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.
- Face Death with Dignity
- Bishop Octavian. "I wish I could've known you better." "I think, sir, you know me at my best." *CRACK*
- Seconded. ~ Ncfan
- "No, thank you. We are dressed in our best and are prepared to go down as gentlemen... but we would like a brandy! ~ sardns
- Emperor Titus Mede II. - foxmccloud4387
- The main characters from Toy Story 3 before they ended up being saved at the last minute by the Squeeze Toy Aliens. ~ Doctor Rayman, Five-seveN-25
- Lord Shen ~ Mattman_the_Storyteller
- Bishop Octavian. "I wish I could've known you better." "I think, sir, you know me at my best." *CRACK*
- Face Fault
- The two times in the live-action Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney movie where the entire courtroom face faults. - rjd1922
- The many instances of this trope happening in Pokémon: The Series. ~ Doctor Rayman
- Face–Heel Revolving Door
- The Big Show.
- Dusknoir - Werebunny131
- Seconded.
- Magneto. ~ Doctor Rayman
- Face–Heel Turn
- Anakin Skywalker ~ Lionheart0, Doctor Rayman
- Kalas ~ deeman45, mrbits
- Dr. Horrible ~ Man Without A Body
- Griffith ~ Humble_user
- Sasuke Uchiha ~ sardns
- Satan ~ Smokey Lettuce
- Homura Akemi. The Pantheon pages don't call her turn "The Great Upheaval" for nothing. ~ sanfranman91
- Scion. Easily one of the most destructive examples. ~ Meta Buu
- Hulk Hogan. "The first thing you gotta do, Mean Gene, is tell these people to SHUT UP, if wanna hear what I gotta say!" ~ KingFez
- Yu-Gi-Oh! ZEXAL: Ryoga "Shark" Kamishiro becoming Nasch. It felt so natural, unlike a certain OTHER example of this trope. ~ Tropers/227someguy
- The Faceless
- V ~ Amuck Cricetine
- Faceless Eye
- Face of a Thug
- Benedict XVI.~ Tambov333
- Kitano ~ Mattman_the_Storyteller
- Face Stealer
- Koh the Face Stealer ~ Mattman_the_Storyteller
- Facial Composite Failure
- Sanji's first wanted poster. ~ Mattman_the_Storyteller
- Facial Horror
- Harvey Dent as Two-Face ~ Mattman_the_Storyteller
- Failed a Spot Check
- General Stanley, in "Sighing Softly to the River" (the first song of the finale) ~ DoctorWorm
- The Order of the Stick numerous times. Ninja goblins in plain sight that an entire party misses, huge gates that the Monster in the Darkness can't see, and many more. ~ Zfish9
- The elderly NPC in Golden Sun: Dark Dawn who spilled his tea. ~ Yuihime
- "... Geth do not intentionally infiltrate." ~spacemonkey37
- Facepalm of Doom
- Scar - Vaeshi 3
- Superman vs. Darkseid. It even gets referenced in Superman's Super Move in Injustice 2. ~ Fireside
- "Facing the Bullets" One-Liner
- "Rot in hell, Max." ~ 2xN, sinesofinsanity
- "Bang." ~ g3m1n1
- The One Piece exists!!!!! ~ RainRequiem
- Do you believe in destiny? ~ iPhoenix26
- Failure Hero
- CHARLIE FRIGGING BROWN!! GAAH!! ~ Dracosummoner
- Chirin ~ DeepC
- Captain Martin Walker makes the other examples look like saviors. ~ Five-seveN-25
- Failure Is the Only Option
- Gilligan's Island. They never got off the island in the entire series, and it took a Grand Finale movie to finally finish the plot. ~ Two Gun Angel
- Agent Texas. It's literally in her nature as an AI. ~ foxmccloud4387
- STOP THAT PIGEON!! ~ Monolaf317
- Pinky and the Brain. Taking Over The World is one goal they'll never be able to achieve. At least permanently. ~ Doctor Rayman
- Spec Ops: The Line. The only way to win is not to play. ~ Five-seveN-25
- Same with Far Cry 5. ~ Aj Wargo
- Failure Knight
- Locke. ~ deeman45
- Seconded. ~ Decaf Grub 47393
- Don Quixote ~ Man Without A Body
- Fakir. ~ Ev Carey
- Locke. ~ deeman45
- Fairy Tale Motifs
- All members of the Blood Team ~ Mattman_the_Storyteller
- Faith–Heel Turn
- Salieri ~ Silence, Man Without A Body, ZiggyZag
- Fake Band
- Spinal Tap ~ Amuck Cricitene
- Fake Ultimate Hero
- Ciaphas Cain, HERO OF THE IMPERIUM ~ Gadeel
- Mr. Satan/Hercule. It takes either the most charismatic man and/or the most gullible universe to convince everyoe that you defeated Beerus. Don't underestimate him, though. ~ Five-seveN-25
- Faking the Dead
