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.
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- 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.
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Please list tropes alphabetically.
- Cain and Abel
- Michio Yuki and Tamanojo Kawamoto ~ MaxHandler
- The Trope Namers themselves. ~ Rotide
- Azula and Zuko. ~ Babyhenchy1
- Thor and Loki. ~ Doctor Rayman
- Jin and Ragna. ~ Five-seveN-25
- Lifty & Shifty, they'll backstab each other both figuratively and literally for the sake of greed. ~ Metal Ai Ai
- Ayane and Kasumi for the majority of the series. ~ Miin U
- Scar and Mufasa. ~ Triple J
- Calling the Old Man Out
- Peggy Hill in "Death Picks Cotton" could also double as a Moment of Awesome ~ Libra-chan, Redhed311
- Zuko in "Day of Black Sun" ~ Disneytak
- Seconded ~ Babyhenchy1
- I third it. ~ mermaidgirl45
- Yup! ~Vellophone
- Fifthed, if that's possible. ~ Zeni The Wonder
- Oh HELL yes! ~ deeman45
- Seventh, baby. ~ Troper49
- Eighthed! ~ Allspark Spin Out
- Nine ~ RedRoverRedRover
- Ten! ~ DDRMASTERM
- Eleven! ~ Fireside
- John's impassioned speech against his father in Guess Who's Coming to Dinner. ~ ZiggyZag
- The one in Scanners. So subtle, you could almost miss it, but "That was Daddy." ~ Man Without A Body
- At least once or twice a season on Titus — Cuchulainn
- Altaïr to Al Mualim — shamchimp28
- Three words: "I hate you." ~-dave_the_assassin-~
- Twisted Metal Head On: Krista Sparks to Calypso. ~ Five-seveN-25
- Yang Xiao Long to Raven Branwen ~ iPhoenix26
- Meg Griffin to Lois and Peter in "Seahorse Seashell Party" ~ Connor 2107
- Mirabel calling out Alma for her mistreatment of her, putting pressure on the family through her perfectionist and unrealistic expectations, and disowning Bruno. ~ Mattman_the_Storyteller
- Raven in Teen Titans (2003): "You may have created me, but you were never my father. Fathers are kind. Fathers protect you. Fathers raise you. I was protected by the monks of Azarath. I was raised by my friends. They are my family, this is my home, and you are not welcome here! Azarath Metrion ZINTHOS!" ~ Lady Blackwood
- Calling Your Attacks
- STARLIGHT HONEYMOON THERAPY KISS! ~ Carla
- My-Wife-is-the-Best-in-the-Universe... SWING! ~ B.o.B
- "Finishing Blow! Giga! DRILL! BREAKERRRR!!!" Also, "WHO THE HELL DO YOU THINK I AM KIIIIICK!" ~ Kriegsmesser, who would like to point out that the only time that the Giga Drill Breaker failed was when Simon left out "Finishing Blow".
- "HANDS OFF MY BELOVED LITTLE BROTHER PUUUNCH!!" ~ Metal Shadow X
- Every single attack in TTGL. At all. Ever. ~ Pheonee
- "PACIFIST CRUSH! KINDNESS TO ALL MANKIND KICK!"
- "BUSTER...BEEEAAAAAMMMMM!"
- "OVERLY INTRICATE COMBINATION! HARD TO AVOID AREA ATTACK!"
- Falcon... Punch! ~ Dr Pepper 42, Man Without A Body, Zeni The Wonder Piando
- "Hadoken!" ~ Willy Four Eyes
- Dragon Ball. It's not as over the top as the others, but c'mon, it created the Kamehameha wave. ~ Storm
- Exuuuuu..... CALIBUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUR! And pretty much every other Noble Phantasm around. ~ Mapi-chan
- This hand of mine glows with an awesome POWER! Its burning grip tells me to defeat you! Take this! My love, my anger, and all of my sorrow! SHINING FINGER SWORRRRRDDDD!!! GO! GO! GO!!! ~ Keredis
- Shinten Rekku Zankou Senpuu Messai Shinbatsu Kassatsu Geki! ~ Curtmack
- IN CELEBRATION OF MY FIRST KISS WITH OUJO-SAMA STRIKE!! ~ Rhiow
- Haou En Netsu Gouryuu Houkou Bakuretsu Senkou Majin Zankuu Rakan Ken! ~ Rakath
- STAR GENTLE UTERUS!!! ~ Valandar (UTERUS?!?!?!?!?)
- Insert move name here. You have PLENTY to choose from. ~ Blank Mage
- '''DIVINE... BUSTAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!''' ~ Marvel Girl
- STARLIGHT BREAAAAAAAAAAAAAKER!!!!! ~ aNinjaWithAIDS
- INAZUMA KIIIKU! yes, I am speaking of Diebuster, not Gunbuster. ~ erejnion
- Go go gadget X!" ~ Beta Maxis, Redhed311
- Pretty much every Digimon ever. ~ Carls493, Doctor Rayman
- ARE YOU OKAAAAAAY? BUSTAAAAAAAA WOLFF!! ~ Ray Ayanami
- POWAH...GEYSAH! OKAYYYYY!
- STRAWBERRY ON THE SHORTCAKE!!! CRANBERRY CHOCOLATE SUNDAY!!! BLUEBERRY CHEESE BROWNIE!!! '''ANARCHY IN THE GALAXY!!!'''
- Kick! ~ Vermelho Red
- It shall be engraved upon your soul! Divine Assault! Nibelung Valesti! And many more from the same series, can't go wrong with Large Ham, ever. ~ NorthernDruid
- DARK MAGIC ATTACK!!! ~ Lord Zorc
- Check the Marvel vs. Capcom 3 page, Calling Your Attacks section. ~ DAN004
- Your mine! The Chaos Dimention! ~ Five-seveN-25
- RIDER KICK!
- SNEAK ATTACK, BITCH! — Cuchulainn
- Any Spellcard. EVERY spellcard, in fact. ~ TARDISES
- Getsuga TENSHOUU!! — Person Of Note
- The Tales of... series. Every character says something for everyone one of his/her special moves. Tales of Vesperia enables you to interrupt your attack call with the same attack.
- DESTRUCTIONDESTRUCTIONDESTRUCTIONDESTRUCTION
- BAKUSAIBAKUSAIBAKUSAIBAKUSAIBAKUSAIBAKUSAI
- Hak Foo lives this trope.
- MUDA MUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDA! ZA WARUDO! Toki wa Tomare! WRRRYYYYYYYYYYY!!! ~ King of the Mime Swing
- Normal Punch! ~ The Nerdytimes
- FUS-RO-DAH ~ DeisTheAlcano
- [Insert American State/City] SMASH! ~ iPhoenix
- All the damn time on Digimon ~ Amuck Cricetine
- ANGRY CROW TAKES FLIGHT! ~ Mattman_the_Storyteller
- The Call Knows Where You Live
- Came Back Wrong
- Asriel Dreemurr from Undertale, god damn. —Darth NANAME
- Seconding this so hard. - King Fez
- Asriel Dreemurr from Undertale, god damn. —Darth NANAME
- Camp Gay
- Nathan Lane and Robin Williams in The Birdcage. ~ Loon Shia, Voodoo Child
- The Magypsies in Tree From My Youth.
- Leeron ~ fishsicles
- Kurt Hummel
- "It's Okay to Be Gay", by Tomboy. Catchier than I would like for it to be! ~ ZuulMF
- Shore Leave. Also a badass ~ Metal Shadow X
- Roger De Bris — Cuchulainn
- Big Gay Al. "I'm SUPER! Thanks for asking! ~ Redhed311, Doctor Rayman
- Shadow Kanji. "I'm Kanji Tatsumi. And I enjoy naked men. Oooh yaaaahh~" ~ Chris X)
- Tristan Mckie. ~ Monolaf317
- Angel Dust - Demon Duckof Doom
- Camp Straight
- Takuto Tsunashi ~ Some Dead Guy
- Pegasus, without a doubt. ~ Lord Zorc
- The Straight Guy Who Everyone Thinks Is Gay — Cuchulainn
- The male flight attendant from Snakes on a Plane—Wrybread
- Butters Stotch ~ MisterMissy
- Tamaki Suoh ~ rjd1922
- Ken ~ Doctor Rayman
- The Carry On... Series gave us Kenneth Williams and Charles Hawtrey. ~ WilliamShakesman
- Cape Snag
- Edna. Mode. ~hedwig123
- Seconded. NO CAPES! ~ Mattman_the_Storyteller
- Edna. Mode. ~hedwig123
- Cane Fu
- Scrooge McDuck ~ Lale, Doctor Rayman
- Daredevil ~ shamchimp28
- Roman Torchwick raises the bar to a whole new level of style, finesse, and sheer badassery. ~ Miin U
- Canis Major
- Clifford the Big Red Dog - DaLucaray030, Zeni The Wonder, Redhed311
- Fenrir — Cuchulainn, Feather7603
- Cannot Kill Their Loved Ones
- Kurumi being unable to kill zombified Megumi. Breaks my heart every time I watch that scene. ~ DEFA
- Omni-Man being unable to go through with killing his own son in Invincible (2021). ~ Mattman_the_Storyteller
- Cannot Spit It Out
- Luke and Tear - Dear lord. In the game, the first hints of these two are very early on. By halfway through the game, everyone EXCEPT them can tell, and comment/tease them on it, frequently. Neither of them actually says anything until the VERY LAST LINE of the game (excluding The Stinger) ~ Gorsecloud
- Seconded, so hard. And they friggin' make it work. ~ deeman45
- Hinata Hyûga, who had trouble admitting her crush to Naruto until a major dramatic event in Part 2 of the manga. ~ Doctor Rayman
- Luke and Tear - Dear lord. In the game, the first hints of these two are very early on. By halfway through the game, everyone EXCEPT them can tell, and comment/tease them on it, frequently. Neither of them actually says anything until the VERY LAST LINE of the game (excluding The Stinger) ~ Gorsecloud
- Canon Discontinuity:
- The Terminator Film Series which has three different sequels to Terminator 2: Judgment Day that completly ignore one another. ~ Triple J
- Canon Foreigner:
- Sally Acorn is a major character in Sonic the Hedgehog (SatAM) and Sonic the Hedgehog (Archie Comics) and has also made minor appearances in Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog and Sonic the Comic, but has never appeared in the Sonic games besides a brief cameo in Sonic Spinball's Bonus Stage. ~ rjd1922
- Canon Immigrant
- Mazinkaiser ~ fishsicles
- X-23 ~ Carla
- Harley Quinn ~ JasonPaul, Doctor Rayman
- Spades Slick/Jack Noir. Ascended from a donation request to the Big Bad of the new series. —Grif
- Grand Admiral Thrawn - Connor 2107
- Broly ~ Loekman 3
- Jimmy Olsen. ~ Triple J
- Canon Welding
- Fire Emblem: Awakening ~ Camroc G
- The DCU as we know it wouldn't exist if not for this trope. ~The Nerdytimes, Doctor Rayman
- Spider-Man: No Way Home, making Spider-Man Trilogy and The Amazing Spider-Man Series canon to the multiverse of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. ~ Triple J
- Caper Crew
- Lupin III and his gang. ~ Miin U
- Ocean's Eleven ~ Amuck Cricetine
- Captain Crash
- Launchpad McQuack. Great pilot, horrible lander. - Willy Four Eyes, Doctor Rayman
- Pretty much whoever's piloting Starbug at the moment. — Cuchulainn
- Captain Ersatz
- Ray Lloyd as Glacier in WCW and CHIKARA Pro Wrestling. Totally not Sub-Zero. Honest. ~ Willy Four Eyes
- The cast of Watchmen ~ Man Without A Body
- Pretty much every character, street, and title in Solar Pons ~ theweirdwarrior
- The Boulder feels angry that he has not been mentioned! ~ deeman45
- Solar, Man of the Atom! — Cuchulainn
- Deadpool ~ Fireside
- K9999, or Totally Not Tetsuo Shima - NotGonnaDoALot4
- Captain Oblivious
- Homer Simpson. "And what are you charging for this free weekend?" ~ Five-seveN-25
- Captain Obvious
- Master, I detect a 95 percent chance that you should open the chest in front of you. ~ atrasicarius
- I used to think the Fark jokes about Ric Romero were just that...jokes. Then, I saw this. ~ Willy Four Eyes, a lapsed Farker
- Admiral Akbar. Apparently it's a trap. ~ Man Without A Body
- Every line said by Ric Olié. "Coruscant... The entire planet is one big city!" Thank you, Ric. We would be completely left in the dark without your wonderful insights. ~ King Clark
- Fuuka Yamagishi. Yes, I know there are four Shadows, and the battle is already over, and I'm facing the embodiment of Death all by myself. I can count you know. ~ Mistermister
- Might Guy in Naruto. "Lee, I don't think anyone notice that but ... This gourd is suspicious !" "This sword ... it's ... it's YOUR WEAPON !" ~ Yagami 1211
- "People die if they are killed." ~ Carls493
- DeannaTroi. Even Picard called her out on it a time or two. ~ Bucco Babe
- He's not dead. And Tommy wet himself. — Cuchulainn
- Warning on firework packages: Do not hold in hand, do not put in mouth, light fuse and get away
- 2 Chainz. "She got a big booty, so I call her big booty", "I'm different", "it's your birthday", "all I want for my birthday is a big booty ho"... ~ The Bagel
- Omochao. ~ Doctor Rayman
- "Money can be exchanged for goods and services." ~ Five-seveN-25
- Günsche ~ Connor 2107
- Car Fu
- Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt. Seriously, only see the battle in the 6th episode "Les Diaboliques" in some point Chuck fights against his Evil Counterpart with Cars
- Just three words. "I'll be back." ~ Devariouslevon.
