>Silly/harmless/stupid character is actually secretly a badass, powerful/wise warrior
>occasional secondary character
>just as badass as the main character(s), if not more
think the scotsman from samurai jack or zodiac from he-man
Villain and hero team up to take on greater threat.
>The villain team is a mirror of the hero team
>>83725229
The Dinosaucers did this too.
>>83725229
>that nega-gadget
where is the r34?
>>83725769
All over? Her name is Glitch.
>>83725034
are any other cartoons or any other form of media that do that?
>>83726470
>are there
shit I need to pay more attention to what I post
>>83725034
>Episode follows one half of the cast going off and doing something
>Next episode shows what the other characters were up to during the first episode
>They intersect at some point
>>83725229
>It's a negative universe episode
>>83725250
Song stuck in head now. Thanks
>government/military agency fights the supernatural/paranormal/extra ordinary shit
>Middle school somehow is super important and mimics real life. Hall monitors are police, Student Council are politicians, geeks secretly run shit because they make technology.
I guess that's why I liked Fillmore and Paranatural. I remember middle school sucking.
>>83725229
>the villain team is a mirror of the hero team
>when they fight the heroes fight against the villain with the power they know they can beat rather than their own
>>83725034
>The meek secondary villain ends up becoming the big bad through progression
>>83725229
post more examples, please.
The power of friendship. I don't care how cheesy and cliche it is, it makes me happy.
>>83725034
Good news: this is actually a very, very ancient trope. As in, quite a lot of mythological "fool" figures were also considered the wisest, mainly due to having the ability to look at a situation from more than simply the established standard angle.
>>83726796
All the right lumps in all the right places.
Big Bad's main lackey starts to foster doubt about their role and eventually turns.
>>83728981
I like this trope because it makes me laugh endlessly due to the fucking cheese of it
>"There is no way were are (X)"
>smash cut to them doing (X)
>"I can't believe we are (X)"
every time
>Hero and villain have to team up because serious shit is going down RIGHT NOW
>>83726470undertale
>alternate openings where they change the characters
>fake credits
>Character hears a voice echoing in their head, repeating something someone said to them earlier in the episode
>The person is actually off-screen repeating it
>>83732197
>Shot of character giving a speech of sorts
>camera pans to reveal they weren't taking to anyone/not the intended recipient
>Ancient Prophecy foretells the coming of a great hero
>As a result, hundreds of random teenagers are given weapons and told to go save the worldFuck I love The Bard's Tale
>>83725034
>joke character becomes a badass
Ron Possible and Sokka
>>83729305
>female bad guy made good courtesy of good guy dickings
>>83726796
Like half of these don't even make sense as polar opposites of the characters
>the villain and the hero used to be best friends
>wonderland place full of weird creatures hiding behind a veil of normalcy/secret entrance
>the scary monsters are actually rather nice
>>83726796
I'm really digging that Marceline's dad
>>83732438
Joke Characters becoming Godly is one of my favourites.
>>83726796
>Ice King is an enlightened monk type, offering sage wisdom to those who climb his mountain, jokingly referred to as Ice King because nobody else would ever live up there like he does; doesn't really have much of an opinion on matriarchal monarchy
>Queen Saltwater Taffy is a monarch that doesn't care much for her subjects, but shows a deep admiration for her "little helpers", as she likes to call them, as they are remarkable at defeating those who'd keep her from expanding her territory; sometimes has twangs of goodness poke through, much to her dismay
>Finn Mertens and Jake The Dog are two upstart villains trying to make a name for themselves, which is difficult in a world that doesn't value villainy other than the cost for your bounty; thankfully they've got friends all over OOO (that's OOO with the letters flipped backwards) that know their pain...