- Rurouni Kenshin - ShotgunNinja
- Bleach: Aizen Freakin Sousuke ~neobowman, Carla, D Roy
- Romeo and Juliet ~ Man Without A Body, redhed311
- Fallen Hero
- Griffith - Seaside Messenger
- Anakin Skywalker - ~ Lionheart0
- Satan ~ DAN004, TheWildwest666, Redhed311
- William aka The Man in Black - sanfranman91
- Consul N ~ Reyn Time 250
- Falling Chandelier of Doom
- The Phantom of the Opera ~ Lale
- You have to see it in the theater. It's something else. ~ Insanity Prelude
- The Emperor's New Groove ~ Julep, Doctor Rayman
- You Have to Burn the Rope ~ Zetta Toad
- The Phantom of the Opera ~ Lale
- Falsely Reformed Villain
- Emperor Gestahl pretended that the war was over, but then used the Returners to lure the Espers into a trap that results in the Espers being reduced to Magicite. ~ Decaf Grub 47393
- False Prophet
- Darth Baras lying about being the Voice of The Emperor so that he can become the Supreme Authority of The Empire. ~Kevjro 7
- False Rape Accusation
- Myne falsely accusing Naofumi of attempting to rape her. ~ Mattman_the_Storyteller
- Family-Unfriendly Death
- The Legend of Korra - Tarrlok and Noatak/Amon ~ atrasicarius
- I am going with the Earth Queen´s death by airbending out the air of her lungs.~ DeisTheAlcano
- The Legend of Korra - Tarrlok and Noatak/Amon ~ atrasicarius
- Family-Values Villain
- Fan Disservice
- Five little words: "It doesn't even fit you!" ~ Monolaf317
- "Alright, that's enough, Fat Bastard. As much as I like seeing Powers in agony (and I do), the thought of you naked is just gross". ~ Five-seveN-25
- Fan Remake
- Black Mesa. An enormous recreation of Half-Life, made with no sponsorship, funding or commercial backup whatsoever. It only took as long as the owner of the original franchise takes on average to release a new game, and it's widely acclaimed as the best Video Game Remake ever done, fan-made or not. And it's free.~ REV 6 Pilot
- Fantasy Kitchen Sink
- Negima! Magister Negi Magi: Magic, Kung Fu, Ninja, Demons (and half demons), Dragons, vampires, Humongous Mecha, Samurai, Time Travel, Anti-Magic, Art Initiates Life, Telepathy, Snipers, Magitek...we could go on for hours. - Japanese Teeth
- I'd like to add that Setsuna is a half demon ki powered swordsman lesbian schoolgirl bodyguard with telekinetic knives and wears a maid outfit and cat ears at one point. Not That There's Anything Wrong with That. ~ Blank Mage
- Touhou Project: The land of Gensokyo, where if people believe it doesn't exist anymore here, it does there. - Sonic GTR
- Pick any book in The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel. For a start, there's Roman, Celtic, Nordic and Egyptian mythology, vampires, werewolves (and other were-clans), dragons, alchemy... You name it, it's probably there. ~ Icefyre Storm
- Trick 'r Treat, which pulls it all together better than any other example I've seen. ~ Man Without A Body
- King's Quest ~ ZiggyZag
- DC Comics ~ mrbits
- The Land of Ooo ~ Nlpnt
- Martin Morning. The title character's quirk leads to him coming face-to-face with many kinds of fantastical things. ~ @Serene Specter 13
- Negima! Magister Negi Magi: Magic, Kung Fu, Ninja, Demons (and half demons), Dragons, vampires, Humongous Mecha, Samurai, Time Travel, Anti-Magic, Art Initiates Life, Telepathy, Snipers, Magitek...we could go on for hours. - Japanese Teeth
- Farm Boy
- Luke Skywalker ~ WilliamShakesman
- Harthon ~ @Serene Specter 13
- Superman. ~ Triple J
- The Farmer and the Viper
- Lotso abandoning Andy's toys to the incinerator despite Woody and Buzz going out their way to save his life. ~ Mattman_the_Storyteller
- Fatal Family Photo
- Fat Bastard
- Eric Cartman. ~iansimsjam
- Um, Fat Bastard? ~ Ego-Man 25, Doctor Rayman
- Peter Griffin ~ Happy Man
- Porky Minch. ~ Five-seveN-25
- Dr. Ivo "Eggman" Robotnik. Not only because he's fat, not only because he's a jerk, not only because Sonic the Hedgehog is such an easily recognizable franchise, but because this guy will gleefully eat up nature, tradition and liberty, spitting out a mad robotic empire to feed not just his gut, but his big honking ego. ~ @Blurry Dawgo
