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- Painfully Slow Projectile
- The Mooninites' "Quad Laser". "The bullet is enormous! There is no escaping!" ~ Willy Four Eyes, Man Without A Body
- "Jumping is useless!" But honestly, the Quad Glacier goes beyond that. ~ Metal Shadow X
- HURRICANE BEAM ATTACK! ~Blank Mage
- The projectiles from the Super Mario Bros. games, such as the Bullet Bills. ~ Doctor Rayman
- The Mooninites' "Quad Laser". "The bullet is enormous! There is no escaping!" ~ Willy Four Eyes, Man Without A Body
- Paintball Episode
- Community's "Modern Warfare". "Come with me if you don't want paint on your clothes." ~Bronzethumb
- "Ow! Those paintball thingies hurt!" ~Redhed311
- "The Man Who Shot Cane Skretteberg". ~ Doctor Rayman
- The Spaced episode "Battles" ~ WilliamShakesman
- Painting the Medium
- Pair the Spares
- Edward and Nancy in Enchanted. Ridiculous, but so WAFFy I don't care!
- Seconded. ~ Marlee Cross
- Faramir and Eowyn ~ Man Without A Body, Voodoo Child, Carla
- Spinner and Emma. ~ Nlpnt
- Chouji and Karui. The characters never even shared the screen together until they appeared as a married couple in the Distant Finale! ~ Arcane Azmadi, Doctor Rayman
- Edward and Nancy in Enchanted. Ridiculous, but so WAFFy I don't care!
- The Paladin
- Artix Von Krieger, the Undead Slayer and Champion of Darkness -Azada
- Michael Carpenter, The Fist of God ~Jboone 93
- And one of the better examples of the archetype in any media, ever. ~digiman619
- The Abbey is an entire institution of them. ~ Miin U
- Uther the Lightbringer. So much so that he remains the iconic paladin of the Warcraft universe long after his death in III. ~ Fireside
- Cecil Harvey. ~ Decaf Grub 47393
- Panty Fighter
- Ikki Tousen. ~ Willy Four Eyes, Carls493
- Maken-ki! ~ Miin U
- Dead or Alive. ~ Five-seveN-25
- Papa Wolf
- Ethan Mars. ~ Arruruerie
- NieR ~ JasonPaul
- Seconded ~ Yuihime
- Jack Bauer ~ Two Gun Angel
- Marlin. ~ King Clark
- Seconded. ~ Me2
- Bigby Wolf of Fables is both a literal and figurative example. ~ Tropers/Otakusapien
- Whitebeard. ~ DAN004
- Seconded. ~ RedRoverRedRover
- Sam Fisher. ~ JParker
- Harry Mason ~ Animenutcase
- Mike Hagger ~ Cyber Tiger 88
- Rumplestiltskin ~ Sparky Young Upstart
- Bryan Mills - St Clair
- 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 Asura's Wrath ~ matteste
- Seconded, hard. ~ Demon God Of Chaos 2
- Thirded. ~ Mattman_the_Storyteller
- Harry Dresden ~ spacemonkey37
- Seconded ~ ninjadude853
- Thirded 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
- 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 Papa Wolf- Gzillafan 77
- Minato Namikaze. Just take one look at the expression on his face when Tobi kidnaps Naruto and tries to kill him! - beeruckzII
- John Matrix. ~ xxbiasonxxx
- Paper-Thin Disguise
- Chicken Boo. ~ Willy Four Eyes, Redhed311, Marlee Cross
- The one in The League of Gentlemen 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. ~ Man Without A Body
- The Spy class in Team Fortress 2. 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
- Sailor Moon ~ Carla
- Furio Tigre. Despite having orange skin and a paper badge, he still fooled the entire court. ~ Tropers/Mistermister
- Team Rocket! - BatDan, Doctor Rayman
- How could people possibly miss Count Olaf? ~Hydra 4, Vellophone, Me2
- Oh, look, I have a mask that covers HALF MY FOREHEAD. I am totally not a recurring and well-known Golden Sun villain even though I have the exact same hairstyle and the same attitude as ever. I mean, as he does. Because I have this mask, which is a perfect cutout of a plot-important mask you saw in the city where you befriended my Heroic Bastard son, and an alias which only serves to highlight my superiority over you. No, I am absolutely not Alex as usual. ~ Yuihime
- Seconded ~ sardns
- "I am the mysterious teenager, Garyuu X!" ~stevobread
- Narbonic Hamsters in a trenchcoat. With a badly-drawn-upon paper plate as a face. ~ Ionz
- "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
- "Captain Quattro, he is A CHAR! -~dave_the_assassin~-
- Parasol of Pain
- Lady Snowblood. Pretty girl, pretty parasol. LOTS of pain to dish out. ~ Allronix
- Ryoga Hibiki carries weighted bamboo parasol that literally weighs a ton. ~ Miin U
- The Penguin. ~ Doctor Rayman
- Parental Bonus
- The Sesame Street parodies of adult TV shows, particularly the one for Game of Thrones. 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 Aladdin. ~ Doctor Rayman
- Parody Commercial
- RoboCop (1987) ~ WilliamShakesman
- Parody Sue
- Ebony Dark'ness Dementia Raven Way ~ Trouser Wearing Barbarian
- Buckaroo Banzai ~ C Trombley
- Dr. Raven Darktalon Blood - Black Dragon
- Hinagiku Katsura ~ Willy Four Eyes
- John "The Demons" Stalvern ~ Man Without A Body
- Starkit. Hopefully. - Tails 2000
- Ensign Mary Amethyst Star Enoby Aiko Archer Picard Janeway Sue. ~ Zetta Toad
- Seconded- Gzillafan 77
- Past Experience Nightmare:
- Shadow's nightmares are a small sidequest that is the only way to know his backstory. ~ Decaf Grub 47393
- Patient Childhood Love Interest
- Miyako Shiina
- 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. ~ Miin U
- Hinata Hyuga towards Naruto Uzumaki. ~ Doctor Rayman
- Patriotic Fervor
- Pay Evil unto Evil
- Jimmy Hopkins from Bully. "I only give people what they had coming to them." ~ Counter Blitzkrieg
- What Kirito does to Sugou. ~ Mattman_the_Storyteller
- Perfectly Arranged Marriage
- Perky Female Minion
- Perky Goth
- Abby Sciuto ~Chuckg, Willy Four Eyes, Carla, Indigo12ash
- Death - Black Dragon, Man Without A Body, Cameoflage, Voodoo Child
- Amane Misa ~ BirdOfHermes
- Jack Skellington ~ Pumpkin Lore
- Voltaire ~ Surenity
- Ruby Gloom ~ Tantopat
- Sam Manson ~ Cyber Tiger 88, Doctor Rayman
- Dethany~ACW
- Lacy Shadows, complete with a fake British accent. ~ Miin U
- Perpetual Frowner
- Captain Grumpypants! AKA Hitsugaya Toushiro, from Bleach. ~ Carla
- Huey Freeman ~ Bluwale 824
- As Luke said to Asch the Bloody - "Sooner or later your face is gonna freeze into that sneer." ~ Gorsecloud
- You mean it hasn't already!?!? ~ Zetta Toad
- Mandy, that is all. ~ PinkHanabi
- What about Grumpy Cat? ~ iansimsjam
- Squidward Tentacles - Demon Duckof Doom
- Perpetual Smiler
- Person of Mass Destruction
- Rand al'Thor. You know you're in a Crapsack World when your Destructive Savior has a Power Amplifier that will let him unmake all of creation, and he considers doing it. ~Slvstr Chung
- 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 Dragon Ball Z. The main villains can destroy planets by lifting their finger. ~Gogo Riki Piando
- Then there's Broly, who destroys entire galaxies.
