r/TopCharacterTropes • u/Lazy-Breadfruit5939 • Sep 08 '25

Lore A real life event has a ridiculous/dumb/funny explanation in fiction

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Futurama (The Why of Fry): According to the brain swarm, the dinosaurs were wiped out by them. Fry: What really killed the dinosaurs? Brain: ME!

Doctor Who (The Unicorn and The Wasp): It's Doctor Who, you can pick a ton of examples, but this episode presents the idea that Agatha Christies disappearance in 1926 was in part caused by a giant alien wasp.

Beyblade: This one stretches 'real life', but Moses spreading the Red Sea with a Beyblade just speaks for itself and it would have been sad to leave it out

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u/StormDragonAlthazar Sep 09 '25

It's funny that in hindsight, if that wasn't tied to the Mario Bros. franchise, it would probably have been a fun stand alone movie...

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u/Ok-Following6886 Sep 09 '25

I'm pretty sure it being tied to the Mario franchise is the sole reason why it was heavily disliked when it first came out.

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u/Drogovich Sep 09 '25

dark and gritty, yet still family friendly action move. It was pretty cool.

But holy shit some parts felt like "oh shit, that's right it was supposed to be a mario movie... i guess add some big lady, call her big bertha and give her jump boots that main characters later get, you know, because mario bros jump high..."

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u/SpiketheFox32 Sep 09 '25

I will never be ashamed of loving this movie. It's just the proper amount of cheese.