- Fat Slob
- Fate Worse than Death
- The Dementor's Kiss. Any objections? ~Adele Potter
- The Wicker Man. The original, of course. ~ Man Without A Body
- Corruption. ~ Crossover-Enthusiast
- Pleasure Island transforming boys into donkeys has got to be up there. ~ Decaf Grub 47393
- Father Neptune
- Captain Sam Quint ~ Amuck Cricetine
- A Father to His Men
- Sergeant Kal Skirata in (Darth) Karen Traviss' Republic Commando books. Many of the character frequently refer to him as Buir: Mando'a for "mother/father/parent." ~ Tricky Pacifist
- Cmdr. (later Admiral) Bill Adama. If adult adoption were legal, everyone would be an Adama. ~ Voodoo Child
- Zachary Foxx - show this trope to a Galaxy Rangers fan and watch them start snickering. He's the most blatant about it to the youngest two Rangers (Niko and Shane) who don't have parents. ~ Allronix
- Sgt. Jackrum of Monstrous Regiment, even he's really a mother to his women ~ Marvel Girl
- Paragon Shepard. ~ Insanity Prelude
- Captain America. ~ Doctor Rayman
- Adar. All he wants is to create a home for his children ~ Gebeleizis
- Faux Action Girl
- Akane. This supposedly trained martial artist gets kidnapped and defeated an obscene number of times. ~ Ohio9
- Most all of the female cast in Naruto. ~ New Kid On The Block, TheWildwest666, Happy Man
- Seconded. I mean, come on. ~Ego-Man 25
- Kate. ~ Me2
- The film version of Annabeth. - Werebunny131
- Anna Velarious, who literally cannot achieve anything on her own. - Thespian 101
- Eva Marie. Brought into WWE solely based on her looks and despite constant chances, never became a proper wrestler ~ thecarolinabull01
- Faux Affably Evil
- Xykon ~ Froody 42
- Ladd Russo. ~ Excelion
- Alex DeLarge ~ King Cr Inu Yasha
- Frieza ~ Piando
- Hazama. He's so effective that many people mistake him for being a genuine example of Affably Evil. ~ Five-seveN-25
- Chester V. ~ Mattman_the_Storyteller
- Striker - Demon Duckof Doom
- Feathered Fiend
- Feeling Oppressed by Their Existence
- Shredder dedicating everything to ruining Hamato Yoshi, hating the man with his entire being to the point he will let the Earth be destroyed if it means he can kill him. ~ Mattman_the_Storyteller
- Female Flatfoot and Snarky Guy
- Judy Hopps and Nicke Wilde ~ Mattman_the_Storyteller
- The Fettered
- Morpheus ~ Zeppelin, Man Without A Body
- Samuel Vimes ~ Killer Clowns, prescience, Phoenix Fire, Marvel Girl, Gfrequency
- Atusparia, especially in legend. ~ Vasha
- Feud Episode:
- 6teen's "Fish and Make Up." Such brilliant, excellent writing. ~ Monolaf317
- Fictional Sport
- Quidditch ~ Amuck Cricetine
- Field of Blades
- Archer's Unlimited Blade Works ~ Bcdeidarauno1
- There's a good reason it's pictured on the Field of Blades page. ~ Zfish9
- Archer's Unlimited Blade Works ~ Bcdeidarauno1
- Fiendish Fraternity
- Tau Omega, aka "The Rape Factory" ~ NotGonnaDoALot4
- Fiery Redhead
- Asuka Langley Soryuu/Shikinami ~troper18Lgreen
- Misty. ~ Doctor Rayman
- Shayla Shayla is the Fire Priestess of Mt. Moldune, with the hair color, temperament, and firepower to match. ~ Miin U
- Arus. - IúkaSylvie
- Fighting for a Homeland
- And by fighting for a home, the Orcs mean creating freaking the mother of all evil places in any media, Mordor. ~ Impaler
- Fighting from the Inside
- Terra while possessed by Xehanort's heart ~ Mattman_the_Storyteller
- Fighting Game
- Street Fighter ~ Doctor Rayman
- Naruto: Ultimate Ninja Storm series. ~ Mattman_the_Storyteller
- Mortal Kombat — WilliamShakesman
- Fighting Your Friend
- X vs. Zero ~ Ironcommando
- Sora vs. Riku ~ Insanity Prelude
- Evil Cole against Zeke bonus points for not making the scene enjoyable at all. ~ DeisTheAlcano
- Roxas vs. Xion ~ Mattman_the_Storyteller
- A Way Out. ~ Five-seveN-25
- Fighting Spirit
- The Stands ~ Mattman_the_Storyteller
- Filler
- The Naruto anime ~ Toa Novu, Happy Man
- The Bleach anime ~ New Kid On The Block
- Seconded. Before I even began watching, I had to search to see how many filler episodes there were. A third of it is filler. ~Ego-Man 25