- The Incredible Hulk. ~ Doctor Rayman
- Personal Horror
- Steven's character arc in Steven Universe: Future. ~ Mattman_the_Storytelle
- The Kindred, who slowly lose their humanity through centuries of undeath. - Demon Duckof Doom
- Personality Powers
- Bart Allen, there's a reason his original and most commonly used codename is Impulse.~@ newaccount
- Perspective Flip
- Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead — WilliamShakesman
- Phony Psychic
- Shawn Spencer, of course. ~ Carla
- Phrase Catcher
- Can't decide between "I've got a bad feeling about this..." and "Who was that masked man?" ~ vicnog
- "You look just like your father. Except the eyes." ~ Orchidbreeze Of Fire Clan
- "Where's the money, Lebowski?" ~ Man Without A Body
- "It's down there somewhere. Let me take another look."
- Try mentioning the words "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
- "It's bigger on the inside..." ~ Carla, Indigo12ash
- Look, up in the sky! It's a bird! It's a plane! No, it's Superman! - cg12345
- "Hey, where's Perry?" ~ LimeTH
- Seconded. ~ Decaf Grub 47393
- "What a guy" ~ Pastylover2
- "That's Paul's grandfather." "He's very clean..." ~ Me2
- "Shut up, Mokuba." - Werebunny131
- "Shut up, Rattrap." ~ vwchan
- NORM! - Stark 1111
- "You're the worst." ~ King of the Mime Swing
- "Hello...Newman" ~ Ultimaneo
- "And I would have gotten away with it, too, if it weren't for You Meddling Kids!" and any other variations. ~ Doctor Rayman
- Pimped-Out Car:
- The DeLorean DMC-12 from Back to the Future. It's so 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
- Pinball Scoring
- Giga Wing Generations. Mmm, 20-digit scores... ~ Ray Ayanami
- Pineapple Surprise
- Casino Royale (2006), 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
- Pintsized Powerhouse
- 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. ~Shining Crimson Zero
- Minako Aino/Sailor Venus. A 5'2" young girl who can singlehandedly kill Big Bads 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
- Buffy Summers. 5'3". Girly girl. Vampire slayer. Super-Strength. Once beat the crap out of a hellgod. - wyattte
- Asterix, whenever he drinks the magic potion. ~ Doctor Rayman
- Karrin Murphy. 'Tiny, but fierce.' ~ cosmatonspoon
- Pity the Kidnapper
- "Whining? I am not whining, I am complaining. Do you want to hear whining?" ~ deeman45
- The Ransom of Red Chief by O. Henry. It's the Ur-example. ~ Marvel Girl, Redhed311
- Plagiarism in Fiction
- Ernesto de la Cruz stealing the songs that made him famous from Héctor ~ Mattman_the_Storyteller
- Seconded. ~ Decaf Grub 47393
- Ernesto de la Cruz stealing the songs that made him famous from Héctor ~ Mattman_the_Storyteller
- Plaguemaster
- Planet Eater
- Galactus. Helps the he was of the Trope Makers. ~ Dr Furball, Doctor Rayman
- Planet of Hats
- Kino's Journey ~merton
- Seconded ~mrbits
- Kaput & Zosky ~Jinjoman
- Star Trek! There's practically a planet of hats every other week. The Klingons' war and honor, the Cardassians as a Police State, the Vulcan logic. And that's just the regulars. ~ Tropers/wyattte
- The Globetrotter Homeworld ~ Matt P 5557
- Kino's Journey ~merton
- Planetary Romance
- Simoun ~Entan
- Platform Fighter
- Platform Game
- The Super Mario Bros. series. ~ Doctor Rayman
- Platform Hell
- I Wanna Be the Guy ~ Ray Ayanami
- The Ghosts 'n Goblins games. Yikes! - ZuulMF
- The in-progress mapset for Doom II 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
- Armageddon is 20 minutes of requiring practically every glitch in the Mario World engine, insane difficulty and beautiful custom graphics. ~ Decaf Grub 47393
- Platonic Life-Partners:
- 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. ~ El Rise
- Playable Epilogue:
- Spec Ops: The Line: The game has multiple endings, one of which leads to the epilogue, which also has multiple endings. ~Trogdor
- Terranigma ~ Decaf Grub 47393
- Playing with Fire
- The Balrog of Khazad-Dum.~Meta Falcario
- Charlie McGee of 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.
- Satomi Yajima is a 16 year old combat waitress with the power to summon flames. ~ Miin U
- Johnny Storm AKA the Human Torch. ~ Doctor Rayman
- All Fire-type Pokémon ~ Mattman_the_Storyteller
- Prince Zuko ~ Smashman2893
- Playing with Syringes
- Please, Don't Leave Me
- The last episode of Angel Beats!. Good lord... ~ DRoy
- Plot-Irrelevant Villain
- Oogie Boogie ~ Mattman_the_Storyteller
- Sir Pentious - Demon Duckof Doom
- Plot-Relevant Age-Up
- Ocarina of Time. ~ Progeny Ex Machina
- Amy Rose in Sonic the Hedgehog (Archie Comics). ~ Doctor Rayman
- Plug 'n' Play Friends
- Fire Emblem ~The Phantom Squee, Schmitty
- Pocket Protector
- Theodore Roosevelt, and his "I Have Just Been Shot" speech...which he gave after being shot and not getting the bullet wound treated. ~ Ari Rockefeller
- Ned Flanders in "Homie the Clown". ~ Doctor Rayman
- Poe's Law
- Conservapedia, where trolls have gotten as high as the creator's second-in-command for years. ~Mens Rea
- A Modest Proposal by Jonathon Swift ~ Marvel Girl
- Pointy-Haired Boss
- Poisonous Person
- Poison-type Pokémon ~ Mattman_the_Storyteller
- F.A.N.G. ~ Smashman2893
- Poor Communication Kills
- Lelouch. Literally. ~ Curtmack
- Higurashi: When They Cry. Poor Communication Kills Everyone. ~ Clevomon
- The Wheel of Time. - deeman45
- Romeo and Juliet. - Calatoria
- Tucker & Dale vs. Evil ~ Erforce
- The Poorly Chosen One
- The Three Heroes chosen to wield the Sword, Bow, and Spear ~ Mattman_the_Storyteller
- Polar Opposite Twins
- Dahlia and Iris. ~ Leilukin
- The Wakefield twins ~Redhed311
- Haruka and Kanata. ~ mister-bittersweet
- Politically Incorrect Hero
- Politically Incorrect Villain
- Akio Ohtori is the most sociopathic villain I've ever seen, and his misogyny is the most sickening thing I've ever seen. ~ IúkaSylvie
- The Penguin is misogynistic, homophobic, ableist, and racist. ~ Mattman_the_Storyteller
- The Pollyanna
- Charlotte. ~ Mobile Leprechaun
- EarthBound Beginnings goes as far as making a song based on this. ~ Carls493
- The Power of the Sun
- Escanor and Mael's "Sunshine". ~ Mattman_the_Storyteller
- Pop-Cultural Osmosis Failure
- I don't know what that means - reub2000
- The Pornomancer
- 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 perpetually horny. ~ Miin U
- Posthumous Character
- Granny Aching. - Calatoria.
