r/TopCharacterTropes • • 4h ago

Characters [Hated] People Suffer Because of a Spoiled Brat

Final Destination Bloodlines: The events of the tower collapsing, and leading to Death pursuing the protagonists and countless others, is the fault of 'the penny kid'.

Elevator (2012): Madeline, the granddaughter of the building's owner, sets the plot in motion by playing with the elevator controls to torture the claustrophobic George.

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u/WinterSparklers 3h ago edited 3h ago

Anthony Fremont (Twilight Zone 1961, S3E8, It's a Good Life). He was a kid that had godlike powers but was very spoiled. And the entire town lived and died on his whim.

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u/Chaosmusic 3h ago

In the revived Twilight Zone series they did a sequel episode where he is grown up with a daughter who is even worse than he is. Same actor who played the kid, too.

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u/lowbrassdude 3h ago

Bill Mumy's daughter also played Anthony's daughter

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u/Chaosmusic 2h ago

Forgot about that, good call. Talented family.

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u/Aethelrede 2h ago

"Spoiled" is a little misleading, because it implies that his parents were too indulgent.  Since this kid was omnipotent and omniscient, his parents had no choice but to indulge his every whim.

Fun fact, for the show they aged him up; in the original short story the kid was three. Imagine being entirely at the mercy of a three year old.

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u/Paceyscreek1999 1h ago

I feel like I’m at the mercy of my three year old as is

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u/Playful-Succotash-99 1h ago

Funny thing is if you read the short story it's not even that he's necessarily a bad kid in fact the story says is relatively benevolent with animals

But he's a small child with no greater sense of morality, there's no other power to keep him in check, he can hear people's thoughts ( so everyone mumbles around him to scramble their minds) and he might not look like a normal child and in fact maybe demonic or Goblin like which Caused the doctor on the day he was born to freak out leading to the child either psychically destroying the rest of the world or splitting their Town Off.

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u/afromao 3h ago

Darla from Finding Nemo. The moment those Psycho shrieking violins kicked in, every kid in the theater knew that fish was doomed.

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u/pitifulproduce137 3h ago

To this day when I see kids tap on fish tanks or animal enclosures, I hear "FISHY FISHY FISHY" in my head.

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u/Additional-Heat-9384 3h ago

Dio started bullying his adoptive brother because, for some reason, he thought that doing so would allow him to secure the family inheritance — JoJo's Bizarre Adventure

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u/WoolooMVP10 3h ago

Which leads to a universal reset

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u/Fearless_Owl_2172 3h ago edited 3h ago
  1. Bully adoptive brother.

  2. ?

  3. Profit.

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u/WastelandPioneer 1h ago

Whats even more obnoxious is that George would absolutely have split it evenly between the two, and Dio would never have to work a day in his life anyway.

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u/Bright-Fisherman-731 2h ago

Because he was neglected by George, Dio was never able to grow out of his Survival of the Fittest mindset, and the two brothers just ended up low-key hating each other, not fixing any of the problems between them. Until this boiled over with Dio’s attempted assassination of George, whom the bystanders had the gall to say had “given the rest of his goodness to Johnathan,” nothing happened to advance the situation

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u/ElmarSuperstar131 2h ago

Look no further than this stupid chick right here, more commonly known as Christine “Chris” Hargensen from Carrie. She was nothing more than a vicious bully that couldn’t take accountability for her deplorable actions and instead had to carry out one final act of malice that inadvertently led to the prom massacre and most of the town being destroyed.

Stephen King was seriously ahead of his time with mean girl culture!

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u/HungarianMockingjay 2h ago

His wife made him scrap some of the old writing for that story, because she knew that the teen girls depicted weren't being realistically mean enough. She was speaking from experience.

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u/Playful-Succotash-99 1h ago

Yeah the funny thing is if you look at the school most of them aren't even like in on the joke and don't think it's funny they're more shocked when it happens but Carrie doesn't see that she just hears her crazy mothers words and flips

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u/Technical-Agency-480 1h ago

It really is sad because there's probably a bunch of them who didn't even know her since it looked like it was a fairly big school and would've absolutely been against that "prank"

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u/NotBorn2Fade 4h ago

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u/LilMissy1246 3h ago

Musk too. Grown ass men with such pathetic personalities and prioritize money and helping the rich rather than actual people in need. People are suffering in Congo, Nepal, Indonesia (just learned about the situation there and it’s awful), and etc but…FLYING CARS, right…?
https://giphy.com/gifs/ckKf5lA78k5iChxfVz

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u/combustibledaredevil 2h ago

The car didn’t even fly! It was a stupid flip that would’ve killed someone in the car

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u/TBTabby 3h ago

Take note, parents: this is what happens when children grow old without ever once hearing the word "no."

