This 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.

There could be several reasons you think an example is the best.
* You think it's the best in terms of illustrating the trope.
* You think it's the most well done.
* It's your favorite play in that trope.
* You just really like the source material.

Oh, several things before you list examples:
* Each troper gets one example per trope, no more.
* Don't go "no, this is," or phrases like that. This is about our own personal favorites.
* '''Sign your entries.'''

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* PainfullySlowProjectile
** [[WesternAnimation/AquaTeenHungerForce The Mooninites' "Quad Laser".]] "The bullet is enormous! There is no escaping!" ~ @/WillyFourEyes, @/ManWithoutABody
*** "Jumping is useless!" But honestly, the Quad Glacier goes beyond that. ~ MetalShadowX
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vD6gTrvuG0M HURRICANE BEAM ATTACK!]] ~Blank Mage
** The projectiles from the ''Franchise/SuperMarioBros'' games, such as the Bullet Bills. ~ @/DoctorRayman
* PaintballEpisode
** ''Series/{{Community}}'''s [[Recap/CommunityS1E23ModernWarfare "Modern Warfare"]]. "Come with me if you don't want paint on your clothes." ~@/{{Bronzethumb}}
** [[WesternAnimation/{{Daria}} "Ow! Those paintball thingies hurt!"]] ~@/{{Redhed311}}
** [[Recap/KingOfTheHillS2E7TheManWhoShotCaneSkretteberg "The Man Who Shot Cane Skretteberg"]]. ~ @/DoctorRayman
** The ''Series/{{Spaced}}'' episode "Battles" ~ [=WilliamShakesman=]
* PaintingTheMedium
** [[VideoGame/EarthBound1994 tHe mR. sAtURn, zOOm!]] ~ @/DensetsuNoKaboom
* PairTheSpares
** Edward and Nancy in ''Film/{{Enchanted}}''. Ridiculous, but so SugarWiki/{{WAFF}}y I don't care!
*** Seconded. ~ Marlee Cross
** [[Literature/TheLordOfTheRings Faramir and Eowyn]] ~ @/ManWithoutABody, @/VoodooChild, @/{{Carla}}
** [[Series/{{Degrassi|TheNextGeneration}} Spinner and Emma]]. ~ @/{{Nlpnt}}
** [[Manga/{{Naruto}} Chouji and Karui.]] The characters ''never even shared the screen together'' until they appeared as a married couple in the DistantFinale! ~ @/ArcaneAzmadi, @/DoctorRayman
* ThePaladin
** [[Creator/ArtixEntertainment Artix]] [[Videogame/AdventureQuest Von]] [[Videogame/AdventureQuestWorlds Krieger]], [[spoiler: the Undead Slayer and Champion of Darkness]] -Azada
** [[Literature/TheDresdenFiles Michael Carpenter]], The Fist of God ~Jboone93
*** And one of the better examples of the archetype in any media, ever. ~digiman619
** [[VideoGame/TalesOfBerseria The Abbey]] is an entire institution of them. ~ @/MiinU
** [[VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft Uther the Lightbringer]]. So much so that he remains the iconic paladin of the ''Warcraft'' universe long after his death in ''III''. ~ Fireside
** [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyIV Cecil Harvey]]. ~ Tropers/DecafGrub47393
* PantyFighter
** ''Manga/IkkiTousen''. ~ @/WillyFourEyes, @/{{Carls493}}
** ''Manga/MakenKi'' ~ @/MiinU
** ''VideoGame/DeadOrAlive''. ~ Five-seveN-25
* PapaWolf
** [[VideoGame/HeavyRain Ethan Mars]]. ~ {{@/Arruruerie}}
** VideoGame/NieR ~ [=JasonPaul=]
*** Seconded ~ @/{{Yuihime}}
** [[Series/TwentyFour Jack Bauer]] ~ @/TwoGunAngel
** [[WesternAnimation/FindingNemo Marlin]]. ~ @/KingClark
*** Seconded. ~ [=Me2=]
** Bigby Wolf of Fables is both a literal and figurative example. ~ @/Otakusapien
** [[Manga/OnePiece Whitebeard]]. ~ [=DAN004=]
*** Seconded. ~ [=RedRoverRedRover=]
** Sam Fisher. ~ [=JParker=]
** [[VideoGame/SilentHill1 Harry Mason]] ~ @/{{Animenutcase}}
** [[VideoGame/FinalFight Mike Hagger]] ~ @/CyberTiger88
** [[Series/OnceUponATime Rumplestiltskin]] ~ @/SparkyYoungUpstart
** [[Film/{{Taken}} Bryan Mills]] - @/StClair
*** Seconded. If you don't let his daughter go, he will look for you, he will find you, and he will kill you. ~contrafanxxx
** Asura from ''VideoGame/AsurasWrath'' ~ matteste
*** Seconded, hard. ~ @/DemonGodOfChaos2
*** Thirded. ~ Mattman_the_Storyteller
** [[Literature/TheDresdenFiles Harry Dresden]] ~ spacemonkey37
*** Seconded ~ ninjadude853
*** Thirded [[spoiler: When you eradicate a species that kidnapped you child, you know you qualify]]. And that's not even counting how far he'd go for a friend. ~digiman619
** [[VideoGame/DeadRising2 Chuck Greene]] fought Phenotrans, thousands of zombies, hundreds of mercenaries, and several psychopaths and the freakin military so that his daughter wouldn't become a zombie. Chuck's '''the''' PapaWolf- Gzillafan77
** [[Manga/{{Naruto}} Minato Namikaze.]] Just take one look at the expression on his face when Tobi kidnaps Naruto and tries to kill him! - beeruckzII
** [[Film/{{Commando}} John Matrix.]] ~ xxbiasonxxx
* PaperThinDisguise
** [[WesternAnimation/{{Animaniacs}} Chicken Boo]]. ~ @/WillyFourEyes, @/{{Redhed311}}, Marlee Cross
** The one in ''Series/TheLeagueOfGentlemen'' finale. I'm not going to spoil it, because - even though this trope was fully in place and it was obviously the same actor - it still comes as a surprise. ~ @/ManWithoutABody
** The Spy class in ''VideoGame/TeamFortress2''. You are indistinguishable from the real person in the eyes of your enemy, but to your own team you literally appear to wear nothing more than a paper mask. ~Katuko
** ''Franchise/SailorMoon'' ~ @/{{Carla}}
** [[Franchise/AceAttorney Furio Tigre.]] Despite having orange skin and a ''paper badge'', he still fooled the entire court. ~ @/Mistermister
** [[Franchise/{{Pokemon}} Team Rocket!]] - [=BatDan=], @/DoctorRayman
** How could people possibly miss [[Literature/ASeriesOfUnfortunateEvents Count Olaf?]] ~Hydra4, Vellophone, [=Me2=]
** Oh, look, [[VideoGame/GoldenSunDarkDawn I have a mask that covers HALF MY FOREHEAD]]. I am totally not a recurring and well-known ''VideoGame/GoldenSun'' villain even though I have the exact same hairstyle and [[SmugSnake the same attitude as ever]]. I mean, as he does. Because I have [[MaskPower this mask]], which is a perfect cutout of a plot-important mask you saw [[spoiler: in the city where you befriended my HeroicBastard son]], and an [[MeaningfulRename alias]] which [[ItsAllAboutMe only serves to highlight]] [[AGodAmI my superiority over you]]. No, I am absolutely not [[spoiler: [[HijackedByGanon Alex as usual]]]]. ~ @/{{Yuihime}}
*** Seconded ~ sardns
** [[Manga/KenichiTheMightiestDisciple "I am the mysterious teenager, Garyuu X!"]] ~stevobread
** Narbonic Hamsters in a trenchcoat. With a badly-drawn-upon paper plate as a face. ~ @/{{Ionz}}
** "[[WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons Mr. Burns]], it '''was''' naïve of you to think I'd mistake this town's most prominent 104-year-old man for one of my elementary school students." ~ @/{{Monolaf317}}
** [[Anime/MobileSuitZetaGundam "Captain Quattro, he is]] '''[[MemeticMutation A CHAR!]]''' -~dave_the_assassin~-
* ParasolOfPain
** Manga/LadySnowblood. Pretty girl, pretty parasol. LOTS of pain to dish out. ~ ''@/{{Allronix}}''
** [[Manga/RanmaOneHalf Ryoga Hibiki]] carries weighted bamboo parasol that literally weighs a ton. ~ @/MiinU
** ComicBook/ThePenguin. ~ @/DoctorRayman
* ParentalBonus
** The ''Series/SesameStreet'' parodies of adult TV shows, particularly the one for ''Series/GameOfThrones.'' One has a large audience of preschoolers, the other is known for it's high impact violence, sex scenes and adult material, and the former utterly nails it with one sly nod to the show after another. ''@/{{tsstevens}}''
** The various references made by Genie in ''WesternAnimation/{{Aladdin}}''. ~ @/DoctorRayman
* ParodyCommercial
** ''Film/RoboCop1987'' ~ [=WilliamShakesman=]
* ParodySue
** [[Fanfic/MyImmortal Ebony Dark'ness Dementia Raven Way]] ~ @/TrouserWearingBarbarian
** [[Film/TheAdventuresOfBuckarooBanzaiAcrossThe8thDimension Buckaroo Banzai]] ~ @/CTrombley
** [[Webcomic/PennyArcade Dr. Raven Darktalon Blood]] - @/BlackDragon
** [[Manga/HayateTheCombatButler Hinagiku Katsura]] ~ @/WillyFourEyes
** [[Fanfic/DoomRepercussionsOfEvil John "The Demons" Stalvern]] ~ @/ManWithoutABody
** Starkit. Hopefully. - Tails2000
** [[Webcomic/EnsignSueMustDie Ensign Mary Amethyst Star]] [[Fanfic/MyImmortal Enoby]] [[Webcomic/EnsignSueMustDie Aiko]] [[Series/StarTrekEnterprise Archer]] [[Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration Picard]] [[Series/StarTrekVoyager Janeway]] [[OverlyLongName Sue.]] [[Administrivia/AllBlueEntry ~]] @/ZettaToad
*** Seconded- Gzillafan77
* PastExperienceNightmare:
** [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyVI Shadow's nightmares]] are [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ew-sU3d7Tjc a small sidequest]] that is the only way to know his backstory. ~ Tropers/DecafGrub47393
* PatientChildhoodLoveInterest
** [[VisualNovel/MajikoiLoveMeSeriously Miyako Shiina]]
** [[Literature/MoribitoGuardianOfTheSpirit Tanda]] has known Balsa since they were children and has been waiting for her to accept his marriage proposal his entire adult life. He's in his 30s. ~ MiinU
** [[Franchise/{{Naruto}} Hinata Hyuga towards Naruto Uzumaki]]. ~ @/DoctorRayman
* PatrioticFervor
** [[VideoGame/MetalWolfChaos Michael. Fucking. Wilson.]] ~ @/UnknownTroper
** [[WesternAnimation/Beowulf2007 "Tonight! Will be different! Tonight he will find Geats waiting for him! Not frightened sheep!"]] ~ @/ManWithoutABody
** [[Franchise/TheMuppets Sam Eagle]]. ~ @/DoctorRayman
* PayEvilUntoEvil
** Jimmy Hopkins from ''VideoGame/{{Bully}}''. "I only give people what they had coming to them." ~ @/CounterBlitzkrieg
** [[Literature/SwordArtOnline What Kirito does to Sugou.]] ~ Mattman_the_Storyteller
* PerfectlyArrangedMarriage
** [[Manga/ShamanKing Yoh and Anna]] ~ @/{{Carla}}
** [[WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons Apu and Manjula]]. ~ @/DoctorRayman
* PerkyFemaleMinion
** [[WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender Ty Lee]] - Tropers/DemonDuckofDoom
* PerkyGoth
** [[Series/{{NCIS}} Abby Sciuto]] ~Chuckg, @/WillyFourEyes, @/{{Carla}}, @/{{Indigo12ash}}
** [[ComicBook/TheSandman Death]] - @/BlackDragon, @/ManWithoutABody, {{@/Cameoflage}}, @/VoodooChild
** [[Manga/DeathNote Amane Misa]] ~ [=BirdOfHermes=]
** [[WesternAnimation/TheNightmareBeforeChristmas Jack Skellington]] ~ @/PumpkinLore
** Music/{{Voltaire}} ~ {{@/Surenity}}
** WesternAnimation/RubyGloom ~ Tantopat
** [[WesternAnimation/DannyPhantom Sam Manson]] ~ @/CyberTiger88, @/DoctorRayman
** [[ComicStrip/OnTheFastrack Dethany]]~ACW
** [[WesternAnimation/TheModifyers Lacy Shadows]], complete with a fake British accent. ~ @/MiinU
* PerpetualFrowner
** [[FanNickname Captain Grumpypants]]! AKA Hitsugaya Toushiro, from ''Manga/{{Bleach}}''. ~ @/{{Carla}}
** [[WesternAnimation/TheBoondocks Huey Freeman]] ~ @/Bluwale824
** As [[TheHero Luke]] said to [[VideoGame/TalesOfTheAbyss Asch the Bloody]] - "Sooner or later your face is gonna freeze into that sneer." ~ @/{{Gorsecloud}}
*** You mean it hasn't already!?!? ~ @/ZettaToad
** [[WesternAnimation/TheGrimAdventuresOfBillyAndMandy Mandy]], that is all. ~ [=PinkHanabi=]
** What about Grumpy Cat? ~ @/{{iansimsjam}}
** [[WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants Squidward Tentacles]] - Tropers/DemonDuckofDoom
* PerpetualSmiler
** [[WesternAnimation/HazbinHotel Alastor]] - Tropers/DemonDuckofDoom
* PersonOfMassDestruction
** [[Literature/TheWheelOfTime Rand al'Thor]]. You know you're in a CrapsackWorld when your DestructiveSavior has a Power Amplifier that will let him unmake all of creation, and he ''[[DespairEventHorizon considers doing it]]''. ~@/SlvstrChung
** [[Franchise/LyricalNanoha Hayate]]. She needs a fire control team to use her magic safely, and when she breaks out her bombardment spells the TSAB issues ''evacuation warnings.'' ~ spacemonkey37
** The ''entire cast'' of ''Manga/DragonBallZ''. The main villains can destroy planets by lifting their finger. ~@/GogoRiki @/{{Piando}}
*** Then there's Broly, who destroys ''entire galaxies''.
** ComicBook/TheIncredibleHulk. ~ @/DoctorRayman
* PersonalHorror
** [[spoiler:Steven's character arc in ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverseFuture'']]. ~ Mattman_the_Storytelle
** [[TabletopGame/VampireTheMasquerade The Kindred, who slowly lose their humanity through centuries of undeath.]] - Tropers/DemonDuckofDoom
* PersonalityPowers
** [[ComicBook/TheFlash Bart Allen]], there's a reason his original and most commonly used codename is Impulse.~@ newaccount
* PerspectiveFlip
** ''Theatre/RosencrantzAndGuildensternAreDead'' -- [=WilliamShakesman=]
* PhonyPsychic
** [[Series/{{Psych}} Shawn Spencer]], of course. ~ @/{{Carla}}
* PhraseCatcher
** Can't decide between [[Franchise/StarWars "I've got a bad feeling about this..."]] and [[Radio/TheLoneRanger "Who was that masked man?"]] ~ vicnog
