History Sandbox / TheDreadedWickCheck

# Main.RedOniBlueOni: The '''[[blue:Blue Oni]]''' is associated with serenity, control and observing authority. A Blue Oni is more intellectual, proud, traditional, introverted, and cultured (sometimes more spiritual, although that's not guaranteed), if a Blue Oni is indeed physically strong, they tend to be {{Genius Bruiser}}s, with the calm, collected intelligence of a typical Blue Oni character combined with the physical prowess of a typical Red Oni character. Blue Oni personalities are often respected by others, but also likely to puzzle, confound or even [[TheDreaded intimidate]] their peers because they are difficult to read and have a mysterious quality to them. '''"A character intimidates others" is misuse.'''

Wicks checked so far: 110/127.

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Wicks checked so far: 105/127.

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# Characters.OuranHighSchoolHostClub: (Kyouya), His manipulative and cunning nature, coupled with the fact that he's rich enough that he could potentially buy and sell ''you'' for crossing him, makes him this. Even Haruhi is scared of him sometimes. Given the cold, "evil businessman" front he likes to put up, it appears that he likes to [[ExploitedTrope exploit this]], be it for personal gain or [[ItAmusedMe just for fun]]. -- '''Regardless of the evil front part, he's still a heroic character in a rom-com, so he doesn't count.'''

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Wicks checked so far: 100/127.

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# ClapYourHandsIfYouBelieve: Aberrations come into being because people believe that they exist, and are directly shaped by their continued perception. As revealed in ''Onimonogatari'', Shinobu/Kissshot spent much of her backstory testing the extreme cases of this phenomenon.
## Literature.Bakemonogatari: [[spoiler:Shinobu's current childlike behavior is partly due to the fact that Koyomi, being the only person she regularly interacts with, expects her to act that way. This is an interesting case, since there are still plenty of people and aberrations out there that regard her as TheDreaded]]. '''Contextless pothole.'''

# Main.MyDefenseNeedNotProtectMeForever: '''Manga/FairyTail''' has a villainous example during the Tartaros arc. The eponymous Dark Guild finally succeeds in activating the Magic Weapon [[TheMagicGoesAway Face]] to revive [=[[TheDreaded Master END]]=], but the weapon needs to finish a countdown before firing. In order to buy time, [[DragonInChief Mard Geer]] orders [[TheHeavy Kyouka]] to merge with the activation lacrima to speed up the process, despite the fact it will kill her. [[UndyingLoyalty She does so anyways]] and engages Erza in battle, and while she does ultimately dies at the heroes' hands, [[MyDeathIsOnlyTheBeginning it's too late to stop Face from firing]]. -- '''Vague pothole'''

Wicks checked so far: 95/127.

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# Manhwa.HotBloodedWoman: Haji is a PlayedForLaughs example, while Hanseo is a destructive example. And Haji's mom is this to everyone, also PlayedForLaughs.

# Characters.AscendOCT: (Baba & Yaga), Baba was one back in her younger days. Committing many atrocities for the sake of her power. -- '''No indication of either heroism or villainy + vague context'''

** Reiner and Bertolt turn bone-white at the sight of his Titan morosely walking by Castle Utgard. His presence means one thing: ''they fucked up BIG''.
** After his decimation of the Survey Corps, he is considered public enemy No. 1 by the Eldian military junta at Paradis, a fact that is brought up when there's discussions regarding his possible defection to Paradis.

# VideoGame.EarthDefenseForce5: '''"These groups are difficult to deal with". Also, irrelevant context.'''

# Anime.GaoGaiGar: Implied with King J-Der, who the Primevals refer to as 'the Disaster Left By Abel' and gave a threat level of 100 when he arrived.

