r/TopCharacterTropes • • Sep 06 '26

miscellaneous Tropes that became problematic

The Persistent Suitor: A guy who is after the girl and just wont take no for an answer. Nowadays we just call stalking and harassment, but it used to be romantic. Example: The Notebook (2004), Noah asks Allie out while she's on a date with another man. She refuses, but he threatens to let go and fall unless she agrees to go out with him.

Comedic Woman On Man Violence: Mostly seen in anime, recently it has decreased a lot but years back every show had a woman hitting a guy and showed it as funny. Example: Toradora!, where the quintessential tsundere, Taiga, beats up the MC regularly.

Kid Bags Adult Baddie: I remember a few of these, sometimes it was to show how cool and awesome a kid was because an adult woman fell for him, now it's just seen as problematic shit. Example: Blank Check, the woman likes the kid and kisses him telling him to look for her in 10 years.

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u/No_Prize9794 Sep 06 '26

I mean, when the kid survives getting run over, then picks up and throws your car while you’re still in it, it becomes self defense

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u/kaimcdragonfist Sep 06 '26

That's what the 2nd Amendment is REALLY for.

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u/maniccrude Sep 06 '26

That and for any sensible middle American whose "carrot-patch" blows up

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u/Tipsy_Hog Sep 06 '26

Such a shame that Sonic the Hedgehog blew up his "carrot patch". I don't think he'll ever recover

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u/maniccrude Sep 06 '26

Im sure his gun will protect him though...