** [[Literature/HarryPotter "You look just like your father. Except the eyes."]] ~ @/OrchidbreezeOfFireClan
** [[Film/TheBigLebowski "Where's the money, Lebowski?"]] ~ @/ManWithoutABody
*** "It's down there somewhere. Let me take another look."
** Try mentioning the words [[Film/TheWizardOfOz "lions", "tigers", and "bears"]] in the same sentence (in ''any'' order, ''however'' far apart) without someone around saying, "Oh my!" I have never once succeeded. -[=ZiggyZag=]
** [[Series/DoctorWho "It's bigger on the inside..."]] ~ @/{{Carla}}, @/{{Indigo12ash}}
** Look, up in the sky! It's a bird! It's a plane! No, it's ''ComicBook/{{Superman}}!'' - cg12345
** [[WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb "Hey, where's Perry?"]] ~ {{@/LimeTH}}
*** Seconded. ~ Tropers/DecafGrub47393
** [[Series/RedDwarf "What a guy"]] ~ {{@/Pastylover2}}
** [[Film/AHardDaysNight "That's Paul's grandfather." "He's very clean..."]] ~ [=Me2=]
** [[WebVideo/YuGiOhTheAbridgedSeries "Shut up, Mokuba."]] - @/{{Werebunny131}}
** [[WesternAnimation/BeastWars "Shut up, Rattrap."]] ~ vwchan
** [[Series/{{Cheers}} NORM!]] - Stark1111
** [[Series/{{Community}} "You're the worst."]] ~ {{@/King of the Mime Swing}}
** [[Series/{{Seinfeld}} "Hello...Newman"]] ~ Ultimaneo
** "[[Franchise/ScoobyDoo And I would have gotten away with it, too, if it weren't for]] YouMeddlingKids!" and any other variations. ~ @/DoctorRayman
* PimpedOutCar:
** The [=DeLorean=] DMC-12 from ''Franchise/BackToTheFuture''. It's so [[CoolCar cool looking]] that many [=DeLorean=] owners have taken to modifying their cars to look like the one from the movie. There's even a niche market where you can pay to have it done for you. ~mysterykcad
* PinballScoring
** ''VideoGame/GigaWing Generations''. Mmm, 20-digit scores... ~ @/RayAyanami
* PineappleSurprise
** ''Film/CasinoRoyale2006'', where James Bond finds the terrorist's bomb planted on the fuel truck while fighting said terrorist as they're inside said fuel truck hurtling towards the target. He discreetly plants said bomb on the terrorist before letting him "get away". The terrorist hits the detonator while smugly watching 007 get detained by the local sheriff's department, only for Bond to watch smugly as the terrorist is blown to smithereens. - @/{{Thunderchin}}
* PintsizedPowerhouse
** [[Franchise/StarWars Grandmaster Yoda]]. 2'2" and one the most powerful Jedi in history, which includes utter badasses that he'd have little to no trouble beating, such as Dooku, Obi-Wan Kenobi, Luke and many, MANY more. ~ShiningCrimsonZero
** [[Manga/SailorMoon Minako Aino/Sailor Venus]]. A 5'2" young girl who can singlehandedly kill {{Big Bad}}s who dare to mess with the people they're sworn to protect, or send people much bigger and stronger than her flying with a kick? Yep, that's her. ~troper18Lgreen
** [[Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer Buffy Summers.]] 5'3". Girly girl. Vampire slayer. SuperStrength. [[RememberWhenYouBlewUpASun Once beat the crap out of a hellgod.]] - @/{{wyattte}}
** ComicBook/{{Asterix}}, whenever he drinks the magic potion. ~ @/DoctorRayman
** [[Series/TheDresdenFiles Karrin Murphy]]. 'Tiny, but ''fierce''.' ~ @/{{cosmatonspoon}}
* PityTheKidnapper
** "[[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic Whining? I am not whining, I am complaining.]] [[ThisIsGonnaSuck Do you want to]] ''[[ThisIsGonnaSuck hear]]'' [[ThisIsGonnaSuck whining?]]" ~ {{@/deeman45}}
** ''The Ransom of Red Chief'' by O. Henry. It's the Ur-example. ~ @/MarvelGirl, @/{{Redhed311}}
* PlagiarismInFiction
** [[spoiler:[[WesternAnimation/{{Coco}} Ernesto de la Cruz stealing the songs that made him famous from Héctor]]]] ~ Mattman_the_Storyteller
*** Seconded. ~ Tropers/DecafGrub47393
* {{Plaguemaster}}
** [[TabletopGame/Warhammer40000 Nurgle]] - Tropers/DemonDuckofDoom
* PlanetEater
** [[ComicBook/FantasticFour Galactus]]. Helps the he was of the TropeMakers. ~ @/DrFurball, @/DoctorRayman
* PlanetOfHats
** Literature/KinosJourney ~merton
*** Seconded ~mrbits
** ComicBook/KaputAndZosky ~@/{{Jinjoman}}
** ''Franchise/StarTrek!'' There's practically a planet of hats every other week. The Klingons' war and honor, the Cardassians as a PoliceState, the Vulcan logic. And that's just the regulars. ~ @/wyattte
** [[WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}} The Globetrotter Homeworld]] ~ @/MattP5557
* PlanetaryRomance
** ''Anime/{{Simoun}}'' ~Entan
* PlatformFighter
** ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros'' ~ @/DoctorRayman
* PlatformGame
** The ''Franchise/SuperMarioBros'' series. ~ @/DoctorRayman
* PlatformHell
** ''VideoGame/IWannaBeTheGuy'' ~ @/RayAyanami
** The ''VideoGame/GhostsNGoblins'' games. ''Yikes!'' - [=ZuulMF=]
** The in-progress [[GameMod mapset]] for ''[[VideoGame/{{Doom}} Doom II]]'' [[http://www.doomworld.com/vb/wads-mods/46002-sunder-updated-with-new-maps-huzzah/ Sunder is this trope in FPS form. (not to mention needing a limit-removing port to play it) These make [[NintendoHard already ball-bustingly difficult]] megawads such as the Hell Revealed series and Alien Vendetta look like a sunday drive. -Gunpsycho
** ''[[VideoGame/ArmageddonSMW Arma]][[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S0jpNzkKVvU geddon]]'' is 20 minutes of requiring practically every glitch in the Mario World engine, insane difficulty and beautiful custom graphics. ~ Tropers/DecafGrub47393
* PlatonicLifePartners:
** [[Fanfic/TheNightUnfurls The Good Hunter and the Plain Doll]] are very close, opposite-sex friends who care more about spending time with each other, being kind towards each other, and being happy together rather than romance or sex. ~ @/ElRise
* PlayableEpilogue:
** ''VideoGame/SpecOpsTheLine'': The game has multiple endings, one of which leads to the epilogue, which also has multiple endings. ~@/{{Trogdor}}
** ''VideoGame/{{Terranigma}}'' ~ Tropers/DecafGrub47393
* PlayingWithFire
** [[Literature/TheLordoftheRings The Balrog of Khazad-Dum]].~MetaFalcario
** Charlie [=McGee=] of ''Literature/{{Firestarter}}'' who as a child takes down the entire secure site of The Shop. In the book she realizes that someday she will be able to ''destroy the sun''.
** [[Anime/VariableGeo Satomi Yajima]] is a 16 year old combat waitress with the power to summon flames. ~ @/MiinU
** [[ComicBook/FantasticFour Johnny Storm]] AKA the [[Characters/FantasticFourTheFantasticFour Human Torch]]. ~ @/DoctorRayman
** [[Franchise/{{Pokemon}} All Fire-type Pokémon]] ~ Mattman_the_Storyteller
** [[WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender Prince Zuko]] ~ @/{{Smashman2893}}
* PlayingWithSyringes
** [[VideoGame/BatmanArkhamAsylum Scarecrow.]] ~Bluwale824
* PleaseDontLeaveMe
** The last episode of Anime/AngelBeats. [[TearJerker Good lord...]] ~ [=DRoy=]
* PlotIrrelevantVillain
** [[WesternAnimation/TheNightmareBeforeChristmas Oogie Boogie]] ~ Mattman_the_Storyteller
** [[WesternAnimation/HazbinHotel Sir Pentious]] - Tropers/DemonDuckofDoom
* PlotRelevantAgeUp
** ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaOcarinaOfTime Ocarina of Time]]''. ~ @/ProgenyExMachina
** Amy Rose in ''ComicBook/SonicTheHedgehogArchieComics''. ~ @/DoctorRayman
* PlugNPlayFriends
** ''Franchise/FireEmblem'' ~@/ThePhantomSquee, Schmitty
* PocketProtector
** UsefulNotes/TheodoreRoosevelt, and his "I Have Just Been Shot" speech...which he gave after being shot and not getting the bullet wound treated. ~ @/AriRockefeller
** [[WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons Ned Flanders]] in "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS6E15HomieTheClown Homie the Clown]]". ~ @/DoctorRayman
* PoesLaw
** Conservapedia, where trolls have gotten as high as the creator's second-in-command for ''years''. ~Mens Rea
** ''A Modest Proposal'' by Jonathon Swift ~ @/MarvelGirl
* PointyHairedBoss
** [[Website/ChannelAwesome Mike Michaud]] -- WilliamShakesman
* PoisonousPerson
** Poison-type Franchise/{{Pokemon}} ~ Mattman_the_Storyteller
** [[Franchise/StreetFighter F.A.N.G.]] ~ @/{{Smashman2893}}
* PoorCommunicationKills
** [[Anime/CodeGeass Lelouch]]. Literally. ~ Curtmack
** VisualNovel/HigurashiWhenTheyCry. Poor Communication Kills Everyone. ~ Clevomon
*** [[spoiler: [[GroundhogDayLoop Over and over and over again.]] ]] ~ @/{{Zfish9}}
** ''Literature/TheWheelOfTime.'' - {{@/deeman45}}
** Theatre/RomeoAndJuliet. - Calatoria
** ''Film/TuckerAndDaleVsEvil'' ~ @/{{Erforce}}
* ThePoorlyChosenOne
** [[Literature/TheRisingOfTheShieldHero The Three Heroes chosen to wield the Sword, Bow, and Spear]] ~ Mattman_the_Storyteller
* PolarOppositeTwins
** [[spoiler:[[Franchise/AceAttorney Dahlia and Iris]].]] ~ @/{{Leilukin}}
** [[Literature/SweetValleyHigh The Wakefield twins]] ~@/{{Redhed311}}
** [[spoiler:[[VisualNovel/LittleBusters Haruka and Kanata]].]] ~ mister-bittersweet
* PoliticallyIncorrectHero
** [[Manga/JojosBizarreAdventure Stroheim]]. He's a '''[[ThoseWackyNazis NAZI]]''', you don't get much more politically incorrect than that. ~ @/EvaDeva
** [[WesternAnimation/TeenTitans Val-Yor]], a very good example where this makes the character in question unlikable. ~ Mattman_the_Storyteller
* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain
** [[Anime/RevolutionaryGirlUtena Akio Ohtori]] is the most sociopathic villain I've ever seen, and his misogyny is the most sickening thing I've ever seen. ~ @/IukaSylvie
** [[VideoGame/BatmanArkhamSeries The Penguin]] is misogynistic, homophobic, ableist, and racist. ~ Mattman_the_Storyteller
* ThePollyanna
** [[WesternAnimation/MakingFiends Charlotte]]. ~ @/MobileLeprechaun
** ''VideoGame/EarthBoundBeginnings'' goes as far as making a song based on this. ~ @/{{Carls493}}
* ThePowerOfTheSun
** [[Manga/TheSevenDeadlySins Escanor]] and [[spoiler:Mael's]] "Sunshine". ~ Mattman_the_Storyteller
* PopCulturalOsmosisFailure
** [[Series/{{Bones}} I don't know what that means]] - reub2000
* ThePornomancer
** [[Manga/MakenKi Love Espada]]. The majority of the student bodey at Tenbi isn't just ''eager'' to screw her, many of them ''already have''. That includes males, females, and even ghosts! And Espada's just as eager to please, 'cuz she's openly bisexual and [[ExtremeLibido perpetually horny]]. ~ @/MiinU