- The Dragon Ball Z anime. That's why Dragon Ball Z Kai exists. ~ chihuahua0 Piando
- The Pokemon anime. ~ Slicer 37, Doctor Rayman
- The D.Gray-Man anime. Over half of the first 50 episodes are filler. ~ stevobread
- Inuyasha. Even the manga is filler. ~ Gamermaster
- Yu-Gi-Oh!, if only because it introduces more cards and archetypes. ~ Mattman_the_Storyteller
- Filler Villain
- Noah and Gozabura Kaiba, The Big Five, Doma, and Zigfried von Schroeder ~ Mattman_the_Storyteller
- Film the Hand
- Bart Simpson in "Bart the Murderer". ~ Mike Arrow
- Final Battle
- The entirety of the final chase sequence in Mad Max: Fury Road. Easily the most intense action scene I've seen in a movie in 2015. ~ xxbiasonxxx
- The Avengers vs. Loki and the Chitauri. ~ Doctor Rayman
- Hugo Martinez's raid on Rambo's ranch. ~ Saberwulf 2018
- AVENGERS! ...'''assemble'''.. ~ Mattman_the_Storyteller
- Final Girl
- Laurie Strode ~ WilliamShakesman
- Final Speech
- Eternal Sonata, when Claves dies... I mean, it only takes about ten minutes before she finally kicks it. ~ Eriyu
- Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots can one-up that: Big Boss gives a twenty minute long speech after being infected with a virus that's supposed to kill with a heart attack instantly.
- Sniper Wolf wins the Final Speech prize for delivering said speech immediately after specifically telling you she was shot in the lung. ~ Jesska
- The Wicker Man ~ Man Without A Body
- Lordgenome tops both of the above MGS examples by delivering a warning speech with a 1-foot wide hole in his chest. ~ RainRequiem
- Finale Title Drop
- Because he's the hero Gotham deserves, but not the one it needs right now. So, we'll hunt him, because he can take it. Because he's not our hero. He's a silent guardian. A watchful protector. A Dark Knight. ~ thecnoNSMB, Doctor Rayman
- Find the Cure!
- Once Upon a Forest ~ Mattman_the_Storyteller
- Finger Framing
- Jade Harley manages to make this a Moment of Awesome. ~ Gorank, Insanity Prelude
- Finger Gun
- POW! HAHA! ~ Kazzy, Earl of Sandvich
- Cowboy Bebop ~ Carla
- Ocelot during the "Guns of the Patriots" sequence. "Bang!" ~ Sg_man_forever
- L. Bang, you're dead. ~ GenericSpider
- Yusuke. It's a literal, finger gun. ~ King Cr Inu Yasha
- Seconded. ~Ego-Man 25
- Thirded. ~ Mattman_the_Storyteller
- Finger-Tenting
- Fingore
- Beavis cutting his index finger off in "Woodshop" because he just felt like touching the saw. ~ Monolaf317
- Trager cutting off Miles's fingers ~ Mattman_the_Storyteller
- Fire-Forged Friends
- Firehouse Dalmatian
- Fire/Ice Duo
- Kantonian and Alolan Vulpix-Ninetails evolution family respectively. ~ Mattman_the_Storyteller
- Fire, Ice, Lightning (in that order)
- Firing One-Handed
- Booker DeWitt. Gatling guns are too big for most people to carry. Ride on a skyline and Booker can fire it one-handed! ~Trogdor
- First Friend
- Sonia Strumm to Geo Stelar ~ Mattman_the_Storyteller
- First Girl Wins
- INVADERS of the ROKUJYOUMA!?. The winning girl is literally the first girl in the universe. ~@Steel Blaidd
- First-Person Smartass
- The indirect Trope Namer, Vlad Taltos, is tied with Kyon. ~ Phoenix Fire
- "My name is Michael Westen. I used to be a spy, until . . ." ~ Voodoo Child
- Phoenix Wright. ~ Arutoa
- From the same series, Miles Edgeworth ~ Mrbits
- It's called Complete World Knowledge for a reason. ~ Man Without A Body
- Many have imitated Philip Marlowe but they all sound imitative. ~ Vasha
- MMA Fighters ~ Nirao 01
- Bartimaeus, so much so that he has to continue it in footnotes. ~ Ev Carey
- "You're the entertainer" He said in the same way someone would say "You're a motherless piece of scum and you raped my dog" "Felix Castor" I agreed, completely deadpan "I roll the blues away" ~ Metalbane
- Seeing as the first one listed here is a tie, this one will be for Kyon only. ~ Zfish9
- Percy. - Werebunny131
- "Are you always a smartass?" "No. Sometimes I'm asleep." ~ hujwernoo
- Seconded so hard. He's been know to mouth of to Physical Gods.
