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- Harsher in Hindsight: C-List Fodder Airstryke is one of the few villains to refuse Neron's deal (feeling there is no point in selling his soul to the devil when the devil probably already has control over it) and is allowed to depart the gathering with a simple Get Out! insult. In Teen Titans, he speaks against following a second demonic figure (Brother Blood) at another supervillain gathering and is immediately Thrown from the Zeppelin.
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- Harsher in Hindsight: C-List Fodder Airstryke is one of the few villains to refuse Neron's deal (feeling there is no point in selling his soul to the devil when the devil probably already has control over it) and is allowed to depart the gathering with a simple Get Out! insult. In Batman and the Outsiders, Airstryke speaks against following a second demonic figure (Brother Blood) at another supervillain gathering and is immediately Thrown from the Zeppelin.
- While seeing big name guest stars suffer Death by Cameo is pretty funny, some fans wish that said guest stars had at least gotten a whole episode and some comedic moments instead of a single scene and line apiece. Admiral Roy can feel particularly wasted given how, in addition to being played by Jack Black, he is the first government survivor to appear in the show and has implied nautical skills in an episode with sailing.
- Every time Mary talks to her brother after his first betrayal and tries to appeal to his better nature and memories of how he Used to Be a Sweet Kid and a Cool Big Bro. His agonized and conflicted expressions during some of his later betrayals don't help (although Mary's eventual disownment of him is perfectly justified by his Chronic Backstabbing Disorder).
- Mary's son James wailing "Mama" as Mary has to send him away for his own safety. Even sadder is how this seems to be the first word he ever utters.
- Clue Club:
- "The Paper Shaper Caper": The Great Mephisto is a Stage Magician who joins a counterfeiting operation seeking to save the theater where he works from being condemned. When their printing press is damaged, he and his boss steal a new one from the newspaperman who got the theater condemned in the first place. He uses intimidating disguises and magic tricks to try and scare the kids off the case, but he and his partner are also the only villains in the show to see the advantage of spying on the kids and learning about their progress with a human disguise rather than a ghost one. While his boss is captured at the end of the episode, Mephisto remains at large.
- Star Wars: Allegiance: Caaldra is a mercenary employed by an ambitious governor out to secede from the Empire. He has a vast intelligence network whose reports he scrutinizes carefully and forms alliances with mercenaries, Small Town Tyrants, and pirate gangs across the sector to steal weapons and attack Imperial loyalists once the plot begins. He directs his pirate allies to attack many innocent freighters in addition to those carrying weapons to obscure the other hijackings. While ruthless and not motivated by higher ideals, he holds the corrupt Imperial hierarchy in general and Darth Vader in particular in contempt. Caaldra uses traps, decoys, and Combat Pragmatism to retain an edge in several conflicts with Mara Jade. He refuses to engage in Just Between You and Me discussions except while negotiating in good faith and, even then, lies about who his boss is to mislead Mara. Bold, ingenious, and surprisingly loyal, Caaldra is almost singlehandedly responsible for the failed secession being in a position where, if not for several last-minute spanners in the works, it would have probably succeeded despite the active efforts of one of its leaders to sabotage the plot from within.
Edited by Melinda on May 7th 2023 at 11:06:29 AM
- Hyperspace Arsenal: In "Banished to the Shadow Realm," Badger's Twitch chat has him bind his Thrust key to his Flares, making him launch flares the same time he speeds his jet up. At first he questions why he listens to their suggestion, but it makes him unable to be targeted by missiles. He's more concerned that he has infinite flares.
- Mixed Metaphor: Played for laughs in "Banished to the Shadow Realm." Badger shows a meme about how to smoke a fish. Dustin's idea is to point a gun at a fish while Mickey's idea is to actually cook one on a grill.
- Perfectly Cromulent Word: In "Banished to the Shadow Realm," Badger has the Twich chat spam the word "WHERMST" when there's a free plane unit during tank matches. It's defined as location, reason, and background context in one word.
Edited by kawaiineko333 on May 6th 2023 at 4:18:57 AM
- A-Cup Angst: When talking about their perverted fanbases, Aerith is upset that Tifa has a monopoly in the "boob coomers."
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...making him launch flares whenever he speeds his jet up. At first he questions why he listens to their suggestion, but doing so makes him unable to be targeted by missiles. He's more concerned about making sure that he has infinite flares.
Badger has the Twitch chat...
Edited by Arivne on May 7th 2023 at 7:39:02 AM
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@ Clue
- In "Breakfast Blunders" (book 18, chapter 3), Colonel Mustard beats a quick retreat after hearing the morning's breakfast is oatmeal cheese chunks, but eventually gets hungry enough to have them anyway. He likes them so much that he cooks himself a second helping.