* PosthumousCharacter
** [[Literature/TheWeeFreeMen Granny Aching]]. - Calatoria.
** [[Literature/GoodOmens Agnes Nutter]]. - @/DevilsAdvocate
** [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyX High Summoner Braska]] and [[FromACertainPointOfView Jecht]]
** [[Literature/{{Rebecca}} Rebecca de Winter]]. ~ Eruanne
** [[ComicBook/{{Watchmen}} The Comedian]] - ninjadude853
** [[WebOriginal/KagerouProject Ayano]] ~ Ultimaneo
* PostModernism: [[Website/TVTropes This very wiki]]. It's a wiki about fiction and recurring themes in fiction. Heck, we're so post modern we have a page about post modernism, and we're on a page of our favorite usage of types of tropes and the choice for favorite usage of PostModernism was the [[Website/TVTropes wiki itself.]] [[MindScrew Yeah...]] -- Creekery
* Post911TerrorismMovie:
** ''Film/TheKingdom2007'' ~ xxbiasonxxx
* PottyFailure
** It only happened once, but god-''dayum'' [[spoiler: [[WebAnimation/TheMostPopularGirlsInSchool Deandra]]...]] ~ @/{{Monolaf317}}
* POVSequel
** ''WesternAnimation/TheLionKingOneAndAHalf''. ~ @/DoctorRayman
* PowerBornOfMadness
** Obviously, [[Manga/SoulEater The Power Of Insanity]]. ~ [=EmbracingSows=]
*** Seconded ~ Mattman_the_Storyteller
* PowerCopying
** Amazo, from the DCAU. He starts out with no powers other than the standard ImmuneToBullets. He can't fly, and can't even punch through a flimsy steel door. He then, one by one, absorbs all of the Justice League's powers, while at the same time becoming smarter and smarter. He is then able to start ''beating the heroes at their own powers'', such as using a FlashStep against the Flash and using his duplicated power ring to drive Green Lantern into the ground. He finally gets bored of Earth, after becoming the most powerful opponent the League had ever faced, and leaves. And this is all from looking at the heroes. He is good at what he does. ~ @/{{Freiberg}}
** ''VisualNovel/FateStayNight'''s Emiya Shirou. ~@/FeralPhoenix
** ...VideoGame/MegaMan. - @/TheHeroHartmut
*** Seconded. ~ @/{{Haldo}}
*** Thirded. ~ Tropers/DecafGrub47393
** VideoGame/{{Kirby}}. ~ @/ManWithoutABody, @/DoctorRayman
** The Sharingan (''Manga/{{Naruto}}''). ~ Arutoa
** Sylar in ''Series/{{Heroes}}'' ~ Kato
** At least two of Marisa Kirisame's ''signature attacks'' in ''Franchise/TouhouProject'' are stolen. ~ @/{{Yuihime}}
* PowerCreep
** TabletopGame/YuGiOh: It's the page image for a very good reason. ~DDRMASTERM
* PoweredArmor
** [[ComicBook/IronMan Iron]] [[Film/IronMan1 Man]]~ @/{{Azzamacazza}}, @/DoctorRayman
** [[Franchise/{{Metroid}} Samus Aran]] ~ @/{{Carls493}}, @/ManWithoutABody
** TabletopGame/Warhammer40000 ~ [=TerLoki=]
** I think Franchise/{{Halo}} is a pretty cool guy [[TropeNamer eh kills aliens and doesnt afraid of anything.]] ~Schmitty
** VideoGame/{{Fallout}} ~ @/SNobleJr
** VideoGame/MegaManX ~ [=DAN004=]
* PoweredByAForsakenChild:
** The ''Fanfic/RainbowFactory''. It's powered by an ENTIRE RACE of children, in [[HumanResources the worst possible way.]] ~ thecnoNSMB
** [[Literature/TheOnesWhoWalkAwayFromOmelas Omelas]] - the city that unspeakably tortures one child for the sake of everyone else's pleasure ~ [=NotGonnaDoALot4=]
* PowerFist
** [[TabletopGame/Warhammer40000 Tyberos the Red Wake]]. A WildSamoan SuperSoldier in PoweredArmor who wields dual gauntlets that have built-in ChainsawGood WolverineClaws. ~ Fireside
** ComicBook/IronFist ~ @/LadyBlackwood
* PowerGivesYouWings
** Hayate's six black seraph wings in ''Franchise/LyricalNanoha'' ~ @/{{prescience}}
** [[Webcomic/ProblemSleuth SEPHULCRITUDE!!!]]-Gorank
** [[Music/TomWaits "Some say beneath his coat there are wings."]] from "Black Wings" from ''Music/BoneMachine'' ~ @/ManWithoutABody
** Wait, no [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII Sephy]]? ~ [=DAN004=]
** The ZODIAC's from ''VideoGame/TheTaleOfAlltynex'' trilogy ~ matteste
* PowerMakesYourHairGrow
** [[Manga/DragonBall Any Saiyan]]. ~mrbits
*** Seconded, especially with the Super Saiyan 3 transformation. ~ Mattman_the_Storyteller
** [[spoiler:[[VideoGame/FinalFantasyX Lady Yunalesca]]]]. ~@/NotJMKeynes
** ''Manga/{{Bleach}}.'' ~@/{{Stark1111}}
* ThePowerOfFriendship
** ''VisualNovel/HigurashiWhenTheyCry'' [[spoiler:[[EarnYourHappyEnding eventually]]]] - Hareoic, @/{{neobowman}}
*** seconded ~ @/{{Zfish9}}
** ''Franchise/{{Digimon}}'' ~ @/{{Carla}}
** ''VideoGame/Persona3'' ~ fakeangelbr
** ''Franchise/KingdomHearts'' ~ [=DAN004=]
** WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic. Title says it all. ~ @/SacredSturgeon
** [[Anime/YuGiOh Friendship lets you win at card games!]] - @/{{Werebunny131}}
** ''Series/KamenRiderFourze'' -Azada
** In the GrandFinale of ''Anime/TweenyWitches'', [[spoiler:Arusu saves the Magical Realm from dark magic by reminding Eva of their friendship]]. - @/IukaSylvie
** [[WesternAnimation/TeenTitans2003 Raven getting her powers back and defeating Trigon]] ~ @/LadyBlackwood
* ThePowerOfLove
** [[Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer ''Buffy'', season 6 finale.]] ~ @/{{emmaliza}}
** [[Anime/MobileFighterGGundam Sekiha Love Love Tenkyoken!!]] ~ @/{{Keredis}}
** That song from the ''Film/BackToTheFuture1'' soundtrack. You know, when he's skateboarding. ~ @/ManWithoutABody
** [[Literature/AWrinkleInTime Meg Murray.]] ~ @/{{Murex}}, @/VoodooChild
** The '''entire''' ''VideoGame/{{MOTHER}}'' series. ~ @/{{todbot1}}
** [[Literature/TheHeroesOfOlympus Piper]] - @/{{Werebunny131}}
** ''VideoGame/SuperPaperMario'' ~ @/{{deeman45}}, @/IukaSylvie
** Anime/EurekaSeven (the main robot is ''literally'' powered by love) - [=SuperLlama=]
** [[Series/DoctorWho Rory]]. [[PunctuatedForEmphasis Williams]]. He guarded the Pandorica with his NotQuiteDead fiancee inside for roughly 1894 years and ''somehow'' managed to keep himself from going completely batshit. --ncfan
** Literature/HarryPotter - DWF, @/{{Indigo12ash}}
*** Seconded ~ Ultimaneo
* ThePowerOfRock
** (Her Life Was Saved By) [[Music/VelvetUnderground Rock and Roll]]...but only in the VU and Reed solo versions, not the Runaways version. ~ @/TwinBird
** [[WesternAnimation/SpongebobSquarepants I'M A GOOFY GOOBER!]] ~ @/ManWithoutABody
*** '''''[[WesternAnimation/SpongebobSquarepants ROCK!!]]''''' ~ @/{{deeman45}}
*** [[EarWorm Naaa nanana na na na!]] ~ megabyter5
*** YOU'RE A GOOFY GOOBER! ~ foxmccloud4387
*** ROCK!! ~ Mattman_the_Storyteller
** ''Yellow Submarine'' - [=ZiggyZag=]
*** Seconded. ~ [=Me2=]
** ''Manga/TwentiethCenturyBoys'' ~ mrbits
** Music/TenaciousD, Tribute ~ @/SNobleJr
** [[WesternAnimation/TransformersAnimated Optimus Prime]] using the ''literal'' PowerOfRock to beat [[spoiler:Soundwave]]. ~ [=VideEtCredere=]
** ''Film/BillAndTedsExcellentAdventure''. Seriously! Wild Stallyns tour middle east: peace achieved. 'nuff said - @/WhoNeedsSleep
** Film/SchoolOfRock, of course. -@/PhysicalStamina
** ''VideoGame/GuitarHero''. Especially in ''3'' and ''Warriors of Rock''. ~ [=WoodKnapp94=]
** The entire ''{{Anime/Macross}}'' franchise as a whole. ~ Fireside
* PowerOfTheVoid
** [[Franchise/KingdomHearts Xemnas]] ~ Mattman_the_Storyteller
** [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyV Exdeath]] ~ Tropers/DecafGrub47393
* PowersViaPossession
** ''Manga/ShamanKing'' ~ @/{{Carla}}
** Anime/YuGiOh - @/{{Werebunny131}}
** [[ComicBook/XMen The Phoenix Force]] ~ @/LadyBlackwood
* PowerTrio
** ''Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries''
*** Not the original troper who suggested it, so seconding. ~ @/VoodooChild
** [[Literature/HarryPotter Harry, Ron, and Hermione]]. ~ @/{{Mapi-chan}}, @/{{Carla}}
** [[Series/TheLeagueOfGentlemen Reece, Steve, and Mark]] ~ @/ManWithoutABody
** [[Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer Buffy, Willow, and Xander.]] - Calatoria
** [[WesternAnimation/Ben10AlienForce Ben, Gw]][[WesternAnimation/Ben10UltimateAlien en, and Kevin]] ~ @/MetalShadowX
** [[Series/ICarly Carly, Sam, Freddie]] - @/{{Mack}}
** [[Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion Shinji, Asuka and Rei.]] - [=ElectricBoogaloo=]
** ComicBook/{{Superman}}, ComicBook/{{Batman}}, ComicBook/WonderWoman. [[Franchise/DCUniverse Can't get any more power than that]]. ~ @/WaxingName
** ComicBook/CaptainAmerica, ComicBook/IronMan and [[ComicBook/TheMightyThor Thor]], both in [[ComicBook/TheAvengers the comics]] and the Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse. ~ @/TripleJ
* PowerUpFood
** [[Franchise/SuperMarioBros Mario]]'s mushrooms - Jalia
** [[Franchise/{{Popeye}} "I'm strong to the finish, 'cause I eats me spinach!"]] ~@/{{Redhed311}}, @/DoctorRayman
* PowerUpMount
** [[Franchise/SuperMarioBros Yoshi]]. ~ @/DoctorRayman
* PowerfulButIncompetent
** [[Franchise/DragonBall Gotenks]]. While definitely a powerful character, his overinflated ego, SkewedPriorities, and immaturity made him competely unreliable, since he wasted time trying to look fantastic rather than try to destroy Super Buu. It's because of his screw-up that he never gets to participate in the Tournament of Power. ~ Mattman_the_Storyteller
* PragmaticVillainy
** [[Webcomic/TheOrderOfTheStick Tarquin]]
** Precia in ''Fanfic/{{Game Theory|LyricalNanoha}}''. ~ spacemonkey37
** [[Literature/TheDresdenFiles Nicodemus Archelone.]] ~hujwernoo
** [[Franchise/StarWars Grand Admiral Thrawn]] ~ @/LadyBlackwood
* PreAssKickingOneLiner
** [[VideoGame/TimeCrisis "Since you have traveled so very far, be my guest, and let me ENTERTAIN YOU!"]] ~ @/RayAyanami
** [[Film/ThePrincessBride Hello.]] MyNameIsInigoMontoya. YouKilledMyFather. PrepareToDie." ~ @/ManWithoutABody
** [[Series/DoctorWho "I'm River Song. Check your records again."]] ~ {{@/Pastylover2}}
*** HOLY *** SECONDED. Seriously, the response? (from a goddamn '''DALEK''' no less) [[foldercontrol]]

[[folder: "MERCY!" ]]
Three times. And she still killed it afterwards. -- @/{{TARDISES}}
** [[Fanfic/HalfLifeFullLifeConsequences "I have to kill fast and bullets too slow."]] - [=ElectricBoogaloo=]
** [[WebAnimation/RedVsBlue Okay... so who's first?]] ~ foxmccloud4387
** [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyI "I, Garland, will knock you all down!"]] ~ Ultimaneo
** [[VideoGame/WarioWorld I'M-A NUMBER ONE!!]] ~ @/MetalAiAi
* PrecisionFStrike
** ''{{Webcomic/Erfworld}}''. Parson is not a gamepiece. He is a player. ~ @/EgregiousEric, @/{{Nentuaby}}
** "[[Film/QuantumOfSolace I don't give a SHIT what the CIA thinks!]]" ~ @/{{Pikawil}}
** [[Film/ThePrincessBride "I want my father back,]] ''[[Film/ThePrincessBride you son of a bitch.]]''" ~ @/{{Arruruerie}}, @/ManWithoutABody, @/{{Polymphus}}
** ''Film/{{Wanted}}''. [[Creator/MorganFreeman "Well Fuck."]] ~ @/{{Polymphus}}
** [[Franchise/MassEffect "Don't]] '''''[[Franchise/MassEffect fuck]]''''' [[Franchise/MassEffect with Aria.]] ~ Ramidel, @/{{Leilukin}}
** Misato in ''[[Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion End of Evangelion]]''. ~ @/{{Carla}}
** Shinji in ''[[Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion The End of Evangelion]]''. Also a Crowning {{Woolseyism}}. ~ gatotsu911
** [[WesternAnimation/TheVentureBros Operation P.R.O.M.'s]] ([[SeasonFinale and to that extent, the entire fourth season]]) [[WhamLine last line]], by [[GoshDangitToHeck Dean Venture]]: "You know what I think? Fuck you!" ~ MetalShadowX
** [[WebVideo/YuGiOhTheAbridgedSeries FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCK-]] ~Wragnaroq R. Maggeddon
** [[WesternAnimation/TheTransformersTheMovie Oh shit! What are we gonna do now?!]] ~@/{{Stark1111}}
** [[Film/AndJusticeForAll My client, the Honourable Henry T. Fleming, should go RIGHT TO FUCKING JAIL!]] [[SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome THE SON OF A BITCH IS]] ''[[SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome GUILTY!!]]'' - Zaothus
** There can't be a greater moment in ''VideoGame/GoldenSunDarkDawn'' than [[spoiler:Matthew's]] [[SymbolSwearing response]] to finding out Arcanus' true identity at the end of the game. ~ @/{{King of the Mime Swing}}
** The car rental agent's response to Steve Martin's character's ClusterFBomb in ''Film/PlanesTrainsAndAutomobiles''. ~ SparksOfTheTempest
** [[Creator/JohnCleese "I want to be the first person, at a British memorial service, to say 'fuck'."]] ~ @/{{Kalmbach}}
