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1This is simply what you think is the (not some of the, '''''the''''') best example of any objective trope (so no YMMV or Trivia as they are not tropes proper and the former is already subjective) The "Crowning Example" if you will.
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3There could be several reasons you think an example is the best:
4* You think it's the best in terms of illustrating the trope.
5* You think it's the most well done.
6* It's your favorite play in that trope.
7* You just really like the source material.
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9Oh, several things before you list examples:
10* Each troper gets one example per trope, no more.
11* Don't go "no, this is," or phrases like that. This is about our own personal favorites.
12* '''Sign your entries.'''
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14!!Please list tropes alphabetically.
15* AbandonedMascot
16** VideoGame/AlexKidd, who used to be Creator/{{Sega}}'s mascot before being replaced by Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog. ~ @/DoctorRayman
17* AbhorrentAdmirer
18** [[Franchise/AceAttorney Wendy Oldbag]]. "Edgey-pooo!" ~vicnog, @/EvaUnit01, @/{{Leilukin}}
19*** Seconded ~ Mattman_the_Storyteller
20** [[Film/WhoFramedRogerRabbit Leena Hyena]], herself based on the stereotypical Abhorrent Admirers from UsefulNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfAnimation, also the former TropeNamer. ~@/{{Surenity}}
21** Big Ethel from ComicBook/{{Archie|Comics}}. Has to be one of the, if not the longest running example of this trope, and having her pursue Jughead (who doesn't like girls at all) just makes it better. ~@/{{gibberingtroper}}
22** '''''[[{{Yandere}} Takako]]''''' from the ''Anime/DigimonTamers'' FanFic ''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/6638448/ Gardens of Babylon]]''. Being stalked by an AxCrazy lunatic is bad enough, but when said lunatic is '''''[[BrainBleach Your own sister...]]''''' ~@/{{Lunacorva}}
23** [[WebAnimation/TheMostPopularGirlsInSchool Lunch Lady Belinda]] could give Wendy Oldbag a run for her money. ~ @/{{Monolaf317}}
24** WesternAnimation/PepeLePew from the WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes. ~ @/DoctorRayman
25** [[Manga/RanmaOneHalf Happosai]] counts as one to [[DirtyOldMan ALL WOMANKIND.]] ~ @/MiinU
26** [[WesternAnimation/EdEddNEddy The Kanker Sisters]], hands down the biggest example from my childhood. ~ @/MetalAiAi
27* AbortedArc
28** [[WesternAnimation/DannyPhantom Dark Danny never makes his return in the series despite being last seen attempting to escape the Fenton Thermos. We also never get to see what comes of Vlas Plamius and the Fright Knight's alliance.]] ~ Mattman_the_Storyteller
29** [[Series/DoctorWho The Cartmel Masterplan]] ~ [=Amuck Cricetine=]
30* AboveGoodAndEvil:
31** [[Anime/PsychoPass Shogo Makishima]]. ~@/AndyJ
32* TheAbridgedSeries
33** Creator/MasakoX and Vegeta3986's ''WebVideo/NarutoTheAbridgedSeries'', which in 25 episodes covered ''101'' episodes of the actual series. (It's not as well executed as Creator/LittleKuriboh's [[WebVideo/NarutoTheAbridgedComedyFandubSpoofSeriesShow series]] but most definitely surpasses its [[WebVideo/YuGiOhTheAbridgedSeries predecessor]] when it comes to defining the word "abridged.") ~@/MetalShadowX
34** Creator/TeamFourStar's ''WebVideo/DragonBallZAbridged'', simply because it's [=ReginaldCuftbert=].
35** Kaiser Neko's ''Anime/LupinIII Abridged''. [[ScrewedByTheNetwork Too Good to Last]] indeed ~@/{{Truteal}}
36** ''WebVideo/YuGiOhTheAbridgedSeries'': It did sort of start the trend and still stands at the top with everyone else. ~@/OnePixelJumpMan, @/ManWithoutABody, [=SoundwaveSuperior=], [=TheCuriousFan=], @/{{Zfish9}}, @/{{deeman45}}, @/{{Lunacorva}}, @/DoctorRayman
37** Biographies, in a meta sort of way. ~@/QuackorTheFowl
38** ''WebVideo/NegimaTheAbridgedSeries'', just to be different. Well, also because I [[DieLaughing nearly choked to death on oxygen]] while watching it. ~guyy
39** ''WebVideo/NonePiece'', because any orthodox method of abridgement just wouldn't be true to the spirit of the [[Manga/OnePiece original]]. ~@/KingOfTheMimeSwing
40** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gjRBe0dwsQU Kill la Kill Abridged]] ~@/LordHerobrine
41** [[Recap/AvatarTheLastAirbenderTheEmberIslandPlayers The Ember Island Players]] is a ''canon'' example! -Dragon_Feathers
42** ''WebVideo/ResidentEvilAbridged'' takes the NarmCharm of [=RE1=] and runs with it. ~ @/MiinU
43** [=SnapCube=]'s ''WebVideo/RealTimeFandub''. Every single scene featuring [[FountainOfMemes Alfred]] is a SugarWiki/CrowningMomentOfFunny. ~ Five-seveN-25
44** WebVideo/MyLittlePonyInANutshell ~ @/{{theautisticrebel}}
45* AbsurdlyHighStakesGame
46** '''Franchise/YuGiOh''' And you know what? [[Administrivia/TropesAreTools I wouldn't have it any other way]]. ~@/{{Haldo}}, [=ReginaldCuftbert=], @/{{Lunacorva}}
47*** Seconded ~ Mattman_the_Storyteller
48** VideoGame/FZero ~ Five-seveN-25
49* AbsurdlyPowerfulStudentCouncil
50** The ''Anime/BestStudentCouncil'', natch. ~@/WillyFourEyes
51** The Student President in ''Literature/ChromeShelledRegios'' controlled ''the entire city'' ~@/{{Sheaman3773}}
52** The Student Council from ''VideoGame/Persona3'' deserves a nomination, especially since the Student Council President's family owns the school (and everything else on Tatsumi Port Island.) ~@/{{Aspie}}
53** [[Anime/CodeGeass The Ashford Student Council]]. ~Marlee Cross
54** [[Anime/RevolutionaryGirlUtena We will bring revolution to the world]] I can't believe no one has mentioned them yet. ~Rosebrook, NobodysSavior
55** The First Student Council President in ''Literature/AsuraCryin'' has the power to sentence students to death. And hunt demons with giant robots. ~Murgatroyd
56** The Public Safety Commission from ''Manga/RosarioPlusVampire'' is incredibly evil take on this trope, where they have the leeway to not only "rough up" and extort the student body, but ''publicly execute 'offenders' on hearsay.'' ~ digiman619
57** Taken to literal extremes by ''[[Manga/MakenKi Maken-ki's]]'' titular student council, which is a [[KiManipulation Ki-enhanced]] [[CharlesAtlasSuperpower superpowered]] AmazonBrigade. ~ MiinU
58** The student council from ''Anime/KillLaKill'' rules an entire school with iron fist. - @/IukaSylvie
59** [[Manga/FoodWars The Elite Ten]] for being able to vote on who their dean is ~ randomperson123
60* AbsurdlySharpBlade
61** [[Literature/{{Discworld}} Death's Scythe]], especially in ''Literature/ReaperMan''. How sharp is it? It cuts up the dialogue on the page you're reading it from. ~@/{{Highwind}}, @/ManWithoutABody, [=ReginaldCuftbert=], [=MasterNemesis=]
62** [[Literature/HisDarkMaterials The Subtle Knife]]. So sharp it cuts through things like steel, atomic particles, and the fabric between dimensions, among other things. ~@/{{Selryam}}, @/{{Zfish9}}, @/DarkHunter
63** [[Franchise/KingdomHearts The Keyblade]], it cuts entire [[PrecisionFStrike fucking]] [[RunningGag BUILDINGS]]. @/EvaUnit01
64** [[Franchise/TouhouProject Youmu]] has the dual swords Hakurouken and Roukanken. One can cut anything (including the [[PrecisionFStrike fucking]] MOON [[spoiler:but not soccer balls]]), while the other can cut through CONFUSION ITSELF. ~@/SorataZ
65** Anything wielded by [[Manga/KenichiTheMightiestDisciple Shigure]]. ANYTHING! ~fakeangelbr
66** Saladin's Damascus sword; drop a veil on it, the veil lands on the ground in two pieces. --@/{{Cuchulainn}}
67** In ''WesternAnimation/KungFuPanda1'', there is a sword that can cut you by you merely ''looking at it''. --@/TheThnikkaman, @/{{Lunacorva}}
68** Cloud's [[Anime/FinalFantasyVIIAdventChildren Fusion Sword]] - sharp enough to cleave through skyscrapers, an Aeon's magic enhanced armor, and even the OneWingedAngel himself! - @/MiinU
69* AbsurdlySpaciousSewer
70** ''VideoGame/FreedomFighters2003''. The main rebel base for the first half of the game is in a part of the sewer with a thirty foot high ceiling, and the tunnels leading to it are big enough for rafts that can hold supplies, ammunition, and twelve people comfortably. ~@/{{raan}}
71** The Garamscythe Waterway, ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXII''. So big, you even find an [[SealedEvilInACan esper]] down there. --@/{{Cuchulainn}}, @/EvaUnit01
72** ''Franchise/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles''. The sewer was big enough to stage major fight scenes down there, plus the water down there was very clean-perhaps because NobodyPoops -- and was as wide and deep as a river. ~wrybread, @/DoctorRayman
73** ''VideoGame/MirrorsEdge''. They are absolutely massive, filled with more than enough space to do massive trick jumps all over. Admittedly it was justified as being the main sewer system for a massive city, but still. ~@/{{Mack}}
74* AbusiveAdvertising
75** Advertising/WilkinsCoffee ~Tropers/{{Thepenguinking2}}
76* AbusiveAlienParents
77** [[Webcomic/{{Homestuck}} Vriska's lusus]], a.k.a. [[FanNickname Spidermom]]. She forced her charge into becoming a serial killer. And if Vriska hadn't brought her bodies, her lusus would've eaten '''her''' instead. ~CCIB
78* AbusiveParents
79** [[VisualNovel/UminekoWhenTheyCry Rosa Ushiromiya]] ~@/{{Highwind}}, @/NoirTheExecutioner, bookie444
80** [[Manga/HayateTheCombatButler Hayate Ayasaki's parents]] ~@/TheSevenNights
81** [[Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion Gendo and Yui Ikari]] ~Masterminded
82*** Mostly just Gendo, and then mostly just in the main series, but yeah. ~@/EvaUnit01
83** ''Film/TheBrood'' ~@/ManWithoutABody
84** [[ComicBook/SpiderMan Norman Osborn]]. Especially in ''WesternAnimation/TheSpectacularSpiderMan''. ~ Bluwale824
85** [[VideoGame/BlazBlueContinuumShift Relius Clover]] ~ Irikarul
86*** Seconded. [[SarcasmMode Clearly, he is the]] [[Memes/BlazBlue 'World's Greatest Dad']]. ~ Five-seveN-25
87** [[WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender Firelord Ozai]] ~ @/{{Babyhenchy1}}, Vellophone, mermaidgirl45, Piando, Tropers/DecafGrub47393
88** [[Series/{{Lost}} Anthony Cooper]] ~ Froody 42
89** [[RealLife Josef Fritzl]] ~ [=GenkiMan=]
90** [[spoiler: [[VideoGame/PokemonBlackAndWhite Ghetsis]]]] ~ @/{{Demongodofchaos}}, @/ZeniTheWonder, [=PinkHanabi=], @/{{Yuihime}}
91** [[Series/{{Smallville}} Lionel Luthor]] ~ Oberyn
92** [[Manga/SoulEater Medusa]] ~ [=TheInvisibleSun=]
93** [[WesternAnimation/TheVentureBros Jonas Venture Sr.]] No matter how bad Rusty is with his own sons, it's petty squabbles compared to the psychological abuse his own father dumped on him. ~ Drakkenmensch
94** [[Anime/MagicalGirlLyricalNanoha Precia]].
95** [[VisualNovel/FateStayNight Matou Zouken.]] ~ spacemonkey37, ozaniel, @/{{Zfish9}}
96** [[Manga/{{Naruto}} The Fourth Kazekage]] ~ [=KantonKage=]
97** [[WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy Peter and Lois Griffin.]] ~ @/{{Ncfan}}
98** '''''The MOTHERF**KING' Queen from VideoGame/{{ICO}}!!!''''' She emotionally abused and manipulated her own daughter for ''years'' Even locking her in a freakin' '''''HANGING CAGE'''''!! (which was actually considered a form of '''''torture''''' in the Middle-Ages.) And her sole motivation for doing so was to [[spoiler: Make herself immortal by possesing her daughters body]]. ''WHAT A'' '''''BITCH!!!''''' ~ @/{{Lunacorva}}
99** [[Anime/KillLaKill Ragyo Kiryuin]]. It would be very hard for any character to pull off as many forms of abuse as her without her particular story. [[spoiler: Experiments on both her children when they're INFANTS, pulls ParentalAbandonment when she thinks said experiments killed Ryuko, tries to have the children's father killed once and later successfully manages it, molests Satsuki, pulls a strange near-literal form of MindRape on Ryuko, is an OmnicidalManiac, and repeatedly [[NoHoldsBarredBeatdown beats the crap out of]] Satsuki and Ryuko and people they know.]] ~ stupidskeleton
100** [[Anime/KotouraSan Kumiko Kotoura and her husband.]] ~ @/{{Monolaf317}}
101** [[WesternAnimation/SamuraiJack The High Priestess of Aku]] ~ @/{{MattP5557}}
102** [[Literature/HarryPotter Vernon and Petunia Dursley]]. ~ @/DoctorRayman
103** [[WesternAnimation/{{Tangled}} Mother Gothel]]. Even if she's not Rapunzel's actual mother (by birth or legal right), the way she raised and treated Rapunzel definitely qualifies her for this trope because of how realistic the emotional abuse was portrayed. ~ Mattman_the_Storyteller
104** [[WesternAnimation/TheHunchbackOfNotreDameDisney Judge Claude Frollo]] ~ @/{{rjd1922}}
105** [[WebAnimation/{{RWBY}} Jacques Schnee]] ~ @/Connor2107
106** [[Series/{{Succession}} Logan Roy]]. Between his tyrannical parenting, ruthless manipulation, vicious verbal abuse, and downright dehumanization of his children, all of which are often intertwined with his homophobia, misogyny, and other prejudices, he might just be one of the most terrifyingly awful fathers in all of television, in no small part due to how disturbingly believable he ultimately is. ~ @/{{JC300}}
107** [[Manga/FullmetalAlchemist Shou Tucker]] - Tropers/DemonDuckofDoom
108* AbusivePrecursors
109** [[Franchise/MassEffect The Reapers]]. ~ @/{{Babyhenchy1}}, @/TeraChimera, @/{{Leilukin}}, @/{{Lunacorva}}, urielzet
110** [[VideoGame/StarCraft The Xel'Naga]] ~ @/ManWithoutABody
111** [[VideoGame/{{Warframe}} The Orokin]]. An extensive list of the reasons why would be too long for this entry, but in short: ''Everything'' wrong with the [[CrapsackWorld Origin System]] can be traced back to the Orokin going out of their way to be cruel bastards to their people and/or creations. ~ @/{{Reflextion}}
112* AcademyOfAdventure
113** [[Webcomic/ElGoonishShive The entire Moperville, Illinois public school system]]. ~ @/{{Nlpnt}}
114** [[Literature/HarryPotter Hogwarts]], which serves as the modern day TropeCodifier. ~ @/{{Lunacorva}}, @/DoctorRayman
115** Literature/WaysideSchool, particularly if you're a cow ~ sinesofinsanity
116* AcCENTUponTheWrongSylLABle
117** [[Film/ManosTheHandsOfFate Torgo]] ~ Grazzt
118*** I seCONd tHIs [=SUgeSTIon=] ~ dIGiMAn 619
119** [[VideoGame/HalfLife The G-Man]] ~ @/{{ledge}}
120** [=GLaDOS=]. @/{{Zfish9}}
121* AccentuateTheNegative
122** The Westboro Baptist Church. I DARE YOU to find something more negative ~ Ericho, @/EvaUnit01
123** [[WebAnimation/ZeroPunctuation Yahtzee]]. Challenge accepted. ~ @/REV6Pilot
124* AccidentalKiss
125** [[Manga/NegimaMagisterNegiMagi Negi and Nodoka]]
126** [[Manga/{{Naruto}} Naruto and Sasuke]]. I'm not a [[HoYay NaruSasu shipper]], but this was a pretty funny moment. ~ @/DoctorRayman
127* AccidentalMisnaming
128** Botch... I mean Butch in ''Anime/PokemonTheSeries''. ~ @/DoctorRayman
129*** Seconded, along with Stephen... er, ''Stephan''. ~ Mattman_the_Storyteller
130* AccidentalPervert
131** [[Manga/ToLoveRu Yuuki Rito]] ~ Catt
132*** Let's see... around 160 chapters... AccidentalPervert moments happening about 2-3 times per chapter... Yeah, Rito is this trope personified. ~ @/{{Zfish9}}
133*** [[LampshadeHanging "It's just a talent he has."]]
134** [[Manga/LoveHina Keitaro Urashima]].
135*** Seconded. The guy [[spoiler: stripped his wife at his wedding]] for god's sake. @/{{Gamermaster}}
136** [[FanFic/TamersForeverSeries Takato Matsuki]]. It is one of the fics most ''[[MemeticMutation Infamous]]'' [[RunningGag Running Gags]] ~ @/{{Lunacorva}}
137** [[Literature/FullMetalPanic Sousuke Sagara]] ~ Fireside
138* TheAce
139** [[Manga/NegimaMagisterNegiMagi Jack Rakan]]. The man was able to [[InstantExpert duplicate a sword technique flawlessly on his first try after having seen it performed years ago]], punch-- scratch that, '''[[BicepPolishingGesture flex]]''' his way out of a PhantomZone, and [[spoiler:temporarily will himself back into being after being erased from existence!]]. He can even ''[[RuleOfFunny see other people's flashbacks]]''!