- Agnes Nutter. - Devil's Advocate
- High Summoner Braska and Jecht
- Rebecca de Winter. ~ Eruanne
- The Comedian - ninjadude853
- Ayano ~ Ultimaneo
- Postmodernism: 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 wiki itself. Yeah... — Creekery
- Post-9/11 Terrorism Movie:
- The Kingdom (2007) ~ xxbiasonxxx
- Potty Failure
- It only happened once, but god-dayum Deandra... ~ Monolaf317
- P.O.V. Sequel
- Power Born of Madness
- Obviously, The Power Of Insanity. ~ EmbracingSows
- Seconded ~ Mattman_the_Storyteller
- Obviously, The Power Of Insanity. ~ EmbracingSows
- Power Copying
- Amazo, from the DCAU. He starts out with no powers other than the standard Immune to Bullets. 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 Flash Step 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
- Fate/stay night's Emiya Shirou. ~Feral Phoenix
- ...Mega Man. - The Hero Hartmut
- Seconded. ~ Haldo
- Thirded. ~ Decaf Grub 47393
- Kirby. ~ Man Without A Body, Doctor Rayman
- The Sharingan (Naruto). ~ Arutoa
- Sylar in Heroes ~ Kato
- At least two of Marisa Kirisame's signature attacks in Touhou Project are stolen. ~ Yuihime
- Power Creep
- Yu-Gi-Oh!: It's the page image for a very good reason. ~DDRMASTERM
- Powered Armor
- Iron Man~ Azzamacazza, Doctor Rayman
- Samus Aran ~ Carls493, Man Without A Body
- Warhammer 40,000 ~ TerLoki
- I think Halo is a pretty cool guy eh kills aliens and doesnt afraid of anything. ~Schmitty
- Fallout ~ S Noble Jr
- Mega Man X ~ DAN004
- Powered by a Forsaken Child:
- The Rainbow Factory. It's powered by an ENTIRE RACE of children, in the worst possible way. ~ thecnoNSMB
- Omelas - the city that unspeakably tortures one child for the sake of everyone else's pleasure ~ NotGonnaDoALot4
- Power Fist
- Tyberos the Red Wake. A Wild Samoan Super-Soldier in Powered Armor who wields dual gauntlets that have built-in Chainsaw Good Wolverine Claws. ~ Fireside
- Iron Fist ~ Lady Blackwood
- Power Gives You Wings
- Hayate's six black seraph wings in Lyrical Nanoha ~ prescience
- SEPHULCRITUDE!!!-Gorank
- "Some say beneath his coat there are wings." from "Black Wings" from Bone Machine ~ Man Without A Body
- Wait, no Sephy? ~ DAN004
- The ZODIAC's from The Tale of ALLTYNEX trilogy ~ matteste
- Power Makes Your Hair Grow
- Any Saiyan. ~mrbits
- Seconded, especially with the Super Saiyan 3 transformation. ~ Mattman_the_Storyteller
- Lady Yunalesca. ~Not JM Keynes
- Bleach. ~Stark1111
- Any Saiyan. ~mrbits
- The Power of Friendship
- Higurashi: When They Cry eventually - Hareoic, neobowman
- seconded ~ Zfish9
- Digimon ~ Carla
- Persona 3 ~ fakeangelbr
- Kingdom Hearts ~ DAN004
- My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic. Title says it all. ~ Sacred Sturgeon
- Friendship lets you win at card games! - Werebunny131
- Kamen Rider Fourze -Azada
- In the Grand Finale of Tweeny Witches, Arusu saves the Magical Realm from dark magic by reminding Eva of their friendship. - IúkaSylvie
- Raven getting her powers back and defeating Trigon ~ Lady Blackwood
- Higurashi: When They Cry eventually - Hareoic, neobowman
- The Power of Love
- ''Buffy'', season 6 finale. ~ emmaliza
- Sekiha Love Love Tenkyoken!! ~ Keredis
- That song from the Back to the Future soundtrack. You know, when he's skateboarding. ~ Man Without A Body
- Meg Murray. ~ Murex, Voodoo Child
- The entire Mother series. ~ todbot1
- Piper - Werebunny131
- Super Paper Mario ~ deeman45, IúkaSylvie
- Eureka Seven (the main robot is literally powered by love) - SuperLlama
- Rory. Williams. He guarded the Pandorica with his Not Quite Dead fiancee inside for roughly 1894 years and somehow managed to keep himself from going completely batshit. —ncfan
- Harry Potter - DWF, Indigo12ash
- Seconded ~ Ultimaneo
- The Power of Rock
- (Her Life Was Saved By) Rock and Roll...but only in the VU and Reed solo versions, not the Runaways version. ~ Twin Bird
- I'M A GOOFY GOOBER! ~ Man Without A Body
- ROCK!! ~ deeman45
- Naaa nanana na na na! ~ megabyter5
- YOU'RE A GOOFY GOOBER! ~ foxmccloud4387
- ROCK!! ~ Mattman_the_Storyteller
- Yellow Submarine - ZiggyZag
- Seconded. ~ Me2
- 20th Century Boys ~ mrbits
- Tenacious D, Tribute ~ S Noble Jr
- Optimus Prime using the literal Power of Rock to beat Soundwave. ~ VideEtCredere
- Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure. Seriously! Wild Stallyns tour middle east: peace achieved. 'nuff said - Who Needs Sleep
- School of Rock, of course. -Physical Stamina
- Guitar Hero. Especially in 3 and Warriors of Rock. ~ WoodKnapp94
- The entire Macross franchise as a whole. ~ Fireside
- Power of the Void
- Xemnas ~ Mattman_the_Storyteller
- Exdeath ~ Decaf Grub 47393
- Powers via Possession
- Power Trio
- Star Trek: The Original Series
- Not the original troper who suggested it, so seconding. ~ Voodoo Child
- Harry, Ron, and Hermione. ~ Mapi-chan, Carla
- Reece, Steve, and Mark ~ Man Without A Body
- Buffy, Willow, and Xander. - Calatoria
- Ben, Gwen, and Kevin ~ Metal Shadow X
- Carly, Sam, Freddie - Mack
- Shinji, Asuka and Rei. - ElectricBoogaloo
- Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman. Can't get any more power than that. ~ Waxing Name
- Captain America, Iron Man and Thor, both in the comics and the Marvel Cinematic Universe. ~ Triple J
- Star Trek: The Original Series
- Power-Up Food
- Mario's mushrooms - Jalia
- "I'm strong to the finish, 'cause I eats me spinach!" ~Redhed311, Doctor Rayman
- Power Up Mount
- Powerful, but Incompetent
- Gotenks. While definitely a powerful character, his overinflated ego, Skewed Priorities, 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
- Pragmatic Villainy
- Tarquin
- Precia in Game Theory. ~ spacemonkey37
- Nicodemus Archelone. ~hujwernoo
- Grand Admiral Thrawn ~ Lady Blackwood
- Pre Ass Kicking One Liner
- "Since you have traveled so very far, be my guest, and let me ENTERTAIN YOU!" ~ Ray Ayanami
- Hello. My Name Is Inigo Montoya. You Killed My Father. Prepare to Die." ~ Man Without A Body
- "I'm River Song. Check your records again." ~ Pastylover2
- HOLY *** SECONDED. Seriously, the response? (from a goddamn DALEK no less) "MERCY!" Three times. And she still killed it afterwards. — TARDISES
- "I have to kill fast and bullets too slow." - ElectricBoogaloo
- Okay... so who's first? ~ foxmccloud4387
- "I, Garland, will knock you all down!" ~ Ultimaneo
- I'M-A NUMBER ONE!! ~ Metal Ai Ai
- Precision F-Strike
- Erfworld. Parson is not a gamepiece. He is a player. ~ Egregious Eric, Nentuaby
- "I don't give a SHIT what the CIA thinks!" ~ Pikawil
- "I want my father back, you son of a bitch." ~ Arruruerie, Man Without A Body, Polymphus
- Wanted. "Well Fuck." ~ Polymphus
- "Don't fuck with Aria. ~ Ramidel, Leilukin
- Misato in End of Evangelion. ~ Carla
- Shinji in The End of Evangelion. Also a Crowning Woolseyism. ~ gatotsu911
- Operation P.R.O.M.'s (and to that extent, the entire fourth season) last line, by Dean Venture: "You know what I think? Fuck you!" ~ Metal Shadow X
- FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCK- ~Wragnaroq R. Maggeddon
- Oh shit! What are we gonna do now?! ~Stark1111
- My client, the Honourable Henry T. Fleming, should go RIGHT TO FUCKING JAIL! THE SON OF A BITCH IS GUILTY!! - Zaothus
- There can't be a greater moment in Golden Sun: Dark Dawn than Matthew's 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 Cluster F-Bomb in Planes, Trains and Automobiles. ~ Sparks Of The Tempest
- "I want to be the first person, at a British memorial service, to say 'fuck'." ~ Kalmbach
- Wolverine's cameo in X-Men: First Class. ~ Doctor Rayman
- "Holy shit. What the fuck was that?" ~ Dong Dong Never Die
- "REPENT YOU MOTHERFUCKER!" ~ Reyn Time 250
- Pre-Mortem One-Liner
- "The only judgment passed here will be mine." - Outsyder0486
- "Remember when I said I'd kill you last? I lied." - Zaothus
- Die Hard: Yipee-ki-ay motherfucker.