# Characters.AFistfulOfDollars: (Ramon), Like his counterpart.
# Characters.AflameInferno: (Inferno), Just merely mentioning her name causes demons of all ranks to experience bladder failure out of sheer terror. -- '''It's not clear whether she's anti-heroic or not'''

# ComicBook.MadwomanOfTheSacredHeart: Mario Lara, AKA "El Perro", is a fierce, relentless hitman for the Medellin Cartel... and the right-hand man of Mary's dad, with a profound interest in taking Mary back to Colombia. '''Irrelevant context'''
# CrapsackWorld.{{Literature}}: ''Literature/FromRussiaWithLove'': Creator/IanFleming spends ''a third of the book'' outlining how life in the Soviet Union sucks and why only depraved sociopaths such as Red Grant actually ''enjoy'' working for its intelligence apparatus. Authorities routinely use beatings and extrajudicial killings to brutally suppress dissent and torture prisoners. They also have no qualms [[ThePurge purging]] so-called "enemies of the state" and sending them over to TheGulag as they did under Stalin. The book also states that nobody would dare utter TheDreaded spy agency [[SecretPolice SMERSH's]] name openly in the public lest they face StateSec knocking at their door. In short, the average Joe in Soviet Russia has no stomach for a possible revolt. '''An organisation described as TheDreaded. Do organisations count?'''

# Recap.MashS1E13Edwina: All the guys in camp are afraid to date Eddie, even [[TheCasanova Hawkeye]]. -- '''Being scared to date someone isn't the same as their presence in general causing fear'''

Wicks checked so far: 90/127.

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# MyDefenseNeedNotProtectMeForever: '''Manga/FairyTail''' has a villainous example during the Tartaros arc. The eponymous Dark Guild finally succeeds in activating the Magic Weapon [[TheMagicGoesAway Face]] to revive [=[[TheDreaded Master END]]=], but the weapon needs to finish a countdown before firing. In order to buy time, [[DragonInChief Mard Geer]] orders [[TheHeavy Kyouka]] to merge with the activation lacrima to speed up the process, despite the fact it will kill her. [[UndyingLoyalty She does so anyways]] and engages Erza in battle, and while she does ultimately dies at the heroes' hands, [[MyDeathIsOnlyTheBeginning it's too late to stop Face from firing]]. -- '''Vague pothole'''

# Recap.OnePieceAlabastaArc: One of the Marine grunts makes it a point to give Tashigi some handy exposition about Miss All Sunday when they're confronted by her, revealing her real name as Nico Robin and that she's had a bounty of 79 million Berries (on par with Crocodile, whose bounty was frozen at 80 million) since age eight, for the alleged crime of destroying six Marine battleships single-handedly. Miss All Sunday's cool demeanor is soon dropped and replaced with rage, and she begins ranting about how much she hates the World Government and all in their service, deciding not to give any mercy to her Marine opponents. -- '''I don't get it; how is she the dreaded?'''
# Recap.MashS1E13Edwina: All the guys in camp are afraid to date Eddie, even [[TheCasanova Hawkeye]]. -- '''Being scared to date someone isn't the same as their presence in general causing fear'''
# Series.TopBoy: (BigBadEnsemble) '''[[TheDreaded Rafe]]''' and [[RuthlessForeignGangsters The Albanians]]. Rafe is Sully's cousin who goes after Sully because of his contract to murder his younger brother Jermaine, but decides to spare him provided that Rafe pays Sully what he would have got for the hit, which Rafe wants revenge for. The Albanians murdered Dushane's old supplier Joe. '''Contextless pothole.'''

Wicks checked so far: 88/127.

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# Series.TopBoy: (BigBadEnsemble) '''[[TheDreaded Rafe]]''' and [[RuthlessForeignGangsters The Albanians]]. Rafe is Sully's cousin who goes after Sully because of his contract to murder his younger brother Jermaine, but decides to spare him provided that Rafe pays Sully what he would have got for the hit, which Rafe wants revenge for. The Albanians murdered Dushane's old supplier Joe.

Wicks checked so far: 86/127.

