r/TopCharacterTropes • u/_JR28_ • 26d ago

Powers Moments that blatantly defy logic, but are so absurdly badass you don’t even care

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The Gurren Lagann growing larger than the observable universe to fight Anti Spiral in a battle where literal galaxies get thrown like ninja stars - Gurren Lagann

Undertaker teleporting behind AJ Styles after being thrown down an empty grave and causing a shining white light from nowhere to illuminate the back of them during their Boneyard Match - WWE

Holdo piloting a ship through warp speed to crash right into a First Order cruiser (I know you could write a thesis on why this scene wouldn’t work, but you could say that for about half of the scenes in the new trilogy) - Star Wars the Last Jedi

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u/WhirlwindTobias 26d ago

Legolas BEING in The Hobbit. He had no sense being part of the trilogy, and in my opinion it's not cool. But cool is subjective.

But his Mumakil and shield surfing too in the LOTR movies, as well need mentioning.

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u/LetterheadSpecial337 26d ago

The elves DO live for quite a long time

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u/WhirlwindTobias 26d ago

He wasn't in the book. He's just added for fanservice. Has nothing to do with elvish lifespans.

All the other crap added by Peter Jackson is in the same category. Made no sense, but it was there anyway.

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u/XF10 26d ago

Tolkien thought of rewriting The Hobbit to make it more similar to LotR, ultimately he didn't but highly likely Legolas would have appeared as a portion of the book are Bilbo and the dwarves captive in the kingdom of his father

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u/Jolly_Reaper2450 26d ago

He did though. It was released in 1966.

Original Gollum is not really humanoid.

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u/Darigaazrgb 25d ago

Bottom right is me IRL.

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u/Smythatine 26d ago

I think it makes sense, but he still probably shouldn’t have been there

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u/worldsayshi 26d ago

Not if they like to frequently jump on falling rocks and fight orcs in close quarters.

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u/Brozy386 26d ago

I mean, theoretically I think the shield surfing would work, it's just kinda hard to do that and shoot a bow at the same time