| 1 | [[quoteright:228:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/similarstoriesscullycrushe_8108.jpg]] |
| 2 | [-[[caption-width-right:228: Dr. Danerly Scullcrusher [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tFXkMm7QmDg presents]] two most famous cases of a rare condition known as Red-headed-Sci-Fi-Badass-Doctoritis: Drs. [[Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration Beverly Crusher]] and [[Series/TheXFiles Dana Scully]]]]-] |
| 3 | [-[[caption-width-right:228:Concept by Maggie aka [[https://www.youtube.com/user/BeekillerPhile BeekillerPhile]] ]]-] |
| 4 | ->''"Because it is always plagiarism, especially when it isn't."'' |
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| 6 | Sometimes, two works are obviously [[WholePlotReference inspired by each other]], or the younger one contains minor {{Shout Out}}s to the older one, or they are coincidentally considered DuelingMovies. Or sometimes, [[JustForFun/SurprisinglySimilarStories the plots just sound familiar for some reason]]. |
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| 8 | And sometimes, it's only the characters who seem like clones from another work. If you're clone hunting, you've come to the right place. |
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| 10 | If one character is an obvious {{Expy}} or a CaptainErsatz then they don't belong here. Here, we should experiment with finding some less obvious, and probably ''nonexistent'' connections, through wordplay, and selective examples of plot points or character traits. |
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| 12 | This page deals where just the characters are similar; the plots do not have to be similar. For cases where ''the plot'' is similar, go to JustForFun/SurprisinglySimilarStories. |
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| 14 | Compare DarthWiki/PaintTheHeroBlack and the SugarWiki/VillainWhitewashingService. As with both of those pages, please sign your entries.[[note]]By making your own subhead in alphabetical order by Troper.[[/note]] Bonus Points if you find out that a hero in one story would be a villain in another, or vice versa. |
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| 16 | '''Spoilers ahead!''' Mostly unmarked, so read at your own risk. |
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| 19 | !!Examples: |
| 20 | %%We will be reformating the entries in the near future both to have a consistent Administrivia/ExampleIndentation style and to engage a system of atribution per DarthWiki/PaintTheHeroBlack. Attributable entries should have the authoring Troper in comment marks (e.g.: %%Donald The Potholer) after the spoilered answer space. Unattributable entries are subject to being thrown into a locked archive at a future date. |
| 21 | %%It is intended that these entries be sorted by Troper Name; "Entries from Other Sites" has what we're going for here. |
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| 23 | [[index]] |
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| 25 | * SurprisinglySimilarCharacters/TroperEntriesAToD |
| 26 | * SurprisinglySimilarCharacters/TroperEntriesEToH |
| 27 | * SurprisinglySimilarCharacters/TroperEntriesIToM |
| 28 | * SurprisinglySimilarCharacters/TroperEntriesNToR |
| 29 | * SurprisinglySimilarCharacters/TroperEntriesSToU |
| 30 | * SurprisinglySimilarCharacters/TroperEntriesVToZ |
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| 32 | [[/index]] |
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| 34 | [[foldercontrol]] |
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| 36 | [[folder:Entries from Other Sites]] |
| 37 | [[AC: Website/{{Tumblr}}]] |
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| 39 | * This character is an alien from a militaristic culture who is (or is commonly thought as) short for his species. He has [[NoIndoorVoice no indoor voice]] and thinks of himself as the leader of everything. He views a nerdy human boy with glasses and a blue shirt as his rival, though the feeling may or may not be mutual. The ruler of the alien's species are taller than the rest of their kind and is mostly seen in silhouette. This alien could be '''[[Webcomic/{{Homestuck}} Karkat Vantas]]''' if the rivalry with the human boy is not mutual, or '''[[WesternAnimation/InvaderZim Zim]]''' if it is, [[http://arsonsara.tumblr.com/post/73702551452/read-this-and-tell-me-there-arent-any according to this blog.]] |
| 40 | * Teenage girl from a popular animation with strong flower symbolism, who lives in an Asian country, cuts her hair short, becomes a crossdresser and pretends to be a guy to join all-male group with handsome male leader, who serves as her LoveInterest and doesn't realize the truth until she is seen partially nude. [[http://juvia-makes-it-rain.tumblr.com/post/103343613739/a-wonderful-animation-full-of-flower-symbolism-in This blog]] notes that this describtion fits both '''[[Manga/OuranHighSchoolHostClub Haruhi]]''' and '''WesternAnimation/{{Mulan}}'''. |
| 41 | * Two daughters of evil magicians, that also have a sinister witch for a grandmother. Both are intelligent, good strategists, leaders of their groups, goths and witches who use magic staffs and their sexuality is ambiguous, with strong implications they might be into girls. [[http://hellyeahteensuperheroes.tumblr.com/post/115181038238/so-since-its-april-fools-lets-do-something One blogger]] accidentially realized that '''[[ComicBook/{{Runaways}} Nico Minoru]]''' and '''[[WesternAnimation/StormHawks Master Cyclonis]]''' have a lot in common. |
| 42 | * A fearful yet determined SurvivalHorror heroine who journeys through an incredibly elaborate house while coming to terms with past trauma (most notably, the crash that killed her parents). Though not very combat-capable, she fends off her gun-wielding StalkerWithACrush with the help of a pet dog- a pale-furred stray she befriends after saving him from danger. [[http://bocsart.tumblr.com/post/100738370366 Becca Jones]] drew a series of fanart (titled "The Tragic Female Protagonists With Dogs Club") that compared '''[[VideoGame/HauntingGround Fiona]]''' with '''[[VideoGame/RuleOfRose Jennifer]]'''. |
| 43 | * [[https://connor-dioda.tumblr.com/post/185724335382/shuttershocky-gold-themed-powerful-villain This]] Website/{{Tumblr}} post draws parallels between '''[[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure Dio Brando]]''' and '''[[Film/GodzillaKingOfTheMonsters2019 King Ghidorah]]'''. |
| 44 | -->Gold-themed powerful villain? Check.\ |
| 45 | Is imprisoned for a long time before being unleashed by unwitting humans? Check.\ |
| 46 | Has life-draining vampiric abilities and a nigh-unkillable healing factor? Check.\ |
| 47 | Can manipulate and control others to do his bidding? Check.\ |
| 48 | Poses threateningly during combat? Check.\ |
| 49 | Is a total psychopath who enjoys the suffering of lesser beings? Check.\ |
| 50 | Gets his body obliterated by radiant energy and is reduced to a living severed head? Check. |
| 51 | * Tumblr user Neopuff [[https://storygirl000.tumblr.com/post/188085337501/neopuff-hello-i-am-sunglasses-wearing-asian-man notices]] the similarities between the duos '''[[WesternAnimation/GeneratorRex Rex Salazar and Six]]''' and '''[[WesternAnimation/CarmenSandiego Carmen Sandiego and Shadow-San]]'''. |
| 52 | -->''"hello i am sunglasses wearing asian man who sort of adopts hispanic young adult in very odd job related circumstances"'' |
| 53 | * This Website/{{Tumblr}} [[https://scourge-epic-ness.tumblr.com/post/644613338407616512/if-i-had-nickel-for-everytime-a-10-year-old-with post]] points out the similarities between '''[[Anime/YokaiWatch Nate Adams]]''' and '''[[WesternAnimation/Ben10 Ben Tennyson]]'''. |
| 54 | -->"If I had nickel for everytime a 10-year-old with brown hair got a special watch that led him to meet things not of the human world, I’d have 2 nickels. [[WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb Which isn’t a lot, but it’s weird that it’s happened twice.]]" |
| 55 | * [[https://prokopetz.tumblr.com/post/646480554898980864/ This]] Tumblr post points out some surprising similarities between '''[[VideoGame/HollowKnight Hornet]]''' and '''[[WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse Steven Quartz Universe]]''' |
| 56 | ** [[ChildOfTwoWorlds Heretofore unheard-of blending of mortal and immortal stock.]] |
| 57 | ** Has several moms, [[DarkAndTroubledPast several of whom have committed war crimes]]. |
| 58 | ** [[SinsOfOurFathers Thousand-year-old family drama is somehow their cross to bear]] |
| 59 | ** [[YouAreNotAlone Needs to learn to rely on others and stop trying to fix every damn thing singlehandedly]] |
| 60 | ** [[{{Applicability}} Unclear whether their story is meant to be an allegory]] for GenerationalTrauma or a critique of imperalism. |
| 61 | ** Opposes a [[GiantWoman giant lady]] [[LightIsNotGood who favours solar iconography]] and [[BrainwashingForTheGreaterGood likes to mind control people]]. |
| 62 | ** [[LargeHam Shouts a lot]] |
| 63 | ** [[RedIsHeroic Wears red]] |
| 64 | * [[https://storygirl000.tumblr.com/post/654433599351881728/so-during-my-middlehigh-school-years-i-stanned Someone]] notices how HistoryRepeats in regards to characters they like. |
| 65 | -->''"so. during my middle/high school years, i stanned a scruffy blonde bird person who also acted as a surrogate parent to their closest friends, doing what they could to protect them."''\ |
| 66 | ''(shows picture of [[Literature/MaximumRide Maximum "Max" Ride]])''\ |
| 67 | ''"fast forward about half a decade later, and now i'm stanning..."''\ |
| 68 | ''(shows picture of [[WebVideo/DreamSMP Philza]])''\ |
| 69 | ''"...not much has changed, huh."'' |
| 70 | * [[https://storygirl000.tumblr.com/post/659411205429116928/powersandplanetaries-error-404-fuck-not-found Tumblr wonders]] if [[Series/{{Supernatural}} Sam Winchester]] and [[Series/ICarly Spencer Shay]] attended college together. |
| 71 | -->'''gallifreyanwriter:''' Hey, you know that one character? The one played by the tall, long-haired actor? The one who was pre-law in 2005, and well on his way to going to law school and getting a degree until an unexpected family issue reared its head, and he dropped out and chose a different career path? Y'know, he's got that complicated relationship with his father, a parent-child relationship with his only sibling, and has some strange, destructive abilities that tie in with multiple traumatic experiences with fire?\ |
| 72 | '''error-404-fuck-not-found:''' op is right and the timelines do match up. what if they were in the same classes\ |
| 73 | '''powersandplanetaries:''' Do you think their classmates were ever like "Sam Winchester... is he the one who dropped out to get custody of his little sister with the [=YouTube=] channel?" "No, he was the one who ended up faking his death and becoming a multi-state serial killer with his brother." "He WHAT?" |
| 74 | * According to [[https://www.tumblr.com/shakertwelve/724022518256648192/and-like-obviously-this-is-a-wildbow-book-so this blog:]] a White Anglo-Saxon Protestant, conventionally organized, socially powerful but internally deeply dysfunctional family has a biological daughter who is conventionally beautiful and feminine. The family adopts a child and the adopted child grows close to the biological daughter because she is the only one who does not treat them like an outsider, but the adoptive child is unable to escape their physical contrast to the daughter's beauty and femininity no matter how emotionally close they grow. The adoptive child develops a [[NotBloodSiblings romantic fixation]] with the family's daughter, who is unattainable due to her relationship with a man who more properly "belongs" in her social world, so the adoptive child turns bitter and destructive (from the perspective of everyone else involved "giving in" to their inherently uncivilized birth nature) and leaves when it becomes clear that there's no place for them in the house anymore, if there ever was at all. |