140** [[Series/{{Blackadder}} Lord Flashheart.]] No further questions. ~ Astfgl407
141** [[Series/KamenRiderDecade Tsukasa Kodoya]]. The ''only'' thing he's not good at... [[SugarWiki/FunnyMoments is his job as a photographer]].
142** [[Manga/MaidSama Takumi Usui]].
143** [[Series/RedDwarf 'Ace' Rimmer]]. What a guy! ~ @/XFllo
144** [[Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire Rhaegar Targaryen]] is unusual in that he's a ''post-humorous'' example. He was known to be excellent at everything he tried, and was beloved by the majority of the realm. Unfortunately, he was just ''slightly'' worse at fighting than Robert Baratheon, leaving him dead, and the ''far'' less politically-adept Robert as king. ~ @/{{King of the Mime Swing}}
145** Franchise/{{Superman}} ~ dgenega5764.
146** Franchise/{{Batman}}. ~ @/DoctorRayman
147* AcePilot:
148** [[Film/TopGun Maverick]]. Guy shot down three bogeys in his first movie followed by two more in [[Film/TopGunMaverick the sequel]]. He's officially a legend now. ~ Saberwulf2018
149** [[Anime/{{Robotech}} Roy Fokker]], leader of Skull Squadron. ~ @/MiinU
150* AcidAttack
151** [[Franchise/MortalKombat Reptile]] ~ @/{{Smashman2893}}
152* ActionDad
153** [[Series/TheMandalorian Din Djarin]] ~@/LadyBlackwood
154** [[VideoGame/AsurasWrath Asura]] ~ Mattman_the_Storyteller
155* ActionGirl
156** Franchise/WonderWoman. ~ [=SomeRandomTroperDude=], hedwig123, @/DoctorRayman
157** [[Series/XenaWarriorPrincess Xena]]. ~ [=ILoveKingdomHearts=]
158** [[Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer Buffy Summers]]. ~ kits
159** [[Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine Major Kira Nerys]]. ~ [=AcrossTheStars=]
160** [[Film/PlanetTerror Cherry Darling]]. ~ @/ManWithoutABody
161** ComicBook/{{Storm}}. ~ Thespian101
162** [[Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion Asuka Langley Soryu]]. ~ [=IAmTroperHearMeRoar=]
163** The "ass-kicking virgins" of ''Literature/TheFaerieQueene'' ~ @/{{Lale}}
164** [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIII Lightning]] ~ @/NewKidOnTheBlock
165** [[Literature/{{Literature}} Gaia Moore]], especially since she routinely went ''looking'' for asses to kick. ~@/{{Aspie}}
166** [[Franchise/{{Metroid}} Samus Aran]]. ~ @/{{Malkyrian}}, Jason Paul, @/CyberTiger88, @/EvaUnit01
167** [[Anime/GhostInTheShellStandAloneComplex Major Motoko Kusanagi]]. ~ @/{{Julep}}
168** [[BadassAdorable Hit-Girl]] from ''ComicBook/KickAss'' ~ @/Kelly
169** [[Franchise/TombRaider Lara Croft]] ~ @/TwoGunAngel
170** [[Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann Yoko Littner]] ~ Lord Zorc
171** [[WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender Toph Bei Fong]] ~ Completely Different
172*** [[WesternAnimation/TheLegendofKorra Avatar Korra]] ~ @/Dragon_Feathers, @/MiinU
173** [[Manga/MurderPrincess Falis]] ~ ncfan
174** [[Film/{{Machete}} Luz/She]] -- @/{{Cuchulainn}}
175** [[WebAnimation/RedVsBlue Tex]]. Any complaints? ~ @/WragnaroqRMaggeddon
176*** None ''WHAT''soever. ~ @/{{Lunacorva}}
177** [[Literature/TheDresdenFiles Seargent Karrin Murphy]] ~ Sineofinsanity
178*** Just for fun, consider Sue. You can't ignore the fact that the word action is built into the concept of the word "''Tyrannosaurus rex''".~ @/{{Ionz}}
179** [[Anime/BirdyTheMighty Birdy Cephon Altera]] ~ @/HeliumOpera
180** [[Manga/FairyTail Erza Scarlet]] ~ [=KantonKage=]
181*** Seconded. ~ Mattman_the_Storyteller
182** [[Franchise/{{Terminator}} Sarah Connor]] ~ @/RLNice
183** [[Franchise/MassEffect Female Commander Shepard]] ~ @/{{Leilukin}}, @/{{Babyhenchy1}}
184*** Seconded. No other woman has a body count in the tens of thousands. No other woman has a trope page all to their own on how much of an ActionGirl they are. No other woman has the QuitYourWhining attitude demonstrated by the likes of Buffy or Kim. ~ Tropers/{{tsstevens}}
185** Wrestling/ManamiToyota, Wrestling/{{Jacqueline}} or Wrestling/SaraDelRey ~ @/{{JIKTV}}
186** WesternAnimation/KimPossible. ~ @/{{iansimsjam}}
187** The [[WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse Crystal Gems]] (and pretty much all Gems in general) and Connie. ~ Crossover-Enthusiast
188** [[Franchise/StarWars Rey]]. ~ dgenega5764
189** ''Literature/{{Moribito}}'': Balsa. - @/IukaSylvie
190** [[Series/TheAvengers1960s Mrs. Emma Peel]] - Genius In The Lamp
191* ActionMom
192** No mention of [[Franchise/{{Alien}} Ellen Ripley]] here? Blasphemy. She's ''THE'' ActionMom. ~ Saberwulf2018
193** [[Anime/MagicalGirlLyricalNanoha Nanoha]]. Full stop. ~ [=CFTFunk=], [=MarvelGirl=], @/EvaUnit01
194*** What no love for Fate-chan as well? She is Vivio's other mother after all. ~ bleach246
195** I see your Nanoha and raise you [[VideoGame/MetalGearSolid3SnakeEater the Boss]]. She became one SECONDS after her birth...DURING THE NORMANDY CAMPAIGN!!! ~ [=DRoy=]
196*** Seconded. ~ urielzet
197** Grainne Mhaol. Same as above, except against Turkish pirates a day after the birth of one of her children, in RealLife. Or so the legend goes. ~ @/GeekCodeRed
198** [[Film/KillBill The Bride]]
199** Although they're adoptive mothers, the [[WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse Crystal Gems]] definitely count. ~ {{CCIB}}
200** [[Franchise/TheIncredibles Helen Parr AKA Elasti-Girl AKA Mrs. Incredible]]. ~ @/DoctorRayman
201** [[Franchise/{{Terminator}} Sarah Connor]]. ''Especially'' in ''Film/Terminator2JudgmentDay''. ~ @/TripleJ
202* ActionPet
203** [[WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb Perry the Platypus]]. ~hedwig123
204*** Seconded ~ Mattman_the_Storyteller
205* ActorAllusion
206** [[WesternAnimation/TransformersAnimated I am Wreck-Gar]]. [[Music/WeirdAlYankovic I DARE to be stupid]]! ~ @/CyberTiger88
207** [[Manga/LuckyStar Konata Izumi]] always enjoys Aya Hirano's concerts and she's also quite fond of ''Literature/HaruhiSuzumiya'' (The latter is true for both the English and Japanese dubs). ~ @/{{aNinjaWithAIDS}}
208** (English dub only) [[Manga/LuckyStar Akira Kogami]] once thought, "you [Minoru Shiraishi] sound like a nerdy turtle." Gee, [[Creator/SamRiegel just who]] [[WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles2003 can she possibly be referring to]]? ~ @/{{aNinjaWithAIDS}}
209** ''[[VideoGame/NaziZombies Call of the Dead,]]'' by design. Of course the four characters just happen to fit the CelebritySurvivor model but they are not based on their roles in, say, ''Archer,'' or ''Sons of Anarchy,'' or ''Cruel Intentions.'' Nope, you're getting Buffy Summers, Machete, Freddy Kruger and Merle Dixon for this one folks. ~ @/{{tsstevens}}
210** From ''WesternAnimation/{{Archer}}'', Creator/JessicaWalter and Creator/JeffreyTambor. They turn the show into ''Series/ArrestedDevelopment'' with guns! ~ Drakkenmensch
211*** From the same show, the ''WesternAnimation/BobsBurgers'' [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4jsZxekYvRw ]] scene ~ Wavebert
212** From the anime adaptation of ''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureStardustCrusaders'': "If this were the wild west, [[Creator/MatthewMercer the hero would say]]...[[VideoGame/{{Overwatch}} it's high noon]]. ~ Fireside
213* ActuallyPrettyFunny:
214** When God recounts Bruce Nolan's breakdown of blasphamies in ''Film/BruceAlmighty''. ~ Mattman_the_Storyteller
215--> '''God''':''[quoting Bruce]'' "The gloves are off, God!" "God has taken my bird and my bush!" "God is a mean kid with a magnifying glass! SmiteMeOMightySmiter! Now, I'm not much for blaspheming, but that last one made me laugh."
216* AdaptationExpansion:
217** ''Manga/FairyTail'' ~ [=KantonKage=]
218** ''Franchise/{{Shrek}}''. A short picture book about an ogre that was adapted into a full-blown franchise, with four films, two spin-off films, three shorts, and a stage musical, along with ''two dozen video games''. -- Astfgl
219** The ''VideoGame/TotalWarWarhammer'' trilogy, specifically Grand Cathay in [[VideoGame/TotalWarWarhammerIII the third game]]. ~ Fireside
220* AdaptationalAttractiveness
221** [[Film/{{Psycho}} Norman Bates]] ~ [=Amuck Cricetine=]
222** Creator/HughJackman as ComicBook/{{Wolverine}} in the ''Film/XMenFilmSeries''. ~ @/TripleJ
223* AdaptationalAngstUpgrade
224** Franchise/{{Superman}} in the Franchise/DCExtendedUniverse. ~ @/DoctorRayman
225* AdaptationalBadass
226** [[Manga/DragonBall Freeza]]. In the anime, after Goku allows him to power up to 100%, he begins to put up much more of an even fight, and becomes one more example of "good guys allowing the bad guys to power up and gain an advantage" that the series gets lampooned for. In the manga, Goku let's Freeza achieve full power because even then, he ''still'' [[CurbStompBattle wasn't nearly a challenge for Super Saiyan Goku]]. ~ @/{{King of the Mime Swing}}
227** The [[RatedMForManly ridiculously macho]] version of ComicStrip/{{Garfield}} portrayed by Creator/{{Shakespeare Hemmingway}}. ~ @/ArgoTheBlank
228** [[Literature/{{Shimoneta}} White Peak]] goes from getting dropped by a single kick in the manga version, to a full-on fight scene where he takes on Ayame, Tanukichi, ''[[TheJuggernaut and Anna]]'' all at once [[OneManArmy on his own.]] ~ @/MiinU
229** [[Franchise/DCAnimatedUniverse A.M.A.Z.O.]], who goes from being limited to PowerCopying to someone capable of adapting and evolving until he becomes a straight-up RealityWarper. ~ Mattman_the_Storyteller
230* AdaptationalComicRelief:
231** Flintheart Glomgold in ''WesternAnimation/DuckTales2017''. While his role as EvilCounterpart to Scrooge [=McDuck=] is played serious in both the ''ComicBook/DisneyDucksComicUniverse'' and ''WesternAnimation/DuckTales1987'', here it is parodied and Flintheart is a hilarious BigBadWannabe which makes him more interesting in my eyes. ~ @/TripleJ
232* AdaptationalDumbass
233** [[Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog Knuckles]] in ''WesternAnimation/SonicBoom''. ~ @/DoctorRayman
234** [[WesternAnimation/TheLooneyTunesShow Cecil Turtle]], who in the orginal ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes'' shorts, was perhaps the only character to never truly lose against Bugs Bunny[[note]]He manages to outwit him twice, and while Bugs did beat him in a race during his third appearance, it ends up being a PyrrhicVictory and Cecil still gets the last laugh.[[/note]]. Here, Cecil falls for Bugs' disguises and tricks just like every other character who antagonized Bugs first, with Bugs beating him. ~ Mattman_the_Storyteller
235** [[ComicBook/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy Drax the Destroyer]] in the ''Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse''. A rare instance where it made the character more quirky and endearing to the audience (as he became LiteralMinded). ~ Fireside
236* AdaptationalHeroism
237** Some of the characters in ''Fanfic/RWBYDestinyOfRemnant'', including Raven Branwen, Neo Politan, Cardin Winchester, [[spoiler:Winter Schnee, and James Ironwood]]. ~ Mattman_the_Storyteller
238** ''Anime/Dororo2019'' makes Tahomaru so more heroic that he's a completely different character from his [[Manga/{{Dororo}} manga counterpart]]. - @/IukaSylvie
239* AdaptationalNonsapience:
240** Snarf in ''WesternAnimation/Thundercats2011'', turned from an annoying, whiny, troublemaking [[TheScrappy scrappy]] into a tolerable pet -- easily the ''best'', wisest use of this trope '''''EVER!''''' ~ [=Julia1984=]
241*** Seconded ~ Mattman_the_Storyteller
242* AdaptationalModesty
243** [[Film/SinCity Nancy Callahan]]. This is what happens when you cast Creator/JessicaAlba as a stripper ~ [=WilliamShakesman=]
244** ''Fanfic/TheNightUnfurls'' does this big time to ''[[{{Hentai}} Kuroinu]]'' out of all things, ditching the NSFW elements and de-emphasizing physical attractiveness to make the world more believable as a result. ~ @/ElRise
245* AdaptationalSympathy:
246** ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries'' gave classic ComicBook/{{Batman}} villain Mr. Freeze a tragic backstory which proved popular enough to be carried over to the mainstream comic books. ~ @/TripleJ
247** ''Film/ResidentEvilApocalypse'' depicts Nemesis as a TragicMonster, a far cry to the source material ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil3Nemesis'' depicting Nemesis as a completely unsympathetic brute. ~ [=NotGonnaDoALot4=]
248* AdaptationalVillainy
249** [[Franchise/{{Pokemon}} Oh, my god,]] [[spoiler: Darkrai (Explorers)]]. Good lord ~ ShiningCrimsonZero
250** Who would have thought the GreaterScopeVillain and BigBad of the first season of ''VideoGame/BatmanTheTelltaleSeries'' would be [[spoiler:Thomas Wayne and Vicki Vale respectively]]? ~ Mattman_the_Storyteller
251** Hades in Disney's ''WesternAnimation/{{Hercules}}''. He's the TropeCodifier for EverybodyHatesHades for a reason - as he's a hilarious and convincing villain in contrast to the more neutral god of Myth/ClassicalMythology. ~ @/TripleJ
252* AdaptationalWimp
253** Black Mask in the ''VideoGame/BatmanArkhamSeries''. ~ Five-seveN-25
254** The Film/XMenFilmSeries version of ComicBook/{{Rogue}} ~ [=WilliamShakesman=]
255** [[Characters/MarvelComicsCyclops Cyclops]], hands down. Criminally underrated and repeatedly downplayed in ''every single'' live-action film adaptation of the aforementioned ''X-Men''. ~@/MiinU
256** ''VideoGame/SilverSurfer1990'' turns the titular extremely powerful superhero into a wimp who dies in one hit to grazing a wall or a rubber duck. ~ Tropers/DecafGrub47393
257* AdaptationInducedPlotHole
258** The English dub of ''VideoGame/SonicAdventure2''. Shadow forgets what Chaos Control is, and he used it several times by that point! ~ Five-seveN-25
259** Slugworth, or rather Mr. Wilkerson's characterization in ''WesternAnimation/TomAndJerryWillyWonkaAndTheChocolateFactory''. He acts more like a villainous character here and his justification for acting like that towards Tom, Jerry, and Tuffy only come off as a VoodooShark instead. ~ Mattman_the_Storyteller
260* AdaptedOut:
261** [[Literature/LesMiserables Azelma Thénardier]] ~ @/{{Caiaphasthesympathist}}
262** [[Literature/{{Dracula}} Quincey Morris]] ~ [=WilliamShakesman=]
263** [[Literature/TheLordOfTheRings Tom Bombadil]] ~ Wavebert
264* AdaptiveAbility
265** [[Franchise/StarTrek The Borg]] ~@/{{Freiberg}}
266** [[Website/SCPFoundation SCP-682]] ~ Tongpu
267** [[Series/DoctorWho The Daleks]] ~ @/ManWithoutABody
268** [[RealLife There is a species, which lives on every corner of the globe, and has even lived in space. It's called the Homo Sapiens.]] ~ @/GeekCodeRed
269** We can't talk about Adaptive Ability without mentioning the [[Manga/JojosBizarreAdventureBattleTendency The Ultimate Lifeform!]] ~ @/DefRevenge24601
270* AdBreakDoubleTake
271** [[WesternAnimation/AdventuresOfSonicTheHedgehog Did I say that already?]] ~ Five-seveN-25
272* AddedAlliterativeAppeal
273** ''Film/VForVendetta'': V's introduction to Evey, shown [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uW6HbZXI9Y0 here,]] starting at roughly the 0:30 mark. ~@/{{Seiryu}}
274** [[VideoGame/PokemonBlack2AndWhite2 Dim-witted... dense... dumb... daft... dippy... dorky... doltish DOOFUS!!!]] ~ Five-seveN-25
275** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zlynqOgBAUw Alphabet Aerobics]] by Blackalicious ~ Wavebert
276* AddressingThePlayer
277** [[YouCannotGraspTheTrueForm The final boss]] of ''VideoGame/EarthBound1994''. ~ @/{{todbot1}}
278* AdolfHitlarious
279** ''Film/TheGreatDictator'' ~ [=WilliamShakesman=]
280** ''WebVideo/HitlerRants'' ~ Fireside
281** ''WebVideo/EpicRapBattlesOfHistory'' ~ @/LadyBlackwood
282* AdorableAbomination
283** [[Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica Kyubey]] - Tropers/DemonDuckofDoom
284* AdorableEvilMinions
285** ''Franchise/DespicableMe'' - @/{{Spinosegnosaurus77}}
286*** Seconded. Too bad they [[CashCowFranchise took over the franchise]]. @/Dragon_Feathers
287** ''VideoGame/RavingRabbids''. ~ Five-seveN-25
288** [[WesternAnimation/HazbinHotel The Egg Bois]] - Tropers/DemonDuckofDoom
289* AdultsAreUseless
290** ''WesternAnimation/{{Rugrats}}'' - @/EnigmaDragonWarrior
291** ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark''. ~ @/DoctorRayman
292** ''Literature/ASeriesOfUnfortunateEvents'', especially a certain banker named Mr. Poe. ~ Mattman_the_Storyteller.
