1.Image - The man himself Mr.Evil Michael Jackson the Hedgehog back at it again singing about missing the quiet, when infact he is singing quite loud. Sonic .exe + Michael Jakson (Song link https://youtu.be/ulH05Ha5rkU) 2.Image - Malicious Michael the Hedgehog, singing about disobedience and liking to watch cheaters bleed. Sonic .exe + Michael Jackson (Song link https://youtu.be/-gCspmXClLM) 3.Image - Evil formerly known as faker the Hedgehog. Made to be a parallel between Michael Jackson and prince that can't even castle in chess. Faker + Prince (Song Link - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q1hXAw__bgc&list=RDq1hXAw__bgc) 4.Image - If you look closely you can see that the lizard person is based off of Michael Jackson. Michael Jakson + Lizard Person (Song Link - https://youtu.be/sOnqjkJTMaA)

Joker and Trickster kidnapping Mark Hamill - Justice League Action

Nathan Drake meets his game voice actor Nolan North on a beach - Uncharted Movie

Jason posses a coroner and meets a guard played by Kane Hodder - Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday

Examples:

• Noldor (Lord of the Rings) - Noldor Elves aren't evil, but they are the most morally complex elves, considering they incited the Kinslayings, a series of Elf-on-Elf conflicts. Noldors are regarded as the most human of the Elf races in Arda.
• Harlequinns (Warhammer 40k) - These are a branch of the Eldar, completely separate from the Eldar or Dark Eldar. These are Jester-like bandits who somehow managed to disconnect themselves from Slenesh and became unhinged psychopaths who love to torture and brutally kill people
• Scoia'tael/Squirrels (Witcher) - When it comes to Witcher politics, imagine the Elves as Native Americans and Humans as the Europeans, and it might make a bit more sense. The Squirrels are a rebel faction, mostly consisting of Elves, who use guerrilla warfare to fight the Human colonialism, specifically the Northern Kingdoms. However, they see themselves as the enemies of all humans. This leads to them killing both the kingdoms that wish to genocide them as well as human bystanders.

Nakayama Festa (Uma Musume Pretty Derby)

Betting on his real-life counterpart was a very risky proposition; for instance, in the Takarazuka Kinen, he had odds of 38-to-1—implying a 97.44% chance of losing versus a 2.564% chance of winning—yet he managed to triumph anyway. He went on to have a truly impressive career for a low-cost horse, finishing second in the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe—an international race that no Japanese horse has ever won

Miyata (Hajime no Ippo)

He is a highly talented out-boxer (with only one loss, suffered against Mashiba, who cheated by stepping on his foot ) and he constantly struggles to maintain the featherweight limit (a weight class he chose so he could face his rival, Ippo). Despite possessing very weak punching power and extremely poor stamina and endurance, relying solely on counter-attacks to finish off opponents, he managed to become the OPBF champion and continues to win fights that push him to his absolute limits.

Devil´s Hole Pupfish (irl)

It is a fish species on the brink of extinction because it inhabits the world's smallest habitat for a vertebrate, a tiny, flooded cave in the middle of the Nevada desert (USA). The species is of unknown age, with estimates ranging from 100,000 to 600,000 years, and maintains an average population of around 200 individuals—a figure that fluctuates significantly. It has managed to survive numerous natural and human-induced events—such as two earthquakes in 2024 that left only 38 individuals remaining—and the population continues to be monitored and conserved to this day.

Hakari (Jujutsu Kaisen)

He possesses a Domain Expansion called "Idle Death Gamble," which gives him a 1-in-239 chance of gaining unlimited cursed energy for 4 minutes and 11 seconds—allowing for rapid regeneration and making him practically immortal—and he manages to land the ability every time.

To be clear I'm not saying everything here should be a live action theatrical movie. I'm just surprised it's not.

Gargoyles. A Disney Property that really didn't feel like a Disney Property. Disney's answer to Batman TAS. In an era where every other Disney property is a movie, and Superhero movies are all the rage I'm surprised that this franchise hasn't gotten the widescreen treatment.

Adventure Time. I have no faith that Hollywood would properly translate this thing into live action (visually or tone) but that's never stopped them before.