| 75 | Is this '''[[Literature/WutheringHeights Heathcliff and Catherine Earnshaw]]''' or '''[[Literature/{{Worm}} Amy Dallon and]]''' '''[[Literature/{{Ward}} Victoria Dallon?]]''' |
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| 79 | * This sadistic sociopath is the head at an island where a group of quirky teenagers have been trapped on by them. They enjoy causing pain and despair to said teenagers in order to televise their suffering worldwide. Are they '''[[VisualNovel/Danganronpa2GoodbyeDespair Monokuma]]''' or '''[[WesternAnimation/TotalDrama Chris McLean]]'''? [[https://knowyourmeme.com/photos/1329674-danganronpa Pointed out here.]] |
| 80 | * This [[https://twitter.com/StevenScrivello/status/1389296161081729025 Twitter post]] points out the similarities between Film/AustinPowers and Film/{{Gamera}}. |
| 81 | --> - Frozen by an ancient civilisation\ |
| 82 | - Reawakened in the ‘90s\ |
| 83 | - Powered by a mysterious natural energy (a four-letter word starting with M)\ |
| 84 | - Loses life energy mid-trilogy\ |
| 85 | - Shares an origin with their nemesis\ |
| 86 | - Trilogy masterpieces\ |
| 87 | - Represented by a symbol pendant |
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| 90 | [[AC: Website/YouTube]] |
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| 92 | * She's a character from an ultra-successful sci-fi show that reached mainstream recognition. She's a hot red-headed medical doctor who has bucketloads of {{UST}} with her colleague. She's wears a badge, a weapon, and is prone to get seriously injured in her line of work. She's a single mother and her child displays prodigious tendencies. Her boss is bald and awesome, she has a posse of geeky and brilliant males at her disposal, and her close female friend is a brunette psychic. Both she and her love interest have been abducted by aliens.\ |
| 93 | '''Beverly Crusher''' of ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration'' or '''Dana Scully''' of ''Series/TheXFiles''? The picture on this page lists part of it; more similarities are to be found in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tFXkMm7QmDg&list=UUSHYiySr4TRLa1KcV0x3o-w this video]]. |
| 94 | * In a SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome, [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Uslan Michael Uslan]], the first professor to teach a college course on comics, got his course accredited by [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sjDgCgcY1TA making one of these comparisons]]: |
| 95 | --> "The dean let me speak for about two minutes before he cut me off and said, Mr. Uslan, stop. I read comic books when I was a kid. I read every issue of Superman I could get my hands on. All comic books are are cheap entertainment for children. Nothing more, nothing less, and I reject your theory. |
| 96 | --> I said to the dean, dean, may I ask you two questions? |
| 97 | --> He said, ask me anything you want. |
| 98 | --> I said, so could you just very, very briefly give me a synopsis of the story of Moses? |
| 99 | --> Well, he folded his arms, sat back in his chair and said to me, Mr. Uslan, I don't know what game you're playing here, but I'll play this with you. The Hebrew people were being persecuted, their firstborn were being slain. A Hebrew couple placed their infant son in a little wicker basket and sent him down the River Nile. There he was discovered by an Egyptian family who raised him as their own son. When he grew up and learned of his true heritage, he became a great hero to his people by-- |
| 100 | --> I said, Dean, thank you. Stop. That was great. By any chance, do you remember the origin of Superman? |
| 101 | --> He said, of course. The planet Krypton was about to blow up. A scientist and his wife placed their infant son in a little rocket ship and sent him to Earth. There he was discovered by the Kents, who raised him as their own son. When he grew up--And with that he stopped, stared at me for what I swear to you was an eternity, and said, Mr. Uslan, your course is accredited. And that was how this whole thing started." |
| 102 | * Creator/TeamFourStar made a comparison is [[https://youtu.be/JQbV_ZBxeFc?t=2m14s this video]]: He's an aimless hero that always has a ferocious appetite, and when he actually does get committed to something [[BewareTheSillyOnes he fucks it up a million-fold]]. Also, he's reliant on abilities he copied from other people. They were comparing '''Franchise/{{Kirby}}''' to '''[[Franchise/DragonBall Goku]]'''. |
| 103 | * [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xjrN1X89uis This video]] points out similarities between [[Franchise/ToyStory Toy Story's]] Woody and [[Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse MCU's]] Captain America. |
| 104 | * [[WebVideo/MisterPlinkettReviews Mr. Plinkett]] from WebVideo/RedLetterMedia, in his [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bYWAHuFbLoc review]] of Film/RevengeOfTheSith, compared '''[[Franchise/StarWars Anakin Skywalker]]''' in the prequels to '''[[Film/CitizenKane Charles Foster Kane]]''': |
| 105 | -->"So you got a boy who's [[YouCantGoHomeAgain taken from his home]] and [[MommasBoy his mother]] at a young age, and away from a bad environment. Eventually, he becomes an idealistic young man with a set of principles...Then, slowly, (he) is consumed and ultimately destroyed by [[ItsAllAboutMe (his) arrogance and lust for power and control]], and a fear of losing the ones that (he) love(s). A [[HowTheMightyHaveFallen fall from grace]], if you will." |
| 106 | * During a speculative ''WebVideo/WhatIfTheyWereInSmash'' moveset video for [[VideoGame/MegaManX Zero]], [[https://youtu.be/5ACi-YhxVpw?t=484 upon the subject]] of ''[=MvC3=]'' being referenced twice in a row for his series, BJ remarks that Zero is another [[RedIsHeroic red-colored]], sword and gun wielding, Capcom owned character, much like another he covered before in an episode, being [[VideoGame/DevilMayCry Dante]]. Before he completely [[TemptingFate dismisses the thought as a mere coincidence]] does the footage suddenly cut to both Zero and Dante's respective moments of love-lost {{Angst}}. The sudden revelation left BJ shook enough to leave his recording on hold for a short while. |
| 107 | * Video-essayist schnee, opens [[https://youtu.be/X5tmC9oo9XQ?si=rEKAFY2Ir4wChJ7O this video]] by a comparison between '''[[WesternAnimation/SpiderManSpiderVerse Spider-Gwen]]''' and '''[[WesternAnimation/{{Arcane}} Vi]]''' |
| 108 | -->''Creator/HaileeSteinfeld is amazing at playing female leads who are effortlessly cool, especially if they have a side-shave, a pink side-shave that is. Especially is they're great at fighting, and also great at swining around, at climbing and jumping through cityscapes. You know, that kind of female ActionGirl who is more athletic than buff, but their strength really comes from form, from skill, skill they earned. We can really see the signs of how long they worked at it, how much it's a part of who they are. I'm not talking just about any athletic action girl with a pink side-shave. Specifically, it's protector types. Characters who have a favorite person in the whole world. You know, someone younger than them, someone who looks up to them, tries to keep up with them. And there's this great learning relationship, Halee Steinfeld will test them and they'll succeed. And for these younger characters Hailee Steinfeld is jsut their most favorite person ever in the entire world. All they want is to be with her, and there comes a time where they can't, but they go anywayn. And that really messes everything up, in fact this younger character as a whole kinda messes everything up. It's kinda this character's whole arc actually and ends up being about embracing this distruptive nature...But again, I'm sidetracking here, back to our action girls. It's a kind of character who is tought, but also emotional, they;re willing up being vurnerable, but only with the people they love. They may hold back from big displays of affection, but that's only because they prefer subtler gestures, like, um... I don't know, leaning agaisnt their shoulder maybe? I don't know, something like that. In general they are comfortable with the idea of attraction, but in their own romantic life they prefer to take things slower. Sometimes so slow their relationships fall apart before they can even start. But I mean it's kinda feat that thay can't be together, after all, they're from different worlds, that's ultimatelly what keeps them apart. That and her romantic interest's parents don't really like her, although they can be won over. And we kinda roof for their romance to work out because they don't have anyone else, they're orphans, sort of. depending on whenever we're in part one or part two of their story. Really ,they both have like a, tough, principledfather figure they can model themselves after completely. Father figures they don't always see eye to eye with how they do things, but who end up making an unexpected sacrifice and ultimatelly leaving them, or end up inevitably leaving and then making an unexpected sacrifice. But either way we end up their arc with a warm father-daughter moment full of empowerment and encouragment, which gonna lean into their reunion with the younger character, the msot cherished one whom they wronged...So if you have a character like this, the kinda girl who is not girly at all, but still feminine in her own way, who is kinda a jock but not dumb or anything. The kind of character who gets awesome characters, and moving emotional scenes, who seems pretty emotionally stable day to day, but is also haunted by trauma in her past, the kind that forced her to grow up too fast and then more trauma that forces her out of her own world, which is the worst thing ever for her. But hey, at least she can spend more time getting stronger as if, you know, getting better at action girl stuff is gonna solve her problems, when really, the true obstacles in her life has always been emotional and won't be about confronting the villan but confronting the reality she's been avoiding. If you have character like that, I strongly recommend casting Halee Steinfeld. |
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| 112 | * These two leaders live in a world of [[BlackAndWhiteMorality moral absolutes]] and racist undertones and will lead their chosen nations against a veritable tyrant. But first, they need to get their swords fixed.\ |
| 113 | '''[[Literature/TheLordOfTheRings Aragorn]]''' and '''[[Literature/{{Redwall}} Martin]]'''; as expressed by Webcomic/{{XKCD}} [[http://xkcd.com/370/ here.]] |
| 114 | * A powerful man who once was a morally superior good guy gets seduced by a greater evil power. He becomes very evil himself, even though some doubt it has happened. He leads part of a huge army and is the public face for the larger evil that is widely feared but stays hidden for most of the time. In the end he inevitably meets his downfall by betrayal. Also, the man is played by Creator/ChristopherLee.\ |
| 115 | Is this man '''[[Franchise/StarWars Count Dooku]]''' or '''[[Literature/LordOfTheRings Saruman the White]]'''? (Webcomic/DarthsAndDroids [[http://darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0412.html breaks it down]].) |
