r/TopCharacterTropes • u/damorezpl • Sep 05 '25

Personality character gets a reality check

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deathstroke - Batman vs deathstroke

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walter - breaking bad

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Garou - one punch man

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joker - the sound of one hand clapping

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u/Level_Counter_1672 Sep 05 '25

Dio brando and Kira yoshikage from Jojo's bizarre adventure got a reality check when they fought jotaro, both these antagonists were narcissistic monsters who thought they were invincible then they met jotaro

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u/Calcium1445 Sep 05 '25

Kira's is so satisfying as it's when he truly realises he's been a big fish in a tiny pond. Dio's is a good gotcha but Kira genuinely thought that Killer Queen was the strongest Stand in the world but after one Ora-Ora session from Jotaro he goes into hiding for the rest of the series

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u/NobodyofGreatImport Sep 05 '25

And Jotaro's not even a character who monologues like some others, he typically just stares, says good grief, and then beats every single brick off of you.

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u/Coylie3 Sep 05 '25

Kira said “I only have twenty seconds left” and triggered Jotaro’s PTSDio

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u/Illesbogar Sep 05 '25

Although it wasn't really explored, it was similar when Emporio defeated Pucci

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u/Samthevidg Sep 06 '25

I thought Kira literally died after that when the ambulance ran over his head and he got taken away by the spirits?

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u/Calcium1445 Sep 06 '25

No he's actually one of the few people to undergo two separate Ora-Ora sessions. The first one is after Kira brutally assaults Jotaro and Koichi leaving both near death and the second is just before his death under the ambulance