>Marceline is a half-angel fashionista that loves shopping, almost as much as she loves her lover, QST! Her favorite hobbies are:
>drinking the black out of stuff
>having fun with her friends, who she never wants to be very far away from
>getting a tan, and
>playing the family guitar, which she would never do anything with it, like turning it into an axe or something
>Nosnuh Reedaba is the commander of the angels from the Dayapyramid, an overwhelming force of goodness, much to the ire of the protagonists; once ate his daughter's fries, causing her to run away from home (because not everything needs to be changed)
>Billy is a technolich obsessed with the destruction of all organic life, due to his previously unfulfilling life as an adventurer hero, which always had the meatbags crying for his help saving them from every little thing that looked at them funny
>The Lich, ironically named, is a man who wants to live forever, gathering as much power as possible, as he wishes to live his life to the fullest and help the people of OOO and the universe, a true hero in these trying times; was defeated once by Billy
>>83732438
>>83732622
And the complementary:
>flashback/time travel
>the badass character used to be useless
>>83732438
>Joker character's love ones get hurt, he get serious and is actually terrifying
>>83727076
Not gonna lie I almost always love this no matter what the outcome
>governments paranormal team fails to subdue the big bad, showcasing his strength is such that even the military can't contain it
>government creates it's own paranormal team in response to a huge threat
>government paranormal team successfully captures/subdues the enemy, setting up for a future arc where the start (ab)using its power for political purposes
Maybe I just like it because it's a bit more better than the usual, "shoot it. That didn't work? Drop a nuke on it!" Also it always seems silly when in a universe where magic is proven to exist the government wouldn't have a top notch paranormal branch.
>>83730659
>They make it clear to each other that once it's all over, it's "back to business"
>>83725229
Oh, my, that Gadget! Invoking rule 34!
>>83725831
Beautiful name!
>protag is useless twit whose basically a pushover in the beginning of the series.
>Midway through, they become a badass action jackson motherfucker.
I love that started from the bottom shit.
>Main character sees friends/loved one get injured badly.
>Goes full berserk mode and slaughters entire armies worth of enemies.
>it's a "focus on the secondary characters" episode
>>83725034
>Silly/harmless/stupid character is actually secretly a badass, powerful/wise warriorIf only George hadn't pussied out.
>it's a pseudo clip-show episode, with scenes that either never happened, or they did and the clips show a new perspective, effectively becoming a new episode
Can only think of a /co/ show that did it, but there are a bunch, I'm sure:
A:TLA with "the ember island players"
Scrubs with "My deja vu my deja vu"
Community with the clip-show episode where every single scene was new.
>>83734192
The first thing I thought of was the Strong Bad E-Mail called "personal favorites" where Strong Bad is asked what his favorite sbemails were. The first couple he lists were real sbemails and then everything after that were ones that didn't really happen, yet it was all played completely straight and they never acknowledged that those weren't actual clips of things that happened before.
As much as I hate Naruto, especially shippuden for numerous reasons I'm not going to list, killer bee was so fucking cool because of this archetype. Him wrecking uchiha shit was the best.
>>83734265
Yeah, sounds like the community episode, where they all reminisce about things from "previous episodes" that never actually happened yet make sense within the show's general story.
"My deja vu my deja vu" is subtler because they build an episode about the repetitive nature of working in a hospital, so they recreate a bunch of scenes (reshot) and string together some re-used jokes during the whole episode. "It's pronounced ah-nalgesic. Sir, the pills go in your mouth". It was pretty neat. Scrubs was such a great fucking show.
>>83734155
Hesa not ready-ready
>The comic relief/under powered nobody slowly develops until they find their niche
>They become among the most competent characters in the show
Rattrap from Beast Wars is another great example.
>it's a blatant rip-off of a well-known mythology/legend story
Hercules had a bunch of these, and so did Samurai Jack. The episode with the two headed snake where one head only told the truth and the other one only told lies comes to mind.
>>83730659
>Hero and villain have to team up because serious shit is going down RIGHT NOW
I love this one. Never get tired of it.
>>83734617
That episode of TT where Robin and Slade kick demon ass. Fucking perfect.
>>83733130
>>83727076
same. in a world where magic, superhero's, giant robots/ giant monsters etc,etc exist It makes sense that the Gmen have there own counter response. which if definitely more interesting/ cooler then just using a nuke.
their almost always shown as cannon fodder or villains but I find the concept cool nonetheless heck sometimes their even shown as competent "good guys" like in the first example I postedthe part where they invade hell and run over Charon with amphibious assault planes was awesome as shit I don't care who you are or where your from
>>83734192
clerks and athf
>>83734475
Rattrap was always competent in Beast Wars. You're thinking of Beast Machines Rattrap.
Goes from the demolitions guy to the tech guy. Yuck.
