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/highcaliberwit Sep 06 '26

Whoa what?!?

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u/Wiplazh Sep 10 '26

Is Jean just running around making people gay?

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u/kblaney Sep 10 '26

No, she's just reading their thoughts and realizing it about them before they realize it about themselves.

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u/Wiplazh Sep 10 '26

They made it look like maybe she put the gay thoughts in there, and I wouldn't even be surprised, those damn muties always up to no good