- Ga-Rei -Zero-: Natsuki and her bike
- The last half hour or so of Death Proof. — Cuchulainn
- Captain Falcon's Final Smash. ~ Doctor Rayman
- ROAD-A ROLLA DA! ~ Metal Ai Ai
- Carbon Skin
- Greed's Ultimate Shield ~ Mattman_the_Storyteller
- Cargo Ship:
- The Doctor and the TARDIS ~ Trogdor
- Leona Ozaki's obsession with her tank, Bonaparte, borders on actually being canon. She all but humps it. ~ Miin U
- Card-Carrying Villain
- V, a particularly interesting variant as it declares itself a villain despite being better classified as Black-and-Grey Morality. ~ Cliche
- Dr. Evil ~ Willy Four Eyes
- I.M. Meen. The name says it all. ~ Mobile Leprechaun
- Señor Senior Senior ~ mack
- Richard III ~ Man Without A Body, Voodoo Child
- Evil. ~ ZiggyZag
- Doctor Steel, member of Mad Scientists Union (Local 42), Evil Genius Committee ~ Jonny B
- Dr. Weil, who succeeded in fullfilling all three aspects of the trope. And an utterly despicable madman, to boot. ~ DAN004
- Luca Blight: "Look at me! I am sublime! I AM THE TRUE FACE OF EVIL!!!" ~ King Cr Inu Yasha, deeman45
- Darwin Mayflower: "What can I tell you? I'm the villain." — Cuchulainn
- Xykon ~ Helium Opera
- Dr. Eggman. ~ Doctor Rayman
- Shuma-Gorath. ~ Five-seveN-25
- Sir Pentious - Demon Duckof Doom
- "Big" Jack Horner. This exchange below says it all. ~ Mattman_the_Storyteller
Ethical Bug: Th-that was horrible! Your wish is horrible! You're horrible! You're an irredeemable monster!
"Big" Jack Horner: [mocking sobs] Oh, wha-wha! What took you so long, idiot? [flicks the bug off his shoulder]
- Cardboard Prison
- Arkham Asylum. By this point, it's safe to assume that Batman's Rogues Gallery are the ones running the asylum. ~ King Cr Inu Yasha, Feather7603
- Seconded ~ Mattman_the_Storyteller
- Thirded ~ Decaf Grub 47393
- Whichever prison the Daltons always end up evading from and going back in by the end of the story. ~ Doctor Rayman
- Arkham Asylum. By this point, it's safe to assume that Batman's Rogues Gallery are the ones running the asylum. ~ King Cr Inu Yasha, Feather7603
- Cartoony Tail
- Marsupilami ~ Genki Man
- Tigger ~ Mattman_the_Storyteller
- Cartwright Curse
- James Bond. ~ xxbiasonxxx
- Emma "everyone I've ever been with is dead" Swan ~ EmmandKillian
- The Casanova
- Akio Ohtori. There's a reason his picture is on the casanova page. ~ Nabi
- David Tennant. ~ Man Without A Body, Voodoo Child
- He plays Casanova, too. ~ Old Man Ho Oh
- Oh. Yes. ~ Me2
- "The name's Bond, James Bond." ~ Doctor Rayman
- Casanova Wannabe
- Howard Wolowitz ~ HopelessRomance
- Johnny Bravo. ~ vicnog, Doctor Rayman
- Lavi. ~ chibihana
- Leisure Suit Larry, the original Trope Namer. ~ Monolaf317
- Sid the Sexist ~ Amuck Cricetine
- Cassandra Truth
- Woody. Four movies, and the other toys still ignored him. ~ Five-seveN-25
- One Froggy Evening ~ SuperYoshiFan02
- Cast as a Mask
- Joker/Tim Drake (Mark Hamill and Dean Stockwell, respectively in Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker ~ Theweirdwarrior
- Does it count if the character isn't even officially cast the first time we see him? If so, Jared Harris as Professor Moriarty.
- Similarly, Sylar. — Astfgl
- The Green Goblin in The Spectacular Spider-Man. ~ Doctor Rayman
- Cast from Lifespan
- In Time ~ DudeWheresMyPassword
- Mozenrath. ~ Doctor Rayman
- Cast Full of Gay:
- The King's Secret, NSFW, but damn funny! ~ Ferot_Dreadnaught
- [1] ~ Lady Blackwood
- Cast Speciation
- The whole reason Final Fantasy VI Brave New World exists is to make the cast of FF 6 unique by restricting Espers by character. ~ Decaf Grub 47393
- Catgirl
- Himari. She avoids many stereotypes while still being more cat-like than most other catgirls. ~ Feather7603
- Felicia. ~ Allspark Spin Out
- Taokaka. ~ Five-seveN-25
- Siam Merluza. - IúkaSylvie
- Cat Smile
- Konata "|3" Izumi ~ Ray Ayanami, Zfish9, Feather7603
- Francis Dolarhyde ~ Man Without A Body
- Nepeta Leijon. ~ Protoplasm
- Zoë Bell — Cuchulainn
- Kyubey's is probably the creepiest Cat Smile out there. /人◕‿‿◕人\ ~ PinkHanabi
- Totoro himself. Also, the Catbus
- Todomatsu Matsuno. ~ Monolaf317
- Cast of Snowflakes
- The Amazing World of Gumball ~newaccount
- Casting a Shadow
- Yami Sukehiro and Nacht Faust ~ Mattman_the_Storyteller
- Raven ~ Smashman2893
- Catchphrase
- WHO THE HELL DO YOU THINK I AM!?!?!?!?! ~ Dalek Kan Noladti
- D'oh! ~ LE Xicon 712, Willy Four Eyes, Redhed311
- "You're MY wife now!" ~ Man Without A Body
- "Expelliarumus!" and "Don't you two ever read (Hogwarts, A History)" ~ Tropers/mermaidgirl45
- Son of a bitch! ~ Storm
- nyoro~. Each Fan Fic I've seen with Tsuruya in it has these appended to her sentences without fail. ~ Mapi-chan
- Because I'm the President of these great United States of America!! ~ Keredis
- "Bite my shiny metal ass!" ~ Pikawil
- "OBJECTION!" ~ Flametail Von Karma
- "You are already dead." ~ Yukisensei 13
- Desu. ~ Blank Mage
- "Ehh, what's up, Doc?" ~ Lime TH, Doctor Rayman
- "Releasing Control Art Restriction to level X" ~ Beta Maxis
- This trope has been passed down the Armstrong line for generations! ~ TerLoki
- "I'M A HOUSEWIFE!" ~ Lord Zorc
- This looks like a job for Superman! ~ TheGecko
- I am the terror that flaps in the night... ~ EvaLilith
- SPOOOOOOOON! ~ ZiggyZag
- Huzzah! ~ deeman45
- Sore wa himitsu desu! ~ Carla, Feather7603
- Xellos would tell you what that means but... it's a secret! ~ Metal Shadow X
- IF YOU SMEEEEEELLLLL WHAT THE ROCK IS COOKING!!!! ~ Voodoo Child
- Show me yo' moves! ~ King Clark
- Hello, I'm the Doctor. ~ Me2
- "Bowties Are Cool!" ~ redgyarados
- The question isn't where... but when... ~ ereg
- Higurashi: When They Cry has a number of them, including Nipaah, Nano Desu, Hau au au, USODA, and of course, Omochikaeri!! ~ Zfish9
- ''Phineas and Ferb'. Simply due to the sheer number of them. ~ sjosten
- Naruto-Believe it!
- "One of these days, Laura, I'm gonna punch you in the face!" — Cuchulainn
- "Groovy" ~ RL Nice
- "Got it memorized?" ~L1ght5aber
- "You know nothing, Jon Snow." ~ King of the Mime Swing
- "With great power there must also come -- great responsibility!" ~ Bowbowis
- "The name is Bond. James Bond." - Thunderchin
- Catholic School Girls Rule
- The music video for "...Baby One More Time" by Britney Spears. — Brainulator9
- Cats Are Mean
- Evil the Cat ~ Seaside Messenger
- Lucifer ~ deeman45
- Anything by Don Bluth, but only during The '80s ~ Man Without A Body
- The Siamese Cats from Lady and the Tramp. ~ Voodoo Child, redhed311
- Mr. Teufel ~ S Noble Jr
- Kamineko. *CHOMP!* ~ Scrounge
- Maus. They depicted Nazis as cats, what more do you want? ~ CounterBlitzkrieg
- Cats Are Bastards — Cuchulainn
- Fat Cat. ~ Doctor Rayman
- Garfield, as he literally kicks the dog and hurts his owner. —Brainulator9
- Katz. Although its more accurate to say evil in this case rather than mean. ~ Mattman_the_Storyteller
- Cats Are Snarky
- Garfield ~ WilliamShakesman
- The Cavalry
- The portals scene in Avengers: Endgame ~ SuperYoshiFan02
- "Cheers, Luvs! The Cavalry's here!" ~ Miin U
- Cavalry Betrayal
- At the end of the "Loose Ends" mission. ~ Batya_Khmel
- Celeb Crush
- Yo-Landi. ...Or So I Heard. ~ Five-seveN-25
- Celibate Hero
- Kyril Sutherland genuinely believes he's better off single. He would not have it any other way. ~ El Rise
- Celebrity Casualty
- In Player Two Start, Shigeru Miyamoto's death set the direction that its sequels would go in. ~ Decaf Grub 47393
- Celebrity Endorsement
- I'm Commander Shepard, and this is my favorite page on TV Tropes! ~ Tera Chimera, Leilukin
- "You know, when I'm done ranting about elite power that rules the planet under a totalitarian government, that uses the media in order to keep people stupid, my throat gets parched! That why I drink Orange Drink!" — Cuchulainn
- Celebrity Survivor
- Hokay, you're in a Zombie Apocalypse that's on the movie set of a Arctic icebreaker. George Romero (yes, that George Romero) has become a super zombie. What better four actors could you ask for to watch your back? ~ tsstevens
- Bill Murray in Zombieland. ~ Doctor Rayman
- The Centerpiece Spectacular
- Cerebus Retcon
- Kenny. That is all. ~ Discontent
- Chain of Deals
- One Small Favor - Iydak
- Chainsaw Good
- What else? Warhammer 40,000. ~ Count Dorku
- I know what else. Evil Dead 2. ~ Man Without A Body, Voodoo Child
- Ahhh! Chainsaw! The great communicator! ~ Keredis
- MadWorld. ~ Mr Schade
- Braindead (a.k.a. Dead Alive'') - ZiggyZag
- Saitama Chainsaw Shoujo. A little obscure, but full of chainsaw goodness. ~ Scrounge
- Gears of War
- Puma? No. Chainsaw? No. Puma with chainsaw? YES! — Cuchulainn
- Most chainsaw wielders user their hands. Fourze has a chainsaw kick -Azada
- Chainsaw Man ~ Mattman_the_Storyteller
- Changing Clothes Is a Free Action
- Tsumugi Shirogane in the Chapter 6 trial of Danganronpa V3: Killing Harmony. ~ rjd1922
- Chaos Is Evil
- Chaos of the Bells
- Setting the Trap, two minutes of awesome John Williams music that scores a montage of Kevin preparing the traps for the Wet Bandits. ~ Decaf Grub 47393
- Chaotic Evil
- The Joker ~ ACW, Doctor Rayman
- Chaotic Stupid
- GIR ~ JHM
- Blockhead may very well be this trope's Anthropomorphic Personification. ~ Noah 1
- Character Customization
- GURPS, any character that has measurable qualities can be made. ~ Cybrose
- The Hero System. Ultimate customization, and unlike GURPS it doesn't need to tweak the basic rules for every new genre. ~ Worldmaker
- Dungeons & Dragons 3.5 ~ Man Without A Body
- Character Development
- Pip Gargery ~ ZiggyZag
- Ebeneezer Scrooge ~ Man Without A Body
- Scar ~ DalesKaine
- Ed, in series #1. Between the beginning of the first episode and the end of the movie he undergoes a gradual but complete transformation - physically, emotionally, behaviorally and philosophically. I can't think of another anime protagonist for whom the process of growing up is depicted in such detail or with such nuance. ~ gatotsu911
- Ellis Carver ~ insert_name_here92
- Donna Noble ~ Seraphem
- Prince Zuko ~ CompletelyDifferent
- Wesley Wyndam-Pryce ~ La_Ninje (Ex-aequo with Donna Noble, though...)
