History TriumphantExample / PToR

* ProperLady: Atelia from ''Anime/TweenyWitches''. - @/IukaSylvie

** [[Literature/TestamentOfSisterNewDevil Chisato Hasegawa's]] innermost desire is to become her 17-year old nephew's sex slave and gets her wish in the Light Novel's final Vol.: [[spoiler: to exist for solely for him to ''[[LustObject bone her]]'']]. ~ @/MiinU

** ''[[VideoGame/TalesOfVesperia Tales of Vesperia's]]'' plot centers on it. Yuri acting as judge, jury, and executioner? A-OK. If anyone else does it, it's ''wrong''. Sodia dares to question Yuri, or call him out on it? The narrative makes ''[[HeroicAntagonist her]]'' out to be [[TheComplainerIsAlwaysWrong the "bad guy"]] and she eventually has to make amends ''with him''. ~ @/MiinU

** [[LightNovel/SwordArtOnline What Kirito does to Sugou.]] ~ Mattman_the_Storyteller

** LightNovel/KinosJourney ~merton

** [[LightNovel/TheRisingOfTheShieldHero The Three Heroes chosen to wield the Sword, Bow, and Spear]] ~ Mattman_the_Storyteller

** [[Lightnovel/FullMetalPanic Gauron]] is ''crazy!'' ~ @/WillyFourEyes

** [[LightNovel/{{Shimoneta}} Oboro Tsukimigusa]] is literally JustFollowingOrders. ~ MiinU

** [[LightNovel/{{Shimoneta}} SOX]] - sfisher923

* QuicksandBox
** ''VideoGame/DwarfFortress'' ~ @/InsanityPrelude, @/{{Yuihime}}
** ''VideoGame/{{Minecraft}}'' - @/AyaReiko

* RecastAsARegular
** While it's tempting to use one of the times a guest star was recast as [[Series/DoctorWho The Doctor]], I have to go with Peter Purves, for playing a random American before being recast as the new companion, in the [[Recap/DoctorWhoS2E8TheChase same serial]]. ~@/F1shCake

* RefrainFromAssuming
** [=C+C Music Factory=], ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LaTGrV58wec Gonna Make You Sweat]]''. ~[=thecnoNSMB=]

* RelationshipWritingFumble
** [[Series/WizardsOfWaverlyPlace Justin and Alex]] - so much so that during an online chat, ''[[WordOfGod the producers had to acknowledge that 'Jalex' existed - and literally point out that the two are 'brother and sister'.]]'' It doesn't help that in the early stages of planning out WOWP, Justin and Alex were originally supposed to be friends instead of siblings. ~ @/{{Carla}}
** ''WesternAnimation/Ben10}}, although maybe ''[[WesternAnimation/Ben10AlienForce Alien Force]]'' outranks it since the writers ''deliberately try to fix what they fumbled'' but fail spectacularly. ~ @/{{Lale}}
** [[Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries Kirk and Spock]]. Full stop. Unless, of course, they were written as in love with each other in the first place, which is... unlikely. ~ [=AcrossTheStars=]
** Sora/Kairi is totally obvious but not official, and Sora is happy to see her when they reunite in ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsII'', yet immediately after, Sora sees Riku and proceeds to fall to his knees, grab his hand and cry. ~ sardns
** [[Manga/RanmaOneHalf Ryoga x Ukyo]], mainly due to the anime adaptation which heaped on the ShipTease between them. ~ @/MiinU

* RenamedToAvoidAssociation
** [[VideoGame/{{Overwatch}} Cassidy dropping his alias]] due to "[=McCree=]" being a {{Tuckerization}} of a disgraced ex-Blizzard employee. ~ [=NotGonnaDoALot4=]

