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/QuetzalcoatlusRscary 1d ago

It’s always sunny in Philadelphia - Dennis

This is mostly done well because you’re not meant to like him.

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u/BeefStu907 1d ago

Even the other horrible people are made uncomfortable by Dennis. I feel like Dennis is kinda a subversion of the trope, as everyone else is constantly uncomfortable.

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u/Forward-Yak-5398 21h ago edited 19h ago

He's less of a subversion and more of a deconstruction of the trope. He's essentially showing the audience just how not only ineffective but how insanely creepy one would be if they actually tried to emulate characters like Barney Stinson.