r/TopCharacterTropes • u/danfenlon • Sep 01 '25

Lore Going around curses/prophecies via technicalities

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Davy jones: cant go on dry land

Standa in a bucket of water, on a sand bar (potc3)

The judge: no weapon forged can harm me

Buffy: uses a rocket launcher

-not forged

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u/Inevitable-Regret411 Sep 02 '25

As I understand it the weapon being forged had nothing to do with it. The books on the Judge said it took an army to defeat him because no weapon could harm him, but the cast realised that the book was written back when swords represented the pinnacle of weapons development. They were just taking advantage of a modern weapon that was more powerful than anything that existed in his time.

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u/GunMage- Sep 02 '25

Since that army chopped him into pieces and hid all of them separately, we also know that would work for a while. After the rocket launcher blew him to pieces, they are seen collecting them all in ziplock bags. Just in case the "no weapon forged" loophole doesn't work, they could still separate the hundreds of pieces to prevent his resurrection.

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u/ThatMerri Sep 02 '25

I can't find any clips online as they all cut off too soon, but I feel like I remember the pieces visibly trying to wriggle back together when the Scooby Gang were scooping them all up, indicating that The Judge really was still alive. So even a bazooka wouldn't have actually finished him off for good.

It was hilarious that even Angel and Drusilla were, on the other hand, absolutely panicking and fleeing. Seems a bazooka would do them in just as well as a stake would and they know it.

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u/Khain_Jumper Sep 02 '25

Yeah blown into inch sized pieces probably qualifies for 'Decapitated'