** [[spoiler:Wolverine]]'s cameo in ''Film/XMenFirstClass''. ~ @/DoctorRayman
** [[Film/TopGunMaverick "Holy shit. What the fuck was that?"]] ~ DongDongNeverDie
** [[Anime/PantyAndStockingWithGarterbelt "REPENT YOU MOTHERFUCKER!"]] ~ @/ReynTime250
* PreMortemOneLiner
** [[Manga/{{Naruto}} "The only judgment passed here will be mine."]] - @/{{Outsyder0486}}
** [[Film/{{Commando}} "Remember when I said I'd kill you last?]] ''[[Film/{{Commando}} I lied."]]'' - Zaothus
** Film/DieHard: Yipee-ki-ay motherfucker.
** "[[Film/TheMatrix Dodge this.]]" - redgyarados
** '''[[Anime/MobileSuitGundam0083StardustMemory SOLOMON!! I ! HAVE! RETURNED!!!]]''' - @/{{CelPrevXXVI}}
** [[Film/MadMaxFuryRoad "Remember me?"]] - xxbiasonxxx
** [[VideoGame/FireEmblemAwakening "Pick a god and pray!"]] ~Bowbowis
* ThePreciousPreciousCar
** The Ferrai from ''Film/FerrisBuellersDayOff'' ~ [=WilliamShakesman=]
* PregnantBadass
** [[Webcomic/TheOrderOfTheStick Kazumi Kato]] is a "goddamn baby-making, life-taking MACHINE!" ~ Seraphem
** [[Videogame/MetalGearSolid3SnakeEater The Boss]]. Unanimously considered the toughest member of her MultinationalTeam of fantastically powered individuals (including a [[BeeBeeGun living beehive]], the [[PlantPerson autotrophic]] [[ColdSniper "father of modern sniping"]], and a [[ISeeDeadPeople spirit medium]]) despite having [[BadassNormal no special abilities of her own]]? Check. Allowed to fight in World War II despite being a woman? Check. Basically invented the concept of special forces? Check. This woman went into labor whilst storming the beaches at Normandy and her response was to perform an impromptu C-section, on herself, using a combat knife and no anesthetic, then personally lead the Allied forces to victory. ~Bowbowis
** Lorna Cole in ''Film/LethalWeapon4''. ~ @/DoctorRayman
** [[VideoGame/WolfensteinIITheNewColossus Anya]], specifically in the final level. [[spoiler: The sight of a pregnant, topless woman dual wielding rifles to take down a party of ambushing Nazis is so outlandish that BJ can only utter a soft "Wow..." in reaction]]. ~ Fireside
* PrehensileHair
** [[Manga/{{Toriko}} Sunny]] ~ GenkiMan
** [[Literature/TheDresdenFiles Dierdre.]] ~hujwernoo
** [[VideoGame/DonkeyKongCountry Dixie Kong]]. ~ @/DoctorRayman
** [[WesternAnimation/SheRaAndThePrincessesOfPower Entrapta]] ~ @/LadyBlackwood
* PrepareToDie
** "[[VideoGame/{{Eversion}} READY!]] [[spoiler:TO DIE]]" ~ @/RayAyanami
** ''Film/ThePrincessBride'' again. ~ @/ManWithoutABody, [=ZiggyZag=], Tropers/DecafGrub47393
* PreserveYourGays
** ''Series/BlackSails'' Not only do most of the queer characters survive, the series finale also reveals that a queer character thought to be dead is actually alive. ~ @/LadyBlackwood
* PrettyBoy
** [[WesternAnimation/HazbinHotel Angel Dust]] - Tropers/DemonDuckofDoom
* PreviousPlayerCharacterCameo
** [[VideoGame/PokemonGoldAndSilver Red]] ~ @/{{Highwind}}, MetalShadowX, {{@/deeman45}}, @/{{Leilukin}}, @/DoctorRayman, Tropers/DecafGrub47393
* PrimalScene
** [[Series/TheFreshPrinceOfBelAir "MOMMA NO!!"]] ~ @/{{Monolaf317}}
* PrinceCharmingWannabe
** [[Literature/MansfieldPark Henry Crawford]] ~ @/{{Lale}}
** [[WesternAnimation/BeautyAndTheBeast Gaston]] - Jalia
* PrinceCharmless
** [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic Prince]] [[{{Jerkass}} Blue]] [[NoSympathy Blood]]. ~ {{@/deeman45}}
** Prince Charmles, ''VideoGame/DragonQuestVIII''. Obviously. ~ @/DaddyMulk
*** Seconded. ~ Mattman_the_Storyteller
** [[Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire Joffrey]] [[Series/GameOfThrones Baratheon]]. ~ @/Emerald141
** [[spoiler: [[Film/Frozen2013 Hans Westergard]]]]. He is basically a corrupt noble lifted straight out of ''Series/GameOfThrones'' and placed in the middle of a Disney movie. ~ Fireside
* PrincelingRivalry
** [[Series/HouseOfTheDragon The Dance of the Dragons]] ~ Iridener
* PrincessesRule
** [[WesternAnimation/AdventureTime Princess Bubblegum]], the resident ruler of the Candy Kingdom. ~ Loekman3
** [[Franchise/SuperMarioBros Princess Peach]]. ~ @/DoctorRayman
* PrisonRape
** ''Series/{{Oz}}'' ~ [=WilliamShakesman=]
* PrivateDetective
** Creator/HumphreyBogart's takes on [[Film/TheMalteseFalcon1941 Sam Spade]] [[Film/TheBigSleep and]] Literature/PhilipMarlowe ~ [=AmuckCricetine=]
* ProductPlacement - Works
** Logorama. ~ @/KingClark, @/{{Indigo12ash}}
** ''Film/HaroldAndKumarGoToWhiteCastle''
** Creator/AdamSandler's movies. ~ @/{{Monolaf317}}
** ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXV'' ~ Bowbowis
* ProductPlacement - Companies
** [[EverybodyOwnsAFord Ford]] ~ @/{{Nlpnt}}
* ProfessionalWrestling
** The Ricky Steamboat/Randy Savage match at Wrestlemania III. - [=ZiggyZag=]
** Hogan/Andre from WM III. The bodyslam heard 'round the world. - @/VoodooChild
** Edge and Christian vs The Hardy Boys, ''that'' Ladder Match. - @/{{Mack}}
*** Seconded. On the following Raw, the four came out to promo at each other, and ''the crowd gave them a standing ovation''. You can see [[Wrestling/MattHardy Matt]] fighting [[ManlyTears not to cry.]]
* ProfessionalKiller:
** [[Franchise/AceAttorney Shelly [=DeKiller=]]] ~ Tropers/SereneSpecter13
** ComicBook/{{Deathstroke}} ~ @/LadyBlackwood
** [[WebAnimation/HelluvaBoss I.M.P.]] - Tropers/DemonDuckofDoom
* TheProfiler
** [[Series/{{Cracker}} Dr. Eddie "Fitz" Fitzgerald]] ~ [=WilliamShakesman=]
* PromotedFanboy
** [[Wrestling/AllEliteWrestling Tony Khan.]] A wrestling fan since he was a boy, being the son of one of the richest men in America meant that, once Wrestling/CodyRhodes and Wrestling/TheElite proved there was actually room for another major promotion to flourish in North America, he was able to live out his dream. ~ @/ArcaneAzmadi
* PromotedToLoveInterest
** [[Franchise/SherlockHolmes Irene Adler]] -- A million or so adaptations, and they ''all'' promote her. ~ @/{{Lale}}
* PromotedToPlayable:
** ''VideoGame/SuperMario3DWorld'' marked the first time Rosalina is playable, and it was awesome. ~ Tropers/DecafGrub47393.
* PromotionToOpeningTitles
** [[Series/MadMen Sally Draper]] ~ @/{{Nlpnt}}
* PromotionalPowerlessPieceOfGarbage
** Ancient Mew may be the current image on the site, but in more recent memory, The Pokemon Company made a promotional card that is literally powerless, useless, and an absolute piece of garbage in an actual game. This card, the "#X Trainer Card," which is distributed to only the First, Second, and Third place finishers at the World Championships, has no impact on the game state AT ALL. Nevertheless, it sells every year for at least $7,000.
* PromotionToParent
** [[WesternAnimation/LiloAndStitch Nani]] [[Franchise/LiloAndStitch Pelekai]] -- One of the most realistic and heart-wrenching examples. ~ @/Bluwale824
** [[Anime/YuGiOh Seto Kaiba]] ~ @/{{deeman45}}
** [[Anime/VariableGeo Satomi Yajima]], who's had to work two jobs to support herself and her kid brother, ever since their parents died. At only age 16 ~ MiinU
* ProperLady:
** Atelia from ''Anime/TweenyWitches''. - @/IukaSylvie
** [[Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire Sansa Stark]] ~ @/LadyBlackwood
* PropertyOfLove
** [[Literature/TheTestamentOfSisterNewDevil Chisato Hasegawa's]] innermost desire is to become her 17-year old nephew's sex slave and gets her wish in the Light Novel's final Vol.: [[spoiler: to exist for solely for him to ''[[LustObject bone her]]'']]. ~ @/MiinU
* ProphecyTwist: From VideoGame/{{Undertale}}: "The Angel... The One Who Has Seen The Surface... They will return. And the underground [[EverybodyLives will go empty]]." - thecnoNSMB
* ProtagonistCenteredMorality
** Literature/TheBible ~ [=FillyFaceMan=]
** Literature/TheTwilightSaga -- at the very least the characters Literature/TheBible are heroic [[ValuesDissonance in their time's]] [[FairForItsDay context.]] ~ [=Redjirachi=]
** Webcomic/{{Sonichu}}, especially Issue 10 ~ @/{{rjd1922}}
** ''[[VideoGame/TalesOfVesperia Tales of Vesperia's]]'' plot centers on it. Yuri acting as judge, jury, and executioner? A-OK. If anyone else does it, it's ''wrong''. Sodia dares to question Yuri, or call him out on it? The narrative makes ''[[HeroAntagonist her]]'' out to be [[TheComplainerIsAlwaysWrong the "bad guy"]] and she eventually has to make amends ''with him''. ~ @/MiinU
* ProtagonistJourneyToVillain
** [[Characters/BreakingBadWalterWhite Walter White]] from ''Series/BreakingBad'' ~ @/{{Babyhenchy1}}
*** SECONDED! rtw2act
** [[Franchise/StarWars Anakin Skywalker]] in [[Film/ThePhantomMenace the]] [[Film/AttackOfTheClones Prequel]] [[Film/RevengeOfTheSith Trilogy]]. ~ @/DoctorRayman
** [[spoiler:Who would have thought [[Manga/AttackOnTitan Eren Yeager's story]] is about him becoming the BigBad?]] ~ Mattman_the_Storyteller
** [[VideoGame/LiveALive Oersted]] - from heroic knight to Odio, the Lord of Dark - [=NotGonnaDoALot4=]
* ProtestSong
** "[[Music/CreedenceClearwaterRevival Fortunate Son]]", possibly THE quintessential protest song during UsefulNotes/TheVietnamWar. ~ [=HotelCalifornia=]
** "War" performed by Edwin Starr. As long as there is war, this song shall stay relevant. -- Creekery
* ProudToBeAGeek
** [[Manga/LuckyStar Konata Izumi]]. ~ @/WillyFourEyes
** [[Series/CriminalMinds Penelope Garcia]] ~ @/VoodooChild
** Creator/KevinSmith ~ @/{{Carla}}
** [[Film/RevengeOfTheNerds Gilbert Lowe]]. Complete with RousingSpeech and an extremely effective use of Music/{{Queen}}'s "We Are The Champions". ~ @/KingCrInuYasha
* ProudWarriorRaceGuy:
** [[Franchise/StarTrek Klingons]]
** [[Manga/DragonBall The saiyans]] ~ ShiningCrimsonZero
* PsychicNosebleed
** ''VideoGame/BioShockInfinite''. ~ @/{{Trogdor}}
* PsychicPowers
** ''Film/{{Scanners}}'' ~ @/ManWithoutABody
** ''VideoGame/{{Psychonauts}}'' ~ @/CyberTiger88
** [[ComicBook/XMen Professor Charles Xavier and Jean Grey]]. ~ @/DoctorRayman
** [[Franchise/{{Pokemon}} All Psychic-type Pokémon.]] ~ Mattman_the_Storyteller
* PsychoForHire
** [[Manga/FullmetalAlchemist Solf J. Kimblee]] ~ @/CharredKnight
** [[WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries The Joker]] - @/GwenStacyWannabe
** [[Film/NoCountryForOldMen Anton Chigurh]] -Unknown Troper
** [[VideoGame/BaldursGate Korgan Bloodaxe]] ~ @/{{Bob}}, @/ManWithoutABody
** [[WesternAnimation/TransformersAnimated Lockdown]]. His payment was once a part of someone else's ''body''. ~ @/{{Scrounge}}
** [[Literature/FullMetalPanic Gauron]] is ''crazy!'' ~ @/WillyFourEyes
** All nine classes of VideoGame/TeamFortress2, ''especially'' the [[SociopathicSoldier Soldier]]. ~@/{{Belle-Mage}}
** ComicBook/BullseyeMarvelComics. ~ @/DoctorRayman
** [[WebAnimation/HelluvaBoss Striker]] - Tropers/DemonDuckofDoom
* PsychoPsychologist
** Dr. Decker in ''Film/{{Nightbreed}}'' ~ erforce
** [[spoiler:[[VideoGame/AliceMadnessReturns Dr. Angus Bumby]]]] ~ Mattman_the_Storyteller
* PsychopathicManchild
** [[WesternAnimation/{{Superjail}} The Warden]] (first season only). ~ @/DaddyMulk
** [[Webcomic/HetaliaAxisPowers Russia]] ~ [=MisterMissy=]
** [[Anime/CowboyBebop Tongpu]] ~ erforce
** [[Series/ASeriesOfUnfortunateEvents2017 Count Olaf]]. How can one man be so BookDumb and yet so clever? ~ @/DrNoPuma
** [[WesternAnimation/TransformersAnimated Henry Masterson, aka The Headmaster]] ~ Mattman_the_Storyteller
** [[Manga/DemonSlayerKimetsuNoYaiba Daki]]. - @/IukaSylvie
** [[spoiler:[[Characters/Persona4TohruAdachi Tohru Adachi]]]] from VideoGame/Persona4. ~ @/TadTadTadTad
* PsychoPrototype
** [[VideoGame/{{Prototype}} Please don't eat me, Alex Mercer!]] I taste terrible! ~ @/WillyFourEyes
** [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyVI Kefka was Cid's first experimental Magitek knight. But the process wasn't perfected yet.]] ~ Tropers/DecafGrub47393
* ThePsychoRangers
** [[VideoGame/SuperMarioRPG The Axem Rangers]] ~ Tropers/DecafGrub47393
* PsychologicalHorror
** ''Anime/{{Mononoke}}'' A collection of stories where spirits fused to negative human feelings are exorcized by exploring the minds of these spirits and of the nearby humans, with multiple Rashomon-esque layers and twists ~Legion
** ''Literature/HouseOfLeaves''. Dear god. ~ [=VideEtCredere=]
** ''VisualNovel/HigurashiWhenTheyCry'' ~ @/{{Zfish9}}
** ''VideoGame/EternalDarkness'' ~ @/SanaMae
* PsychoticSmirk
** [[WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender Azula]]. ~ Weeping Willow
** [[Creator/NicolasCage Sean Archer]] [[Film/FaceOff as Castor Troy]]. ~ xxxEbbxxx
** [[Series/Merlin2008 Morgana.]] ~ hujwernoo
** [[WebAnimation/{{RWBY}} Cinder Fall]]. ~ darkpit06
* PsychoSupporter
** [[Manga/JojosBizarreAdventureStardustCrusaders Vanilla Ice towards DIO]]. [[EstablishingCharacterMoment He decapitates himself to provide his master blood]], and [[DisproportionateRetribution slowly kicks Iggy to death for making him destroy a sand copy of DIO]]. ~ Mattman_the_Storyteller
* PublicDomainSoundtrack
** ''Film/TwoThousandOneASpaceOdyssey'' ~ @/{{Geoduck}}
*** Seconded. ~ Tropers/DecafGrub47393
** ''Film/{{M}}'' ~ @/ManWithoutABody
** ''Film/AClockworkOrange'', sort of - [=ZiggyZag=]
** ''Anime/PrincessTutu'' ~ @/{{deeman45}}
** ''WesternAnimation/TheRenAndStimpyShow'' ~@/{{Redhed311}}
* PunchClockVillain
** [[Anime/OvermanKingGainer Kejinan]] ~ @/CharredKnight
** Ralph the Wolf from the WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes "sheepdog and wolf" sketches; he clocks in every morning and has scheduled lunch breaks. ~ @/{{Kilyle}}, @/{{Geoduck}}, @/ManWithoutABody, @/DoctorRayman
** Niko Bellic from ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoIV'' ~ @/{{Gunarao}}
** [[Manga/RosarioPlusVampire Kahlua Shuzen]], who absolutely '''hates''' fighting, but was conditioned to be a perfect ProfessionalKiller [[{{Deconstruction}} whether she likes it or not]]. ~ @/EmbracingShadows
** [[Literature/{{Shimoneta}} Oboro Tsukimigusa]] is literally JustFollowingOrders. ~ MiinU
** [[VideoGame/TheWorldEndsWithYou The Reapers]], which is especially notable in the [[VideoGame/NEOTheWorldEndsWithYou sequel]]. ~ Mattman_the_Storyteller
* PunchPunchPunchUhOh
** Not a standard example, but [[https://youtu.be/XTrFsaxx_W4?t=32 this scene]] from Film/BatmanVSupermanDawnOfJustice - [=thecnoNSMB=]
* PunctuatedForEmphasis
** [[Literature/{{Thud}} Sam Vimes]]: [++ That! Is!! Not!!! My!!!! Cow!!!!!++] ~@/{{prescience}}
** [[Film/MirrorMask "MANY... HAVE... ASKED..."]]
--->"Where the charm is?"
