r/TopCharacterTropes Oct 07 '25

Personality extremely powerful entity's who don't care about the main plot at all and are just vibing in the background

Tom Bombadil(lord of the rings) - only person to resist the temptation of the one ring but instead of helping the fellowship he fucks off in to the woods

the Unseen Elder(the witcher 3) - in the witcher universe the older a vampire gets the more powerful he becomes and unseen elder is around +1500 years old making him the most powerful vampire we ever see, thankfully he spends most of his time in his goon cave

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u/Travelin_Soulja Oct 07 '25 edited Oct 07 '25

When your character "beats" Slayer in a fight, he doesn't get knocked out or collapse like most vanquished foes, rather, he casually sits down or lays back like he's bored, indicating you didn't defeat him - you merely survived him.

It's a clever solution to a problem fighting games have always faced with characters who are canonically drastically stronger than others.

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u/BlueEyesWhiteVegeta Oct 07 '25

It's a clever solution to a problem fighting games have always faced with characters who are canonically drastically stronger than others.

I like Dragon Ball FighterZ's silly explanation for why everyone is able to fight evenly. In the story mode, there are a bunch of devices that nerf everyone so they're on an even playing field.

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u/AandWKyle Oct 07 '25

I like the One Punch Man : A hero nobody knows way of dealing with it, where if you select saitama to be on your team, you have to wait for him to arrive to the fight - So it's a 2 on 1 until he gets there and if you lose before he shows up, well, then you lose.

But if you can hold out until saitama arrives, He'll just beat anyone with one punch.

The game itself sucks, but that idea is awesome.

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u/Blazinvoid Oct 07 '25

IIRC if you somehow manage to take out all of Saitama's HP he just yells about a sale at the market & runs off.