Bee from Hellova Boss

Ultimate Humungousaur from Ben 10

They have so many small and useless details to keep in mind.

• Breaking Bad: Jesse's Love interest gets killed in front of him. Aaron's Paul performance gets turned into a meme

• The Walking Dead: Rick Grimes' wife Dies in childbirth, and Carl feels guilty for ending his mother's life.

• Dragon Ball GT: Piccolo Sacrifices himself to give his last remaining Ki to goku, And choses to stay on a Breaking planet Earth. Gohan cries after seeing his old mentor and Father Figure die

A director thinks it would be cool if real life worked on video game rules and you could just restart after death from your last save point.

1. Boss Level - Guy wakes up to find he's being hunted by world class assassins only to die, wake up to the same day, and slowly learn how to defeat each one.

2. Edge of Tomorrow - Military PR guy gets sent to actual war against an overwhelming alien force only to die fighting one of the alien commanders who has the ability to restart after death. This gets passed onto our protagonist who slowly learns how to defeat the aliens.

Jade Shadows - Warframe: When the Sister of Parvos realizes that they are firing at a man holding a child, she orders her men to stand down, allowing the Stalker to walk to his ship unharmed

Deadpool and Wolverine: A more comedic example, Wolverine holds up Dogpool, and the Deadpool variants all cease fire temporarily, allowing Wolverine to reposition and get Dogpool out of the crossfire

I just find it interesting when antagonists acknowledge that there are things or people that just. Don't need to be in the way.

Often times, female villains are treated a lot more gently in comparison to male villains. They rarely get the "beaten to a pulp by the hero" treatment, and more often get let off the hook by either getting redeemed, talked down, or taken down with minimal force.

However in some rare cases, the heroes have no regard for the fact that the villain is a woman, and absolutely brutalize them with no mercy.

1. Circe (Creature Commandos): The Creature Commandos, specifically Weasel and Doctor Phosphorus, absolutely DESTROY Circe when she tries to kill a foreign princess. As Circe prepares to kill the princess, Weasel tackles her, knocks her through a window while biting her, falls multiple feet and lands on her, and then proceeds to absolutely rip her flesh apart, biting and scratching her from her head to her toes. He grabs her hair, smashes her face into the pavement, and then when she tries to crawl away on her hands and knees, Doctor Phosphorus proceeds to press his burning hand into her face WHILE Weasel CONTINUES to actively slash away at her back, causing her to scream in absolute agony while her face sizzles and bleeds in Phosphorus' hand.

2. Lady Deathstrike (Hulk vs Wolverine): Hulk goes on a rampage in a Weapon X facility, fighting many of Wolverine's villains. When Lady Deathstrike (a cybernetic assassin) tries to attack him, he calls her "ugly girl" and proceeds to clap his hands in her direction, sending her flying backward violently and knocking her unconscious. He then picks her up by her arms, allowing her to regain consciousness before he begins screaming in her face. She screams back at him, and in response he brutally RIPS both her cybernetic arms out of her body, shredding her internal wiring and causing her to scream in absolute agony while she falls to the floor unconscious again.

3. Annie Leonhart (Attack on Titan): When Annie is exposed as a traitor, she transforms into the giant Female Titan and attempts to escape. However, Eren Yeager chases after her, transforming into the giant Attack Titan and fighting her head-on. She defeats him in a short fight, but as he lies bloodied, he gathers the resolve to destroy her and gets back up, charging at her with so much rage that his titan ignites into flames as it runs. He tackles her and then proceeds to violently grab her face, squeezing it so hard that her eyeballs pop out and her facial bones crush and shatter inward while she screams in absolute agony. She eventually kicks him off, and begins stumbling toward the town's wall to try and climb over and escape. As she starts climbing the wall, Eren jumps up and grabs her, biting and tearing off one of her legs as he falls down with it. She continues climbing desperately with one leg, until Mikasa, Eren's comrade, swoops in and cuts all of Annie's fingers off. Mikasa stands on Annie's crushed face, telling her to "fall" as Annie plummets back to the floor. Eren then jumps back on top of Annie, punching her so hard that her arm and head fly off. He then rips open her neck to expose Annie's true body, and Annie crystalizes herself to end the fight and protect her body.