- "Dodge this." - redgyarados
- SOLOMON!! I ! HAVE! RETURNED!!! - CelPrevXXVI
- "Remember me?" - xxbiasonxxx
- "Pick a god and pray!" ~Bowbowis
- The Precious, Precious Car
- The Ferrai from Ferris Bueller's Day Off ~ WilliamShakesman
- Pregnant Badass
- Kazumi Kato is a "goddamn baby-making, life-taking MACHINE!" ~ Seraphem
- The Boss. Unanimously considered the toughest member of her Multinational Team of fantastically powered individuals (including a living beehive, the autotrophic "father of modern sniping", and a spirit medium) despite having 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 Lethal Weapon 4. ~ Doctor Rayman
- Anya, specifically in the final level. 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
- Prehensile Hair
- Sunny ~ Genki Man
- Dierdre. ~hujwernoo
- Dixie Kong. ~ Doctor Rayman
- Entrapta ~ Lady Blackwood
- Prepare to Die
- "READY! TO DIE" ~ Ray Ayanami
- The Princess Bride again. ~ Man Without A Body, ZiggyZag, Decaf Grub 47393
- Preserve Your Gays
- Black Sails 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. ~ Lady Blackwood
- Pretty Boy
- Previous Player-Character Cameo
- Primal Scene
- Prince Charming Wannabe
- Henry Crawford ~ Lale
- Gaston - Jalia
- Prince Charmless
- Prince Blue Blood. ~ deeman45
- Prince Charmles, Dragon Quest VIII. Obviously. ~ Daddy Mulk
- Seconded. ~ Mattman_the_Storyteller
- Joffrey Baratheon. ~ Emerald 141
- Hans Westergard. He is basically a corrupt noble lifted straight out of Game of Thrones and placed in the middle of a Disney movie. ~ Fireside
- Princeling Rivalry
- The Dance of the Dragons ~ Iridener
- Princesses Rule
- Princess Bubblegum, the resident ruler of the Candy Kingdom. ~ Loekman 3
- Princess Peach. ~ Doctor Rayman
- Prison Rape
- Oz ~ WilliamShakesman
- Private Detective
- Humphrey Bogart's takes on Sam Spade and Philip Marlowe ~ AmuckCricetine
- Product Placement - Works
- Logorama. ~ King Clark, Indigo12ash
- Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle
- Adam Sandler's movies. ~ Monolaf317
- Final Fantasy XV ~ Bowbowis
- Product Placement - Companies
- Professional Wrestling
- The Ricky Steamboat/Randy Savage match at Wrestlemania III. - ZiggyZag
- Hogan/Andre from WM III. The bodyslam heard 'round the world. - Voodoo Child
- 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 Matt fighting not to cry.
- Professional Killer:
- The Profiler
- Dr. Eddie "Fitz" Fitzgerald ~ WilliamShakesman
- Promoted Fanboy
- Tony Khan. A wrestling fan since he was a boy, being the son of one of the richest men in America meant that, once Cody Rhodes and The Elite proved there was actually room for another major promotion to flourish in North America, he was able to live out his dream. ~ Arcane Azmadi
- Promoted to Love Interest
- Irene Adler — A million or so adaptations, and they all promote her. ~ Lale
- Promoted to Playable:
- Super Mario 3D World marked the first time Rosalina is playable, and it was awesome. ~ Decaf Grub 47393.
- Promotion to Opening Titles
- Promotional Powerless Piece of Garbage
- 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.
- Promotion to Parent
- Nani Pelekai — One of the most realistic and heart-wrenching examples. ~ Bluwale 824
- Seto Kaiba ~ deeman45
- 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 ~ Miin U
- Proper Lady:
- Atelia from Tweeny Witches. - IúkaSylvie
- Sansa Stark ~ Lady Blackwood
- Property of Love
- 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.: to exist for solely for him to bone her. ~ Miin U
- Prophecy Twist: From Undertale: "The Angel... The One Who Has Seen The Surface... They will return. And the underground will go empty." - thecnoNSMB
- Protagonist-Centered Morality
- The Bible ~ FillyFaceMan
- The Twilight Saga — at the very least the characters The Bible are heroic in their time's context. ~ Redjirachi
- Sonichu, especially Issue 10 ~ rjd1922
- 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 her out to be the "bad guy" and she eventually has to make amends with him. ~ Miin U
- Protagonist Journey to Villain
- Walter White from Breaking Bad ~ Babyhenchy1
- SECONDED! rtw2act
- Anakin Skywalker in the Prequel Trilogy. ~ Doctor Rayman
- Who would have thought Eren Yeager's story is about him becoming the Big Bad? ~ Mattman_the_Storyteller
- Oersted - from heroic knight to Odio, the Lord of Dark - NotGonnaDoALot4
- Walter White from Breaking Bad ~ Babyhenchy1
- Protest Song
- "Fortunate Son", possibly THE quintessential protest song during The Vietnam War. ~ HotelCalifornia
- "War" performed by Edwin Starr. As long as there is war, this song shall stay relevant. — Creekery
- Proud to Be a Geek
- Konata Izumi. ~ Willy Four Eyes
- Penelope Garcia ~ Voodoo Child
- Kevin Smith ~ Carla
- Gilbert Lowe. Complete with Rousing Speech and an extremely effective use of Queen's "We Are The Champions". ~ King Cr Inu Yasha
- Proud Warrior Race Guy:
- Psychic Nosebleed
- Psychic Powers
- Scanners ~ Man Without A Body
- Psychonauts ~ Cyber Tiger 88
- Professor Charles Xavier and Jean Grey. ~ Doctor Rayman
- All Psychic-type Pokémon. ~ Mattman_the_Storyteller
- Psycho for Hire
- Solf J. Kimblee ~ Charred Knight
- The Joker - Gwen Stacy Wannabe
- Anton Chigurh -Unknown Troper
- Korgan Bloodaxe ~ B.o.B, Man Without A Body
- Lockdown. His payment was once a part of someone else's body. ~ Scrounge
- Gauron is crazy! ~ Willy Four Eyes
- All nine classes of Team Fortress 2, especially the Soldier. ~Belle-Mage
- Bullseye (Marvel Comics). ~ Doctor Rayman
- Striker - Demon Duckof Doom
- Psycho Psychologist
- Dr. Decker in Nightbreed ~ erforce
- Dr. Angus Bumby ~ Mattman_the_Storyteller
- Psychopathic Manchild
- The Warden (first season only). ~ Daddy Mulk
- Russia ~ MisterMissy
- Tongpu ~ erforce
- Count Olaf. How can one man be so Book Dumb and yet so clever? ~ DrNoPuma
- Henry Masterson, aka The Headmaster ~ Mattman_the_Storyteller
- Daki. - IúkaSylvie
- Tohru Adachi from Persona 4. ~ Tad Tad Tad Tad
- Psycho Prototype
- The Psycho Rangers
- Psychological Horror
- 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
- House of Leaves. Dear god. ~ VideEtCredere
- Higurashi: When They Cry ~ Zfish9
- Eternal Darkness ~ Sana Mae
- Psychotic Smirk
- Azula. ~ Weeping Willow
- Sean Archer as Castor Troy. ~ xxxEbbxxx
- Morgana. ~ hujwernoo
- Cinder Fall. ~ darkpit06
- Psycho Supporter
- Public Domain Soundtrack
- 2001: A Space Odyssey ~ Geoduck
- Seconded. ~ Decaf Grub 47393
- M ~ Man Without A Body
- A Clockwork Orange, sort of - ZiggyZag
- Princess Tutu ~ deeman45
- The Ren & Stimpy Show ~Redhed311
- 2001: A Space Odyssey ~ Geoduck
- Punch-Clock Villain
- Kejinan ~ Charred Knight
- Ralph the Wolf from the Looney Tunes "sheepdog and wolf" sketches; he clocks in every morning and has scheduled lunch breaks. ~ Kilyle, Geoduck, Man Without A Body, Doctor Rayman
- Niko Bellic from Grand Theft Auto IV ~ Gunarao
- Kahlua Shuzen, who absolutely hates fighting, but was conditioned to be a perfect Professional Killer whether she likes it or not. ~ Embracing Shadows
- Oboro Tsukimigusa is literally Just Following Orders. ~ Miin U
- The Reapers, which is especially notable in the sequel. ~ Mattman_the_Storyteller
- Punch! Punch! Punch! Uh Oh...