>Fight scene with unfitting music
>Fight scene during a concert/opera
>A variation of the show's theme plays when something epic is about to happen
>>83734192
Clerks cartoon. Second episode flash back to the first epsidoes. Of course ABC fucked this up when showing it on TV by showing second episode as first episode...
>edgy badass is actually a nice person
>>83734831
That third is my favorite. If used properly it can come full circle, and it reminds me of anime so yeah.
>>83734495
Were you expecting a show called "Hercules" to not use well-known mythology stories?
>>83732721
>OOO (that's OOO with the letters flipped backwards)
heh
>>83726470
Anime does it all the time. It's everywhere in Dragonball.
>>83726796
>tfw Fionna and Cake got fucking 4 episodes and cool stuff like this will never get one
dammit adventure time
>Moralfag hero enters in serious no bullshit mode
Oh wait, never happened.
>>83735083
>what is Superman's cardboard speech
>>83734831
Fight Scenes in places where fight scenes wouldn't normally take place are the best. Niggas crashing cymbals into eachother to distract the enemy, using Trombones as long ranged weapons, the conductor conducting the fight coreography and making the band play speeding up and slowing down their tempo
>>83734192
You mean like the Powerpuff Girls episode?
>>83725034
>body swap episode
>their voices don't swap
>>83725034
>neutral side character is strongest character
>neutral character fucks up both hero and villain
>remains neutral throughout the whole story
>>83735264
I like this a lot because it really shows the skill of the actors.
>nice person the main cast meets and befriends is secretly a sociopath whose secret they discover and thwart within an episode.
>>83735083
>What is Spider-man anger, sometimes this are his better comics
>>83734192
my nigga, southpark with the episode where they were on bus teetering back and forth
>>83735687
>it actually makes sense if you go back and reevaluate the character
You lost me there.
>>83735687
>Spoiling Tails got Trolled
Leave
LEAVE
GET OUT
GET OUT RIGHT NOW
REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
>>83735407
>It's a Switzerland episode
>>83725034
Not gonna lie, I get a hard-on when getting revenge on a villain is portrayed as entirely justified and no intervention from "muh morals".
>>83725034
>fact that character has been holding back is a plot point
>They unleash their full power
>>83731087
Fake credits happen so rarely and are so fucking funny.
>>83734703
I love how unwieldly they made that robot just to counterpoint how advanced the TItan was
>big, buff monster character
>doesn't wear pants
>>83734662
Was that when Slade was unmasked for real, but he was zombie/skeleton?
>>83735795
>implying Switzerland is strong
They haven't fought a war in over 200 years and that one was against Napoleon, which they lost.
>>83736347
Yessir
>>83734155
Thank god for clone wars, He got some surprisingly good episodes.
>characters need to sneak into enemy base
>they use a knocked out henchman/destroyed robot as a puppet to get another henchman/robot to let them in or signal an all clear when an alarm is raised
Bonus points when it's so obviously fake (because why would a robot act that way) but works anyway.
>supposed filler episode where the characters are just chilling at their home base
>everything goes wrong and the base turns into a nightmare
Voltron has an episode like this, and Teen Titans did too with the scary movie episode.
Any others?
>>83734192
Ed Edd n Eddy had an episode like that.
>Its a "The villain has friends, family, and a life filled with mundane situations too" episode.
>>83737681
Doesn't really count since Eddy wasn't trying to flashback to an earlier episode, just earlier that day
>Side character uses Ancient Forbidden Technique, Experimental Prototype, or other last ditch power up to fight the villain.
>He only loses because he runs out of energy/goes unconscious/dies from the powerup being just too dope.
Bonus points if you have other characters telling him "No its too dangerous!" or "You'll die if you do this!" and he does it anywa.
>cold-open of previously-established secondary protagonist in the aftermath of betraying his comrades to the villains
>story goes on long enough even audience starts to believe it's a straight-up betrayal
>secondary protagonist pulls a last-minute double-cross with the help of one comrade who was in on the ruse the whole time; daring feats are performed, good guys are saved from imminent doom, etc.
Bonus points if literary or audio/visual cues are sprinkled throughout the story to hint at the outcome without spelling it out
The villain overcomes mind control or an eldritch abomination just because he's THAT FUCKING STRONG WILLED.
