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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- Yamato Nadeshiko
- Belldandy. Who else? ~DRoy
- Seconded, albeit reluctantly. ~ colBoh
- Millicent Hattersley of The Tenant of Wildfell Hall ~ Lale
- Aoi Sakuraba ~ ledge
- Seconded. ~ Xander Jacatipon
- Kasumi Tendo. ~ rockmanx
- Belldandy. Who else? ~DRoy
- Yandere
- Yuno Gasai. - Dion Shmion
- Seconded heartily. ~Nabi
- Thirded. Jesus christ. ~Smokie
- Fourthed. OH SHI- ~ Willy Four Eyes
- Fifth. The absolute lack of Yuno/Yukki doujinshi is disappointing. ~Ray Ayanami
- Sixth. She is the Yandere of Yanderes. ~Anon
- Seventh: She is the God of Yanderes. ~ Prime Yandere Heika
- Eight. You just can't say it enough. - Nyarly
- Ninthed. Never enough votes.Never. Enough.(Not that thats a bad thing) ~ Zloke
- Tenthed, with extreme prejudice. ~ Shadow Stained Sky
- Eleventhed. She is indeed the Goddess of Yandere. Speaking of eleven, the amount of votes for Yuno is ridiculous. It's not even funny. ~ Atmos Blitzer
- Twelfied. This girl is unstoppable when it comes to her Mad Love. ~ Catt
- Thirteenthed. Seriously. ...Uhoh. ~ Todbot 1
- Fourteenthed. Alright, I think we've got this one wrapped up. ~ Alloflifedecays
- Fifteenthed. She is indeed the most triumphant example of most triumphant example. ~ gumbal1
- Sixteenthed. Nothing more needs to be said. ~ Marlee Cross
- Seventeenthed. She is this horrifying. ~ Amberkitty 8
- Eighteenthed. The amount of votes for her should tell you something. ~ bananafaerie
- Ninteenthed. Jesus H. that girl is nuts. ~ Kentucky Troper 1990
- Twentiethed. And I predict the list will only grow. ~ Aethix
- Twenty-firsted, and I'm just gonna go ahead and say 'infinitied'. ~Wragnaroq R. Maggeddon
- Twenty-seconded. I've only read a bit, and gosh. This girl has some issues. ~ CrimsonKnight
- Twenty-thirded, hands down, no complains. Kamui K
- Twenty-fourthed, does this even need explanation? ~ almond14
- Twenty-fifthed. Is this enough yet? ~ ledge
- Twenty-sixed. Just because I can. Sorata Z
- Twenty-seventhed. ~ Ncfan
- Twenty-eighthed. My vote used to be Kotonoha, but now that I've seen some of what Yuno's done...note ~ Zfish9
- Twenty-ninthed. Because seriously. ~Ev Carey
- Thirtieth. ~Xander Jacatipon
- Thirty-firsted. ~Diamond Ninja 914
- Thirty-seconded. I mean, she's even noted as the most notable example of this trope on Wikipedia! Link here. ~sanfranman91
- Thirty-thirded. It's impossible to (s)top her. ~Kaizerreich
- Thirty-fourthed. Jesus Christ, I am expecting this to go past 50. ~EDF Hemlock
- Thirty-fifthed. No explanation necessary. And yes, this will go on even past fifty... ~@CelPrevXXVI
- Thirty-sixthed. ~D Roy
- Thirty-seventhed. ~ thatcrazykid768
- Thirty-eighthed. ~ Mattman_the_Storyteller
- Kaede Fuyou. ~Mapi-chan, neobowman
- Shion. Freakin'. Sonozaki.
- Isn't that Audition movie supposed to do this trope well? Whatever. I'm going to go with The Curse of Millhaven. ~Man Without A Body
- Alex Forrest of Fatal Attraction. You'll never look at a pressure cooker the same way again. ~Red Zeppelin
- It looks like Rune from Karakuridouji Ultimo might become the Most Triumphant Example in time. He has a douji! ~chihuahua0
- Anakin Skywalker, anyone? ~wanbli
- Creed Diskenth is a great male example ~mrbits
- Cecilia Van Peck, although I admittedly haven't seen Future Diary ~Twin Bird.
- Haguro. Dou. If you thought Yuno Gasai was insane, she's nothing in comparison to this guy. ~Demongodofchaos
- Seconded. Also a good candidate for evil Most Triumphant Example. ~Random Bored Guy
- Annie Wilkes ~King Cr Inu Yasha, rickdakirb
- Thirded by ~Boxen
- Mitsuki Akasaka (the psychotic Split Personality, that is) from the Yarudora game Double Cast. ~Ace Noctali
- Adorjan. ~spacemonkey37
- Ayano Aishi from Yandere Simulator -Bobg, Dghcrh
- Bai Jin/Commander Faceless from Karakuri Circus. Why is he not as famous as Yuno? - IúkaSylvie
- Monika from Doki Doki Literature Club! hacks the damn game just to make the player hers. Just Monika indeed.
