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What r/TopCharacterTropes is talking about this week

r/TopCharacterTropes has 1,181,696 members and more than 100 posts in the last 24 hours, with about 141.7 comments an hour right now. From the Redlisten index, refreshed daily.

1,181,696members
100+posts in the last 24 hours, newest 3 min ago
141.7comments an hour right now, newest 3 min ago
22,048points on the top thread this week

Words coming up in r/TopCharacterTropes this week

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Top threads this week

  1. ( funny trope ) it is very apparent that these designs have decades between them

    1- Simpsons The original Simpsons have extremely simp(son)ple designs, due to sometimes having celebrity appearances the art style kinda clashes. 2- South Park At the beginning South Park was...

    22,048 points1,212 comments4 d ago
  2. (Meta trope) Characters clearly made to be played by a specific actor… who didn’t end up playing them

    Bowler Hat Guy / !Goob!< (Meet the Robinsons) Written with the same frantic energy as many Jim Carrey characters in the past, but when it came time to cast Carrey passed to appear in The Number...

    21,368 points2,124 comments6 d ago
  3. The “Oh my god, they’re a Nazi” moment.

    Succession: Tom interviews a news anchor accused of being a Nazi initially thinking it’s an over exaggeration. At first the news anchor seems like a normal guy and you think Tom might be right....

    15,438 points2,199 comments5 d ago
  4. [Beloved trope] Handling rejection with grace!

    Megamind. In the scene where his cover as Bernard is blown, and Roxanne rightfully breaks up him for tricking her into dating him. Before realizing that he wasn’t doing it for the sake of being...

    13,599 points1,363 comments7 d ago
  5. [Hated trope] Cameos that ruin the tone of the scene/game

    Ed Sheeran, Game of Thrones. The cameo of such a recognizable figure in GoT, especially towards the horrible later seasons, took many people out of the fantasy world that it tried to represent....

    10,980 points2,169 comments7 d ago
  6. [Disappoint Trope] Technological advancements make a work loses its sauce.

    There have been technological advancements that help artists do their work better, yay! This at least sometimes results in the work looking and feeling more stagnant, less unique, and in my...

    10,774 points890 comments4 d ago
  7. [Interesting Trope] The 'imaginary friend' doesn't know the answer because the character doesn't.

    When a character who has an 'imaginary friend', or a ghost in their head, or another character's mind inhabiting their body, asks their imaginary friend a question, and the imaginary friend does...

    10,385 points191 comments5 d ago
  8. [ Loved Trope ] Villains so devoted to their plan they’re willing to take backshots just so see it through

    Kenjaku ( Jujutsu Kaisen ) !took over Kaori’s body so he could create a perfect vessel for Sukuna, this lead to him being impregnated by Jin Itadori and giving birth to Yuji Itadori, the MC.!<...

    10,235 points756 comments5 d ago
  9. [Funny trope] your all horrible...except you

    A character IS going on a angry sermon to everyone for falling, but he stops to congradulate the only one who was doing fine. Exemples: \-homlander shaming the seven, except Black noir (the boys)...

    10,004 points297 comments7 d ago
  10. The scene subtly implies that the character suggested committing suicide.

    After Korra lost her powers to Amon, she went near a cliff to weep; it was implied—in a very subtle way—that she was contemplating suicide, hoping that a new, more capable Avatar with full powers...

    9,474 points839 comments6 d ago

Newest posts

  1. [Mind boggling trope] Adaptations that remove everything that made the original fun
    1 points0 comments3 min ago
  2. [Weirdly specific trope] Two regular dudes vs cosmic horror
    1 points0 comments11 min ago
  3. (Loved Trop) Redundant Titles
    1 points0 comments13 min ago
  4. Two Characters are on top of each other while fighting others(Kept it Safe For Work)
    1 points0 comments14 min ago
  5. [Mixed trope] The main character fights dirty
    1 points0 comments16 min ago
  6. (Hated trope) When character suddenly spares murderer of their loved ones for bullshit reason
    1 points0 comments17 min ago
  7. (Funny Trope) They’re not being mind controlled, they’re just assholes
    1 points0 comments22 min ago
  8. (trope i personaly like)being that literaly don't have a reason to gender themselfs/have genders(mainly due to not having sexual reproduction/ or other stuff like this) deciding to gender themself/have gender
    1 points0 comments26 min ago
  9. Literal lab rats
    1 points0 comments31 min ago
  10. Undead Sorceror Kings with huge melee weapons
    1 points0 comments32 min ago
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