293* AdultHater:
294** [[VideoGame/DanganronpaAnotherEpisodeUltraDespairGirls The Warriors of Hope]]. They are preteens whose goal is to ''kill'' all adults, whom they call "demons." ~ Tropers/SereneSpecter13
295* AdvertisedExtra
296** [[VideoGame/MortalKombat11 Dark Raiden]]. ~ Five-seveN-25
297** [[WesternAnimation/{{Moana}} Pua the Pig]]. It's rather disappointing that such a [[TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodCharacter promising animal got a very small role in the film]]. ~ Mattman_the_Storyteller
298** [[WesternAnimation/Elemental2023 Clod]]. 2 minutes of screentime and superfluous to the plot. Nevertheless had a massive chunk of the advertising campaign dedicated to him. ~ [=NotGonnaDoALot4=]
299* AerithAndBob
300** ''VideoGame/TalesOfSymphonia'' ~ @/{{Dinru}}
301** The ENTIRE ''VideoGame/FireEmblem'' series, hands down. ~ @/{{Mistermister}}
302** ''Manga/OnePiece'', names like Luffy, Zoro, Smoker and Teach go with Johnny, Franky, Brook and Ace ~ @/MetalShadowX
303** ''Franchise/StarWars'': Qui-Gon Jinn and...Luke. - wanbli
304** ''Franchise/FinalFantasy''- particularly the TropeNamer itself, ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII''. ~ @/InsanityPrelude
305** ''Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog'': On one side, you have names like Sonic, Knuckles, Shadow, Espio, etc. On the other side, you have names like Miles ([[OnlyKnownByTheirNickname AKA Tails]]) or Amy. ~ @/DoctorRayman
306** ''VideoGame/GoldenSun''. In a world with people named Saturos, Menardi, Karst, and Agatio, there's only one man who's the GreaterScopeVillain from every game so far: [[spoiler:Alex]]. ~ Five-seveN-25
307** ''Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire'' where the closest thing to main characters are named Jon and Daenerys.
308* AesopAmnesia
309** [[WesternAnimation/GravityFalls Mabel Pines]]. ~ Loekman3
310** [[WesternAnimation/TuffPuppy Dudley using the time travel watch at the end of "Watch Dog", despite promising not to use time travel for his benefit anymore]], if only because it's PlayedForLaughs [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3-JWN8blty4 when he finds himself wearing pants with no idea how to get them off]]. ~ Mattman_the_Storyteller
311* AffablyEvil
312** [[Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer Mayor Richard Wilkins III]] ~ @/{{Haven}}, @/{{Seiryu}}
313** [[Literature/CatchTwentyTwo Milo Minderbinder]] ~ @/{{lukebn}}
314** [[Film/TheGodfather Vito Corelone]] ~ @/ManWithoutABody, @/{{Julep}}
315** [[Recap/TheSimpsonsS8E2YouOnlyMoveTwice Hank Scorpio]] ~ insert_name_here92, @/{{Redhed311}}, @/DoctorRayman, @/StewieGriffin34
316** [[Webcomic/EightBitTheater Garland]]. ~ Arutoa
317** [[WesternAnimation/AnAmericanTail Cat R. Waul]] ~ @/{{Surenity}}
318** [[Franchise/{{Patlabor}} Richard Wong]] is so mild-mannered and [[LaughablyEvil comical]] that the series actually ''[[IntendedAudienceReaction tries to]] [[ScaryShinyGlasses remind]]'' the viewer that he's the bad guy. Except it makes him look more like [[ItAmusedMe a troll]] instead. ~ @/MiinU
319** [[Manga/{{Bleach}} Ichimaru Gin]] ~ ncfan
320** [[WesternAnimation/XiaolinShowdown Jack Spicer]] - @/{{Zfish9}}
321** [[Film/InglouriousBasterds Colonel Hans Landa]]. The man made you like him, and his nickname was "The Jew Hunter." ~ SG_Man_Forever
322** [[{{Determinator}} Eric "Suck]] [[DisproportionateRetribution my]] [[AmbiguouslyGay balls!]]" [[ComedicSociopath Cartman.]] [[WesternAnimation/SouthPark Full Stop.]] ~ [=UninjuredFist=]
323** [[WebVideo/DoctorHorriblesSingALongBlog Dr. Horrible]] ~ @/LostLenore
324** [[{{Series/Deadwood}} Al Swearengen]] -- @/{{Cuchulainn}}
325** [[VideoGame/CommandAndConquerTiberianSeries Kane]] ~ spacemonkey37
326*** Seconded; The guy is a DarkMessiah who rarely loses his cool, has his own ''religion'' with him as the figurehead, he's a master of [[ThePlan ever sort of plan]] and all the while he maintains a demeanor that could almost be taken for serene. Just don't betray him. No, seriously '''''[[BerserkButton don't]]'''''! ~ @/TheHarbo
327** [[Manga/DGrayMan Tyki Mikk]] ~ chibihana
328*** Seconded! Tyki is so likeable, human and sympathetic as a person. He just so happens to work for the devil and to pull out hearts from living human chests from time to time. ~ Tropers/Skylentt
329** [[WebComic/TheOrderOfTheStick General Tarquin]]. So much so that even after ''skydiving'' past the MoralEventHorizon, there are people who are ''stil'' convinced that he's [[DracoInLeatherPants a good person.]]
330*** The original nomination isn't signed, but I'll second Tarquin. @/{{Yuihime}}
331** [[WesternAnimation/TheVentureBros Red Death]] ~ Tropers/MattP5557
332** [[VideoGame/GhostTrick Dandy]]. Guy is a gentleman to a girl he kidnapped, providing her with funbook and orange juice. - [=NNinja=]
333** [[VideoGame/{{Portal}} GLaDOS]].
334** [[Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog Dr. Robotnik/Eggman]]. ~ Five-seveN-25
335** Sympathetic motivation? Check. BenevolentBoss to his men? Check. Family man? Check. Respectful to the hero and sincerely giving him a chance to walk out peacefully, as well as refusing to sell out his identity upon his incarceration? Check. Pragmatic enough to avoid needless cruelty? Check. [[Film/SpiderManHomecoming Adrian Toomes, aka the Vulture]] fits this trope quite nicely. ~ Mattman_the_Storyteller
336** [[WesternAnimation/HazbinHotel Alastor]] - Tropers/DemonDuckofDoom
337* AffectionateParody
338** ''Theatre/AVeryPotterMusical'' ~ @/StardustRain, @/LostLenore
339** ''Film/TheLostSkeletonOfCadavra'' ~ @/ManWithoutABody
340** ''Film/YoungFrankenstein'' ~ @/{{Geoduck}}
341** "What is a man? *glass shatters* A miserable little pile of [[strike:secrets!]] '''''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vrze-nKw9zQ BULL SHIT!]]''''' THAT'S WHAT IT IS, YA FUCKIN' ASS! ENOUGH TALK, HAVE AT YOU!" ~ Ray Ayanami
342*** "Argh! This cannot be! AHHHHHHHHH! Fuckin' ass..." ~ [=RainRequiem=]
343** ''Film/TheMuppetsTakeManhattan'' ~ [=PollyQ=]
344** ''Film/GalaxyQuest'' ~ @/JonnyB, @/WillDraco, and @/{{Telcontar}}
345** ''The Last Days of foxhound''
346** [[WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender The Ember Island Players]]. ~ @/ProgenyExMachina
347** ''Literature/NorthangerAbbey'' ~ @/{{Lale}}
348** ''Film/AnAmericanWerewolfInLondon''; actually manages to be scarier than some of the movies it's spoofing! -- @/{{Cuchulainn}}
349** ''Film/HighAnxiety'' ~ [=MarvelGirl=]
350** ''VideoGame/FreedomForce'' - [=Hyperion5=]
351** ''Series/SesameStreet'' is '''not afraid''' of parodying adult entertainment but one would think ''Series/GameOfThrones'' would be too graphic, too dark, for them to make fun of for the young and their parents watching with them. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dhWUFXvaZjo One would be very wrong.]] [=tsstevens=]
352** If I have to choose one single movie from Creator/MelBrooks (of which most of them would qualify for this trope), I will have to go with ''Film/{{Spaceballs}}''. ~ @/DoctorRayman
353** ''Literature/{{Shimoneta}}'': According to the novels, SOX is a deliberate parody of [[Literature/HaruhiSuzumiya the SOS Brigade.]] ~ @/MiinU
354** ''[[Series/TheComicStripPresents Five Go Mad in Dorset]]''. So good, Creator/EnidBlyton's estate loved it. ~ [=WilliamShakesman=]
355* AffirmativeActionLegacy
356** Jaime Reyes as the ComicBook/BlueBeetle ~ sinesofinsanity
357** ComicBook/MilesMorales as ComicBook/UltimateSpiderMan. ~ @/DoctorRayman
358** John Stewart as ComicBook/GreenLantern ~ Fireside
359** [[ComicBook/MsMarvel2014 Kamala Khan]] as ComicBook/MsMarvel ~ @/LadyBlackwood
360* AfterTheEnd
361** ''VideoGame/ShinMegamiTenseiIIINocturne'' ~ [=Inga Rasen=]
362** The late Permian / early Triassic periods. -- @/{{Cuchulainn}}
363** ''Film/MadMax1'''s sequels. ~ @/RLNice
364** ''VideoGame/HorizonZeroDawn'' ~ @/{{cosmatonspoon}}
365* AgeAppropriateAngst
366** Anything written by Creator/BeverlyCleary ~@/{{Redhed311}}
367** Or Creator/JudyBlume ~@/{{Cailleach}}
368* AgeGapRomance
369** [[WesternAnimation/GravityFalls The Bill Cipher/Dipper Pines and Bill Cipher/Mabel Pines ships]]. For context, Bill is a [[TimeAbyss trillion year old dream demon]], and the Pines twins are 12. ~ Tropers/DecafGrub47393
370* AgentPeacock
371** [[Manga/OnePiece Emporio Ivankov]]...''[[CatchPhrase Or not~!]]'' ~ @/GenkiMan
372** ''WebVideo/DragonBallZAbridged'' ~ @/{{Lunacorva}}
373** [[Series/{{Banshee}} Job]] is a crossdresser who runs a hair salon and carries incredibly flamboyant CampGay mannerisms. He's also a super-genius hacker capable of giving someone an entirely new identity down to the birth certificate in less than a week, and on top of that, is ''also'' an absolute beast in any kind of combat. ~ @/WickedIcon
374** [[Series/DepartmentS Jason]] [[Series/JasonKing King]] - Genius In The Lamp
375* AgonizingStomachWound
376** [[Film/ReservoirDogs Mr. Orange]] ~ [=Amuck Cricetine=]
377* TheAhnold
378** [[WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons Ranier Wolfcastle]] ~ [=WilliamShakesman=]
379* AIIsACrapshoot
380** [=GLaDOS=] from ''VideoGame/{{Portal}}'' ~ @/{{Chihuahua0}}, @/{{Julep}}, @/{{Zfish9}}
381*** From [[VideoGame/{{Portal2}}the sequel]], [[spoiler: Wheatley, after his FaceHeelTurn. But for a [[TheDitz different]] [[TooDumbTooLive reason.]]]] ~ Five-seveN-25
382** [[VideoGame/SystemShock SHODAN]] ~ @/{{Nyarly}}
383*** Seconded so much ~ @/{{Babyhenchy1}}
384** [[WesternAnimation/CodeLyoko X.A.N.A.]] ~ @/{{ShiningCrimsonZero}}
385*** Seconded. Probably one of the scariest examples of this trope. ~ Mattman_the_Storyteller
386** [[Film/TwoThousandOneASpaceOdyssey HAL 9000]] ~ @/Kelly, [=ZuulMF=]
387** [[Literature/IHaveNoMouthAndIMustScream AM]] ~ @/{{Gumbal1}}
388** [[WesternAnimation/{{Nine}} The B.R.A.I.N]]. Caused the apocalypse of all living things. Then sucked the souls out of 5 of the 9 "living" things left. - Hihi97
389** [[VideoGame/TheTaleOfAlltynex ALLTYNEX]] ~ matteste
390** [[Film/DarkStar Bomb #20]]. "[[AGodAmI Let there be light!]]" -- @/{{Cuchulainn}}
391** [[Franchise/{{Terminator}} Skynet]] ~ spacemonkey37, @/EvaUnit01
392** [[VideoGame/CommandAndConquer CABAL]] ~ @/SorataZ
393** '''''Freaking [[Literature/IHaveNoMouthAndIMustScream AM]]''''' '''No''' other AI comes ''close'' to [=AM=]'s sheer depths of [[AndIMustScream sadism]] and [[AxCrazy Insanity]]. For the love of God, It's the fucking TropeNamer for AndIMustScream!! ~ @/{{Lunacorva}}
394** [[Recap/DoctorWho50thASTheDayOfTheDoctor The Moment]], a superweapon capable of destroying anything from a person to multiple galaxies. It has never been used out of fear since it is known to have developed a conscience, capable of judging anyone using it. When it is finally used in the time war [[spoiler: it presents the user with an [[TakeAThirdOption alternative]] that solves all their problems without killing.]]
395** [[Literature/EmpireFromTheAshes Achuultani Central Computer]]. Enslaves it's own race for 70 million years killing every girl ever and everyone who could, even theoretically, question his rule, and wipes out countless inteligent species just to stay in power. You don't get any crapshottier than that. - [=NNinja=]
396** [[Film/{{Prometheus}} David]] [[Film/AlienCovenant 8]]. - Infection
397** {{VideoGame/Marathon}}. The whole plot is built around this trope.
398* AintTooProudToBeg
399** ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration'' gives us Picard, in the episode "[[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS2E16QWho Q Who]]", in which Q has thrown the ship to the Borg and the crew is close to being massacred:
400-->"You wanted to frighten us. We're frightened. You wanted to show us we were inadequate. For the moment, I grant that. You wanted me to say I need you. I NEED YOU!"
401*** Seconded, that scene was ''[[Awesome/StarTrekTheNextGeneration Awesome]]'' ~ @/{{Lunacorva}}
402** [[Film/AClockworkOrange Alex DeLarge]] "'''STOP IT! STOP IT, PLEASE, I BEG YOU!'''" ~ Five-seveN-25
403* AirborneAircraftCarrier
404** [[Anime/{{Simoun}} The ''Arcus Prima'']]. ~ @/SusanDavis
405** [[Franchise/MarvelUniverse The S.H.I.E.L.D. Helicarrier]]. ~ @/{{Webrunner}}, @/DoctorRayman
406*** Seconded, especially the one in [[Film/TheAvengers2012 The movie]]. ~ @/{{Lunacorva}}
407** [[Series/CaptainScarletAndTheMysterons Cloud Base]]. ~ @/RegShoe
408** [[VideoGame/AceCombat6FiresOfLiberation Estovakia's Aigaion]]. ~ @/{{Wexman}}
409* AirHugging
410** Boatswain Matthews almost-hugs Lieutenant Series/{{Hornblower}} who is his superior. Remembering his rank, he just touches his arms, shakes his hands and laughs. Air Hugs are usually used to express awkwardness or feeling uncomfortable showing affection, but this feels lovely, warm ''and'' manly. ~ @/XFllo
411* AirstrikeImpossible
412** The final battle in ''Film/TopGunMaverick''. It's essentially the climactic attack on the Death Star from ''Film/ANewHope'', only set on earth. ~ DongDongNeverDie
413* AlasPoorVillain
414** [[spoiler: Amon/Noatak and Tarrlok]] in ''WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfKorra''. ~ [=StormC=]
415*** Seconded. [[TearJerker *sniff*]] ~ @/Dragon_Feathers
416** [[spoiler:[[Literature/LesMiserables Inspector Javert.]]]] ~ ading.
417** [[VideoGame/MetalGearSolid Psycho Mantis]] - [=Hyperion5=]
418** Hina from ''[[VideoGame/DonPachi DoDonPachi SaiDaiOuJou]]''. ~ bisonx
419** [[Film/BladeRunner Roy Batty]] ~ The Wanderer
420** [[spoiler: Jasper, and by extension, all Corrupted Gems under the Diamonds,]] from ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse.'' ~ Crossover-Enthusiast
421** [[Franchise/{{Bleach}} Ulquiorra Cifer]] ~ Mattman_the_Storyteller
422** [[spoiler: [[VideoGame/XenobladeChronicles3 Shania's]]]] easy to hate and look down on, 'til you find out what caused her to become so angry, bitter, and twisted. ~ @/MiinU
423* AlasPoorScrappy
424** [[spoiler:Laurel Lance]] in ''Series/{{Arrow}}''. Suddenly the fandom is acting like the character was a fan favorite and not someone they found annoying. ~ Silverblade2
425*** Seconded. ~@/{{Spottedleaf}}
426** [[Series/DoctorWho Adric]]. ~ [=WilliamShakesman=]
427** [[spoiler: Skids and Mudflap]] in the Comic Book and Novel adaptations of ''Film/TransformersDarkOfTheMoon'', but mostly the latter. To roughly quote the novel, their final thoughts were those of "[[spoiler:finding out Archangel Michael was on Satan's payroll]]", and the fact that [[spoiler: said figure callously described their deaths as those of "warriors" despite how it was practically a surprise attack and CurbStompBattle on his end]] only serves to reinforce how messed up the situation has become, and adds a layer of poignant sympathy to their demises despite how hated they were. ~ Fireside
428* TheAlcatraz
429** [[Manga/OnePiece Impel Down]] ~ Mattman_the_Storyteller
430* TheAlcoholic
431** [[WesternAnimation/RickAndMorty Rick Sanchez]] ~ @/SWFMax
432* AlertnessBlink
433** '''[[VideoGame/MetalGearSolid !]]'''