--->"WHERE... THE..."
--->"Charm is?"
--->"CHARM..."
--->"Is?"
--->"...IS. BUT... WE..."
--->"Know where it is?"
--->"SADLY..."
--->"No, not sadly! Happily, as in 'We know where it is and we're going to tell you really quickly!'"
--->"SOLEMNLY..."
--->"Oh, no adjectives, please..." ~ @/{{Arruruerie}}
** [[TropeNamer Madness?]] [++ [[Film/ThreeHundred This! Is! SPARTA!]]++] ~@/UncloudedTJ
** FUCK THAT SHIT! [++ PABST! [[Film/BlueVelvet BLUE!]] RIBBON!++] ~ @/ManWithoutABody
** [++ [[Series/DoctorWho WHERE. IS. MY. WIFE.]]++] ~ @/{{Pastylover2}}
*** Seconded- Completely Different
** Creator/CatherineTate, in the ''Series/DoctorWho'' episode "Partners In Crime", delivering what may be the only ever '''silent''' example of this trope. ~ @/{{Michael}}
** '''[[Film/PulpFiction DOES.HE.]][[Creator/SamuelLJackson LOOK.LIKE.]][[PrecisionFStrike A BITCH!?!?]]''' ~ @/ChrisX
** '''[[WesternAnimation/TheFairlyOddparents WHY. CAN'T. I. BE. YOU?!]]''' -@/PhysicalStamina
** [[WesternAnimation/ToyStory1 "YOU! ARE! A! TOOOOOY!"]]. ~ @/DoctorRayman
* PunctuatedPounding
** [[Film/TheProposition "Help. Your. Fucking. Self."]] ~ @/ManWithoutABody
** [[WebVideo/AtopTheFourthWall Linkara:]] WORD! TO! THE! WISE! WEARING! A! HUGE! FREAKING! METAL! CHAMBER! ON! YOUR! HEAD! IS! NOT! VERY! SMART! ~ [=AProcrastinatingWriter=]
** [[Franchise/SamAndMax "I'VE HAD...JUST...ABOUT...ENOUGH...OF YOU!"]] ~ @/DrFurball
*** And the film they were referencing , Film/StarTrekIIITheSearchForSpock ~digiman619
* PungeonMaster
** [[Manga/ShirokumaCafe Polar Bear]] ~ schoi30
** [[VideoGame/{{Undertale}} Sans.]] - {{KingFez}}
** [[Series/WhoseLineIsItAnyway Colin Mochrie]] is God's gift to this trope. ~ @/wyattte
* PunnyName
** Everyone in ''Franchise/AceAttorney'' ~ @/ShyTenda, @/{{Clae}}
** And everyone in ''VideoGame/{{Carmageddon}}''. ~ @/SNobleJr
** Manga/SayonaraZetsubouSensei ~ mrbits
** [[Literature/ArtemisFowl F. Roy Dean Schlippe.]] Or possibly Dr. C. Niall [=DeMencha=]. Or Violet Tsirblou. - @/VoodooChild
** [[Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog Miles]] [[spoiler:[[Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog "Tails"]]]] [[Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog Prower]]. In a series where SuperSpeed isn't uncommon. ~ @/{{Carls493}}
** The Green family in ''Webcomic/CollegeRoomiesFromHell: Hazel Green, Michael Redford Green, and Blue [[spoiler: Violet]] Green. ~ [=Me2=]
** Just about every Franchise/{{Pokemon}} - @/{{Werebunny131}}
** [[Series/BreakingBad Saul Goodman]]. It's all good, man. rtw2act.
** [[Anime/GundamBuildFighters Meijin]] [[Anime/GundamBuildFightersTry Kawaguchi]]. Simply AMEIJIN... - @/{{CelPrevXXVI}}
** Almost everyone in ''ComicBook/{{Asterix}}'', with the exception of actual historical figures such as UsefulNotes/JuliusCaesar. ~ @/DoctorRayman
* PuppeteerParasite
** ''Literature/{{Animorphs}}'' - @/Janewwwu
* PuppetKing
** Vlad III faces so much disrespect from nobles in ''[[Manga/VladDraculea Vlad Drăculea]]'' that it makes you question the definition of monarch. -- @/IukaSylvie
* PuppetPermutation
** "[[Recap/AngelS05E14SmileTime Smile Time]]" ~ [=WilliamShakesman=]
* PuppyLove
** [[WesternAnimation/{{Arthur}} D.W. Read and James [=MacDonald=]]], two ''preschoolers'' with ShipTease. [[Recap/ArthurS8E9FleaToBeYouAndMeKissAndTell "Can I go now? I left my cookies on the radiator."]] ~ @/SereneSpecter13
* ThePurge
** [[RealLife The Holocaust.]] ~ ShiningCrimsonZero
* PuzzleBoss
** [[VideoGame/BatmanArkhamCity Mister Freeze]] ~ Mattman_the_Storyteller
* PyrrhicVictory
** ''VideoGame/MegaManZero'' series, all of them, especially the [[FourIsDeath fourth]]. ~ [=DAN004=]
** ''Manga/OnePiece''. [[HeroAntagonist The Marines]] sought to [[spoiler:get rid of [[BigGood Whitebeard]] [[WellIntentionedExtremist and succeeded]]... Only to end up with ''[[AxCrazy Blackbeard]]'' [[GoneHorriblyRight in his place]]]]. ~ MetalShadowX
*** The series is ''ignited by one of these''; how much trouble would the Marines have been saved if Roger ''wasn't'' publicly executed? ~ @/KingOfTheMimeSwing
** [[Film/TheGodfather Michael Corleone]] ~ babyhenchy1
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Q]]
* QuackDoctor
** [[WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons Nick Riviera]] ~ @/SereneSpecter13
* QuackingUp
** [[Webcomic/Elwood2015 Mallory Quackenbush]]. Her self-referential duck jokes are pure gold. ~ @/SereneSpecter13
* QuadDamage
** [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyVI The Offering relic]] allows for four attacks per turn, and is one of the most broken items in the series. ~ Tropers/DecafGrub47393
* QueerColors
** [[WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfKorra The sky when Korra and Asami get together]] ~ @/LadyBlackwood
* QuietingTheUnquietDead
** [[WesternAnimation/ParaNorman Norman quelling Agatha Prenderghast's rage and allowing her to pass on to the afterlife.]] ~ Mattman_the_Storyteller
* QuintessentialBritishGentleman
** Creator/DavidNiven ~ [=WilliamShakesman=]
** [[Series/TheAvengers1960s John Steed]] - @/GeniusInTheLamp
* QuirkyMiniBossSquad
** [[Manga/DragonBall The Ginyu Force]] ~ @/MacPhisto
** [[VideoGame/SuperMarioRPG The Axem Rangers]] ~ Tropers/DecafGrub47393
[[/folder]]

[[folder:R]]
* RabidCop
** [[VideoGame/HeavyRain Lt. Carter Blake]].
** [[Film/TrainingDay Alonzo Harris]].
** [[Franchise/MassEffect Saren]].
** [[VisualNovel/DanganronpaAnother Tsurugi Kinjo]]. ~ [=NotGonnaDoALot4=]
* RacingGame
** ''VideoGame/MarioKart''. ~ @/DoctorRayman.
*** Seconded. ~ Tropers/DecafGrub47393
** ''[[VideoGame/SegaSuperstars Sonic & All-Stars Racing: Transformed]]'' ~ @/MiinU
** ''VideoGame/CrashTeamRacing'' and its [[VideoGame/CrashTeamRacingNitroFueled remake]]. ~ @/[=MetalAiAi=]
** ''VideoGame/FZero'' ~ @/{{logbat99}}
* RacistGrandma:
** [[Literature/HarryPotter Sirius Black's mother]] ~ @/{{rjd1922}}
** [[spoiler:[[Franchise/HarryPotter Lucius Malfoy]], according to ''Pottermore'', never got rid of his anti-muggle views even into old age, which is why Draco and Astoria never allowed Scorpius to interact with him during their tense family-meetings.]] ~ Mattman_the_Storyteller
* RageAgainstTheAuthor
** ''Webcomic/SluggyFreelance'', "The Sluggite Koan". Bun-bun is ''so'' badass the author ''really'' ends up with a broken arm after the encounter. Not just in the story, that is. Of course it's really a {{Retcon}} for unknown RealLife events, but still... - VVK
** ''WesternAnimation/DuckAmuck''. ~ @/DoctorRayman
** ''Anime/ReCreators''. ~ [=Leming645=]
* RageAgainstTheHeavens
** ''[[Literature/HisDarkMaterials The Amber Spyglass]]'' ~ @/DevilsAdvocate
** [[WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender Zuko]] - @/{{Werebunny131}}
** ''VideoGame/GodOfWar'', at least in the Greek Mythology era. ~ Mattman_the_Storyteller
* RageAgainstTheMentor
** [[Anime/MagicalGirlLyricalNanohaStrikers The White Devil Incident]] ~ @/{{Gamermaster}}f
** "[[Recap/TheNewBatmanAdventuresE17OldWounds Old Wounds]]", an episode of ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries''. ~ @/DoctorRayman
* RagtagBunchOfMisfits
** ''VideoGame/MassEffect2'' ~ @/{{Babyhenchy1}}
** The ComicBook/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy. ~ @/DoctorRayman
* RainbowMotif
** The seven different magic spells you can use in the ''VideoGame/WonderlandAdventures'' series, which are all represented by a color of the rainbow. ~ @/SereneSpecter13
* RainOfArrows
** ''Film/ThroneOfBlood'' - @/GeniusInTheLamp
** ''Film/Hero2002'' ~ [=Amuck Cricetine=]
* RainbowPimpGear
** ''VideoGame/MapleStory'' - [[http://i77.photobucket.com/albums/j46/Edmania/untitled-1.jpg This last one]] is why the [[VirtualPaperDoll Cash Shop]] is there to be ''used'', not ''abused.'' - @/TheAlbinoPrimid]
* RaiseHimRightThisTime
** [[WesternAnimation/AdventureTime The Lich after he is turned into the innocent Sweet P.]] ~ Mattman_the_Storyteller
* RakeTake
** "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS5E2CapeFeare Cape Feare]]" ~ [=WilliamShakesman=]
* RamblingOldManMonologue
** ''[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS4E17LastExitToSpringfield "We can't bust heads like we used to, but we have our ways. One trick is to tell 'em stories that don't go anywhere. Like the time I caught the ferry over to Shelbyville; I needed a new heel for my shoe. So, I decided to go to Morganville, which is what they called Shelbyville in those days. So I tied an onion to my belt, which was the style at the time. Now, to take the ferry cost a nickel, and in those days, nickels had pictures of bumblebees on 'em. 'Gimme five bees for a quarter,' you'd say. Now where were we... Oh yeah. The important thing was, and I had an onion on my belt, which was the style at the time. I didn't have white onions, because of the war. The only thing you could get was those big yellow ones..."]]'' ~ @/{{King of the Mime Swing}}, @/DoctorRayman
*** [[Recap/TheSimpsonsS5E21LadyBouviersLover "The year is 1946. In a war torn world, a single flower blooms, and that flower is an angry Japanese monster named Godzilla. Fortunately, there was one man who could help... Colonel Tom Parker. The Colonel took this monster, cleaned him up, and put him on stage under the name "The Rolling Stones." The first concert was a sellout with many many many people eaten, but those that survived RAVED about the undeniable harmonies and brutally honest lyrics of what they had just seen... And out of the wreckage of that concert crawled the woman who would later give birth to me... Not once, but FOUR times, because in those days, if they didn't like the way you looked, they would send you back in to bake a little longer. After four times, they just decided to cut off my tail, but you can still see it... in the British Museum! Which, interestingly enough, is in France! Not the France you're thinking of, but a MUCH better one, filled with palm trees and Leprechauns. But I digress, in fact I used to be a professional digresser, but I don't want to get off the track, so I'll tell you about the time I was a professional digresser. The year was 2021 and I had just returned from a brief vacation where I had eaten more than my fill of tacos. Not the tacos you're thinking of. Did I ever tell you about the time that I started Gracie Films?"]] ~ Five-seveN-25
* RandomlyGeneratedLevel:
** [[VideoGame/GrandPooWorld3 Tower of Fate]] has 81 potential rooms, and in normal mode can generate in between 8 and 20 of them in any order. The player has to complete the levels without dying once, as dying rerolls the number and sequence of rooms. ~ Tropers/DecafGrub47393
* RapidAging
** [[Film/IndianaJonesAndTheLastCrusade He chose poorly.]] ~ Tropers/DecafGrub47393
* RapidFireComedy
** ''Film/{{Airplane}}''. That is all. ~ @/{{Mike}}
*** TV Series ''Series/PoliceSquad'' ~ @/CTrombley
** ''WesternAnimation/RobotChicken''. ~ @/{{Pikawil}}
** POWERTHIRST! ~ @/ManWithoutABody
** Any Creator/MarxBrothers scene with Chico and Harpo double-teaming with each other. -[=ZiggyZag=]
** ''Series/RowanAndMartinsLaughIn'', the daddy of them all. ~ @/MarvelGirl
** The ''Film/{{Deadpool|2016}}'' movie. ~ @/{{Monolaf317}}
** ''WebAnimation/ASDFMovie''. Average length of joke: 4 seconds. Average downtime between jokes: nonexistent. ~ @/ArcaneAzmadi
** WebVideo/HistoryOfJapan and [[WebVideo/HistoryOfTheEntireWorldIGuess the entire world, i guess]] ~ @/{{logbat99}}
* RapidFireFisticuffs
** ''[[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure ORA ORA ORA ORA ORA ORA ORA ORA ORA ORA ORA ORA]] [[OverlyLongGag ORA ORA ORA ORA ORA ORA!!!]]'' ~ @/GenkiMan
** [[Manga/OnePiece Monkey D.]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aI9eOA-mzZg Luffy]]: ''[[RubberMan Gomu Gomu no]]... [[SuperMode Jet!!]]''... '''''[[NoKillLikeOverKill GATLING]] [[SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome GUN!!!!]]''''' ~ [=GoGoRiki=]
** [[Anime/FistOfTheNorthStar AAAAAATATATATATATATATATATATATATATATATATATA WAATAAAAAAA!!!!!]] [[YouAreAlreadyDead Omae wa mou shindeiru.]] ~ @/{{Voyd211}}
** [[Manga/{{Bleach}} Ichigo's face vs Grimmjow]] ~ [=KantonKage=]
** [[VideoGame/ArtOfFighting Ryo Sakazaki's]] Zanretsuken. ~ @/MiinU
* RareRandomDrop
** ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyIV'' has multiple examples of this that have a 1 in 64 drop rate, including four summons for Rydia, good defensive equipment and the Pink Tail, needed to get the best armor in the game. Keep in mind that drops are a 1 in 20 chance in this game to happen at all. ~ Tropers/DecafGrub47393
* RasputinianDeath
** [[VideoGame/SuikodenII Luca Blight]]. ~@/CassandraLeo
** [[Manga/MakenKi Jigoku]], courtesy of [[AnimeChineseGirl Yan-Min]] during the climax of chapter 97. ~ @/MiinU
** [[Manga/OnePiece Whitebeard]] took 267 slashes and stabs, 562 bullets, 46 cannonballs, a laser, a mid-battle freezing, and having half of his face melted off ON TOP of having previously refused medical attention before dying. ~ Mattman_the_Storyteller
* RatchetScrolling
** ''VideoGame/HammerBrother'' ~ Tropers/DecafGrub47393
* RatedMForManly
** Music/{{Manowar}} is so manly it hurts. ~@/{{Wint}}
** VideoGame/DukeNukem ~ Seraphem
** ''Film/ThreeHundred'' is so manly it ventures into HardGay territory at times, even though there is only a hint of homosexuality (deriding Athenians as "boy-lovers"). ~ wanbli
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RiyRfj35S8k This]] ~ @/{{Annonymous}}
** Advertising/TheManYourManCouldSmellLike ~ Denman
** ''VideoGame/{{Contra}}''. ~ xxxEbbxxx, Tropers/DecafGrub47393
** The WordOfGod for ''Manga/GoldenKamuy'' (which I translated from [[http://konomanga.jp/special/62879-2/2 here]]): "If there is the fourth thick staff, it's penis. The age of weak, androgynous men who cannot decide where to put their tiny penises is over. In the story, tough, stark naked men fight for tattooed skins which equal to sacred jute bags used for the [[https://www.jibtv.com/programs/explore_japan/20170309.html Somin Naked Festival]]. ''Golden Kamuy'' equals the Somin Naked Festival." - @/IukaSylvie
** Music/{{Sabaton}} - @/GeniusInTheLamp
** ''Franchise/JoJosBizarreAdventure'', in particular the [[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureStardustCrusaders third part]]. ~ Fireside
* RealTimeStrategy
** ''VideoGame/CommandAndConquer'' hooked thousands of fans onto the RTS genre, and the community of mod makers for every game continues to breathe new life into a franchise forgotten by the owner. ~ Flyboy254
* RealRobot
** [[TabletopGame/BattleTech BattleMechs and OmniMechs]] in general. Specifically? Everyone pick their favourite! (This Troper vouches for the near-indestructible-for-its-size Bushwacker.) ~ @/SNobleJr
** ''VideoGame/SteelBattalion'' takes the cake-not just because of the huge controller, but the way the [[AMechByAnyOtherName Vertical Tanks]] move. They actually FEEL like gigantic, heavy, walking gun platforms of destruction, and being able to outmanuever the enemy and not get hit is the key to victory. It really has to be played to be believed. ~ [=NamelessFragger=]
** The Armored Fighting Walkers of ''VideoGame/RingOfRed''. They are the very definition of tanks with legs; need a crew to load the shells, a supporting crew in the ground and are suitable for only one kind of terrain. ~ @/NotJMKeynes
** ''Franchise/{{Patlabor}}'' is a hard science fiction police procedural, where mecha (called "Labors") are mainly used as glorified forklifts for construction and clearing away rubble. They're shown to be huge, lumbering, and above all else, they're costly to repair and maintain. ~ @/MiinU
* ReallyDeadMontage
** ''VisualNovel/{{Clannad}}'', once a person dies, they fire scene after scene so fast it's scary. ~ @/{{Psyga315}}
** [[spoiler: [[WebVideo/SuburbanKnights Ma-ti]]]] - @/{{Werebunny131}}
* ReallyGetsAround
** [[Anime/PantyAndStockingWithGarterbelt Panty]]. The bitch has slept with over a ''thousand'' men. ~ {{@/LimeTH}}
** [[Manga/MakenKi Love Espada]] is outright stated to have slept with over 100 girls during a single Himekagura Festival[[note]]in chapter 76[[/note]]; including instigating, at least, two lesbian orgies. ~ @/MiinU
