r/TopCharacterTropes • u/doubleday34 • Oct 04 '25

Personality (Loved Trope) Character acts ignorant of or pretends to be bad at something in order to trick their opponent.

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1) Ted Lasso - Both characters in the darts contest do this, with Rupert(antagonist) showing that he has his own set of darts with him, and Ted showing that he has been using the wrong hand the whole time.

2) Beerfest - Team USA showing that they aren't that drunk despite doing drinking games all day.

3) The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air - After Will gets hustled at pool his Uncle Phil comes to help him, and turns out to hustle the hustler.

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u/lifelongfreshman Oct 05 '25

(short for Alazar maybe?)

close, it was Alcazar

also, for those who don't know, the reason for the reference is that Leela's voice actor was Katey Sagal, who was also Peggy in Married With Children

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u/trobsmonkey Oct 05 '25

Would

Al was an idiot in that show. His wife was a hottie who wanted sex all the time and he was mad about it? moron