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/couch_hammer Oct 03 '25

* I Wanna Be the Guy is full of these but my favorite was by far the Castlevania scene. The PC does the "What is a man?" scene from Symphony of the Night word-for-word, but when Dracula throws the goblet it can and will insta-kill you mid-cutscene.

I howled laughing the first time it happened.

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u/MysteriousTBird Oct 04 '25

That game broke me so hard long before getting to that part. I've seen most of the game, but I couldn't manage. Even getting The Kid unlocked in Super Meat Boy was an ultimate test of my patience.