| 116 | * The partner to the main protagonist (and the one [[FanPreferredCouple most often]] paired with them in fan ships) this character favors water/ice themed attacks and is remarkably skilled. Having had a difficult childhood due to constant attacks from family enemies, she can be bossy at times, and has to come to terms with her grudge against the loner of the main group of heroes.\ |
| 117 | '''[[WebAnimation/{{RWBY}} Weiss]]''' or '''[[WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender Katara]]'''? (Detailed in [[http://shauncochran.deviantart.com/art/Avatar-Rwby-Comparisson-466654821 this picture]]) |
| 118 | * The drabble series ''[[http://archiveofourown.org/works/1651187?view_full_work=true Runts]]'' portrays [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyVIII Rinoa Heartilly]] as [[ComicBook/XMen Dark Phoenix]]. Given that both are fiercely passionate activists with incredible magic talent, it's not hard to see why. |
| 119 | * WebVideo/TheNostalgiaChick, on '''[[{{WesternAnimation/Gargoyles}} Demona]]''' and '''ComicBook/{{Mystique}}''' (in her [[http://chezapocalypse.com/episodes/nostalgia-chick-top-11-villainesses/ Top 11 Villainesses]] list): "Here we have yet another [[AmazingTechnicolorPopulation blue-skinned]] [[EvilRedhead ginger]] who's motivated by {{Revenge}} and [[KillAllHumans bigotry against humans]]. Seems to be a thing." '''[[WesternAnimation/TheLittleMermaid1989 Ursula]],''' '''[[Film/TheWizardOfOz the Wicked Witch of the West]]''' and '''[[WesternAnimation/SleepingBeauty Maleficent]]''' are also on the list, leading her to note "skins hued of cool colors seem to be optimal for evil ladies." |
| 120 | * A sapient monkey who was given physical form by the wind and possesses godlike powers- including shapeshifting, NotQuiteFlight, and SuperStrength- which he uses to assist the heroes. The scholar Hera Walker wrote [[http://sino-platonic.org/complete/spp081_monkey_sun_wukong.pdf an essay]] comparing '''[[Literature/JourneyToTheWest Sun Wukong]]''' with '''[[Literature/TheRamayana Hanuman]]'''. |
| 121 | * A solar-themed god of fire (and their {{Determinator}} Chosen One) jointly rule a country of magic wielders who, centuries ago, declared war on adjoining lands in the name of "righteousness". Now this god works to erase the bigotry and government corruption rampant in his country. The fic ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/7205551/1/Kindred-Fires Kindred Fires]]'' compares '''[[WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender Agni]]''' with '''[[Literature/HeraldsOfValdemar Vkandis]]'''. |
| 122 | * A cynical loner who wears all black, always carries a weapon on his person, and is prone to severe mood swings (often expressed through crying while punching a wall). As a result of feeling hurt and abandoned by a parental figure, he hates established institutions and wants to create a "new world order". To accomplish this, he goes on a killing spree, including murdering several of his classmates and attempting to burn down his school, all the while thinking he's benefiting the greater societal good. Along the way he becomes creepily obsessed with the female protagonist, asking her to join him in his killing spree; she at first tries to turn him back to the side of good before realizing that he cannot be saved, then tries to kill him. As compared by ''[[http://ew.com/movies/2017/12/21/who-said-it-kylo-ren-or-j-d-from-heathers/ Entertainment Weekly]]'', is this man '''[[Film/TheForceAwakens Kylo]] [[Film/TheLastJedi Ren]]''' or '''[[Film/{{Heathers}} Jason "JD" Dean]]'''? |
| 123 | * [[https://aminoapps.com/c/rwby/page/blog/the-similarities-between-rwby-and-mlp-fim-an-analysis-read-the-post-before-commenting/Z664_jRMIBueRgJxWVxQePD0LobYZD25Nbn This post]] talks about the similarities between the main characters of ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' and ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}''. |
| 124 | * An extraordinarily gifted and decidedly blue character lives among friends and family but struggles to control their powers, then, as the public turns against them after becoming terrified of the danger they pose, they flee into a desolate wasteland and magic up an elegant, transparent fairytale castle. Afterwards, the person closest to them risks their life to convince them back to the world. That's how [[http://www.digitalspy.com/movies/frozen/feature/a788700/frozen-inspired-by-watchmen/ one blog]] describes both '''[[WesternAnimation/Frozen2013 Elsa]]''' and '''[[ComicBook/{{Watchmen}} Doctor Manhattan]]'''. |
| 125 | * This male character is small, cute, non-human sidekick in a beloved Disney animated feature. Unlike some other Disney sidekicks, he not only provides comic relief, but gives good advice to the naive protagonist and serves as his/her conscience. The protagonist tends to ignore him, but though this upsets him, he (usually) stays loyal to him/her anyway. He is an excellent singer/musician and sings possibly the most famous song from the movie. The protagonist he tries to help is also non-human (though a different species than he is), but wants to become human, and finally does in the end; (s)he also has big blue eyes, and is the child of a single father, whom (s)he leaves behind for a while, but eventually reunites with. An important part of their adventures takes place under the sea.\ |
| 126 | '''[[WesternAnimation/{{Pinocchio}} Jiminy Cricket]]''' or '''[[WesternAnimation/TheLittleMermaid1989 Sebastian]]'''? (inspired by [[http://blogs.disney.com/oh-my-disney/2013/11/08/sebastian-is-the-jiminy-of-the-little-mermaid/?cmp=SMC%7Cblgomd%7COMDNovember%7CFB%7CSebastian-LittleMermaid%7CInHouse%7C111913%7C%7C%7Cesocialmedia%7C%7C%7C this link]]) |
| 127 | * Kaiju blog Monsters Conquer the World makes a comparison in [[https://monstersconquertheworld.com/2018/03/14/who-ya-gonna-call-the-science-patrol/ this post]] between the '''Film/{{Ghostbusters|1984}}''' and the '''[[Series/{{Ultraman}} Science Patrol]]'''. |
| 128 | -->"They are [[BadassCrew plucky, lovable nerds]] that cruise around in a (potentially inappropriate for the job) [[CoolCar vintage car decked out with their logo]], wear iconic jumpsuits, utilize wacky new tech they invent on the fly, and shoot radical but insanely dangerous lightning-lasers at freaky-ass supernatural monsters in a modern setting. Said supernatural monsters include man-sized undead horrors AND [[{{Kaiju}} skyscraper-sized demigods]]. Their HQ features a fireman’s pole. They have [[EarWorm an awesomely catchy/singable theme song]]." |
| 129 | * A short blond boy and a cute child who possesses a giant suit of armor go on a quest to get the latter's body back. '''[[Manga/FullmetalAlchemist Ed and Al]]''', or '''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaSpiritTracks Link and Zelda]]'''? Pointed out by [[https://www.deviantart.com/wonchop/art/FMA-vs-Spirit-Tracks-143087486 this fanart]], [[https://www.deviantart.com/buddha-cat/art/Fullmetal-Spirit-Tracks-207491725 among]] [[https://www.deviantart.com/drkzlave/art/Spirit-Tracks-Alchemist-563668146 others]]. |
| 130 | * The Redditor [[https://www.reddit.com/r/horizon/comments/8sncev/clan_of_the_cave_bear_by_jane_auel/ lontanadascienza]] describes [[Literature/EarthsChildren Ayla]], a young woman cast out of her primeval tribe for being different, who learns how to double-fire a sling and is the first person ever to tame and ride a mount. They question whether she is related to [[VideoGame/HorizonZeroDawn Aloy]]. |
| 131 | * This queen of an imaginary land has a quirky personality and a variety of loyal subjects including an enforcer with a heads-up display, a stoic butler, and a female assistant. The main protagonists initially assume she has sinister motives, but it's revealed that she only wants what's best for her people and she also wants to prevent the apocalypse the protagonists are trying to stop. Her kingdom is destroyed, but things work out for her as it's merged with the protagonists' world.\ |
| 132 | '''[[WesternAnimation/TheLEGOMovie2TheSecondPart Queen Watevra Wa-Nabi]]''' or '''[[VideoGame/{{Deltarune}} Serial Number Q5U4EX7YY2E9N]]'''? (inspired by [[https://www.reddit.com/r/DeathBattleMatchups/comments/stttkj/queen_vs_queen_watevra_wanabi_deltarune_vs_the/?rdt=56660 this post]]) |
| 133 | * This wacky but lovable cartoon MadScientist (arguably the most popular character in his series), recognizable by his unusual nose, tall, slender physique, and brown hair, is well known for his close friendship with a robot and his ridiculous but complex rivalry with an unusual small mammal. Living in an uncertain region of the United States, he became who he is today due to his unhappy childhood, but even as an adult, he still can't catch a break, with far more attractive people often overshadowing them in everything he does.\ |
| 134 | Is he '''[[WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb Dr. Heinz Doofenshmirtz]]''' or '''[[WesternAnimation/CloneHigh Principal Cinnamon J. Scudworth]]'''? ([[https://www.reddit.com/r/phineasandferbmemes/comments/1avmksb/i_hope_no_one_else_made_this_yet/ Inspired by this Reddit post]]) |
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| 137 | * They both are HotBlooded loners, prone to angst, yelling a lot, acting like jerks to their friends and [[LeeroyJenkins taking enemies head on without thinking]], who fight against their own brothers. As VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsJudgment pointed out, '''[[Anime/MobileFighterGGundam Domon Kasshu]]''' and '''Anime/TekkamanBlade''' have surprisingly lot in common. |
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| 142 | %%Whenever someone gets the time, they should namespace and reformat the entries in this folder to conform with the rest of the page. Thanks. |
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| 144 | * A man's plans [[GoneHorriblyWrong go horribly wrong]] and he wakes up after surgery to a robotically altered body and a dead wife. After [[BigNo screaming]] and [[TrashTheSet smashing up the surgery room]], he sinks into despair and becomes the slave of an evil power. Eventually he is redeemed by a good-hearted young hero and dies saving the boy's life.\ |
| 145 | '''[[Franchise/StarWars Darth Vader]]''' or '''[[Film/SpiderMan2 Doctor Octopus]]'''? |
| 146 | * A idealistic young man with a strong moral compass obtains god-like abilities, and decides to use them to make the world a better place by stopping criminals. He is quickly given a nickname by the press, and there is much speculation about the true identity of this great crusader for justice. Eventually, he comes to the attention of a [[TheChessmaster calculating]] man whose first and last initials are both 'L', and the two of them become archnemeses, with a good bit of sexual tension.\ |
| 147 | '''[[Franchise/SuperMan Clark Kent]]''' or '''[[Manga/DeathNote Light Yagami]]'''? |
| 148 | * A protector is manipulated by corruption, loses his left hand and gets it replaced with a mechanical one, is manipulated by a chancellor and dies a hero after pulling a HeelFaceTurn and [[RedemptionEqualsDeath saving someone's life]]. |
| 149 | '''[[Franchise/StarWars Anakin Skywalker]] or '''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaSpiritTracks Byrne/Staven]]? |
| 150 | * LoveAtFirstSight MayflyDecemberRomance story between an ageless supernatural creature and an emotionally disturbed human [[SingleTargetSexuality who claims to have never felt attraction to another individual before]]. Despite suffering a great deal of physical or emotional abuse at the hands of the immortal, the human continues to maintain that their romance is based on True Love, and is eager to consummate their relationship, which the Immortal is hesitant to do.\ |