- Not a standard example, but this scene from Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice - thecnoNSMB
- Punctuated! For! Emphasis!
- Sam Vimes: That! Is!! Not!!! My!!!! Cow!!!!! ~prescience
- "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
- Madness? This! Is! SPARTA! ~Unclouded TJ
- FUCK THAT SHIT! PABST! BLUE! RIBBON! ~ Man Without A Body
- WHERE. IS. MY. WIFE. ~ Pastylover2
- Seconded- Completely Different
- Catherine Tate, in the Doctor Who episode "Partners In Crime", delivering what may be the only ever silent example of this trope. ~ Michael
- DOES.HE.LOOK.LIKE.A BITCH!?!? ~ Chris X
- WHY. CAN'T. I. BE. YOU?! -Physical Stamina
- "YOU! ARE! A! TOOOOOY!". ~ Doctor Rayman
- Punctuated Pounding
- "Help. Your. Fucking. Self." ~ Man Without A Body
- Linkara: WORD! TO! THE! WISE! WEARING! A! HUGE! FREAKING! METAL! CHAMBER! ON! YOUR! HEAD! IS! NOT! VERY! SMART! ~ AProcrastinatingWriter
- "I'VE HAD...JUST...ABOUT...ENOUGH...OF YOU!" ~ Dr Furball
- And the film they were referencing , Star Trek III: The Search for Spock ~digiman619
- Pungeon Master
- Polar Bear ~ schoi30
- Sans. - KingFez
- Colin Mochrie is God's gift to this trope. ~ Tropers/wyattte
- Punny Name
- Everyone in Ace Attorney ~ Shy Tenda, Clae
- And everyone in Carmageddon. ~ S Noble Jr
- Sayonara, Zetsubou-Sensei ~ mrbits
- F. Roy Dean Schlippe. Or possibly Dr. C. Niall DeMencha. Or Violet Tsirblou. - Voodoo Child
- Miles "Tails" Prower. In a series where Super-Speed isn't uncommon. ~ Carls493
- The Green family in ''College Roomies from Hell!!!: Hazel Green, Michael Redford Green, and Blue Violet Green. ~ Me2
- Just about every Pokémon - Werebunny131
- Saul Goodman. It's all good, man. rtw2act.
- Meijin Kawaguchi. Simply AMEIJIN... - CelPrevXXVI
- Almost everyone in Asterix, with the exception of actual historical figures such as Julius Caesar. ~ Doctor Rayman
- Puppeteer Parasite
- Animorphs - Tropers/Janewwwu
- Puppet King
- Vlad III faces so much disrespect from nobles in Vlad Drăculea that it makes you question the definition of monarch. — IúkaSylvie
- Puppet Permutation
- "Smile Time" ~ WilliamShakesman
- Puppy Love
- D.W. Read and James MacDonald, two preschoolers with Ship Tease. "Can I go now? I left my cookies on the radiator." ~ Serene Specter 13
- The Purge
- Puzzle Boss
- Mister Freeze ~ Mattman_the_Storyteller
- Pyrrhic Victory
- Mega Man Zero series, all of them, especially the fourth. ~ DAN004
- One Piece. The Marines sought to get rid of Whitebeard and succeeded... Only to end up with Blackbeard in his place. ~ Metal Shadow X
- The series is ignited by one of these; how much trouble would the Marines have been saved if Roger wasn't publicly executed? ~ King of the Mime Swing
- Michael Corleone ~ babyhenchy1
Q
- Quack Doctor
- Quacking Up
- Mallory Quackenbush. Her self-referential duck jokes are pure gold. ~ Serene Specter 13
- Quad Damage
- The Offering relic allows for four attacks per turn, and is one of the most broken items in the series. ~ Decaf Grub 47393
- Queer Colors
- Quieting the Unquiet Dead
- Norman quelling Agatha Prenderghast's rage and allowing her to pass on to the afterlife. ~ Mattman_the_Storyteller
- Quintessential British Gentleman
- David Niven ~ WilliamShakesman
- John Steed - Genius In The Lamp
- Quirky Mini Boss Squad
R
- Rabid Cop
- Lt. Carter Blake.
- Alonzo Harris.
- Saren.
- Tsurugi Kinjo. ~ NotGonnaDoALot4
- Racing Game
- Mario Kart. ~ Doctor Rayman.
- Seconded. ~ Decaf Grub 47393
- Sonic & All-Stars Racing: Transformed ~ Miin U
- Crash Team Racing and its remake. ~ Tropers/MetalAiAi
- F-Zero ~ logbat99
- Mario Kart. ~ Doctor Rayman.