- Holden Caulfield - Link To The Future
- Five-Man Band
- Science Ninja Team Gatchaman (Voltron came later.) ~ Dark Sasami
- The SOS Brigade. ~ Mapi-chan
- The Avengers - some things happened before TV. ~ Mc Caber
- Super Sentai ~ Nirao 01
- Saint Seiya ~ Carla
- Sector V ~ Latia
- Tales of Phantasia. Cless, Chester, Arche, Klarth, Mint, and Suzu! ~ New Kid On The Block
- '96 Chicago Bulls. ~ Julep
- Soul Eater. Okay, there's about nine of them, but still... ~ chibihana
- The Aquabats! as of The Aquabats! Super Show! ~ Mk97
- Five-Second Foreshadowing
- Five-Token Band
- Flanderization
- Many of the characters from Touhou Project, especially Tenshi and Flandre. There's a reason I've nicknamed the trope "Flandreization." ~ Goomba 99
- Remember when Mai Shiranui barley cared about Andy? Probably not. A'N'DYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY! ~ Five-seveN-25
- The Simpsons — WilliamShakesman
- SpongeBob's Audience-Alienating Era ~ MetalAiAi
- Flash Step
- "Project Retribution", tribute to the Shock Series ~ Ninja857142
- Flat Character
- Michael Myers — I believe this to be an example of Tropes Are Tools, in that this trope actually helps to make Michael more divorced from humanity as a way to amplify his characterization as a terrifying force of evil and appear more incomprehensible and ghoulish from the view of others. While this trope tends to be negative according to most, I think Michael is a positive example, hence why I state him to be a triumphant example. ~ Crimson Shark
- Flat Joy
- "And there was much rejoicing." "Yay." ~ Cyber Tiger 88
- Portal: "Wheeeeeeeeeeeeeee" ~ ElectricBoogaloo
- "Jafar, Jafar, he's our man. If he can't do it, GREAT!!!" ~ Doctor Rayman
- Flat "What"
- This scene from The Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack. ~ Mattman_the_Storyteller
- Flaying Alive
- I told you I was ripped. ~ Mattman_the_Storyteller
- The Black Cat has a memorable such death. ~ Decaf Grub 47393
- Flight of Romance
- Aladdin and Jasmine's magic carpet ride. "A whole new woooooorld..." ~ Doctor Rayman
- Seconded ~ Mattman_the_Storyteller
- Superman: The Movie ~ WilliamShakesman
- Aladdin and Jasmine's magic carpet ride. "A whole new woooooorld..." ~ Doctor Rayman
- Floating Continent
- Final Fantasy VI is the Trope Namer for a very good reason. ~ Decaf Grub 47393
- Floating Limbs
- Flock of Wolves
- Monstrous Regiment ~ GenericSpider
- The Man Who Was Thursday ~ Progeny Ex Machina
- Flowery Insults
- Karkat is the master of them. ~Pink Hanabi
- Shakespeare did it first. ~ Insanity Prelude
- The Most Popular Girls in School ~ Monolaf317
- The Curse of Monkey Island ~ Five-seveN-25
- Fluffy the Terrible:
- Baby from Dragon Ball Gt ~ rjd1922
- Flunky Boss
- Most of the bosses in the Batman: Arkham Series, but some of the most notable include Bane (both in Asylum and Origins), Poison Ivy, Ra's al Ghul, Mister Freeze, and the Arkham Knight and Killer Croc. ~ Mattman_the_Storyteller
- Food Fight
- Food Porn
- When The Moon Fell In Love With The Sun - almost half the damn story is spent on lavish descriptions of excessively luxurious food! ~ Arcane Azmadi
- Oh really? Well how about Toriko? ~ Ego-Man 25
- Black fucking Butler. ~ Monolaf317
- Umm... Food Network? ~ MetalAiAi
- Food Wars! ~ randomperson123
- Delicious Party♡Pretty Cure
- Football Fight Song
- "Fight Fiercely, Harvard" by Tom Lehrer ~ Amuck Cricetine
- Force Feeding
- The Human Centipede. No one would dare make a more extreme version. ~ Ericho TOME
- Forced Meme
- MILHOUSE!!! Sorry folks but Milhouse is not a meme. ~ Troper49
- Stoop Kid Afraid to Leave His Stoop! ~ mistermissy
- "Jar Jar, you're a genius!" That was not meant as an insult in any way. ~ Five-seveN-25
- Forced Transformation
- Foreign Wrestling Heel
- "Bandit" Keith Howard... In North America! ~ Willy Four Eyes, Man Without A Body, deeman45, TheWildwest666