* ReplacementScrappy
** [[Manga/DeathNote Near]] ~ @/{{Battra09416}}
** [[Series/RobinHood Replacing the beloved, iconic, capable Maid Marian]] with the bitchy, whiny, useless Kate. Who on Earth thought this was a good idea? ~ Ravenya003
*** Seconded. ~ [=Me2=]
** [[WesternAnimation/BluesClues Joe]] ~ @/LadyOfProcrastination, @/{{Indigo12ash}}
** [[Franchise/CodeGeass Rolo Lamperouge]] - AnewMan
** [[Series/CriminalMinds Ashley Seaver]]. ~ hujwernoo
** Similar to above, ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'' replaced the beloved, iconic, capable Tara with Kennedy. Some fans treat her as the worst thing in the series, and later stories would even make her an InUniverse example of this. Tropers/{{tsstevens}}.
** [[Anime/PokemonGenesectAndTheLegendAwakened "Newtwo"]], to the point where she has her own section on her work's YMMV page. ~ @/{{rjd1922}}
** Carlie Cooper, who replaced ComicBook/MaryJaneWatson as Franchise/SpiderMan's love interest after the events of ''ComicBook/OneMoreDay''. ~ @/DoctorRayman
** [[WesternAnimation/TheFairlyOddParents Foop to Anti-Cosmo]]. ~ Mattman_the_Storyteller
** The season six cast of ''Series/SaturdayNightLive''. Starting the season by comparing yourselves to the previous castmembers is just asking for trouble. ~ [=WilliamShakesman=]
** [[Film/TheThreeStooges Joe Besser]] ~ @/GeniusInTheLamp
** [[ComicBook/{{Robin}} Jason Todd]], a.k.a. the one who the fandom voted to get KilledOffForReal in ''ComicBook/ADeathInTheFamily''. ~ @/BTF_Flotsam
* RescuedFromTheScrappyHeap
** [[Webcomic/DarthsAndDroids That damn Gungan with the repetitive name.]] ~ @/WillyFourEyes, @/ProgenyExMachina
*** This is a series which caused "Jar Jar, you're a genius" to go from not appearing anywhere on the internet, to almost ''30,000'' results on a Google search. -- Astfgl
** Speaking of Franchise/StarWars, mention must also go to [[WesternAnimation/StarWarsTheCloneWars Ahsoka Tano]]. She's been on an extraordinary journey from the plucky irritant of the [[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsMovie pilot movie]] to one of the most justly-beloved characters of the whole franchise. ~ @/{{cosmatonspoon}}
** [[Series/DoctorWho Donna Noble]] ~ @/ManWithoutABody
*** Seconded. ~ [=Me2=]
*** Seconded squared. - @/{{Werebunny131}}
** [[Series/{{Angel}} Wesley Wyndham-Pryce]] -@/{{bwayrose7}}
** [[VideoGame/MetalGearSolid Raiden]] ~ @/{{Lionheart0}}
*** Seconded. From a scrappy that fans loved to hate (to the point Creator/HideoKojima made an entire character in [[VideoGame/MetalGearSolid3SnakeEater the following game]] just to make fun of him) to a badass [[VideoGame/MetalGearSolid4GunsOfThePatriots cyborg]] [[VideoGame/MetalGearRisingRevengeance ninja]] adored by the fans, that is how you rescue a scrappy in my book. ~ @/{{Dominicmgm}}
** [[Wrestling/DwayneJohnson The Rock]] ~ @/AriRockefeller
** [[Anime/CodeGeass Rolo]]. ~ @/NotJMKeynes
** Believe it or not, ''ComicBook/{{Wolverine}}'' was originally so unpopular that there was a fairly vocal part of the fandom asking for him to be killed. Then he got his big CMOA in [[ComicBook/TheDarkPhoenixSaga Dark Phoenix]] and then Wolverine Publicity became a thing. It has to be the Most Triumphant Example if you can go from the height of scrappydom to being the trope namer for Wolverine Publicity. ~ @/Bazer63
** [[Franchise/MortalKombat Johnny Cage]], going from perpetual ButtMonkey to being one of the most important characters in the series as of VideoGame/MortalKombat9 ~ @/AyaReiko
** [[Franchise/{{Batman}} Bat-Mite]]. Annoying in ''WesternAnimation/TheNewAdventuresOfBatman''. Entertaining years later in ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheBraveAndTheBold''. ~ @/DoctorRayman
** [[Franchise/SuperMarioBros Waluigi]], hands down. ~ @/[=MetalAiAi=]
** [[Anime/YuGiOh Rebecca Hawkins, going from a spoiled and unreasonable brat to a kinder and skilled duelist.]] ~ Mattman_the_Storyteller

* RomanceOnTheSet
** Creator/HumphreyBogart and Creator/LaurenBacall. A rare Hollywood romance that lasted. ~ [=Amuck Cricetine=]
* RomanticPlotTumor
** Goddamn it, ''[[Series/{{Lost}} Kate]]''. ~ @/{{Gfrequency}}