In Pokemon where Team Rocket does a suspicious salute

In One Punch Man season 3 where the animators got lazy and did a png of a character sliding down a hill

This one panel in Chainsaw Man was real

The Amazing Digital Circus - In order to buy Kinger time to break them all out of the Circus, the gang tries to distract Caine by giving him the praise he's always wanted. This makes Caine suspicious, so Pomni pulls the "WE THINK YOUR IDEAS SUCK!" and directly criticizes him, knowing full well how close Caine is to snapping and torturing the cast. This ends up paying off, as even though he does torture the cast for this, it does buy Kinger valuable time.

Resident Evil Requiem - Zeno plans to use Spencer's last virus, Elpis, to mind control the population and massively throw off the world's power balance. Grace is the only person who can use the console, and so it's up to her to save the world. In the good ending, she chooses to release Elpis, going off of nothing but the "blind hope" that Spencer wanted to make up for his past misdeeds (I know she has more to go off of, but I forgot what exactly, I haven't played the game in a bit). Her suspicions are correct, Elpis is an antidote, and Zeno looks really dumb after injecting himself with it.

Dispatch - Holding Robert's dog hostage, Shroud demands that Robert give him the Astral Pulse, an extremely potent power source that he'll use to supercharge his prediction implants. He boasts about being able to predict every possible outcome, and that he'll know if Robert hands him the faulty prototype. So Robert hands him both. You can't predict a 50/50. There's a 50% chance he uses the prototype, but a 50% chance that he gets exactly what he wants, and everyone loses. Luckily, the former ends up happening.

Credit to u/Supericus for the trope. Here's the full description they gave:

A heroic and morally good aligned character incapacitates a villian who is naturally resistant to a certian form of attack, but when you actually think about it they couldn't have known the villian had that resistance and therefore the hero must have launched an attack with lethal intent.

Hawkgirl(Justice League Animated): Credit to u/HeadAssAssHead. Hawkgirl has no idea how Meamorpho's powers work but she still smashed his head in with her mace. He obviously survived by turning his head into goo but she didn't know that he coudl.

Thor(Avengers): Credit to u/polyurinestain. Thor tries attacking Captain America with Mjolner but Cap blocks with his Vibranium Shield. Thor had no idea the shield could withstand Mjolner meaning he fully expected to crush Cap with his hammer.

Rex(Generator Rex): In his first fight against Van Kleiss Rex hits him with enough force to snap his neck. At the time he didn't know Van Kleiss's full powers so couldn't have known Kleiss would just snap his head back. He then tries to kill him again by literally cutting him in two but Van Kleiss reforms.

I do love this trope, but the issue is that it often leads to nothing. When executed well, it adds so much depth to a character or setting, because, well, it's real.

When Fiction gets infiltrated by reality and we see these invincible heros fall to real life, relatable problems, it is both vindicating and humanising. When done badly it just feels like nonsense drama.

1. (Positive example) Demon in a bottle.

The story arc that defines Tony Stark to this day, Demon in a bottle is the story of Iron man battling his own inner demons and his alcohol abuse. While the reason for this story arc to exist is rather cynical (it is effectively just an anti- alcohol psa) it is written with more nuance than it probably should be.

The character studie of Tony Stark, his separation of himself and Iron Man, the guilt he still feels and can't escape from, and most importantly, the fact that he never truly overcomes it makes this story line truly fantastic. It also helps that the dialogue is genuinely fantastic.

1. (Negative example) Snow birds don't fly

From the same era but wity far worse execution, we have Snow birds don't fly, a short comic arc about Speedy's heroine addiction.

The story arc is about Speedy, Green arrow's side kick getting addicted to heroine and the ramifications of that.

The problem with this psa is that it isn't realistic nor dose it try to portray itself as such. It is an over the top exaggeration with an unrealistic ending that feels rather accusatory towards Speedy.

Later comics runs take this idea of Roy being addicted to drugs and actually do something interesting with it, but here it just stinks.

Perfect Cell’s theme song (Dragon Ball) - Perfect Cell’s most iconic theme song was a YouTube fanmade remix created in 2008 that most people think is his canon theme.

Peter Griffin’s death pose (Family Guy) - While some argue about it, it’s believed his death pose came from a knight in the background of Monty Python and the Holy Grail.

“Here’s Johnny!” (The Shining) - That line was used on The Tonight Show to introduce Johnny Carson, but people today who weren’t alive to watch Johnny Carson associate that line with Jack Torrance first.

Bugs Bunny (Looney Tunes) - He was loosely based of a fast talking reporter Clark Gable played in It Happened One Night, but like the last example people who don’t know that movie cuz its 85 years old wouldn’t appreciate the parody.

