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>spoiled daddy's girl is not malicious towards the protagonist, she's even supportive
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>manipulated celebrity is not hostile towards the heroes
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Jock is cool with theold rival
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>>150342870
God I wanna do absolutely despicable things to Charlotte's butt and feet and armpits and
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>bully respects boundaries
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>>150342870
>Suddenly rich character doesn't turn into an asshole
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>>150342870
>Writer/Creator does research on a topic and it shows
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>ugliest one has a heart of gold
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>>150342870
the mc in a school show is not the underdog.
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>>150342957
family guy of all shows remembering the statues were painted is a sight to see. also
>Authority figure coordinating main team clearly wants to prevent them being slaughtered
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>>150342870
The depressed/self-hating character is supportive and caring.
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So tropes that should be subverted?
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>>150343258
>talking like their default setting is being bad/demoralizing
If making them not shit is subversion then yeah: tropes that can be subverted into being good.
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>>150343169
Example, anon, example!
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>The villain genuinely cares for their allies/friends, and maybe even rewards them
>Protagonist isn't just a goody two-shoes, and gets genuinely mad or sad at things
>The dynamic of energetic/cheerful male and serious/moody/smart female
>>fantasy setting that isn't medieval
>>150342957
>The statues are colored
Wild.
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these are all just wholesome tropes
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>>150343624
They are also very rare

>Male cat paired with female dog

Apart one example from School of life this is nonexistent
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>>150343169
Honestly that sounds miserable to me.
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>>150343505
>The dynamic of energetic/cheerful male and serious/moody/smart female

That's more common than you realize mate
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>protagonist, coming from a relatively normal background, actually has the perfect mindset for their new environment
>protagonist immediately proves to be just as/more psychotic in their approach than their enemies/teammates expected them to be

Anime and Manga are the only mediums I've seen do this.
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>>150343642
Somebody needs to make a cartoon about a calm and collected sophisticated siamese cat guy and his best friend eventually lover dumbass impulsive carefree Golden Retriever girl
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>>150342915
Greg Universe was great for that.
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>>150344160
>>150343642
https://youtu.be/Yo42Ebmxg_A?si=iuCxcY0Pl2YOvGGc

my SDD died after 5 years, goddamn
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>>150342870
Genuinely sickens me how little art she has.
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>>150342957
The fuckers even remembered accurate Mycenaean equipment for their Illiad parody. Not even goddamned Christopher Nolan is doing that right for his Odyssey adaption, instead sticking to the usual Peloponnesian War era gear.
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>>150344116
Far Cry 3 does this. Random white yuppie has his holiday ruined and he starts shanking motherfuckers with an enthusiasm that leaves him nearly unrecognisable to his own friends.
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>>150342870
Person willingly becomes a supernatural creature (vampire, werewolf etc.) for the power it brings them and so they can hurt others as opposed to getting a curse or having a Jekyll and Hyde situation.
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>>150344930
>Luthor/Brainiac merge
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>>150344956
It was forced upon him but he did accept it.
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>>150344930
Not /co/ but Dio Brando comes to mind.
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>>150342870
>TFW you'll never have a cute southern belle GF
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The popular girl in school is has a more tubby body fame
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>>150344930
>Bruce Banner merging with hulk offscreen between infinity war and endgame
No one was hurt, but everyone was hurt regardless.
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>>150342870
that's not a trope you dumb nigga, that's a subversion
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>>150342870
Not sure if it counts as a trope, but I like world conquering villains who legitimately believe that everything would be better if they controlled the world, and have the leadership skills to actually back up that claim. I think Dr. Doom is like that, because apparently his country that he rules is actually a good place to live and his subjects love him.
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>>150344930
Can't think of good examples even though I'm pretty sure I've seen this not long ago but isn't that like a large chunk of villain endgames involving artifact quests? You know the routine.
>dude is after thing (often feigning the "it belongs in a museum" routine)
>dude gets thing
>I. Am. A. God! (even though he's technically a monster now)
>Good guys take thing away
>Noooo! My power! my beautiful power!

Oh! not supernatural but Dr. Cuvier from Batman Beyond.
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>>150345270
Dr. Doom is educated and I love that it shows in his characterizations how much he actually cares about people even if willing to do insane shit to get to the point of power that he can enforce a better rule
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>>150343505
>t. card carrying edgelord
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>>150343505
Lawful evil villains who genuinely value the loyalty of their underlings and don't just kill them for the slightest mistakes are giga-based.
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>>150343505

