This is simply what you think is the (not some of the, the) best example of any objective trope (so no YMMV or Trivia as they are not tropes proper and the former is already subjective) The "Crowning Example" if you will.
There could be several reasons you think an example is the best.
- You think it's the best in terms of illustrating the trope.
- You think it's the most well done.
- It's your favorite play in that trope.
- You just really like the source material.
Oh, several things before you list examples:
- Each troper gets one example per trope, no more.
- Don't go "no, this is," or phrases like that. This is about our own personal favorites.
- Sign your entries.
Please list tropes alphabetically.
- Ugly Guy, Hot Wife
- Ray Ramano and Patricia Heaton. ~ Mistermister
- Fast Times at Ridgemont High. Chem teacher Mr. Vargas: Vincent Schiavelli. Mrs. Vargas? Lana Clarkson!! ~ Marvel Girl
- Present time Charles zi Britannia and Marianne vi Britannia. ~ Nirao 01
- Mick and Collette Foley ~ Jason Paul
- Roger and Jessica Rabbit. ~ King Clark
- Kimura and his Waifu ~ KantonKage
- Izumi Curtis, compared to her huge, bulky husband, Steig. ~ Miin U
- The Ugly Guy's Hot Daughter
- Queen Brahne and her daughter Garnet. Not exactly. ~ Mistermister
- Charles zi Britannia and Cornelia, Euphemia, Nunnally among others. Sure he was good looking, but that was a long time ago.. ~ Nirao 01
- Nemu Kurotsuchi is said to be a clone of her father/creator Mayuri. But you'd never know it by looking at her, 'cuz she's gorgeous with a smokin' hot bod, while he's hunched over and creepy looking. ~ Miin U
- Unbroken Vigil
- Doctor Who Series 5. Rory Williams. Two thousand years guarding the Pandorica and his girlfriend Amy, never sleeping, always conscious. ~ Hyatt
- Uncanny Valley
- G-Man ~ Ultimaneo
- Seconded ~Mysterious Stranger
- G-Man ~ Ultimaneo
- Uncanny Valley Girl
- Ryoko Asakura
- Seconded ~ Zfish9
- Thirded, so very much ~ Embracing Shadows
- Ryoko Asakura
- Uncanny Village
- Uncle Tomfoolery
- Uncomfortable Elevator Moment
- Borat's elevator scene. ~Mike, mrbits
- "I remembered the girl. We'd had a problem with her in the elevator. My attorney had made a fool of himself." ~ SG_Man_Forever.
- "Looks uncomfortable." "It gets kinda itchy... and it rides up the crotch a little bit, too." ~ foxmccloud4387
- Hitman: Absolution ~ Five-seveN-25
- Undefeatable Little Village
- Asterix's little village. ~Contraire
- The Ewoks ~ King Cr Inu Yasha
- Underboobs
- Makoto Nanaya ~ Jason Paul
- Harribel and Nell ~ KantonKage
- The undersides of Seong-Mina's breasts are seen in her official art and her in-game character model for SC III. ~ Miin U
- Ryuko Matoi ~ Reyn Time 250
- Underestimating Badassery
- Big Jake (although I heard he was dead) ~Michael
- The Bartender in most versions of Stack O' Lee/Stagger Lee who "don't give a damn" who Stag is.