- Burt in Cabin Fever; goes from juvenile jerkass to Big Damn Hero once he realizes he has The Virus to Heroic Sacrifice and an ultra-badass "Facing the Bullets" One-Liner considering he's barely conscious when he delivers it: "Goodnight, fuckers..." — Cuchulainn
- Real Life— everyone undergoes it. ~ Adele Potter
- Carol Peletier ~ Requiem 626
- The Beast. ~ The Batty One
- Luke fon Fabre. ~ Keyblade 333
- Tony Stark ~ WilliamShakesman
- In Schitt's Creek, pretty much every character (even Moira) gets a hefty dose of it, leading to many Heartwarming Moments.
- Nebula ~ SuperYoshiFan02
- The Character Died with Him
- Leo McGarry, played by the late John Spencer. ~ Emerald141
- MCU T'Challa/Black Panther. So beloved was Chadwick Boseman's performance that Marvel announced they would not be recasting the character after his death, even though he was one of victims of the Snap in Infinity War. ~ Fireside
- Grandad Trotter ~ Amuck Cricetine
- Character Filibuster
- John Galt's speech in Atlas Shrugged. Depending on the edition, he goes on for roughly sixty large pages with size 8 font. Right before the climax. ~ ShadowLord9
- Seconded. I defy anyone to come up with another example that's even close! — Bucco Babe
- The insufferable Kankri Vantas.
- John Galt's speech in Atlas Shrugged. Depending on the edition, he goes on for roughly sixty large pages with size 8 font. Right before the climax. ~ ShadowLord9
- Character Shilling
- Itachi Uchiha. Apparently, mass murder and mentally torturing your pre-teen brother doesn't disqualify you from being Too Good for This Sinful Earth. ~ Sky Jumpin Mime
- Carlie Cooper. Let's just say that Marvel, according to many fans, hasn't done a good job to convince them that she's more worthy of dating Peter Parker than Mary Jane Watson. ~ Doctor Rayman
- C'mon, Lana! You're amazing! ~ Five-seveN-25
- Chariot Race
- Ben-Hur (1959) ~ Amuck Cricetine
- Seconded. ~ Decaf Grub 47393
- Ben-Hur (1959) ~ Amuck Cricetine
- Charles Atlas Superpower
- Cassandra Cain. ~ H. Torrance Griffin
- Ranma Saotome would argue with that ~ Sparkysharps
- I am Ozymandias, king of kings. Look upon my works, ye mighty, and despair. ~ Eriksson, Man Without A Body, Vasha
- Kim Possible ~ Progeny Ex Machina
- Roronoa. Zoro. At first, he could barely lift a stone-and-iron cage. Hundred or so episodes and some serious Level Grinding later, and he lifts a multi-story BUILDING. After being crushed by it. ~ Squealing Sandry
- G Gundam, specifically Domon and Master Asia. What need is there for Gundams when you can PUNT SKYSCRAPERS OUT OF THE GROUND AND 50 FEET INTO THE AIR BY YOURSELF?! - X 2 X
- Wilson Fisk aka Kingpin. "See what 400 pounds of muscle can do!" — Cuchulainn
- Pretty much any fighter in Dragon Ball. ~mysterykcad
- Rock Lee. ~ Doctor Rayman
- Chase Scene
- "I'm the horniest motherfucker on the road!" ~ Man Without A Body
- The Blues Brothers. ~ Blank Mage, Voodoo Child, tennessean, ~KingFez
- Bullitt. ~ Marvel Girl
- Seconded. What sets this one apart is that they did the stunts for real. ~ Decaf Grub 47393
- A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum ~ EvaLilith
- The French Connection. ~ ZiggyZag
- Vanishing Point ~ orphu
- The Bourne Series. At least one in per movie ~ DalesKaine
- What's Up, Doc? — Cuchulainn
- The hunt in the small border town at night in No Country for Old Men. The most nail-bitingly intense chase scene I've ever witnessed, and it takes its sweet time to boot. ~ gatotsu911
- Every James Bond film ever. ~ RL Nice
- Mad Max: Fury Road, the chase movie to end all chase movies. ~ Babyhenchy1
- Seconded. The final chase sequence alone had tons of Shocking Moments. ~ contrafanxxx
- The Castle of Cagliostro ~ Fireside
- The Lone Ranger (2013) a kickass ending which almost redeems a fairly middling movie. ~papyru30
- Chaste Hero
- Criminy shows us how it is done. ~ StealthMarmot
- Hayate◊ does too. ~ Bastion
- Luffy, if even the most beautiful woman in the world cannot flirt you, then who? ~ DAN004
- Tintin. ~ gatotsu911, Doctor Rayman
- Ash's Pikachu. ~ Monolaf317
- Ryu. Sakura's story mode ending in Street Fighter V has her all but outright tell him she wants to have his children, but he gently brushes it off. ~ Miin U
- Cheerful Child
- Yotsuba&! wants you all to "enjoy everything!" ~ Willy Four Eyes
- Chiyo in a penguin suit. ~ Mapi-chan
- Pearl Fey, after she warms up. Too cute! ~ vicnog
- Che(eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee)n(!!!!) ~ Ray Ayanami
- Billy Wilkins ~ Man Without A Body
- Rihoko Amaha ~ Kentucky Troper 1990
- Kurogane Hayate ~ GenericTroper
- Phineas ~ lemmein
- Watch any scene with Sakura Kinomoto and try not to say "Awwww how cute" ~ Loekman 3
- Steven Universe. ~ Monolaf317
- Nemo. Unless your father all but outright insults you in front of your new friends, then you got kidnapped and your days seems to be numbered, that is. ~-dave_the_assassin-~
- Chekhov's Armory
- Phineas and Ferb have you seen the movie? ~ Sjosten
- Buffy the Vampire Slayer, season 5 ~ Marvel Girl
- Harry Potter. Almost everything that is mentioned, even in passing, becomes important later on. MH Mhasf 1998
- Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency. Forget almost everything. EVERYTHING is connected. Everything. ~crazyal02
- The Dresden Files, especially if it happened at that damned party. ~ hujwernoo
- Chekhov's Boomerang
- The Sword of Godric Gryffindor ~ Marvel Girl
- Yatagarasu Key, thing had made so many comebacks in most unexpected ways that it's hard to keep count. - NNinja
- Chekhov's Gun
- Hot Fuzz ~ HyperZ, Man Without A Body
- Problem Sleuth. ~ Gorank, Orphu, fishsicles
- Alias, anything Rambaldi, but especially the resurrection serum from the finale in the hands of Jack Bristow. ~ Voodoo Child
- Pokémon Adventures has a lot of these. ~qwertyuiopasdfghjkl
- Back to the Future. Everything is a Chekhov's Gun, even right down to future developments in sequels. -Zuul MF, Doctor Rayman
- One Piece. Haki. ~ 2xN
- SGU. Even the planets they go to are like this sometimes! ~Morgan Is Cewl
- Wide Area Search. ~ Feather7603
- The 4th wall. in Homestuck ~Person Of Note
- Chekhov's Gunman
- Dr. Lawrence Gordon. Disappeared at the end of the first movie, then played a pivotal role in the series finale... six movies later.~ DontKillBugs
- Gellert Grindelwald~ Camroc G
- Cavalier and Skybolt, minions of the campus Big Bad ~ Marvel Girl
- Silvers Rayleigh - BatDan
- Claire Stanfield aka the Young Conductor ~ Disneytaku
- The Chessmaster
- Michael Corleone ~ Man Without A Body
- Vetinari ~ Kiwikaos
- Grand Admiral Mith'raw'nuruodo. Gilad Pellaeon, his protoge, also qualifies. ~Ryvaken Lucius Tadrya, Voodoo Child, Seraphem
- Sanae Hanekoma ~ Rhyme
- Lelouch vi Britannia. ~ Mapi-chan
- Wilhelm
- Littlefinger ~ Darth Howie, Orphu
- Leto II ~ deeman45
- Sousuke Aizen knows you're reading this and can use that knowledge to further his master plan. ~ Carla
- Xanatos hasn't just thought several dozen steps ahead, he has a contingency plan for every possible outcome. There's a reason he's the Trope Namer for the Xanatos Gambit. - Will Draco
- Teridax has had eighty thousand years to plan his takeover, Also planning out his setbacks, defeats, and near death experiences for himself and the entire universe. - Zfish9
- Emperor Palpatine ~ Cuchulainn
- Definite second. ~ Tropers/ius24
- Megatron, ''yeeess. ~ Allspark Spin Out
- Belthasar. Seriously, what. ~ gatotsu911
- Kreia ~ Leilukin
- Mentor of Arisia - Sablesword
- Sir Cutler Beckett. Just good business, anyone? ~ AgentKyles
- Mackenzie Zales. ~ Monolaf317
- Master Xehanort, anyone? ~-dave_the_assassin-~
- Toffee. - SuperYoshiFan02
- Azula - Demon Duckof Doom
- Chess Motifs
- Umineko: When They Cry ~ Nabi, Clevomon, Phoenix Fire, Sone Anna
- Code Geass ~ neobowman
- Oliver Parker's film version of Othello. The one with Laurence Fishburne. ~ Man Without A Body
- Fullmetal Alchemist, especially Roy's monologue about his subordinates. ~ Carla
- High School D×D ~ Mattman_the_Storyteller
- Chess with Death
- The Seventh Seal. Duh. ~ WilliamShakesman
- Chewing the Scenery
- Sindragosa. "Suffer, mortals, as your pathetic magic BETRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAYS you!" ~ Technogeek
- Ah hell, just say 90% of all raid bosses in that game ~ Seraphem
- Jack Nicholson's famous "I smell a rat" scene in The Departed. Words fail me. ~ SG_Man_Forever
- "Do you think I'm tired? You think I'm getting tired? You're the one who's gonna crack! You'll crack! You'll cry and beg! You'll Scream! Oh, yeah, you'll scream, you big, fat, ugly cow! You'll scream!" — Cuchulainn
- CHOCOLAAAAAAAAATE! CHOCOLAAAAAAAAATE! CHOCOLAAAAAAAAATE! — iansimsjam
- Invader Zim. Enough Said. ~ Metal Ai Ai
- Emperor Palpatine ~ Lady Blackwood
- Sindragosa. "Suffer, mortals, as your pathetic magic BETRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAYS you!" ~ Technogeek
- The Chew Toy
- Charlie Brown. ~ Zenith
- Donald Duck. ~ Mistermister, Voodoo Child
- Chuck! ~ Monolaf317
- Why TV Tropes hate Waspinator? ~ Gorank
- Seconded! ~ Fireside
- Strong Sad ~ Man Without A Body
- Butters ~ Darth Howie
- Sokka. The universe just loves proving him wrong. ~ Carla
- Seconded. ~ Weeping Willow
- Clark & Stanley~ Cyber Tiger 88
- Meg Griffin ~Redhed311, Zeni The Wonder
- No mention of Victor Meldrew! I don't beliiiieeeve it! - ZuulMF
- Furuichi - Humble_user
- Wile E. Coyote. ~ Doctor Rayman
- Hans Molemen. ~ Five-seveN-25
- Daffy Duck — WilliamShakesman
- Spandam. Being loathsome and being a victim of slapstick and misfortune work well together. ~ Mattman_the_Storyteller
- Ace Wolfhart, especially whenever he's stuck dealing with either of the Delacroix sisters. ~ Miin U
- Chick Magnet
- Nasuverse male protagonists. ALL. OF. Them. ~ D Roy
- Hayate ~Bastion
- Name almost any guy with a harem. ~ Zfish9
- Seconded ~ Mattman_the_Storyteller
- Negi Springfield ~ TheCuriousFan
- Seconded. He gets the lesbians to fall for him! ~ Gamermaster
- Nightwing ~ Piando
- Faith Abbot, a girl so hot that other girls, including her enemies, wanted to scissor her because she literally oozed sex appeal. ~ Miin U
- James Bond ~ Amuck Cricetine
- Tony Stark - Thunderchin
- Child Hater: Cheryl Tunt. Kind of hard to beat wanting to buy an orphanage only to bulldoze it and get off on the torment of the children. - Tropers/tsstevens
- Childhood Friend Romance
- Kim Possible and Ron Stoppable ~ Eddy 1215, Doctor Rayman
- The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess: Link and Mayor Bo's daughter, Ilia. ~ Miin U
- Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger. ~ Triple J
- Childhood Marriage Promise
- Ai Yori Aoshi, since both parties involved actually went to great lengths to keep that promise, even amid Kaoru's other female admirers. ~ Willy Four Eyes
- Bakuman ~ Roxas
- To Kill a Mockingbird, because it's probably the only realistic example out there. They don't get married. In fact, I'm pretty sure Dill grows up to be gay. ~ Man Without A Body, Redhed311, Zeni The Wonder
- Goku and ChiChi. As hilarious as it was cute. ~ Carla
- Asch and Natalia ~ oops, deleted your name sorry
- James Bond ~ RL Nice
- Matt Grodsky and Laura Scheel. An "unrealistic" example in Real Life.