Alternatively, a villain or anti-hero using an "evil" or "dark" power source without being mentally effected, because he's just that strong willed/and or "beyond good and evil".
>teammate(s) gets separated and end up adapting to a new life for awhile before they reunite.
>>83730736
Sans is the weakest character in the game. He just cheats like a motherfucker.
>>83737781
This was one of the few things I really really liked about Young Justice's second season.
>>83735407
>neutral character literally only does something because the others are messing with his day
I really love the "for fuck's sake you two, simmer down so I can read my paper in peace."
As well as the related bit where an aggressor is completely outclassed, like Agent Smith after Neo first realizes he's The One.
>one hand holding a book
>the other effortlessly and blindly blocking and redirecting attacks
>"Oh, do you mind? I've only a few more pages in this chapter."
>book gets destroyed
>character blinks, curbstomps the aggressor, pulls out a backup copy
>>83737852
The only cheat is how he deals damage. You dodge attacks too, remember.
>>83732429
>It turns out that the ancient prophecy was a trick by a succubus demon to free herself from enslavement
>Main character shrugs his shoulders and agrees to be her fuckpet anyway
>>83737681
Nah that was a Roshoman, not a clip show
>>83735083
>I am a huge casual
>>83737852
He has the most complicated attack patterns, though.
>>83732622
>20k damage on a critical with gas spit
>end of season
>main cast defeat the villain and his goons with a lot of effort and/or sacrifice
>turns out he's was the leader/commander of the weakest branch of an evil organization
>said organization takes notice and sends the next in line immediately.
>>83736037
I feel you, anon
>>83726796
Nega-muscle princess rule 34 when.
>>83732721
They have actual names anon
>>83737951
I think he's referring to Every Which Way but Ed, you're thinking of Once Upon a Ed
>>83734831
It's amazing what inserting the main theme can due to a finale. In Super Metroid, the rather sleepy Crateria theme plays and it feels mad fucking heroic.
>It's a rock opera episode
>>83732721
>Marceline is a half-angel fashionista that loves shopping, almost as much as she loves her lover, QST! Her favorite hobbies are:
This one is terrible.
>Final Showdown
>Hero and Opponent just beat on each other with their bare fists
>Elite super badass villain group
The Devil's of Kimon or Foxhound
>Comic relief not being a idiot
Rattrap
>True Evil villain
Darkseid/Dio
>>83735795
>Switzerland
>Strong
Anon. That nation as a whole is being the laughing stock of the planet and with good reason.
>hero has a job/responsibility besides their crime fighting
>get held up doing that job when they're supposed to be fighting a crime
>crime gets handled or stopped without their intervention
>>83726796
>there will never be a team-up between this version of Marceline's dad and the Lich
>>83734192
Arthur's new baby, DW's new baby.
>>83735264
>>83735419
sonic boom did this, no fucking joke
and they did it well
>>83738022
Sauce?
>>83735083
>Superman snaps Zod's neck.gif
Oh but wait it's bad because Zack Snyder.
>>83738750
Sauce? Or just episode number/title?
>one of the main character get replaced by clone/evil sleves
>Friends/other MCs notice that it's not their friend because of a physical/personal flaw they have
this always makes me happy
>>83738815
The Meteor
season one, episode 14
>>83738052
>same situation except the heroes defeat all branches save for the one in the very middle
>mid-tier powerlevel guys prove to be the most difficult to defeat
>this will never actually happen
It's always weakest and strongest. Nobody cares about the guy in between.
>>83725229
Let me guess, Danger Rangers?
>>83734831
>Fight scene where the fighting synchs up to the rhythm of the fight music
>>83738852
>I am the third strongest master!
Knight in Shining Armor x Dark Lady pairings.
>>83739054
This.I hope FFXV invokes this trope
>person the hero is dating turns out to be a villain
>head of the villainous organization is revealed as a decoy for the inconspicuous real head
>>83739048
BoF3 did the same joke, I think.
>>83739054
I recently re-watched Beast Wars, these two were my favorite part.
>Hero and villain team up
>Villain breaks his promises and betrays the hero
>The hero, who everyone thought was a naive idealist who only sees the good in people, anticipated this and took measures to prevent it
>>83739230
>hero and villain team up
>after teaming up, each has gained a bit of respect for the other and they go their separate ways
One of my favorite tropes desu
>>83725034
By your powers combined...