| 151 | '''[[Literature/{{Twilight}} Edward and Bella]]''' or '''[[{{Literature/Durarara}} Celty and Shinra]]'''? |
| 152 | * Despite being a principal character in the story, this teenage boy takes the EmoTeen stereotype and moves it up to eleven -- he seems to perpetually shift between angsty brooding and social awkwardness. To his credit, he can also be a {{Determinator}}, and his [[WhenSheSmiles When He Smiles]] moments are quite heartwarming. His personality to a large extent originated because of his father, a ManipulativeBastard who sent him away from the family as a young child for not being good enough -- and only later took him back when it seemed his son had something to offer him. (His mother loved him, but she disappeared from her son's life at an early age.) Luckily, he has an older adult in his life who serves as a cross between a guardian and a TricksterMentor, trying to get him to lighten up and relax while also take his duties seriously. His peer group includes two girls of about his age, one who is contemptuous, bitchy, and often mean to him ([[JerkassWoobie although this behavior is a front to hide her own insecurities]], which [[spoiler: later bring her to the point of insanity]]), and another one who is [[SugarAndIcePersonality unemotional and stoic]]. The character in question has romantic tension with one of these females (including an awkward kiss scene), and is related to the other one ([[IncestSubtext which hasn't prevented some fans from shipping them anyway]]). In the end, the boy is forced to face up to the expectations others have placed on him, and realize that maturity means choosing his own path.\ |
| 153 | '''[[WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender Prince Zuko]]'''? Or '''[[Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion Shinji Ikari]]'''? |
| 154 | * A man and his wife become the emperor and empress of TheEmpire, they have a son and a daughter, and the wife disappears. Years later the man and his son have a fight and the son decides to leave home. Fast forward a few years later, and the son has joined a rebellion against his dad, while his little sister is still in favor. Towards the end of the series, the son finally [[CallingTheOldManOut confronts said dad]] and [[spoiler:becomes emperor himself despite the expectations of every politically-savvy person in the country.]]\ |
| 155 | The [[WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender Fire Nation]] or the [[Anime/CodeGeass Britannian Empire]]? |
| 156 | * This is about {{Bishonen}} [[TheHero hero]] of a quite [[SlidingScaleOfIdealismVersusCynicism cynical]] story who somehow gets bad publicity. Voiced by JohnnyYoungBosch on at least one occasion. He has a pacifistic girl companion who wants world peace. While a girl of the LaResistance he belongs in had a case of BodyguardCrush with him, too bad he's a CelibateHero. To achieve world peace, he do things most people see as "questionable". His enemies include a HeroAntagonist who later helps him at the end, and a horrifyingly evil [[TheEmperor Emperor]]. In the end of the story, he pulls out a HeroicSacrifice, and while other people cheered at it, his companion girl cries in sorrow. [[EarnYourHappyEnding Earn Your]] BittersweetEnding. And many fans who truly loves him says that HesJustHiding.\ |
| 157 | And for the last point, his name is [[MyHeroZero Zero.]] Hey, wait a minute -- [[Anime/CodeGeass this Zero]] or [[VideoGame/MegaManZero that Zero?]] |
| 158 | * This character is an [[ArtificialHuman artificial being]] created by the EldritchAbomination BigBad of the show for data-gathering purposes. They are sent to the human world without being aware of their nature. Living as a brave and cheerful youngster, they contrast yet befriend the reluctant goggled main character who doesn't actually act like a hero at first. After the hero gets some CharacterDevelopment, they become the hero's most important person that he would risk his life to save. When it's revealed that they are the big bad's tools [[ApocalypseMaiden destinied to bring upon the end of the world]], and not human to begin with, the hero utterly falls into despair. They wear a [[MsFanservice tight black]] [[MrFanservice suit]] as the big bad's servant, and emotionlessly announce to the broken-hearted hero that their good relationship before this means nothing to them. But when they are shown something that binds them to the hero, it turns out that the consciousness of them as the hero's friend are genuine and still there, struggling to return to their old self. Knowing this, the hero promises to save them from the big bad's dominance and save the world. Unfortunately, because they are still part of the big bad's entity, [[HeroicSacrifice they have to 'die' following the big bad's defeat, in order to save the entire world]]. The hero felt devastated for losing this character, but he believes that they are always connected forever. Is this character [[Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann Gurren Lagann's Nia Teppelin]], or [[Anime/DigimonUniverseAppMonsters Digimon Universe's Oozora Yuujin]]? In addition, the 'father' of said character also becomes the hero's greatest enemy at some point, but later acknowledges the hero and trusts the world in the hero's hands upon his fall. |
| 159 | * This is about a bad guy who is shown as a good guy at first. He's a great MagnificentBastard whose [[GambitRoulette schemes are very convoluted]]. He doesn't mind killing his own underlings to further these plans. With a [[PersonOfMassDestruction great power]] on hand, he [[AGodAmI believes that he's a god]] and tries to bring out his [[EvilPlan "divine plan"]] which involve killing many people.\ |
| 160 | '''[[Manga/DeathNote Light Yagami]]''' or '''[[VideoGame/MegaManZX Master Albert]]'''? Maybe even '''[[Manga/{{Bleach}} Sosuke Aizen]]'''? How about [[VideoGame/TheWorldEndsWithYou Joshua Kiryu]]? (minus the spoiler) [[Franchise/ResidentEvil Albert Wesker]]? |
| 161 | * This is about a red-clad sword-wielding ChaoticGood badass hero. Somewhat of a MartyStu. He's an [[TheAtoner atoner]] who [[HunterOfHisOwnKind hunts his own kind,]] and interestingly enough, he's the original of his kind. He's also TheMentor to his naive blue-clad partner. While he is [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold certainly good-hearted, he acts cold]] and doesn't hesitate to ShootTheDog. He also has lived for [[ReallySevenHundredYearsOld about a hundred years or so.]]\ |
| 162 | '''[[VideoGame/GuiltyGear Sol Badguy]]''' or '''[[VideoGame/MegaManX Zero]]'''? |
| 163 | * A red-clad sword-wielding ChaoticGood badass hero. A GlassCannon fighter (Possibly) with a SwissArmyWeapon. He's affiliated with a LaResistance who goes against an Utopia-like, but actually corrupted [[TheEmpire Empire]]. He's also a OneManArmy who successfully makes TheEmpire having headaches, and thus, is hunted by them. Like the above, while he is [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold certainly good-hearted, he acts cold,]] [[PerpetualFrowner perpetually frowns]] and [[GoodIsNotNice doesn't hesitate to]] ShootTheDog. It's hinted that he's destined to [[EndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt bring out world destruction]], but he ultimately [[ScrewDestiny choosess to be]] [[AntiAntiChrist the one who bring world peace]]. Considered a [[TheWoobie Woobie]], but that will [[IronWoobie never slow him down.]] His enemies include an [[AnIcePerson ice-powered]] HeroAntagonist who is too interested to take him down, and a BigBad who is somewhat AxCrazy. His ending isn't very good, to say the least.\ |
| 164 | '''[[VideoGame/BlazBlue Ragna The Bloodedge]]''' or '''[[VideoGame/MegaManZero Zero]]'''? |
| 165 | * This cast consists of an Adorkable, [[CuteBookworm studious]] female protagonist, and her snarky, yet fiercely loyal sidekick. 2 of the other members are a Hot-Blooded character with traces of light-blue on them, and their longtime yellow friend, who is kind, loving and [[ShrinkingViolet soft-spoken]]. Rounding out the group is a high maintenance OCD character, a stetson-toting southern belle, and a [[GenkiGirl happy-go-lucky]] CloudCuckoolander. All of them are generally nice people, [[BewareTheNiceOnes but know when to get serious]] [[LetsGetDangerous when the chips are down,]] and fight with a [[ThePowerOfFriendship power reinforced by bonds]]. Is this the cast of '''Manga/SoulEater''', or the '''[[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic Mane 6?]]''' |
| 166 | * A man from a BBC One series of the mid-Noughties, with a brown coat and a massive female fan base, payed by an actor whose voice is completely different to his character's. He has various companions in different series, including one named Tyler, but he is in all of them. He is the rival and occasional friend of a time-traveller played by John Simm and is eventually saved by [[spoiler:the character sacrificing himself at the end of the series]]. He's [[spoiler:technically died]] at least once.\ |
| 167 | '''[[Series/DoctorWho The Tenth Doctor]]''' or '''[[Series/LifeOnMars2006 Gene Hunt]]'''? |
| 168 | * After his parent's death, a now outcast FeudalFuture noble fakes his death and lives far away from his home, years later becomes the MagnificentBastard DarkMessiah [[MightyWhitey leader]] of the inhabitants oppressed by TheEmpire, forms them into a LaResistance, and eventually overthrows and replaces TheEmperor, but becomes as bad as the previous one. He has an older female [[MentorArchetype mentor]] who is the source of his power, a female [[BodyguardCrush bodyguard]] who's his main LoveInterest, a younger sister, and his right-hand man is a ProudWarriorRaceGuy and former leader of the oppressed inhabitants before the noble replaced him.\ |
| 169 | '''[[Franchise/{{Dune}} Paul Atreides AKA Muad'Dib]]''' or '''[[Anime/CodeGeass Lelouch vi Britannia AKA Zero]]'''? |
| 170 | * A charismatic former revolutionary who was captured by the regime he tried to defeat. Said regime commits MindRape and a mindwipe on him. The revolutionary breaks free of the programming, steals a ''very'' CoolShip, and proceeds to raise hell. May have been trying to fight a greater evil coming from outside known space with said revolution. Before we get any real answers, however, he vanishes into the unknown and dies ignobly. Said cause was taken up by one of his followers who previously refused to go along with the revolution, gets a couple former crew members and two AI units from his/her predecessor, and the cool ship...only to die ignobly with the man whose influence s/he could never escape.\ |
| 171 | Are we talking '''[[Series/BlakesSeven Roj Blake and Kerr Avon]]''' or '''[[VideoGame/KnightsOfTheOldRepublic Revan and the Exile]]'''? |
| 172 | * One day, a young boy without a mother or father is recruited by a teacher from a school of magic. He quickly gets acquainted with other students, including an intelligent girl he becomes fast friends with, and a blonde male that views the boy as a rival that's getting undeserved fame. Using a strange power he had since the day he was born, the boy overcomes all odds and finds success. However, it is because of this power that his friends are constantly put into near-death scenarios. In the end, the young boy uses everything he's learned at the school to try and save it, and accepts that he might have to die for the danger to go away for good. The black-haired teacher that poses a threat to the boy near the end of his adventures had a ''really'' close relationship with one of the boy's parents.\ |
| 173 | Was the boy named '''[[Literature/HarryPotter Harry]]''', or '''[[VideoGame/ManaKhemiaAlchemistsofAlRevis Vayne]]'''? |