- Child of Two Worlds
- Elin is a child of three worlds and The Beast Player shows effects of her complicated heritage and upbringing on her life in vivid detail. - IúkaSylvie
- Child Prodigy
- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, full stop. ~ Requiem 626
- Seconded. Most people's works made when they are 11 are cringeworthy. Mozart wrote an opera at 11. ~ Decaf Grub 47393
- Miles "Tails" Prower. ~ Doctor Rayman
- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, full stop. ~ Requiem 626
- A Child Shall Lead Them
- King Shapur II of the Sassanid Empire was crowned in utero — in other words, his coronation ceremony was held while his mother was still pregnant with him, the crown placed on her belly. While many monarchs have been crowned before they were adults, Shapur II is the only monarch known to be crowned before he was born. ~ Mr Initial Man
- Gaara, who became Kazekage as a teenager. ~ Doctor Rayman
- Chivalrous Pervert
- Sain would have said a few choice words for this page, but he remembered that there was a princess that needed rescuing two or three pages that-a-way. ~ Willy Four Eyes
- Brock. ~ Mapi-chan, Zeni The Wonder, Doctor Rayman
- Philip Marlowe would seduce a duchess, but would never spoil a virgin. ~ Man Without A Body
- "Who's that?" "Captain Jack Harkness. Don't. Just, don't." ~ Voodoo Child
- Zelos ~ deeman45
- Miroku ~ Carla
- Kyouraku Shunsui from Bleach. ~ ncfan
- Sanji. ~ 2theBatCave23
- Issun ~ SG_Man_Forever
- Zidane Tribal, emphasis on both chivalrous ("Do i need a reason to help someone?") and pervert ("oooh, soft!") - NNinja
- Lupin III, the legendary gentleman thief and incorrigible playboy. ~ Miin U
- Chocolate Baby
- Jacaerys, Lucerys and Joffrey Velaryon ~ Iridener
- Chronic Backstabbing Disorder
- Fujiko Mine has literally made a career out of double-crossing her allies, clients, and cozying up to enemies only to leave them hanging, once she no longer needs them. ~ Miin U
- While Revolver Ocelot makes a very close second place, Lily of Soon I Will Be Invincible takes the cake... while everyone's not looking. There is not a single individual or group she hasn't turned traitor to at least once, if not three of four times, by the end of the story. ~ Gattsuru
- Archer. ~ Mapi-chan
- Tarvek Sturmvoraus ~ Eric DVH
- It wouldn't sit too well with old Long John if ye'd left him arrrrrf the list ~ Man Without A Body
- Linebarrels of Iron. The whole cast. For the record, the villains betray the other villains but then they get betrayed by the villains, who never trusted them anyway. ~ Blank Mage
- "Naesala betrayed us? Again?" ~ Malkyrian
- Kerrigan, How else dose one to become the "Queen Bitch of the universe" ~ Seraphem
- Saruman. Back stabs many of the good guys, plans on backstabbing Sauron to have the Ring for himself, and when Helm's Deep failed, tries to get on the good guy's allies list again (likely to then just backstab them when it was again convenient). ~ Ainu Laire
- Delita Hyral of Final Fantasy Tactics. ~ Zaenos
- Starscream just stabbed everyone else on this list. ~ Toa Novu
- Beni Gabor''. ~ Surenity
- Mystique. "Backstabbing bitch" might as well be her middle name. ~ Carla
- Yakushi Kabuto from Naruto. ~ ncfan
- Suzaku Kururugi. Starting with his father, literally, and getting worse from there. ~ Eriyu
- Benjamin Linus. ~ Largo Quagmire
- Revolver Ocelot. OCELOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOT (to the point of absurdity) ~ gatotsu911
- Constable Neyla. ~ CamrocG
- Invidia Aquitaine. It's pretty serious when the Big Bad of the entire series takes this factor into account and still doesn't kill Invidia when plotting her Evil Plan. ~ Absusm, Insanity Prelude
- Gin Ichimaru. ~ Embracing Shadows
- Michio Yuki. ~ DeathNoteFan
- Soulcatcher backstabs friend, ally and foe and their pets, too. ~ Derkhan
- Loki ~ Lady Blackwood
- Chronic Hero Syndrome
- Shirou, to the point where it actually defines his existence. ~ spacemonkey37
- Ash Ketchum. I have a hard time remembering any filler episode where he wasn't willing to help the One-Shot Character of the week. ~ Doctor Rayman
- Katara ~ Lady Blackwood
- Spider-Man. Because With Great Power Comes Great Responsibility. ~ Triple J
- Cincinnatus
- Aral Vorkosigan. ~ Scifantasy, Voodoo Child
- The actual Roman chappie. ~ Man Without A Body
- The Chosen Many
- The Chosen One
- Anakin Skywalker.
- Mr. Anderson, we have been expecting you. ~ MeeMaggot
- Harry Potter. ~ Doctor Rayman
- The Avatar ~ Miin U
- Link ~Bowbowis
- "Into every generation a Slayer is born: one girl in all the world, a Chosen One. She alone will wield the strength and skill to fight the vampires, demons, and the forces of darkness; to stop the spread of their evil and the swell of their numbers. She is the Slayer." ~ William Shakesman
- Church Militant
- The entirety of The Vatican from Trinity Blood ~ Sone Anna
- The Imperium Of Man. Almost every aspect of the civilisation is built around this ideal, and several factions do it even more.
- Circus Episode
- "The Greatest Show in the Galaxy" ~ Amuck Cricetine
- Circus of Fear
- The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari. It's the fucking Trope Maker. ~ Man Without A Body
- Arcade's Murderworld in the Marvel Universe. It's a freaking superhero death trap amusement park. ~ Pikawil
- The Meat Circus ~ Killer Clowns
- The arcade game Carnevil is this in its entirety. ~ ZiggyZag
- The Flesh Fair ~ orphu
- The Noah's Ark Circus
- The Joker's carnival in The Killing Joke ~ King Cr Inu Yasha
- The Midnight Circus. - IúkaSylvie
- City Noir
- Gotham ~ Contraire, Doctor Rayman
- Los Angeles, 2019. ~ gatotsu911
- City of Adventure
- Academy City ~ Liberated Liberater
- The Marvel Universe version of New York City. ~ Doctor Rayman
- Republic City ~ Lady Blackwood
- City of Canals
- ARIA, of course. ~ D Roy
- Venice ~ Devil's Advocate
- Seconded. ~ Decaf Grub 47393
- City of Gold
- Spelunky. ~ Batya_Khmel
- City of Spies
- Pottsylvania A country of spies. ~ Bluwale 824
- City of the Damned
- Clap Your Hands If You Believe
- Mage: The Ascension ~ Haven
- ''Warhammer 40,000's Orks ~ The Strom Lord
- Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann. Apart from the epic arc words, it's almost explicitly stated that fights are won by believing you can win. ~ Pheonee
- Peter Pan ~ Voodoo Child, Vasha, Redhed311, Doctor Rayman
- I Believe in Santa Christ. ~ CamrocG
- Heartwarming example from Kanon (MAJOR SPOILER), Yuuichi and Ayu's pinky promises 7 years ago (which allow her to project herself astrally while she's in a coma so she can meet with him again) and her third wish on the angel doll, which causes a World-Healing Wave ~ aNinjaWithAIDS
- In Tweeny Witches, Arusu learns from her Disappeared Dad that "anyone can use magic as long as they believe with all their heart". And they turn out to be right. - IúkaSylvie
- Classic Cheat Code
- Konami Code-ACW, Doctor Rayman
- Cliffhanger
- "The Best of Both Worlds Part I". The consummate example of "To be — WHAT THE HELL?!" ~ Voodoo Child, Devil's Advocate
- Halo 2. Cue nerd rage. ~ King Clark
- The Empire Strikes Back ~ Darth Howie
- "The Pandorica Opens". SILENCE WILL FALL indeed (seriously, the BGM stopped practically mid-note! —TARDISES
- "Cliff Hanger hanging from a cliiiiff and that's why he's called Cliff Hanger"~ Ryxlie
- That was from Between the Lions, right? Either way, seconded. ~ Zeni The Wonder
- Thirded. - Amethystasheryn
- "Out of Time" — Cuchulainn
- iCarly: iOMG. For a Kid Com, it lived up to its title. Mack
- TO BE CONCLUDED!!! ~Troper49
- "Hang on, lads; I've got a great idea."
- Megaman awaits for his rescue since 2000 -Raging Heart
- "Same Bat-Hour, Same Bat-Channel!". ~ Doctor Rayman
- Blake's 7: "Star One" ~ William Shakesman
- Climax Boss
- The "Ansem"-possessed Riku ~ Mattman_the_Storyteller
- AtmaWeapon is the last boss fought before the apocalypse, and is a memorable fight even if cheesed. ~ Decaf Grub 47393
- Clones Are People, Too
- The Clone Troopers get this treatment in Star Wars: The Clone Wars. ~ Mattman_the_Storyteller
- Clone Degeneration
- Clone Zero, who is a far more monstrous person than the original. ~ NotGonnaDoALot4
- Clone Angst
- Jean Grey, with Madelyne Pryor ~ Ingonyama
- The Cylons ~ Voodoo Child
- The clones have no genitals ~ Man Without A Body
- Luke fon Fabre of Tales of the Abyss ~ Darth Howie, deeman45, SapphireBlue
- Seconded. ~ Mattman_the_Storyteller
- Ayanami Rei ~ Carla
- "You are... me?" ~ gatotsu911
- The Clone Saga.
