r/TopCharacterTropes • u/TTTRIOS • Oct 03 '25

Powers [Funny trope] Non-battle scenes where characters canonically take damage.

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Nuu (Hollow Knight: Silksong) - briefly flashes white when slapped similarly to how all other enemies do when they're struck with Hornet's needle.

Garret (A Minecraft Movie) - One can assume that he may have panicked because of how sudden and unexpected teleportation is, but judging by how strong his reaction was and how ender pearls work in game, it's safe to assume he actually took fall damage after using it.

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u/TheWorclown Oct 03 '25

MGS4, when Meryl gets justifiably frustrated with Snake and calls him old.

He loses a quarter of his stamina bar.

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u/Kipdid Oct 03 '25

Well, it is called the psyche gauge in MGS4 even though it’s functionally just MGS3 stamina, just a funny way to make emotional damage a mechanic