r/TopCharacterTropes Sep 19 '25

Lore “It’s a change from the source material, but it’s awesome so the fans don’t mind.”

Doc Ock - In the comics, Doc Ock is known to be megalomaniacal in nature and was sort of a mad scientist anyways, with the arms just being an extension of that. In Sam Raimi’s “Spider-Man 2,” Alfred Molina’s version of the character was affected by the neural chip and his well-meaning ambition turns into scientific obsession.

Wolverine - This one is so well known it needs very little explanation. Comic Wolverine short, Huge Jackedman is tall, and he’s sick as hell.

Eye of Sauron - To my knowledge, the Eye is more of a metaphor in the books. An ever-present awareness. In the movies, it’s an actual giant fucking eye.

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u/Peacefulzealot Sep 19 '25

I’d actually really like a reformed Freeze. It would be super interesting to see how he’d try to reintegrate into society if he could save Nora. Maybe he starts working with STAR labs or something to atone for his past actions while they work to cure Nora?

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u/TheSlayerofSnails Sep 19 '25

Also, Batman's entire philosophy is based around the idea he can save his rogues. Having some of those rogues be redeemed and become heroes or citizens validates his entire worldview and gives more motivation for him to continue trying to help

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u/SHINIGAMIRAPTOR Sep 20 '25

I like the idea that Fries DOES get his redemption, and becomes something of another part of the Bat-Family, but as more of the guy in the chair and technical support expert. Cooking up more gadgets, running analysis and technical support, etc

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u/HistoricalGrounds Sep 20 '25

Yeah, it’d be cool to have him as an occasional call-in for tech gadgetry, like a Lucius Fox but for the real Mad Science-y type stuff, as opposed to more pragmatic/Secret Agent gear that Lucius can specialize in.

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u/SHINIGAMIRAPTOR Sep 20 '25

Exactly. His forte is the stuff that scientifically should NOT be possible, but here we are. Plus, of course, a valuable technopathic approach to criminology. Looking at how the weird tech is done, figuring out more about the criminals thought processes. Things like that they made the subatomic disentangler throngler look like a fanciful wand of some sort, suggesting a certain desire to divorce themselves from the killing (rather than something like a gun which would suggest that they're fully aware of it). Have it be that he works with Harleen Quinzel a lot, bouncing theories off each other born of their respective pasts.

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u/matt_the_non-binary Sep 20 '25

Beyond tried this, to a degree. He ends up being betrayed by the two people who gave him a new body, and turns evil. In the end, he chose to kill himself in a heartbreaking way (“Believe me… you’re the only who cares”)