- In Die Like an Eagle, the killer is a Struggling Single Mother whose son was an avid little league player before he got pitcher's shoulder due to the corrupt and overcompetitive coach overplaying him, with the coach and his cronies refusing to pay medical bills or make other restitution and lying that the boy wasn't being forced to pitch more than was healthy.
- Adaptational Wimp: Mrs. MacDonald is relatively composed after the Car chases everyone into the graveyard and gets in one or two insults at it (albeit after the demonic vehicle turns and leaves), but is a gibbering, comatose wreck throughout the scene in the novelization.
@ Ahsoka
- If one of those warfaring alien races appears, Thrawn and Ahsoka might have a (probably temporary) Enemy Mine moment.
- Maybe some Nagai and Tof will appear in person, since the new canon seems to be fond of reusing elments from Star Wars (Marvel 1977) in Broad Strokes.
- This could be a way to reintroduce Oppo Rancisis.
- Some of the ones whose names were on the safehouse wall in Obi-Wan Kenobi, Jax Pavan and Laranth Tarak, Kai Hudorra, Solace, Kazdan Paratus, Tholme (yes, he does die in Dark Disciple, but the Disney shows keep contradicting the novels), Roan Shyrne, T'ra Saa, Bardan Jusik, Empatojayos Brand, and Dass Jennir, all have potential in that regard. Furthermore, this has some precedent with Mill Alibeth and Vivert Stag in the new canon.
- Jay (given his happiness as a musician) and F from Star Wars: Visions could also show up in this respect.
- Maybe some of Han's Legends associates who weren't members of the Alliance in the original canon (Jarril, Mako Spince, Rik Duel, Dub McKumb, the Caper Crew from Star Wars: Scoundrels, Roa, Kayta M'Buele, etc.) could appear or get namedropped in that capacity.
- Savit could appear having been liberated from his likely Imperial imprisonment by the New Republic and either be playing up his disapproval of the Death Star while secretly remaining an Imperial loyalist and The Mole, or the destruction of Alderaan, being imprisoned, or conditioning like the kind Captain Bombadier from The Mandalorian got could give him a genuine Heel–Face Turn and a desire for a rematch with Thrawn.
- Teshik being captured after Endor would be good worldbuilding but him maybe having conditioning like Bombardier or being imprisoned instead of killed (for a Consulting a Convicted Killer scene) would be interesting.
- Il-Raz being long dead from suicide over despair about losing Palpatine probably wouldn't need changing.
- Grand Admiral Batch was wasted in Legends after deserting the Empire due to a failure but being murdered anyway. letting him have the same backstory but avoid being murdered and either defect to the New Republic or join Thrawn has great potential given how he and Thrawn both aren't too political and prefer starfighter tech over superweapons.
- Grand Admiral Syn's death at Kashyyyk is noncanon due to Aftermath: Life Debt (unless that gets retconned), so he could either be working with the mysterious new darksiders (given his Legends involvement with the Church of the Dark Side) or have surrendered to the New Republic to get back the life he had before the rise of the Empire.
- Grunger and Pitta going warlord and fighting each other again would be great worldbuilding but having one of them survive their final battle with an escape pod and either oppose Thrawn (maybe for a The Worf Effect fight) or submit to him would be an interesting new twist.
- Makati is the most likely to still be canon, due to being a Timothy Zahn creation, but he could either be long-dead with no impact on the plot or end up on either side due to him seeming to value central authority over ideology.
- Grand Admiral Grant as a Retired Monster defector who feels the Imperial remnant is fighting a losing battle could allow for interesting commentary.
- Action Politician Tigellinus has some story potential, but it's hard to see him surviving this long and being willing to submit to Thrawn and his allies due to his racism (although his politically-motivated murder could be a cautionary tale Thrawn mentions).
- Functional Addict Takel feels like one of the least likely to interact with Thrawn, despite being a colorful-enough character, unless his cowardice at Endor could matter to the story.
- What You Are in the Dark: In The Lost Command, when Vader tries to kill Saro (who Vader has accused of manipulating Garoche for morally dubious purposes) by making a building collapse, she shows no anger and terror about what is happening and instead calms Garochoe, reaffirming their bond, and that she is happy they had some time to be happy together, proving that she really did reform and love him and doesn't see him as a pawn.
