History SurprisinglySimilarCharacters / TroperEntriesIToM

'''[[VideoGame/{{Undertale}} Asgore]]''' or '''[[WesternAnimation/MonstersInc Henry J. Waternoose?]]'''

* Two badass black characters who have SuperStrength and protect their home, hidden from the rest of the continent, from invaders. They have fought many things, from monsters to people, and the music that accompanies them mixes woodwinds and drums with pumping synth beats. '''[[VideoGame/LeagueOfLegends K'Sante]] or '''ComicBook/BlackPanther''' ?

* A Hispanic [[GoGetterGirl overachiever]], ThePerfectionist and CompetitionFreak identified with a law-related career, a fierce drive to come out first in everything, and an often neurotic, obsessive-compulsive thoroughness bordering on an AmbiguousDisorder (which shows especially with her meticulous attention when reading, drafting or editing very long documents). Among the number of people she's dated, the boyfriend most popularly associated with her tends to have a problem with authority, and often clashes with police because of it [[note]]Jake Peralta / Duncan; in the former case, Jake himself is a cop, so "clashing with police" means he often flouts or bungles the advice of Capt. Holt, his boss, whilst in the latter case, Duncan actually is a [[{{Delinquents}} delinquent]], which means he's been arrested and jailed several times[[/note]].\\

* Our teenaged protagonist lives in England and goes to a British school, but is considered severely lacking in certain skills and abilities by the community around them (though not in all—they're also exceedingly talented in other, specific fields); this perceived lack of competence, combined with their quirky and often socially inappropriate actions and behaviours, implies the hero has some kind of AmbiguousDisorder, but it's never explicitly identified in-story. This does not stop them from idolising, and hoping to someday become as good as, a very famous, very talented, but also very unorthodox personality whose full name starts with "Sh——"[[note]]Franchise/SherlockHolmes / Shiny Chariot (though it's her stage name; her actual full name is Chariot du Nord)[[/note]]. Their time at school is helped by a very patient, [[{{Meganekko}} bespectacled]], female [[TheMentor mentor figure]] whose name also starts with a "S" and who spends inordinate school time coaching them to progress, however slowly relative to most other people[[note]]Siobhan / Shiny Chariot (in the guise of Professor Ursula)[[/note]]. Is affected by the disappearance of a female character with a personal significance to their life, [[spoiler:who to all appearances is gone from the world, but later turns up in an unexpected place]][[note]]Judy Boone, Chris' mother / Shiny Chariot (''again'')[[/note]]. Descends ''hard'' into a HeroicBSOD when someone close to them[[note]]Ed Boone, Chris' father / Shiny Chariot (''again!'')[[/note]] is forced to admit their role in causing the story's major conflict[[note]]"who murdered Wellington the dog?" / [[IneptMage Akko's magic-learning difficulties]][[/note]], which the protagonist has been trying to resolve all this time. Still, despite all this happening to them, the hero still proves [[{{Determinator}} amazingly determined]] at reaching any goals they set themselves to achieve—[[spoiler:and their story concludes with them finally achieving a very significant goal]].\\

* This comic-book hero is an animalistic humanoid with blue skin. He is very intelligent and refined despite his feral attributes and well-above-average physical prowess, and he was portrayed in film by a cast member from ''Series/{{Frasier}}''. '''[[ComicBook/{{Hellboy}} Abraham Sapien]]''' or '''[[Franchise/XMen Hank "Beast" McCoy]]'''?

* This character is a HuskyRussie who plays TheBigGuy to his team, is often seen protecting a SquishyWizard, and [[ConsultingMisterPuppet consults the non-sentient for advice]]. Is this character '''[[VideoGame/BaldursGate Minsc]]''' or '''[[VideoGame/TeamFortress2 The Heavy]]'''?