* RonTheDeathEater
** ''FanFic/DarkSecrets''. Not only a literal example of the trope, but turns poor Ron into such a splutteringly OTT monster that you [[SoBadItsGood can't not laugh.]] ~rsm109
*** Seconded. ~szaleniec1000
** Gilbert Markham of ''Literature/TheTenantOfWildfellHall'' -- Seriously, why do [[Literature/WutheringHeights Heathcliff]] and [[Literature/JaneEyre Edward Rochester]] get the AllGirlsWantBadBoys treatment, and this guy gets villified by critics? Where is the logic?! It's as laughable as it is cruelly ironic. ~ @/{{Lale}}
** God of Literature/TheBible. Where do you think most of the GodIsEvil things come from? ~ @/CounterBlitzkrieg
*** Seconded, ~@/NotJMKeynes
** Franchise/{{Batman}}. The whole "Batman is as crazy/evil as the villains he fights" thing has been around for ages. ~ @/{{thecarolinabull01}}
** [[VideoGame/LifeIsStrange Warren Graham]], thanks to Chloe's rabid fanbase who won't tolerate any threat the [[FanPreferredPairing PriceField ship]]. So they villainize Warren ''[[DieForOurShip simply for having a crush]]'' on Max, which she can reciprocate depending on the player's choices. ~ @/MiinU
** Star Saber as portrayed in ''ComicBook/TransformersMoreThanMeetsTheEye''. While a canon example, this still qualifies as this portrayal stems from James Roberts having used the character as a villain in one of his fan novels. Regardless of how one may view Roberts, this was one of the few unanimously detested elements of his run. ~ Fireside

* RootingForTheEmpire
** '''''Film/{{Avatar}}''''' ~ @/{{Dracosummoner}}
** [[Franchise/StarWars the]] TropeNamer [[Franchise/StarWars itself.]] ~ @/CounterBlitz
** [[{{VideoGame/Killzone}} The Helghast]]. - Tropers/{{Infection}}
** Lots of people have been rooting for [[WesternAnimation/WileECoyoteAndTheRoadRunner Wile E. Coyote, whose goal is to eat the Road Runner]]. ~ @/DoctorRayman
** The [[Advertising/TrixRabbit Trix Rabbit]] ~ @/Ponylovinggirl2
** The RoguesGallery from ''Series/Batman1966'' ~ @/GeniusInTheLamp

* PeripheryDemographic
** WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic. One wonders if it hasn't by now become bigger than the actual target audience. ~ @/SacredSturgeon, @/SpaceJawa, @/DoctorRayman
*** By this point, it probably has. Target demographic: Female Age 5-12. Periphery demographics: Male Age 13-18, Male Age 18-30, Female Age 18-30
*** Eeyup ~ atrasicarius
** And before the ponies ruled the earth, this category pretty much belonged to ''WesternAnimation/{{Animaniacs}}''. Not many kids' shows have open houses for their (primarily teenage and adult) Internet fans, even now. ~ @/{{lee4hmz}}, @/{{Redhed311}}
** ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}''. Started out as a franchise loved by young children and [[SnarkBait ragged on]] by everyone else, now has become a staple of internet and gamer culture that [[PanderingToTheBase the creators are encouraging]]. ~ @/DarthMegatron

* PigeonholedVoiceActor
** English
*** Creator/NolanNorth ~ Firestorm
*** Creator/JohnnyYongBosch -[=DarkPaladinX=]
** Japanese
*** Creator/RieKugimiya: there is a reason why she is called the "queen of {{Tsundere}}" -[=DarkPaladinX=]
*** Creator/NorioWakamoto ~@/ChrisX

