History TriumphantExample / U

** [[Series/{{Castle}} Richard Castle and Kate Becket]]. ~ @/UncloudedTJ

** [[LightNovel/HaruhiSuzumiya Ryoko Asakura]]

** [[LightNovel/TheRisingOfTheShieldHero 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

** [[LightNovel/HaruhiSuzumiya Kyon]] ~ [=DalesKaine=]
*** As much as I want to say it's the TropeNamer... [[LightNovel/HaruhiSuzumiya Kyon]] has [[Franchise/TheHitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy Arthur Dent beat.]] ~ @/{{Zfish9}}

** [[LightNovel/HaruhiSuzumiya Kyon]]. ~@/{{Mapi-chan}}, @/{{Zfish9}}

This is simply what you think is the (not some of the, '''''the''''') best example of any trope (an objective trope, not subjective, since this already is subjective). The "Crowning Example" if you will.

* UglyCute
** A lot of {{Literature/Redwall}}'s vermin {{Mook}}s.
*** Specifically, that little group of wanderers in ''Loamhedge''. Awwww. ~@/{{Gecko}}.
** Baby Metroids. Specifically the tiny little things in ''VideoGame/MetroidPrime2''. D'awww, who's a cute widdle death machine? Ohhh, is you! Oh yes it is! Just wookit da biddy wittle tentacles. Awwww! ~Sparky Lurkdragon, @/WillyFourEyes
** [[Film/TheElephantMan Mr. Merrick]] is intensely lovable ~ @/ManWithoutABody
** The villainess from Arthur Machen's ''The Great God Pan''. -Ziggy Zag
** [[Film/MenInBlack "Congratulations, Reg, it's a... squid."]] ~@/{{Carla}}
** Jizo, Mayuri's Zanpakuto from Manga/{{Bleach}}. - @/ToaNovu
** [[WesternAnimation/TheHunchbackOfNotreDameDisney Quasimodo]], Disney edition. God, he's [[http://img.listal.com/image/1609023/500full.jpg adorable.]]
** [[Franchise/DespicableMe The Minions.]] That is all. ~ @/{{Zfish9}}
** Pugs. -DarthNANAME
** [[Literature/HarryPotter Dobby.]] ~ thatcrazykid768

* {{Ukefication}}
** [[WesternAnimation/SouthPark Kyle Broflovski]]. Dear God. If canon Kyle ever came face to face with slash fic Kyle, his reaction would be priceless. ~redhed311

* UnCanceled
** ''Franchise/PowerRangers'', for having been officially set to be canceled a record setting '''five''' times, and yet still being on the air. ~ Seraphem, wswordsmen
** ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'' ~redhed311
** ''VideoGame/DukeNukemForever'' ~ ACW
** ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'' ~@/DevilsAdvocate
** ''Series/DoctorWho''. Spent sixteen years ([[Recap/DoctorWhoTVMTheTVMovie TV movie]] nonwithstanding) "[[BlackmailIsSuchAnUglyWord on hiatus]]" before the uncancelling happened. ~@/{{Wackd}}''
** ''WesternAnimation/TotallySpies'' ~ @/{{Monolaf317}}
** ''Series/TwinPeaks'' ~@Silverbalde 2

* UnacceptableTargets
** [[NeverSpeakIllOfTheDead The deceased in general]] ~ Gundamforce

* UnexpectedCharacter:
** Hey, everyone, there's going to be a ''fourth'' ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros'' game! And the newest character is...''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lBoL1Ic9uWw the trainer from]] VideoGame/WiiFit''?!?! ~ @/SgtFrog1
*** From that same game, everyone screamed their heads off when [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII Cloud Strife]] was revealed to be playable, with the same going for VideoGame/{{Bayonetta}}. And then up to eleven in ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBrosUltimate'', where [[TheBusCameBack EVERY character is brought back]], including the three mentioned above, [[Franchise/MetalGear Solid Snake]], [[JokeCharacter Pichu]], and [[MovesetClone Young Link]]. That's not even the end of it; [[Franchise/{{Metroid}} Ridley]] and [[VideoGame/DonkeyKongCountry King K. Rool]], two of the most requested fighters for ''Smash'' were revealed as newcomers. And it goes without saying that [[Franchise/SuperMario Piranha Plant]] was never expected in a million years to be in ''Smash'', and yet here he is as a free bonus for purchasing the [[DownloadableContent Fighter's Pass]]. And speaking of the Fighter's Pass, [[{{Pun}} no one ever saw it coming]] that [[VideoGame/Persona5 Joker]] would be a DLC fighter, let alone the first one revealed. - Tropers/TimeLordVictorious.
** ''VideoGame/SNKVsCapcomSVCChaos''. Let's see; [[VideoGame/MetalSlug Mars]] [[{{Mook}} People]], [[VideoGame/MegaManZero Zero]], and [[Anime/StreetFighterIITheAnimatedMovie Violent Ken]]. Also, the [[BonusBoss bonus bosses]] are... [[VideoGame/{{Athena}} Goddess Athena]] and [[VideoGame/GhostsNGoblins Red Arremer]]? ~ Five-seveN-25
** [[TabletopGame/WarhammerFantasy Grand Cathay]] as a starting race in ''VideoGame/TotalWarWarhammerIII'', arguably the biggest example in ''Warhammer'' history. If someone were to say that Creative Assembly would eventually add Grand Cathay, a faction that was confined to the background for the entirety of the tabletop game's lifespan, to the trilogy all the way back at the first game's announcement in 2015, that person would have been laughed out of the room. Five years later, and look what just got confirmed in TheStinger for the announcement trailer of the third and final game. No one expected Games Workshop to give Creative Assembly the freedom to adapt this faction, and it just goes to show how far the success of the trilogy has gotten it. ~ Fireside