- Underwater Kiss
- Percy & Annabeth in The Last Olympian. ~ chasemaddigan
- Undignified Death
- Hierophant's death by being reduced to bone and dust as a result of entering house-shaped Jake uninvited. ~ Mattman_the_Storyteller
- The cowardly lawyer getting eaten while on the toilet certainly counts. ~ Decaf Grub 47393
- Undying Loyalty
- Jeremiah Gottwald. ~ NotJMKeynes, Unclouded TJ
- Samwise Gamgee ~ Knave
- Rainbow Dash. She's the bearer of the Element of Loyalty for a reason. ~ Sacred Sturgeon
- Missile. He's so dedicated to his mistresses death doesn't stop him, and he even pulls a brillant Batman Gambit by going The Slow Path to save them! ~ Ace Noctali
- Seconded. ~ Leilukin
- Raphtalia to Naofumi. Not only does she refuse to believe the false rumors that Naofumi sexually assaulted one of his party members, but she rejects freedom for his sake and is willing to be his slave if it's the only way to earn his trust. ~ Mattman_the_Storyteller
- Brandon 'Beyond the Grave' Heat. ~ The_Biologist
- Unequal Rites
- Un Evil Laugh
- Unexplained Recovery
- Pete Hutter. "That's the thing about your Chinese death stars...an hour later, you're alive again." ~ Jesska
- Commander Shepard during Mass Effect 2. S/He's called out on this a lot. ~ Clevercover
- Allen O'Neal, especially after game #2 ~ TARINunit9
- "Son, don't go up that mountain! You'll die up there like I did!" ~ Five-seveN-25
- The Happy Tree Friends. They get killed by just about every Cruel and Unusual Death imaginable, yet turn up no worse for wear in the following episode. Theories on how this is possible persist to this day. ~ Metal Ai Ai
- The Un-Favourite
- In the early days of this wiki, this trope would most certainly have been named for Jan Brady. ~Willy Four Eyes
- "Forget it, Donnie. You're out of your element." ~ Man Without A Body
- MEG GRIFFIN. It's pretty much her only actual character trait. ~Danny V El Acme
- Faramir. ~ Arruruerie
- Zuko. ~ Contraire
- This is an awesome example, because you could say this about both him and Azula. Seconded. ~ Embracing Shadows
- Fredo Corleone ~ IzanagiZio
- Connor Rooney ~ Man Without A Body
- Fate Testarossa ~ spacemonkey37
- Crookedstar from Warrior Cats. After an accident that resulted in a permanently broken jaw and nearly killed him, his mother does her best to prove to Stormkit that his brother is better, the least of which is renaming him Crookedkit. ~ Dawnwing
- Harry Osborn from The Spectacular Spider-Man. He's the unfavorite even though he's an only child, his best friend has to be the favorite. ~ 2heartgirl
- Kevin McCallister ~ Monolaf317
- Helga Pataki ~ thecarolinabull01
- Unfazed Everyman
- Kyon ~ DalesKaine
- As much as I want to say it's the Trope Namer... Kyon has Arthur Dent beat. ~ Zfish9
- Kyon ~ DalesKaine
- The Unfettered
- Rorschach ~Zeppelin
- Alejandro/Medellin. He fits every single trait to a T in his Roaring Rampage of Revenge, particularly the one about how his code is simply winning; working with the US government to stop the cartel that killed his wife and daughter within the system is fine by him, but so is wanton murder, including children. ~ Wicked Icon
- Yellow Diamond. ~ Monolaf317
- Eren Yeager, especially Post Time Skip and when his goal to exterminate life outside of Paradis Island is revealed. ~ Mattman_the_Storyteller
- Kyril Sutherland is my favourite instance of a subversion rather than a straight example. He projects the image of "I'm willing to do anything to win the war" and everything thinks this is true, except that one peek at his inner P.O.V. reveals that he's in fact Willfully Weak. ~ El Rise
- The Unfought:
- Alex from Golden Sun, for dodging confrontation for three whole games (One of which was an unplanned sequel!) despite being the Big Bad and very much capable of fighting. ~ Excelion
- Miranda Jahana. After the all the shit she puts Satomi through, you'd think she'd get the chance to settle up with her. Instead, she and Yuka only get to blow up the machine that contains Miranda's spirit. ~ Miin U
- Ron. Six games, and we still never got to get back at him. Though if he does become a boss, we better watch out. ~ Five-seveN-25