- Ayumu Narumi and Hizumi Mizushirofrom Spiral ~ PinkHanabi
- Fate Testarossa ~ spacemonkey37
- Syaoran and Sakura from Tsubasa -RESERVoir CHRoNiCLE-. ~ chibihana
- The MISAKA network ~ KantonKAge
- Orphan Black ~Cassandra Leo
- Cloning Gambit
- Close on Title
- Cloudcuckoolander
- Woo-hoo, woo-hoo, woo-hoo, woo-hoo! ~ iansimsjam
- Osaka. ~ Smokie
- Ralph Wiggum is hilarious. I hope having his own trope doesn't DQ him ~ Ansem Paul
- Luna Lovegood, in an adorable way. ~ Trombone Child, Carla, Zeni The Wonder, Insanity Prelude
- Ty Lee. That is all. ~ Gwen Stacy Wannabe
- iddy pop is this trope at its finest. ~ Trouser Wearing Barbarian
- Everyone. Especially the ones who don't realize it. ~ C Trombley
- The person who wrote that. ~ Shotgun Ninja
- YOU. ~ Me2
- Sheen Estevez; oh, look, a fly! ~ Commander Cody
- Grune CHARGE! ~ RainbowPhoenix
- Seconded. Picnics are more fun with more people! ...I think I was supposed to be doing something... ~ Timber!
- Elan. Full stop. ~ Mapi-chan, todbot1
- Agitha ~ Eevee
- ED. ~ Voodoo Child
- THIS Ed. ~ Carls493, Will Draco
- I'm gonna have to go with Homsar, myself. ~ Man Without A Body
- Besides Ed, Ed, Edd n Eddy also has Johnny 2x4. ~ deeman45
- Mayor Adam West ~ ZiggyZag
- GIR, reporting for duty ~ The Great Pie
- Phoebe Buffay ~ sardns
- Vazul ~ Genki Man
- Dr. John Dorian? ~ fishsicles
- Minsc, of course. ~ S Noble Jr
- Cat Valentine ~Max 1099
- Federal Bureau of Investigation Special Agent Dale Cooper. "Nothing beats the taste sensation when maple syrup - *CLAP* - collides with ham." ~ Gfrequency
- Eleven. Pastylover2
- Really, essentially every Doctor counts as one to at least some degree. ~ WhereAmI101A.
- Emperor Joshua Norton I of California. ~ SG_Man_Forever
- Seriously? No love for Caboose? ~ Wragnaroq R Maggeddon
- He gets all my love. ~Blue 050645 TL
- I third this motion! ~ WhereAmI101A.
- Zooey Deschanel — Cuchulainn
- Lady Gaga — Twin Bird
- Pinkie Pie! ~ Xander Crews
- River Tam ~ spacemonkey37
- Rin Tezuka ~ MrTerroFace
- Imogen Moreno, for realsies. ~ Rakath
- If everybody else in Touhou Project thinks you're nuts... you might be Kotohime. ~ Yuihime
- Taokaka, of course.
- Creed Bratton ~ mystery_kcad
- I notice a lack of Unikitty. Really, guys? You missed such an obvious and literal example? ~ Vampireandthen
- Chester A. Bum. ~ Doctor Rayman
- Let's not forget.... Hi, I'm Dory. ~-dave_the_assassin-~
- Gina Linetti, "the embodiment of the one hundred emoji".
- Kramer ~ Another Online Persona
- Clueless Detective
- Inspector Clouseau ~ WilliamShakesman
- Cluster F-Bomb
- Rahm Fucking Emanuel, knucklefucks. Though Gordon Ramsay gets runner-up. ~ Voodoo Child
- The car rental scene from Planes, Trains and Automobiles. ~ ZiggyZag, Will Draco
- In Bruges. "Geez, he swears a lot!" ~ Man Without A Body
- Fuckin' Deadwood, as fuckin' shown here. ~ insert_name_here92
- Everything Mark Wahlberg says in The Departed. ~ starshine
- Limp Bizkit's song "Hot dog." ~ Carla
- All of The Big Lebowski. ~ Calatoria
- Black Lagoon, English dub. ~ S Noble Jr
- That one scene from The Wire. ~ Torvaun
- Tommy Fucking DeVito - Darth Howie
- He actually curses more as Nicky Santoro in Casino. ~ SG_Man_Forever
- The Nostalgia Critic, during his feud against The Angry Video Game Nerd. ~ King Clark
- Les Grossman, played by TOM FUCKING CRUISE. - X 2 X
- The Nerd. - TheGecko, Zeni The Wonder, Doctor Rayman, Decaf Grub 47393
- OK, now how in the FUCK did you MOTHERFUCKERS not mention SAMUEL. L. MOTHA. FUCKIN. JACKSON? ~ TheArchitectWriterXIII
- Jan Valentine. ~ dr_vblschrf
- The King's Speech ~ Devil's Advocate
- The beginning of Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back. — Cuchulainn
- mariotehplumber (WARNING: Turn down your speakers!) ~ DiscoGlacier
- "Shut your fucking face, Uncle Fucka!" ~Redhed311
- Oh what? The lot of you ain't gonna fucking name Malcom Fucking Tucker? Oh that's just great! Fuckity bye! - Infection
- "Fatboy Slim is fucking in heaven..." ~Big Bertha
- No one fucking mentioned The Mysterious Mr. Enter? ~ AFreakyDude
- This collection of every single vulgarity used in Red vs. Blue. ~Blue 050645 TL
- "Try to catch up, motherfucker!" ~-dave_the_assassin-~
- "Galactic Mermaid" from Carole & Tuesday. ~ rjd1922
- "Y'all Want A Single" ~ Another Online Persona
- Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt English dub ~ ReynTime250
- Coincidence Magnet
- Cold Ham
- Scarecrow, possibly the scariest example of this trope. ~ Mattman_the_Storyteller
- Colon Cancer
- Colonel Badass
- Roy Mustang ~ katyhalo
- Seconded! ~ Carla
- Thirded. ~ DalesKaine
- Fourthed. ~ Phoenix Fire
- Fifthed. ~ Marlee Cross
- Sixthed, bitches. ~ Saphruikan
- Can you say lucky Seventhed? ~ DayXNightXMe
- Eighthed. I don't see any other character with this many bullets. ~ Aeroplpanejelly
- nineth...ed! ~ Zfish9
- TENTHED!!! ~ Lord Zorc
- Eleventhed!! ~ Oberyn
- Twelfthed!!! ~ pyr0h1tman8
- Thirteenthed! ~ chibihana
- Fourteenthed! ~ DRoy
- Fifteenthed! ~ hujwernoo
- ah, what the hell, sixteened - NNinja
- Seventeenth! ~ rjd1922
- Jade Curtiss ~ neobowman
- Seconded! ~ deeman45
- Saul. Motherfrakking. Tigh. ~ Voodoo Child
- "Who the frak put me this far down the list?" - seconded by Thunderchin
- Colonel Miles Quaritch ~ zootsutra
- Oh HELL YEAH! Seconded. ~ sanfranman91
- Col. John Matrix ~ ACW
- May I present the Helghast representative Col. Mael Radec ~ MeeMaggot
- Nick Fury. ~ Doctor Rayman
- Roy Fokker, the RDF's ace pilot and leader of Skull Sqaudron. ~ Miin U
- Roy Mustang ~ katyhalo
- Color-Coded for Your Convenience
- Starfleet uniforms ~ Nlpnt
- The Power Rangers, often if not always wearing a piece of clothing in their civilian identity of which the color match their Ranger color. ~ Doctor Rayman
- Color-Coded Wizardry
- The seven Rainbow Wizards from the Wonderland Adventures series. Each one wears a stereotypical pointy wizard hat in a color of the rainbow. ~ Serene Specter 13
- White, Black, Red, Blue, and Green - Thunderchin
- Color Motif
- Cries and Whispers. Sad Swedish women live in an extremely red house, experience inner turmoil. ~ wootzits
- Combat Clairvoyance
- Combat Medic
- United States Air Force Pararescue. Not only the pararescuemen are THE toughest special force operators (the selection has 95% dropout rate), their evacuation vehicles are typically armed with double machineguns. ~ DRoy
- Sakura Haruno. ~ Doctor Rayman
- Seconded, along with Tsunade to a greater extent. ~ Mattman_the_Storyteller
- Doctor John Watson ~ WilliamShakesman
- Any iteration of Ratchet ~ Fireside
- Combat Pragmatist
- Indiana Jones. Surely you all know why. ~ Man Without A Body, Voodoo Child, Will Draco, Doctor Rayman
- Commander Sam "Killed a Goddamn Werewolf" Vimes ~ Urquhart, Amethystasheryn
- Aran Ryan. That cheatin' bastard. ~ thiefoftime
- MacGyver. Really nobody thought of this? ~Tropers/Bigs
- Martin Riggs — Cuchulainn
- Emiya Kiritsugu ~ spacemonkey37
- Yan-Min has lighting speed, reflexes, and she's a highly trained assassin. Most of her targets die before they realize she's there, or that they're even under attack. It's doubtful that they even have time to feel it. ~ Miin U
- How Class 3-E manage to subdue Craig Hojo. Nothing speaks this trope better than attacking and giving him no chance to prepare himself. ~ Mattman_the_Storyteller
- Daniel Craig in his early tenure as James Bond - Thunderchin
- Combat Sadomasochist
- Combat Stilettos
- Bayonetta ~ Fireside
- Combined Energy Attack
- The final battle of Wild ARMs 2. ~ Socran
- Do I even have to say it? ~ Carls493
- Combining Mecha
- GaoGaiGar ~ Genki Man
- Getter Robo: Notable for being one of the Trope Makers and for being able to combine into three completely different forms in all its incarnations. ~ Impacto, V Phantom
- Any and EVERY Megd ~ LE Xicon 712, Man Without A Body, Zeni The Wonder, Doctor Rayman
- "The Union of Fate: Gurren Lagann!" ~ Poopsock
- Devastator ~ Pikawil
- Comedic Sociopathy
- Comically Inept Healing
- Comically Missing the Point
- Sgt. Sousuke Sagara, every time someone else talks to him about something nonmilitary ~ fishsicles
- Seconded! ~Vellophone
- "Bye Bye Adil! I'll send you those civil defence plans you wanted!"—Wrybread
- Homer in general fits this trope perfectly. ~ Doctor Rayman
- Aaaah! The peasant! At the diner! ...He didn't pay his check... ~ Five-seveN-25
- Byron paying more attention to the holes dug rather than his stolen fossils. ~ Mattman_the_Storyteller
- Sgt. Sousuke Sagara, every time someone else talks to him about something nonmilitary ~ fishsicles
- The Comically Serious
- Miles Edgeworth. ~vicnog
- The (Goddamn) Batman ~ V Phantom, Doctor Rayman
- Kojirô Hyûga. ~ Ace Noctali
- Alan Rickman's portrayal of Severus Snape. ~ Triple J
- Comic-Book Time
- In the Civilization games, it's possible for a battle's outcome to change due to a forest suddenly growing around the defenders.