Edited by Melinda on May 7th 2023 at 3:33:38 AM
@ Melinda
- In "Breakfast Blunders" (book 18, chapter 3), Colonel Mustard beats a quick retreat after hearing the morning's breakfast is oatmeal cheese chunks, but eventually gets hungry enough to have them anyway. He likes them so much that he cooks himself a second helping.
- In Die Like an Eagle, the killer is a Struggling Single Mother whose son was an avid little league player before he got pitcher's shoulder due to the corrupt and overcompetitive coach overplaying him, with the coach and his cronies refusing to pay medical bills or make other restitution and lying that the boy wasn't being forced to pitch more than was healthy.
Whether they succeed or not, arguments they (or Ashoka) could make may include how he has been away from the Chiss far longer than he was supposed to while serving a worse government, asking for his help against a traditional Chiss enemy like the Yuuzhan Vong, Grysk, or Vagaari, or revealing Palpatine's cloning scheme (given Thrawn's belief the Empire would be better after Palpatine was gone).
^ What do you mean by "being Not Quite Dead with Outbound Flight"?
- Maybe some Nagai and Tof will appear in person, since the new canon seems to be fond of reusing elements from ''Star Wars (Marvel 1977) in Broad Strokes.]]
While Zaarin and Declan have seemingly been Adapte Out (with Grand Admiral Savit and Fleet Admiral Gallus Rex having some of their traits), that still leaves ten others from the old continuity (plus Savit) who could at least get name-dropped, with some but not all having different fates. Using these characters would explain more about what makes a Grand Admiral, what successes the government has had against them. (period) It might also give Thrawn a Worthy Opponent or ally.
- Savit could appear having been liberated from his likely Imperial imprisonment by the New Republic and either be playing up his disapproval of the Death Star while secretly remaining an Imperial loyalist and The Mole, or the destruction of Alderaan, being imprisoned, or conditioning like the kind Captain Bombadier from The Mandalorian got could give him a genuine Heel–Face Turn and a desire for a rematch with Thrawn.
- Grand Admiral Batch was wasted in Legends after deserting due to a failure but being murdered anyway. (period) Letting him have the same backstory but avoid being murdered and either defect to the New Republic or join Thrawn has great potential given how he and Thrawn both aren't too political and prefer starfighter tech over superweapons.
- Grunger and Pitta going warlord and fighting each other again would be great worldbuilding but having one of them survive their final battle with an escape pod and either oppose Thrawn (maybe for a The Worf Effect fight) or submit to him would be an interesting new twist.
- Makati is the most likely to still be canon due to being a Timothy Zahn creation, (comma) but he could either (superfluous words - cut) be long-dead with no impact or end up on either side due to him seeming to value central authority over ideology.
- Action Politician Tigellinus has some story potential, (comma) but it's hard to see him surviving this long and being willing to submit to Thrawn and his allies due to his racism (although his politically-motivated murder could be a cautionary tale Thrawn mentions).
- What You Are in the Dark: In The Lost Command, when Vader tries to kill (remove colon) Saro (who Vader has accused of manipulating Garoche for morally dubious purposes) by making a building collapse, she shows no anger and terror about what is happening and instead calms Garochoe, reaffirming their bond, and that she is happy they had some time to be happy together, proving that she really did reform and love him and doesn't see him as a pawn.
For Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch from Mercury.
Edited by sdewap on May 7th 2023 at 5:03:50 PM
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- Men of Sherwood: Colonel Guile's unit of Allied Nations peacekeepers (only a couple of whom have names and personalities) accompany him in the final battle, provide some decent help, and survive.
- Ensemble Dark Horse: The tough, tattooed, fair-minded Mr. Blair from Morgan's crew and Chain Pain-deploying Snelgrave (one of the Co-Dragons) are seventh and eighth in the credits, but are better liked than most of the other characters.
- They Wasted a Perfectly Good Character: Some fans think Morgan's cowardly but respected uncle Mordechai could/should have survived long enough to join the party, bond more with Morgan, and get some Sibling Yin-Yang contrasts with Dawg.
- The Baby of the Bunch: Bowen is younger, smaller, and slightly weaker than his fellow pirates, but makes up for it in bravery and loyalty.
- Bald Head of Toughness: Mr. Blair, a bald officer on Morgan's ship, is good at keeping a cool head while in danger and is a deadly force in a fight, even defeating one of the Co-Dragons after the man breaks his arm.
- Dropped a Bridge on Him: Antagonistic Governor Ainslee and Reed The Stool Pigeon both die rather abruptly during a barrage of cannon fire at the start of the climax.
- Ironic Echo: Blair appeals to a mutineer to give him and the others a compass as they are being set adrift in a storm and later mockingly offers that same man a compass while throwing him overboard.