# Characters.OuranHighSchoolHostClub: (Kyouya), His manipulative and cunning nature, coupled with the fact that he's rich enough that he could potentially buy and sell ''you'' for crossing him, makes him this. Even Haruhi is scared of him sometimes. Given the cold, "evil businessman" front he likes to put up, it appears that he likes to [[ExploitedTrope exploit this]], be it for personal gain or [[ItAmusedMe just for fun]]. -- '''Regardless of the evil front part, he's still a heroic character in a rom-com, so he doesn't count.'''
# Recap.UltraGalaxyFightTheAbsoluteConspiracyEpisode3: Apparently for someone who proclaims to be an UltimateLifeForm, Tartarus was quick to [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere chicken out]] when [[FusionDance Legend]] shows up. -- '''Just a single character scared of another.'''
# Manga.AttackOnTitanJuniorHigh: Mikasa and Levi (again), to a comedic degree. For Mikasa, her [[SuperSpeed Quicksilver-esque running speed]] makes Reiner and Bertolt cower when they compete for Ilse's notebook in Episode 10. -- '''Both are heroic here and in the main series. Not sure whether they're the most feared characters in the setting. The former one is just "two characters are scared of this character", which is misuse.'''
# Fanfic.DannyPhantomLostEpisodesSeries: Grimhilde and Aragon… until the end where the citizens get fed up and turn against them. -- '''More than one dreaded character and insufficient context'''
# Anime.MamaIsAFourthGrader: Grandma Haru, at least to her daughter, Izumi; not so much for Natsumi. Izumi loathes her mother since she was a workaholic while leaving her mostly alone as a young child, and especially resents her for playing favorites with her older sister. They both mend their relationship by the end of the episode. -- '''It seems that it leans toward hatred/resentment than fear + dreaded by a single character'''
# Anime.TheCurseOfKazuoUmezu: Rima, a transfer student who had previously been studying in Mexico in "What Will the Video Camera Reveal?". Despite her beautiful looks, Masami gets easily scared of her and causes great agitation into her life. -- '''One character is scared of another'''
# Advertising.SeattleMariners: One ad featured an opposing pitcher seeing a psychologist over his fear of facing Ken Griffey Jr. -- '''A single character afraid of another'''
# Characters.ElCid2020RodrigoDiaz: By Season 2, he's become this. His fame is such that Alfonso and Urraca rarely make plans against Sancho without taking him into account. When al-Muqtadir is presented with the choice of directly opposing Sancho and, by extension, Ruy, he dismisses it and says that the last thing Zaragoza needs is to make an enemy out of someone like him. -- '''A pure heroic character so he doesn't fit'''

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Wicks checked so far: 77/127.

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# Characters.{{Paranatural}}: For the most part she's friendly with everyone, but her fellow students treat the concept of getting on her bad side, or [[YoungEntrepreneur owing her anything]], with terror. And then there's her playing hitball. '''Nice character with a scary temper'''

# Characters.RecordOfRagnarokTheEinherjar: (Sasaki Kojiro) [[spoiler:Kojiro becomes this to some of the lesser gods after his victory in the third round, being the first human to actually kill a god in combat especially since Poseidon was also TheDreaded. When he makes his appearance during the confrontation with Buddha, some of the Seven Lucky Gods immediately become wary and on edge, referring to Kojiro as "the man who killed Poseidon".]] '''Neither anti-hero nor villain.'''

# Roleplay.ASwordWithoutAHilt: Viserys reputation in many places is less then stellar, mainly due to people being terrified of his strength, but in Westeros also due to the fact that he's the antithesis of their every value. He is the product of incest, he's a powerful sorcerer, etc. '''Just seems to be a disliked character, not necessarily a hero or villain who's feared'''
# VideoGame.KingsBounty: In the newer games, the Black Dragon is the most powerful unit in terms of raw power by a fair margin and has a unique passive ability called "Dragon Power" that scares all enemy units that are not level 5. '''Just an enemy that scares weaker enemies'''
# Characters.OuranHighSchoolHostClub: (Kyouya ), His manipulative and cunning nature, coupled with the fact that he's rich enough that he could potentially buy and sell ''you'' for crossing him, makes him this. Even Haruhi is scared of him sometimes. Given the cold, "evil businessman" front he likes to put up, it appears that he likes to [[ExploitedTrope exploit this]], be it for personal gain or [[ItAmusedMe just for fun]]. -- '''Regardless of the evil front part, he's still a heroic character in a rom-com, so he doesn't count'''
# Recap.UltraGalaxyFightTheAbsoluteConspiracyEpisode3: Apparently for someone who proclaims to be an UltimateLifeForm, Tartarus was quick to [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere chicken out]] when [[FusionDance Legend]] shows up. -- '''Just a single character scared of another'''

Wicks checked so far: 74/127.

