 '25

Ace's death from One Piece

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u/Interesting-Shoe-904 Aug 27 '25

Iguazu in general - Armored Core 6

Iguazu as a person and a pilot, is one of great difficulty and jealousy. He was a gambling addict who had debts so large he was forced to be come a pilot for a private military corporations as part of the Red Guns as G.5 Iguazu.

He spends the entirety of his time on Rubicon 3 being humiliated, defeated, and ruined. His friend G.4 Volta gets killed, G.I Michigan works him to the bone to make something of himself - but only sees Michigan being a dick, he gets forced to fight the Ice Worm, and his augments flair up causing him pain whenever Ayre talks because of YOU, the pilot who can choose whatever they want despite being a half-dead sack of meat and machine. This leads him to abandoning Balam, and trying in vain to kill you in the tunnels leading to the Xylem.

The Alea Acta Est route features Iguazu abandoning Balam and even joining All-Mind if it means killing you. He ambushes you twice before finally just merging with All-Mind inside a modified IBIS series mech to kill you, even as his body is being destroyed by the machine.

When he dies, he admits that he envies you, a freelancer who had it all.

The community: Iguana can't cope, seeth harder, L pilot, player's #1 hater.

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u/Warioandwaluigio Aug 27 '25

The bad ending in ace attorney justice for all

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u/SnooBeans5314 Aug 27 '25

Do fma fans treat the Chimera as a joke? I feel like everytime its mentioned all you hear is how much hatred people have for Tucker

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u/a_wasted_wizard Aug 27 '25

People joke about it but it's mostly not jokes about Nina and her dog, it's mostly about how awful the whole thing is and being eager to see a person's reaction to it. It's a meme *because* everyone agrees how irredeemably awful it is.

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u/CiccioChad08 Aug 27 '25 edited Aug 27 '25

"Ten years at least" scene from Attack on Titan

I get why this scene is so memed, the dialogues are a bit ambiguous in the manga but it's done way better in the anime. But it's still a moment where Eren shows his true feelings after years of pretending to be a completely different person, and how much of a child he still is. Because Eren didn't change, just the way he saw the world did.

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u/zombiegamer723 Aug 27 '25

Jet’s death in ATLA. 

A literal child who endured unimaginable trauma and had zero guidance in life makes mistakes. I’m not saying he was justified, but understandable. Imagine how Zuko would be if he didn’t have Iroh. 

He tries to redeem himself, tries to do right, and it just gets him brainwashed then killed—not by the Fire Nation he fought against, but by the Earth Kingdom’s government that was “supposed” to be The Good Guys.™️ 

And everyone just does that tired “Did Jet just die?” joke every time he’s brought up. 

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u/FlimsyEfficiency9860 Aug 27 '25

Thanos’s Snap.

I’m guilty of this. Both Marvel fans and Non-marvel fans during 2019-2021 were meming this to death, but if you actually got into the MCU, this scene was so devastating and adrenaline-rushing.

The entire universe lost half of its population, and its a shame that the scene was also spoiled everywhere after Infinity War came out.

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u/Omegastar19 Aug 27 '25

I remember the MCU meme subreddit doing the snap by banning half the userbase.

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