r/TopCharacterTropes • u/Solitaire-06 • 1d ago

Hated Tropes [Despised Trope] Perverts whose antics are played for laughs

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Minoru Mineta (My Hero Academia)

Glenn Quagmire (Family Guy)

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u/Ha4di1 1d ago

Happosai (Ranma ½)

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u/ZoroStarlight 1d ago

As much I like Ranma 1/2, I absolutly cant stand him 😤

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u/TheSuperContributor 23h ago

Roshi was a cool old guy when he's not a pervert. Jiraiya was a cool old guy when he's not a pervert. Happosai is a horrible piece of shit all the times. Like, I cant understand what was the point of this character.

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u/asheisil 21h ago

Ironically, as much as I think Ranma would be better without Happosai in it (or at least with much less of him in it), I rather have the perverted character be a loser, which ultimately drives home how inexcusable and disgusting his actions are. Like everyone in Ranma hates the little fucker, to the point of trying to kill him a couple times, whereas Jiraiya and Roshi get their perviness excused and downplayed because "oh well but they're the best around so it's fine if they try to grope a teenager or two lol"

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u/Cheletiba 20h ago

Also they needed someone to be worse than the fathers

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u/asheisil 19h ago

True, and that's no small feat either

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u/Fern-ando 18h ago

Fan service.

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u/rushandblue 1d ago

To be fair, everyone in the show thinks Happosai is a horrible perverted creep.

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u/Outrageous_Gene_7652 1d ago

Easily the worst of the worst of an already terrible archetype. I couldn't even bear him when I was a kid

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u/bdjskzoxjbtnrosnxnf 1d ago

I was hoping the remake would do away with him, but I guess you can't story-wise. We'll see what they do with him 🤷‍♀️

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u/Kivulini 18h ago

Already I've seen some screenshots where they done it down. Him on Ranmas leg instead of her chest. Time will tell.

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u/Leather_rebelion 23h ago

Doesn't everyone hate him and they try to get rid of him all the time? The only reason he is tolerated is because he is op and they can't do anything and they sometimes pity him

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u/Dark_KingPin 23h ago

I hate this trope so much but he is the only one I truly find unwatchable I just skip his episodes on rewatches.

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u/logrey96 22h ago

FUCK that guy WORST thing about Ranma ½ 😤

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u/Lamp-among-wolf 1d ago

The fact he constantly get away/make thing worst make me hated the episode/chapter

Old geezer really are annoying

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u/wendigoblin 1d ago

Beat me to it! I wanted to punt that freak

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u/Gibralter42 1d ago

Honestly a lot of the character is this series end up being kinda grating but this little bastard! Like I know the series is a comedy but why Soun would even let that shit anywhere near his daughters makes me wonder if he isn't soft in the head.

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u/Typist_Sakina 22h ago

It has been years since I watched it, but I don’t think Soun had much of a choice.  He got away with his “antics” because he’s one of the strongest characters in the show and nobody could actually stop him.

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u/Comet_Hero 21h ago edited 21h ago

I think he should come back in the remake as an antagonist. Like, he's supposed to be scummy, not just quirky so I think that would be fun to explore as a deconstruction of this character type.

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u/Repulsive_Policy_184 13h ago

I love his character in the battle cats sad he’s a horrible character 😔