| 174 | * He's a humanoid alien with special powers, who outlives the rest of his species. Except when he doesn't. He relies heavily on ObfuscatingStupidity, sometimes wears glasses even though his vision doesn't need correcting, famously travels in time and space, and frequently saves the Earth even though it's not actually his homeworld, which was destroyed. Depending on which version of canon you prefer, it's possible that his species has eschewed sexual reproduction in favor of more artificial means. He has cheated death through a technobabble-ish process that's described using the word "regeneration", and has a half-human clone. He almost never tells anyone his true name, instead going by a simple English descriptor; when he poses as a human, he has a standard name he uses, consisting of a first and last name that are both one syllable long and fairly generic. One of his most famous human companions is an intrepid young female reporter. He used to own a dog-like pet with amazing abilities, but gave it to one of his friends. His enemies include a genocidal alien cyborg with a network of wires running across his bald head and a megalomaniacal survivor of his own species, who often, but not always, has a BeardOfEvil. He's spawned a long-running franchise.\ |
| 175 | '''Franchise/{{Superman}}'''? Or '''[[Series/DoctorWho the Doctor]]'''? |
| 176 | * He's a Chinese badass who likes to put on a front of ObfuscatingStupidity, during which he's generally EyesAlwaysShut and his BigEater status is played for humor. He started out as a BadassNormal, but became an EmpoweredBadassNormal and managed to avoid the sociopathy typically associated with those powers. He has a possible love interest voiced by Creator/NanaMizuki.\ |
| 177 | '''Hei''' of ''Anime/DarkerThanBlack'' or '''Ling''' of ''Manga/FullmetalAlchemist''? |
| 178 | * An genetic experiment is undertaken by a group of scientists to create, from the genes of the strongest and brightest man/men on the planet, a superhuman. After two infants are born from this experiment, they're separated, with one being raised and taught by the best of the best to be an ubermensch, and the other is put through hardship for his life. In the end, we find out that one was deliberately made with the superior genes, while the other got the bad genes.\ |
| 179 | '''Liquid and Solid Snake''' of ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid'', or '''Jules and Vincent''' from ''Film/{{Twins|1988}}''? |
| 180 | * A girl with supernatural abilities travels through alternate universes, trying to find one that doesn't conclude in a BadEnd. In every world, she relives mostly the same period of time, and meets the same people. In the end, she is able to make a "good" world with the help of her TrueCompanions and ThePowerOfFriendship, and settle down. And somewhere around exists a "dark" version of said girl, which [[WildMassGuessing may be]] a fusion of the girl's alternate-reality selves.\ |
| 181 | '''[[Fanfic/KyonBigDamnHero Michikyuu Kanae]]''' or '''[[VisualNovel/HigurashiWhenTheyCry Furude Rika]]'''? |
| 182 | * A nerd with few friends is consistently baffled by someone in pink who has many friends, and finds a rival prone to boasting and gloating who knows magic.\ |
| 183 | '''[[WesternAnimation/DextersLaboratory Dexter]]''' or '''[[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic Twilight Sparkle]]'''? |
| 184 | * A sociopathic scientist from a background of poverty, who's last name ends with "er" Worked under a corrupt government/organization. This creep swallows his morals to perform horrible bio-experiments that threaten human lives. Eventually, he's confronted for his evil and presumed dead. In truth, he's become a victim of his own experiments, reborn as a bizarre hybrid creature. This new entity soon becomes obsessed with undoing his human self's crimes, even if he has to commit many more to do so.\ |
| 185 | '''[[VideoGame/{{Prototype}} Alex Mercer]]''' or '''[[Manga/FullmetalAlchemist Shou Tucker]]'''? |
| 186 | * This is a really famous cartoon duo from the [[TheNineties 90's]]; two FatAndSkinny mammals. The skinny one is a {{Jerkass}} who bosses the fat one around, but has had JerkWithAHeartOfGold moments. The fat guy is [[TheDitz stupid]], red and farts a lot. Expect a lot of ToiletHumor when you see these two.\ |
| 187 | ''[[WesternAnimation/TheRenAndStimpyShow Ren and Stimpy]]'' or ''[[WesternAnimation/TheLionKing1994 Timon and Pumbaa]]''? |
| 188 | * The booksmart son of the most legendary hero of them all who just happens to be a tad thick when it comes to scholastics. Was separated from his friends and family at a very young age and is fighting to save them. He's got a timid personality which covers a very deep rage which gives him great power in exchange for giving him poor judgement. It was only once he started training under his father's old enemy, a monster out of legend (who really isn't all that bad anymore) that terrifies everyone in the world and is simultaneously centuries old and only a little older than himself, that he started truly coming into his own strength. Eventually, after training under a blonde of legendary power in an area that had much more time and space on the inside than it did on the outside, he mastered a form that made him a blonde as well, and during a tournament championship battle against a completely broken monster that seems to be able to do anything, he managed to make himself even blonder and more powerful than before. At various points in his story, he meets a brainy and powerful time traveler that claims to be something of an alien and related to someone he knows, who is trying to change the future.\ |
| 189 | '''[[Manga/DragonBall Son Gohan]]''' or '''[[Manga/NegimaMagisterNegiMagi Negi Springfield]]'''? |
| 190 | * A LoonyFan of a particular style of heroic fiction who attempts to live out his fantasies for real, complete with its simplistic views of morality, dragging along his somewhat more sensible best friend and making things much worse for himself in the process.\ |
| 191 | '''Literature/DonQuixote''' or '''[[Anime/MartianSuccessorNadesico Gai Daigoji]]'''? |
| 192 | * This young black-haired beauty has values that clash with those of her incredibly wealthy father. She falls in love with a young man (despite the bitter enmity between their peoples) whom she meets while he's trying to win a tournament to turn his desperate financial situation around. She saves his life, and there is mutual attraction between them for awhile, but he ultimately ends up with the girl he met before her (who is not a princess but is considered the incredibly important last hope for a victory, and was thus raised/sheltered/smothered like a princess all her life... a life she hates and thus rebels against her guardians' plans for her). She laments her loss but instead of turning into a raging ClingyJealousGirl or WomanScorned, she doesn't even get the least bit mad at or jealous of the other girl, and bears it all maturely through to the end. The LoveTriangle launched one of the most absurdly [[DieForOurShip unjust]] {{Shipping}} fandoms in history.\ |
| 193 | Is she '''Rebecca''' of York of ''Literature/{{Ivanhoe}}'', or '''Asami Sato''' of ''WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfKorra''? |
| 194 | * Several years ago, a mysterious corporation (actually a subsidiary of another corporation, which have a small role in the plot, but are more important in other entries into the series) conducted experiments on a supernatural being, and accidentally caused a disaster. In the present day, they try to make up for their mistake by getting teenagers to fight the protege of the supernatural being. These teenagers have powers which are a combination of personal trauma and the supernatural being, along with parts of it's body. These teenagers are - a robot girl who wants to become human, the heir to the mysterious corporation, a young man with a strong connection to his little sister, a girl who lost one parent to the mysterious corporation and doesn't have a good relationship with the other (mostly because of said surviving parent trying to remarry too soon), and a young man who is very enthusiastic about being involved in the battle, but is kept out due to his enthusiasm (however, when it comes to the corporation's deadliest secrets, he manages to get a few victories). The protagonist is a dark-haired young man who tries to get emotional support in this confusing new world from his friends, only to discover that he is trapped in DysfunctionJunction. Add to all of this the religious symbolism and a ClassTrip. Eventually they meet a new boy, who turns out to be the final one of the supernatural being's protege, and is also what is left of said being after the experiments. His death causes the cast to mope around until the end of the world, leaving an unresolved ending full of FridgeHorror, or there is another version where they try to fight. One character ends up dying, but can survive due to the fact that they AscendToAHigherPlaneOfExistence. Eventually, it falls to our protagonist to save humanity from it's own self-destructive wishes.\ |
| 195 | Is this young man's name '''[[VideoGame/Persona3 Minato]]''' or '''[[Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion Shinji]]'''? There, now that you can't unthink it, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mLbpsxTLeGg go and watch this.]] |
| 196 | * A young, idealistic protagonist befriends a much-imitated {{pirate}} with a very memorable method of speech and occasional trouble walking, who makes a point of insisting that he [[TheyCallMeMisterTibbs be addressed as a captain]] despite the questionable legitimacy of his claims to commanding. The pirate becomes TheMentor, before betraying the protagonist's side for the sake of power and financial gain. However, he turns out to be not so bad after all and puts himself in great danger to save the protagonist from being killed by the other pirates. In exchange for this, the protagonist helps the pirate escape execution by the British crown. The pirate's initials are JS.\ |
| 197 | Does that stand for '''[[Franchise/PiratesOfTheCaribbean Jack Sparrow]]''' or '''[[Literature/TreasureIsland John Silver]]'''? |
| 198 | * She is the dominant power over her domain, she maintains a nuclear reaction, she has a thing for "testing" in some form or another, and she has made herself somewhat infamous for trolling. She is mostly white with yellow/gold accents, and she has a thing for cake that she will [[NeverLiveItDown never live down]]. She's also appeared suspended from the ceiling.\ |
| 199 | '''[[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic Princess Celestia]]''', or '''[[{{VideoGame/Portal}} GLaDOS]]'''? |
| 200 | * Once upon a time, there were two siblings, one responsible for a major component of the day, the other of night. The night sibling felt unappreciated, and so decided to remove the day sibling's work. As a result, the day sibling sealed the night sibling away with a rock orbiting in space. However, the seal has begun to come undone...\ |
| 201 | '''[[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic Nightmare Moon]]''' or '''[[Website/SCPFoundation He-Who-Made-Dark]]'''? (look up SCP-435) |
