r/TopCharacterTropes • u/KalzK • Sep 06 '26

miscellaneous Tropes that became problematic

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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/SnowFiender Sep 06 '26

powerscalers will look at this and unironically tell you bulma could 1v1 buu

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u/kaimcdragonfist Sep 06 '26

Given Super's writing at times they may be right

(/j)

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u/-Best_Name_Ever- Sep 06 '26

/uj ok but seriously, it's crazy that Frieza came back and was able to take on POST-BUU Goku/Vegeta just because "he trained"

And even crazier that Roshi was even brought along for the tournament stuff.

These are characters that were previously long left in the dust, and they're suddenly strong enough to stand alongside buu-level characters???

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u/Correct_Refuse4910 Sep 06 '26

In the manga Roshi even fought Jiren for a bit.

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u/XGhoul Sep 06 '26

I was at the point were it's like. You know what? Let Jiren win. Goku and Beerus being too stupid is qualified for them getting deleted.