>>83726470
Yoda forgotten you have, hmm..?
>>83726796
>mafia choose goose
Yes
>>83739602
>>83739230
>Villain sacrifices himself for the greater good.
>big/tall woman, with shorter man.
>big, scary looking person/monster is actually super nice.
>big scary looking dude is actually nice, while their smaller wife is the one that will beat the shot out of you.
>>83739712
>villain also happens to be the best character
Have there been cases where there is a permenant change that's actually an improvement?
Most I've seen are bad, some are nothing changes almost ironically, others both.
>>83740934
Zuko's being a good guy.
>>83734192
>it's a "multiple characters get interrogated about the same incident and tell vastly different accounts" episode
>>83725034
>The big bad villain being shown in mundane activities
"I need new drapes for my lair, make sure they look EVIL enough!"
>>83738339
>hero can't save the day because he's the one being held up/kidnapped
>>83731087
>alternate openings
The opening for the last three episodes of Gravity Falls was perfect.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uWvdqkl2UH4
>>83732721
>Billy is a technolich obsessed with the destruction of all organic life, due to his previously unfulfilling life as an adventurer hero, which always had the meatbags crying for his help saving them from every little thing that looked at them funny
>The Lich, ironically named, is a man who wants to live forever, gathering as much power as possible, as he wishes to live his life to the fullest and help the people of OOO and the universe, a true hero in these trying times; was defeated once by Billy
I would totally watch a show with this premice.
>>83736347
That always puzzled me. They call him Slade because "Death"stroke is not appropriate for kids TV, but then they show him without his mask and his entire fucking face is missing.
>>83737852
>He just cheats like a motherfucker
Which is why I loved that fight so much. You're going to destroy the world, why should he care about the rules? Plus you have to bend the rules to kill him.
>>83739769
Big barda is GOAT waifu material
>>83739602
This, but that respect actually comes back for the final episode.
In the final battle, there is areal sense that both sides are like
"I understand why you are doing this. If our situations were reversed, I might have done the same. But even so, I have to stop you."
"You know I can't let that happen. Not after everything i have done to get here."
"So... here we are."
"Yes. Here we are."
Pause.
EPIC THROWDOWN.
>>83728981
you should watch fairy tail, most people hate it for it but its the reason i love it
>>83739054
Yes.
>>83735899
I love both things that result from this trope.
>I'm empty inside now I lost everything and now that I've got my revenge, I'm still empty inside
or
>YEAH TAKE THAT FAGGOT
both are great.
>Tropes you love
When there's one character whether he's neutral or fighting for a side or whatever and is just almost broken power wise goes near or ends up in the same place as the main characters and it's treated like some crazy event where anyone in the nearest vicinity are either lucky to be alive or lucky the powerful character doesn't care about them.
>>83739048
I fell for their trick back in the day
I was completely convinced that they were getting stronger and stronger each time, rather than just fighting the same bastard 5 times.
>>83728981
Friendship OP pls nerf
>>83731087
The absolute best one
>>83732622
R.I.P. Slumdog Terrionaire
>>83725229
HHNNNGG
Anybody could die, no indestructible main character.
There is no good vs bad. Only people with different interests.
Film makes everybody expect one ending, but happens something nobody saw coming.
>>83734807
This is why I couldn't enjoy BM
>>83739769
>>big/tall woman, with shorter man.
I sort of like this one.
As a shorter man (hahaha what a manlet, rite gais? XD), I've had crushes on women taller than me before, but they never reciprocate my feelings. I've had more luck with women either around my height or shorter than me.
>>83742292
Honestly didn't like that OP better than OP 1 or 2 at first. Thought it was just better than OP3. The SFX version with the DIO walk though is literally my favourite OP ever.
>>83728981
You ever watch Kamen Rider Fourze?
The entire premise revolves around that
>villain is hero's friend
>they fight to a standstill and neither can continue
>the hero says something to the effect of 'I'm not giving up on you!'
>>83738275
Is this just the absolute king at owning tropes?
>>83738942
Fuck yes, this one.