| 202 | * A bestselling UrbanFantasy book series about the (often unpleasantly exciting) life of a wizard named Harry. He's FamedInStory for beating down bad guys completely out of his league, but isn't very popular with the hidebound and old-fashioned wizarding authorities, who sometimes go out of their way to try to get rid of him; this isn't totally surprising, since a few agents of the BigBad have infiltrated their ranks and made their way into important positions. His parents both died when he was very young, and he was raised by an [[AbusiveParents abusive]] guardian before a CoolOldGuy wizard took him in and taught him about the right way to use magic and avoid TheDarkSide. He's sometimes suspected of BlackMagic anyway, whether this is justified or not. He uses CanisLatinicus spell incantations. He is an orphan whose life is strongly influenced by the legacy of his mother. She was killed when he was an infant by an evil lord using a supposedly undefeatable magic, but by sacrificing her life she greatly weakened the evil lord through a spell that is tied to her son's blood. Now the evil lord wants to regain his full power by killing Harry and undoing the effects of his mother's spell, but is HoistByHisOwnPetard, in part due to the betrayal of a lieutenant he believed to be loyal.\ |
| 203 | '''[[Literature/HarryPotter Potter]]''' or '''[[Literature/TheDresdenFiles Dresden]]''' |
| 204 | * This is a video game from the first half of the Noughties. A man, who is the shorter of two brothers, arrives in an exotic town. His plane has barely touched down when he is framed for a crime. The authorities let him go, with the provisos that he doesn't leave the location and that he does what they tell him. The man sets off on a quest which takes him all around the town and its surrounding areas, and spends much of the game trying to track down a portly individual who likes to pretend he's a good guy. The protagonist can use a jetpack.\ |
| 205 | Is this man '''[[VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoSanAndreas Carl Johnson]]''' or '''[[VideoGame/SuperMarioSunshine Mario]]'''? |
| 206 | * An angsty orphan discovers he has rare mystical powers. He leaves home at the behest of a stranger to study them, gaining a new weapon along the way. He later discovers it is his destiny to confront the evil DarkLord, [[MentorOccupationalHazard his mentor dies]] (twice!) and the villain's [[TheDragon right-hand man]] was [[TheAtoner not such an awful person]] after all.\ |
| 207 | '''Literature/HarryPotter''' or the ''[[Franchise/StarWars Luke Skywalker]]''? |
| 208 | * A blue hero regularly defeats an evil robot-building scientist, picking up lots of new friends over the course of many games, including a red FriendlyRival. Later in the series, they meet an amnesiac character who turns out to have been created for evil purposes but who ends up catching morals and performing a HeroicSacrifice. However, they prove popular enough to appear in the next game anyway with little explanation.\ |
| 209 | ''Franchise/MegaMan'' or ''Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog?'' |
| 210 | * A black-haired, green-eyed boy with a miserable home life is approached by a mythological being and informed that he himself is no mere human, which explains the strange things that have happened to him up until that point. He is sent to an institution created especially for the purpose of teaching children like him how to use their supernatural powers. Features of the institution include magical beings as servants and competition between different factions among the students. In time the protagonist learns that even among his peers, he is special--he is the subject of a prophecy concerning a DarkLord who is gradually regaining strength and followers after a crippling defeat some time ago. Our hero and his two best friends--a wisecracking BigEater and a brainy girl with whom the protagonist shares {{UST}}--have several encounters with said DarkLord and/or his minions over the course of the series, culminating in an all-out war between the forces of supernatural good and supernatural evil.\ |
| 211 | ''Literature/HarryPotter'', right? Are you sure it's not ''Literature/{{Percy Jackson|AndTheOlympians}}''? |
| 212 | * A man is inspired by an encounter with a supernatural entity to attempt to assassinate a king. Meanwhile, his wife/girlfriend goes insane and ultimately dies off stage, possibly by suicide. The man also contemplates suicide, but is instead slain in combat. these two characters [[Creator/WilliamShakespeare have the same creator]].\ |
| 213 | ''Theatre/{{Hamlet}}'' or ''Theatre/{{Macbeth}}''? |
| 214 | * A wealthy layabout becomes a vigilante SuperHero, comes up with a gimmick and emblem designed to strike fear in his enemies whom he believes are "superstitious" and easily scared, and falls in love with [[DatingCatwoman a woman who is initially part of the enemy force he has made it his duty to fight against]], forcing him to [[CelibateHero subdue his feelings and hide behind a mask of indifference]].\ |
| 215 | ''Literature/TheScarletPimpernel'' or ''Franchise/{{Batman}}''? |
| 216 | * A blond IdiotHero is born shortly after his father dies protecting his comrades from an event machinated by a man that later opposes the hero again, as well as the hero's hyper-intelligent dark-haired loner [[TheRival rival/]][[HoYay "best friend"]] who [[spoiler: loses his family]]. The hero also has grey-haired mentor and a tsundere lady friend.\ |
| 217 | Is the Hero '''[[Manga/{{Naruto}} Naruto Uzumaki]]''' or '''[[Film/StarTrek2009 James Kirk]]'''? |
| 218 | * These stunningly-beautiful, black-skinned nonhumans live underground and come to the surface only to raid for captives. They are considered to be some of the fiercest fighters in a WorldOfBadass and as a race are ShroudedInMyth. They worship a power-mad goddess, follow a religion which teaches that they are the MasterRace, and their aristocracy is noted both for its decadence and bloodthirstiness.\ |
| 219 | Are they the drow of ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'' or the First Born of ''Literature/JohnCarterOfMars''? |
| 220 | * Boy gets famous for defeating a God-like villains. His two best friends get together in the end, and the boy gets an extremely powerful weapon. One of the bad guys turns out not to be quite as bad as he seems. His mentor is somewhat eccentric.\ |
| 221 | '''Literature/HarryPotter''' or '''[[WesternAnimation/Ben10UltimateAlien Ben Tennyson]]'''? |
| 222 | * A young hero who defies their community's strict leader and leaves their underground home to wander the post-apocalyptic wasteland in search of their father.\ |
| 223 | '''[[Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann Kamina]]''' or '''[[VideoGame/{{Fallout3}} The Lone Wanderer]]'''. |
| 224 | * She's the female protagonist in a Disney movie. But unlike many other Disney heroines, she's smart rather than pretty. Her mother is dead, but she's very close to her father. Her father is eccentric, by the way, even more than she is While she might not be a real action girl, she can still be tough in her own way.\ |
| 225 | '''[[WesternAnimation/BeautyAndTheBeast Belle]]''' or '''[[WesternAnimation/{{Tarzan}} Jane]]'''? |
| 226 | * This character is a princess from a fairytale story. She has a small floating being as an ally that guides her. At some point of the tale, the villainess who wields dark powers puts the princess into a deep sleep. In the finale, said villain transforms into a huge purple dragon and is killed by the good guys.\ |
| 227 | By the way, the princess' name is Aurora. Is she from ''WesternAnimation/SleepingBeauty'' or ''VideoGame/ChildOfLight''? |
| 228 | * A group of people become TrueCompanions after weird circumstances bring them together. Among them, a headstrong blonde girl, a girl who looks sweet and innocent but actually can snap easily, a person who does not understand social conventions well, a sweet somewhat oblivious guy who had a brief attraction to the blonde girl who now is more familiar with the person with NoSocialSkills, a former amoral {{Jerkass}} who the blonde girl previously disliked but then had a sexual relationship with, and an older gentlemen who likes to be known as an authority figure, despite having a checkered past. Together, this group have adventures in and around a WeirdnessMagnet location. \ |
| 229 | Are they [[Series/{{Community}} a study group]] or [[Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer the Scoobies]]? |
| 230 | * This character is an eccentric genius who knows a lot about everything. He has a fondness for tweed jackets and bowties and is MarriedToTheJob. He is a GuileHero who ends up getting romantically involved with an ActionGirl who also serves as his CloudcuckoolandersMinder. His speech patterns often involve a lot of {{technobabble}} being relayed very fast with some alliteration and {{metaphorgotten}} in there too. He is fascinated with seemingly random words. He's a LargeHam normally, but he was once turned evil, and he certainly got [[EvilIsHammy hammier]]. \ |
| 231 | Is he [[Series/TheLibrarians2014 Flynn Carsen]] or [[Series/DoctorWho The Eleventh Doctor]]? |
| 232 | * This character is a pink, fleshy amoral alien monster and the VillainProtagonist of a video game. It starts out small, entering a planet via a meteorite, and then begins messily devouring the wildlife, [[TheAssimilator assimilating their abilities]] and growing larger in the process. Near the end of the story, it encounters humans and begins to eat them too. In the final encounter, the alien either succeeds in [[TheBadGuyWins killing his final opponent]], or dies out. \ |
| 233 | Now, what is the alien's species? Is it an [[VideoGame/ChimeraBeast Eater]] or an [[VideoGame/TheVisitor Alien Death Slug]]? |
| 234 | * A man who works for an organization of futuristic do-gooders in a signature set of armor, has a distinct catch phrase, [[spoiler:and gets a severe case of TomatoInTheMirror by finding out he's actually artificially created]]. Are we talking about [[Franchise/ToyStory Buzz Lightyear]] or [[VideoGame/{{Fallout 4}} Paladin Danse]]? |
| 235 | * A snarky orphan with an older mentor/father figure and a long lost older brother, who lost his mother young but carries on the research she left behind, has a blond action girl love interest/reporter love interest, and a daughter named after his mother. He's often in way over his head, manages to scrape by by the skin of his teeth (usually blowing up or burning down something in the process) and will always do the right thing in the end, even as he moans and berates himself for it. [[Literature/TheDresdenFiles Harry Dresden]] or [[VideoGame/{{Uncharted}} Nathan Drake]]. |
| 236 | * Brother/Sister Twins in a new environment operating out of a curio shop. One is ditzy, obsessed with a grappling hook gun, and generally comes off as the irresponsible sibling. The other is bookish, committed to uncovering the secrets of the town but comes off as aloof and overly serious to their sibling, and has a romance with an employee at the shop. Both clash over their differing personalities and contemplate splitting up, but in the end stick together and save the world from Lovecraftian power. [[WesternAnimation/GravityFalls Dipper and Mabel Pines]] or [[VideoGame/AssassinsCreedSyndicate Jacob and Evie Frye]]. |
| 237 | * This character is a teenager who is the second youngest in their main family of five, comes from a Scandinavian-influenced place and is a blond, stoic {{Bishonen}}. While he gets annoyed at their antics and has some issues with his biological brother, he's still pretty close to them. He is smart, quite adept at using magic and is often shipped with someone much more HotBlooded than he is. [[VideoGame/FireEmblemFates Prince Leo of Nohr]], or [[Webcomic/HetaliaAxisPowers Norway]]? |
| 238 | * A [[HeroicBastard bastard]] descending from a noble family with dogs/wolves for a sigil, who joins an ancient military order dedicated to fighting monsters including the undead and is supposed to remain politically neutral, ends up having to become politically involved and (at least potentially in the second case) unexpectedly becomes king, which they don't want. Oh, and they're misinformed on who one of their parents is. [[Series/GameOfThrones Jon Snow]] or [[VideoGame/DragonAgeOrigins Warden Alistair]]? |