* UnfinishedEpisode
** "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS17E6Shada Shada]]" ~ [=WilliamShakesman=]
* UnfortunateImplications
** ''TabletopGame/{{FATAL}}''. All of it. -getmemygun
** Early Franchise/DisneyAnimatedCanon. ~ sardns
** ''Film/TheBirthOfANation1915''. One of the best films ever made seen purely from a detached, filmic angle; and one of the worst when viewed purely from a human, moral, emotional angle. Can any work in any medium beat that little dichotomy? -Ziggy Zag
*** Seconded. ''Seriously'', the techniques used in this film have influenced filmmaking possibly more than any other film every made. Film schools around the world studied this movie until their projectors broke down, and cinematography as we know it today owes itself to ''Birth of a Nation''. The film itself is disgustingly racist. It portrays slavery as great thing that made everyone happy, the newly freed black people as violent, unintelligent sexual predators, and frames the ''Ku Klux Klan'' as the heroes riding in to save the day. ~ @/{{Cailleach}}
** The relationship between Sasuke and Sakura in ''Manga/{{Naruto}}''. To give non-readers an idea, some people compare it to the relationship between Bella and Edward in ''Literature/{{Twilight}}''. I certainly found it worse. ~ [=JusticeEqualsVengeance=]

** [[UsefulNotes/BarackObama Barack Hussein Obama]]. '''Man''' he hit the nail on the head when he said the line about having been named by his father and by someone who never thought he'd be President. ~ @/{{Nlpnt}}

* UnintentionalPeriodPiece
** ''Film/FastTimesAtRidgemontHigh'' ~ @/{{Nlpnt}}
** ''Film/TheSecretOfMySuccess'' was released back in the 80s, at a time where phone booths and landlines were still in use. ~ MiinU
** ''Series/MiamiVice'' is a time capsule of TheEighties in the best possible way ~ [=Amuck Cricetine=]
* UnintentionallyUnsympathetic:
** [[VideoGame/TheLastOfUsPartII Abby]]. ~ Loekman3

* TheUntwist
** The [[SarcasmMode incredibly shocking]] reveal of the Fourth Hokage being [[Manga/{{Naruto}} Naruto's]] father. ~ sardns
** [[spoiler: ''VideoGame/{{Catherine}}'' is a succubus.]] ~ @/{{Monolaf317}}

** [[WesternAnimation/DespicableMe The Minions.]] That is all. ~ @/{{Zfish9}}

** [[Anime/FullmetalAlchemist Izumi Curtis]], compared to her [[HugeGuyTinyGirl huge, bulky]] husband, Steig. ~ MiinU

*** From that same game, everyone screamed their heads off when [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII Cloud Strife]] was revealed to be playable, with the same going for VideoGame/{{Bayonetta}}. And then UpToEleven in ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBrosUltimate'', where [[TheBusCameBack EVERY character is brought back]], including the three mentioned above, [[Franchise/MetalGear Solid Snake]], [[JokeCharacter Pichu]], and [[MovesetClone Young Link]]. That's not even the end of it; [[Franchise/{{Metroid}} Ridley]] and [[VideoGame/DonkeyKongCountry King K. Rool]], two of the most requested fighters for ''Smash'' were revealed as newcomers. And it goes without saying that [[Franchise/SuperMario Piranha Plant]] was never expected in a million years to be in ''Smash'', and yet here he is as a free bonus for purchasing the [[DownloadableContent Fighter's Pass]]. And speaking of the Fighter's Pass, [[{{Pun}} no one ever saw it coming]] that [[VideoGame/Persona5 Joker]] would be a DLC fighter, let alone the first one revealed. - Tropers/TimeLordVictorious.

** [[VideoGame/AsurasWrath Asura]] blows everyone on this section out of the water when it comes to this trope. '''[[UpToEleven EVERY]]''' '''[[UpToEleven SINGLE]]''' '''[[UpToEleven ONE]]'''. He has so much rage there's no way to kill him. He only comes back angrier each time. ~ @/DemonGodOfChaos2, matteste

** ComicBook/IncredibleHulk ~ sinesofinsanity

** [[Anime/VariableGeo Satomi Yajima]] is an unruly haired tomboy with a naturally athletic figure and [[BeautyMark a mole]] on her left cheek. ~ MiinU