** [[Videogame/{{Borderlands}} Mad Moxxi]].
** Franchise/JamesBond. ~ @/DoctorRayman
* RearrangeTheSong
** "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7-Mno92bXT4 Heartful Necromancer (Neko-Romancer)]]", based off of [[Franchise/TouhouProject Orin's]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BCocNeWBeq8 boss theme]]. If IOSYS ''doesn't'' make a flash vid to this awesomeness, I will cry rivers of blood! ~ @/{{Kalle}}
** There's too many versions of the ''VideoGame/SuperMarioBros1'' Overworld theme to count! ~[=thecnoNSMB=]
* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech
** [[Series/{{Scandal}} Rowan Pope]]
** [[WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy Quagmire]] giving Brian the what-for about...everything in "[[Recap/FamilyGuyS8E7JeromeIsTheNewBlack Jerome is the New Black]]". ~ @/WillyFourEyes
** In the A&E version of ''The Way We Live Now'', Melmotte tries one of these on Mr. Alfe, but it gets hijacked towards the end, with glorious results: "What you say ''would'' be a fair criticism, if you ''really did'' move mountains. But from what I can see, all you move is money. From the pockets of other men into your own." ~ @/ManWithoutABody
** Sean Maguire telling off Will Hunting in the park in ''Film/GoodWillHunting'':
--->''"Thought about what you said to me the other day, about my painting. Stayed up half the night thinking about it. Something occurred to me, I fell into a deep, peaceful sleep, and I haven't thought about you since. You know what occurred to me? You're just a kid. You don't have the faintest idea what you're talking about. You've never been out of Boston. So if I asked you about art, you'd probably give me the skinny on every art book ever written. Michelangelo: you'd know a lot about him -- life's work, political aspirations, him and the Pope, sexual orientation, the whole works, right? I'll bet you can't tell me what it smells like in the Sistene Chapel. You've never actually ''stood'' there and looked up at that beautiful ceiling and ''seen'' that. If I ask you about beautiful women, you'd probably give me a syllabus of your personal favorites. You may even have been laid a few times. But you can't tell me what if feels like to wake up next to a woman and feel ''truly happy''. You're a tough kid. I ask you about war you'd probably, uh, throw Shakespeare at me, right? 'Once more into the breach, dear friends.' But you've never been near one. You've never held your best friend's head in your lap and watched him gasp his last breath looking to you for help. I ask you about love, you'd probably quote me a sonnet. But you've never looked at a woman and been ''totally vulnerable''. Known someone who could level you with her eyes. Feeling like God put an angel on earth just for you, who could rescue you from the depths of hell. And you wouldn't know what it's like to be her angel. To have that love for her be there forever, through anything. Through cancer. And you wouldn't know about sleeping sitting up in a hospital room for two months holding her hand because the doctors could see in your eyes that the terms 'visiting hours' don't apply to you. You don't know about real loss, because that only occurs when you love something more than you love yourself. I doubt you've ever dared to love anybody that much. I look at you, I don't see an intelligent, confident man. I see a cocky, scared shitless kid. But you're a genius, Will. No one denies that. No one could possibly understand the depths of you. But ''you'' presumed to know everything about ''me'' because you saw a painting of mine and you ripped my fucking life apart. You're an orphan, right? Do you think I would know the first thing about how hard your life has been, how you feel, who you are, because ''I've'' read "Oliver Twist"? Does ''that'' encapsulate ''you''? Personally, I don't give a ''shit'' about that because I can't learn anything about you I can't read in some fucking book unless you want to talk about you, who you are. And I'm fascinated. I'm in. But you don't want to do that, do you, sport? You're terrified of what you might say."''
*** - [=ZiggyZag=]
** [[CrazyIsCool Kurotsuchi]] [[MadScientist Mayuri]] to [[MadScientist Szayel-Apporo]] [[CruelAndUnusualDeath Granz]] in Manga/{{Bleach}}. [[SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome "AND YOU CALL YOURSELF A MAN OF SCIENCE"]]?! --ncfan
** No love for [[Webcomic/HetaliaAxisPowers Canada's]] ''three hour long'' rant about America? America was [[CornerOfWoe huddled in a corner crying!]] ''[[{{Tsundere}} England]] called it off out of pity!'' If it wasn't for England, ''he would have kept going.'' ~ [=Me2=]
** Randal delivers a great one to Dante at the end of ''Film/{{Clerks}}'', calling him out on all the [[{{Wangst}} Wangsting]] he was doing all day. ~ @/{{Discontent}}
** The final case of ''VisualNovel/PhoenixWrightAceAttorneyTrialsAndTribulations''. It was so epic that it [[spoiler: banished Dahlia's soul to hell!]] ~ @/{{Gamermaster}}
** ''VideoGame/PokemonSunAndMoon'': [[spoiler: "I am the one who's sick of you, [[BigBad mother]]! Children... Children are not just THINGS that belong to their parents! Pokèmon aren't just THINGS that a trainer can do whatever they want to! [[CharacterDevelopment I am alive!]] Cosmog is alive! We are not things for you to collect! We're not made for you to just [[AbusiveParents discard]] when you get bored with us! That is terrible, mother! You are terrible!"]]- {{Tropers/Revaryk}}
** Norman delivers a great one to The Witch at the end of ''WesternAnimation/ParaNorman'', calling her out on how her revenge has made her as bad, if not worse, as those who wrongfully executed her in the first place. - Tropers/IukaSylvie
** [[Franchise/ToyStory Woody]] [[VideoGame/KingdomHeartsIII to Young Xehanort]]. "My guess is that no one's ever loved you before. Because you know nothing about hearts and love." ~ Fireside
** ''WebVideo/TheNostalgiaCritic'' delivers an epic one to Hyper Fangirl in the [[Recap/TheNostalgiaCriticS7E25 2014 Christmas special]]. ~ Tropers/DecafGrub47393
* RecurringBoss
** [[Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog Dr. Eggman]]. What other boss shows up every single level to lay down the hurt? ~@/{{Cliche}}
*** Seconded ~ @/{{logbat99}}
** [[Franchise/SuperMarioBros Bowser]] ~ Saphruikan
** Your rival in pretty much every ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'' game. - @/{{Werebunny131}}
** [[VideoGame/SuperMarioBros2 Birdo]]. ~ @/DoctorRayman
* RecycledTheSeries
** ''Series/{{MASH}}'' ~ [=Amuck Cricetine=]
* RedBaron
** [[Manga/NegimaMagisterNegiMagi Jack "That Damn Guy Who You Can Stab With Swords All You Like And It Won't Do A Thing, Dammit!" Rakan]] ~ @/{{Servbot}}
*** From the same series, Evangeline has more nicknames than most people can remember. ~ mrbits
** Manfred von Richtofen, from UsefulNotes/WorldWarOne. ~ @/ManWithoutABody
** [[Manga/RurouniKenshin Hitokiri Battousai]] ~ @/{{Carla}}
** [[Franchise/{{Halo}} The Master Chief]], aka. "The Demon", to the Covenant. ~ @/SNobleJr
** [[Anime/MobileSuitGundam Char "The Red Comet" Aznable]] - @/{{CelPrevXXVI}}
* RedemptionEqualsDeath
** [[Film/ReturnOfTheJedi Darth Vader]] ~ @/DevilsAdvocate
*** Seconded. ~ Mattman_the_Storyteller
*** Thirded. ~ Tropers/DecafGrub47393
* RedemptionInTheRain
** ''Film/TheShawshankRedemption'' ~ Silence, @/MarvelGirl
** Music/TomWaits' song "Make It Rain" from ''Music/RealGone'' ~ @/ManWithoutABody
** ''ComicBook/VForVendetta'' ~ @/VoodooChild
** [[Film/BladeRunner "I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion. I watched C-beams glitter in the dark near the Tannhäuser Gate. All those moments will be lost in time, like tears in rain. Time to die."]] ~ @/SNobleJr
* RedemptionRejection
** Both Tai Lung and Lord Shen in the ''Franchise/KungFuPanda'' franchise. ~ Mattman_the_Storyteller
* RedEyesTakeWarning
** '''[[Manga/HajimeNoIppo Bryan Hawk]]'''. ~ @/{{Smokie}}
** [[Manga/SamuraiDeeperKyo Demon-Eyes Kyo]]. - @/{{Werebunny131}}
* RedOniBlueOni
** [[Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion Asuka and Rei. My God. Asuka and Rei.]] ~ @/{{Muffin-Shota}}, mrbits
** [[Anime/SamuraiChamploo Mugen and Jin]] ~ @/{{Smokie}}, @/{{Carla}}
** [[Manga/DeathNote Mello and Near]] - Benj
*** [[Manga/DeathNote Light and L]] ~ [=JasonPaul=]
** [[Manga/DragonBall Goku and Vegeta]] ~ @/{{Storm}}
** ComicBook/{{Hellboy}} and Abe ~ @/ManWithoutABody
** [[VideoGame/DevilMayCry Dante and Vergil]] are about as close to literal as this trope gets. ~ @/BlankMage
** [[Manga/{{Naruto}} Naruto and Sasuke]] ~ Catiescarlett
** [[Franchise/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles Raphael and Leonardo]] - [[ColorCodedForYourConvenience Well fitting considering their headband colors.]] ~ @/MetalShadowX, @/DoctorRayman
** [[WesternAnimation/Frozen2013 Anna and Elsa]] ~ Sanfranman91
** [[Manga/YamadaKunAndTheSevenWitches Yamada and Shiraishi.]] ~ @/{{Hvedekorn}}
** [[WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse Ruby and Sapphire]] ~ @/{{Monolaf317}}
* RedRightHand
** ''Theatre/RichardIII'' ~ @/ManWithoutABody
* RedShirt
** [[Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries Lieutenant Leslie]]. He was ''so'' good that when he died, he [[BackFromTheDead came back to life]], ready to die again! Not for nothing is he known as "King of the Redshirts". ~ @/{{Brainbin}}
** [[Series/{{Lost}} Frogurt]] ~ [=ZiggyZag=]
* RedShirtArmy
** [[Film/TheLordOfTheRings Gondor soldiers.]] They kill two or three orcs onscreen, tops. ~@/MattC
* ReformedButNotTamed
** [[WesternAnimation/AladdinTheSeries Iago]] ~ Mattman_the_Storyteller
* RefugeInAudacity
** ''Series/TheLeagueOfGentlemen'' ~ @/ManWithoutABody
** [[Manga/{{Eyeshield 21}} Hiruma Youichi]] ~ @/{{neobowman}}
** [[Manga/{{Bleach}} Kurotsuchi Mayuri]] --ncfan
** ''[[VideoGame/ExaPico Ar tonelico]]'' ~@/{{Clae}}
** ''Anime/PantyAndStockingWithGarterbelt'' ~@/JenKunoichi351
*** Seconded. @/{{Muffin-Shota}}
** ''Manga/BakiTheGrappler'' -Tyran
* RedundantRescue
** The climax of Creator/MatthewLewis' play ''Theatre/TheCastleSpectre'' ~ @/{{Lale}}
* RefusalOfTheCall
** [[Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion Shinji Ikari]] ~@/{{Whitewings}}
** [[Manga/NabariNoOu Miharu "I'm-going-to-run-an-okonomiyaki-shop" Rokujou.]] ~ chibihana
* RefuseToRescueTheDisliked
** [[WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague Aquaman letting Orm fall to his death.]] ~ Mattman_the_Storyteller
* ReincarnationRomance
** ''VideoGame/{{Xenogears}}'' (Fei and Elly) ~ Jomar
** [[Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda Link and Zelda]], although the romance is admittedly often only implied in many games. ~ @/DoctorRayman
* RejectedApology
** [[WesternAnimation/BojackHorseman Herb rejecting Bojack's apology]] ~ Mattman_the_Storyteller
* RelativeError
** Gilbert Markham's in ''Literature/TheTenantOfWildfellHall'' - at least, the most violent, most traumatizing, and most harmful example. ~ @/{{Lale}}
* ReligionRantSong
** "[[Music/{{XTC}} Dear God]]" - Tropers/DemonDuckofDoom
* ReligiousBruiser
** Creator/ChuckNorris. ~@/NotJMKeynes
** [[Film/PulpFiction Jules Winnfield, if only for Ezekiel 25:17]]. ~ @/BTF_Flotsam
* RemixComic
** ''Webcomic/DinosaurComics'' ~ @/{{Pikawil}}, @/ManWithoutABody
** ''Webcomic/GarfieldMinusGarfield''. ~ @/DoctorRayman
* RemovingTheCrucialTeammate
** What starts the plot of ''Literature/BeastTamer'' is the Hero's Party kicking out Rein Shroud for his perceived uselessness, despite the fact he's actually an extraordinary Beast Tamer. ~ Mattman_the_Storyteller
* RentAZilla