- Racist Grandma:
- Sirius Black's mother ~ rjd1922
- 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
- Rage Against the Author
- Sluggy Freelance, "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 Real Life events, but still... - VVK
- Duck Amuck. ~ Doctor Rayman
- Re:CREATORS. ~ Leming645
- Rage Against the Heavens
- The Amber Spyglass ~ Devil's Advocate
- Zuko - Werebunny131
- God of War, at least in the Greek Mythology era. ~ Mattman_the_Storyteller
- Rage Against the Mentor
- The White Devil Incident ~ Gamermasterf
- "Old Wounds", an episode of Batman: The Animated Series. ~ Doctor Rayman
- Ragtag Bunch of Misfits
- Rainbow Motif
- The seven different magic spells you can use in the Wonderland Adventures series, which are all represented by a color of the rainbow. ~ Serene Specter 13
- Rain of Arrows
- Throne of Blood - Genius In The Lamp
- Hero (2002) ~ Amuck Cricetine
- Rainbow Pimp Gear
- MapleStory - This last one◊ is why the Cash Shop is there to be used, not abused. - The Albino Primid]
- Raise Him Right This Time
- The Lich after he is turned into the innocent Sweet P. ~ Mattman_the_Storyteller
- Rake Take
- "Cape Feare" ~ WilliamShakesman
- Rambling Old Man Monologue
- "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, Doctor Rayman
- Randomly Generated Level:
- 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. ~ Decaf Grub 47393
- Rapid Aging
- Rapid-Fire Comedy
- Airplane!. That is all. ~ Mike
- TV Series Police Squad! ~ C Trombley
- Robot Chicken. ~ Pikawil
- POWERTHIRST! ~ Man Without A Body
- Any Marx Brothers scene with Chico and Harpo double-teaming with each other. -ZiggyZag
- Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In, the daddy of them all. ~ Marvel Girl
- The Deadpool movie. ~ Monolaf317
- ASDF Movie. Average length of joke: 4 seconds. Average downtime between jokes: nonexistent. ~ Arcane Azmadi
- history of japan and the entire world, i guess ~ logbat99
- Airplane!. That is all. ~ Mike
- Rapid-Fire Fisticuffs
- ORA ORA ORA ORA ORA ORA ORA ORA ORA ORA ORA ORA ORA ORA ORA ORA ORA ORA!!! ~ Genki Man
- Monkey D. Luffy: Gomu Gomu no... Jet!!... GATLING GUN!!!! ~ GoGoRiki
- AAAAAATATATATATATATATATATATATATATATATATATA WAATAAAAAAA!!!!! Omae wa mou shindeiru. ~ Voyd211
- Ichigo's face vs Grimmjow ~ KantonKage
- Ryo Sakazaki's Zanretsuken. ~ Miin U
- Rare Random Drop
- Final Fantasy IV 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. ~ Decaf Grub 47393
- Rasputinian Death
- Luca Blight. ~Cassandra Leo
- Jigoku, courtesy of Yan-Min during the climax of chapter 97. ~ Miin U
- 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
- Ratchet Scrolling
- Rated M for Manly
- Manowar is so manly it hurts. ~Wint
- Duke Nukem ~ Seraphem
- 300 is so manly it ventures into Hard Gay territory at times, even though there is only a hint of homosexuality (deriding Athenians as "boy-lovers"). ~ wanbli
- This ~ Annonymous
- The Man Your Man Could Smell Like ~ Denman
- Contra. ~ xxxEbbxxx, Decaf Grub 47393
- The Word of God for Golden Kamuy (which I translated from 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 Somin Naked Festival. Golden Kamuy equals the Somin Naked Festival." - IúkaSylvie
- Sabaton - Genius In The Lamp
- JoJo's Bizarre Adventure, in particular the third part. ~ Fireside
- Real-Time Strategy
- Command & Conquer 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. ~ Flyboy 254
- Real Robot
- BattleMechs and OmniMechs in general. Specifically? Everyone pick their favourite! (This Troper vouches for the near-indestructible-for-its-size Bushwacker.) ~ S Noble Jr
- Steel Battalion takes the cake-not just because of the huge controller, but the way the 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 Ring of Red. 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. ~ Not JM Keynes
- 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. ~ Miin U
- Really Dead Montage
- CLANNAD, once a person dies, they fire scene after scene so fast it's scary. ~ Psyga315
- Ma-ti - Werebunny131
- Really Gets Around
- Panty. The bitch has slept with over a thousand men. ~ LimeTH
- Love Espada is outright stated to have slept with over 100 girls during a single Himekagura Festivalnote ; including instigating, at least, two lesbian orgies. ~ Miin U
- Mad Moxxi.
- James Bond. ~ Doctor Rayman
- Rearrange the Song
- "Heartful Necromancer (Neko-Romancer)", based off of Orin's 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 Super Mario Bros. Overworld theme to count! ~thecnoNSMB
- "The Reason You Suck" Speech
- Rowan Pope
- Quagmire giving Brian the what-for about...everything in "Jerome is the New Black". ~ Willy Four Eyes
- 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." ~ Man Without A Body
- Sean Maguire telling off Will Hunting in the park in Good Will Hunting:
"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
- Kurotsuchi Mayuri to Szayel-Apporo Granz in Bleach. "AND YOU CALL YOURSELF A MAN OF SCIENCE"?! —ncfan
- No love for Canada's three hour long rant about America? America was huddled in a corner crying! 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 Clerks, calling him out on all the Wangsting he was doing all day. ~ Discontent
- The final case of Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney – Trials and Tribulations. It was so epic that it banished Dahlia's soul to hell! ~ Gamermaster
- Pokémon Sun and Moon: "I am the one who's sick of you, 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! I am alive! Cosmog is alive! We are not things for you to collect! We're not made for you to just discard when you get bored with us! That is terrible, mother! You are terrible!"- Revaryk
- Norman delivers a great one to The Witch at the end of 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. - IúkaSylvie
- Woody to Young Xehanort. "My guess is that no one's ever loved you before. Because you know nothing about hearts and love." ~ Fireside
- The Nostalgia Critic delivers an epic one to Hyper Fangirl in the 2014 Christmas special. ~ Decaf Grub 47393
- Recurring Boss
- Dr. Eggman. What other boss shows up every single level to lay down the hurt? ~Cliché
- Seconded ~ logbat99
- Bowser ~ Saphruikan
- Your rival in pretty much every Pokémon game. - Werebunny131
- Birdo. ~ Doctor Rayman
- Dr. Eggman. What other boss shows up every single level to lay down the hurt? ~Cliché
- Recycled: The Series
- M*A*S*H ~ Amuck Cricetine
- Red Baron
- 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 World War One. ~ Man Without A Body
- Hitokiri Battousai ~ Carla
- The Master Chief, aka. "The Demon", to the Covenant. ~ S Noble Jr
- Char "The Red Comet" Aznable - CelPrevXXVI
- Jack "That Damn Guy Who You Can Stab With Swords All You Like And It Won't Do A Thing, Dammit!" Rakan ~ Servbot
- Redemption Equals Death
- Darth Vader ~ Devil's Advocate
- Seconded. ~ Mattman_the_Storyteller
- Thirded. ~ Decaf Grub 47393
- Darth Vader ~ Devil's Advocate
- Redemption in the Rain
- The Shawshank Redemption ~ Silence, Marvel Girl
- Tom Waits' song "Make It Rain" from Real Gone ~ Man Without A Body
- V for Vendetta ~ Voodoo Child
- "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." ~ S Noble Jr
- Redemption Rejection
- Both Tai Lung and Lord Shen in the Kung Fu Panda franchise. ~ Mattman_the_Storyteller
- Red Eyes, Take Warning
- Red Oni, Blue Oni
- Asuka and Rei. My God. Asuka and Rei. ~ Muffin-Shota, mrbits
- Mugen and Jin ~ Smokie, Carla
- Mello and Near - Benj
- Light and L ~ JasonPaul
- Goku and Vegeta ~ Storm
- Hellboy and Abe ~ Man Without A Body
- Dante and Vergil are about as close to literal as this trope gets. ~ Blank Mage
- Naruto and Sasuke ~ Catiescarlett
- Raphael and Leonardo - Well fitting considering their headband colors. ~ Metal Shadow X, Doctor Rayman
- Anna and Elsa ~ Sanfranman 91