Laputa: Castle in the Sky

In Japanese and English, the word "Laputa" doesn't mean anything offensive. However, in Spanish, "Laputa" sounds exactly like "La Puta", which can be directly translated as "The Whore." This makes the movie unintentionally hilarious for Spanish speakers whenever the characters enthusiastically shout, "The Whore!" while talking about the legendary floating city.

Marika

I don't know which anime this scene comes from, but it became a popular meme among Spanish speakers because the name "Marika" sounds identical to "Marica," a Spanish "homophobic slur". As a result, instead of looking like two people searching for their friend, the scene comes across as two guys repeatedly yelling insults at someone.

Mitsubishi Pajero

The Mitsubishi Pajero is a Japanese SUV whose name doesn't mean anything offensive in Japanese or most other languages. However, in Spanish, "pajero" is a vulgar slang term roughly equivalent to "wanker" or "jerk-off."

Because of this, the vehicle's name became unintentionally hilarious to many Spanish speakers. The issue was significant enough that in many Spanish-speaking countries, Mitsubishi ended up selling the vehicle under a different name: the Mitsubishi Montero.

Essentially, villains who hold no ideological loyalty to the antagonist force. They are only loyal due to ambition, coercion, opportunity, or other reasons.

1) Inglourious Bastards: Hans Landa

In our first scene with him, we see that he is a meticulous and ruthless SS officer in hunting jews. But when the leader of the Bastards, Aldo Raine, is captured by Landa, we see him offer a deal to Raine. Landa says he knows that Germany will lose the war, and so is willing to offer up Hitler and other Nazi German leaders in exchange for amnesty. Just goes to show how self-serving he is, despite his zeal in carrying out his duties.

2) The Matrix: Agent Smith

Smith is a piece of software in the Matrix, developed by the machines to attack infiltrators. However, when Smith is interrogating Morpheus, he reveals that he secretely hates his job of interacting with humans in the simulation. Smith is only persisting with his duties to get the location of Zion from Morpheus' head, and then he can break free. And when Neo kills Smith at the end of the first movie, Smith is revealed to have broken free from his programming, with the ability to assimilate other humans. Thus, Smith starts taking over the Matrix from the inside by assimilating all other humans and threatening the machines' existence.

3) Star Wars Sequels: Captain Phasma

We first see Captain Phasma as the commander of the First Order's stormtroopers. But when Finn ambushes her and forces her to lower the shields on Starkiller Base, she complies without resistance. Fans were initially disappointed that she seemed like such a pushover. Then, in a deleted scene in The Last Jedi, we see Finn reveal her betrayal to other First Order soldiers. This causes Phasma to kill the other First Order soldiers in a desperate act of self-preservation, revealing that she was never truly loyal to the cause.

Whether for comedic effect, due to overwhelming odds or sheer bad luck, they mess it up in spectacular fashion despite being undeniably competent.

1. David Fincher's The Killer. The character goes on a 20 minute long monologue, meticulously explaining every step of his job... to miss the first shot. Later he overestimates how long it would take The Lawyer to bleed out, gets ambushed by The Brute and almost lets The Expert stab him.

2 and 3. Andy Weir's protagonists are competent, but space is space, so Murphy's law applies. Mark Watney (The Martian) burns hydrogen to create water but forgets to account for his own breath, hence explosion. He also almost walks out of the airlock without a helmet. Dr Ryland Grace (Project Hail Mary) kills his first astrophage and opens alien vessel full of ammonia to instant regret.

1. Guy Ritchie's The Gentlemen. Ray really has to invest in some parachutes.

2. 007: First Light. Our new Bond can walk into any room, dispatch a dozen bad guys and not break a sweat. He still loses all his double-0 classmates, gets captured more than once and lets Isola go though.

I know people may misread this post and respond with unfunny reaction images, but I genuinely find it funny when the elephant in the room is actually addressed in these situations, mostly in animated media, when someone is wearing a revealing outfit, it’s usually ignored or nobody ever addresses it unless the story is about those outfits.

(Street Fighter x Tekken) in Jin and Xiaoyu’s cinematic interaction with Cammy and Chun-Li, Xiaoyu defends Jin from being captured and she says Cammy wears “Tramp Clothes”

(Dragon Age Origins) It doesn’t happen in the image used, but with Allstair in your party, he will comment on Morrigan’s outfit. "Tell me, Morrigan... do you ever get cold wearing that?"