434*** Admit it, that sound just played in your head -@/RedLunchbox
435* AlienGeometries
436** Creator/HPLovecraft ~ @/{{Geoduck}}, @/ManWithoutABody, [=ZiggyZag=], [=TheWildwest666=]
437** The paintings of Creator/MCEscher ~ @/{{Eriksson}}, [=Me2=]
438** Or those of Creator/HRGiger ~ [=LogicalDash=]
439** [[VideoGame/EarthBound1994 Giygas Giygas Giygas Giygas Giygas...]] ~ Sparky Lurkdragon, @/AngryScientist
440** [[Recap/DoctorWhoS19E1Castrovalva Castrovalva]] ~ @/VoodooChild
441** The house in ''Film/TheHaunting1963''. Very subtle; not a single right-angle in the place. -- @/{{Cuchulainn}}
442** [[Literature/HouseOfLeaves Starts with 5/16 of an inch, and gets worse from there.]] ~ Eruanne
443** [[Anime/RebuildOfEvangelion The Rebuild version of Ramiel]] ~mrbits
444** [[Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion Leliel in the original]], even moreso. [[spoiler: That shadow on the ground is it's real body. The monochromatic sphere hovering in the sky? THAT is its shadow. Oh, and somehow, the two appear to be physically connected, i.e. entering one and coming out the other... and the shadow appears to have ''infinite space within it'', i.e. a pocket dimension.]] @/EvaUnit01
445* AliensAreBastards:
446** ComicBook/{{Brainiac}}. ~ @/TheUnknownUploader
447** [[VideoGame/MarioAndLuigiPartnersInTime The Shroobs]] ~ Mattman_the_Storyteller
448* TheAllegedCar
449** The Trabant. 0 to 60 in like two minutes, and its 0.5-liter two stroke barely reaches the 10 hp with as much fuel as needed nowadays to reach the 150 hp! Reality is better than fiction here! ~[[@/DaNuke Da_Nuke]]
450** [[Series/{{Chuck}} The DeMorgan]] ~ @/JapaneseTeeth
451** [[Film/TheFinalSacrifice Roswdowermobile, away!]] ~ @/ManWithoutABody
452** [[Radio/TheJackBennyProgram Jack Benny's Car]] ~ @/{{nekouken}}
453*** You took the words right out of my mouth. They started out with a shopping cart, you know. ~ [=ZiggyZag=]
454** [[Series/MarriedWithChildren Al Bundy's Dodge]]. [[RunningGag "No brakes!" *CRASH* "Daddy's home!"]] -- @/{{Cuchulainn}}
455** [[Literature/GoodOmens Dick Turpin]] - "Because it holds up traffic wherever it goes." ~ @/{{ledge}}, Eruanne
456** [[WebAnimation/HomestarRunner "Keys? I don't have any keys. Look, the only thing I know about this car is what Bubs told me. And that's that the windows and doors are broken and you can't open them from the inside."]] ~ @/{{Jakovu}}
457** [[Literature/TheDresdenFiles "The Blue Beetle is doing its Phoenix impression."]] ~ @/JamesPicard
458** [[http://bash.org/?921435 "he called the customer who was told to go home and burn the car"]] ~ thecnoNSMB
459* AllJustADream
460** ''Series/{{Newhart}}'' ~ @/LordTNK, [=ZiggyZag=]
461** The S2 Finale of ''Series/{{House}}'' ~ VAD
462*** The S5 finale of ''Series/{{House}}'' ~ @/{{Indigo12ash}}
463** ''Series/DoctorWho'': [[Recap/DoctorWhoS31E7AmysChoice "Amy's Choice"]]. [[spoiler:*Both* the worlds.]] ~ Eruanne
464*** Seconded. ~ redgyarados
465*** "[[Recap/DoctorWho2014CSLastChristmas Last Christmas]]" - DefyingGallifrey7
466** ''Film/TheCabinetOfDrCaligari'' ~ @/TrouserWearingBarbarian, @/ManWithoutABody
467** The ''Series/{{Angel}}'' episode "[[Recap/AngelS04E10Awakening Awakening]]" ~ @/{{Micah}}
468** ''Literature/AliceInWonderland'' ~ @/CTrombley, [=Me2=], @/EvaUnit01
469** [[http://rosalarian.com/yume Yu+Me Dream]], the {{Webcomic}} (Sorry, I am ''not'' gonna link this one) Seriously, raise your hand if you could see it coming. And if you knew before you got to that part of the story, it doesn't count. ~ @/{{Dinru}}
470** ''Series/StElsewhere'', notable because of the theory it makes ''everything else'' just a dream too.
471** ''Film/{{Eraserhead}}''. ~ @/KingClark
472** The dream season in ''Series/{{Dallas}}'' ~ Kaelindra
473** ''Film/TheWizardOfOz'' - [=TheMadLurker=]
474** ''Film/MulhollandDrive''. You're not even sure ''which part is the dream''! -- @/{{Cuchulainn}}
475** ''VisualNovel/{{Clannad}}''. All the gripping sadness you can get in it, '''and''' you still get your happy ending. ~ @/{{Zfish9}}
476** ''{{Film/Inception}}''... or is it? ~ urielzet
477** ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries'': The episode titled ''[[Recap/BatmanTheAnimatedSeriesE30PerchanceToDream Perchance to Dream]]''. ~ @/DoctorRayman
478** [[VideoGame/SpongeBobSquarepantsCreatureFromTheKrustyKrab SpongeBob SquarePants: Creature from the Krusty Krab]] ~ Five-seveN-25
479** ''Asgard's Wrath'', for being the most infuriating use of it that ruins an otherwise phenomenal game. Creator/{{JoshScorcher}} called it the worst ending to any game ever, ''even worse'' than ''VideoGame/MassEffect3''.
480* AllLoveIsUnrequited
481** ''ComicStrip/{{Peanuts}}''! ~ @/{{Lale}}
482** ''Series/{{Primeval}}''. ~ [=Me2=]
483* AllLovingHero:
484** From Creator/DCComics, either Franchise/{{Superman}} or Franchise/WonderWoman ~ [=CumbersomeTurcel=]
485** [[Film/LoveActually "All I want for Christmas is... YOU! ...and you! and you, and you...."]] -Max1099
486** No love for [[Series/KamenRiderFourze Gentaro Kisaragi?]] When asked if he had anyone he liked, he goes: "Everyone's I've befriended, everyone who I'm friends with now and everyone I'm going to befriend!" -Azada
487** [[WesternAnimation/HazbinHotel Charlie Morningstar]] - Tropers/DemonDuckofDoom
488* AllMythsAreTrue:
489** ''Literature/AmericanGods'' ~ @/{{Caiaphasthesympathist}}
490** ''Literature/TheDresdenFiles'' ~ digiman619
491** ''[[Creator/RickRiordan Rick Riordan's]]'' SharedUniverse between ''Literature/TheCampHalfBloodSeries'', ''Literature/TheKaneChronicles'', and ''Literature/MagnusChaseAndTheGodsOfAsgard'' ~ Mattman_the_Storyteller
492** ComicBooks in general ~ @/Matt P 5557
493** ''WesternAnimation/{{Gargoyles}}'' ~ @/LadyBlackwood
494* AllOfTheOtherReindeer:
495** [[VideoGame/PhantomBrave Marona]]. How everyone treats her like trash is taken into [[TearJerker Tear Jerking]] levels. - [=DarkPaladinX=]
496** [[Anime/KotouraSan Haruka Kotoura.]] ~ @/{{Monolaf317}}
497** [[Manga/{{Naruto}} Naruto Uzumaki]]. ~ @/DoctorRayman
498* AllOfThem
499** [[Film/TheProfessional Stansfield wants you to bring him]] '''''EVE-RY-ONNNEE!!!''''' ~ This1person
500** '''[[VideoGame/SuperSmashBrosUltimate EVERYONE IS HERE!]]''' ~ Five-seveN-25
501* AllPeriodsArePMS:
502** The main female trio from ''WesternAnimation/{{Sixteen}}'s'' "Enter The Dragon". ~ @/{{Monolaf317}}
503* AllThereInTheManual
504** ''Film/TwoThousandOneASpaceOdyssey'': the movie and [[Creator/ArthurCClarke Clarke's]] companion novel.
505** Or how about ''Literature/TheLordOfTheRings''? The six Appendices at the end are only the start of a ''Literature/{{Lensman}}''-like cascade of [[TheManBehindTheMan Manuals Behind The Manual]], thanks to Christopher Tolkien's gradual editing and releasing of his father's manuscripts. ~ @/ScudEast, @/ManWithoutABody
506** Activision's games for the Atari 2600 ~ [=ZiggyZag=]
507** ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII'' is a strange example. Most of the (incredibly complicated) backstory was either ''really'' ambiguous or left out entirely, and none of the omissions were explained properly until a decade after the original game was released. So, for anyone who hadn't played the original game in 1997 got to experience the FFVII universe in the correct order, making them wonder why anyone would ever have been confused by the game when they finally get around to playing it only ''after'' working their way through the rest of the compilation. All explained in the manual(s)...''eventually''. ~ @/Kelly, @/EvaUnit01
508** ''Film/TheMatrixReloaded'' required you to watch ''Anime/TheAnimatrix'' and play ''VideoGame/EnterTheMatrix'' in order to fully understand the story ~ [=Amuck Cricetine=]
509* AllWomenAreLustful
510** The female characters from ''WebAnimation/TheMostPopularGirlsInSchool''. ~ @/{{Monolaf317}}
511** [[Literature/{{Shimoneta}} Anna Nishikinomiya]], who's so horny she bakes [[spoiler: her vaginal fluid]] into her cookies. There's [[UnusualEuphemism "LOVE"]] in every bite. Literally. ~ MiinU
512** [[Literature/ArifuretaFromCommonplaceToWorldsStrongest All of the women in Hajime Nagumo's party.]] ~ Mattman_the_Storyteller
513** [[Anime/PantyAndStockingWithGarterbelt Panty and Stocking]] ~ @/ReynTime250
514* AllYourPowersCombined
515** ''WesternAnimation/CaptainPlanetAndThePlaneteers'' ~ @/{{Carla}}, @/EvaUnit01
516** [[Anime/TweenyWitches Dark magic]] -- @/IukaSylvie
517* AllYourColorsCombined
518** UNLIMITED COLORS! LASER! DRILL! SPIKE! ROCKET! CUBE! HOVER! FRENZY! [[VideoGame/SonicColors FINAL COLOR BLASTER!]] ~ @/WaxingName, @/DoctorRayman
519** ''TabletopGame/MagicTheGathering''. That is all. ~ digiman619
520* AloofBigBrother
521** [[Anime/YuGiOh Seto Kaiba]] ~ @/{{Lale}}
522** [[Manga/{{Spiral}} Kiyotaka Narumi]] ~ravenfez
523** [[Manga/{{Bleach}} Byakuya Kuchiki]] ~ pika09, @/EvaUnit01
524** [[Manga/{{Naruto}} Itachi Uchiha]] ~ [=DAN004=], @/DoctorRayman
525* AloofDarkHairedGirl
526** [[Anime/MobileSuitGundam00 Marina Ismail]]. At least in terms of appearance. ~ @/{{Nirao 01}}
527** [[Manga/{{ARIA}} Akira E Ferari]]. She's the poster lady, for chrissake. ~[=DRoy=]
528** Creator/MaggieGyllenhaal -- @/{{Cuchulainn}}
529** [[Literature/InfiniteStratos Chifuyu Orimura]]. ~[=AtmosBlitzer=]
530** [[Anime/KillLaKill Satsuki Kiryuin]]. - Tropers/IukaSylvie
531** [[Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica Homura Akemi]] ~ Mattman_the_Storytller
532** [[Webcomic/EerieCuties Layla Delacroix]], the snarky LovableAlphaBitch of Charybdis Heights. ~ @/MiinU
533* AlphaBitch
534** [[WesternAnimation/KimPossible Bonnie Rockwaller]] ~@/{{Mack}}
535** Uh, [[Series/SabrinaTheTeenageWitch LIBBY CHESSLER]]. ~ @/{{Carla}}
536** [[Manga/ShadowStar Aki Honda]] ~ Two Gun Angel
537*** '''Seconded.''' No other AlphaBitch has made me [[{{Squick}} sick to my stomach.]]
538** [[Film/{{Heathers}} Heather Chandler]] ~redhed311
539** [[Film/MeanGirls Regina George.]] ~ @/{{Monolaf317}}
540** [[WesternAnimation/TotallySpies Mandy]]. ~ @/DoctorRayman
541** [[Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer Cordelia Chase]] ~ [=WilliamShakesman=]
542* AlreadyDoneForYou
543** ''VideoGame/GuardiansCrusade'', in addition to making frequent and heavy usage of this trope, has one specific example which is incredibly played with. HeroicMime [[MeaningfulName Knight]] assigned to go collect an emerald guarded by a fierce monster from a rather greedy mayor; as he needs the emerald to pay for the ticket with which he'll set sail over the sea, he agrees to get the gem and return. After a series of sidequests during which he meets a knight, a wizard, and a witch who Knight trails behind right until they get to the boss, at which point just in front of them the traveling party defeats the monster effortlessly and takes the emerald. The party's ExpositionFairy Nehani is rightfully a bit upset, and exclaims that now they'll have to find something else to bribe the mayor with. The reason this becomes a Most Triumphant Example despite looking completely different at first is that while Knight's party's goals are only to get the gemstone and get the ticket to travel across the ocean and the knight does not have those goals [[spoiler: (he is instead trying to stop Karmine, an opponent you yourself have to defeat later on)]], his actions dovetail nicely with yours later on. In addition, if you inspect the beast after the other party has defeated it you'll be able to go into a rather weak OptionalBoss which will earn you the best shield you can get at that point in the game. The options make the trope so confusing in terms of how it's played with that it could technically be Zig Zagged, Subverted, Justified, and Discussed, plus the tons of other times the trope constantly comes into play in ''Guardian's Crusade''. ~ Gryzalb
544* AlternateCompanyEquivalent
545** ''[[VideoGame/AdvancedVariableGeo Advanced V.G's]]'' cast and main plotline are so similar to [[Franchise/TheKingOfFighters KOF's]] that you may as well call it the ''[[DistaffCounterpart Queen]] of Fighters''. ~ @/MiinU
546* AlternateTooniverse
547** The WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes' world in ''Film/SpaceJam''. ~ @/DoctorRayman
548* AlwaysChaoticEvil
549** [[Literature/GoblinSlayer The Goblins]] ~ Mattman_the_Storyteller
550** [[Literature/TolkiensLegendarium The Orcs]] ~ Connor2107
551** [[TabletopGame/Warhammer40000 Chaos]] - Tropers/DemonDuckofDoom
552* AlwaysSecondBest
553** [[Theatre/{{Amadeus}} Salieri]] ~ Silence, @/ManWithoutABody, [=ZiggyZag=], @/{{deeman45}}, @/VoodooChild
554** [[Manga/SpecialA Hikari]] ~ [=deathfire123=]
555** [[ComicBook/DisneyDucksComicUniverse Flintheart]] [[WesternAnimation/DuckTales1987 Glomgold]] ~ @/TheNerdytimes
556** [[Franchise/SuperMarioBros Luigi.]] - @/LordBlumiere
557** [[Franchise/DragonBall Vegeta]] ~ @/{{cosmatonspoon}}
558** [[VideoGame/ValkyriaChronicles4 Minerva Victor.]] HardWorkHardlyWorks is the story of her life, because she's never been able to win against Claude no matter ''[[ThePerfectionist how hard]]'' she's tried. @/MiinU
559* AlwaysSomeoneBetter
560** [[Webcomic/{{Homestuck}} Dave]] [[TheLancer Strider]], be it Bro, [[TheHero John]], future versions of him, or Davesprite. ~ @/Cloelia
561* AmateurSleuth
562** Literature/MissMarple - [=ZuulMF=]
563** Lord Peter Wimsey ~ [=MarvelGirl=]
564** [[Franchise/{{ScoobyDoo}} Scooby-Doo and his friends]]. ~ @/DoctorRayman
565* AmazonianBeauty
566** [[WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfKorra Korra]]. The GirlNextDoor, with the smooth caramel complexion, natural athleticism, ''[[UnkemptBeauty and a babe]]''. If ever there was proof that a woman can have muscle tone and still be hot, it's her. ~ @/MiinU
567** [[ComicBook/Gen13 Caitlin Fairchild]]. ~ Five-seveN-25
568** ComicBook/WonderWoman. ~ Connor2107
569** [[Manga/FireForce Maki]] ~ Mattman_the_Storyteller
570* AmbiguousGender
571** [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyIX Quina Quen]]: assuming s/he/it has a gender ~ Loquacia
572** [[Manga/SoulEater Crona]]. Even the author doesn't know what gender Crona is (and doesn't much care at this point). ~ yukiyume, @/{{Zfish9}}, @/EvaUnit01, digiman619
573** [[Manga/FullMetalAlchemist Envy]]. WordOfGod even confirmed that she doesn't even know what gender he (erm, /she? /it?) is. Maybe if "bastard" was a gender... ~ @/{{Carla}}, @/{{Julep}}
574** Merlinmary from The Floods - DefyingGallifrey7
575** [[Webcomic/TheOrderOfTheStick Vaarsuvius.]] When V is referred to as "Other Parent" to his/her mate by their children, that's going above and beyond the call of duty to maintain a RunningGag.