- I'm questioning the lack of School Days 2 Potential Yanderes and some gruesome endings Including the Nice Boat from the anime ~sfisher923
- Yuno Gasai. - Dion Shmion
- Yank the Dog's Chain
- Penny Polendina becoming human, only to end her life when she's fatally wounded by Cinder to prevent her from getting the Winter Maiden's power. Talk about cruel and unfair. ~ Mattman_the_Storyteller
- Year Inside, Hour Outside
- Yet Another Christmas Carol
- "Blackadder's Christmas Carol" ~ Amuck Cricetine
- You Are Better Than You Think You Are
- All-Star Superman provides the page image for a very good reason ~Cassandra Leo
- "300 years and I'm the first Viking who wouldn't kill a dragon!" "First to ride one, though." ~Kirayoshi
- You Are Not Alone
- Rock 'n' Roll Suicide. "Oh, no, love, you're not alone!" ~ Twin Bird
- Doctor Who ~ Werebunny 131
- The ending of Puella Magi Madoka Magica. ~ spacemonkey37
- Seconded. "Always, somewhere, someone is fighting for you." ~ foxmccloud4387
- Third. The series is used as the quote on the page itself! "As long as you remember her, you are not alone." ~ 2heartgirl
- TV Tropes. Just read the first entry of the Real Life section for this one ~ sinesofinsanity
- The Trope Namer: Final Fantasy IX ~ Camroc G
- Katawa Shoujo ~ Monolaf317
- The Straw Hats declaring war on the World Government for Robin's sake in One Piece ~ Gamermaster
- You Are Too Late
- Watchmen. "I did it thirty-five minutes ago." ~Chevalier Malfait, Man Without A Body, Ziggy Zag, Argo the Blank
- Master of Magic intro. "You have come too late. My work has already met its end." ~T Beholder
- You Are Who You Eat
- You Bastard!
- John Cleese. Doesn't matter which role; anytime he says the word "bastard" he delivers it better than any other human being ever has. ~ ZuulMF
- Christine Baranski screeching "Bastaaaaaaaaaaard!" at the top of her lungs in the middle of a carpark at Eddie Murphy in Bowfinger - Ravenya003
- "Oh my God, they killed Kenny!" - Werebunny 131
- Do you feel like a Hero yet? - Infection
- Seconded. The whole game is such a punch to the guts. ~ Dominicmgm
- You Called Me "X"; It Must Be Serious
- "Indiana? Indiana. Let it go" ~ [Amuck Cricetine
- Seconded. ~ Decaf Grub 47393
- "Indiana? Indiana. Let it go" ~ [Amuck Cricetine
- You Can't Thwart Stage One
- Kefka's destruction of the World is something that other villains have as their ultimate goal, and yet Kefka succeeds where most fail. ~ Decaf Grub 47393
- You Didn't Ask
- Kyubey -mysterykcad
- You Have Failed Me
- Darth Vader's fingers of doom. ~ Will Draco
- Kreia: "You have failed me. Completely and utterly." ~ Leilukin
- Blofeld: "This organization does not tolerate failure." ~ Saberwulf 2018
- Dr. Facilier's fate when he's unable to pay back his debt to his Friends on the Other Side. ~ Mattman_the_Storyteller
- You Have Outlived Your Usefulness
- StarCraft II. Put simply, the Voice/Hungerer/whatever destroys all life in the universe in this way. ~Real Slim Shadowen
- Napoleon's Moral Event Horizon. ~ Monolaf317
- You Keep Using That Word
- In Real Life: Socialism. ~ King Clark
- How about "liberal"? ~~~~
- The term "ad hominem". Find me one single instance of anybody ever using this term correctly, instead of just as a synonym for "insult" or "personal attack", and you'll deserve a medal for it. ~ ZuulMF
- Inconceivable! ~ hujwernoo
- "Machismo", in any Spanish-speaking country it means being sexist to women, basically a coloquial way of saying "misoginy". Unless you are speaking English, in wich case it takes on a new meaning of "being manly" completely missing the point the word in the first place. DeisTheAlcano
- Egregious. It's known as Tropers' favourite word, for crying out loud. ~Blue 050645 TL
- In Real Life: Socialism. ~ King Clark
- You Know the One
- You Meddling Kids
- The Scooby gang and the Mystery Machine ~ sinesofinsanity
- Seconded. ~ Mattman_the_Storyteller
- The Scooby gang and the Mystery Machine ~ sinesofinsanity
- Younger Than They Look
- Franziska von Karma looks like she's in her early-to-mid-twenties. She's actually eighteen. ~ Monolaf317
- You're Insane!:
- Your Head A-Splode
- Scanners ~ Jon The Semi Great, Man Without A Body, Kerrah
- The parody of this in Yu-Gi-Oh! The Abridged Series.