- Posthumous Character: Richard Adams was murdered by his brother Dawg a few days before the film but is mentioned a few times.
- Salt and Pepper: Black first mate Glasspoole and Bowen, The Baby of the Bunch, share most of their scenes and are Morgan's main two subordinates and confidants.
@ Angel Other Characters
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- Handicapped Badass: He is a tough fighter despite having a trick knee and remains a threat to Angel even after recieving a No-Holds-Barred Beatdown that would have hospitalized many people.
- I Just Want to Be Badass: He is a little too eager to go to L.A. to look for monsters to fight on the word of a broadcaster and wishes he had been old enough to fight in The Gulf War.
- Jumping Off the Slippery Slope: He starts out as a loutish but curious and well-meaning radio listener who is listening to a Rabble Rouser but nonethless has a Badass Bystander moment killing a murderous vampire. Then he steps into Van Helsing Hate Crimes territory when he tries to burn down an apartment building while falsely thinking vampires are supposed to be inside, accidentally shoots another monster hunter while trying to kill Angel and dismisses any suggestion that some vampires may be benevolent. In his last scene, he even holds his own loyal companion and brother-in-law hostage to try to make Angel let them kill him after observing Angel's determination to save people's lives.
- The "jurors" at Wolf's trial, according to town custom, are sheep who vote by going into one pen for "guilty" or another for "not guilty." The "guilty" pen is packed with food.
- Wolf hiding under Virginia's grandmother's covers and trying to impersonate her voice in a blatant Shout-Out to Little Red Riding Hood.
- After Tony gets a tempory Midas Touch, he uses it right when the trolls capture Wendell and makes a Good News, Bad News announcement to reveal what happened. He stopped the trolls', but he needs a chisel to separate the trolls' hands from Wendell's body after he turns all of them to gold and they are frozen together.
- Boss's Unfavorite Employee: General Burkhalter is generally professional toward his aides or officials aiding him in special projects and, while not beloved by the commandants of the other two camps under his authority (whose jobs seem to have a High Turnover Rate), doesn't seem to hate them unless they are actively working against him. However, the bumbling Klink receives little from Burkhalter besides threats and insults.
Klink Exactly as I would have done it.Burkhalter: Really? We'll go ahead with it anyway.Later in the same conversation, Burkhalter gives Klink a list of Germany's finest military minds, who will be attending a party.Klink: It doesn't have the name "Colonel Klink" in there. Probably an oversight at headquarters.Burkhalter: I consider it the perfect oversight.
@ Please Don't Tell My Parents I'm a Supervillain
- Put on a Bus: In Please Don't Tell My Parents I'm a Giant Monster, he has left school without explanation, and Penny says he may never come back.
Edited by Melinda on May 8th 2023 at 9:06:03 AM
Pokémon the Series — Ash Ketchum
- His relationship with Misty also qualifies. When he stole her bike and got it fried, she was so peeved at him that she only followed him around to make sure he promised to pay her back for the damages. Even when that wasn't the issue being discussed, she was either mocking his immaturity or bratty attitude, especially how he only got his first two badges out of pity. After his loss at the Indigo League, he started taking her advice more earnestly, and the two would grow into true friends, with few arguments in between.
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- His relationship with Misty was quite complicated. When he steals her bike to save Pikachu and accidentally gets it fried, things got pretty tense between them. She was pretty angry with him and made sure to follow him around to make sure he paid her back for the damages. Even when they weren't talking about the bike incident, Misty couldn't help but tease Ash about his immaturity and bratty attitude (even though she could be a bit of a hypocrite herself). Ash wasn't one to back down from a challenge though, and he gave as good as he got, leading to a lot of bickering between them during their time in Kanto. But after Ash lost in the Indigo League, he started taking Misty's advice more seriously, and she began to be more supportive and constructive. Over time, they grew into true friends, with fewer arguments and more mutual respect.
Edited by jahman on May 7th 2023 at 10:07:52 AM
Characters.Pokemon The Series Dawn
- Jerkass Ball:
- She is uncharacteristically harsh toward Ash in Giratina and the Sky Warrior. She appears to disregard Shaymin's actions towards him (and them) and even resorts to kicking him in the shin when he disrespectfully remarks about bidding farewell to Shaymin.