- Ash Ketchum is STILL 10-years old, despite the LARGE amount of events that happened in his life since the day he first met Pikachu. Makes PERFECT sense to me. ~ Doctor Rayman
- In Terranigma, centuries pass and almost all characters don't age. ~ Decaf Grub 47393
- Comic Trio
- The Three Stooges ~ Amuck Cricetine
- Coming of Age Story
- The Chronicles of Prydain. ~ Keredis
- Bridge to Terabithia ~ Clevomon, Zeni The Wonder
- Revolutionary Girl Utena ~ Masterminded
- Lazarillo de Tormes ~ Man Without A Body
- Now and Then ~ Carla
- Wally West written by Mark Waid ~ Lionheart0
- The Catcher in the Rye ~ TheGecko
- The Alchemist ~ blueflame724
- FLCL - Mind Screw Coming of Age Story ~ irontoof44
- Or its nightmare equivalent, Neon Genesis Evangelion. ~ gatotsu911
- Stand by Me ~ sardns
- The Giver ~ Will Draco
- Harry Potter. ~ Doctor Rayman
- Commander Contrarian
- Jodl ~ InfraredToa
- Colonel Campbell. He/it is doing this on purpose. ~ Five-seveN-25
- Commanding Coolness
- Commercial Break Cliffhanger
- American Idol. Not cute, Ryan. ~ Tyrekecorrea
- House. Oh, man, House. ~ Voodoo Child
- DuckTales (1987) ~ Surenity
- X-Factor ~ dxslove
- Spider-Man: The Animated Series. ~ Doctor Rayman
- Commitment Issues
- Vincent Brooks's character arc revolves around this. ~ Mattman_the_Storyteller
- Compelling Voice
- THOU ART THEE ART THOU STICK YOUR HAND INTO THE TV DO IT DO IT DO IT DO IT DO IT!!! - Chris X
- First person to start shooting at random gets a cupcake. ~ Five-seveN-25
- Kilgrave. ~ Doctor Rayman
- THOU ART THEE ART THOU STICK YOUR HAND INTO THE TV DO IT DO IT DO IT DO IT DO IT!!! - Chris X
- Complexity Addiction
- Sheriff Hoyt. ~ Dont Kill Bugs
- The Ebon Dragon. The literal cosmic principle of dickery, backstabbing, treachery and cruelty. Utterly incapable of not screwing people over. Manages to be evil incarnate in a setting with no objective morality. ~ Vigil, spacemonkey37
- Mandy ~ ZecoreZecron
- Anna from the new V series. Think Adolf Hitler, only female and reptilian.
- Revya Yikes. ~ matteste
- Hans Landa — Cuchulainn
- Somebody else add James Bond's villains, I'm going for Hooded Claw. ~Not JM Keynes
- Somebody else add James Bond's villains, I'm going for Dwarf Fortress. ~ Yuihime
- Uh...James Bond's villains? Ah, screw it: Dr. Evil. ~ Camroc G
- Ernst Stavro Blofeld, there, i said it. - NNinja
- Mephiles the Dark ~ Bowbowis
- Elon Musk. Traffic problems? Let's tunnel under Los Angeles! But not to expand the existing subway!(?!) ~ Nlpnt.
- Tzeentch - Demon Duckof Doom
- Compressed Adaptation
- The Book of Genesis condenses around 13.7 billion years, from the start of the universe to the first anatomically modern humans, into less than a week. ~Bowbowis
- Compressed Hair
- The Computer Is a Cheating Bastard
- WWE 13. I love the game but I have never seen anything glitch as much, break the laid out rules as much, stack the odds in it's favor as much as this game does. Tropers/tsstevens
- Mario Kart, just, Mario Kart. ~ Meta Falcario
- Con Man
- Locke Lamora ~ Thebazilly
- Harold Hill ~ EvaLilith
- The Magikarp Salesman ~ deeman45, Zeni The Wonder, Doctor Rayman
- Mickey Bricks ~ Man Without A Body, Voodoo Child
- Neal Caffrey ~ Sylvia Viridian
- Maeby Funke — Cuchulainn
- James "Sawyer" Ford ~ urielzet
- Anthony Cooper/Alan Seward/Tom Sawyer.
- Conflict Killer:
- 8-Bit Theater The BigBads are the Dark Warriors; wait no, the Big Bads are the Fiends; wait, the Big Bad is Black Mage? But he was on our side; oh wait, Sarda is the Big Bad. No? Chaos is the Big Bad... ~ Wexman
- George Hearst — Cuchulainn
- Count Bleck — Astfgl
- Conservation of Ninjutsu:
- Interesting Times: Seven old men battle seven hundred thousand soldiers (including some ninjas) and win. Sort of. ~ Treblain
- Power Rangers S.P.D. OR Tokusou Sentai Dekaranger (Either way, it's still referring to the same scene): One swordsman takes on a hundred mooks, complete with a counter showing how many are remaining.
- Conspiracy Kitchen Sink
- Deus Ex ~ Wascally Wabbit
- They Live! ~ Man Without A Body
- Akio Furukawa. ~ D Roy
- Doctor Steel, who believes in alien illuminati, ancient astronauts, chemtrails, fluoridation conspiracies, etc. etc. ~ Jonny B
- The very raison d'être of The Illuminatus! Trilogy. ~ Strategia
- The X-Files ~ gatotsu911
- Consummate Liar
- Zero a.k.a. Akane Kurashiki. Those who played will know why. - NNinja
- Seconded. You have to be this if you can convincingly feign concern for the man who almost killed you 9 years ago. ~ Mattman_the_Storyteller
- Kokichi Ouma. I’m still convinced his talent is not Ultimate Supreme Leader but Ultimate Liar. Even Shuichi says he might as well be the Anthropomorphic Personification of lying. “It’s a lie,” indeed. ~ Master N
- One of Yuguro Musa's defining traits. - IúkaSylvie
- Zero a.k.a. Akane Kurashiki. Those who played will know why. - NNinja
- Context-Sensitive Button
- Megas XLR panel. ~ Not JM Keynes
- Seconded. - Amethystasheryn
- The A button. Just the A button. ~ gatotsu911
- The Legend of Zelda, particularly with the 3D games. ~ Doctor Rayman
- Megas XLR panel. ~ Not JM Keynes
- Continuity Cavalcade
- The song "Carpe Diem" from Phineas and Ferb. ~Pokénatic
- Continuity Nod
- Frank Zappa. He called it "Conceptual continuity." ~ JIKTV
- Continuity Porn
- Don Rosa, in whose case, Tropes Are Not Bad. ~ Lale
- One Piece ~ The Lone Raisin
- Contract on the Hitman
- The Killer (1989) ~ Amuck Cricetine
- Conveniently Empty Building
- Pokémon Adventures does this to all of Vermilion City. ~ qwertyuiopasdfghjkl
- "They blew up the cargo robot!...And the cargo was PEOPLE! ~ deeman45
- The climax of Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice. ~ Doctor Rayman
- Conversational Troping
- Lucky Star is this mixed with moe goodness. ~ Willy Four Eyes
- The Smurfs debate from The Venture Bros. ~ Man Without A Body
- The Death Star conversation in Clerks. — Cuchulainn
- Cooking Duel
- Iron Chef, full stop. ~ Carla
- Food Wars! ~ Mattman_the_Storyteller
- Cool Airship
- The Invincible has an inn, shops on board and even cannons that assist you in battle. ~ Decaf Grub 47393
- Cooldown Hug
- Katara to Aang in the second season episode, "The Desert." Aang has lost Appa, and the combination of anger, sadness, and fear has catapulted Aang into the Avatar State. The Sandbenders are scared damn near literally shitless, and Sokka yells for everyone to run.
- Seconded! ~Vellophone
- Thirded! ~ Zeni The Wonder
- Sakura to Sasuke in the Forest of death. ~ Contraire, Doctor Rayman
- Buffy the Vampire Slayer; Xander to Willow at the end of "Grave". — Cuchulainn
- The Crystal Gems, Greg, Connie, the Diamonds, and Spinel to Monster Steven in Steven Universe: Future. ~ Mattman_the_Storyteller
- Katara to Aang in the second season episode, "The Desert." Aang has lost Appa, and the combination of anger, sadness, and fear has catapulted Aang into the Avatar State. The Sandbenders are scared damn near literally shitless, and Sokka yells for everyone to run.
- Cool and Unusual Punishment
- Mr. Krabs being Forced to Watch SpongeBob give away free Krabby Patties in Patty Caper. ~ Mattman_the_Storyteller
- Cool Aunt
- Slappy Squirrel; snarky and resourceful, but compassionate and caring for her nephew Skippy. ~ bpants98
- Cool Big Sis
- Yoko Littner. Forget the fact that she's Ms. Fanservice, Yoko's one of the coolest big sister figures ever. ~ Allspark Spin Out
- Misato Katsuragi. ~ gatotsu911
- Korra, to Jinora, Ikki, and Meelo. By Book 3, they'd grown so attached to her, that she's practically family. ~ Miin U
- Cool Car
- The Batmobile. ~ Doctor Rayman
- James Bond's Aston Martin DB 5 ~ William Shakesman
- Cool Gate
- Cool Mask
- BIONICLE of course. Full list of mask powers below on Cool Mask page. ~ Zfish9
- Meta Knight. Considering that he's almost 90% mask, it's fitting. ~ warpy
- The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask. Also qualifies as creepy as hell. ~ Saphruikan
- V ~ King Cr Inu Yasha
- Red Mist at the end of Kick-Ass — Cuchulainn
- Darth Vader ~ Piando
- Doctor Doom, anyone? - Hyperion5
- When he has it, Kane - King Fez
- Cool Old Guy
- Feel the eternal glory of Jetfire! ~ Latte
- Albert Stroller ~ Man Without A Body
- Stan Lee. ~ Carla
- I'm inclined to agree, after his hilarious appearance on The Simpsons episode "[[The Simpsons S 13 E 8 I Am Furious Yellow I am Furious (Yellow)". Redhed311
- Bobby Singer ~ Trombone Child
- Ric Flair. WOOOOOOO!!! ~ Voodoo Child
- Jerry Garcia ~ Spacegrass
- Gandalf. ~ Mistermister
- Seconded. ~ Me2
- Yup. ~ gatotsu911
- Barristan Selmy ~ Darth Howie
- Iroh. ~ WarWizardess, Zeni The Wonder, Allspark Spin Out Piando
- Jiraiya ~ GenericTroper
- Wes Craven — Cuchulainn
- Kraden ~ Yuihime
- Ian McKellen, Patrick Stewart, Christopher Plummer, Christopher Lee, and all the other members of the Old English Gravitas Club. ~ gatotsu911
- Scrooge McDuck. ~ Doctor Rayman
- Cool Old Lady
- Slappy Squirrel ~Redhed311, Doctor Rayman
- Miss Marple. ~ Strange Dwarf
- Diana Trent — Cuchulainn
- Evelyn Smythe. - Amethystasheryn
- Mrs. Hudson, full stop. - Bowbowis
- Sakae Jinnouchi. ~ Mattman_the_Storyteller
- Mae Young. How many 77 year old ladies do you know who'd be enthusiastic about being powerbombed off an elevated stage and through a table by a beefy man? ~ Arcane Azmadi
- M as played by Judi Dench - Thunderchin
- Cool Plane
- The SR-71 Blackbird ~Statzkeen
- The Tornado. ~ Doctor Rayman
- Cool Ship
- Cool Starship
- SGU. Hell, every starship in the Stargate-verse. ~Morgan Is Cewl
- SSV Normandy and SR2 Normandy ~ atrasicarius, babyhenchy1
- Serenity ~ urielzet
- The Millenium Falcon. ~Blue 050645 TL
- Seconded. ~ Decaf Grub 47393
- The Great Fox. ~ Doctor Rayman
- Cool Sword
- Excalibur ~ Amuck Cricetine
- Cool Teacher
- Koro-Sensei ~ Mattman_the_Storyteller
- Cool Versus Awesome
- Take your pick between Haloid and Dead Fantasy; Monty Oum is the king of this trope. ~ The Hero Hartmut
- The Dresden Files. And then some. ~ Carla
- From the same author, Codex Alera ~ Phoenix Fire
- Freddy vs. Jason ~ Seraphem
- Noone Comes To Lupusville Fang vs Fang turns into Fang vs Fur. Then the hybrids started showing up.