* PlayerPunch
** ''VideoGame/KingdomHearts358DaysOver2'' ~{{@/Gorsecloud}} - Consider this game in the context of the series, and pretty much the WHOLE DAMN THING counts.
** [[VideoGame/MassEffect1 Virmire]]. It's either that or really buggering up during the final mission of the second game. ~ @/{{Allronix}}
*** Seconded. Virmire was a very painful moment for me.
*** Thirded. ~ @/{{Leilukin}}
** Speaking of ''358/2 Days,'' ''[[VideoGame/KingdomHeartsBirthBySleep Birth By Sleep]]'' hits just as hard [[TearJerker if not harder.]] - @/InsanityPrelude
** ''VideoGame/SpecOpsTheLine''. Pretty much all of it, but the moment that hits the hardest is [[WhamEpisode Chapter 8]]. - Infection.
** [[VideoGame/ValkyriaChronicles Isara Gunther's]] death. They [[KillTheCutie sniped]] {{the cutie}} right in front of you and there's nothing the player can do to save her. ~ @/MiinU
** What happens during Chapter 6 in ''VideoGame/SuperPaperMario''. ~ @/DoctorRayman
** ''VideoGame/DragonQuestV'': At the very start of the game you have [[spoiler:[[GoodParents Pankraz]]'s death at the hands of [[CompleteMonster Bishop Ladja]]. Even worse is what Pankraz does prior. To save the protagonist from a trip to hell, Pankraz stoically endures the blows from Ladja's minions to save his beloved son. Oh, and afterwards? You are sent into slavery for ten years.]] ''Dragon Quest V'' has a few other examples, so it's really good at this. - @/Revaryk
* PlayingAgainstType
** [[Anime/AstroBoy Messianic android-boy]]. [[WesternAnimation/CourageTheCowardlyDog Jerkass senior-citizen]]. [[Creator/BillieLouWatt Same actress]]. ~ @/CyberTiger88

* PopularityPolynomial
** Franchise/MyLittlePony with [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic the 2010 series]]. ~ @/{{Ericho}}
** ''Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog''. Never has any franchise in the history of all media had such a turbulent history of ups and downs. ~@/WaxingName

* PortingDisaster
** ''[[VideoGame/BatmanArkhamKnight Arkham Knight]]'''s [=PC=] port is absolutely abysmal to the point that they pulled it out of Steam due to fan complaints. ~ Loekman3, @/DoctorRayman
** ''[[VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog1 Sonic the Hedgehog Genesis]]'' ~ @/{{rjd1922}}
* PortmanteauCoupleName
** ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender''. - @/{{Pheonee}}
*** Seconded. You gotta give it to the fandom that brought us ''Bryke.'' ~ @/{{Carla}}, Vellophone
** ''Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog'', with names such as Sonamy. ~ @/DoctorRayman
** [[Literature/GrandmasterOfDemonicCultivationMoDaoZuShi Wang]][[Series/TheUntamed Xian]]. Most triumphant because it is the name of their ''in-universe'' LoveTheme. ~ @/{{cosmatonspoon}}
* PortOverdosed
** ''VideoGame/{{Tetris}}~Tropers/{{ACW}}
*** Well it ''does'' have the Guinness World Record for most ported game... ~digiman619

* PromotedFanboy
** [[Film/HarryPotter Evanna Lynch IS Luna Lovegood!]] - @/incrobe
** Creator/DavidTennant. Became an actor specifically to play [[Series/DoctorWho the Doctor]], because he loved Creator/PeterDavison. Got to work alongside the man who inspired him. And now he's marrying [[Creator/GeorgiaMoffett Davison's daughter]] and he's ''gonna be his son-in-law''. I... I just can't think of anything to beat that. - @/DominusTemporis
*** ''They even now have a daughter!''
*** Seconded. ''So hard.'' ~ [=Me2=]
** There's an even better one than that: Creator/StevenMoffat, [[Series/DoctorWho the head writer]]. In his own words, "My entire career has been a secret plan to get this job. I applied before but I got knocked back 'cos Creator/TheBBC wanted someone else. [[SugarWiki/HeartwarmingMoments Also, I was seven]]." ~ [=IJustWannaBeGod=], [=Me2=]
** Creator/EliRoth. Watch him interviewed, it's clear he's still amazed gets to make horror movies for a living. -- @/{{Cuchulainn}}
** [[Series/HellsKitchen Christina Wilson]]. From Season 10 winner to Vice President of the American branch of the Gordon Ramsay Group and the current sous chef for the red team. She is this trope in its most literal form. ~ Aker-Sama

* ProudWarriorRace:

* ProudWarriorRaceGuy:
** [[Manga/DragonBall Vegeta]]

* QualityByPopularVote
** Website/GameFAQs tournaments and Saimoe tournaments. (Really, they're both the same things) ~ @/{{Pikawil}}

** Each and every person who wants to treat [[CorruptChurch Fred Phelps]] like he treats pretty much everyone else. It's not like he deserves that abuse any more than they do. ~ @/{{Dracosummoner}}

This is simply what you think is the (not some of the, '''''the''''') best example of any trope (an objective trope, not subjective, since this already is subjective). The "Crowning Example" if you will.

