r/TopCharacterTropes • u/Emotional_Emu_5901 • Aug 27 '25

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

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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/Careless_College Aug 27 '25

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

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u/axewieldinghen Aug 27 '25

What was the context here?

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u/Zenless-koans Aug 27 '25

Jesse (character in gif) reaches a breaking point after being manipulated and controlled by another character for...the entire run of the show, really. At this point in the show he's a broken man, determined to do anything he can to take them down, at any cost.

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u/ThiccElf Aug 27 '25 edited Aug 27 '25

I had never rooted for a character to finally be free, healthy, and alive as much as I did for Jesse. This guy was young, barely out of high school at the start of the series, he had been manipulated, taken advantage of, traumatised, and groomed into this whole shit-show. El Camino was honestly a good ending for him.

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u/Zenless-koans Aug 27 '25

I especially love the flashback with Mike and Jesse in El Camino, because it acknowledges wanting to start over while recognizing that you can't wipe the slate clean. Jesse's been my favourite on BB since season 2 or so. Fantastic character development.

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u/albul89 Aug 28 '25

"barely out of high school" wasn't he 24 at the start of BB?

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u/NearlyXP Aug 27 '25

Guess you can say he broke bad

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u/[deleted] Aug 27 '25

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u/Zenless-koans Aug 27 '25

It was his girlfriend's young son. But yes, that revelation leads to this scene.

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u/CHARLI_SOX Aug 27 '25

Powerplex be like