>good guy has a bad guy, or at best, neutral evil rival or sort of character
>personalities appear to be different at first but more similar than anyone could have guessed
>were it not for one or two events in the good guy's life or a positive trait in his/her natural personality, they might have ended up as bad or amoral as their rival
>out of any members of the cast, it's way more personal for each other than the rest, with the two holding strong grudges and holding a strong dislike, if also a begrudging respect, for one another
Bonus:
>their powers and abilities aren't quite the same but are similar enough to be comparable to one another
>>83725034
I absolutely hate this for some reason.
>>83736430
Every man there has a gun and they live in the mountains. Their whole country is a giant bunker, why do you think Germany didn't bother invading in WWII?
>>83731087
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=35NZID38lro
>>83742978
>Announce you are going to invade at 3 o'clock in the afternoon
>Show up at 3:05
>They have already fucked off because it's you're late
>Invade country full of offended mountain cunts who won't even fight back because you missed your end of the agreement.
They ain't got nothing on Portuguese wit.
>character tells their account of how things happened
>animation style changes to fit the personality of the person
>old man side character
>people always say that he used to be super strong but he doesn't seem like that at all
>has to fight at last
>he completely outshines all the main characters
>"boy, I sure got a little rusty"
>recurring group of villains are defeated so often they become nothing but jokes
>a new group of powerful and cool villains are introduced
>whole episode is spent on hyping them up
>the joke villains defeat them relatively easily
>turns out the joke villains are actually really powerful, the main characters are just THAT much better
>the new group of villains become recurring as well and now have a personal grudge on the joke villains
>its a series of trials arc/episode, bonus jizz if
>its solved in witty ways
>its a "characters having tons of fun and bonding montage to music" scene, bonus if
>its done to the beat
there a trope name for these so i can search for more?
>>83743132
so rare but so gold
>that episode when the joke villain tries to be good and is actually trying only to realize they enjoys being the villain more
>The Hero running into a villain out running errands and the villain being completely mystified to the hero's hostility when they're not "on the clock"
>the joke villain gets sick of everyone's shit and goes One-Winged-Angel on everyone.
>the big, imposing villain does incredibly mundane/embarrassing things in his/her off time
>Character has to do something difficult/unpopular for the greater good
>everyone hates them but they know they did good
That's that shit that gets me up in the morning f-am.
>>83725229
>>83733861
Watch my hero academia. The most satisfyingly timed badassery of a protagonist I've ever seen.
>>83734831
Final episode of Gurren Lagann for last one. That shit gets me hype 100% of the time
>>83732568
Negative as in photonegative. Its an AU based on photonegatives of the original characters.
>>83746023
It still doesn't make sense for half of them. Like I can understand Evil Finn/Jake and Angel Marceline/Dad, but why is the Ice King a monk? Why is Magic Man a knight? Why is Hotdog Princess some sort of popsicle thing and why is slime princess just a skeleton? And why is Starchy just some evil looking dude? It doesn't even look like he's a candy person.
>>83728342
>when they fight the heroes fight against the villain with the power they know they can beat rather than their own
Nah, my favorite is when they go up against their doppelganger first, but can't beat themselves. Then they realize they have to switch off and fight each other's.
And to add a new one:
>characters can combine powers
>when different characters combine, different powers show up
>show goes through all the possible combinations
It's one of the reasons Steven Universe gets me. I love that shit.
>>83737773
My hero academia. It's pretty top tier in that department.
>>83746091
>Why is Magic Man a knight? Why is Hotdog Princess some sort of popsicle thing and why is slime princess just a skeleton?
Shwig (I'm pretty sure that's Shwig's art) decided to go not just evil but completely inverse with a lot of the characters. So the crazy magician becomes a stoic melee fighter. A cold hot dog might be a popsicle. And a Slime Princess without her slime is a dusty skeleton.
>>83746091
>>83746171
Oh, and the Ice King isn't a monk, he's just super bald.
>>83725034
>when the fight revolves completely around one character trying to accomplish a task and the other is trying to stop them.
Action set pieces in CO/ related stuff that's the center of the action is rare but good. ie: stopping a train, trying to grab some object.
Favorite example is actually in Kill Bill Vol. 2. One eyed butch keeps trying to unsheath the sword. Half the fight is her not allowing her to. Really well choreographed.