- I'm not from here!!!I have my own customs!!!Look at my CRAZY PASSPORT!!!!!! ~orphu
- The Iron Sheik ~ Ari Rockefeller
- For Inconvenience, Press "1"
- Forgetful Jones
- Forgiving the Accidental Pervert
- Forgotten First Meeting
- The Luteces. They wear raincoats and don't show their faces, and bam, unrecognisable. ~ Trogdor
- Homer and Marge Simpson. ~ Doctor Rayman
- Ash and Serena, at least on the former's end ~ Mattman_the_Storyteller
- Saki and Mai ~ NoonboryKedabory
- Fork Fencing
- Ironically enough it doesn't even use forks, but the chopstick duel between Po and Shifu over the last dumpling has no rival. ~ Arcane Azmadi
- What happens during the climax of the episode from The Simpsons titled "Mayored to the Mob". ~ Doctor Rayman
- For the Evulz
- Black Mage ~ DinsdalePiranha
- The Toclafane "Because it's fun!" ~ Man Without A Body
- The Major ~ Spacegrass
- The Joker. Can we shake on it? ~ Mens Rea, Doctor Rayman
- Hell, yes, we can shake on it. ~ ncfan
- Indeed, it isn't about the money, it's about sending a message: Everything burns. ~ Mattman_the_Storyteller
- "It doesn't matter, it was fun" ~ Gryphus
- Izaya Orihara ~ Bowbowis
- Hazama/Terumi.~ Five-seveN-25
- The Four Chords of Pop
- Daft Punk - "Contact". Greatest use of the four chords ever. -Physical Stamina
- Four Eyes, Zero Soul
- Warden Norton ~Hoffmann
- Gelwein ~ Mattman_the_Storyteller
- Gendo Ikari ~ Fireside
- Four-Fingered Hands
- The Simpsons. This is actually lampshaded. ~redhed311
- Classic Disney Shorts. ~ Doctor Rayman
- Four-Star Badass
- Sethra Lavode. ~ Phoenix Fire
- Major General Olivier Mira Armstrong, most definitely. ~ Sunshinechild
- Seconded ~ Mattman_the_Storyteller
- Patton ~ Decaf Grub 47393
- Fourth-Date Marriage
- Romeo and Juliet. ~ Goldenpelt Piando
- Every Fire Emblem marriage ever. ~ Ultimaneo
- Cinderella. ~ Doctor Rayman
- Sword Art Online. "BITCH! WHY THE FUCK DID YOU SAY YES?!" ~ Five-seveN-25
- Fourth-Wall Mail Slot
- This. ~ Adele Potter
- The Magic School Bus, with the 'producers' answering questions at the end of each episode. ~ Doctor Rayman
- Help Me, Professor Kokonoe! ~ Five-seveN-25
- Freakiness Shame
- Eureka Seven Episode 46 ~ sanfranman91
- Seconded. ~ Mattman_the_Storyteller
- Eureka Seven Episode 46 ~ sanfranman91
- "Freaky Friday" Flip
- Yuji Sakai and Shana when the former accidentally used the Treasure Tool, Reshuffle. ~ Mattman_the_Storyteller
- Free-Range Children
- Finding Dad: In this fanfic, Phineas and Isabella travel 900 miles from Danville to New Orleans in search of their biological fathers, even boarding a plane without a parent. ~ Decaf Grub 47393
- Pretty much any 10 year old who becomes a Pokémon trainer. ~ Mattman_the_Storyteller
- Free the Frogs
- Jeremy releasing 50,000 live crickets in the middle of the school hallway in one Zits story. ~ Monolaf317
- Freeze Ray
- Look, I know it's just an object, so there can't really be a most triumphant example, but really... FREEZE RAY! FREEZE RAY! FREEZE RAY! ~ Jcop1997
- The one from Rick and Morty. ~ Monolaf317
- Mr Freeze's trademark weapon. ~ Doctor Rayman
- Freudian Trio
- Kirk, Spock and McCoy ~ Amuck Cricetine
- Friend to All Children
- Fred Rogers. No question about it. ~ JackButler, SqueeneyTodd, Redhed311
- Horatio Caine ~ Carla
- Ernie Coombs ~ sinesofinsanity
- Bear ~ NoonboryKedabory
- Friendly Enemy
- Friendly Ghost
- Casper the Friendly Ghost ~ Mattman_the_Storyteller
- Friendly Neighborhood Vampire:
- Serena from The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim is unquestionable the nicest, kindest, gentlest character in the series or of this trope as a whole. Purists can have the Count in Sesame Street or the Trope Namer in Angel but one series has really all the characters pretty nice and another can have the lead act rather scratchy. The worst Serena does, after being a victim to the King of Rape and having to fight in a Crapsack World that makes Westeros appealing is to call out the Dragonborn if being pushed to find a cure. ~tsstevens