>The dynamic of energetic/cheerful male and serious/moody/smart female

This one is crap though
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>jock is a nice guy
How hard is it. And I mean jock. Not stupid jock.
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There's not nearly enough underage lesbian sex images of these two.
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>>150345270
that is an interesting concept, the problem is one can very quickly point out my hypocritical moments that make no sense in larger context the. You can't have "supervillain" and "reasonable" at the same time.
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>Reptile characters that are nice or the heroic leads
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Charlotte would be so much hotter if she acted more like Darla Dimple.
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>>150346388
>You can't have "supervillain" and "reasonable" at the same time
Sure you can. Just because bad writers have to make every villain a retard so the heroes have a chance to win doesn't mean anything.
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>>150346307
https://youtu.be/cwJtzABVCJg?si=8cA0kddUrXQ5h_rh
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>>150346529
no, because in order for the heroes to fight someone, the villain has to threaten innocent people. And if he threatens innocent people, then he can't be a super good leader that wants the best for people.
Thus, hypocrite.
If he doesn't threaten innocent people, if the heroes don't fight him, there is no story for him in a superhero comic.
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>>150346708
But the ends justify the means and innocence is no excuse.
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>>150346708
I think op was more thinking of the term "lawful evil"
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>>150346768
>But the ends justify the means and innocence is no excuse.
so he would use that excuse for his country too, but then the people wouldn't see him as a good leader because he would constantly get rid of any small nuisances for the greater good.
>>150346883
>I think op was more thinking of the term "lawful evil"
lawful evil are evil people that are delusional in thinking they are doing good for the government.
"because apparently his country that he rules is actually a good place to live and his subjects love him"
wouldn't exist then.
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>>150346388
>You can't have "supervillain" and "reasonable" at the same time.
/co/ is showing its colors again.
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>>150346959
>"because apparently his country that he rules is actually a good place to live and his subjects love him"
>wouldn't exist then.
maybe a cool twist would be that it's only short-term peace. Alternatively as he recruits more numbers his direct-line influence gets diluted through nature of expansion and middle management, resulting in the villain retaining his hardline goals carried out in less extremist manners by his henchmen (which he ultimately tolerates because the results i.e. removing dissent further his plans)
though that more sounds like a supervillain BECOMES reasonable
>>150347086
I kinda get where he's coming from. Probably has to do with the term "supervillain" which implicates extreme methods with no compromise, hence not being reasonable
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>>150346483

like spoiled brat?
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>the villainess (not the antiheroine) has the hots for the hero
It just makes the dynamic more interdasting
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>the villain goes on vacation
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https://youtu.be/iYrKYETorM8?si=b1jN0zGrgJ8UW09y

>>150348019

>Villain is pretty chill when he's not scheming
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>>150346959
>lawful evil are evil people that are delusional in thinking they are doing good for the government
No, same way lawful good isnt worshipping the government. All it means is they have a set of rules they will follow, ranging from
>no children
To
>always get paid
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>>150344625
and it's the best in the series.

My point stands. Bonus points if
>protagonist is absolutely suited for life and death situations but social circumstances are where they fumble
>plot allows them to become a person instead of staying a living woodchipper
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>>150343505
Based Babylon 5 poster
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>>150345270
Doom and Luthor are both the best kind of villains
People that would be genuine forces for good if not for their all-encompassing rage towards their nemesis
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>>150347877

The more destructive and uncompromising the better
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Useless Minor Villainess
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>>150342870
The most underrated Disney girl.
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>>150352261
This. She is super hot and attractive in terms of personality. Would, be she rich or poor.
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>>150342870
>A spoiled rich girl with a heart of gold.
Dunno why but this makes get so fucking hard.
I love her!.
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>>150342870
I actually just watched this movie for the first time last month and I was surprised by how much I enjoyed it. I'd heard it was good, but I didn't think I'd care much for it. It was a pleasant surprise to see how the rich guy and his daughter weren't made villains for the crime of having wealth, and to see that they are generous people, in contrast to how the prince starts off as an arrogant, selfish bastard because of his wealthy upbringing.
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frick u
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>>150348862
That's just goblin slayer, one day that autist will heal.
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>>150342870
she was so cute
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>Villain is proud of being an irredeemable asshole

Refreshing after all these "twist" and "justified" ones
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>>150355790
like I said: manga and anime only. and Far Cry as that one anon pointed out
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>>150353879
And she's got soft boobs. Perfect handful size.
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>>150355710
Yeah. It's not like people are being all "Please think of the poor millionaires!!!" but rather we're just tired of it being the default. It's so refreshing having her be so nice. The ending in particular when she was ready to give up her biggest dream of becoming a princess for the sake of Tiana was so lovely.
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>>150349180
I love Superman Red Son for that, with him creating a utopia.
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>>150345270
tbf, everything would be better if doom was in charge
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>aloof chick-magnet
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>>150359686
How is he aloof?
He's a nervous disaster.
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>>150346458
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>>150346458