576** [[Comicbook/TheSandman Desire]]. Full Stop. The very definition of "whatever I want to be at this given time." Even hir siblings address Desire as "brother" and "sister." ~ @/DevilsAdvocate (2nd)
577*** Seconded. ~ urielzet
578** [[Anime/YuGiOhGX Yubel]], to the point fans love to argue about it. ~ Lord Zorc
579** [[VideoGame/NiGHTSIntoDreams NiGHTS]]. ~ @/DoctorRayman
580** "[[Film/MarsAttacks Do they have male and female, like humans?]]" -- @/{{Cuchulainn}}
581** Is it a girl or a he? A man or a she? It's time for androgyny! [[Series/SaturdayNightLive Here comes Pat!]] ~ Drakkenmensch
582** [[VideoGame/Jak3Wastelander Seem]]. ~ @/{{Elgnirp100}}
583** [[VisualNovel/UminekoWhenTheyCry Yasu]]. ~ @/{{Ncfan}}
584** The extremely large person from Literature/ASeriesOfUnfortunateEvents. - [=Hyperion5=]
585** [[VideoGame/TeamFortress2 The Pyro.]] - {{KingFez}}
586** The player child from ''VideoGame/{{Undertale}}'' ~ @/{{Monolaf317}}
587** [[Literature/{{Shimoneta}} Oboro Tsukimigusa]]: Looks ''[[CrossdressingVoices and sounds]]'' like a darkhaired girl, but says he's a guy. Then the clothes come off at the end of episode 9 and... Wait... you ''sure'' [[HeadTurningBeauty THAT's]] [[DudeLooksLikeALady a guy??]] - ~ @/MiinU
588* AmbiguouslyBi
589** [[Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse Bucky Barnes]] ~ @/LadyBlackwood
590* AmbiguouslyGay
591** [[Series/ArrestedDevelopment Tobias Fünke]]. ~ @/{{Nlpnt}}
592** [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaSkywardSword DEMON LORD GHIRAHIM.]]
593*** Seconded. So, so much. ~ chibihana
594** -points finger- [[Series/SaturdayNightLive The Ambiguously Gay Duo!]] - Seriously it's in the name ~ @/ChrisX
595** [[ImprobablyFemaleCast Almost the entire main cast]] of [[Franchise/LyricalNanoha Nanoha]] ~ bleach246
596** [[Manga/{{Bleach}} Sui-Feng]], in regards to her true feelings for her [[SexyMentor former mentor]], [[AmbiguouslyBrown Youruichi]]. Is it merely admiration, or is she really [[BodyguardCrush in love with her?]] Fans still can't decide and will likely never know for certain. ~ @/MiinU
597** [[Literature/WarriorCats Tallstar]]. ~Aaaaa5
598* AmbiguousSituation
599** ''Videogame/YumeNikki'' ~ @/DiscoGlacier
600* AmbitionIsEvil
601** [[{{Manga/Berserk}} Griffith]] ~ @/{{Kinesthesia}}
602*** Seconded without a doubt. ~ Mattman_the_Storyteller
603** [[Literature/WarriorCats Tigerstar]] ~ @/{{Goldenpelt}}
604*** That series taught me the word. ~ @/Dragon_Feathers
605** [[Literature/HarryPotter Slytherin House]] ~ [=IJustWannaBeGod=], [=Me2=], @/EvaUnit01
606** Theatre/{{Macbeth}}. ~ Five-seveN-25
607* AmbulanceChaser
608** [[VideoGame/ToontownOnline Ambulance Chasers]], naturally. ~ [=PKFL_531=]
609** [[WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons Lionel Hutz, Attorney at Law]]. He chases the ambulence. ~ Bluwale824, @/{{Redhed311}}, @/DoctorRayman
610*** "Is that a broken neck? ''Fantastic!''"
611** [[Franchise/BreakingBad Saul Goodman]] ~ [=Amuck Cricetine=]
612* AmnesiacDissonance
613** [[VideoGame/PlanescapeTorment The Nameless One]] ~ @/KillerClowns
614** [[WebComic/SinFest Lil' E]] ~ @/MattP5557
615* AmnesiaLoop
616** [[Recap/DoctorWhoS35E11HeavenSent Heaven Sent]] - @/CassandraLeo, DefyingGallifrey7
617* AmoralAttorney
618** [[spoiler: Kristoph Gavin]] from ''VisualNovel/ApolloJusticeAceAttorney''. ~ vicnog
619*** From the same series, Manfred von Karma. ~ @/KingClark, @/EvaUnit01, @/{{Leilukin}}, {{Tropers/Revaryk}}
620** [[Series/TheWire Maurice Levy]] ~ @/{{Babyhenchy1}}
621*** Seconded ~ Tropers/TheWanderer
622** Just because I'm surprised nobody else said it, [[Franchise/BreakingBad Saul Goodman]] ~ @/Matt P 5557
623** [[Series/BattlestarGalactica2003 Romo Lampkin]] ~ ravenfez
624** [[WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons Lionel Hutz]] ~ redhed311
625** [[Literature/FearAndLoathingInLasVegas Doctor Gonzo]]. "As your attorney, I suggest you take a hit out of the small brown bottle in my shaving kit." - @/{{Cuchulainn}}
626** [[WesternAnimation/TheVentureBros Monstroso]]. He will happily put a clause in your contract where he's ''legally entitled to rip out your heart.'' ~ Drakkenmensch
627** Another ''Franchise/AceAttorney'' example: Bansai Ichiyanagi/Blaise Debeste from ''VisualNovel/AceAttorneyInvestigations 2'' ~ @/{{rjd1922}}
628* AmphibiousAutomobile
629** The Lotus Espirit from ''Film/TheSpyWhoLovedMe'' ~ [=WilliamShakesman=]
630* AmplifiedAnimalAptitude
631** ''Rex The Wonder Dog'' ~ Grazzt
632** ComicBook/KryptoTheSuperdog. ~ @/DoctorRayman
633* AmputationStopsSpread
634** [[Manga/{{Bleach}} If you're caught by Baraggan Louisenbairn's]] [[MakeThemRot Respira]], the only way to survive is to cut off the rotting body part before the Respira spreads. ~ Mattman_the_Storyteller
635* AmuletOfConcentratedAwesome
636** ''VideoGame/BeyondOasis'' ~ Tropers/DecafGrub47393
637* AmusingAlien
638** [[Series/MorkAndMindy Mork from Ork]] ~ rjung
639** [[Series/DoctorWho The Doctor]] ~ @/ManWithoutABody
640** [[WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}} Zoidberg]] ~ [=ZiggyZag=]
641** [[WesternAnimation/AmericanDad Roger Smith]] ~ redhed311
642** WesternAnimation/InvaderZim ~ @/{{rjd1922}}
643** [[WesternAnimation/ReadyJetGo The Propulsion family]] - @/Excelsior123
644* AmusingInjuries
645** WesternAnimation/ElmerFudd ~ @/ManWithoutABody
646** [[WesternAnimation/TomAndJerry Tom]] ~ @/{{Surenity}}
647** WesternAnimation/DaffyDuck ~ @/VoodooChild
648** ComicBook/MortadeloYFilemon ~ Milarqui
649** [[ComicBook/LeonardLeGenie Basil]]: Basil ~ @/{{Julep}}
650** [[WesternAnimation/WileECoyoteAndTheRoadRunner Wile E. Coyote]] ~ SG_Man_Forever, @/EvaUnit01, @/DoctorRayman, Tropers/DecafGrub47393
651** [[WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons Sideshow Bob]] ~ @/Matt P 5557
652** ''WesternAnimation/EdEddNEddy'' ~ @/MetalAiAi
653* AnachronismStew
654** ''Empire Earth''. Steamrolling Caesar's legionaries with tanks, anyone? ~ Froody 42
655** ''VideoGame/SengokuBasara'', '''especially''' [[HumongousMecha the Hondam]] ~ ''@/{{Sparkysharps}}''
656** ''Film/AKnightsTale'' ~ @/{{Pikawil}}
657** ''Film/MoulinRouge'' ~ @/SomeDeadGuy, - Alantia
658** ''Anime/SamuraiChamploo'' ~ Selph, @/{{Carla}}
659** ''WesternAnimation/TheFlintstones'' ~ @/ManWithoutABody, -@/{{Nlpnt}}, @/DoctorRayman
660** ''VideoGame/{{Civilization}}'' ~ Karieith
661** ''[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS11E5EIEIAnnoyedGrunt The Poke of Zorro]]''. -- @/{{Cuchulainn}}
662-->'''Bart:''' It's like a history lesson come to life!\
663'''Lisa:''' No, it's not!\
664'''Bart:''' Quiet, he's fighting the ninjas!
665* AnachronisticSoundtrack
666** Anything by Creator/BazLuhrmann. ~ Tropers/{{Dominicmgm}}
667** Girgio Moroder's restoration of ''Film/{{Metropolis}}'' gave a masterpiece of silent cinema a 1980s rock score with Music/FreddieMercury as a major contributor. ~ Tropers/DecafGrub47393
668* AndAnotherThing
669** [[WesternAnimation/JackieChanAdventures One moooooore thing...]] ~ Mattman_the_Storyteller
670* AndIMustScream
671** [[WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse Corruption]]. At this point, I don't think I even need to say why. ~ Crossover-Enthusiast
672** The [[Literature/IHaveNoMouthAndIMustScream trope namer.]] I mean, becoming a motionless and silent blob to be tortured endlessly by an [[AIIsACrapshoot insane and malovolent computer]] for all of eternity while remaining ''fully conscious and aware'' the '''ENTIRE time?!''' No thanks. ~ beeruckzII, Tropers/DecafGrub47393
673* AndShowItToYou
674** [[Film/RamboLastBlood Rambo ripping Hugo's heart out with his bare hands]]. Quite possibly one of the most gruesome kills in any movie, it almost looks like a ''Franchise/MortalKombat'' Fatality. ~ Saberwulf2018
675** ''Film/IndianaJonesAndTheTempleOfDoom'' ~ [=Amuck Cricetine=].
676*** Seconded. ~ Tropers/DecafGrub47393
677* AndTheAdventureContinues
678** UsefulNotes/FIFAWorldCup ~ [=CounterBlitzkrieg=], ozaniel
679* SugarWiki/AndTheFandomRejoiced
680** Creator/{{Toonami}}'s [[{{Uncancelled}} Return.]]
681** ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros'' for Wii U and 3DS ~ Yoshiman400
682*** Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog being announced as a playable character in ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBrosBrawl''. ~ @/DoctorRayman
683*** '''''[[Franchise/{{Pokemon}} Mewtwo]]'''''. Enough said ~ LaptopGuy
684** The remake of VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII. there is a ''seven hour video'' of people fangasming over the announcement. Beat that. ~digiman619
685** ''VideoGame/{{Shenmue}} III.'' If you thought the announcement of the FFVII remake got a big reaction, it was followed immediately after by something that no-one believed would ''ever'' happen, and it made people completely ''lose their shit!!!'' ~ @/ArcaneAzmadi
686** ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBrosUltimate''. '''[[HesBack King K. Rool Comes Aboard!]]''' ~ Five-seveN-25
687** The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b9l5zO-pYcc announcement]] of a seventh and final season of WesternAnimation/StarWarsTheCloneWars, which would allow the series to finally end on its own terms after being cancelled before its time. That's one very happy crowd. ~ @/{{cosmatonspoon}}
688* AndroidsArePeopleToo
689** [[spoiler:Reycho, Pochi, and Yuki from ''VideoGame/WorldsEndClub''.]] ~ Mattman_the_Storyteller
690* AngryChef:
691** Creator/GordonRamsay ~ [=WilliamShakesman=]
692* AngryMobSong:
693** [[WesternAnimation/BeautyAndTheBeast "The Mob Song"]]. ~ @/{{tennessean}}, @/Kelly, @/EvaUnit01, @/DoctorRayman
694** [[Film/CannibalTheMusical "Hang The Bastard!"]] -- @/{{Cuchulainn}}
695** [[Theatre/LesMiserables "Can you hear the people sing, sing the song of angry men!"]] ~ [=RainRequiem=]
696** [[Theatre/{{Wicked}} "March of the Witch Hunters"]] - DefyingGallifrey7
697* AngelicAbomination:
698** [[VideoGame/{{Bayonetta}} Iustita]] [[https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/angelsangelo/images/f/fe/Iustitia.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20140125055457 is quite hideous looking]] ~ @/ReynTime250
699* AngelicBeauty:
700** [[Anime/PantyAndStockingWithGarterbelt Panty & Stocking]], [[https://sportshub.cbsistatic.com/i/2023/07/10/3ca29a05-f88a-43bd-852f-15122e7e0158/panty-stocking-with-garterbelt-new-anime-studio-trigger.jpg hot damn!]] ~ @/ReynTime250
701* AnguishedDeclarationOfLove
702** [[spoiler:Hinata]] in ''Manga/{{Naruto}}''. ~ Roxas, @/{{Carla}}, @/DoctorRayman
703** [[Anime/PrincessTutu Rue]] ~ @/BrightBlueInk, Karieith, [=MegaHappyPinkSkitty=]
704** [[Literature/VorkosiganSaga Miles Vorkosigan]] ~ @/VoodooChild
705** I'll always think of ''Literature/JaneEyre'' when I think of anguished love declarations. Jane starts it all off in response to Rochester's aloof dismissal of her, then Rochester catches on and joins in with his own anguished declaration. Then, considering [[MadwomanInTheAttic what happens next]], it becomes clear just how anguished Rochester's declaration ''really'' was. ~ @/Kelly
706** ''[[Literature/TheTwilightSaga Twilight]]''. Good God, ''Twilight.'' ~ Keshia
707* AnimalisticAbomination
708** Fear the Unlight of [[Literature/TheSilmarillion Ungoliant]]! ~ @/{{Voyd211}}
709** [[WesternAnimation/{{Ninjago}} The Great Devourer]] ~ Mattman_the_Storyteller
710* AnimalMecha
711** '''''WesternAnimation/BeastWars!''''' ~ @/{{Scrounge}}
712* AnimalSpeciesAccent
713** WesternAnimation/DonaldDuck, WAK! @/HarpieSiren
714* AnimalWrongsGroup:
715** The Horizon Corporation in ''Literature/RainbowSix'' just manage to edge out PETA for this. Pretty much all of the upper echelons of the company have a involved and detailed plan to wipe out most all of the human race using a horrific and unstoppable version of ebola. They tested it on people they kidnap, mourning for the deaths of lab rats and the fact even with oil drilling being as cleaned up as possible lament that oil is just used in polluting cars driven by puny humans. They are hypocrites of the highest order, demanding all life cease but they are free to live life how they like. They are willing to murder law enforcement and the special forces commandos to get their way. The religious and cultist love and adoration makes [[TheFundamentalist Jack Chick]] level headed in comparison. ~ @/{{tsstevens}}
716** [[VideoGame/PokemonBlackAndWhite Team Plasma]], even before you find out [[StrawHypocrite it's all a facade]]. ~ Five-seveN-25
717** [[WesternAnimation/Ben10Omniverse Pax]] ~ Mattman_the_Storyteller
718* AnimatedArmor:
719** [[Franchise/FullmetalAlchemist Alphonse Elric]]. -{{Tropers/Revaryk}}
720*** Seconded ~ Mattman_the_Storyteller
721** ''Film/BedknobsAndBroomsticks'' has an armory of such come to life to defeat some Nazis. ~ Tropers/DecafGrub47393
722* AnimatedCreditsOpening
723** ''Film/NationalLampoonsChristmasVacation''. ~ @/DoctorRayman
724** ''Film/MontyPythonsLifeOfBrian'' ~ Wavebert
725** ''Franchise/ThePinkPanther'' ~ [=Amuck Cricetine=]
726* AnimatedShockComedy:
727** ''Anime/PantyAndStockingWithGarterbelt'' ~ @/ReynTime250
728* AnimeHair
729** [[Franchise/YuGiOh Yugi Muto]] ~ Mattman_the_Storyteller
730* AnimeOfTheGame
731** ''Anime/PokemonTheSeries'', because it is the most successful and has the highest number of episodes ~ jcdietz03, @/EvaUnit01, @/DoctorRayman
732* {{Animesque}}
733** ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'' ~ [=DeadSpaceDouche=], @/DoctorRayman
734*** Thirded. ~ Tropers/DecafGrub47393
735** ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans'' ~ @/LadyBlackwood
736* AnnoyingLaugh
737** [[Theatre/{{Amadeus}} Mozart]] ~ Silence, @/ManWithoutABody, @/{{deeman45}}, @/LostLenore
738** [[VisualNovel/UminekoWhenTheyCry Ushiromiya Maria]] ~ @/{{Highwind}}
739** [[Series/AmericanIdol Tatiana Del Torro]] ~ Max1099
740** [[WesternAnimation/DextersLaboratory Dexter]] ~ @/SeasideMessenger
741*** I personally think Mandark's is even better/worse. ~ @/BrightBlueInk
742** [[Film/HotFuzz Eve Draper]] [[spoiler: it got her killed]] ~ @/MattP5557
743** That damn one from ''VideoGame/PunchOut'', just because you hear the same grating gloating noise when FOUR DIFFERENT OPPONENTS (Bald Bull, Soda Popinski, Mr. Sandman, Super Macho Man) beat you. ~ [=ZiggyZag=]
744** WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants.