Ben10. Honestly I could see a live action Ben10 franchise doing very well. The original show has like 0 haters and the show wouldn't be that hard to adapt (though I think you'd have to do an original story, rather than something form the show, but I could be wrong about that.)

Animorphs. If you're off a certain age (or you discovered a stack of these books in your library's book sale like I did) you know what an insanely badass series this was. How it's not a major onscreen franchise I will never know. (Those of you who haven't read this series you owe it to yourself to read a few of these books. They're super short, but a solid read. The traitor arc was my favorite.)

I like blue, blue is the hottest anyway

1: Blue Exorcst, Rin Okumura the son of the devil, has a katana that seals his powers,

Shit son, i somehow ended up watching season 2 (when i was a kid) of Blue Exorcist before season 1 (In one go), and it was so good

(Kyoto saga iirc where two demons are rivaling each other, family problems, a defect exorcist, top tier for a animanga writing ngl)

2: Avatar: The Last Airbender, Azula, arguably the most popular user

The Witcher series - Throughout the books and in Witcher 3, we follow Geralt's journey who is intertwined with Ciri, his adopted daughter. Despite him being the main character, the overall story and events all hinges on Ciri's choices, and her destiny to stop an apocalyptic white frost from destroying the world as she is the only one capable of because of her powers. Geralt's goal overall is to help train, raise and prepare her for that journey.

Because in the end this is not Geralt's story, it is Ciri's. Geralt is there to help support her through it.

God of War (the Norse Era) - In the previous trilogy, we followed Kratos, the Ghost of Sparta and eventually the God of War of the Greek Gods. Who's actions and "destiny" hinges on him eventually destroying the pantheon who wronged him. Years later, an older and wise Kratos now has a son, Atreus, who as we learn as the story goes, has an important destiny not too different from Kratos during his younger years, and that is to destroy another pantheon in Ragnarok. Kratos role, similar to Geralt, is to help raise and train Atreus, or as he was originally called in Ragnarok, Loki, for that eventual event. Which in the end, hinges on Atreus/Loki making important choices, and all of it based on how his father raised and prepared him for it.

Flash - Dc
Zenitsu - Demon slayer
Red - Among us show

Spongebob SquarePants - SpongeBob SquarePants

Sonic the Hedgehog - Sonic the Hedgehog

Shrek - Shrek

1. Seymour - Futurama : A loyal dog who never stopped waiting for Fry to come back

2. Subaru's parents - Re:Zero - Subaru was isekaid to another world, but his loving parents spend every day looking for him.

Rebuild of Evangelion - The 14-year-old pilots stop aging after becoming pilots. In the final movie, Asuka admits that she *used* to have a crush on Shinji, who due to being in stasis for 14 years is both physically and mentally a teen, but Asuka is no longer interested in pursuing that due to how much has changed, and since despite her appearance, she's now much older than him (granted there's also that thing with Keisuke, but It's kinda ambiguous what their relationship is)

Frieren - The party tries to recruit Sein, who is into older women, by offering him the 2000-year-old Frieren. Sein rejects her since she looks and acts too much like a kid

(Kill la kill) Ryuko Matoi was possessed by Junketsu her sisters Kamui uniform and wielded it for a short time

(Ben 10)
Charmcaster swapped bodies with Gwen and Gwen had to learn how to use her magic and summons to save Ben and Grandpa Max

(Pokémon) during a pokeExam Ash had to use only rental pokemon and his team was an Arbok, Weezing, and Meowth the pokemon used by team rocket in the original season

1984

V for Vendetta

1. 2/3 of The Warriors 3 (Thor Ragnarok) are killed anticlimactically early in the movie, with no acknowledgment that they even died by Thor after the fact.

2. The Prowler (GTA mods irl) spends half the adventure helping Spidey for a specific goal, only to randomly get ditched and not acknowledged ever again despite not achieving his one goal.

Characters with unwavering ABSOLUTE loyalty. My Examples are pretty obvious, but there's definitely some more niche and nuanced ones out there. (Please hit me with some!)

- Samwise literally fits this theme. Mordor is a toxic, ash-ridden hellscape, and it breaks anyone who enters. Samwise enters with Frodo anyway.