>Looks like villain
>Sounds like a villain
>Acts like an evil genius villain
>He's actually a good guy
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>>150342870
Live-action gags in 2D cartoons. I like to call it "the Roger Rabbit Principle".
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>dumb but fun female character
>basically genderswap male protag stereotype
>its never commented on by her friends but becomes a serious issue in school or career

I think Sing 2 was the last time /co/ media did that. Maybe Nimoa.
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>>150358686
Combined with
>villain is a villain just because, or the reason being small and irrelevant to anyone but him.
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>>150344583
Recently I feel Paheal is deleting a shitton of AI pics or pics in general. So much is suddenly gone and there's no backups. I bet some AI guy "made" some smut of her but who knows now....
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>>150358686
>Villain is proud of being an irredeemable asshole
Why do you bring up Trump in every thread?
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>>150362459
I'm glad that in Europe, noone gives a shit about the US anymore. The only /pol/ shit you get is by fake press on Facebook to ragebait low class and old people, or on landing pages by scammy mail providers.
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>>150342870
this is all going to be
>And then THIS negative anti-white archetype isn't so negative or anti-white
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>>150342870
>>150342887
>>150343020
>>150345086
>>150346329
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>>150342887
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>Idealistic hero temporarily becomes an edgier, extreme version of himself, abandons his own friends to pursue an overwhelming evil force.
>Ends up pitting him against his old hero colleagues as a desperate attempt to bring him back to "The Agency".
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>>150363769
better use of this trope
>he succeeds
>comes back of his own volition and doesn't act like he did anything bad
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>sudden anxiety over having to fulfill a destiny and defeating a powerful foe despite training.

Surprisingly rare.
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>liar reveal solved in the first act of the movie
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>>150347892
this is honestly such a good character design
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>>150364482
I gotta watch this one again. I don't think I appreciated it as much as I should have
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>>150365907
it becomes meh when the robots arrive
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>>150342957
>>150343132
>>150343505
Coloured statues has been a reddit "I fucking love science tier" thing for a while now
Not that it's untrue or anything but that people online love to point out how they know it's painted.
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>>150367556
if every time someone pays attention to detail it'll get labeled as being a shitty thing to do, we're going to wrap back around to people bitching about how nobody cares about details
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>>150367709
It's not a shitty thing to do I'm just saying you don't need to jerk it off
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>>150367720
i hardly think remarking how odd a show that's formulized slop like Family Guy paying attention to details is "jerking it off" but hey I may be wrong. maybe those few words are enough to jerk it off into being annoying.
now for a trope
>music that mutes out dialogue and anything that isn't a heavy hit actually syncs up with the rhythm of a fight
It grates my brain every time I see a sequence with really good music and the animation isn't fucking synchronized with it.
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>>150342870
shes an easy going pedophile slut
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>>150342870
>Adult female character promises a child that she'll jump his bones the moment he turns 18
Disney movie btw
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>>150368157
Good. I wish I was that kid
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>>150368157
That trope should be more common.
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>>150367556
You can thank the internet for allowing Experts in their domain to critique artists. In the past you could literally get away with getting things wrong because no one was going to go to a expert/hardcore hobbyist and find the flaws. Now thanks to a social media Like YouTube there is a genre of video where people call in experts to critique a Media's portrayal of their domain. While they rarely say it 100% is awful if they don't get everything right it's usually portrayed that the more "accurate" something is, the more good it is which is probably an import from Book fans getting mad when a non book adaptation butchers things.
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>>150342870
>lady with this personality type is actually a good, generous person
Seconded. This is why Rarity is my favorite pony.
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>>150369864
There's that one movie where a kid pretends to be rich and keeps hitting on the cute bank clerk lady. Boys gotta get a win sometimes.
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>>150370843
B-b-based
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>>150359824
No, it's more nuanced than that. Often time, characters like him would get really nervous and cold feet whenever a New Girl gets introduced in class or tries to pursue a romantic interest outside the friend group, but he's already best friends with many female friends in the cast, even seeking love advices from some of them.
He's not nervous around girls, he's just nervous with how to leapfrog from acquaintances to romantic with the New Girl, but has no problem going from acquaintances to friendship with girls he know, stopping short of romance. To the point that even when girls within his friend circle try to drop hints that they're interested in him, he'd unwittingly "friendzone" them despite wanting to do the same thing with his own crush.
And to betray my own point, this is not an "uncommon" trope in media itself. Most MCs will usually have a couple female friends in the friendgroup, and at least one of them will take interest in him while the MC is pining for an "out of his league" girl that he somewhat knows he'd never get. This is what made the trope "childhood friend" so popular to begin with. What make my trope less common is that writers would often time lower the MC's standards as much as possible to make the pursuit of "winning the New Girl" much more daunting, limiting the number of female friends MC is allowed to have to make him more relatable, making it much harder to square the circles of an unpopular MC = many female friends, normal MC guy with many female friends = nervous around a New Girl romantic interest



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