745** [[Series/TheNanny Fran Fine]] ~ @/{{Carla}}, @/Kelly
746** WesternAnimation/WoodyWoodpecker. ~ Hoffmann, @/DoctorRayman
747** [[Franchise/AceAttorney Aha! Aha! Aha!]] ~ @/KingClark
748** '''[[VideoGame/FinalFantasyX HA! HA! HA! HA! HA! HA! HA! HA!]]''' ~ SG_man_forever, @/EvaUnit01
749** WebVideo/TheAnnoyingOrange. There's a reason he's called "annoying". ~ [=Me2=]
750** [[spoiler: Walpurugisnaight]] from Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica. ~ @/PersonOfNote
751** [[Webcomic/HetaliaAxisPowers Honhonhonhonhonhonhonhonhonhonhon.]] ~ chibihana
752** Various villians from ''Series/{{Batman|1966}}'', but especially the Penguin. -- Astfgl
753** THAT ANNOYING MOTHERFUCKING GODDAMNED PULSATING DEMONIC [[Literature/TheHitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy BELGIAN]] '''[[VideoGame/DuckHunt DOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!]]''' @/TheNerdytimes
754** [[Series/{{Friends}} Janice Janice Litman Goralnik]] - DefyingGallifrey7
755** [[VideoGame/Persona4 Yukiko Amagi]]. In VideoGame/BlazBlueCrossTagBattle, Rachel gets so fed up with her laughter that [[DisproportionateRetribution she forces Yukiko to fight her]]. ~ Five-seveN-25
756** [[WesternAnimation/TheAdventuresOfJimmyNeutronBoyGenius Beautiful Gorgeous]], if only because Sheen lampshading it makes it funny. ~ Mattman_the_Storyteller
757** [[WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy Peter Griffin]]. ~ Connor2107
758* AnnoyingYoungerSibling
759** [[WesternAnimation/{{Arthur}} D.W. Read]] ~ @/{{rjd1922}}
760** [[Series/DrakeAndJosh Megan Parker.]] ~ @/{{theSunWave}}
761* AntagonistInMourning
762** Bill the Butcher's annual celebration of Priest Vallon in ''Film/GangsOfNewYork.'' ~ Mens Rea
763** "[[Film/KillBill Right at this moment, the biggest "R" I feel is Regret. Regret that maybe the greatest warrior I have ever known, met her end at the hands of a bushwhackin, scrub, alky piece of shit like you. That woman deserved better.]]" -- @/{{Cuchulainn}}
764** ComicBook/TheJoker's reaction to Batman's "death" the ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries'' episode "[[Recap/BatmanTheAnimatedSeriesE51TheManWhoKilledBatman The Man Who Killed Batman]]". He goes so far as to have a funeral for the Caped Crusader, complete with [[Characters/HarleyQuinnTheCharacter Harley Quinn]] playing "Amazing Grace" on a kazoo.
765** "[[ComicBook/WhateverHappenedToTheCapedCrusader And, after too long, he went down. He died. But he still didn't smile. And he was right. It wasn't funny. But it should have been...]]" ~ Five-seveN-25
766* AntagonisticOffspring
767** Mordred. [[Myth/KingArthur It doesn't]] matter [[Film/{{Excalibur}} which version]]. Or what the genders of [[VisualNovel/FateStayNight Arthur(ia)]] and [[Literature/FateApocrypha Mordred]] are. ~@/{{Jboone93}}
768** The main characters of ''VideoGame/{{Myst}}''. ''Every. Damn. Generation''. - Xemylixa
769** ComicBook/{{Daken}}. ~ @/DoctorRayman
770** [[Franchise/StarWars Kylo Ren]]. ~ Connor2107
771** [[Series/{{Angel}} Connor]]. He gets better, thank god. ~ [=Amuck Cricetine=]
772* AnthropomorphicFood
773** [[WesternAnimation/CloudyWithAChanceOfMeatballs2 The Foodimals]] ~ Mattman_the_Storyteller
774** [[VideoGame/CookieRun All the Cookie Run games.]] - LordBlumiere
775* AntiAntiChrist
776** ComicBook/{{Hellboy}} - Tropers/DemonDuckofDoom
777** [[WesternAnimation/HazbinHotel Charlie Morningstar]]. "Something tells me that today will be a happy day in Hell!" ~ [=SuperYoshiFan02=]
778* AntiClimax
779** ''Literature/BreakingDawn''. To add insult to injury, there are 3 chapters of "buildup". ~ @/KingClark
780*** All of the ''Twilight'' books end with an anti-climax. ''All of them.'' ~ @/Kelly
781** ''VideoGame/{{Pokemon}}''. Do you know what you get when you [[GottaCatchThemAll catch 'em all]]? [[spoiler:[[AWinnerIsYou You get a certificate.]]]] ~ Five-seveN-25
782* TheAntiGrinch
783** [[WesternAnimation/TheNightmareBeforeChristmas Jack Skellington]] ~ Mattman_the_Storyteller
784* AntiHero
785** In the classic sense of a loserly hero, [[Theatre/DeathOfASalesman Willy Loman]] ~ @/{{lukebn}}
786** [[Film/DollarsTrilogy The Man With No Name]] ~ @/ManWithoutABody
787** [[Film/DirtyHarry Harry Callahan]] ~ [=DJMarred=]
788** [[VideoGame/ChronoTrigger Magus]] ~ Arutoa
789** VideoGame/{{Wario}} ~ Introbulus, @/DoctorRayman
790** [[ComicBook/{{Hellblazer}} John Constantine]] ~ @/VoodooChild
791** [[VideoGame/GodOfWar Kratos]] ~ [=DAN004=]
792** [[Franchise/TheDarkTower Roland]] ~ @/Kelly
793** [[Manga/{{Berserk}} Guts]] - @/TwoGunAngel
794** [[Series/{{Angel}} Wesley Wyndham-Price]], in series 3 and 4 ~ [=IJustWannaBeGod=]
795** [[Film/InglouriousBasterds Shosanna Dreyfus]] -- @/{{Cuchulainn}}
796** [[Series/{{Firefly}} Malcom Reynolds]] ~spacemonkey37, urielzet
797** ComicBook/ThePunisher ~ @/EvaUnit01, [=Hyperion5=] @/{{Piando}}
798** [[Series/{{House}} Dr. House]] ~ @/{{Indigo12ash}}
799** [[Anime/CodeGeass Lelouch]] ~ ozaniel, ravenfez
800** ComicBook/{{Deadpool}} ~ @/{{Monolaf317}}
801** [[Theatre/{{Wicked}} Elphaba Thropp]] - DefyingGallifrey7
802** [[Manga/DeathNote L]] ~ Mattman_the_Storyteller
803** [[Franchise/DragonBall Vegeta]]. It's pretty remarkable just how many flavours of anti-hero he manages to be throughout the franchise. ~ @/{{cosmatonspoon}}
804** [[Fanfic/TheNightUnfurls Kyril Sutherland]] proves that a brooding antihero doesn't have to be a piece of sandpaper. ~ @/ElRise
805* AntiHumor
806** Creator/AndyKaufman ~ [=WilliamShakesman=]
807* AntiMagic:
808** [[Literature/TheThrawnTrilogy Ysalamir completely negating Joruus C'baoth's Force lightning]]. ~@/Kevjro7
809** [[Manga/BlackClover Asta]] ~ Mattman_the_Storyteller
810* AntiPoliceSong
811** "Fuck tha Police" by Music/{{NWA}} ~ [=Amuck Cricetine=]
812* AntiVillain
813** [[Webcomic/GirlGenius Baron Klaus Wulfenbach]]. ~ Gattsuru
814** [[WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries Mr. Freeze]] ~ @/{{reinoe}}, @/EvaUnit01 @/{{Piando}}
815** [[WebVideo/DoctorHorriblesSingAlongBlog Doctor Horrible]] ~ Lyanna
816** [[Literature/TheSilenceOfTheLambs Francis Dolarhyde]]. ~ Killer BOB Dole
817** [[Film/BladeRunner Roy Batty]] ~ insert_name_here92, @/{{Julep}}
818** [[Franchise/{{Disgaea}} Mid-Boss]] ~ @/{{Eriksson}}
819** [[Manga/FullmetalAlchemist Scar]] ~ @/EricDVH
820** [[Film/{{M}} Hans Beckert]], the peculiarly sympathetic child-killer ~ @/ManWithoutABody
821** [[WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender Zuko]] ~ rlkitterman
822** [[Manga/NegimaMagisterNegiMagi Chao Linshen]] ~ mrbits
823*** Seconded ~ @/SorataZ
824** [[Anime/MagicalGirlLyricalNanohaAs The Wolkenritter and the Book of Darkness]]
825** [[Roleplay/RecordOfLodossWar Ashram of Marmo]] -- Even his heroic enemy admits that Ashram is just as much of a hero as he is, despite them being enemies.
826** ''Manga/FullmetalAlchemist'' [[spoiler: Greed]] ~ @/{{deeman45}}
827** [[spoiler:N (padding)]] from ''VideoGame/PokemonBlackAndWhite'' ~ @/{{Demongodofchaos}}, @/ZeniTheWonder
828*** He's even more of an AntiVillain in his ''Manga/PokemonAdventures'' adaptation. ~ qwertyuiopasdfghjkl
829*** Thirded. ~ Mattman_the_Storyteller
830** [[Theatre/IntoTheWoods The Witch and the Giantess.]] The witch isn't all bad, and the Giantess's reasons for wanting to kill Jack are pretty justified. ~ @/AdelePotter
831** [[VideoGame/MetalGearSolid3SnakeEater The Boss]].
832** [[Literature/WhateleyUniverse Dr. Diabolik]] ~ [=MarvelGirl=]
833** [[spoiler:[[VideoGame/BlazBlueContinuumShift Post-CS Litchi Faye-Ling]]]] - The most shining example of [[SlidingScaleOfAntiVillains Type IV Anti-Villains]], yet so many thinks [[spoiler:she]] is such on the low scale of morality due to that one move. ~ @/ChrisX
834** [[Fanfic/CalvinAndHobbesTheSeries Dr. Brainstorm.]] ~ @/BlueGuy
835** ComicBook/{{Magneto}}. ~ @/DoctorRayman
836* AntlionMonster
837** [[Franchise/{{Pokemon}} The Trapinch line]] ~ @/Spyspotter
838** ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyIV'' has a memorable boss fight against one. ~ Tropers/DecafGrub47393
839* AnyoneCanDie
840** ''Series/HarpersIsland'' - it's the premise ~ Loquacia
841** ''Anime/{{Robotech}}'' spares ''no one''. By the end of the Macross Saga, 2/3 of Earth's population are dead, including the majority of the main cast. ~ @/MiinU
842** ''Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire'' ~ @/McCaber
843** Creator/NaokiUrasawa. Nobody is safe under his pen. Not even [[spoiler:the main character or the BigBad]] is immune to kicking it halfway through the series. ~ @/{{Sparkysharps}}
844** ''Manga/{{Claymore}}''. ~ @/{{Pheonee}}
845** ''Film/{{Snatch}}'' ~ @/ManWithoutABody
846** Anything by Creator/JossWhedon, but especially ''Series/{{Firefly}}'' ~ @/VoodooChild
847** ''Film/InglouriousBasterds'' ~ Spacegrass
848** ''VideoGame/HeavyRain'' ~ Mens Rea
849** ''[[Anime/MobileSuitVictoryGundam Victory Gundam]]'', Hard. @/CalebTheTimeTraveler
850** ''Series/DegrassiTheNextGeneration'', JT, precisely because given the series' [[HighSchool setting]] and [[CanadaEh location]] one would expect ''nobody'' to die. ~ @/{{Nlpnt}}
851** ''Series/KamenRiderRyuki''. ~ @/TheWildwest666
852** ''Literature/LonesomeDove''. ~ SG_Man_Forever
853** ''VisualNovel/HigurashiWhenTheyCry'' does this [[spoiler: [[GroundhogDayLoop Over and over and over again.]] ]] ~ @/{{Zfish9}}
854** ''Theatre/IntoTheWoods'' proves this when they kill off the least likely character out of all of them-- [[spoiler: the ''Narrator''.]] ~ @/AdelePotter
855*** Seconded ~ ravenfez
856** A Manga/DeathNote will kill anyone just by writing their name in it. Just ask Light Yagami. -darkforce392
857** ''Film/{{Swordfish}}''. The film opens with a five minute monologue about how [[LighterAndSofter softcore]] Hollywood villains tend to be, and questions what would happen if a hostage-taker really wanted to get away with it. The same character then proceeds to [[MoralEventHorizon unapologetically kill a hostage]] [[NiceJobBreakingItHero when SWAT tries to rescue her]]. Only, he doesn't just kill her, he blows her up, spraying the surrounding street with 15 pounds of stainless steel ball bearings. Not only is it a SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome for both the character and the movie itself (and this happens in the first 10 minutes), and a gigantic TakeThat to every [[{{Bowdlerise}} traditional Hollywood villain]], it also shows that the film is not afraid to ignore the rules, and that all bets are off. ~ [=IJustWannaBeGod=]
858** ''Series/{{Primeval}}''. As of the end of the third series, there are three main characters left from the very beginning. Yes, THREE. ~ [=Me2=]
859** ''Series/TwentyFour'' ~ @/DevilsAdvocate
860** ''Film/TheDarkKnight''. Creator/ChristopherNolan is a sadistic bastard. -- @/{{Cuchulainn}}
861** ''VideoGame/ModernWarfare''. Except Price. Well, he can, but it doesn't really inconvenience him anymore. ~ @/GeekCodeRed.
862** ''Series/{{Supernatural}}''. There have been roughly six recurring characters that haven't died. No one is immune, not even the main cast. - @/PersonOfNote
863** ''Webcomic/{{Homestuck}}.'' Not just AnyoneCanDie, but Nearly Everyone ''Has'' Died, ''including [[AuthorAvatar the author]].'' ~ @/InsanityPrelude
864** [[{{Film/Serenity}} I am a leaf on the wind.]] ~ urielzet
865** ''Literature/LegendOfTheGalacticHeroes''. The true champion of this trope. Forget about PlotArmor. Forget about main characters ([[spoiler:yes, that ''includes'' the two primary protagonists!]]) living to see the end. Forget about the idea of notable characters and glorious heroes deserving equally notable/glorious deaths. In this anime, you don't spoiler people by telling them who will die, you tell them ''who survives''.