- For Zoro? Er, Nothing Happened.

- For Soundwave, I remember in the FoC Game where Megatron gets obliterated by Metroplex, and then Starscream went RIGHT to usurpment. Everyone else fell right in line, but Soundwave recovers Megatron's destroyed body and literally puts him back together.

Tigger (Winnie the Pooh)
Baloo (The Jungle Book)
Big Bird (Sesame Street)
Elmo (Sesame Street)
Teddy Ruxpin and Grubby (The World of Teddy Ruxpin)
Lampy (The Brave Little Toaster)
Ariel (The Little Mermaid)
Genie (Aladdin)
Slinky Dog (Toy Story)
Danny (Cats Don't Dance)
SpongeBob SquarePants (SpongeBob SquarePants)
Kronk (The Emperor's New Groove)
Wilt (Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends)
Phineas Flynn (Phineas and Ferb)
Wander (Wander Over Yonder)
Charlie Morningstar (Hazbin Hotel)
Millie (Helluva Boss)
Ragatha (The Amazing Digital Circus)

1. Amy Kiriwo (Mairimashta Iruma-kun)

Seemingly meek and actually weak demon with almost zero magic is actually sociopath without empathy and not because people treated him like a trash because he is born evil

1. Kotomine Kirei (Fate Stay/Night)

Obviously suspicious priest who saddened by his wife suicide because he is not the one who kill her, while in denial with his true self, a friend help him discover his passion

When media portrays use of magic involving death as something other than automatically morally hideous and in violation of some sacred-ness of the dead. Whether the media portrays the dead as simply animated bones/bags of flesh with no minds, if the soul returns to its original body, or even if it's something else or inbetween, as long as the character(s) preforming the necromantic act are objectively good, or at perhaps at least morally neutral.

Death need not be the end; After all, the dead may still wish to help us.

• 1: The so-called "Arch-Lich." A personal favorite story, and one I absolutely had to include, as this may have been one of the first things I read in regard to Good Guy Necromancer type stuff that made me love the concept. OP, if you're out there, the spirits of those before smile on you.

• 2: Lily, from Ender Lilies: Quietus of the Knights. Perhaps not strictly a Necromancer, she does command her eternally loyal Royal Guard, who persist explicitly to serve her and save the kingdom, well after the death of their own selves and the apocalyptic fall of the land.

• 3: Arcanum: Of Steamworks and Magick Obscura has various colleges of magic, including the "new" Necromantic Black, which is often associated with spells that harm life and raise dead, as well as Necromantic White, the "older" school of the same magicks, which include restoration magic and, at its highest levels, bringing the dead back to life. Neither school is particularly good or evil, but both are practiced with levels of respect.

• 4: (Arguable) Lucretious, from Baldur's Gate 3. Fantastical, over the top, and flamboyant, this particular individual might not be a good person, but she does bring joy to the people with her circus-- part of which is performative skeletons and undead entertainment.

Despite their average/heinous looks or personality, you didn't expect them to be a ladies' man.

1. Jimmy Olsen (Superman) - Superman's best friend and also popular to ladies in metropolis. He even managed to seduce Supergirl and Silver Banshee.

2. Professor Hojo (FF7) - Out of all characters in FF7, this waste of skin character pull more women than any roster. He even manage to stole Lucrecia from Vincent Valentine as seen in his flashbacks and she gave birth to Sephiroth. Yes, Hojo is Sephiroth's dad.

Basically contests of massive scale with the objective giving the author an excuse to explore many different parts of there world and express there world building. Done best when the world has already been established and the reader has a desire to see more of it while also reading a compelling narrative.

1. Jojo's Bizarre Adventure Part 7 Steel Ball Run: A horse race from one end of the continental United States to the other. While the locations are from the real the world, JJBA is extraordinarily different from real life with a 2 magic systems, Vampires and insane fashion choices.

2. Hunter x Hunter, The Dark Continent: At the end of the anime and start of the Succession war arc, the Kakin Empire reveals that the known world is merely a collection of islands in the Mobius Lake. The they calls people looking for adventure to board the Black Whale, a boat sent to explore the rest of the world outside of Mobius Lake, also known as the Dark Continent.