- Dracula and his daughter Mavis. ~ Doctor Rayman
- Karin (well, Unvampire), Anzu, Henry, and Calera. ~ Mattman_the_Storyteller
- Friendly Pirate
- The Straw Hat Pirates ~ Mattman_the_Storyteller
- Friendly Rivalry
- Friendly Shopkeeper
- Recette Lemongrass ~ Mattman_the_Storyteller
- Friendly Sniper
- Kurz Weber ~ fishsicles, Joie De Combat
- Usopp ~ Yarrik
- The Sniper. ~ chibihana
- Garrus Vakarian ~ Leilukin
- Friendly Zombie
- The members of Franchouchou ~ Mattman_the_Storyteller
- From a Single Cell
- Majin Buu. He can regenerate from the smoke of his burning ashes. ~ Genki Man Piando
- Seconded, along with Cell to a lesser extent. Whereas Buu can reform his body from molecules, Cell can literally regenerate his body from a single surviving cell (according to the English dub anyway). ~ Mattman_the_Storyteller
- Majin Buu. He can regenerate from the smoke of his burning ashes. ~ Genki Man Piando
- From Bad to Worse
- Neon Genesis Evangelion. End of Evangelion especially.
- Seconded ~ Carla
- Thirdnote ~ Electric Boogaloo
- Berserk loves this trope ~ Kinesthesia
- How could he possibly be worse? ~ Man Without A Body
- Grave of the Fireflies. Just... wow. It gets even more worse when you know it's based on a true story - or, really, thousands of true stories. ~Sparky Lurkdragon
- Eversion ~ KillerClowns
- Claymore ~ Rushi
- Now and Then, Here and There. As put by one troper, this is From Bad to Worse: The Series. ~JoeMoron2000
- One Piece. To think this was a nice, fun, and happy series... it all went downhill when poor Luffy lost his crew, was sent to a distant island, learned his brother was going to be executed, broke into a maximum security prison, found out his brother was already gone by the time he reaches the lowest floor, ran all the way back up, went to the Marine HQ, fought the marines, and his brother still ended up giving his life to save him, causing him to go into a traumatic trance that lasted for several weeks. After learning his brother died and that it wasn't a dream, he completely breaks down and cries. Meanwhile, with Whitebeard dead, not only are islands that were formerly under his control now fighting for domination, but Blackbeard has both the Yami Yami Fruit and the Gura Gura Fruit and now declares himself the strongest pirate of this new age (At this point, it's improbable to argue). To think this was a nice, fun, and happy series... ~Metal Shadow X
- School Days ~Keshia.
- The episode "The Graduates" of Kenan & Kel manages to be a triumphant example of this trope in a sitcom. ~ Not JM Keynes
- Bokurano takes this to such an extreme that it's hard to imagine how it could possibly be worse. It starts with a group of middle-school children being contracted into a "game" to fight enemy mecha. First, they find out that it's not a game at all, and the giant robots are real, causing thousands of deaths from collateral damage during the battles. Then, it turns out that the robot runs on the pilot's life force, and the contract is unbreakable — so they're all going to die as a result of the battles. But if they lose even one battle, the whole universe would be destroyed. Sound hopeless enough? Oh, one more thing: the other robots are piloted by children from other Earths in the same situation, so they kill billions of people each time they win. Mohiro Kitoh is the master of this trope. ~ Enthryn
- Haunted (2005) by Chuck Palahniuk, a series of short stories where everything, in every story, gets worse. The first story is "Guts", a real life Brown Note that has caused someone to faint everyplace Palahniuk read it while on tour. (Well, except in New York.) And it keeps getting worse. ~ The Wanderer
- The Steven Universe episode "Keystone Motel". ~ Monolaf317
- Happy Tree Friends, it practically happens Once per Episode. ~ MetalAiAi
- Neon Genesis Evangelion. End of Evangelion especially.