- Cyberdemon vs Spider Mastermind! — Cuchulainn
- Many Nasuverse fight scenes, but Fate/stay night takes this to up to eleven levels. Dual Wielding sword-using bowman verses fucking Cú Chulainn? 'That's only the prologue battle!!! ~ Encrypted12345
- Fate/Zero has Gilgamesh in an Ancient Babylonian spaceship dogfighting Lancelot in a magically souped up F-15. While King Arthur and Alexander the Great battle Cthulhu on the ground. ~ spacemonkey37
- In Scribblenauts, you can make Cthulhu, a Tyrannosaurus rex, a ninja, a zombie and God himself fight to the death. ~ bjbitt
- Forget that, you can make a rainbow Cthulhu, a flaming T-Rex, a Ninja Pirate Zombie Robot, and a dancing diamond flying stupid evil pretty furry green violent tall fat jealous cold hungry God fight! Seconded! ~ Zetta Toad
- Pacific Rim ~ Xander Crews
- Seconded. ~ sanfranman91
- Thirded. ~ Meta Falcario
- Super Smash Bros.. So many characters from various Nintendo series (and even third-party series) that you can pit against each other. ~ Doctor Rayman
- Corrupt Corporate Executive
- Porter C. Powell ~ Mattman_the_Storyteller
- Mr. Burns ~ Stewie Griffin 34
- Corrupt the Cutie
- The Picture of Dorian Gray. - Nemui10pm
- Hope. ~ Inactive Troper
- Corrupted Character Copy
- Homelander, a man who will let us down over and over again if Superman will not. ~ NotGonnaDoALot4
- Cosplay Otaku Girl
- Tomoyo Daidouji ~ Lockon Lockon, Carla
- Erza Scarlet ~ Embracing Shadows
- Renge Houshakuji ~ chibihana
- Yoshinoya-sensei That girl certainly makes art class a lot more fun. See for yourself - aNinjaWithAIDS
- Cosmic Horror Story
- Howard "Cthulhu fhtagn" Lovecraft ~ Zeppelin, Man Without A Body, ZiggyZag, Voodoo Child, babyhenchy1, Seraphem
- House of Leaves ~Vasha
- Bokurano - Heartlessmushroom
- The SCP Foundation ~mysterykcad
- Costume Porn
- Lady Gaga ~ Barry Ogg
- Gossip Girl - Mack
- Versailles ~ Miss Mokushiroku
- The entire Magical Girl genre. ~ Yuihime
- Cosy Catastrophe
- The original Dawn of the Dead. ~ Man Without A Body
- Cozy Voice for Catastrophes
- Could Say It, But...
- Bob Parr's deft circumvention of his insurance company's bureaucracy on behalf of his clients by saying he would tell them exactly what to do to get paid, "... but I can't." ~ HeraldAlberich, Man Without A Body, Seraphem, Doctor Rayman
- Seconded ~ Mattman_the_Storyteller
- Raising Arizona; H.I. could tell Ed why he punched out his boss, but he's too much of a gentleman. — Cuchulainn
- Bob Parr's deft circumvention of his insurance company's bureaucracy on behalf of his clients by saying he would tell them exactly what to do to get paid, "... but I can't." ~ HeraldAlberich, Man Without A Body, Seraphem, Doctor Rayman
- Counterpoint Duet
- Sweeney Todd. Basically the entire thing. ~ Camroc G
- Counting Bullets:
- Flynn Carsen in the Pilot of The Librarians 2014. Counting the exact number of bullets fired by a gunman while disarming a Death Trap and advising another person on how to disarm a bomb? Yeah, that's him. — Lullaby22
- Lucky Luke. ~ Doctor Rayman
- Country Matters:
- Zero Punctuation, specifically the end of Yahtzee's review of Quantum Conundrum: "This review is dedicated to you, anonymous forum poster, because you're a cunt. What are you, you're a cunt, yes you are! You live in a cunty cottage and you drive a cunty car!" ~ Arcane Azmadi
- "Respect the cock and tame the cunt. And of course, by cock, I mean our hallowed justice system. That great blind cock that towers over us all and comes down hard on those who do bad! Like those who killed Mr. Husband! And by cunts, I of course mean CUNTS! Cunts like these two fallen angels who ruthlessly snatched away the life from our poor victim! These cunts who must be tamed before they try to destroy all of the joys of manhood! Our cock of justice will make these cunts wet with the moist tears of regret from what they've done!" ~ Reyn Time 250
- Courtroom Antics:
- Ace Attorney. Let the parrot take the stand! ~ vicnog, Insanity Prelude
- Jack Thompson submitting gay porn as evidence. What an idiot! Willy Four Eyes
- Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law — Cuchulainn
- The Bizarre Mexican Nightmare from This is Wonderland ~ Man Without A Body
- Boston Legal — Mack
- The Three Stooges in "Disorder In The Court" ~ King Cr Inu Yasha
- Matt Dowd putting a homosexual chimpanzee on the witness stand in Eli Stone. Even in a show where courtroom craziness was the rule rather than the exception, this one stood out. — Lullaby22
- Liar Liar. ~ Doctor Rayman
- Little Fuzzy: The trial of Jack Holloway and Leonard Kellogg. That the two men were defendants in a single trial was itself a courtroom antic - by the presiding judge. ~ Sablesword
- Cowardly Lion
- Luigi ~ Waxing Name
- "If I were king of the forest..." ~ Dwarfbucket 1
- Scooby-Doo and Shaggy. ~ Doctor Rayman
- Seconded ~ Mattman_the_Storyteller
- Cowboy Cop
- Martin Riggs — WilliamShakesman
- Cowboy Episode
- "Gunmen of the Apocalypse" ~ AmuckCricetine
- "The Harvest Moon Festival" - Demon Duckof Doom
- Crack Defeat
- The trope quote, Patrick's rock.
- Crack Fic
- Shinji And Warhammer 40 K ~ Squall, seconded by Yuihime
- Super Smash Bros. Brawl ~ Sparky Lurkdragon
- Thirty Hs ~ Man Without A Body
- And how. - Amethystasheryn
- Uninvited Guests ~ DalesKaine
- My Immortal. ~ King Clark
- Gurren Jesus ~ GenericTroper
- Takamachi Nanoha of 2814. It somehow manages to have a serious plot while still running entirely on epic crack. ~ spacemonkey37
- Light and Dark The Adventures of Dark Yagami. ~ Five-seveN-25
- Garfield: Royal Rescue - Thunderchin
- Crapsaccharine World
- Bludgeoning Angel Dokurochan ~Pikawil
- Eversion. ~ Willy Four Eyes
- Coraline ~ Man Without A Body
- The MOTHER trilogy.'' ~ Mistermister
- Mitsumete Knight. ~ Ace Noctali
- Disney's Pinocchio ~ DiscoGlacier
- The Giver ~ Zfish9
- Demolition Man ~ GenericSpider
- Brave New World ~ Zero Vector
- Magical Witch Punie-chan ~ Marvel Girl
- The world of Pokémon. A wonderful happy place filled with Apocalyptic monsters that could destory half a continent when enraged, reality warpers who have the power to destroy existence, criminals and Pokémon Mafia who kidnap and abuse Pokemon as well as terrorise citizens, and extremists whose dastardly schemes threaten to destroy the world on a regular basis. Surely Pokémon is too sweet and cuddly for this trope? - Crazy Dawg
- And then it got worse. Seconded! ~ Yuihime
- Yggdra Union. War, classism, betrayal and genocide with candy colors and adorable little faces. ~ gatotsu911
- Kirby. It's the sugar-coated equivalent of a war-torn third-world country. ~ warpy
- Disney itself is this in a nutshell, not to mention the Disney Animated Canon itself. Pixar counts as well. ~ bisonx
- Anime itself is also this, because like the Disney example, despite all the bright colors, a lot of dark moments happen in these kinds of shows from Japan. ~ bisonx
- Sunnyside Daycare to all toys while Lotso was in charge. ~ Mattman_the_Storyteller
- Happy Tree Friends. Enough Said. ~ Metal Ai Ai
- Crapsack World
- Warhammer 40,000
- Invader Zim ~ Pikawil, Clevomon
- The City ~ DalesKaine
- Seconded. ~ Mr Schade
- Oh yes ~ Dhomochevsky
- Neon Genesis Evangelion . THAT IS ALL Muffin-Shota, [[Foxx Park}}
- The Alpha Complex in Paranoia. You'll get executed for so much as sneezing the wrong way. Oh, and treason. You can't do sh*t without committing some sort of treason. And guess what the punishment for that is? That's right, execution. Good thing you start with 6 clones (and can buy more!)
- Berserk. Even the Messiah is evil.
- To the point that the first three volumes of the manga are almost unreadably bleak. ~ gatotsu911
- 1984. (The book, that is, not the real-life year.) ~Strange Dwarf
- Seconded. ~ Decaf Grub 47393
- Hostel series. — Cuchulainn
- A Song of Ice and Fire/Game of Thrones — Farseer Lolotea, babyhenchy1
- The Fallout universe. ~ Discontent
- Mad Max. ~ bisonx
- The setting of Suicide for Hire. The one consistent rule is that the worse a person you are, the better the local universe will treat you. - Gattsuru
- The World of Darkness - Demon Duckof Doom
- Cranky Neighbor
- Squidward Tentacles ~ Mattman_the_Storyteller
- Neighnor Jones from the Disney Ducks Comics Universe. ~ Triple J
- Crazy Enough to Work
- Everything Tavi has ever done. ~ Phoenix Fire
- "You're mad!" "Thank goodness for that, because if I wasn't, this would probably never work!" ~ SG_Man_Forever, Doctor Rayman
- Crazy-Prepared
- Batman, especially since he made a backup personality in case of psychological attack! ~ Waxing Name, Doctor Rayman
- Seconded ~ Mattman_the_Storyteller
- Batman, especially since he made a backup personality in case of psychological attack! ~ Waxing Name, Doctor Rayman
- Crazy Sane
- Crazy Survivalist
- Create Your Own Hero
- In Batman (1989), Jack Napier killing Thomas and Martha Wayne sets in motion the Burton Batman film duology, resulting in his own death. ~ Decaf Grub 47393
- Create Your Own Villain
- Batman, who has been present, in many incarnations, when The Joker fell into a vat of acid and turned into the infamous Monster Clown that he is. ~ Doctor Rayman
- Ultron, depending on the adaptation, is created by either Hank Pym or Tony Stark. ~ Mattman_the_Storyteller
- Creator Cameo
- Stan Lee. Had a net worth of billions, much of which he earned from appearing for brief moments in every Marvel movie. Listing ALL of his cameos in various works would probably take a long time to do. ~ Doctor Rayman, Tropers/superkeijikun, Azorius 24
- Alfred Hitchcock appearing in all his films ~ WilliamShakesman, Decaf Grub 47393
- Creepy Child
- Maria Ushiromiya. ~ Massawhore
- Seconded. ~ Zfish9
- The Brood ~ Man Without A Body
- Cole Sear. ~ Ainu Laire
- Anthony Fremont ~ Vasha
- The Test Card Girl ~ Voodoo Child
- Pride, aka Selim Bradley ~ Carla
- All the kids in Village of the Damned (1960).
- Isaac Chroner. ~ Marlee Cross
- Lucciano. Seriously, have you HEARD this kid's laugh? ~ Lord Zorc
- "Poor emperor. I'm afraid my brother isn't going to be very pleased with you." — Cuchulainn
- Manah from the origional Drakengard. Seriously, once you hear her possessed lalalalala, you will NEVER forget it.
- Alois Trancy. Takes a special kind of creepy to smile while gouging a woman's eye out. ~ Kentucky Troper 1990
- Wednesday Addams. ~Strange Dwarf
- Flandre Scarlet ~ GenericSpider
- Damien ~ King Cr Inu Yasha
- Robin Arryn, who continues to be breastfed by his mother at roughly age ten; one of his favorite pastimes is watching people "fly". ~ deeman45
- The Little Sisters ~ Clevomon
- Maria Ushiromiya. ~ Massawhore
- Creepy Crossdresser
- Norman Bates ~ Man Without A Body
- Buffalo Bill, who dresses not only in women's clothes, but their skins. ~ Bird Of Hermes, Voodoo Child, Ziggy Zag
- Creepy Good
- Igor, who really is just there to help. ~Ultimaneo
- Seconded ~ Mattman_the_Storyteller
- Igor, who really is just there to help. ~Ultimaneo
- Creepy Gym Coach
- Suguru Kamoshida, a volleyball coach who regularly sexually harasses and assaults female students. ~ NotGonnaDoALot4
- Creepy Housekeeper
- Mrs. Danvers ~ Amuck Cricetine
- Creepy Twins
- Hansel and Gretel. Full fucking stop.
