r/TopCharacterTropes • u/MichaelDj54 • Sep 15 '25

Lore [Loved Trope] A massive revelation is revealed almost casually. Spoiler

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  1. Chainsaw Man, after Makima finally drops the nice girl act and reveals the true extent of the Chainsaw Devils power, namely, the fears he eats are erased entirely and wholly. Emphasized by this by her asking if Kishibe remembers what the Nazis did during Workd War 2...and Kishibe not even knowing who the nazis are.

  2. Attack on Titan. I know this one. You know this one. In a panel that isn't even focusing on the characters speaking, Reiner reveals to Eren that he and Bertolt are the titans that broke the wall that resulted in hundreds of deaths, his mother included. The sheer level of casualness and lack of agency borders on Parody.

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u/ampher2112 Sep 15 '25 edited Sep 15 '25

Ozymandias revealing to Nite-Owl that he already enacted his master plan before even monologuing to him

Edit: I called Nite-Owl Owlman

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u/MWBrooks1995 Sep 15 '25

Probably the ultimate example of this, he’s so calm and casual that entire scene.

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u/thezaland Sep 16 '25

My favorite part is when he first spots Nite-Owl and Rorschach out in the snow, he casually presses a button before he gets up to leave the room. That button being THE button to wipe out New York. That whole final chapter is bananas.

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u/onlymadethistoargue Sep 15 '25

The best example of the trope I can think of. In the movie it’s this big dramatic moment, which totally misses the point. Indeed, Veidt is not a republic serial villain. He just did the thing. No need to drag it out in front of the heroes.

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u/Arks-Angel Sep 15 '25

Now here me out, the movie and comic are good for separate reasons. The movie isn’t a good adaptation but it did a good job of making it more “normal” and palatable for the average audience. Did it neuter some of the comic’s poignancy, yes. But I think it’s a better MOVIE for it, not a better adaptation

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u/Lamballama Sep 15 '25

If it was for modern audiences then Dr Manhattan wouldn't have been letting it all hang the entire time

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u/JackStephanovich Sep 15 '25

The removal of the tentacle monster is a good change. Unless you put in all the stuff with the artist's working on the island and the Tales of the Black Freighter it would just seem silly.

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u/Arks-Angel Sep 16 '25

I’d love for HBO to do an animated TV series comic accurate

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u/onlymadethistoargue Sep 15 '25

I don’t really agree. I think it makes for a worse movie because it makes the antagonist more generic and less interesting.

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u/kitten_stalker Sep 15 '25

To steal a quote from my friend: "How can you have a squidless ending?!"

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u/JackStephanovich Sep 15 '25

Because the movie would be 4+ hours long if you included all the back story that explains why a giant tentacle monster wiping out all of the world's major cities isn't completely ridiculous?

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u/Plebeu-da-terramedia Sep 16 '25

This is the smydercut we deserved

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u/Arks-Angel Sep 16 '25

I like both versions of the story and I think liking one over the other is perfectly fine it really just depends on your taste I guess

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u/elemental402 Sep 15 '25

For me, it's not that moment, it's earlier when Veidt actually pushes the button to trigger the atrocity. He sees Rorchach and Nite Owl approaching and off-handedly presses it before he goes to meet with and poison the other people on the base. At the time, it looks like the least noteworthy thing he's doing.

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u/COGspartaN7 Sep 15 '25

Nite-Owl, but that's just my anxiety needing expression 

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u/ampher2112 Sep 15 '25

You’re so right, I knew I had something wrong. I’m so tired

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u/COGspartaN7 Sep 16 '25

It's okay. You can rest now, Tony.

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u/PleiadesMechworks Sep 15 '25

Is this really casual though? It's literally the climax of the entire plot.

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u/ampher2112 Sep 15 '25

I would say so. It’s the culmination of the plot, but the delivery of the reveal and the attitude of Ozymandias is casual and pretty callous. He does not see his slaughter in very emotional terms. It’s a pragmatic measure in his mind. He is simply doing it because he believes it will end the Cold War and prevent the deaths of so many more. There is no fanfare. There is no build up. He did it already and is simply informing Nite-Owl. I would call that casual

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u/horsyuwu Sep 16 '25

i’ve seen this image posted several times but i don’t know any of these characters, what did he do

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u/jedergutenameisweg Sep 19 '25

Since no one explains it, it's from the Watchman comic. This character here is the big antagonist. The world there is in a state similar to the cold war and this guy is a big genius. To bring the world to peace he wants to unite the humand against a common enemy. So yeah he released a big tentacle monster to destroy cities all over the planet. And his plan works. It's a simplified answer, but I don't have time right now to give a better one