** [[Series/HouseOfTheDragon Vhagar]] ~ Iridener
* RepeatAfterMe
** [[Literature/{{Discworld}} I comma square bracket...]] ~ @/{{sgrunt}}
** [[Music/{{Blink 182}} "I want all of you to say FUCK with me!"]] ~ @/{{Carla}}
** [[ProfessionalWrestling "Look, I'm gonna]] [[Wrestling/RandyOrton Ortonize]] [[SugarWiki/FunnyMoments for you.]] [[Wrestling/ChrisJericho ME. WANT. TITLE. MATCH.]] [[NoIndoorVoice SAY IT WITH ME NOW! ME!! WANT!!! TITLE!! MATCH!!"]] - @/VoodooChild
* RepetitiveName
** [[Manga/MyHeroAcademia Tetsutetsu Tetsutetsu]] ~ @/{{rjd1922}}
* ReplacementFlatCharacter
** [[spoiler:[[Film/AvengersEndgame 2014 Thanos to his prime timeline self]]]]. ~ Mattman_the_Storyteller
* ResetButton
** ''WesternAnimation/CodeLyoko'' early on, though [[spoiler:they stop using it every episode when they realize it makes XANA stronger.]] -- pinkiepi314
*** Seconded. ~ Mattman_the_Storyteller
** ''Series/StarTrekVoyager'' ~ [=WilliamShakesman=]
* LaResistance
** [[Anime/CodeGeass The Black Knights]]. ~ @/{{Mapi-chan}}
** ''Film/{{Casablanca}}'' ~ @/ManWithoutABody
** [[Franchise/StarWars The Rebel Alliance]] ~ Gorank, @/DoctorRayman
** [[RealLife The French Resistance in WWII.]] ~ @/{{deeman45}}
** [[Literature/HarryPotter Dumbledore's Army]] ~ @/{{Carla}}
** [[Literature/{{Shimoneta}} SOX]] - sfisher923
* ResurrectTheVillain:
** ''WesternAnimation/TheLionGuard'', "[[Recap/TheLionGuardS2E5TheRiseOfScar The Rise of Scar]]" ~ [=Julia1984=]
* {{Retraux}}
** ''VideoGame/MegaMan9'' ~ @/{{Pikawil}}, @/WillyFourEyes, @/DoctorRayman
** ''Film/TheLostSkeletonOfCadavra'' ~ @/ManWithoutABody
** ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyIVTheAfterYears''. ~ Arutoa
** ''VideoGame/CaveStory'' ~ @/{{deeman45}}
** ''Film/TheArtist'' ~ [=HotelCalifornia=]
* RetGone
** [[WesternAnimation/ScoobyDooMysteryIncorporated The Evil Entity's fate]] ~ Mattman_the_Storyteller
** [[spoiler:[[VideoGame/TheKingOfFightersXIII Ash Crimson erases himself from existence]]]]. ~ [=NotGonnaDoALot4=]
* RetroactiveIdiotBall:
** Luke throwing away his lightsaber and not using it to block Palpatine's Force lightning in ''Film/ReturnOfTheJedi'', even though ''Film/AttackOfTheClones'' and ''Film/RevengeOfTheSith'' show that he should have been completely aware of this option via his mentors, and all other ''Franchise/StarWars'' media shows Force lightning being blockable by lightsabers as common knowledge. ~@/Kevjro7
** Franchise/StarWars in general due to the sheer amount of examples of this it has. ~ @/LadyBlackwood
* ReturningBigBad
** [[spoiler:[[Film/TheRiseOfSkywalker Palpatine making his return]] after his [[Film/ReturnOfTheJedi last chronological appearance in canon]]]]. ~ Mattman_the_Storyteller
* TheReveal
** [[Literature/LesMiserables I am Jean Valjean!]] ~ @/StrangeDwarf
** [[VideoGame/{{Warframe}} The Second Dream.]] ''Forgive me. This is who you really are.'' ~ @/ArcaneAzmadi
** [[spoiler:[[WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse Rose Quartz]], Steven's mother and founder of the Crystal Gems, is actually the thought-to-be shattered Pink Diamond.]] ~ Mattman_the_Storyteller
* RevealShot
** The end of the first issue of ''ComicBook/ExMachina''. ~ @/{{Bob}}
** ''Film/PlanetOfTheApes1968'' ~ @/CaptainCrawdad, @/MarvelGirl
** [[Recap/SpongeBobSquarePantsS2E13ShanghaiedGaryTakesABath "...But why have we been turned into fruits?"]] ~ @/[=MetalAiAi=]
* RevealingContinuityLapse
** ''WebVideo/EverymanHybrid'', when the voice recordings of Vinny throughout different iterations was released. The ending of the tape changing for him in-universe is the icing on the cake! ~ @/WarJay77
* RevengeBeforeReason
** [[Manga/{{Naruto}} Sasuke Uchiha]] ~ pieguy, @/DoctorRayman
** [[WesternAnimation/DanVs Dan]] ~ Scrounge
** ''WebAnimation/TheMostPopularGirlsInSchool.'' ~ @/{{Monolaf317}}
* RevengeByProxy
** Harry Osborn's MoralEventHorizon in ''Film/TheAmazingSpiderMan2'' is [[spoiler:murdering Gwen Stacy just to spite Peter for not giving him his blood]]. ~ Mattman_the_Storyteller
* TheRevolutionWillNotBeCivilized
** ''Webcomic/KaitenMutenmaru'': [[spoiler:The poor mob in Slowne burned and looted the house of their oppressors, Pain and Yamai Solitude, but that's not the most horrible part about their rebellion -- they also targeted Sick, a little boy, solely for being the son of the Solitudes and killed his commoner girlfriend in a blind rage for opposing them.]] -- @/IukaSylvie
* RewatchBonus
** ''WesternAnimation/{{Centaurworld}}'': All the revelations of the GrandFinale change ''everything''. ~ [=SuperYoshiFan02=]
* RhymesOnADime
** [[VideoGame/BanjoKazooie Gruntilda]] ~ @/AnonymousUser, @/DoctorRayman
** [[WesternAnimation/{{Hercules}} The Fates]] ~ @/ManWithoutABody
** [[WesternAnimation/YellowSubmarine "If I spoke prose you'd all find out/I don't know what I talk about!"]] ~ [=ZuulMF=]
*** Seconded. ~ [=Me2=]
** [[Film/ThePrincessBride "Fezzik, are there rocks ahead?" "If there are, we'll all be dead!" "No more rhymes now, I mean it!" "Anybody want a peanut?" "GAH!"]] ~ @/EarlOfSandvich
* RichardNixonTheUsedCarSalesman
** Otto Skorzeny, heroic freedom fighter against Hapsburg tyranny and defender of humanity across the TabletopGame/InfiniteWorlds. ~ @/{{Ramidel}}
* RichBitch
** [[Franchise/StreetFighter Karin Kanzuki]], the mixed martial artist with the miles-wide mansion. ~ @/WillyFourEyes
** [[Series/{{Weeds}} Celia]] ~ @/KillerClowns
** [[Anime/MobileSuitGundamWing Dorothy Catalonia]], complete with gold-plated limousine ~ @/{{Carla}}
** [[Manga/CandyCandy Eliza Reagan]]. Putting the [[AlphaBitch BITCH]] in RichBitch ~ @/ChrisX
** [[Film/{{Gremlins}} Mrs. Deagle]] ~ @/Ponylovinggirl2
** [[Anime/ProjectAko B-ko Daitokuji]], the ridiculously wealthy GadgeteerGenius and don't you forget it. ~ @/MiinU
** [[WesternAnimation/MiraculousLadybug Chloé Bourgeois]] ~ @/LadyBlackwood
** [[WebAnimation/HelluvaBoss Stella]] - Tropers/DemonDuckofDoom
* RidiculouslyCuteCritter
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GLdNlWnHpO8&feature=related Potato]] from ''VisualNovel/{{Air}}'' ~ Arcane Azmadi
** [[Creator/{{CLAMP}} Mokona]], whose design seems to have been inspired by bunnies, marshmallows, and everything that is cute and fluffy in the world. ~ @/{{Carla}}
** Several of the Franchise/{{Pokemon}}, such as [[SeriesMascot Pikachu]]. ~ @/DoctorRayman
** [[Series/TheMandalorian Grogu]] ~ @/LadyBlackwood
** [[VideoGame/WonderlandAdventures Scritters]]. ~ @/SereneSpecter13
** [[WesternAnimation/HazbinHotel Fat Nuggets]] - Tropers/DemonDuckofDoom
* RidiculouslyHumanRobot
** '''[[WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}} Bender]]''' ~ @/{{iansimsjam}}, @/DoctorRayman
** I'm going with Manga/{{Chobits}} on this one. ~ @/{{Zfish9}}
** It's gotta be [[Manga/NegimaMagisterNegiMagi Chachamaru]]. ~ @/EmbracingShadows
** My vote goes to [[Series/DoctorWho The Centurian Autons]] ~ @/{{Goldude}}
** [[Series/BattlestarGalactica2003 Those damned skinjobs!]] ~ @/{{King Of The Mime Swing}}
** [[Anime/ArmitageIII The Thirds]] are so lifelike that they easily pass as human even under scrutiny, including sexual intercourse and child conception. ~ @/MiinU
* RidingTheBomb
** ''Film/DrStrangelove'' ~ Tropers/DecafGrub47393
* RightHandOfDoom
** [[VideoGame/Left4Dead2 The Charger]] ~ [=BigBoss7556=]
** ComicBook/{{Hellboy}} - @/{{Werebunny131}}, @/DoctorRayman
* RivalFinalBoss
** ''VideoGame/PokemonRedAndBlue'' ~ @/BeerBaron
*** Seconded. ~ Mattman_the_Storyteller
* RoadMovie
** ''Film/EasyRider'' ~ [=WilliamShakesman=]
* RoaringRampageOfRevenge
** ''Literature/TheCountOfMonteCristo'' / Anime/{{Gankutsuou}} ~ Arcane Azmadi
** [[Music/DoctorSteel "Lament for a Toy Factory"]] ~ @/JonnyB
** ''ComicBook/TheCrow''. The movie is a good one, but the comic is ... holy ... wow. ~ @/{{Ledge}}
** [[Manga/{{Naruto}} Sasuke Uchiha]]. RevengeBeforeReason personified. [=XyloGirl=]
*** Naruto himself. Episode 167 of Shippuden. Let's just say that the title character unleashed a massive can of whoop-ass. ~@/{{Wint}}
** [[VisualNovel/HigurashiWhenTheyCry Shion Sonozaki]] in Watanagashi-hen and Meakashi-hen. A one year delayed reaction, but [[{{Yandere}} HO]][[CuteAndPsycho LY]] [[LoveMakesYouCrazy IT]][[LoveMakesYouEvil !!]] ~ @/{{Zfish9}}
** [[VideoGame/AsurasWrath Asura]] out classifies EVERYONE in this section, and for a good reason. ~ @/{{Demongodofchaos2}}, @/{{XJTordecai}}
** [[Videogame/AssassinsCreedII Ezio]] [[VideoGame/AssassinsCreedBrotherhood Auditore]] [[Videogame/AssassinsCreedRevelations da Firenze]], dude starts his vengeance and when he finds out it was all caused by an [[UsefulNotes/TheKnightsTemplar incredibly powerful faction]] that takes part in an incredibly ancient conspiracy; KEEPS GOING. ~ @/{{DeisTheAlcano}}
** Scar from ''Manga/FullmetalAlchemist''. - Tropers/IukaSylvie
* RobbingTheMobBank
** ''Film/TheDarkKnight'' ~ [=WilliamShakesman=]
* RobotGirl
** [[VideoGame/CaveStory Curly Brace]] ~ @/{{deeman45}}
** [[VideoGame/Persona3 Aigis]], alternatively [[VideoGame/{{Xenosaga}} Kos-Mos]]. ~ @/SorataZ
** [[Manga/{{Nichijou}} Nano Shinonome]] . ~ [=HotelCalifornia=]
** [[WesternAnimation/{{MyLifeAsATeenageRobot}} XJ9/Jenny Wakeman]]. ~ @/{{XJTordecai}}
** [[Anime/TheBigO R. Dorothy Wainwright]]. ~ @/MiinU
* RobotMe
** Metal Sonic to ''Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog'' ~ Mattman_the_Storyteller
*** There's also been a Mecha Sonic in the Classic era, hasn't there? ~ @/{{logbat99}}
* RoboticPsychopath
** [[Pantheon/AIPersonalities Omega]] from ''VideoGame/MegaManZero''. What's worse than being ''programmed to only kill?'' ~ [=DAN004=]
** ComicBook/{{Brainiac}}. ~ @/DoctorRayman
* RocketPunch
** ''Anime/ShinMazinger'' ~ @/{{Impacto}}
** [[ComicBook/XMen Sentinel]] in ''VideoGame/MarvelVsCapcom2'' ~ @/{{Pikawil}}
** [[WesternAnimation/TransformersAnimated LUGNUT WILL DESTROY THESE FOOLISH OTHER EXAMPLES FOR THE GLORY OF MEGATRON!]] ~Latte
** Franchise/MegaMan. ~ @/DoctorRayman
** [[Franchise/DragonBall Android 16]] ~ Mattman_the_Storyteller
* RocketTagGameplay
** ''VideoGame/ShinMegamiTenseiIV''. No defense stat for you! ~ @/LucaEarlgrey
** ''VideoGame/HotlineMiami'' ~ @/{{logbat99}}
* RockMeAsmodeus
** "Sympathy For the Devil" - Music/{{The Rolling Stones|Band}} ~ @/TwinBird
* RockMonster
** [[WesternAnimation/{{Hercules}} Lythos, the Rock Titan]] ~ Mattman_the_Storyteller
* RockOpera
** ''Music/TheWall'' - Music/PinkFloyd ~ @/BjornStravinsky
** ''Music/{{Tommy}}'', by Music/TheWho - [=ZuulMF=]
* RockstarSong
** [[Music/ChuckBerry Johnny B. Goode]] ~ @/TwinBird
** [[Music/TheyMightBeGiants "Hey, Mr. DJ., I Thought You Said We Had a Deal"]] ~ @/ManWithoutABody
** Jukebox Hero- Music/{{Foreigner|Band}} ~ orphu
* {{Rockumentary}}
** ''Film/ThisIsSpinalTap'' ~ [=WilliamShakesman=]
* RogueDrone
** Key in ''Fanfic/TheUnlikelyAlly''. ~ Mattman_the_Storyteller
* RogueJuror
** [[Film/TwelveAngryMen Juror #8]] ~ [=WilliamShakesman=]
* RogueProtagonist
** [[VideoGame/Prototype2 Alex Mercer]] ~ Death Note Fan
* RoguesGallery
** ComicBook/{{Batman}}'s, which includes ComicBook/TheJoker, ComicBook/ThePenguin, ComicBook/PoisonIvy, etc. ~ @/DoctorRayman
** ComicBook/SpiderMan's ~ [=WilliamShakesman=]
* RoguesGalleryTransplant
** ComicBook/TheKingpin, who was introduced as a ComicBook/SpiderMan villain and eventually became ComicBook/{{Daredevil}}'s ArchEnemy. ~ @/DoctorRayman
* RoleEndingMisdemeanor
** Creator/MichaelRichards vs. the heckler. A massive ''career-derailing'' screw-up if there ever was one. ~ @/WillyFourEyes
* RomanticFusion