* [[Series/PersonOfInterest Don Gianni Moretti]] bears a lot of similarities with [[Series/BreakingBad Hector Salamanca]]: Both are high-ranking Dons (Moretti in TheMafia, Salamanca in TheCartel) who have been sidelined for various reasons (Moretti is imprisoned, Salamanca suffered a heart attack and stroke). As a result, both are relatively minor villains in the series proper whose relatives now run the business but are the targets of other vendettas (Moretti had Carl Elias' mother murdered and later tried to kill him, Salamanca murdered Gus Fring's friend Max). Both die via explosion (Moretti via remote-detonated ExternalCombustion, Salamanca via a suicide bomb hidden in his chair).

* Two celestial bodies are set on a collision course with each other during a certain festival and this hero was there to see it happen. Before the point of impact, however, the worlds were trapped in an endless cycle of time. The hero's goal is to set the world back in motion again while saving everyone in the process.[[labelnote:*]](Okay, Noah's case is a bit more complicated since he has to ''destroy'' Aionios first so the old worlds can be restored, but at least his ''ultimate'' goal if everything goes well lines up with the above. Broad strokes, people. Broad strokes.)[[/labelnote]] He's [[HeroesPreferSwords primarily a sword user]] but also has access to other weapons (and he's [[BowAndSwordInAccord particularly good with a bow]]), and also happens to be a musician who can [[MagicMusic calm the souls of the dead]] with his music. The crux of his personal arc is dealing with the grief of losing someone close to him. Is this hero '''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaMajorasMask Link]]''' or '''[[VideoGame/XenobladeChronicles3 Noah]]'''?

* Two celestial bodies are set on a collision course with each other during a certain festival and this hero was there to see it happen. Before the point of impact, however, the worlds were trapped in an endless cycle of time. The hero's goal is to set the world back in motion again while saving everyone in the process. He's [[HeroesPreferSwords primarily a sword user]] but also has access to other weapons (and he's [[BowAndSwordInAccord particularly good with a bow]]), and also happens to be a musician who can [[MagicMusic calm the souls of the dead]] with his music. The crux of his personal arc is dealing with the grief of losing someone close to him. Is this hero '''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaMajorasMask Link]]''' or '''[[VideoGame/XenobladeChronicles3 Noah]]'''?

* Two celestial bodies are set on a collision course with each other during a certain festival and this hero was there to see it happen. Before the point of impact, however, the worlds were trapped in an endless cycle of time. The hero's goal is to set the world back in motion again while saving everyone in the process. He's [[HeroesPreferSwords primarily a sword user]] but also has access to other weapons (and he's [[BowAndSwordInAccord particularly good with a bow]]), and also happens to be a musician who can [[MagicMusic calm the souls of the dead]] with his music. The crux of his personal arc is dealing with the grief of losing someone close to him. Am I talking about '''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaMajorasMask Link]]''' or '''[[VideoGame/XenobladeChronicles3 Noah]]'''?

* A short, pale, scrawny character, high-shouldered or even [[spoilers:pretending to be]] hunchbacked, who begins the story as a servant cruelly mistreated by his superiors (one of whom eats people). By the end of the first instalment of the series he appears in, he has killed several people, driven by ambition and resentment. He is highly intelligent and ruthless, and although born into circumstances that place him at the bottom of society (specifically, a deranged Gothic-inspired society ruled by mad aristocrats), desires power. In the sequel he manages to rise to a more powerful position (via deception and scheming) and kills more people. Is this [[Literature/{{Gormenghast}} Steerpike]] or [[Film/TheRockyHorrorPictureShow Riff]] [[Script/RevengeOfTheOldQueen Raff]]? (In some stage productions, though not in the film, Riff Raff even has red eyes!)