- Seconded. So much. ~ Discontent
- Thirded ~ Mattman_the_Storyteller
- Chloe and Radclyffe. What's green and red and green and red? ~ Man Without A Body
- The Shining. You know which ones. ~ Voodoo Child, Will Draco, Redhed311
- Alfred and Alexia Ashford. ~ Gfrequency
- Future Androids 17 and 18 ~ Piando
- Hansel and Gretel. Full fucking stop.
- Crimefighting with Cash
- Batman ~ Amuck Cricitene
- Cringe Comedy
- Leslie Knope's hysterically botched campaign rally. ~ WhereAmI101A.
- Steven Universe: Future has the dreaded episode Rose Buds. ~ Goldude
- The Office (UK) ~ Amuck Cricetine
- Crossover Cosmology
- Gunnerkrigg Court ~ Lyanna
- The Sandman ~ Voodoo Child
- South Park, all the religious figures work in a group "The Super Best Friends" ~ Tropers/Ericho
- Smite ~ Fireside
- Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass
- Neville. Longbottom. ~ mermaidgirl45
- Seconded ~ Zfish9
- Hell yes. ~ Insanity Prelude
- Touta Matsuda. ~ Javertshark 13
- Straw Dogs has ruined this trope forever. On purpose. ~ Man Without A Body
- Howling Mad Murdock ~ Voodoo Child
- The Scarlet Pimpernel ~ Lale
- BillyMC, you are THE Motherfucker. ~ King Clark
- Mashiro Kuna. ~ Muffin-Shota
- Wikus van de Merwe. ~ Gfrequency
"Is that all you've got?! Is that all you've fookin' got?! I'm not fookin' scared of you!"
- Jounochi/Joey ~ Lord Zorc
- Demyx ~ Aspie
- Vir "Lincolni" Cotto Designated comic relief character? Check. Bossed around by his boss? Check. Starts standing up to his boss? Check. Doesn't back down when confronted with a huge monster (a hologram, but he didn't know that)? Check. Delivers an epic Shut Up, Hannibal! to an Eldritch Abomination? Check. Gets Reassigned to Antarctica and uses the opportunity to risk his own life to save refugees from his government? Check. Brings down The Caligula and saves his planet in the process? Check. Gets what he wants from previously mentioned Eldritch Abomination? Check. Gets promoted to Ambadassador by bringing a Proud Warrior Race Guy to his knees? Check. Becomes The Emperor? Check. ~ Meppe
- Misty's Psyduck. ~ Doctor Rayman
- Jack Fenton ~ Mattman_the_Storyteller
- Neville. Longbottom. ~ mermaidgirl45
- Crowbar Combatant
- Gordon Freeman. It's hard to think of any clear-cut examples of the trope that aren't him. ~ REV 6 Pilot
- The Joker, who used a crowbar to kill Jason Todd in A Death in the Family, and of which later inspired his moveset in Injustice: Gods Among Us. ~ Doctor Rayman
- Crowd Song
- THEY GOT! THE MUSTARD! OUT! ~ bwburke94
- "That's How You Know" from Enchanted. ~ Doctor Rayman
- Cruel Mercy
- Samurai Champloo, episode 14. The final scene. You know what I'm talking about. ~ gatotsu911
- Ann's reason for sparing Kamoshida from a mental shutdown. ~ Mattman_the_Storyteller
- Cruel Twist Ending
- Klonoa: Door to Phantomile. Dear God. ~ SuperYoshiFan02
- Cruelty Is the Only Option
- Three words: white phosphorus mortar. ~ Hoffmann
- Cruel and Unusual Death
- Umineko: When They Cry. All of it. ~ Phoenix Fire
- Higurashi: When They Cry Also applies here often. especially in Meakashi-hen. ~ Zfish9
- Asuka in End of Evangelion ~ Carla
- Oh god, Seconded. Muffin-Shota
- Ishida Soken in Bleach. ~ ncfan
- Ultra Magnus ~ GenericTroper
- "Bored now." — Cuchulainn
- Norio Koga - ToumaEikoku
- Lord Ishidu ~ Man Without A Body
- Mami Tomoe ~ Embracing Shadows
- Viserys Targaryen, for being one of the few examples of this trope that truly deserved it. ~ King of the Mime Swing
- Jerry the fiddler from Wolf Creek Origin. Gutted and then force fed his own intestines. ~ Bobg.
- Happy Tree Friends does this at least Once per Episode, but by far the most brutal was Sniffles at the end of the episode Tongue In Cheek. ~ Metal Ai Ai
- Mondo Owada. Pretty sure the surviving students, especially Ishimaru, do not want to eat buttered pancakes any time soon. ~ Fireside
- Crusading Lawyer
- Phoenix Wright ~ Mattman_the_Storyteller
- Crush Parade
- The Naked Gun ~ AmuckCricetine
- Crutch Character
- Jeigan (Jagen) is the most famous example of this series ~ AxeFighterBarst
- Seconded. ~ Ace Noctali
- Jeigan (Jagen) is the most famous example of this series ~ AxeFighterBarst
- Cry Laughing
- Tom's reaction to seeing a giant Jerry at the end of "Is There a Doctor in the Mouse?", knowing just how much trouble he's in. ~ Mattman_the_Storyteller
- Crystal Dragon Jesus
- Haibane Renmei, which is loaded with faux-Christian theology and symbolism that's beautiful rather than hokey or lazy. ~ Trouser Wearing Barbarian
- Aslan, probably the most well-known example. ~ Gwen Stacy Wannabe, Man Without A Body, Phoenix Fire, deeman45, Carla, King Clark
- Uhm, Breath of Fire II? The Crystal Dragon Jesus is...a Crystal Dragon.
- Glint, for the same reason as the above. ~ Progeny Ex Machina
- Cue the Sun
- Ōkami. ~ Demon God Of Chaos
- The Land Before Time ~ Will Draco
- Ouendan 2. You did just resurrect it, after all. ~ Tropers/tropenoob
- ''Hogfather'' ~ Marvel Girl
- "Naaaaaaaaaaaants ingonyaaaaaaaaaaama bagithi Baba..." ~ Doctor Rayman
- Cultured Badass
- Erast Fandorin ~ Hoffmann
- Dudley, he of the "Let's fight... like gentlemen". He is so refined and gentle that he drinks tea and grooms himself with his boxing gloves on. Did I mention that he was given the honorary title of "Sir" by the Queen? If you impress him, he'll buy you a drink, so he definitely knows how to keep it classy. - X 2 X
- Paladin. His class, style, tastes all add up to this trope. A fan and expert on the theater, opera, ballet, classical music, and literature(effortlessly quoting situation-appropriete literature off the top of his head), well educated, and being able to hold his own in a four on one brawl and outshoot pretty much anyone he's up against easily qualify him for both the cultured, and the badass. ~~~~
- Beast/Hank McCoy. ~ Doctor Rayman
- Robert Garcia, the original Sharp-Dressed Man of fighting games and champion level asskicker. ~ Miin U
- Curb-Stomp Battle
- Roy vs Envy. One sided battle never looked so awesome. That is over twenty pages of boom, after boom, after BOOM. ~ Carla
- Alucard vs. anyone when he decides to take off the kid gloves. ~ deeman45
- Sonny vs. Carlo in The Godfather. "You touch my sister again, I'll kill you." ~ Man Without A Body
- Wolf 359 ~ Voodoo Child, Will Draco
- Achilles vs Boagrius in Troy. He doesn't even bother to look at him during the battle. ~ SG_Man_Forever
- The ending of "The Princess and the Bounty Hunters" ~ Shining Crimson Zero
- The Big O vs. Super Robot parody. After much boasting, and a fantastic display of ham from the villain, his mecha is destroyed by one attack. ~ GenericTroper
- Richard Pryor describes the time he stood up to his father. — Cuchulainn
- The Avengers: The Hulk vs. Loki. It can't even be called a fight. ~ Doctor Rayman
- Red vs. Blue: Tex vs. the reds and blues. It's painful to watch but ridiculously awesome. ~jboone93
- Lee vs. O'Hara ~ William Shakesman
- Cutaway Gag
- Cute Mute
- Boy ~ Fireside
- Cute and Psycho
- Nui Motherfucking Harime. ~ sanfranman91
- Seconded. ~ Reyn Time 250
- Dahlia. Goddamn. Hawthorne. There are no words. ~ vicnog, Leilukin
- Rena Ryuugu ~neobowman
- She is pictured on the Cute and Psycho page for a reason ~ Zfish9
- Diva, with her bright blue eyes and pretty dresses, and beheading dolls and raping/murdering 12-year-olds. ~ Carla
- Magical Witch Punie-chan, the entire series runs on this. ~ shark33
- Annie Wilkes ~ King Cr Inu Yasha
- Asakura Ryoko.
- Danganronpa’s Junko Enoshima.~Monolaf317
- Sachiko the Girl in Red from Corpse Party and the above Danganronpa example are my favorite female villains of all time. ~ Master N
- Nui Motherfucking Harime. ~ sanfranman91
- Cute Bruiser
- Toph Bei Fong ~ Mullon, deeman45, Progeny Ex Machina, Carla, Firestorm, Seraphem, Vellophone, Allspark Spin Out Piando, Doctor Rayman
- Molly Hayes ~ Gwen Stacy Wannabe
- Any of The Powerpuff Girls. ~ Willy Four Eyes, Will Draco
- Mitsukuni Haninozuka. ~ Mapi-chan
- Negi fits this trope a little more every chapter.
- Princess Camille ~ Surenity
- Mei Chang ~ DalesKaine
- Subaru Nakajima ~ S Noble Jr
- Eve ~ Guymelef Kaizer
- June ~ Jetcat 96
- Hibiki Tachibana ~ Fireside
- Cute 'em Up
- Cute Is Evil
- Kyubey - So cute...and so. Friggin'. EVIL. ~ deeman45
- Flowey and Chara from Undertale. Even the player isn’t safe from them. ~ Master N
- Cute Monster Girl
- 95% of the cast of Rosario + Vampire. ~ Eternal Pride
- Liru. ~ SG_Man_Forever
- Fran Madaraki ~ Kentucky Troper 1990
- Midna ~ King Cr Inu Yasha, Doctor Rayman
- Omamori Himari has a good number of them ~ Zfish9
- Flandre ~ GenericTroper
- Desco ~ Stark1111
- Luna Vachon ~ JIKTV
- Only Muffet can make spiders look cute. ~ Midna
- Cuteness Proximity
- Cute Witch
- Yukari Sendo. ~ Eternal Pride
- Deneb, even if her spells are a bit...twisted. ~ Willy Four Eyes
- Lamia ~ Man Without A Body
- Wendy the Good Witch from the Harvey comics. ~ Surenity
- Willow Rosenberg ~ Voodoo Child
- Tara's pretty cute, too ~ WilliamShakesman
- Schierke ~ Kinesthesia
- While she qualifies more as "Smoking Hot Witch," as a child, Bayonetta was quite adorable. ~ SG_Man_Forever
- Marisa, especially during the PC-98 era. ~ GenericTroper
- Not quite the same thing, as she's more of a Satanist, but Raven in Cecil B. Demented. — Cuchulainn
- Ashley. ~ Doctor Rayman
- Eva. - IúkaSylvie
- Atsuko "Akko" Kagari. "Yay!" ~ Fireside
- The Cutie
- Cutlass Between the Teeth
- Roronoa Zoro ~ Genki Man
- Seconded, for all 3 swords.:) MH Mhasf 1998
- Nagisa Shiota ~ xxbiasonxxx
- Roronoa Zoro ~ Genki Man
- Cutscene Boss
- Solomon ~ Baconyeet73
- Cutscene Incompetence
- The Guardian of Light's "battle" against Terranort ~ Loekman 3
- Seconded ~ Mattman_the_Storyteller
- The Guardian of Light's "battle" against Terranort ~ Loekman 3
- Cutscene Power to the Max
- Frog cutting a mountain in half with the Masamune is so awesome even though in gameplay the Masamune can't do this. ~ Decaf Grub 47393