- From Nobody to Nightmare:
- The Boss, who over the course of 4 games goes from a random nobody on the streets of Stillwater, to the leader of the Saints, to pop culture sensation, to President of the United States and head of an intergalactic alien empire. ~ mysterykcad
- Zemo in Captain America: Civil War. ~ Doctor Rayman
- The Spot started out a normal scientist, only to ascend to godhood and become the biggest threat Miles has ever faced. ~ Decaf Grub 47393
- Breaking Bad tells the story of Walter White, a belittled science teacher who struggles with his everyday life and decides to cook meth to pay his hospital bills and ends up as one of the biggest and most feared drug lords in the world. ~ Triple J
- Fun Personified
- Squirrel Girl. ~Fan
- Adam Savage ~ neobowman, TheWildwest666, Quackor The Fowl, Decaf Grub 47393
- Bart Allen ~ Lionheart0
- Freakazoid! ~ ZiggyZag
- Phineas ~ PinkHanabi
- Pinkie Pie ~ Waxing Name
- Let's just say: FLOUNCY TROUNCY POUNCY FUN FUN FUN!! ~ Monolaf317
- Genie. ~ Doctor Rayman
- Fun with Subtitles
- "You're incorrigible." "I don't know the meaning of the word." note ~ Quackor The Fowl
- YouTube's transcribe audio feature. -Jalia
- The scene where Austin and Foxxy are talking to a Japanese CEO in Austin Powers in Goldmember. ~ Doctor Rayman
- Functional Magic
- Funny Foreigner
- Fez ~ Ultimaneo, Doctor Rayman
- Rolf ~ Mattman_the_Storyteller
- Fun with Acronyms
- Codename: Kids Next Door. Not only do acronyms frequently appear throughout the series, but all episodes titles themselves are acronyms. All of them. And in case you're wondering, yes, The titles screen elaborates on what they stand for before the episode begins. ~ Crossover-Enthusiast, Decaf Grub 47393
- A Criminal Regiment Of Nasty Young Men
- S.H.I.E.L.D. ~ Doctor Rayman
- Foxtrot, Uniform, Charlie, Kilo, Yankee, Oscar, Uniform, Sierra, Lima, Yankee. ~ Five-seveN-25
- Fur Bikini
- Lum, that is all. ~ Embracing Shadows
- The one from Princess Maker 3. It's why I made it the page picture. ~ Lord TNK
- Raquel Welch in One Million Years B.C.. ~ Master Hand, Man Without A Body
- Ferretina, the Weasel Queen ~ Tomatina
- Ayla ~ deeman45
- Furry Confusion
- Arthur. Do half of the characters even look their species? ~ Thomwim
- Goofy and Pluto. ~ Doctor Rayman
- Fusion Dance:
- Steven Universe. Literal Fusion Dances are going on all over the place. (sign this!)
- Seconded ~ Mattman_the_Storyteller
- Dragon Ball ~ Monolaf317
- Mixels. The toyline and show is all about this trope. Heck, one episode shoved 51 plus characters into a single combination. ~ ZootyCutie94
- The Seven Heroes ~ Decaf Grub 47393
- Steven Universe. Literal Fusion Dances are going on all over the place. (sign this!)
- Future Badass
- GARcher. ~ Willy Four Eyes, Zfish9
- Dexter, Ego Trip. ~ Excel-2009
- The Elmore Kids ~ Highwind
- Strong Sad, whose name finally merits the correct spelling ~ Man Without A Body
- Hiro Nakamura ~ Rushi
- Kyle Reese ~ Rowsdower Saves Us
- Static Shock. He was already a pretty cool and respectable superhero, but when he jumps to the future and meets his adult self...well, damn. ~ deeman45
- Mikuru. She grows up, and helps Kyon fix the timeline after the incident in Vanishment. There's a point in time where there's 2 Yukis, 4 Mikurus and 3 Kyons existing at the same time, with most of them standing/lying near North High's gate.
- Future Me Scares Me
- Dark Danny. - AProcrastinatingWriter
- Seconded ~ Mattman_the_Storyteller
- The Revenants in Mortal Kombat 11. "The thought of becoming you sickens me!" ~ Five-seveN-25
- Saber Gilles de Rais, and for good reason: "Master, a favor? If I ever become... broken... please, end my life with your Command Seal!" ~ Yuihime
- Dark Danny. - AProcrastinatingWriter