>>83728342
actual kek
>>83746091
i can see ice king being pretty clever
>a king gets everything
>a monk gives everything
still though, im not a fan of AUs with this much of a stretch/change in character
>>83735014
Wasn't Master Roshi the granddad of the trope?
>genius character lives in a multiverse
>different versions of that character come together to form a council or society made up of them self
>episode skips the intro
>it starts playing during the episode
>the theme plays again during the final showdown
>mfw
also when the theme starts playing and gets shut down when the final ultimate mega attack doesn't do shit
>>83746540
>has just went from friendly to unfriendly
Every time
>>83742400
>>83736430
even more years in fact their last millitary campain was in 1515 against François the first
>>83742400
When will you learn?
>>83739769
>giant, muscular, overall threatening character
>likes small animals and other cute things
>is afraid of little shit like bugs or worms
Also
>Set up an intense, epic, dramatic fight scene
>characters charge towards each other andstart slap fighting
>>83739048
I'm actually on my first play through of Earthbound right now. When I got to the first one I thought I had started fighting them out of order. then I thought the last one was going to say he was the strongest. Nope. They all think they're the third strongest.
>>83732197
Actually chuckled to myself just reading the trope
>Tall, lanky character in a team of big bads with a dim, unimposing expression on his face at all times
>Is actually secretly their strongest fighter and the most sadistic to boot
>Team of heroes leaves their weakest member to fight him without realizing what they've done
>cue gut wrenching beatdown and maybe even a death scene
>Trickster character that relies on superior IQ and sleight of hand to defeat his opponent
>Is foiled by stupid brute too strong and powerful to give a flying crap about plans within plans and theatricality and deception
>>83725034
>time travel shenanigans resulting in a teamup of historical people
>>83748241
This reminds me of a Magic card flavor text, of all things.
>Hero has the most mundane powerset in his team
>He learns to use it to its full potential, transforming his lame powerset into a badass, creative arsenal that the big bads become increasingly wary of
>Series ends with hero being revered as a legendary badass, and everyone in his world learns never to underestimate even the most weakass of abilities
>Team of heroes/villians have the worlds most powerful person on their side
>the catch? He/she is a complete retard and is forbidden from the front lines because their lack of intelligence/control of their powers would harm friends and foes alike
>>83725034
>insignificant thing that happened ends up coming back to bite someone in the ass
>>83725250
Damn I may have saw this show once but still remember the theme
>its a "character disguises their actual powerset as another powerset because they're ashamed of their actual ability for some reason" episode
>>83748440
That's something I always liked about One Piece. How the fuck did string powers turn into this shit?
>father of the MC is the strongest character in the story
>>83748659
Doffy really was a dark Luffy
>Is of noble/legendary stock
>got handed a "weak" Paramecia
>started out from the bottom
>picked fights with heavyweights
>inspires loyalty in his crew members
>undying willpower
Can't wait to see the crazy fuck again
>>83748659
>Some upstart asshole just ruined one of his facilities and maybe killed two people he considered his family
>First time Doffy gets pissed. Really pissed.
>Leaves his comfortably castle by connecting strings from his fingers to FUCKING CLOUDS and proceeds to swing from CLOUD TO CLOUD in a fit of rage to the island the upstart fucker was to murder his bitch ass
Donflamingo was a good villain.
>>83748659
Also a Fun thing about Enhancers in Hunter X Hunter. All they really do is just play on the fundamentals of Nen. "I punch you harder/Make myself harder to Punch, Punch at a Distance"
Although, people don't necessarily underestimate them, really. Because it's brutally effective.
Literally.
>character was genuinely pretending to be retarded whilst manipulating the entire cast from behind the scenes
>The only person that caught on and kept an eye on said character was dismissed as being hateful and was shat on by the other characters
>proceeds to give a giant middle fingers to everyone when "pretending to be retarded" guy reveals masterplan and and starts killing several characters
>>83746540
That elder Miraak Spidey looks fucking badass.
>>83748791
>tfw G4 Luffy vs. Ragemode Doflamingo would have happened a hundred chapters earlier if Luffy had been an hour late in leaving Punk Hazard
>>83748870
If One Piece is good at one thing it's drawing out the inevitable for as long as possible.