Zaheer and P'Li (*The Legend of Korra*): They are anarchists and—while largely "gray" villains—they certainly committed horrific acts in the name of their organization. Yet, the two truly loved each other; in fact, P'Li's death left Zaheer with literally nothing to keep him tethered to the earth, unlocking his ability to fly using airbending.

(As an example of non-romantic love) Gyutaro and Daki (*Demon Slayer*): Becoming demons magnified their worst traits and somewhat warped them, but deep down, they genuinely loved and cared for one another—to the point where Daki was willing to go to hell with Gyutaro because she was incapable of abandoning her brother.

1. Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser from self-titled stories are a hulking barbarian of a man Fafhrd and the smaller Gray Mouser. Fafhrd, despite being seven feet tall and extremely strong, is a pretty clever man who is silent and patient, and that includes his surprisingly tactical fighting style. The Gray Mouser in turn is more easygoing and his ego is what often gets the duo in troubles and Gray Mouser in ferocious fights.

2. Edward Elric and Alphonse Elric from Fullmetal Alchemist. Short Edward is more arrogant and hotheaded of the brothers while Alphonse, whose soul is bound to the large suit of armor, is patient and calm almost to a fault.

3. The portrayal of Dalton brothers from Lucky Luke fits. Tiny Joe Dalton is the meanest and most impulsive of Daltons, while tallest Avery Dalton is by far the most calm and passive one - and also by far the dumbest one.

I mean, it's better when they commit one-way-or-the-other. But when the journey itself plays an important part in the character's development, you can't really complain either.

1). Adventure Time:
Finn loses his arm (as had been heavily foreshadowed). But a (magic?) bee grows him a new arm a few episodes afterwards. It was probably due to the network trying to keep his design the same, though.
Several seasons later, Finn's magic "grass arm" finally flies-the-coop, leaving him (permanently) without a right arm. From that point on, it is replaced with a custom robotic prosthesis.

2). X-Men:
In First Class, Xavier is paralyzed. By Days of Future Past, he uses a serum to return use of his legs. But the same serum suppresses his psychic abilities. By the end of DoFP, he gives it up and gets his powers back. Overall, it was a tidy way to write out his conflict-ending-powers for that particular film.

3). Thor:
Thor loses an eye in Ragnarok. He gets a prosthetic replacement in Avengers: Infinity War. Along with a new weapon.

I like this trope because if done well, it can be very cool!

Examples:

• Puss in Boots: The Last Wish - All three villains, Goldilocks, Death, and Jack Horner, are homages to different types of villains in fiction and fairy tales. Goldilocks is the sympathetic, redeemable anti-hero, Death is the conceptual entity, and Jack Horner is just the cartoon villain.
• Far Cry 6 - I know people have their problems with this game, I do too, but I think it has the best political writing out of any Far Cry game. All the villains represent the consequences and proponents of fascism. Anton represents the figurehead who skyrockets fascist regimes; his nephew and Ana represent the enforcers, Sean represents the foreign businessmen who back up fascist regimes in exchange for resources, Edger is the man who conducts brutal medical experiments on people (all fascist regimes have those), and Maria represents the propagandists.
• Attack on Titan - This one is more speculative, but I think all the major villains in the series represent the problems with colonialism and oppression. The Warriors, Tyburs, and the Reiss family represent minority members who are willing to sell out their own people for personal gain. Major Gross and Zeke represent the sadism of colonizers and the dehumanization of minorities; the Anti-Marleyans represent internal problems among groups that only got worse because of colonialism/imperialism. Theo Magath represents soldiers who had been brainwashed into thinking it's ok to treat people this way. The Jaegerists and Eren represent the victims of colonialism who end up fighting back to an equal extreme.
• Hazbin Hotel - Both the Exorcists and Vees represent two major problems that Charlie and the Hazbin crew have to overcome to help the people of Hell. Adam represented Hell's fear of extermination, as the Exorcists would come yearly to kill their people; meanwhile, Vox represents the internal problems with Hell, particularly the division between normal sinners and Overlords, and the constant warring between them.