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# Manga.AttackOnTitanJuniorHigh: Mikasa and Levi (again), to a comedic degree. For Mikasa, her [[SuperSpeed Quicksilver-esque running speed]] makes Reiner and Bertolt cower when they compete for Ilse's notebook in Episode 10. -- '''Both are heroic here and in the main series, also it's vague about if they're the most feared or not. It's been too long since I watched so I don't remember the details'''

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-- Wicks checked so far: 67/127.
* Green: 11/127
* Red: 30/127
* Gold: 0/127
* Pink: 26/127

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* Pink: 17/127

# Fanfic.RivetAndClunk: Rivet has become this to the Blarg at the time of Chapter 21.

# Podcast.RoseDive: Forrest. Everyone who had contact with him at the reunion is left utterly shaken and seemingly terrified of him. '''Not enough info to classify'''

* Green: 10/127
* Red: 23/127

# Characters.DCtd0: By the changelings, because she just ''doesn't make sense''. '''This is in a folder for ''Pinkie Pie'', for reference. And no, it's not AdaptationalVillainy'''

# Characters.HeroesOfRhimn: Even her own knights are a little afraid of her. '''Low on context, but surrounding context clarifies that she's a villain.'''

-- Wicks checked so far: 50/127.

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* Red: 21/127

* Pink: 16/127

# CrapsackWorld.Literature: ''Literature/FromRussiaWithLove'': Creator/IanFleming spends ''a third of the book'' outlining how life in the Soviet Union sucks and why only depraved sociopaths such as Red Grant actually ''enjoy'' working for its intelligence apparatus. Authorities routinely use beatings and extrajudicial killings to brutally suppress dissent and torture prisoners. They also have no qualms [[ThePurge purging]] so-called "enemies of the state" and sending them over to TheGulag as they did under Stalin. The book also states that nobody would dare utter TheDreaded spy agency [[SecretPolice SMERSH's]] name openly in the public lest they face StateSec knocking at their door. In short, the average Joe in Soviet Russia has no stomach for a possible revolt. '''An organisation described as TheDreaded. Do organisations count?'''

-- Wicks checked so far: 43/127.

* Red: 19/127

* Pink: 14/127

# DarkerAndEdgier.{{Batman}} ''Film/{{The Batman|2022}}'' is hands down the darkest live-action film so far, even topping ''Film/{{Joker|2019}}'' and ''Film/BatmanReturns''. Here, Batman is a brutal vigilante with a reputation as TheDreaded, both by the police and the criminal underworld of Gotham, and his TerrorHero shtick is basically turned up to eleven, speaking in a [[SoftSpokenSadist hateful whisper]] not unlike Creator/MichaelKeaton, and his brutality is put on full display when he gives an unfortunate {{mook}} an incredibly brutal NoHoldsBarredBeatdown that scares the crap out of the criminals witnessing this. Also, there's the fact the film portrays ComicBook/TheRiddler, who's normally a LaughablyEvil yet NotSoHarmlessVillain, as an incredibly gruesome PsychopathicManchild SerialKiller in the vein of [[Film/Zodiac2007 the Zodiac Killer]] and [[Film/{{Se7en}} John Doe]]. And that's just the trailers. '''[[green:Potholed to both TheDreaded and TerrorHero. However, this entry may actually be correct use of both tropes. He is an anti-hero who is terribly feared by everyone (TheDreaded), and he does deliberately use fear as a tactic (TerrorHero).]]'''

# Characters.RecordOfRagnarokTheEinherjar: (Sasaki Kojiro) [[spoiler:Kojiro becomes this to some of the lesser gods after his victory in the third round, being the first human to actually kill a god in combat especially since Poseidon was also TheDreaded. When he makes his appearance during the confrontation with Buddha, some of the Seven Lucky Gods immediately become wary and on edge, referring to Kojiro as "the man who killed Poseidon".]] '''Neither anti-hero nor villain.'''

