r/TopCharacterTropes • • 11h ago

Lore [Loved Trope] Everybody shows up for the Final Battle (Spoilers Ahead) Spoiler

  • Avengers Endgame
  • My Hero Academia
  • Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood
  • Jackie Chan Adventures
  • Gravity Falls
  • Justice League Unlimited
  • Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes
  • Jujutsu Kaisen
  • Spy Kids 3D
  • Castlevania Nocturne
  • Leroy and Stitch
  • Harry Potter

I just love it when everyone shows up to fight the last battle.

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u/kblaney 8h ago

Every TTRPG campaign I run. The situation is going to look hopeless but then the tide will turn when all their allies show up at the last possible moment. Except one time, when the players were the "arrived at the last possible moment" people.

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u/der_blinkenlights 4h ago

That's always a good trope to have in TTRPGs, really rewards the players for building bridges instead of going murder hobo.

Reminds me of a Star Wars RPG campaign we wrapped up early this year. One player was trying to break the Imperial blockade of Mandalore and prevent the Great Purge of Mandalore. He had a few ships and a handful of Mandalorians. My player's revived CIS showed up, alongside a bunch of mercenaries, some Hutt support, the Rebel Alliance, and the fucking Hapan Consortium.