I thought the manga was bad but holy shit the poorly animated version is agonizing.
>Excessively violent, angry, emotionally repressed character
>Gradually mellows out over the course of the series because of their unique experiences and connections to other characters
>Hero from a wartorn world travels to parallel universe, bringing his warworld shenanigans with him
>encounters version of himself that has grown up in a peaceful, idyllic version of his own
>teaches beta version of himself to stand strong in the face of the interdimensional shenanigans he's brought with him
>beta version of himself discovers unknown reserves of willpower and strength he didn't know he had
>alpha version is killed at some point
>beta version honors his memory by going to his world and fighting in his stead
>>83725034
>character performs heroic sacrifice
>other characters never find out
>main characters visit parallel worlds/times with different versions of themselves
Even if it's just for a few seconds, I love seeing things like this.
>Medieval versions of themselves in armour and cloaks
>Their future selves with cool scars and beards, one of them has a robot arm
>waaaaay future versions of themselves in space with sci-fi weapons
>Caveman versions of themselves
>Goofy, kinda pathetic comic relief character
>Weaker than everyone else but still manages to save the rest of the team multiple times>Turns out to be the main villain, has been deceiving the heroes the entire time
>powerless hero in a world full of superpowered humans
>has one skill he's good at; unfortunately said skill is one that machines do better
>proceeds to become an ubermaster at that one thing, honng his talent until not even machines can do what he does
>fights on even terms with characters that rely to much on a shallow understanding of their own superpowers
And that's why Hawkeye's one of my favorite Avengers to watch (yeah, I only started liking him after the Avengers movies came out)
>time travel
>multiple iterations of characters fighting/cooperating
>bonus points if a character's time clones turn out differently depending on the circumstances
pic related
>>83749120
What show did that? Sounds interesting
>>83749156
Maybe not quite a show, butPersona 3.
>>83748989
So, zuko?
>Distant descendant of the main character, is born hundreds of years after the events of the first story
>Is barely recognizable as a descendant of the MC
>Still occasionally exhibits mannerisms and personality quirks that his distant ancestor had, whilst still being very much his own man
This is a real low-key one, I don't know why, but I like it
>>83749197
Zuko.
Casey Jones.
Piccolo
Etc.
>>83749156
There was that one /tg/ greentext about the sith lord janitor.
>>83749137
Fiesta Ace Dick is still the best character.
>>83725034
>character claims to be stuck in an xfiles type situation (time loop/body snatch/mass hypnosis)
>other characters believe them without question
>>83725229
Didn't they do that in a Fast and Furious film?
>>83732928
only bothers me in
>status quo is god
situations. I want a slacker character to get serious and stay serious until they die tragically in a berserker heroic sacrifice.
>>83749237
Consider this an official request.
>>83725034
The villain getting what they deserve because it happens so rarely in real life.
>>83748659
Birdcage is an overpowered piece of asspull-shit. Haki masters like Zorro being unable to cut it with his top tier swords makes no sense at all.
>>83749340
Here you go.
>>83725034
>The villain has wife, kids and other relatives
>>83733921
>Grabthar's hammer, by the suns of Worvan, you shall be avenged.
>>83742575
It's always hype as fuck. The end of Gurren Lagan where each larger robot gets blasted away until finally it's just him and his fists punching the antispiral end boss is the hypest animated sequence I have ever seen.
Or the end of FMA: Brotherhood where ed is punching father to death after he gets his arm back. Holy fuck.
>>83738319
only nation on earth that has a fallout shelter for every citizen, every house has a m16 and they have shittons of nazi gold.
>>83746122
>Nah, my favorite is when they go up against their doppelganger first, but can't beat themselves. Then they realize they have to switch off and fight each other's.
The only example I can think of this is that one Teen Titans episode. Can you name any other examples?
>>83738275
I love how that's done in MGS4
>>83749425
That shit is amazing.
>>83742292
Best
>Hero goes up against evil doppelganger who has the same weapons and powers the hero does
>Evil doppelganger uses his duplicates of the hero's weapons and powers in ways the hero never thought to use them before, completely catching the hero off guard. Hero gets pummeled with his own weapons and powers before coming up with a strategy to counter his doppelgangers unorthodox techniques