- Hellsing in its entirety. ~ Ozimul
- Kazunoto Gouda in Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex: 2nd GIG ~prescience
- "I have head explody!" ~Nightmare Kitty
- The Leader from Bionic Commando Rearmed. ~Ray Ayanami
- Seconded. Funny enough, this is actually the only reason why this game is rated M for Mature. ~ Saberwulf 2018
- Scar ~ Carla
- Seconded. ~ Zfish9
- Fist of the North Star ~ Jason Paul
- Diclonii in general, Lucy in particular ~ Embracing Shadows
- The lusciously-animated exploding-head scene at the beginning of Ghost in the Shell. ~~~~
- Your Mom
- Meet the Spy; it's poignantly effective because it's also one of the few instances where the quip's deliverer has photographic evidence to backup the line! ~Pikawil, prescience, Jackpot, V Phantom, cosmictoast, Alloflifedecays, Dark, Paranoid Drone, syafati
- Chinatown. "Your wife got a little excited. She closed her legs too fast." ~ Man Without A Body
- The Dirty Dozens skits from the last season of In Living Color!. ~ Willy Four Eyes, redhed311
- YOUR MOTHER SUCKS COCKS IN HELL!!! ~ Unknown Troper, King Clark
- Your mother was a hamster, and your father smelt of elderberries! ~ Chris X
- The ''Yo Mammapocalypse''!! ~ sinesofinsanity
- Seconded. No other insult here is cruel enough to make a person die of dehydration...from crying. Telling it half way leaves them only crying for a week. ~ Waffletree
- "If your mom's vagina were a video game, it'd be rated E for Everyone!" ~ Saberwulf 2018
- Your Princess Is in Another Castle!
- Jade Empire: You rescue your mentor after three acts. Then he kills you to complete his twenty-year Evil Plan. ~ Plactus
- Your Terrorists Are Our Freedom Fighters
- V. He's called both within the same film! ~ sinesofinsanity
- The Stormcloaks. ~ foxmccloud4387
- You Shall Not Pass!
- Gandalf natch. ~ sinesofinsanity
- Seconded. ~ Mattman_the_Storyteller
- Gandalf natch. ~ sinesofinsanity
- You Wouldn't Believe Me If I Told You
- The Butterfly Effect. Not because it's the most unbelievable story, but because after he tells it she responds with "You're right, I don't believe you." ~ sinesofinsanity
- You Would Do the Same for Me
- Suburban Knights. "Well now I would've!" ~ sinesofinsanity
- "Yes, but I'm a better person than you are." ~ Arcane Azmadi
Z
- Zany Scheme
- The Simpsons' lives consist of nothing but zany schemes ~ sinesofinsanity
- Zeerust
- The Jetsons ~ Nlpnt
- Fallout ~ thenameisbean, rickdakirb
- Zerg Rush
- Leningen versus the Ants ~Killer Clowns
- And the movie version of it, The Naked Jungle starring Charlton Heston. Oh my God. ~ Marvel Girl
- Pikmin - The Hero Hartmut, rickdakirb
- StarCraft. How this wasn't here before (too obvious?) is beyond me. ~Latro, Man Without A Body
- Four pool to be specific. ~neobowman
- The Vord. And it is terrifying. ~ Absusm
- Seconded, oh so much. What makes it so terrifying is that they use the Zerg Rush intelligently. ~ hujwernoo
- Leningen versus the Ants ~Killer Clowns
- Zero-Effort Boss
- Spec Ops: The Line: The final battle was one click. And it was not at all anti-climatic. ~ Trogdor
- Mettaton NEO ~ rjd1922
- The Electrocutioner, possibly the most hilarious example of this trope. ~ Mattman_the_Storyteller
- Metal Man dies in one hit to his own Metal Blade. ~ Decaf Grub 47393
- 0% Approval Rating
- Scar: even the hyenas don't really like him ~ sinesofinsanity
- Seconded, especially since the Pride Lands seem to hate Scar as king. ~ Mattman_the_Storyteller
- Stannis Baratheon. Prior to saving the Night's Watch from the Wildling army, his only true support was Melisandre, Davos Seaworth, and...well, that's about, like, it. But what's the harm in trying anyway, eh? ~ King of the Mime Swing
- Fucking Rachel Tice! ~ Monolaf317
- Scar: even the hyenas don't really like him ~ sinesofinsanity
- Zombie Apocalypse
- Left 4 Dead ~Wint
- Night of the Living Dead (1968) ~ Decaf Grub 47393
- Dawn of the Dead (1978) ~ Man Without A Body, Ziggy Zag
- Zombieland ~ Arutoa
- World War Z ~ The Wanderer
- Highschool of the Dead ~ KantonKage
- The Walking Dead ~rickdakirb
- The Attack of the Dead Men at Osowiec Fortress one of the closest Real Life examples -sfisher923
- Zonk
- In Grand Poo World 3, the bonus game actually softlocks the game, forcing you to redo the level you just beat. ~ Decaf Grub 47393