866** ''Series/TheWire''. Players come and go all the time, and it's all in The Game. The only guarantee is that people will die and The Game [[HistoryRepeats will keep getting played by the people who replace them]], and then [[InherentInTheSystem by the people who replace those people too]]. ~ Tropes/TheWanderer
867** ''VideoGame/GuildWars2'', as of the second expansion, Path of Fire. [[spoiler:You die. Yes, ''you''. The ''player character''.]] ~ @/ProgenyExMachina
868** ''Franchise/{{Danganronpa}}'' ~ Mattman_the_Storyteller
869* AnythingButThat
870** [[WesternAnimation/Shrek1 "No, not the buttons! Not the gumdrop buttons!]] ~ Mattman_the_Storyteller
871* ApatheticTeacher
872** [[WesternAnimation/SouthPark Herbert Garrison]] ~ [=Amuck Cricetine=]
873* ApocalypseWow
874** [[Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica Madoka]] [[PrecisionFStrike FUCKING]] [[AbstractApotheosis Kaname]]!!! ~ @/SorataZ
875** [[Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion The Third Impact]] (the above sequence was a pretty obvious ShoutOut to this). - @/AndyJ
876** ''VideoGame/MortalKombatX'': Shinnok's Arcade Ending. ~ Five-seveN-25
877* ApocalypticLog
878** [[Literature/TheLordOfTheRings "They have taken the bridge and the second hall. We have barred the gates, but cannot hold them for long. The ground shakes. Drums...drums in the deep. We cannot get out. A shadow lurks in the dark. We cannot get out...They are coming."]] ~ @/{{deeman45}}, @/{{Vasha}}, Alantia, [=Me2=], sinesofinsanity, ozaniel
879** [[Film/MontyPythonAndTheHolyGrail Look, if he were dying, he wouldn't bother to carve "Aauuurrrrgggghhhh". He'd just say it.]] ~ @/ManWithoutABody
880** [[Music/BlueOysterCult "The ship rolled in without a sound. The faithful captain, long since cold, he kept his his log till the bloody end. Last entry read: 'Rats in the hold. My crew is dead. I fear the plague.'"]] ~ [=ZiggyZag=]
881** "We dreamed of creating the world's strongest [[Anime/PokemonTheFirstMovie Pokémon]]...and we succeeded." ~ [=Hyperion5=]
882** [[VideoGame/ResidentEvil Itchy. Tasty.]] ~ @/WillDraco
883*** Seconded. ~ @/ArcaneAzmadi
884** [[Film/{{Serenity}} "These are just a few of the images we've recorded. And you can see, it wasn't what we thought. There's been no war here and no terraforming event. The environment is stable. It's the Pax. The G-23 Paxilon Hydrochlorate that we added to the air processors. It was supposed to calm the population, weed out aggression. Well, it works. The people here stopped fighting. And then they stopped everything else. They stopped going to work, they stopped breeding, talking, eating. There's 30 million people here, and they all just let themselves die. I have to be quick! About a tenth of a percent of the population had the opposite reaction to the Pax. Their aggressor response increased beyond madness. They have become… Well, they've killed most of us. And not just killed… they've done things… I won't live to report this, but people have to know. We meant it for the best… to make people safer."]] ~ [=IJustWannaBeGod=], @/EvaUnit01, urielzet
885** ''[[Music/JethroTull In the wee hours I'll meet you, down by Dun Ringill, O and we'll watch the old gods play, by Dun Ringill]]'' -- @/{{Cuchulainn}}
886** [[VideoGame/MetroidPrime "Another Hunter, this wearing the traditional colors of Samus Aran, made planetfall today. Horrific as it may sound, there are two of them now."]] ~ @/{{Feather7603}}
887* ApologeticAttacker
888** [[VideoGame/{{Portal}} The turrets]] ~ @/{{Julep}}
889*** ''"I don't hate you."'' ~ @/{{Zfish9}}
890*** ''"No hard feelings..."'' ~ urielzet
891** [[Film/TheHumanCentipede Katsudo]] apologising for needing to empty his bowels. [[{{Squick}} Om]] [[MemeticMutation nom nom.]] ~ [=IJustWannaBeGod=]
892** [[Creator/GeorgeCarlin "How can you ever have a civil war? 'Pardon me.' BOOM! 'I'm awfully sorry...'"]] -- @/{{Cuchulainn}}
893** [[WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender "Seriously, we're on your side!"]] -- @/PersonOfNote
894* ApologizesALot
895** [[Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion Ikari Shinji]] ~ @/{{Carla}}, @/EvaUnit01
896** [[VideoGame/TalesOfSymphonia Colette]]. It's even lampshaded. ~ @/NewKidOnTheBlock
897*** And from the [[VideoGame/TalesOfSymphoniaDawnOfTheNewWorld sequel]], Emil. Seriously, half is dialogue is "I'm sorry..." ~Wragnaroq R. Maggeddon
898** [[Manga/SayonaraZetsubouSensei Ai Kaga]] ~ dr_vblschrf
899** [[WesternAnimation/FostersHomeForImaginaryFriends Wilt]] ~ @/CyberTiger88, @/DoctorRayman
900** [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic Fluttershy.]] ~ @/GeekCodeRed
901** [[VisualNovel/{{Clannad}} Ryou]] ~ ozaniel
902** ''VideoGame/PokemonBlack2AndWhite2'': The Protagonist in the Strange Ending to Invaders 2. ~ Five-seveN-25
903* AppealToTradition:
904** The witches, particularly Sheila, the grand master, and Atelia, in ''Anime/TweenyWitches'' -- @/IukaSylvie
905* ApronMatron
906** [[Literature/TheGrapesOfWrath Ma Joad]]. ~ @/{{Vasha}}
907** Creator/HattieJacques in the ''Film/CarryOnSeries'' ~ [=WilliamShakesman=]
908* ArbitraryGunPower
909** ''Franchise/ResidentEvil''. Big bore handguns are not as powerful as military grade rifles and grenade launchers, CAPCOM, no matter how much louder they are or how much more apparent recoil they may have. ~ @/REV6Pilot
910* ArchEnemy
911** Franchise/{{Batman}} and ComicBook/TheJoker. One simply cannot exist without the other. ~ @/{{Babyhenchy1}}
912** Literature/SherlockHolmes and Professor Moriarty, in any adaptation
913** Franchise/{{Superman}} and ComicBook/LexLuthor. ~ dgenega5764
914** [[Franchise/SuperMarioBros Mario and Bowser]]. ~ @/DoctorRayman
915** [[Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog Sonic & Dr. Eggman]]. ~ @/MetalAiAi
916** [[Manga/DeathNote Light Yagami and L]] - Tropers/DemonDuckofDoom
917* ArcNumber
918** [[Series/{{Lost}} 4, 8, 15, 16, 23, 42...]] ~ @/{{Carla}}, [=ZiggyZag=], [=AxeFighterBarst=], urielzet
919** [[Film/{{Inception}} 528491]] ~ @/QuackorTheFowl
920** [[Film/DonnieDarko 28:06:42:12]] -- @/{{Cuchulainn}}
921** [[WebComic/{{Homestuck}} 413 (and to a slightly lesser extent, 612 and 1025)]] ~ [=Trevormark=]
922** [[Franchise/TheHitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy 42 itself]] ~ @/{{TARDISES}}
923** [[VisualNovel/NineHoursninePersonsNineDoors 9]] - [=NNinja=]
924** [[Franchise/{{Halo}} 7]] ~ Five-seveN-25
925* ArcWelding
926** ''Manga/PokemonAdventures''. The FLRG arc was a direct consequence of every arc that came before it, and as a whole there's so many Chekhov's Guns, which more than not will turn things around in a different arc. ~ @/TheViolentTomboy
927** ''Anime/{{Robotech}}'', taking together three different series and its three disparate plots, and welding together a semi-coherent universe out of it. ~ @/DoKnowButchie
928* ArcWords
929** [[Series/DoctorWho Bad Wolf]] ~ @/{{Carla}}
930*** [[Series/DoctorWho Silence Will Fall]] - afteriwake, @/EvaUnit01
931*** How about just [[Series/DoctorWho Doctor Who?]] ~ravenfez
932*** Umm...can you second two things at once? ~ [=Me2=]
933** [[Series/{{Lost}} "I'll see you in another life, brutha,"]] and its variations. As far back as season one (with Nadia's note) we were seeing these bizarre, seemingly contextless assurances of people seeing other people in another life, and [[spoiler: with all those persistent theories of the whole show being the afterlife, the writers were so skillful that they still made it a surprise to ''everyone'' that it's ''the flash-sideways'' that's the afterlife, fulfilling this series-long {{Foreshadowing}}.]] And this was the most endlessly scrutinized and theorized-about show ''ever''. How do you top that?? ~ [=ZiggyZag=]
934** ''VideoGame/Persona4'' has a whole ''collection'' of them - "I art thou, thou art I" "YOU'RE NOT ME!" and "I am a shadow... the true self." ~ @/{{Gorsecloud}}
935** [[Film/DonnieDarko Everything Dies Alone]] -- @/{{Cuchulainn}}
936** [[VideoGame/KnightsOfTheOldRepublicIITheSithLords Echoes.]] ~jordanthejq12
937** [[VideoGame/{{Undertale}} But nobody came.]] ~ @/{{Monolaf317}}
938** [[WebAnimation/RedVsBlue "Hey." "Yeah?" "Do you ever wonder why we're here?" "It's one of life's great mysteries, isn't it?"]] ~ iPhoenix26
939* ArchnemesisDad
940** [[Series/{{Smallville}} Lionel Luthor]]. No matter [[WildCard what side he's on today]] you can garuntee it's the opposite one from his kids. - Ambar Son of Deshar
941** [[Franchise/StarWars Darth Vader]] for Luke Skywalker. ~ 1tvfan, ravenfez, @/TheNerdytimes, dgenega5764
942** [[ComicBook/{{Invincible}} Omni-]][[WesternAnimation/Invincible2021 Man]] ~ Fireside
943** [[WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender Fire Lord Ozai]] - Tropers/DemonDuckofDoom
944* AreWeThereYet
945** [[WebVideo/DragonBallZAbridged Nappa.]] ~ @/{{Jesska}}
946** [[WesternAnimation/Shrek2 Donkey]] ~ @/{{Carla}}, @/{{Julep}}, [=Me2=]
947*** Seconded ~ Mattman_the_Storyteller
948** [[WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons "Arewethereyet?" "No!" "Arewethereyet?" "NO!"]] -- @/{{Cuchulainn}}, @/{{Redhed311}}
949** ''Film/AreWeThereYet'' ~ @/Matt P 5557
950** [[Franchise/TheSmurfs "Is it much farther, Papa Smurf?" "Not far now."]] ~ @/DoctorRayman
951** ''VideoGame/KidIcarusUprising'' ~ Five-seveN-25
952* AreYouPonderingWhatImPondering
953** "[[Film/GetSmart I don't know. Were you thinking: 'Holy shit, holy shit,]] [[ItMakesSenseInContext a swordfish almost went through my head?']] [[DeadpanSnarker If so, yes.]]" - Bowbowis
954** "[[WesternAnimation/PinkyAndTheBrain Whoof, oh, I'd have to say the odds of that are terribly slim Brain.]] [[LampshadeHanging I mean, really, when have I ever been pondering what you've been pondering?]]" ~ Five-seveN-25
955* ArmCannon
956** ''VideoGame/MegaManClassic''. ~ @/{{Stealthyboy}}, @/EvaUnit01 (but only because he's a bit more well-known than Samus]]
957*** Seconded ~ Mattman_the_Storyteller
958** [[Franchise/{{Metroid}} Samus]]. ~ @/ManWithoutABody, @/DoctorRayman
959** [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII Barret Wallace]]. ~ @/{{Julep}}
960** [[WesternAnimation/SheRaPrincessOfPower Hordak]] ~ @/{{Surenity}}
961** "[[VideoGame/Wolfenstein3D Gutentaug!]]" -- @/{{Cuchulainn}}
962** The [[Franchise/TouhouProject Control Rod.]] ☢ CAUTION ☢ CAUTION ☢ CAUTION ☢. Well, it is one in Hisoutensoku, at any rate. --@/{{TARDISES}}
963** [[Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer Adam]] ~ [=MarvelGirl=]
964** [[WesternAnimation/TeenTitans Cyborg]]
965** [[Franchise/{{Pokemon}} Magmortar]] ~ @/{{Jakovu}}
966** [[WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse Peridot,]] back when she had her limb enhancers. ~ Crossover-Enthusiast
967* ArmedLegs
968** [[Manga/DGrayMan Lenalee]]. ~ @/NewKidOnTheBlock
969** [[TabletopGame/Warhammer40000 Ork boss Zagstruk]] ~ Sinclair
970** VideoGame/{{Bayonetta}}. She ''is'' the page picture, after all. ~digiman619
971** [[Film/PlanetTerror Cherry Darling]] ~ [=Amuck Cricetine=]
972*** Seconded. ~ Five-seveN-25
973* ArmouredClosetGay
974** [[spoiler:[[Series/{{Glee}} Dave Karofsky]]]] ~ @/WeepingWillow
975** [[spoiler:[[Literature/PercyJackson Nico]] [[Literature/TheHeroesOfOlympus di Angelo]]]] ~ @/CamrocG
976** [[WesternAnimation/SouthPark Mr. Garrison]] ~ @/Matt P 5557
977* ArmoredVillainsUnarmoredHeroes
978** Jack vs the Big Daddies from ''VideoGame/BioShock1''. The Big Daddies have massive diving suits that make them look more like machines than humans, and Jack's got a sweater. --@/{{Trogdor}}
979* ArmsDealer
980** The United States of America ~ Kaizerreich
981* ArsonMurderAndJaywalking
982** [[WesternAnimation/HeavyMetal "Lincoln Stern, you stand here accused of 12 counts of murder in the first degree, 14 counts of armed theft of Federation property, 22 counts of piracy in high space, 18 counts of fraud, 37 counts of rape, and one moving violation."]] ~ @/{{Pblegion}}
983** [[WesternAnimation/MeagasXLR Coop]] ~ Ranthar
984*** AND you made me run half a block! ~ @/EvaUnit01
985** [[Franchise/PiratesOfTheCaribbean "...impersonating a Cleric of the Church of England..."]] ~ @/{{Kelly}},[=UninjuredFist=], [=Me2=]
986** "[[Film/{{Yellowbeard}} Often forcing men to eat their own lips, he was eventually caught and imprisoned...for tax evasion.]]" -- @/{{Cuchulainn}}
987** [[Film/Ghostbusters1984 "Human sacrifice, dogs and cats living together... mass hysteria!"]] ~ @/{{Stark1111}}, @/DoctorRayman
988** "[[WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse You smashed me into a limbless cloud, you trapped me in your bubble-dungeon, and]] ''[[Funny/StevenUniverse you called me]]'' ''[[HatesBeingCalledCute 'cute'!]]''" ~ Five-seveN-25
989** What Rolf says to Eddy in "An Ed Is Born". ~ Mattman_the_Storyteller
990--> '''Rolf''': YOU HAVE VANDALIZED ROLF'S FACE, AND YOU HAVE--\
991(''A cardboard cutout in Rolf's likeness appears. Rolf picks it up, revealing that it's being carried by a chicken.'')\
992'''Rolf''': AND YOU HAVE STOLEN ROLF'S CHICKENS YET AGAIN!!! (''Sees Edd filming'') Are you stealing Rolf's soul with your film box?!
993* ArsonMurderAndLifeSaving
994** [[spoiler: What the Emperor says to the title character]] in ''WesternAnimation/{{Mulan}}''. ~ @/DoctorRayman
995*** Seconded ~ Mattman_the_Storyteller
996* ArtEvolution
997** ''Webcomic/QuestionableContent''. [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/posts.php?discussion=ozx4ae8w7fts8g08pqp91364 Just take a look.]]
998** ''WebComic/DominicDeegan''. [[http://www.dominic-deegan.com/view.php?date=2002-05-21 This]] is the first one. [[http://www.dominic-deegan.com/ This]] is one of the latest. ~ [=Me2=]
999** For me, it has to be ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons''. From [[http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/4/47/Simpsons_on_Tracey_Ullman.png this]] to [[http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/0/0d/Simpsons_FamilyPicture.png this]]. Plus it is probably the best known example. ~ {{Susiemary}}
1000** ''Literature/GoofusAndGallant''. It took links to ''eight'' picture pages just to give a basic outline to how much they've changed over the years. There might've been others. And ''[[EarlyInstallmentWeirdness elf ears]]''!?! ~ @/{{Nlpnt}}
1001** ''Webcomic/PennyArcade''. Not only ArtEvolution but style evolution. Gabe had already evolved into an amazing artist years ago, but he still continues to subtly change and refine his style. ~ @/{{ledge}}
1002** ''[[Webcomic/DanAndMabsFurryAdventures DMFA]].'' [[http://missmab.com/Comics/Vol_001.php This is the first one.]] Now fast-forward to [[http://missmab.com/Comics/Vol_1316.php 2012]]. ~ @/InsanityPrelude
1003** ''Webcomic/ElGoonishShive'': [[http://www.egscomics.com/index.php?id=1 this]] to [[http://www.egscomics.com/sketchbook.php?id=608 this one]], specifically created as a comparison, and it has only improved in the two years since then.
1004* TheArtifact
1005** ''[[Creator/ABCFamily The 700 Club]]''. ~ @/{{Nlpnt}}
1006* ArtifactTitle
1007** Webcomic ''Webcomic/TheWhiteboard'', which switched media after 5 strips, and is now over 1800 strips in. A sixth strip on a whiteboard was done as a holiday treat, which means only a tiny fraction of a percent of strips were actually done on a whiteboard. ~ @/MrInitialMan
1008** Creator/DCComics ~ [=ZiggyZag=], @/ManWithoutABody
1009** ''Series/TwoAndAHalfMen'' ~ @/{{Nlpnt}}
1010** Say, didn't TV Tropes used to be only about TV? ~ Hotel California, ravenfez @/{{Piando}}
1011** The ''VideoGame/FireEmblem'' series. It's gotten to the point where the Fire Emblem itself - which is different in every game - is more or less shoehorned in to justify the title.
1012* ArtificialBrilliance
1013** For an enemy example, [[VideoGame/AlienIsolation The Alien's ability to learn your patterns]] is what makes it so difficult to avoid. For allies, we have the party members in ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIII'', which is what makes them so reliable. ~ Mattman_the_Storyteller
1014* ArtificialStupidity
1015** ''VideoGame/StarWarsBattlefront'' - @/TheWanderer
1016** Every video game escort mission ever (with the exception of ''VideoGame/MetroidPrime3Corruption'') ~ @/{{Elgnirp100}}
1017** ''VideoGame/SWAT4'': "You're in my way, sir" - @/Josef5678
1018* ArtisticAge
1019** ''Manga/BattleRoyale''. Shogo looks like a Vietnam vet and he's ''sixteen.'' ~ @/SeanTucker
1020** ''Everyone'' in ''WesternAnimation/{{Arthur}}'' ~ @/{{Monolaf317}}
1021* ArtisticLicenseBiology
1022** The ComicBook/ChickTracts. Need I say more? ~ @/{{Redrosary}}
1023** ''Film/HighlanderIITheQuickening''. Surely the only work of fiction in history to argue that if the sun were blocked out, the world would get ''hotter'', not colder (and survive just fine, for the most part). -ZuulMF
1024*** Seconded, although that's the least of that film's problems.
1025** [[WesternAnimation/CampLazlo Commander Hoo-Ha]] saying that tear ducts shrivel up from disuse, something that does not happen in RealLife. ~ Mattman_the_Storyteller
1026* ArtisticLicenseEconomics:
1027** [[Series/SwitchedAtBirth John Kennish]] has a car wash. He lives in a mansion, drives a Porsche Panamera and sends his kids to a $20,000-a-year private school. [[WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse Greg Universe]] has a car wash. He lives in his '70s van and his kid is being raised by aunts. Y U no make up your mind, teevee? ~ Tropers/Nlpnt
1028* ArtisticLicenseGeography
1029** UsefulNotes/ChristopherColumbus. 'Nuff said. ~@/Viva_la_pasta
1030** I'm gonna go ahead and say ''[[Literature/TheTwilightSaga Twilight]]''. I'm sure the west coast of Brazil is ''lovely'' this time of year. ~ Wragnaroq R. Maggeddon, Hotel California, ozaniel
1031** The time it takes characters to go between Yakima and Seattle on ''Series/ICarly''. The only way it works is by imagining they are actually in a helicopter. @/{{Mack}}
1032* ArtisticLicenseLaw
1033** ''WesternAnimation/TheIncredibles1'', where suicide is completely legal and stopping it is a serious offence. ~ Five-seveN-25
1034*** Seconded. [[HarsherInHindsight Although, this did manage]] [[https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/4944419/Man-who-tried-to-kill-himself-sues-hospital-that-saved-him-for-compensation.html to happen in real life...]] ~ Mattman_the_Storyteller
1035* ArtisticLicensePhysics
1036** ''Film/TheCore''. The fail is made more epic by their claim to have consulted real physicists. ~ @/{{ledge}}
1037** [[Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann Yes, that's a humanoid robot larger than any individual non-black hole object in the universe and way larger than any object that has not turned spherical due to its own mass and gravitational pull. Fighting another, equally impossibly huge one, on top of a galaxy as if it were an arena. Using smaller galaxies as shurikens.]] [[RuleOfCool No complaining here.]] ~ @/TheNerdytimes
1038* ArtStyleDissonance
1039** ''Manga/RankingOfKings''. - @/IukaSylvie
1040* AscendedExtra
1041** [[Series/{{Frasier}} Doctor Frasier Crane]], who started out as a one-shot rival for Sam Malone in ''Series/{{Cheers}}'', and eventually let Creator/KelseyGrammer tie James Arness for the title of "Longest Time Playing the Same Character on Television".