| 239 | * A non-human entity goads the HeroicMime human [[AmbiguouslyHuman (?)]] protagonist into killing everyone, ''especially'' the supporting cast, in a bid to gain immense amounts of power together, with the {{Big Good}}(s) serving as the final line of defense for their respective civilizations, before finally moving on to a new world. Said entity also has the power to [[PeoplePuppet manipulate the host's body]] and the human side of the pair can be brought back to life via an in-universe mechanism should they suffer defeat. The player will most likely [[PlayerPunch feel like a horrible bastard]] for going along with their goals. Are we talking about '''[[VideoGame/ShinMegamiTenseiIVApocalypse Dagda and Nanashi]]''' or '''[[VideoGame/{{Undertale}} Chara and Frisk]]'''? |
| 240 | * Making his formal debut in the sequel installment to a certain series, this WellIntentionedExtremist strongly believes that a certain segment of the setting's populace (those who'd more-or-less be regular, everyday people, by our real-life standards) are getting pushed to the sidelines where instead they should be ruling the roost. Taking a new name to hide his old identity, he gathers an army of ruthless extremists, outfitting them with an arsenal of devices from electrified melee-weapons to fighter-aircraft and armored [[MiniMecha mech-suits]]. The vanguard of his forces are an elite cadre of [[GasMaskMooks gas-masked]] ninjas who specialize in the one-hit takedown, headed by his [[TheDragon Dragon]]- a stern martial-arts expert probably identifiable by his distinctive eyewear. One member of the team of protagonists opposing our villain's plans is an intelligent, combat-capable brunette who happens to be the estranged daughter of one of his key allies. '''[[VideoGame/MassEffect2 Jack Harper / the Illusive Man]]''', or '''[[WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfKorra Noatok / Amon]]'''? |
| 241 | * Serving as their setting's resident AbusivePrecursors, these alien beings take the form of massive, heavily-armored spacefaring cyborgs with an appearance reminiscent of Earth sea-monsters. [[ImmortalityImmorality With a lifespan of millennia and egos to match]], these beings are not entirely born so much as created, in a process that can involve the suffering of an entire planet's worth of innocents. While their arsenal includes massive, ship-crushing limbs, cruiser-blasting death rays, and an army of soldiers from an artificially-created servant race that worships them as gods, perhaps their most sinister weapon is their ability to MindRape into submission anybody they don't immediately destroy. The '''[[Franchise/MassEffect Reapers]]''', or the '''[[VideoGame/SwordOfTheStars Suul'ka]]'''? |
| 242 | * A friendly, somewhat effeminate boy with fluffy hair is introduced fairly late into a shounen series and immediately forms a close bond with the male protagonist. Said boy takes on the [[HoYay role of love interest]] to said protagonist, and his being taken out of the picture helps trigger a darker, more surreal tone to the show as well as a HeroicBSOD (with huge plot consequences) on the part of the protagonist. This character is also an EnsembleDarkhorse with a fan adorement rating disproportionate to his screentime. '''[[Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion Kaworu Nagisa]]''' or '''[[Anime/YuGiOhGX Johan Andersen]]'''? |
| 243 | * This creature is a small bipedal critter with a yellow body. Its black "hair" has teeth like structures on it. It appears cute and even acts cute, but really uses this cuteness to lure potential prey nearby before chomping down on them with a huge mouth on its head. Is this a '''[[Franchise/{{Pokemon}} Mawile]]''', or a '''[[VideoGame/{{Starbound}} Pop]][[https://endling.deviantart.com/art/Starbound-Monster-Contest-Poptop-292038435 top]]'''? |
| 244 | * This character is a LongHairedPrettyBoy with a knack for gambling and flirting. Despite having terrible luck most of the time, he is carefree and spirited. Years of fending for himself on the streets have also turned him into a very smart, analytical person, though it isn't obvious at first. He is also one of the most kind and caring characters in his series, and strikes up several [[OddFriendship Odd Friendships]] with characters whose personalities are considered unorthodox or eccentric. Is this [[Manga/{{Nanbaka}} Uno]], or [[VideoGame/FireEmblemTheSacredStones Joshua]]? |
| 245 | * A comicbook character that [[DeathByOriginStory lost his parents]] at a young age, is known as a tactical genius, has several children with whom he's not always on good terms while still being a PapaWolf, is [[CrazyPrepared prepared for every contingency]], is very [[ChickMagnet attractive to women]], and is so good at what he does that even his [[VillainRespect enemies respect him]]. '''Comicbook/{{Cyclops}}''' or '''Comicbook/{{Batman}}'''? |
| 246 | * A {{Twincest}} couple, who look extraordinarily similar. In the beginning of the story at least, their mother’s dead and their father’s alive. The woman is married to an abusive boor who is later killed with the aid of a member of her family, the man is single and believes the woman to be the one and only love of his life (although he later meets a warrior lady whose name starts with “Br” and ends with “e” and who has some romantic tension with him). The twins have a jerkass son who mistreats an embittered dwarf. The dwarf feels entitled to a large fortune.\ |
| 247 | '''[[Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire Jaime, Cersei, Robert, Brienne, Joffrey and Tyrion,]]''' or '''[[Theatre/TheRingOfTheNibelung Siegmund, Sieglinde, Hunding, Brünnhilde, Siegfried and Mime]]'''? |
| 248 | * Two very tall brothers with alliterative names who are viewed as villains. One of them has some redeeming qualities and is [[CainAndAbel the Abel to the other]]. He’s also infatuated with a beautiful highborn girl with lovely eyes and a two-syllable name that alliterates with his. The girl, at least in the beginning, is only frightened of him. She lives in a castle which name begins with a W and ends with “ll” and has s sister and two brothers: a wild and fierce one with a two-syllable name and a more philosophical one who is generally known by a one-syllable name.\ |
| 249 | The CainAndAbel are called either '''[[Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire Gregor and Sandor]]''' or '''[[Theatre/TheRingOfTheNibelung Fafner and Fasolt]]'''. And the girl in question is either Sansa Stark of Winterfell or Freia from Valhalla (Walhall in Wagner’s original German text). |
| 250 | * A red-haired HappilyMarried mother of many. Among her children, there’s a daughter who has the same hair color. The woman can make some mistakes in her judgment, but she will do everything for the sake of her children. And if you threaten them, she might not shy away from killing someone, even though she’s gentle and loving in times of peace. Her family is looked down upon by TheBeautifulElite with blond hair, and one of her children makes friends with an orphaned boy with black and messy hair who extremely resembles his father.\ |
| 251 | Am I talking of '''[[Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire Catelyn Stark, the Lannisters and Gendry]]''' or '''[[Franchise/HarryPotter Molly Weasley, the Malfoys and Harry Potter]]'''? |
| 252 | * This massive and incredibly powerful creature, treated as an EldritchAbomination, acts as the BigBad and FinalBoss of its game. Very little is known about it prior to the battle against it. It originated from outer space incubating within a comet. It is fought within this comet, which is filled with a substance containing a powerful unknown energy. Its skin glows translucent blue and its internal organs glow orange. It drives most of the plot by affecting the behavior of wildlife in the regions around its nest. Its introduction cutscene has it emerge from a cocoon. It is known for its powerful beams of energy. It is weakened by using the energy substance against it.\ |
| 253 | '''VideoGame/MetroidPrime''' or '''[[VideoGame/MonsterHunterWorld Xeno'jiiva]]'''? |
| 254 | * A powerful human who delivers multiple [[CurbstompBattle curbstomp battles]] to enemies, some of which are {{Kaiju}}, monsters, machines, and different kind of creatures all together, but is always depressed and bored because they always win battles, and want a [[WorthyOpponent strong opponent]] that can make them go at their best, but when finding someone that does so, they have to [[PowerLimiter break some seals]] and even when they do, it's revealed that they were still casual the entire time, revealing only some of their full power to knock them out which ends up being revealed that they could have given the monster a OneHitKill the entire time. The opposing monster even possesses an incredibly strong HealingFactor.\ |
| 255 | Are we talking about '''[[Webcomic/OnePunchMan Saitama]]''' or '''[[VideoGame/XenobladeChronicles2 Zenobia]]'''? |
| 256 | * A high school idol with purple hair, a tendency for PurpleProse, and a reputation amongst the fandom for being [[LesYay gay as hell]], but is ultimately a NiceGirl who thoroughly supports her group's endeavors from the start. \ |
| 257 | Is this '''[[Franchise/LoveLive Nozomi Toujou]]''' or '''[[Anime/BangDream Kaoru Seta]]'''? |
| 258 | * A black-haired man with thick eyebrows, a hooked nose and a highly unsociable character. He’s very good at his work, though, has an inventive mind, and can show will strength when he feels like it. When he first appears, he seems an irredeemable jerk, but some time later, he is shown helping the heroes and opposing the BigBad. He is associated with the color green, and can do magic, at least occasionally, but not the wand-waving kind. Oh, and with many fans, he’s more popular than the actual heroes. '''[[Literature/TalesOfTheMagicLand Urfin Jus]]''' or '''[[Franchise/HarryPotter Severus Snape]]'''? |
| 259 | * A NiceGuy comes to the capital city after being away for a long while. He fully relies on the man who openly claims to have vied for his beloved. He ends up getting betrayed by said man, arrested for high treason and executed. '''[[Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire Eddard Stark]]''' or '''[[Theatre/TheTsarsBride Ivan Lykov]]'''? |
| 260 | * A green-eyed paranoid queen, somehow associated with felines, who wrongly accuses her hated TokenGoodTeammate brother of murdering a king (also a close relation of theirs) because he handed him the poisoned drink. '''[[Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire Cersei]]''' or '''[[Literature/{{Redwall}} Tsarmina]]'''? |
| 261 | * A girl came from a group of people whose selected few are capable of using SummonMagic. One of the members of her race once saved the world from a great evil by sealing it. Both her parents disappeared at some point when she was young and was given away by her father to a small village to hide her from said evil. When the great evil returns after many years, she, alongside a blonde-haired boy, has to go on a quest to defeat the evil once again. She eventually falls in love with the boy. Some friends accompanying them include a GadgeteerGenius and a mostly stoic magic user. As a summoner, she uses a staff and fights using summoned beings, while also acquiring more summons along the way. There is also a dark magic user, who is one of the villains, who wants to marry her and bring her to his side. She comes from a story published by Creator/SquareEnix. Is the girl's name '''[[VideoGame/FinalFantasyX Yuna]]''' or '''[[Manga/MagicalCircleGuruGuru Kukuri]]'''? |