- Shadow & Chaos from Sonic Forces. You'd think you'd be able to fight them considering all the hype generated from the trailers. - MetalAiAi
- Unfortunate Names
- Ungrateful Bastard:
- The ending to "Zuko Alone". ~ Loekman 3
- Lotso at the end of Toy Story 3. ~ Five-seveN-25
- Unholy Matrimony:
- The Unintelligible
- Delirious, Hallowicked, Frightmare. - KJTropes
- Donald Duck — WilliamShakesman
- Schnitzel, who only says "Radda", yet is perfectly understood by the characters In-Universe. ~ Mattman_the_Storyteller
- Unkempt Beauty
- I'm gonna say it now and you can't stop me: Taylor Swift. ~ Spinosegnosaurus77
- Satomi Yajima is an unruly haired tomboy with a naturally athletic figure and a mole on her left cheek. ~ Miin U
- As my friend told me, Yo-Landi. ~ Five-seveN-25
- Unlucky Everydude
- Paging Keiichi Morisato...Keiichi Morisato... please report to the white courtesy phone. ~ Willy Four Eyes
- While Keiichi gets the hot goddess, poor Jean Havoc ends up paralyzed from the waist down. Doesn't get more unlucky than that. ~ Carla
- Furuichi - Humble_user
- Unmoving Plaid: Gankutsuou ~ Dawnwing
- Unperson:
- Chris Benoit ~ WilliamShakesman
- Unpleasant Parent Reveal
- Unreliable Narrator
- Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance ~Ialdabaoth
- 300. ~Trombone Child
- The Usual Suspects ~ Cunny
- Hero (2002) ~Pastafarian
- Kyon. ~Mapi-chan, Zfish9
- And the Ass Saw the Angel's Euchrid Eucrow, maybe? ~ Man Without A Body
- Beatrice maybe? ~ Clevomon
- Rashomon. -Ziggy Zag
- Eugenides. ~ Calatoria
- Animal Farm ~ Five-seveN-25
- Unrequited Love Switcheroo=
- Unresolved Sexual Tension
- Mulder and Scully. Dear god. - katyhalo, XFllo
- Richard Castle and Kate Becket. ~ Unclouded TJ
- Olivia Benson and Elliot Stabler, so much. ~jadefox
- The UST between Faith and her crush, Tiffany, who's straight. At least, she was, until she could no longer deny being attracted to Faith, but the comic ended by leaving their relationship status up in the air. ~ Miin U
- Unscrupulous Hero
- Unseen No More
- Eddy's Brother. After a decade of infrequent mentions and implications as to what kind of person he is, he finally appears in the climax of The Movie, being the series' only character outside of its twelve regulars to properly do so and—in his brief screentime—singlehandedly recontexualizing Eddy's idolization of his brother and subsequent behavior throughout the series. ~ JC100
- Unsettling Gender-Reveal
- The most triumphant troper example goes to Trouser Wearing Barbarian. ~ Cliché
- Kappei Hiiragi. Fun to imagine Sunohara in denial. ~ Mapi-chan, neobowman
- Naruto and Haku ~ LE Xicon 712
- seconded. DRoy is still in denial.
- Thirded. ~ Mattman_the_Storyteller
- Johnny's reaction to the one and only Bridget himself. "I can't believe I just tried to seduce another man..." ~ Willy Four Eyes
- Seconded. ~ Ray Ayanami
- M. Butterfly: Why is it that in Chinese opera, female roles are traditionally played by a man? Because only a man knows how a women is "supposed" to behave. ~ Man Without A Body
- The Crying Game. ~ Marvel Girl
- Raita Ooishi ~ Nirao 01
- Seikon No Qwaser's Edgar ~ KantonKage
- Unskilled, but Strong
- Kaguya ÅŒtsutsuki. Powerful being, terrible fighter. ~ Mattman_the_Storyteller
- Unsound Effect
- Homestuck. - Anonymous User
- Cuanta Vida and "Ignore". - Xeroop
- Skullkickers ~ Wyvern 76
- Digger and "Sounds of distant ethereal chanting! (there is no feasible onomatopoeia for this)" - Yuihime
- Team Fortress 2, especially the web comic series. NECK FIX ~ Five-seveN-25
- Unstoppable Rage
- Do not fuck with Cuchulain. ~ Man Without A Body
- The Incredible Hulk ~ sinesofinsanity
- If Ryoma Nagare is angry, prepare for heads, robots, monsters, demons, gods, planets, dimensions and laws of physics to be broken. SEVERELY. ~ Danny V El Acme, V Phantom
- Takamura pulling this trope on Bryan Hawk was by far the greatest use of the trope I have ever seen. ~ Smokie
- Dragon Ball Z: Goku's first Super Saiyan transformation after Krillin got killed by Frieza. Holy shit. ~ King Clark