* A short, pale, scrawny character, high-shouldered or even [[spoilers:pretending to be]] hunchbacked, who begins the story as a servant cruelly mistreated by his superiors (one of whom eats people). By the end of the first instalment of the series he appears in, he has killed several people, driven by ambition and resentment. He is highly intelligent and ruthless, and although born into circumstances that place him at the bottom of society (specifically, a deranged Gothic-inspired society ruled by mad aristocrats), desires power. In the sequel he manages to rise to a more powerful position (via deception and scheming) and kills more people. Is this [[Literature/Gormenghast Steerpike]] or [[Film/TheRockyHorrorPictureShow Riff]] [[Script/RevengeOfTheOldQueen Raff]]? (In some stage productions, though not in the film, Riff Raff even has red eyes!)

* This green-eyed FieryRedhead girl from cartoon made in a country that was formerly part of the British Empire has a hyperactive, overly excitable, and just plain wild personality. And while her adventurous and energetic nature makes her quite a lot to handle, she's an incredibly strong and athletic BadassAdorable, an extremely competent fighter able to take on threats many times her size, and ultimately a good-natured person who simply doesn't understand common social etiquette. Her best friends are an intelligent but unathletic AmbiguouslyBrown nerd and a bumbling but lovable blond boy, and the three often find themselves dealing with an AlphaBitch, a sadistic man who loves to throw dangerous tests at them, and an AngryChef with terrible cooking.

* A set of characters who are antagonistic to each other. The heroic one is a brooding and mostly stoic antihero (who grew up as an orphan) clad in black and other dark colored clothes, refrains from using firearms and prefers bladed weapons of some sort, and is also accompanied with his own lieutenants/sidekicks to aid him while the latter is a giddy, eccentric, and highly theatrical sociopathic villain who wears an outfit that is mainly purple and has yellow as a secondary color, has an unnatural skin and hair color of some sort due to exposure to chemicals and/or supernatural energies, and seeks to bring about a major cataclysmic event [[ForTheEvulz largely to witness and see how much the world changes]]. Are these individuals '''Franchise/{{Batman}}''' and '''ComicBook/TheJoker''' from Creator/DCComics or [[VideoGame/SoulcaliburVI '''Grøh''' and '''Azwel''']] from the ''[[VideoGame/SoulSeries Soulcalibur series]]''? [[note]](Then there is also the frequent comparisons made by fans of [[PerkyFemaleMinion Tira]] to ComicBook/HarleyQuinn. Also while we're at it, it is also amusing to make note that Algol is named after the star Algol of which the name of Batman nemesis ComicBook/RasAlGhul is also derived from.) Apparently, Project Soul and/or Creator/BandaiNamcoEntertainment must be some big fans of Batman.[[/note]].

* Speaking of the ''Soulcalibur'' series, also introduces two new characters in its most recent [[VideoGame/SoulcaliburVI installment]] (as of this typing) named '''Grøh''' and '''Azwel'''. The former is a brooding and mostly stoic antihero clad in black and other dark colored clothes while the latter is a giddy, eccentric sociopathic villain who wears an outfit that is mainly purple and has yellow as a secondary color. Hmm, [[Franchise/{{Batman}} what]] [[ComicBook/TheJoker other]] characters have this dynamic? On top of that, Grøh also has two subordinates, one male (Dion) and one female (Natalie)... so he has his own ComicBook/{{Robin}} and ComicBook/{{Batgirl}} as well. Then there is also the frequent comparisons made by fans of [[PerkyFemaleMinion Tira]] to ComicBook/HarleyQuinn [[note]](And while we're at it, it is also amusing to make note that Algol is named after the star Algol of which the name of Batman nemesis ComicBook/RasAlGhul is also derived from.)[[/note]]. Apparently, Project Soul and/or Bandai Namco must be some big fans of Batman.