** [[VideoGame/FearAndHunger The Marriage]] ~ [=NotGonnaDoALot4=]
* RomanticizedAbuse:
** ''Literature/FiftyShadesOfGrey.'' It claims to be about the B&D lifestyle; it's actually just pure rape fantasy. It's like the author saw ''Literature/TheTwilightSaga's'' disturbingly abusive Edward/Bella relationship and said "challenge accepted" (literally, since ''50 Shades'' is repurposed and published ''Twilight'' fanfic). ~ @/ArcaneAzmadi
* RoofHopping
** ''VideoGame/BeyondGoodAndEvil''. The rooftop chase scene is probably one of the most cinematic experiences available in that console generation. -Technogeek
** ''Film/BatmanBegins'' - [=ZiggyZag=], @/{{Dracosummoner}}
* RookieRedRanger
** [[Series/PowerRangersWildForce Cole Evans]] ~ [=maxreid=]
* RoommateCom
** ''Series/PeepShow'' ~ [=Amuck Cricetine=]
* RougeAnglesOfSatin
** ''Fanfic/MyImmortal''. '''All''' of it. ~ Santos L. Halper, @/ManWithoutABody
** [[Series/{{Frasier}} Niles Crane. Hung [meant to be "Jung"] specialist. Servicing individuals, couples, groups. Satisfaction guaranteed. Tell me where it hurts.]] - [=ZiggyZag=]
* RousingSpeech
** [[Film/RememberTheTitans "Defense! On me! Alright, now, I don't want them to gain another yard! You blitz! All! NIGHT! If they cross the line of scrimmage, I'm gonna take every last one of you out! You make sure that they remember, FOREVER, the night they played the Titans!"]] ~ [=RainRequiem=]
** [[Film/IndependenceDay "We will not go quietly into the night! We will not vanish without a fight! We're going to live on! We're going to survive! Today we celebrate our Independence Day!"]] ~ xxx1993xxx
** [[Theatre/HenryV "Once more unto the breach, dear friends, once more!"]] -- Astfgl
** [[Series/GameOfThrones "You hear that? That's the mating call of the Northmen! They want to fuck us! Well, I haven't had a good fuck in weeks! I'm ready for one! They say every ironborn man is worth a dozen from the mainland. You think they're right? We die today, brothers! We die bleeding from a hundred wounds with arrows in our necks and spears in our guts! But our warcries will echo through eternity! They will sing about the Battle of Winterfell until the Iron Islands have slipped beneath the waves! Every man, woman, and child will know who we were and how long we stood! Aggar and Gelmar! Wex and Urzen! Styg and Black Lorren! Ironborn warriors will cry out our names as they leap onto the shores of Seagard and Faircastle! Mothers will name their sons after us! Girls will think of us with their lovers inside them! AND WHOEVER KILLS THAT FUCKING HORNBLOWER WILL STAND IN BRONZE ABOVE THE SHORES OF PYKE! WHAT IS DEAD MAY NEVER DIE! AHHHH!"]] [[spoiler:[[TapOnTheHead *thunk*]]]] ~ @/{{King of the Mime Swing}}
*** "Don't fight for your king and don't fight for his kingdoms! Don't fight for honour, don't fight for glory, don't fight for riches, because you won't get any! This is ''your'' city Stannis means to sack, that's ''your'' gate he's ramming! If he gets in, it'll be your houses he burns, your gold he steals, your women he'll rape. Those are brave men knocking at our door. Let's go kill them!" ~ @/CamrocG
** [[Film/TheHungerGamesMockingjay "Fire is catching! And if we burn, you burn with us!"]] ~ [=AgentKyles=]
** [[Film/TheLordOfTheRingsTheReturnOfTheKing "Hold your ground! Hold your ground! Sons of Gondor, of Rohan, my brothers! I see in your eyes the same fear that would take the heart of me. A day may come when the courage of Men fails; when we forsake our friends and break all bonds of fellowship. But it is not this day! An hour of wolves and shattered shields, when the age of Men comes crashing down. But it is not this day! By all that you hold dear on this good earth, I bid you stand, MEN OF THE WEST!"]] - Zaothus
** [[Film/PacificRim "Today we are canceling the Apocalypse!"]] ~ Saberwulf2018
** "[[Film/{{Braveheart}} Aye, fight and you may die. Run, and you'll live... at least a while. And dying in your beds, many years from now, would you be willin' to trade ALL the days, from this day to that, for one chance, just one chance, to come back here and tell our enemies that they may take our lives, but they'll never take... OUR FREEDOM!]]" ~ WilliamShakesman
** [[UsefulNotes/OdaNobunaga "Imagawa has 40,000 men marching toward this place? I don't believe that. He only has 25,000 soldiers. Yes, that is still too many. So, Sado, you want me to surrender. What if we do surrender? Will you get content with losing your life that way? Or what if we hold on like Katsuie wants me to? What if we stay here in this castle, lock it up, and wait until the Imagawas lose appetite and stop the siege and go home? We will be able to prolong our lives for five or ten days, and what we cannot defend will still be undefendable. We are at the bottom of the pit, you know. And our fate is interesting. Of course the misery is too great, too. But this is how I see it: this is a chance in a lifetime. I can't afford to miss this. Do you really want to spend your entire lives praying for longevity? We were born in order to die! Whoever is with me, come to the battlefield tomorrow morning. Whoever is not, just stay wherever you are and watch me win it!"]] Supposedly a ''real'' speech, too! ~ @/ArcaneAzmadi
* RousseauWasRight
** ''Manga/{{ARIA}}''. It's not even white and gray, it's white and white. ~ @/{{onyhow}}
** ''Film/TheDarkKnight'' ~ @/ManWithoutABody, sinesofinsanity
** ''[[Series/MisterRogersNeighborhood Fred Rogers]]'' ~ Hareoic
* RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething
** [[spoiler:Every member of the main party]] from ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyV''. ~@/{{deeman45}}
** The ''Franchise/FireEmblem'' series. ~ @/DoctorRayman
** [[Franchise/StarWars Princess Leia]] ~ @/LadyBlackwood
* RPGEpisode
** "[[Recap/SouthParkS10E8MakeLoveNotWarcraft Make Love, Not Warcraft]]" ~ [=Amuck Cricetine=]
* RRatedOpening
** ''VisualNovel/HigurashiWhenTheyCry'' ~ @/{{Zfish9}}, @/{{deeman45}}
** ''[[Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion The End of Evangelion]]'' ~@/{{Carla}}
** '''[[Advertising/BigBillHells FUCK YOU BALTIMORE!]]''' ~ @/ReynTime250
* RubberBandAI
** Tropers/{{tsstevens}}: Try building a winning streak in the ''VideoGame/WWEGames.'' Even on easy with each win the band will stretch to the point where it will show why this is the pinnacle of TheComputerIsACheatingBastard, throwing the rules out the window as much as needed to ensure a loss. And if you play as someone the game doesn't like forget about it, you will get reversals that are both too early and too late, for the same reversal, if it will even register or the move can be reversed The kickout meter will be removed, you lose all health and stamina from one move, whatever it takes to make you lose.
* RubberMan
** [[Manga/OnePiece Monkey D. Luffy]] ~ Sopsponge
*** Seconded ~ Mattman_the_Storyteller
** ComicBook/PlasticMan. ~ @/DoctorRayman
* RubeGoldbergDevice
** Jojo's instrument in ''WesternAnimation/{{Horton Hears a Who|2008}}!'' (2008 remake). Awesome in the traditional pick-your-jaw-off-the-floor, can't-stop-going-"HOLY SHIT THAT WAS AWESOME!" sort of way. ~ @/{{Seiryu}}
** ''VideoGame/GhostTrick''. Practically every puzzle in the game is RubeGoldbergDevice + ghosts possessing things. ~ The Bagel
* RuleOfCool
** ''Manga/BlackLagoon'' ~ Lolucy, mrbits
** ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry'' has to be the Triumphant Example for video games. ~ @/InsanityPrelude
** ''Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann!'' Who the ''hell'' do you think we are?! ~ @/{{Fermatprime}}, @/{{neobowman}}
*** Seconded ~ Mattman_the_Storyteller
** ''VideoGame/NinjaBlade''. If it is cool, he not only CAN do it, he WILL, for no other reason than to LOOK AWESOME! - @/BlackDragon
** [[Webcomic/TheAdventuresOfDrMcNinja Dr. McNinja]] ~Lyanna
** ''Webcomic/BreakfastOfTheGods'' ~ @/ManWithoutABody
** ''Fireborn''. The TabletopRPG of reincarnated dragons kung fu fighting the forces of darkness in near-future London. ~ [=szaleniec1000=]
** ''Anime/FinalFantasyVIIAdventChildren'' ~ VVK
*** Seconded. Two words: Flying. ''Motorcycles.'' ~ @/{{Carla}}
** TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}}, ''Rule of Cool is physics''. ~ @/CounterBlitzkrieg
** Anime/{{Grenadier}}, every time Rushuna pulls out her revolver. ~ @/MarvelGirl
** Film/{{Wanted}}, bullets go in circles because you can pretend that you never learnt they didn't. Not even really a HandWave. ~ Ninjat_126
** ''Film/PacificRim''- Gzillafan77
* RuleOfFun
** Creator/{{Nintendo}} in general. ~ @/ZettaToad
** ''Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog'' (well, the Genesis games and ''VideoGame/SonicUnleashed'', anyway.) ~@/{{Komodin}}
** ''VideoGame/TeamFortress2'' ~@/{{Belle-Mage}}
* RuleOfFunny
** ''Webcomic/EightBitTheater''. ~ @/{{Mapi-chan}}
** ''Film/WhoFramedRogerRabbit''. Allow Roger to spell it out for all y'all. ~ @/WillyFourEyes
** ''YouTubePoop''. ~ @/{{Ericho}}
** ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes''. ~ @/DoctorRayman
** [[Anime/PokemonTheSeries Doctor Namba]] immediately sensing when someone gets [[AccidentalMisnaming his name wrong]], no matter where they are in the world, and calls to correct them. Doesn't make sense at all, but I'm not complaining. ~ Mattman_the_Storyteller
* RuleOfThree
** ''Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda'' series. Go to three temples and collect three artifacts. Oh look, a boss. Just expose its weak spot three times to kill it. Hooray, you've earned some exposition: the universe was created by three goddesses, and the baddie is after the ''Tri''force. ~ @/ProgenyExMachina
** The motorcycle gag in ''Film/DuckSoup'' ~ [=Amuck Cricetine=]
* RulesLawyer
** [[ComicStrip/KnightsOfTheDinnerTable Brian van Hoose]] ~ Tropers/SteveMB
* RummageSaleReject
** Luso, from ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyTacticsA2''. Just [[http://bulk.destructoid.com/ul/user/2/22695-92816-lusojpg-468x.jpg look at him!]] ~ @/SapphireBlue
*** Seconded. ~ The Bagel
* TheRunnerUpTakesItAll
** ''Series/TheXFactor'': Matt Cardle being overshadowed by Rebecca Ferguson, Cher Lloyd, and ''especially'' Music/OneDirection. ~ [=LaptopGuy=]
* RunningGag
** Website/ChannelAwesome (the abundance of them). ~ Artman40
*** Of COURSE! ~ [=ZiggyZag=]
** ''Series/SnuffBox''. "Fuck you!" ~ @/ManWithoutABody
** ''Manga/LuckyStar'' has quite a few. ~ @/BlankMage
** ''Series/HowIMetYourMother'' has one of the longest lists ever, but the most well known has got to be "LEGEN - wait for it, and I hope you're not lactose-intolerant because the second half of that word is - DARY!" ~ @/VoodooChild
** [[Series/{{Friends}} "We were on. A BREAK!"]] ~ @/{{Carla}}
** ''WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb'' pretty much lives off these. ~ [=CompletelyDifferent=]
*** Seconded
** ''WebVideo/WheezyWaiter'', a video blog series on Website/YouTube, has SO many of these it's insane ~ T[=OmegaSandvich=]
** [[WebVideo/YuGiOhTheAbridgedSeries "Why is every example on this page a f***ing NINJA?!"]] - @/{{Werebunny131}}
* RussianReversal
** [[Theatre/Richard II "I wasted time, and now doth time waste me."]] ~ @/LadyBlackwood
* RussianRoulette
** ''Film/TheDeerHunter'' ~ [=WilliamShakesman=]
* RunningGagged
** "We Could Make a Reli- NO DON'T!" Is not only a great sendoff to the best running gag in ''WebVideo/HistoryOfTheEntireWorldIGuess'', but also an allusion to two attempts to make a new national religion of France which ended disastrously. [NorthstarPokeshipper]
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