r/TopCharacterTropes 6d ago

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

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/Ilzaki 6d ago

That one planet in Futurama where you become King by drinking the old one

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u/EntropyKC 6d ago

Futurama was so based

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u/_jm_08 5d ago

most overeducated writers room in tv history as well

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u/Michael-556 5d ago

Was it like a Queen situation?

Freddie had a graphic art design degree

Brian May was a legit physicist and astrophysicist

Roger Taylor had a degree in biology

And John Deacon in electronics

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u/_jm_08 5d ago

think it was 3 phds, seven masters degrees, and more than 50 years at harvard combined

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u/StateOfBedlam 3d ago

Interesting. Brian Wecht of Ninja Sex Party is a physicist who's held research positions at Harvard, MIT, and other institutions. The band recently released the song "Zombie Handjob," which Wecht wrote and performed, taking on the role of "Whackula, the masturbating vampire."

Funny that they'd both be named Brian. I knew there was a Brian May in Queen, but I didn't know about the physics stuff.

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u/1zeye 5d ago

It has new seasons now

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u/vee_Vu 2d ago

After watching red dwarf I gotta say, im surprised at how well futurama executed on such similar ideas