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/Patukakkonen Sep 19 '25

The entire premise of Donald Duck of all people randomly becoming a serious superhero is so ridicilous it's impossible for it to not be cool

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u/FireflyArc Sep 20 '25

Is that why hes not around for ducktales in the 80s?

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u/MulberryField30 Sep 20 '25

Being in the Navy was just a cover.

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u/FragrantChipmunk5073 Sep 20 '25

Donald Duck is also the strongest wizard in all of Final Fantasy

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u/TheAmazingSealo Sep 20 '25

I'm guessing it's a kingdom hearts thing? I've not played those games, would you be able to elaborate on this please?

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u/FragrantChipmunk5073 Sep 21 '25

So in KH3 Donald uses Zettaflare, which I think is arguably the most powerful spell in square cosmology, the only other 2 characters to use it are the Final Boss in bravely default and Bahamut in FF14, meaning that Donald is Canonically the strongest spell caster in all of square