- Yamada and Shiraishi. ~ Hvedekorn
- Ruby and Sapphire ~ Monolaf317
- Red Right Hand
- Red Shirt
- Lieutenant Leslie. He was so good that when he died, he came back to life, ready to die again! Not for nothing is he known as "King of the Redshirts". ~ Brainbin
- Frogurt ~ ZiggyZag
- Red Shirt Army
- Gondor soldiers. They kill two or three orcs onscreen, tops. ~Matt C
- Reformed, but Not Tamed
- Iago ~ Mattman_the_Storyteller
- Refuge in Audacity
- Redundant Rescue
- The climax of Matthew Lewis' play The Castle Spectre ~ Lale
- Refusal of the Call
- Refuse to Rescue the Disliked
- Aquaman letting Orm fall to his death. ~ Mattman_the_Storyteller
- Reincarnation Romance
- Xenogears (Fei and Elly) ~ Jomar
- Link and Zelda, although the romance is admittedly often only implied in many games. ~ Doctor Rayman
- Rejected Apology
- Herb rejecting Bojack's apology ~ Mattman_the_Storyteller
- Relative Error
- Gilbert Markham's in The Tenant of Wildfell Hall - at least, the most violent, most traumatizing, and most harmful example. ~ Lale
- Religion Rant Song
- Religious Bruiser
- Chuck Norris. ~Not JM Keynes
- Jules Winnfield, if only for Ezekiel 25:17. ~ Tropers/BTF_Flotsam
- Remix Comic
- Removing the Crucial Teammate
- What starts the plot of Beast Tamer 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
- Rent-a-Zilla
- Vhagar ~ Iridener
- Repeat After Me
- Repetitive Name
- Replacement Flat Character
- 2014 Thanos to his prime timeline self. ~ Mattman_the_Storyteller
- Reset Button
- Code Lyoko early on, though they stop using it every episode when they realize it makes XANA stronger. — pinkiepi314
- Seconded. ~ Mattman_the_Storyteller
- Star Trek: Voyager ~ WilliamShakesman
- Code Lyoko early on, though they stop using it every episode when they realize it makes XANA stronger. — pinkiepi314
- La Résistance
- The Black Knights. ~ Mapi-chan
- Casablanca ~ Man Without A Body
- The Rebel Alliance ~ Gorank, Doctor Rayman
- The French Resistance in WWII. ~ deeman45
- Dumbledore's Army ~ Carla
- SOX - sfisher923
- Resurrect the Villain:
- The Lion Guard, "The Rise of Scar" ~ Julia1984
- Retraux
- Mega Man 9 ~ Pikawil, Willy Four Eyes, Doctor Rayman
- The Lost Skeleton of Cadavra ~ Man Without A Body
- Final Fantasy IV: The After Years. ~ Arutoa
- Cave Story ~ deeman45
- The Artist ~ HotelCalifornia
- Ret-Gone
- The Evil Entity's fate ~ Mattman_the_Storyteller
- Ash Crimson erases himself from existence. ~ NotGonnaDoALot4
- Retroactive Idiot Ball:
- Luke throwing away his lightsaber and not using it to block Palpatine's Force lightning in Return of the Jedi, even though Attack of the Clones and Revenge of the Sith show that he should have been completely aware of this option via his mentors, and all other Star Wars media shows Force lightning being blockable by lightsabers as common knowledge. ~Kevjro 7
- Star Wars in general due to the sheer amount of examples of this it has. ~ Lady Blackwood
- Returning Big Bad
- Palpatine making his return after his last chronological appearance in canon. ~ Mattman_the_Storyteller
- The Reveal
- I am Jean Valjean! ~ Strange Dwarf
- The Second Dream. Forgive me. This is who you really are. ~ Arcane Azmadi
- Rose Quartz, Steven's mother and founder of the Crystal Gems, is actually the thought-to-be shattered Pink Diamond. ~ Mattman_the_Storyteller
- Reveal Shot
- The end of the first issue of Ex Machina. ~ B.o.B
- Planet of the Apes (1968) ~ Captain Crawdad, Marvel Girl
- "...But why have we been turned into fruits?" ~ Tropers/MetalAiAi
- Revealing Continuity Lapse
- Everyman HYBRID, 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! ~ War Jay 77
- Revenge Before Reason
- Sasuke Uchiha ~ pieguy, Doctor Rayman
- Dan ~ Scrounge
- The Most Popular Girls in School. ~ Monolaf317
- Revenge by Proxy
- Harry Osborn's Moral Event Horizon in The Amazing Spider-Man 2 is murdering Gwen Stacy just to spite Peter for not giving him his blood. ~ Mattman_the_Storyteller
- The Revolution Will Not Be Civilized
- Kaiten Mutenmaru: 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. — IúkaSylvie
- Rewatch Bonus
- Centaurworld: All the revelations of the Grand Finale change everything. ~ SuperYoshiFan02
- Rhymes on a Dime
- Gruntilda ~ Anonymous User, Doctor Rayman
- The Fates ~ Man Without A Body
- "If I spoke prose you'd all find out/I don't know what I talk about!" ~ ZuulMF
- Seconded. ~ Me2
- "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!" ~ Earl of Sandvich
- Richard Nixon, the Used Car Salesman
- Otto Skorzeny, heroic freedom fighter against Hapsburg tyranny and defender of humanity across the Infinite Worlds. ~ Ramidel
- Rich Bitch
- Karin Kanzuki, the mixed martial artist with the miles-wide mansion. ~ Willy Four Eyes
- Celia ~ Killer Clowns
- Dorothy Catalonia, complete with gold-plated limousine ~ Carla
- Eliza Reagan. Putting the BITCH in Rich Bitch ~ Chris X
- Mrs. Deagle ~ Ponylovinggirl 2
- B-ko Daitokuji, the ridiculously wealthy Gadgeteer Genius and don't you forget it. ~ Miin U
- Chloé Bourgeois ~ Lady Blackwood
- Stella - Demon Duckof Doom
- Ridiculously Cute Critter
- Potato from Air ~ Arcane Azmadi
- 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 Pokémon, such as Pikachu. ~ Doctor Rayman
- Grogu ~ Lady Blackwood
- Scritters. ~ Serene Specter 13
- Fat Nuggets - Demon Duckof Doom
- Ridiculously Human Robot
- Bender ~ iansimsjam, Doctor Rayman
- I'm going with Chobits on this one. ~ Zfish9
- It's gotta be Chachamaru. ~ Embracing Shadows
- My vote goes to The Centurian Autons ~ Goldude
- Those damned skinjobs! ~ King of the Mime Swing
- The Thirds are so lifelike that they easily pass as human even under scrutiny, including sexual intercourse and child conception. ~ Miin U
- Riding the Bomb
- Right Hand of Doom
- The Charger ~ BigBoss7556
- Hellboy - Werebunny131, Doctor Rayman
- Rival Final Boss
- Pokémon Red and Blue ~ Beer Baron
- Seconded. ~ Mattman_the_Storyteller
- Pokémon Red and Blue ~ Beer Baron
- Road Movie
- Easy Rider ~ WilliamShakesman
- Roaring Rampage of Revenge
- The Count of Monte Cristo / Gankutsuou ~ Arcane Azmadi
- "Lament for a Toy Factory" ~ Jonny B
- The Crow. The movie is a good one, but the comic is ... holy ... wow. ~ Ledge
- Sasuke Uchiha. Revenge Before Reason personified. XyloGirl
- Naruto himself. Episode 167 of Shippuden. Let's just say that the title character unleashed a massive can of whoop-ass. ~Wint
- Shion Sonozaki in Watanagashi-hen and Meakashi-hen. A one year delayed reaction, but HOLY IT!! ~ Zfish9
- Asura out classifies EVERYONE in this section, and for a good reason. ~ Demongodofchaos2, XJTordecai
- Ezio Auditore da Firenze, dude starts his vengeance and when he finds out it was all caused by an incredibly powerful faction that takes part in an incredibly ancient conspiracy; KEEPS GOING. ~ DeisTheAlcano
- Scar from Fullmetal Alchemist. - IúkaSylvie
- Robbing the Mob Bank
- The Dark Knight ~ WilliamShakesman
- Robot Girl
- Curly Brace ~ deeman45
- Aigis, alternatively Kos-Mos. ~ Sorata Z
- Nano Shinonome . ~ HotelCalifornia
- XJ9/Jenny Wakeman. ~ XJTordecai
- R. Dorothy Wainwright. ~ Miin U
- Robot Me
- Metal Sonic to Sonic the Hedgehog ~ Mattman_the_Storyteller
- There's also been a Mecha Sonic in the Classic era, hasn't there? ~ logbat99
- Metal Sonic to Sonic the Hedgehog ~ Mattman_the_Storyteller
- Robotic Psychopath
- Omega from Mega Man Zero. What's worse than being programmed to only kill? ~ DAN004
- Brainiac. ~ Doctor Rayman
- Rocket Punch
- Shin Mazinger ~ Impacto
- Sentinel in Marvel vs. Capcom 2 ~ Pikawil
- LUGNUT WILL DESTROY THESE FOOLISH OTHER EXAMPLES FOR THE GLORY OF MEGATRON! ~Latte
- Mega Man. ~ Doctor Rayman
- Android 16 ~ Mattman_the_Storyteller
- Rocket-Tag Gameplay
- Shin Megami Tensei IV. No defense stat for you! ~ Luca Earlgrey
- Hotline Miami ~ logbat99
- Rock Me, Asmodeus!