Pokemon S 9 E 37 Channeling The Battle Zone
- Flaw Exploitation: Solidad secured a resounding victory over May by capitalizing on her opponent's reliance on the dazzling, offense-heavy attacks they shared with Ash. By studying May's previous battles with Harley and Drew, Solidad recognizes the dangers of attempting to use the same battling style against her. Instead, she cleverly adjusts her style to focus more on counterattacks, leveraging her greater experience to outmaneuver May. Unfortunately for May, her lack of experience prevented her from adapting her own battling style to counter Solidad's adjustments, resulting in a devastating defeat.
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For adding a new page character of WEE!!!
- Artists Are Attractive: Kiki knows to play guitar and is lead singer on his school band. He ever attempt to wooing Amu with his song during his stage performance.
- Clueless Chick-Magnet: After become member of Drama Club, Sho gain many fan-girls on the school. He has no idea why many girls like him and its extremely annoyed when being crowded by his fan-girls who try to attract his attention.
- Dark and Troubled Past:
- Amu parents divorced since young due to her father way too focus on his career as artist which resulting on her mother despise a job as artist and want Amu focused become a doctor instead. During Junior High School, Amu was being beaten and almost raped by a stalker before being saved by Sho on time.
- Sho spend his entire childhood being unkempt and beaten by his Father. It shown that His mother also badly battered due to the abuse and resulting on her runaway from the house. When his father imprisoned, Sho has no family who take care on him and his only companion is his pet dog.
- Friend to All Living Things: Sho normally sarcastic with his friends but is very friendly with stray animals that he picked randomly on street.
- Everyone Has Standards: While Upi always wanted to be adored by any boys and is hoping bad and cool looking boys become her boyfriend, she disgust on Sho statement that he will adore her if she wanted to be "his pet".
- Lethal Chef: Amu is very awful in cooking and baking. Her food is so terrible to the point she make one of student fainted and even Sho prevent Toro to eat her food because if he eat he will "move to another dimension".
- Poverty for Comedy: While Upi is not completely poor, her family financial issue and her Money Fetish side sometime plays for comedy. To the point she willingly being student council president "slave" for sake to get a payment from them.
Pokemon S 12 E 24 A Pyramiding Rage:
- Laser-Guided Karma: Counted among his experiences is the time when Brandon gave him a curb stomp in one episode. Additionally, he was informed that Ash had triumphed over Brandon, which was also included in his collection of knowledge. During the curb-stomping, Brandon delivers a stern yet constructive speech that makes Paul rethink his ways. This is important because earlier in the Sinnoh saga, Paul's cruel words towards Maylene after curb-stomping her almost convinced her to quit as a gym leader. Thankfully, Ash and Dawn intervened to repair the damage.
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Character page WEE!!!
- Artists Are Attractive: Kiki knows to play the guitar and is the lead singer in his school band. He even attempts to woo Amu with his song during his stage performance.
- Clueless Chick-Magnet: After become a member of Drama Club, Sho gains many fan-girls in the school. He has no idea why many girls like him and is extremely annoyed when being crowded by his fan-girls as they try to attract his attention.
- Dark and Troubled Past:
- Amu's parents have been divorced since she was young due to her father being way too focused on his career as an artist, (comma) which resulted in her mother despising artists and wanting Amu to focus on becoming a doctor instead. Also, (comma) during Junior High School, Amu was (superfluous word - cut) beaten and almost raped by a stalker before being saved by Sho (superfluous words - cut).
- Sho spent his entire childhood being unkempt and beaten by his father. It is shown that his mother was also badly battered due to the abuse, (comma) resulting in her running away from the house. When his father is imprisoned, Sho has no family who can take care of him and his only companion is his pet dog.
- Friend to All Living Things: Sho is normally sarcastic with his friends, (comma) but is very friendly with stray animals that he picks up randomly on the street.
- Everyone Has Standards: While Upi always wants to be adored by any boys and hopes bad and cool-looking boys will become her boyfriend, she is disgust by Sho's statement that he will adore her if she wants to be "his pet".
- Lethal Chef: Amu is very awful at cooking and baking. Her food is (superfluous word - cut) terrible to the point where she makes one of the students faint, (comma) and even Sho prevents Toro from eating her food because if he eats it he will "move to another dimension".
- Poverty for Comedy: While Upi is not extremely poor, her family's financial issues and her Money Fetish side are sometimes played for comedy, (comma) to the point where she willingly becomes the student council president's "slave" in order to get a payment from them.
Edited by Clare on May 8th 2023 at 2:48:57 PM
@Melinda
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...is good at keeping a cool head while in danger <- no comma and is a deadly force...
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...and hunt the monsters there' in the book Love and Death.
...and wishes he had been old enough to fight in The Gulf War.
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...toward his aides or...However, the bumbling Klink rarely receives little...

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