# Characters/AttackOnTitanZekeYeager: -- '''He isn't the most feared character in the story, esp when Levi and Eren exist and it seems like only a group of people are scared of him'''

# Anime.Argevollen: TheDreaded: The Arandas soldiers on the desert frontline refer to the Trail Krieger that's been massacring them as "the Ghost" due to the fact that it always kills everyone that encounters it. '''No reference to how it's feared in relation to other characters/pilots/machines in the setting or whether it's the machine or the pilot that is feared. The focus is on the nickname which makes it more of a RedBaron example than TheDreaded. Not enough context, but likely a different trope.'''

# BewareTheNiceOnes.Literature: ''Literature/ACertainMagicalIndex'': [[TheHero Kamijou Touma]] is a fairly optimistic and friendly guy who despite his never-ending bad luck is willing to help anyone in need. Press him though, and you will see why the Magic Side and a select few in the Science Side (from [[WorldsStrongestMan Accelerator]] to [[MadScientist the Kiharas]]) [[TheDreaded are so terrified]] of "[[RedBaron The Imagine Breaker]]". '''This appears to be describing a hero figure who has a power that terrifies everyone. He's not a villain. His character sheet indicates that certain people are terrified of his power, others give him no respect, and women are attracted to him. He's listed as both a ClassicalAntiHero and an IdealHero, so it's not clear whether he's an anti-hero or a hero. He doesn't exploit fear as a tactic, so he's not a TerrorHero. It's hard to know what he should be troped as.'''

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# BigGood.AnimeAndManga: ''Manga/ChainsawMan'': the eponymous devil is the closest thing to a benevolent overseer in the series. He has erased many of the worst fears of humanity, supports the main protagonist, and is the only person who can challenge the BigBad. Chainsaw Man is a [[TheDreaded dreaded]] entity in the world of devils due to his ability to [[RetGone totally erase them from existence]], warping reality in the process. '''This may be a genuine example. Looking at the character sheet for Pochita, they're regarded as the "Hero of Hell" and are the devil that all other devils fear, and is listed as an anti-hero.'''
# BrilliantButLazy.WesternAnimation: Star Butterfly from ''WesternAnimation/StarVsTheForcesOfEvil'' is a magical prodigy, described as being far beyond the skill level of [[TheHighQueen her mother Queen Moon]] and on par with [[TheDreaded Eclipsa]] (the most notorious magic user in Mewni's history, who created magic so dangerous that her chapter of the royal spellbook is sealed). She's able to "dip down" and use magic solely from her own power (normally the assistance of a MagicWand is required) at the age of 14 (something her mother never managed until she was 19), and constantly invents new spells off the top her head (which are often more powerful than she intended them to be). But Star is incapable of using the most basic magic because she found it too boring to bother learning. Which in turn leads to Star having poor ''control'' over her magic, with her spells sometimes failing to work, being more powerful than intended and causing collateral damage, or going completely wrong and having an effect completely unrelated to what she intended. '''Checking the character sheet for Eclipsa suggests that she's actually a subversion of TheDreaded.'''

-- Wicks checked so far: 20/127.

# MyDefenseNeedNotProtectMeForever: '''Manga/FairyTail''' has a villainous example during the Tartaros arc. The eponymous Dark Guild finally succeeds in activating the Magic Weapon [[TheMagicGoesAway Face]] to revive [=[[TheDreaded Master END]]=], but the weapon needs to finish a countdown before firing. In order to buy time, [[DragonInChief Mard Geer]] orders [[TheHeavy Kyouka]] to merge with the activation lacrima to speed up the process, despite the fact it will kill her. [[UndyingLoyalty She does so anyways]] and engages Erza in battle, and while she does ultimately dies at the heroes' hands, [[MyDeathIsOnlyTheBeginning it's too late to stop Face from firing]]. -- '''Vague pothole'''

-- Wicks checked so far: 12/127.

-- Wicks checked so far: 11/127.

Per [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/posts.php?discussion=16831497670A45276400&page=1#comment-9 this post]], TheDreaded has several issues which are some redundancy with TerrorHero in scope and misuse. The trope is stated to be for {{anti heroe}}s and villains who are the most feared in the story, but sometimes it's misused for pure good heroes or the second criterion isn't present.