| 262 | * This entity poses themselves as an apparent ally at first, before later revealing that they were EvilAllAlong and wish to convert the planet's dominant species into mindless, more ideal -- in the character's eyes -- life forms with biological weapons of terror, with the FinalBoss fight tasking you with stopping the deployment of this new superweapon. Is this '''[[VideoGame/{{Splatoon2}} Commander Tartar]]''' or '''[[VideoGame/TimeCrisis Robert Baxter]]'''? |
| 263 | * A dark-haired young man possessing exceptional talents in the Food and Beverage industry leaves his home to pursue his dreams and apply his skills by working at a small and unassuming, but homely establishment. Over the course of his career, he befriends a beautiful young woman who is the granddaughter of a large corporation, and their paths entwine. While the young man's unorthodox methods are not initially accepted by the company's execs, together they leave their mark on the company and take it to a greater new height. Are we talking about '''[[Manga/YakitateJapan Kazuma Azuma]]''' or '''[[Manga/{{Bartender}} Ryu Sasakura]]'''? |
| 264 | * A teenage girl has an alter ego: a celebrity heroine with blue hair. She wants to prove herself worthy and genuinely wants to help people, but she finds herself unable to do much at the start of the series. Eventually, she is able to gain more confidence in her abilities and improve her performance, allowing her to fight alongside the main heroes. Her alter ego name starts with "Blue." Is this '''[[Anime/YuGiOhVrains Blue Angel]]''', or '''[[Anime/TigerAndBunny Blue Rose]]'''? |
| 265 | * A teenage girl from an RPG whose memory was forcibly erased after she went through a traumatic experience as a child. She's good-natured, determined, and has a strong sense of justice, but is also kind of [[TheDitz an impulsive idiot]] who acts without thinking, causing trouble for everyone around her. She forms a [[PowerTrio trio]] with a [[HeroicMime quiet]] redhead whose [[HelloInsertNameHere name]] and [[PurelyAestheticGender gender]] are decided by the player, and a boy with an [[DeadpanSnarker abrasive personality]] with whom [[VitriolicBestBuds she's constantly vollying insults]]. The climax of the game involves the three of them travelling through a portal to another world to deal with a threat to their own, and when one of them doesn't make it out alive she's devastated. The game ends with her [[PleaseWakeUp begging them to come back]].\ |
| 266 | Is this about '''Danette''' from ''VideoGame/SoulNomadAndTheWorldEaters'', or '''Nokia Shiramine''' from ''VideoGame/DigimonStoryCyberSleuth''? |
| 267 | * The male lead of a slice of life comedy manga; a high-school boy whose name begins with "Tada". [[OrdinaryHighSchoolStudent His most notable feature is his total lack of notable features]], especially when compared to his classmates and their weird and colourful personalities. [[AttractiveBentGender Looks surprisingly good in a skirt]].\ |
| 268 | '''Tadakuni''' from ''Manga/DailyLivesOfHighSchoolBoys'' or '''Hitohito Tadano''' from ''Manga/KomiCantCommunicate''? |
| 269 | * At first glance, you would probably mistake her for a typical AloofDarkHairedGirl. [[HugeSchoolgirl She's tall]], beautiful, [[AcademicAthlete naturally gifted when it comes to studying and athletics]], and has legions of fans, [[EvenTheGirlsWantHer both male and female]], who admire her from a distance as they're too intimidated to approach her... Which is unfortunate for her [[IJustWantToHaveFriends as she would love to make friends with them]]; she's just [[ShrinkingViolet too shy]] to talk to them or ask to be included in anything. Thankfully, it doesn't take long for her to start forming her own circle of friends, [[labelnote:Including:]]An energetic troublemaker and their OrdinaryHighSchoolStudent childhood friend, a slow-witted girl [[CloudCuckoolander with her head in the clouds]], a small child who is WiseBeyondHerYears, and an athlete with tanned skin who quickly singles her out as a rival,[[/labelnote]] and as time goes on, she becomes more comfortable opening up and being herself around them. She also [[KindheartedCatLover really loves cats]], but barring one exception, [[AnimalsHateHer the cats don't exactly reciprocate that love]].\ |
| 270 | '''Sakaki''' from ''Manga/AzumangaDaioh'', [[labelnote:with her friends being:]]Tomo Takino, Koyomi "Yomi" Mizuhara, Ayumu "Osaka" Kasuga, Chiyo Mihama and Kagura[[/labelnote]] or '''Shouko Komi''' from ''Manga/KomiCantCommunicate''? [[labelnote:with her friends being:]]Najimi Osana, Hitohito Tadano, Kaede Otori, Rei Natsukido and Chika Netsuno[[/labelnote]] |
| 271 | ** For fans of ''Anime/CodeGeass'', some would see Lelouch as [[Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion Shinji]], C.C. as [[Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion Rei]] and Kallen as [[Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion Asuka]]. Then there's Emperor Charles' plan. [[Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion Instrumentality]] anyone? |
| 272 | ** Or you could see [[Manga/DeathNote Lelouch as Light, C.C. as Ryuk, Suzaku as L, and Kallen as (a more competent) Misa. But Emperor Charles is in no way Chief Souichiro Yagami.]] |
| 273 | ** A lot of people also like to compare [[VideoGame/Disgaea4 Valvatorez]], the main character of ''Disgaea 4'', to Lelouch, mostly because they share a few similarities and because the creators of ''Disgaea 4'' said that when they were partially inspired by Lelouch. |
| 274 | * A cute, pink male character who smiles a lot. He has a close bond with a preteen girl, gets separated from her, and makes a long quest in an attempt to get back to her. Unfortunately, he finds evidence that suggests she has moved on without him. He winds up in a dangerous place with the protagonists and has to decide whether to help save them from the danger. Are we discussing [[WesternAnimation/ToyStory3 Lotso]] or [[WesternAnimation/InsideOut Bing Bong]]? |
| 275 | * An innocent girl is brainwashed into being an evil psycho and eventually becomes the [[CardCarryingVillain self proclaimed monarch of evil,]] but [[spoiler: is eventually redeemed]]. Is this [[Series/PowerRangersInSpace Astronema]] or [[VideoGame/{{Starcraft}} Sarah Kerrigan?]] |
| 276 | * A ruler is a completely [[TheCaligula sadistic, murderous loony]] who [[BadBoss tortures and kills his followers at the drop of a hat.]] In the prequel(s), we learn that, while he was still a bad guy even then, he wasn't completely nuts and could (sometimes) be reasoned with. Is this [[Series/{{Animorphs}} Visser Three]] or [[VideoGame/{{Borderlands}} Handsome Jack?]] |
| 277 | * A person grows up to be a [[PsychoForHire ruthless and amoral bounty hunter]], mainly due to a [[FreudianExcuse really bad childhood.]] They make alliances with some ''really'' evil people, before suffering a FateWorseThanDeath. Is this [[Series/{{Supernatural}} Bela Talbot]] or [[Franchise/StarWars Boba Fett?]] |
| 278 | * [[OurElvesAreDifferent White-haired elf]] with a [[BraveScot Scottish accent]]. [[YouCantGoHomeAgain Banished from her homeland]] and wrongfully accused of being a traitor. Hangs out with a group of humans despite being [[DeadpanSnarker openly disdainful of them]], albeit with [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold sparse moments of warmth]]. [[DualWielding Dual wields]] blades and is handy in a fight. Is this '''[[VideoGame/TheEndTimesVermintide Kerillian]]''' or '''[[WesternAnimation/TheDragonPrince Rayla]]'''? |
| 279 | * A half-human hybrid that, while less violent than full members of their alien ancestry, proves to be stronger than either parent race when pushed too far by a self-proclaimed perfect life-form. '''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse''' or '''[[Anime/DragonBallZ Gohan]]'''? |
| 280 | * An [[SinisterMinister evil religious fanatic]] treats their child horribly, partly due to believing them to be some kind of demon. They forbid them from [[FunHatingVillain having any fun, thinking it's sinful,]] and get furious when they want to go to a social event, as well as [[KnightTemplar thinking anyone who disagrees with them is evil and is going to Hell.]] Is this [[Literature/{{Carrie}} Margaret White]] or [[WesternAnimation/TheHunchbackOfNotreDameDisney Claude Frollo?]] |
| 281 | * A PrincessProtagonist that is a [[CombatMedic healing Archer]] that is [[spoiler: AdoptedIntoRoyalty]]. Is this [[VideoGame/TalesofTheAbyss Natalia]] or [[WebAnimation/GwainSaga Ami]]? |
| 282 | * A red-headed [[ComedicReliefCharacters Comical]] ChivalrousPervert who is a MrViceGuy. [[VideoGame/TalesOfSymphonia Zelos]] or [[WebAnimation/GwainSaga Agni]]? |
| 283 | * A race of aliens initially seem to [[AlwaysChaoticEvil all be one-dimensional bad guys.]] Eventually, they turn out to not be inherently evil, and can actually be pretty honorable, but are still [[ProudWarriorRaceGuy rather warlike.]] Are they [[Franchise/StarTrek Klingons]] or [[VideoGame/{{Warcraft}} the Warcraft universe's]] [[OurOrcsAreDifferent orcs?]] |
| 284 | * A young man has a high-ranking position in his country's military force and is renowned for his intelligence and tactics. While he's outwardly charismatic and a smooth talker, this is just a front he puts up to hide how much he's hurting from both his past experiences and his fear of discrimination in the present. He has a tan complexion, wears a singular earring, and has an accessory that adds flair to his uniform (like a cape or a sash). It's later revealed that [[spoiler:he wasn't born in the nation he's residing in, and if anyone else found out, it would spell trouble for him since his birthplace isn't on good terms with his current nation.]] He also frequently interacts with a rich heir who is brooding and troubled. Is this '''[[VideoGame/GenshinImpact Kaeya Alberich]]''', or '''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemThreeHouses Claude von Riegan?]]''' |
| 285 | * These two characters were once very close, until one day they have a fight involving a father figure that shatters their bond and leaves them on sour terms in the present. One of them is heavily associated with the color red and fire and has authority issues, while the other is associated with blue and water/ice and is a super-intelligent {{Troll}} who enjoys teasing the other. In spite of their resentment, the two still clearly care for each other in their own ways and have a lot of trouble communicating their regrets toward one another. '''[[Anime/{{K}} Misaki Yata and Saruhiko Fushimi]]''', or '''[[VideoGame/GenshinImpact Kaeya Alberich and Diluc Ragnvindr]]'''? |
| 286 | * A young man with green eyes and dark clothing is one of the most competent people in his field, but doesn't enjoy fame and would rather keep a low profile and a quiet life. He is highly intelligent, skilled with technology and so reserved that many people don't think very highly of his personality, but he doesn't let that get in the way of his work. He is later revealed to have [[spoiler:been orphaned at a very young age and doesn't have any familial relations left in the present day.]] While he starts off distant and indifferent toward social bonds, he meets a few others throughout the plot of his story and slowly begins to warm up to them, and often shows his care for others in ways that many people may not recognize immediately. '''[[Anime/YuGiOhVRAINS Yusaku Fujiki]]''', or '''[[VideoGame/GenshinImpact Alhaitham]]'''? |
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