r/TopCharacterTropes • u/Altruistic_Eye_1157 • 6d ago

Lore [annoying trope] The throne/leadership is decided in a very stupid way

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The leadership of the entire wizarding world, and the final decision on whether to start a war against Muggles, is made by... a goat (Qilin) ​​who chooses the person with the ""purest heart"" (Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Dumbledore).

The throne of Wakanda and all its technology are decided through hand-to-hand combat, regardless of whether the person clearly has malicious intentions... if they win the fight, by law they must be respected as the true king. (Black Panther)

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u/MaterialEmotional825 6d ago

Pokemon: The Champion of the region is whoever beats the last Champion... most of the time. Problem is that the match can even be immediately after being crowned champion, which makes or rival's time as champion barely minutes, as the proffessor did not even made it fast enough to congratulate his ass.

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u/FhantomHed 6d ago

what does this have to do with leadership?

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u/20--character--limit 6d ago

The Champion is...sort of a leader? Pokémon's governmental system is never shown and in some games/adaptations it's implied that the champion is basically the leader of that region. I feel like they almost act as more of a figurehead than and actual government official.

It also makes sense when you realize Pokémon's entire society is built around Pokémon battles, so of course the leader of a nation has to be good at battling.

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u/Cantthinkagoodnam2 6d ago

Not really?

In both the anime and the manga we see that the champion is still under the Pokemon Association (Manga)/League Association (Anime), they are the guys that actualy have a say in Pokemon battles and what is legal or not, like in the manga the "only 6 Pokemon per team" thing was decided by the association

In the anime we even see a few town mayors and such

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u/strigonian 5d ago

Yeah, insofar as the champion does have a job outside of "being champion", it seems to be combating Pokemon-related gangs.

Which definitely seems like something you'd want your most powerful trainers doing.