1042*** Seconded ~ravenfez
1043** [[WhenEldersAttack Nana]] from the ''Franchise/{{Madagascar}}'' movies. Initially a OneSceneWonder in the first movie, she was brought back for the sequel, through sheer PopularityPower. ~@/IronicMouse
1044** [[Franchise/StarTrek Chief]] [[Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration Miles]] [[Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine O'Brian]] ~ wixo
1045** The Soul Reapers, the Visored, the Arrancar...just take your pick from any of the characters who get introduced in a new arc in ''Manga/{{Bleach}}''. To put it in perspective: there are four character pages on this website for that manga, three of them for all the characters who aren't the five the series started off with. And they're all ''long''. Only the Arrancar [[spoiler: (and two traitor Captains)]] have died, so fully expect everyone else to come back when [[spoiler: Ichigo's powers come back.]] - afteriwake
1046** ''Franchise/StarWars'': "Look Sir, Droids!" got his own EU story and an entry into the original Essential Guide to Characters. Aura Sing started out as the white bald chick watching the podrace in Episode I. All the scum and villainy hanging out in Jabba's Palace? Yep, they've all got names and their own fleshed out backstories, too. And that doesn't even begin to scratch the surface. ~ @/SpaceJawa
1047** [[Anime/MagicalGirlLyricalNanoha Nanoha.]] This troper had never even heard of ''VisualNovel/TriangleHeart'' until long after he watched Nanoha. ~ spacemonkey37, [=MarvelGirl=], @/EvaUnit01
1048** [[Series/FamilyMatters Steve Urkel]]. He starts off as a one shot character midway through the first season and quickly becomes focal point of the series. ~ ereg
1049** [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic Derpy]] [[MemeticBystander Hooves]] went from an animation error, to appearing in the background every episode, to being an ''officially voiced, canonical character.'' ~ @/PersonOfNote, ozaniel
1050** [[Series/AgentsOfShield Phil Coulson]] was a minor comic relief character in ''Film/IronMan1'', basically a stereotypical government "suit", and has now become ''director'' of S.H.I.E.L.D. since Nick Fury [[spoiler:faked his own death]]. ~ Wyvern76
1051** [[Franchise/{{Pokemon}} Omanyte/Omastar]] in ''WebVideo/TwitchPlaysPokemon''. Went from just another fossil Pokemon to '''''[[ChaoticGood GOD OF ANARCHY.]]''''' Also known as '''Lord Helix.''' ~Ego-Man25
1052** [[Franchise/TheMuppets Ms. Piggy]] was famously just a background puppet for a dance scene until Creator/FrankOz got a hold of her.
1053** [[TabletopGame/WarhammerFantasy Grand]] [[VideoGame/TotalWarWarhammerIII Cathay]]. Went from being a SpaceFillingEmpire and HufflepuffHouse in the background for the entirety of the original game's lifespan (over 30 years) to being completely fleshed out as a fully realized faction within the span of a few months (seven years after the original game's discontinuation). ~ Fireside
1054** [[Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer Jonathan Levinson]] ~ [=Amuck Cricetine=]
1055** [[Franchise/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles The Shredder]] - from a TokenMotivationalNemesis, to the franchise's unquestioned BigBad ~ [=NotGonnaDoALot4=]
1056*** Seconded. ~ Tropers/DecafGrub47393
1057** [[Franchise/StarWars Boba Fett]] - Tropers/DemonDuckofDoom
1058* AscendedFanboy
1059** [[VideoGame/ShinSuperRobotWars Ryusei Date]], epic-scale SuperRobot adept with reflexes that have been honed by years of videogames. ~ @/VPhantom
1060** Creator/YayoiKise, from ''Anime/SmilePrettyCure'', loves {{Manga}}, HumongousMecha, and [[{{Superhero}} Super Heroes]]; and then she becomes a BadassAdorable MagicalGirlWarrior...Awesome! ~ @/{{aNinjaWithAIDS}}
1061** [[Series/AgentsOfShield Phil Coulson]] ~ Tropers/{{Pastylover2}}
1062* AscendedGlitch
1063** {{Combos}}. A GoodBadBug in ''VideoGame/StreetFighterII''. Indispensable in all fighting games that came after it. ~ @/MrInitialMan
1064** [[Franchise/MortalKombat Ermac]]. - @/Hyrin
1065** Difficulty progression as we know it originated as a bug in ''VideoGame/SpaceInvaders''. - @/{{Yuihime}}
1066** [[VideoGame/{{Pokemon}} Missingno]] ~ @/Matt P 5557
1067** [[VideoGame/TheKingOfFighters Leona saluting to Chang.]] ~ Five-seveN-25
1068* AsianStoreowner
1069** [[WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons Apu Nahasapeemapetilon]] -- [=WilliamShakesman=]
1070* AsideGlance
1071** [[Series/ParksAndRecreation Ben]] [[SilentSnarker Wyatt]] ~Bowbowis
1072** [[Series/TheOfficeUS Jim Halpert]] ~ Wavebert
1073* {{Asmodeus}}
1074** ''WebAnimatiom/HelluvaBoss'' - Tropers/DemonDuckofDoom
1075* AspectRatioSwitch
1076** The start of the final reel of ''Film/Napoleon1927'' triples the width of the film from 1.33:1 to 4:1, making a finale few will forget. ~ Tropers/DecafGrub47393
1077* AssholeVictim
1078** ''Series/OneThousandWaysToDie'' features this quite frequently~ACW
1079** ''Literature/MurderOnTheOrientExpress''. [[spoiler:[[Series/RedDwarfS1ConfidenceAndParanoia They all did it.]]]] -- @/{{Cuchulainn}}
1080*** Seconded. -- White Bear
1081** ''Manga/{{MW}}''. -- [=DeathNoteFan=]
1082** 95% of [[Film/ProblemChild Junior's]] targets. ~ @/{{Monolaf317}}
1083** [[Film/JurassicPark1993 Donald Gennero]]. ~ @/DoctorRayman
1084** [[Manga/FullmetalAlchemist Shou Tucker]]. First victim of Scar, and he turned the only people who would have mourned him into chimeras. ~ @/{{rjd1922}}
1085*** Seconded ~ Mattman_the_Storyteller
1086** [[spoiler:Quan Chi]] in ''VideoGame/MortalKombatX''. [[VideoGame/MortalKombat11 In the next game]], Shang Tsung personally thanks [[spoiler:Scorpion]] for saving him the trouble. ~ Five-seveN-25
1087** [[WesternAnimation/TransformersAnimated Wasp]]. To quote Bulkhead: "You were always mean to me and Bumblebee. [[spoiler: You may not be a traitor...]], but you were never a good bot." ~ Fireside
1088* TheAssimilator
1089** [[Franchise/DragonBall Majin Buu]] ~ Mattman_the_Storyteller
1090** [[Franchise/StarTrek The Borg Collective]] ~ [=Amuck Cricetine=]
1091** [[VideoGame/{{Starcraft}} The Zerg]] ~ Fireside
1092* AssociatedComposer
1093** Creator/StevenSpielberg and Music/JohnWilliams ~ [=Amuck Cricetine=]
1094* AstralProjection
1095** [[Film/TheLastJedi "See you around, kid."]] ~ Tropers/DecafGrub47393
1096** [[WesternAnimation/JackieChanAdventures Users of the Sheep Talisman]] ~ Mattman_the_Storyteller
1097* AsteroidThicket
1098** ''Film/TheEmpireStrikesBack'' ~ [=AmuckCricetine=]
1099* AtTheOperaTonight
1100** ''Film/ANightAtTheOpera'' ~ [=WilliamShakesman=]
1101** ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVI'' ~ Tropers/DecafGrub47393
1102* AtomicSuperpower
1103** [=NRG=] and Atomix from ''Franchise/Ben10''. ~ Mattman_the_Storyteller
1104* TheAtoner
1105** Series/{{Angel}}, mostly in his own show but also less prominently in [[Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer the parent show]] - [=CaellachTigerEye=], ravenfez
1106** [[VideoGame/GuiltyGear Sol Badguy]] - [[Pantheon/MotivationsForHeroism Did you]] [[Pantheon/{{Regret}} forget?]] ~ [=DAN004=]
1107** [[VideoGame/TalesOfSymphonia Regal Bryant]] ~ Clevomon
1108** [[Literature/HarryPotter Severus Snape]] ~ [=MarvelGirl=]
1109** [[Manga/RurouniKenshin Kenshin]] ~ [=ElectricBalalaika=], @/EvaUnit01, urielzet
1110** [[Series/MyNameIsEarl Earl Hickey]] ~ @/{{Matt P 5557}}
1111** Every major character not named Winry in ''Manga/FullmetalAlchemist'' has something to atone for ~ @/{{rjd1922}}
1112** [[WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender Prince Zuko]]. ~ Connor2107
1113* AttackHello:
1114** '''[[Anime/MobileFighterGGundam ANSWER ME, DOMON!]]''' '''''[[Memes/{{Gundam}} THE SCHOOL OF THE UNDEFEATED OF THE EAST!!!]]''''' - @/{{CelPrevXXVI}}
1115* AttackOfThe50FootWhatever
1116** [[{{Webcomic/Walkyverse}} Giant. Mutant. Frosted.]] [[Webcomic/{{Shortpacked}} Honey Bun.]] ~ @/{{Wackd}}
1117** Franchise/{{Godzilla}}. ~ @/DoctorRayman
1118* AttackOnTheHeart
1119** [[Literature/InheritanceCycle The only way to kill a Shade is to stab them through the heart.]] ~ Mattman_the_Storyteller
1120* AttackPatternAlpha
1121** "[[Film/FlashGordon1980 Squadron 40!]] '''[[Creator/BrianBlessed DIIIIIVE!]]'''" ~ @/ManWithoutABody
1122** "[[Franchise/StarWars Attack Pattern Delta. Go now.]]" ~ @/{{Gendoikari1}}
1123** "[[Literature/HonorHarrington Attack Pattern Alpha]]" is used twice, and there are others, as well. ~ [=WillZ=]
1124* AttentionWhore
1125** [[Manga/SoulEater Black]]☆[[Manga/SoulEater Star]], @/{{Zfish9}}, @/EvaUnit01
1126*** Seconded ~ Mattman_the_Storyteller
1127** Literature/HaruhiSuzumiya. Drawing giant alien chalk symbols, smashing Kyon's head into a chair so she can scream her new idea at him in the middle of class, joining and quitting ''every club in the school'' before making her own club of people to demand constant attention from, and generally being absurdly bossy and hyperactive at all times; the sky's the limit! Or, in her case, [[RealityWarper the universe]]. ~ guyy, ozaniel
1128*** Seconded. ~ Five-seveN-25
1129** [[Manga/KenichiTheMightiestDisciple Rachel Stanley]]
1130** [[{{Series/Coupling}} Jane.]] ~ urielzet
1131** Luke Atmey, from the third ''Franchise/AceAttorney'' game. - [=Hyperion5=]
1132** WesternAnimation/DaffyDuck. ~ @/DoctorRayman
1133** [[WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}} Bender]] ~ [=WilliamShakesman=]
1134* AttractMode
1135** ''VideoGame/{{DJMAX}} [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pYEu5c7Hlr0 Technika 2]]''. ~@/RayAyanami
1136** "[[AC:[[{{VideoGame/GhostHunter}} There are thousands of ghost stories, tales of loss, suffering and rejection - into a few - intrude the living.]]]]" ~ @/QuackorTheFowl
1137* AudienceParticipation
1138** ''Film/TheRockyHorrorPictureShow'' ~ @/SparkyYoungUpstart
1139** In-universe, ''VisualNovel/DanganronpaV3KillingHarmony''. What other game has [[spoiler:the player ''fight'' the audience as the '''FinalBoss''']]?
1140** ''Series/TheWeather'', as the audience was part of every improvised skit. ~@/WarJay77
1141** ''ComicBook/BatmanADeathInTheFamily'' famously put Jason Todd's fate up to the audience to decide. ~Tropers/DecafGrub47393
1142* AuthorAvatar
1143** [[WesternAnimation/GravityFalls Dipper Pines]]. ~@/SWFMax
1144** [[Literature/FearAndLoathingInLasVegas Raoul Duke]] ~ [=WilliamShakesman=]
1145* AuthorFilibuster
1146** ''Literature/AtlasShrugged'' ~allotroper
1147** ''Series/ICarly'': ''iStart A Fan War'' ended with the main character ranting about how {{Shipping}} had taken over the in-universe equivalent of the real life fandom, and that everyone should just appreciate the show for the comedy. It was especially galling since the ''very next episode'' was entirely centred around shipping.
1148** ''Film/TheGreatDictator'' - Possibly more remembered than the entirely of the two hours of slapstick that preceded it, the Jewish Barber in the last 2-3 minutes is all Chaplin. - @/TwinBird
1149* AutoErotica:
1150** Jack and Rose in the ''Film/{{Titanic|1997}}'', of course. ~ @/Silverblade2
1151* AwardBaitSong
1152** "Everything I Do, I Do It For You" by Music/BryanAdams (from ''Film/RobinHoodPrinceOfThieves'') for existing or partly adapted songs (the melody was largely taken by Music/MichaelKamen from a genuine medieval or Renaissance-era tune), "I Am the Wind" from ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaSymphonyOfTheNight'' for original songs. ~ [=ZiggyZag=]
1153** "[[VideoGame/AsurasWrath In Your Belief]]", especially the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BXDwSsb48gM Vocal Version]], heard in the epic beginning of episode one [[spoiler: the [[TearJerker Heartrending ending]]]] of episode 12, and the credits fro the final episode.[[spoiler:Both of them]] --@/{{Demongodofchaos2}}
1154** "[[WesternAnimation/BeautyAndTheBeast Tale as Old as Time, Song as Old as Rhyme...]]" - Jalia
1155** ''Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica'' [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cH6NB2F-Jcw and I'm Home]]. ~ @/{{aNinjaWithAIDS}}
1156** "[[WesternAnimation/Frozen2013 Let it Go]]". ~ Connor2107
1157** "[[Film/TopGunMaverick Hold My Hand]]". ~ Saberwulf2018
1158* AwesomeAussie
1159** Film/CrocodileDundee ~ [=Amuck Cricetine=]
1160* AwesomeMcCoolname
1161** [[SergeantRock Staff Sgt.]] [[http://www.cracked.com/article_14982_the-9-manliest-names-in-world.html Max Fightmaster]], the manliest name in the world. ~ @/GenkiMan, ereg, ozaniel, @/InsanityPrelude
1162* AwesomeMomentOfCrowning
1163** ''Literature/TheHallowedHunt'': Ingrey becoming the hallow king for one night. ~ @/{{Vasha}}
1164** ''[[Anime/CodeGeass ALL HAIL EMPEROR]] [[spoiler:LELOUCH]]!!'' ~ Marlee Cross, @/EvaUnit01
1165** "[[Series/{{Blackadder}} In life, everyone gets what he deserves! Well, come on, lets kill some more prisoners...]]" -- @/{{Cuchulainn}}
1166** The coronation of Aragorn at the end of ''Film/TheLordOfTheRingsTheReturnOfTheKing'' ~ @/{{Rlkitterman}}
1167** ALL HAIL [[WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender FIRE LORD ZUKO!]] ~ @/Dragon_Feathers
1168** '''''[[Series/GameOfThrones THE KING IN THE NORTH! THE KING IN THE NORTH!]]''''' ~vicups
1169** The ending of ''WesternAnimation/TheLionKing1994''. ~ @/DoctorRayman
1170* AwesomenessByAnalysis
1171** [[Series/{{Heroes}} Sylar]] ~ [=DalesKaine=]
1172** [[Series/CriminalMinds Hotch]] ~ Belfagor, @/{{Indigo12ash}}
1173** [[Manga/{{Naruto}} Shikamaru]] ~ [=KantonKage=]
1174** [[Manga/TheWorldGodOnlyKnows Katsuragi Keima]] ~ [=RegalStar=]
1175** [[{{Series/Alphas}} Marcus Ayers]]. ~ urielzet
1176** [[ComicBook/TheInhumans Karnak]] - [=Hyperion5=]
1177** Literature/SherlockHolmes. ~ @/DoctorRayman
1178** [[VideoGame/BatmanArkhamSeries Batman's Detective Mode]] ~ Mattman_the_Storyteller
1179* AxCrazy
1180** [[Film/TheShining Jack Torrence]]. ~ Stuart P. Bentley, @/WillyFourEyes, @/ManWithoutABody, @/VoodooChild, @/Kelly
1181** [[Anime/DragonBallZ Kid Buu]] ~ @/DarkHunter
1182*** Seconded ~ Mattman_the_Storyteller
1183** [[TabletopGame/Warhammer40000 The World Eaters]] ~ magnum12
1184** [[spoiler:[[VisualNovel/HigurashiWhenTheyCry Shion Sonozaki]]]] ~ @/{{Clevomon}}
1185*** [[VisualNovel/HigurashiWhenTheyCry Rena is a close second,]] Considering she owns one. ~ @/{{Zfish9}}
1186** [[Literature/AmericanPsycho Patrick Bateman]] ~ [=ZiggyZag=]
1187** [[Manga/{{Bleach}} Hollow]] [[SuperpoweredEvilSide Ichigo]] ~ [=DalesKaine=]
1188** [[WesternAnimation/TheRenAndStimpyShow Ren Hoek]] ~ Night Goddess
1189** [[Creator/SuikodenV Childerich]] ~ @/{{Clae}}
1190** [[Manga/FutureDiary Yuuno]] ~ Hemi
1191** [[Series/DoctorWho The Master]], especially in the revived series. ~ravenfez
1192** [[spoiler:[[VisualNovel/DanganronpaTriggerHappyHavoc The real Junko Enoshima.]]]] ''Holy hell.'' ~ Tropers/{{Sanfranman91}}
1193** [[Manga/HajimeNoIppo Bryan Hawk.]] Not just crazy, it's that violent, ''aggressive'' kind of crazy. ~ @/{{Smokie}}
1194** What about [[TabletopGame/Warhammer40000 Khorne Berserkers?]] "BLOOD FOR THE BLOOD GOD! SKULL FOR THE SKULL THRONE!" ~ [=DAN004=]
1195** [[Literature/{{Misery}} Annie Wilkes]] ~ [=SqueeneyTodd=]
1196** [[Film/BlueVelvet Frank Booth.]] ~ @/{{Gfrequency}}
1197** [[Literature/ACertainMagicalIndex Accelerator]] ~ spacemonkey37
1198** ComicBook/TheJoker ~ @/WaxingName
1199** UsefulNotes/{{Caligula}}. So much so, he is the TropeNamer for the [[TheCaligula sub trope of this one]]. ~ Hotel California
1200** ComicBook/{{Carnage}}. ~ @/DoctorRayman

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