* A trio of fighters introduced in fighting games within one year of each other consisting of a serious and discliplined martial artist, a swordswoman with a strong sense of justice who has a a departed parent whom she wishes to live up to, and a laid back, wise cracking nunchuku user: '''Kilik, Xianghua, and Maxi''' (from ''Soulcalibur'' released in 1998) or '''Subaru Shinjo, Naru Amoh, and Rook Castle''' (featured in 1999's ''VideoGame/BattleArenaToshinden 4'')? In a further parallel, one of the antagonists those trios fought were heroes from the prior installments of their respective series [[FallenHero who had gone to]] ([[FakeDefector or appeared to have]]) [[FaceHeelTurn to the dark side]], Siegfried Schtauffen becoming Nightmare after gaining [[EvilWeapon Soul Edge]] and Eiji Shinjo taking over the [[NebulousEvilOrganisation Himitsu Kessha secret society]].
* Two brothers who are highly skilled swordsmen and antagonistic to each other. While the younger brother (who is the main protagonist for most of their respective videogame series' run) is someone who values family and friendship and protecting the greater good from dangerous threats, the older brother, who is TheAce, by contrast is completely consumed with a desire for attaining power because [[{{Ubermensch}} he]] [[TheSocialDarwinist believes that power is the only thing that matters]]. The older brother also becomes a father of which the son also gets some amount of training from the younger brother and also clashes with that younger brother. Are these brothers '''[[VideoGame/BattleArenaToshinden Eiji and Sho Shinjo]]''' or '''[[VideoGame/DevilMayCry Dante and Vergil]]'''?

* This character is a pathetic DirtyCoward who accompanies a group of heroes on a journey to a distant land despite [[TheLoad lacking any discernible skills or ways to contribute]]. He wastes no time getting on the heroes’ nerves, and eventually betrays them to the main villain [[KarmicDeath only to be unceremoniously killed off]]. Am I describing '''[[Film/TheMummy Beni Gabor]]''' or '''[[Film/TheSuicideSquad Dick "Blackguard" Hertz]]'''?

Am I referring to '''[[VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog Tails]]''' or '''[[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureBattleTendency Kars?]]'''

'''[[WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender Zuko]]''' or '''[[VideoGame/XenobladeChronicles2 or Zeke?]]'''

* He is a high-ranking and universally beloved authority figure in a society of strange creatures that have dubbed themselves "monsters." Desperate times have led this authority figure to become a WellIntentionedExtremist who kidnaps human children and absorbs their emotional energy in order to turn it into fuel and help the monster society thrive. He has a philosophy that humans are much more dangerous to monsters than monsters are to humans. One of his associates is a humanoid lizard creature who built a machine in a secret underground lab that is causing the monster world so much grief.\\

* A male, brunette police officer with a relatively small corruption record (explicit or implied) is recruited into the cause of a DeadlyGame-organizing group as TheDragon to their leader (said leader being an aged man with a terminal illness and a cynical look on society), after proving himself to be a worthy survivor in an introductory test of sorts. It's implied that he ended up hijacking the leader's position to become a DragonAscendant (even if he was already meant to be the leader's successor) and managed to outsmart the latter to some extent. His job within the group makes him grow apathetic and/or sadistic (including towards his peers), and he had to kill at least one fellow law enforcement officer to cover his or his group's tracks. He's haunted by the death of a sibling, and threatens someone seeking to stop them with the life(s) to his relative(s) (whether his direct grudge is towards the oppositor themselves or their relative actively trying to stop him too). Lastly, his signature killer outfit is characterized by dark colors, an oversized jacket/coat and a mask.\\

* A wealthy or resourceful man (stated or implied) between the middle-aged to elderly age range is jaded about the society around him, and either starts or integrates himself into a DeadlyGame-making group centered around a certain theme because of it (he could want to rehabilitate the victims involved in the games, or simply try to prove his point). His signature outfit on the job, involving the black color and an animal mask, denotes his status as a leader figure within said group, yet he otherwise dresses quite casually and lives a quite mundane day-to-day life (if only with the task of covering himself from or escaping legal prosecution). He has at least one relative (explicitly seen or mentioned by him) whom he had to isolate from because of his job (even if he came back to them in order to ask them to carry out a request for him). To top it off, he has a terminal illness, is seen with a breathing mask and on a sickbed (be it the two in separate occasions or at the same time) at some point in his work, and ends up dying himself.\\