* [[ThePaladin Paladin]]

* ParanoiaFuel
** ''[[Manga/TwentiethCenturyBoys 20th Century Boys]]''. I DARE you to not get the feeling of being watched while reading it. ~ @/DannyVElAcme
** ''VisualNovel/HigurashiWhenTheyCry''
*** Hell, the [[spoiler: HatePlague itself]] causes it in everyone! ~ @/{{Zfish9}}
** ''Literature/HouseOfLeaves''. Just... That entire goddamn [[color:blue:house]]. ''Why was it bigger on the inside?!''
** [[Series/DoctorWho How many Silence have you killed?]] - @/{{Werebunny131}}
*** Also from ''Series/DoctorWho'': "Blink". [[NightmareFuel Sweet Dreams.]] ~ @/PersonOfNote
** ''Film/TheThing1982''. [[TheAssimilator The creature's very nature causes this]]. The AmbiguousEnding does not help matters. ~@/{{Babyhenchy1}}
*** Seconded. ~ Mattman_the_Storyteller

** ''VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog'', with names such as Sonamy. ~ @/DoctorRayman

** [[VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog Miles]] [[spoiler:[[VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog "Tails"]]]] [[VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog Prower]]. In a series where SuperSpeed isn't uncommon. ~ @/{{Carls493}}

** [[VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog Dr. Eggman]]. What other boss shows up every single level to lay down the hurt? ~@/{{Cliche}}

** ''VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog'' (well, the Genesis games and ''VideoGame/SonicUnleashed'', anyway.) ~@/{{Komodin}}

** ''WebAnimation/YouTubePoop''. ~ @/{{Ericho}}

** Literature/{{Twilight}} -- at the very least the characters Literature/TheBible are heroic [[ValuesDissonance in their time's]] [[FairForItsDay context.]] ~ [=Redjirachi=]

** ''Literature/FiftyShadesOfGrey.'' It claims to be about the B&D lifestyle; it's actually just pure rape fantasy. It's like the author saw ''Literature/{{Twilight}}'s'' disturbingly abusive Edward/Bella relationship and said "challenge accepted" (literally, since ''50 Shades'' is repurposed and published ''Twilight'' fanfic). ~ @/ArcaneAzmadi

** ''VideoGame/{{MOTHER|1}}'' goes as far as making a song based on this. ~ @/{{Carls493}}

** [[VideoGame/EarthBound tHe mR. sAtURn, zOOm!]] ~ @/DensetsuNoKaboom

** Jojo's instrument in ''WesternAnimation/HortonHearsAWho'' (2008 remake). Awesome in the traditional pick-your-jaw-off-the-floor, can't-stop-going-"HOLY SHIT THAT WAS AWESOME!" sort of way. ~ @/{{Seiryu}}

** [[VideoGame/LifeIsStrange Warren Graham]], thanksto Chloe's rabid fanbase who won't tolerate any threat the [[FanPreferredPairing PriceField ship]]. So they villainize Warren ''[[DieForOurShip simply for having a crush]]'' on Max, which she can reciprocate depending on the player's choices. ~ @/MiinU

** [[VideoGame/LifeIsStrange Warren Graham]], courtesy of Chloe's [[DieForOurShip rabid fanbase]]. They make him out to be stalker and an opportunist who's only ''pretending'' to be nice in hopes of getting into Max's panties. A stark contrast from the Warren the game actually [[DoggedNiceGuy shows you]]. ~ @/MiinU

* PostNineElevenTerrorismMovie:

** [[Manga/MakenKi Jigoku]], courtesy of [[AnimeChineseGirl Yan-Min]] during the climax of chapter 97. ~ MiinU

* PoweredByAForsakenChild: The ''Fanfic/RainbowFactory''. It's powered by an ENTIRE RACE of children, in [[HumanResources the worst possible way.]] ~ thecnoNSMB

* RainbowMotif
** The seven different magic spells you can use in the ''VideoGame/WonderlandAdventures'' series, which are all represented by a color of the rainbow. ~ @/SereneSpecter13