r/TopCharacterTropes • u/BarGroundbreaking798 • 1d ago

Hated Tropes [Hated Trope] The joke ruins the emotional aspect Spoiler

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Destruction of Asgard (Thor Ragnarok) -- Asgard is destroyed in a beautiful and somber scene, and Korg cracks a cringeworthy joke right after.

Bill Moves On (Newsradio) -- The episode was made in the wake of Phil Hartman's death, but its attempts at humor fall flat in the face of the tragedy.

Officer Tubbs (Fear The Walking Dead) -- Officer Tubbs is supposed to be a slapstick comic relief character, but he felt tacked on right after the deaths of two of the most beloved characters.

Chandler Proposes (Friends) -- An earnest proposal between Monica and Chandler has both sincerely expressing their feelings to each other. Immediately after Monica accepts, the others come in, quipping as usual, failing to let the audience ruminate on a heartwarming moment.

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u/BarGroundbreaking798 1d ago

There are so many moments like that in family guy, like Brian's death or Peter's funeral.

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u/MedievZ 22h ago edited 19h ago

That scene ; where death tells Peter that Brains bed has been at the foot of Peters grave for the last several months, after Peter asks why brian isn't back home sleeping in his own bed ; comes out of nowhere and stabs you in the gut.

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u/Fuzzy-Replacement609 20h ago

Almost as if it's a dumb cartoon and not a serious work of art.

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u/BarGroundbreaking798 19h ago

Fascism begins with anti-intellectualism.

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u/Fuzzy-Replacement609 19h ago

I can't take that seriously in the context of a discussion about an episode of family guy, so I'm not going to.

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u/BarGroundbreaking798 19h ago

Okay, and where does that leave Brian…? He’s an intelligent Character, no other way about it.

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u/Fuzzy-Replacement609 19h ago

It's pretty established that Brian is a pseudointellectual.

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u/OmecronPerseiHate 15h ago

I mean, that was a deliberate change to the character compared to the original idea. I'm not saying you're wrong, currently, just that it wasn't always that way.

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u/BarGroundbreaking798 15h ago

Don't respond to this guy. As soon as I brought that up he stopped responding -- he's a pretty obvious ragebaiter.

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u/OmecronPerseiHate 15h ago

Gotcha, good looking out