- "Sympathy For the Devil" - The Rolling Stones ~ Twin Bird
- Rock Monster
- Lythos, the Rock Titan ~ Mattman_the_Storyteller
- Rock Opera
- The Wall - Pink Floyd ~ Bjorn Stravinsky
- Tommy, by The Who - ZuulMF
- Rock-Star Song
- Johnny B. Goode ~ Twin Bird
- "Hey, Mr. DJ., I Thought You Said We Had a Deal" ~ Man Without A Body
- Jukebox Hero- Foreigner ~ orphu
- Rockumentary
- This is Spın̈al Tap ~ WilliamShakesman
- Rogue Drone
- Key in The Unlikely Ally. ~ Mattman_the_Storyteller
- Rogue Juror
- Juror #8 ~ WilliamShakesman
- Rogue Protagonist
- Alex Mercer ~ Death Note Fan
- Rogues Gallery
- Batman's, which includes The Joker, The Penguin, Poison Ivy, etc. ~ Doctor Rayman
- Spider-Man's ~ WilliamShakesman
- Rogues' Gallery Transplant
- The Kingpin, who was introduced as a Spider-Man villain and eventually became Daredevil's Arch-Enemy. ~ Doctor Rayman
- Role-Ending Misdemeanor
- Michael Richards vs. the heckler. A massive career-derailing screw-up if there ever was one. ~ Willy Four Eyes
- Romantic Fusion
- The Marriage ~ NotGonnaDoALot4
- Romanticized Abuse:
- Fifty Shades of Grey. It claims to be about the B&D lifestyle; it's actually just pure rape fantasy. It's like the author saw The Twilight Saga's disturbingly abusive Edward/Bella relationship and said "challenge accepted" (literally, since 50 Shades is repurposed and published Twilight fanfic). ~ Arcane Azmadi
- Roof Hopping
- Beyond Good & Evil. The rooftop chase scene is probably one of the most cinematic experiences available in that console generation. -Technogeek
- Batman Begins - ZiggyZag, Dracosummoner
- Rookie Red Ranger
- Cole Evans ~ maxreid
- Roommate Com
- Peep Show ~ Amuck Cricetine
- Rouge Angles of Satin
- My Immortal. All of it. ~ Santos L. Halper, Man Without A Body
- Niles Crane. Hung [meant to be "Jung"] specialist. Servicing individuals, couples, groups. Satisfaction guaranteed. Tell me where it hurts. - ZiggyZag
- Rousing Speech
- "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
- "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
- "Once more unto the breach, dear friends, once more!" — Astfgl
- "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!" *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!" ~ Camroc G
- "Fire is catching! And if we burn, you burn with us!" ~ AgentKyles
- "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
- "Today we are canceling the Apocalypse!" ~ Saberwulf 2018
- "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!" ~ William Shakesman
- "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! ~ Arcane Azmadi
- Rousseau Was Right
- ARIA. It's not even white and gray, it's white and white. ~ onyhow
- The Dark Knight ~ Man Without A Body, sinesofinsanity
- Fred Rogers ~ Hareoic
- Royals Who Actually Do Something
- Every member of the main party from Final Fantasy V. ~deeman45
- The Fire Emblem series. ~ Doctor Rayman
- Princess Leia ~ Lady Blackwood
- RPG Episode
- "Make Love, Not Warcraft" ~ Amuck Cricetine
- R-Rated Opening
- Rubber-Band A.I.
- tsstevens: Try building a winning streak in the WWE Games. Even on easy with each win the band will stretch to the point where it will show why this is the pinnacle of The Computer Is a Cheating Bastard, 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.
- Rubber Man
- Monkey D. Luffy ~ Sopsponge
- Seconded ~ Mattman_the_Storyteller
- Plastic Man. ~ Doctor Rayman
- Monkey D. Luffy ~ Sopsponge
- Rube Goldberg Device
- Jojo's instrument in Horton Hears a Who! (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
- Ghost Trick. Practically every puzzle in the game is Rube Goldberg Device + ghosts possessing things. ~ The Bagel
- Rule of Cool
- Black Lagoon ~ Lolucy, mrbits
- Devil May Cry has to be the Triumphant Example for video games. ~ Insanity Prelude
- Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann! Who the hell do you think we are?! ~ Fermatprime, neobowman
- Seconded ~ Mattman_the_Storyteller
- Ninja Blade. If it is cool, he not only CAN do it, he WILL, for no other reason than to LOOK AWESOME! - Black Dragon
- Dr. McNinja ~Lyanna
- Breakfast of the Gods ~ Man Without A Body
- Fireborn. The Tabletop RPG of reincarnated dragons kung fu fighting the forces of darkness in near-future London. ~ szaleniec1000
- Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children ~ VVK
- Seconded. Two words: Flying. Motorcycles. ~ Carla
- Warhammer 40,000, Rule of Cool is physics. ~ Counter Blitzkrieg
- Grenadier, every time Rushuna pulls out her revolver. ~ Marvel Girl
- Wanted, bullets go in circles because you can pretend that you never learnt they didn't. Not even really a Hand Wave. ~ Ninjat_126
- Pacific Rim- Gzillafan 77
- Rule of Fun
- Nintendo in general. ~ Zetta Toad
- Sonic the Hedgehog (well, the Genesis games and Sonic Unleashed, anyway.) ~Komodin
- Team Fortress 2 ~Belle-Mage
- Rule of Funny
- 8-Bit Theater. ~ Mapi-chan
- Who Framed Roger Rabbit. Allow Roger to spell it out for all y'all. ~ Willy Four Eyes
- YouTube Poop. ~ Ericho
- Looney Tunes. ~ Doctor Rayman
- Doctor Namba immediately sensing when someone gets 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
- Rule of Three
- The Legend of Zelda 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 Triforce. ~ Progeny Ex Machina
- The motorcycle gag in Duck Soup ~ Amuck Cricetine
- Rules Lawyer
- Rummage Sale Reject
- Luso, from Final Fantasy Tactics A2. Just look at him!◊ ~ Sapphire Blue
- Seconded. ~ The Bagel
- Luso, from Final Fantasy Tactics A2. Just look at him!◊ ~ Sapphire Blue
- The Runner-Up Takes It All
- The X Factor: Matt Cardle being overshadowed by Rebecca Ferguson, Cher Lloyd, and especially One Direction. ~ LaptopGuy
- Running Gag
- Channel Awesome (the abundance of them). ~ Artman 40
- Of COURSE! ~ ZiggyZag
- Snuff Box. "Fuck you!" ~ Man Without A Body
- Lucky Star has quite a few. ~ Blank Mage
- How I Met Your Mother 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!" ~ Voodoo Child
- "We were on. A BREAK!" ~ Carla
- Phineas and Ferb pretty much lives off these. ~ CompletelyDifferent
- Seconded
- Wheezy Waiter, a video blog series on YouTube, has SO many of these it's insane ~ TOmegaSandvich
- "Why is every example on this page a f***ing NINJA?!" - Werebunny131
- Channel Awesome (the abundance of them). ~ Artman 40
- Russian Reversal
- [[Theatre/Richard II "I wasted time, and now doth time waste me."]] ~ Lady Blackwood
- Russian Roulette
- The Deer Hunter ~ WilliamShakesman
- Running Gagged
- "We Could Make a Reli- NO DON'T!" Is not only a great sendoff to the best running gag in history of the entire world, i guess, but also an allusion to two attempts to make a new national religion of France which ended disastrously. [Northstar Pokeshipper]