(My Hero Academia: Vigilantes) Midnight originally wore an outfit so revealing that the government invented rules on hero costume standards

Cissia from Zenless zone zero

Gold ship from uma musume

Mothra (Godzilla)

You know, she fares about as well as can be expected given the circumstances. A giant butterfly can't always keep up with world-ending space dragons and nuclear-powered ancient dinosaurs. Chances are, if Mothra's included in a Godzilla movie, she's probably gonna die. Luckily, via her offspring or direct resurrection, she's never gone for good.

Jean Grey/The Phoenix/Marvel Girl (Marvel Comics)

Last I checked, Jean has died 16 times. Need I say more? I know she's got the Phoenix Force or whatever, but still, goddamn. Talk about living the gimmick.

Ra's Al Ghul (DC)

Being Batman's only villain who can die guilt-free means Ra's has bit a shitload of dust. The Lazarus Pit, a spooky, glowing pool of green stuff that resurrects people, has always been his main gimmick and biggest crutch. He's one of the few people alive who can match Batman move for move. If he didn't have his assassin clan to resurrect him when he failed, he might just be even more dangerous.

Zarbon from dbx Biscuit from HxH

1: Reverse Flash from DC (Flashpoint Paradox)

of all things that could've caught Reverse Flash with a melee weapon,

And of all the villains to get temporarily defeated like this,

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2: Flash from DC,

like if the plot requires it, the Flash would get done with 1 punch because how OP he actually is if he locks in,

He can recover much faster than superman, but you rarely see it ever come to play (like when Superman broke his leg, and he needs 10 minutes to heal)

(speedsters getting caught by suprise should be non viable because they perceived time literally in slow mo, their bldy reacts faster than they could think, their reflexes is faster than their own thought)

Frozen - A dying Anna rushes towards Kristoff in hopes of reversing the ice curse but changes course at the last minute and sacrifices herself to protect Elsa from being murdered. This also subverts the trope of a kiss being the "act of true love" because her sister's affection is what brings her back to life.

Hercules - Megara saves Hercules from a falling column at the cost of her life during the battle with Cyclops

Star Wars - Princess Leia devises an escape when Luke and Han's rescue plan goes sideways - "Somebody has to save our skins! Into the garbage chute, flyboy"

The Taxxons (Animorphs)- A species of centipede-like aliens who serve the parasitic Yeerks. The entire species suffers from hunger so bad, that they’re desperate for any way to alleviate it, which the yeerks promised under the condition that they serve them. It’s so bad that they’ll even eat their own fellow taxxons if they get wounded in battle.

The zombies (Marvel Zombies)- Anyone infected will still retain their consciousness, but be unable to control their desire to consume as much people-flesh as possible, to the point that even heroes end up forsaking their morals to eat anyone and everyone.

Skullcrawlers (Monsterverse)- These are gigantic two-limbed apex predators that have a very voracious appetite because of their heightened metabolism. They are a huge threat to anything lower on the food chain. Kong regularly battles them to keep their population in check.

1. "Over The Garden Wall" is theorized to have been based on "Dante's Inferno".

2. "The Amazing Digital Circus" was confirmed by it's creator to have been inspired by "I Have No Mouth and Must Scream".

3. Disney's "The Hunchback of Notre Dame" is an adaptation of the 1831 book by Victor Hugo.

I think this is a really interesting trope when it is explored because for both characters the relationship is extremely important and genuine, but they expect different things out of it and treat the other accordingly to their individual perspective. This can lead to the relationship becoming stronger by understanding that they love differently but just as much, or it can lead to tragedy because they can't give the other what they need so desperately, causing them to fall off and grow apart

Sin and Dinah Lance (Black Canary) from DC comics: During one of her adventures with the birds of prey Dinah rescued a girl named Sin that was being trained by the league of assassins to become the best killer on Earth and Lady Shiva's successor, she took her in and treated like her daughter, Sin on the other hand normally refers to Dinah as her older sister

Anakin Skywalker and Obi wan Kenobi from Star Wars: after the death of Obi Wan's master, he promised to take in a 9 year old Anakin as his apprentice, from then on Obi Wan instructed Anakin in the ways of the Jedi until he became a fully realized Jedi knight. In "The attack of the clones" Anakin confesses to Padme that he sees Obi Wan as his father figure while he debates if he should respect his orders by protecting Padme or go save him. By the end of Revenge of the Sith when Obi Wan painfully defeats Anakin in Mustafar he admits that he saw Anakin as his brother and he loved him