- Asura blows everyone on this section out of the water when it comes to this trope. EVERY SINGLE ONE. He has so much rage there's no way to kill him. He only comes back angrier each time. ~ Demon God Of Chaos 2, matteste
- Seconded. ~ Mattman_the_Storyteller
- THAT! IS! NOT! MY! COW! ~ spacemonkey37
- Subaru ~ Gamermaster
- Takeru became so angry over Himegami's heroic sacrifice, that he took it out on Gouken Yamato by beating him to death. Despite Leo's attempts to reason with Takeru, while trying to pull him away from Gouken's corpse. ~ Miin U
- Unstoppable Mailman
- The Peregrine Mendicant. ~ Emerald141
- The Courier. ~ Five-seveN-25
- Unsympathetic Comedy Protagonist
- Basil Fawlty ~ Man Without A Body, Ziggy Zag
- Seconded. Basil strikes the absolutely perfect balance between a man constantly being screwed over by the universe, and him bringing enough of it on himself by being a petty little Jerkass so as to not make you feel sorry for him. ~ Arcane Azmadi
- Grace Adler -Max 1099
- Al Bundy. ~ Willy Four Eyes
- All five main characters in It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia. They are perhaps the most greedy, self-centered characters to ever appear on television. And you will laugh all the way. ~Jack 5
- Adolf Hitler in Heil Honey I'm Home!. ~ Tokuiten
- Larry David ~ Caiaphasthesympathist
- Alan Partridge ~ La_Ninje, Azorius 24
- Kenny Fuckin' Powers ~ Xander Crews
- Eric Cartman ~ Discontent
- Mackenzie Zales ~ Monolaf317
- Edina Monsoon and Patsy Stone ~ Cailleach
- Beavis and Butt-Head ~ Another Online Persona
- Basil Fawlty ~ Man Without A Body, Ziggy Zag
- Untrusting Community
- Remind me to never, ever visit Ivoire. ~ Willy Four Eyes
- Unusual Dysphemism
- Dave Strider. Full stop. ~ Exploding Frogs
- Unusual Ears
- Unwinnable by Design
- The Game. You just lost it. ~ Counter Blitzkrieg
- Unwitting Pawn
- Raziel. ~ Flash Cutter
- N ~ Animenutcase, Zeni The Wonder
- Good ol' Serge. ~ thenameisbean
- Any waitress who enters the V.G. Tournament. They think they're competing for the prize money and real estate, not knowing what the tournament sponsors really have in mind for the grand champion. ~ Miin U
- Unwitting Instigator of Doom:
- Bran Stark
- Brainstorm. In the process of trying to stop him from going back in time and seemingly killing Megatron, his crewmates inadvertently trigger a Stable Time Loop, the most damning consequence of which was tipping off the Senate to Shockwave's activities. Shockwave then gets captured by the Senate and is brainwashed and mutilated into becoming the emotionless scientist he became known for. Then, after a while, Shockwave gets sent back in time and becomes Onyx Prime, in the process shaping much of Cybertronian history in the form of ontological paradoxes (there is a good reason why "Everything is Shockwave's fault" became a meme). None of this might have happened had Brainstorm not decided to go back in time. That was not very simpatico of you, Brainstorm. ~ Fireside
- Uplifted Animal
- The whole point of Rise of the Planet of the Apes. ~ Mattman_the_Storyteller
- Uptight Loves Wild
- Casey and Derek from Life with Derek, and Justin and Alex, from Wizards of Waverly Place - the former because of Unfortunate Implications, and the latter because of a Most Triumphant Example of a Relationship Writing Fumble.
- Urban Fantasy
- Hellblazer
- The Dresden Files ~ Xavon
- Eerie Cuties ~ Miin U
- Angel ~ WilliamShakesman
- Ur-Example
- Gilgamesh. That guy is epic. ~ Man Without A Body
- The Great Train Robbery for films. ~ HotelCalifornia
- Used Future
- Revelation Space ~ atrasicarius
- Used to Be a Sweet Kid
- - Gin Ichimaru.
- Yuno Gasai. YES THAT ONE!!! ~ KantonKage
- Miles Edgeworth. ~ Monolaf317
- Utopia Justifies the Means
- Doctor Steel ~ Jonny B
- The Operative. ~ hujwernoo
Mal: I don't kill children.
The Operative: I do. If I have to. - Utsuge
- Narcissu. Just barely counts for the "ge" part of "utsuge," but BOY HOWDY does the "utsu" more than make up for it. ~ FourthDerivative
- Anything made by Key/Visual Arts, CLANNAD in particular. ~ Malkyrian
- Seconded ~ Mattman_the_Storyteller
- Mother 3 - Kinesthesia, Zeni The Wonder
- Kana: Little Sister ~ ledge
- The Pokémon Mystery Dungeon series. ~ Monolaf317