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u/Taiggie-Scraper5 3h ago

POV you’re the adult in the room watching a spoiled kid make the situation ten times worse

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u/Darth_MRM 3h ago edited 2h ago

It's not his fault more than 50% of the country who voted decided to vote him again.
Edit: so he got the most votes but only 49.8% of the country is stupid not more than 50%

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u/intergalactic-1 3h ago

Ehhhhhh

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u/Darth_MRM 3h ago

Eh honestly watching from outside you guys(as a whole country) always scream rigged when your party lises be it republican or democrat. And just that trump quote isn't enough for me to belive it

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u/Atlas-The-Sovereign 3h ago

Elon was literally publicly paying people to vote republican, imagine what happened behind closed doors

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u/VictoryBeardWrites 3h ago

Correct me if wrong, but wasn't he bribing people to enroll in swing states. Since you can't bribe people into voting for your party, but he did it in such a way that made new voters want to vote Republican.

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u/Haunting_Weakness_13 22m ago

"He wasn't bribing people because he got around the law to bribe people" okaaaay

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u/intergalactic-1 3h ago

It’s messed up either way you’re right, gerrymandering sucks, but also technological manipulation & voter fraud was at play in the previous election

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u/Missing_Username 2h ago

Less than 50% voted for him

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u/Darth_MRM 2h ago

He won the popularity vote...

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u/Missing_Username 2h ago

You can win the popular vote with less than 50%, it's called a plurality

Trump - 49.8%

Harris - 48.3%

Other 3rd party candidates - 1.9%

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u/Darth_MRM 2h ago

My fault I'm sorry I will edit my comment

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u/FlakyRazzmatazz5 3h ago

Was waiting to find that one.

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u/El_Titanium_Blanco 24m ago

Won by popular vote 😁

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u/Several-Minute6846 3h ago

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u/Major_incompetence 2h ago

he barely had any grasp on the throne. if anything he indirectly enabled the people responsible by being inbred with severe cognitive impairments and a weak will

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u/Piccadil_io 3h ago

This is the one.

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u/SH4RPSPEED 3h ago

Mordred - Justice League

The somehow centuries-old literal child of the sorceress Morgaine Le Fay. The moment this little shit got enough power for himself, he banished all adults, including his mother, to a parallel dimension off Earth, leaving just children behind. The Justice League and Le Fay then have to strike a deal, with her turning them into children so they can be put back on Earth and stop Mordred.

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u/Ill-Wear-8662 2h ago

The ending to his story is pretty sad

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u/stoufferthecat 4h ago

Atonement (2007)

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u/TheRowingBoats 3h ago

My favourite part is the commitment to this hairstyle she kept her whole life

Now THAT’S Atonement

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u/tanky_bo_banky 3h ago

This movie made me so mad

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u/glove_actually 2h ago

The injustice was traumatising.

Nothing was attoned as far as I am concerned.

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u/ungranted_wish 3h ago

I remember we read the book in English class and I was just so fucking mad the whole time lmao

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u/EmotionalSupportVape 1h ago

Came here for this

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u/ducknerd2002 3h ago

Joffrey Baratheon (Game of Thrones/ASOIAF)

Gets bitten by a pet dog while bullying a teenager; starts war that kills thousands.

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u/redXkhut 3h ago

Iosef Tarasov (John Wick): Got mad when John Wick refused to sell his car to him and responded by breaking into his house, beating him up, stealing the car, and killing his dog. This leads to 4 movies worth of death and destruction in the crimeworld.

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u/Major_incompetence 2h ago

Cut him some slack, he got his dick cut off by some rival crime family's lieutenant

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u/Chaosmusic 3h ago

Debbie from Addams Family Values - She murders her parents because they got her the wrong Barbie toy as a kid. She then goes on to marry and murder men for their money.

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u/choo-choo-pain 3h ago edited 3h ago

Olivia - Knights of Guinevere

We’ve only had 2 episodes so far but it seems she’s the cause of Gwen’s suffering and mental trauma by always being horrifically torn apart and put back together by her, only for the processes to be repeated all over again just because she’s never “perfect” enough

The construction going into Park Planet always dumps refuse onto the planets surface so the rest of society has to live in trash and squalor

Even her father who is responsible for helping build up the legacy of the Park and Gwen is suffering due to Olivia always throwing tantrums in front of investors potentially losing them partners and creditably

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u/BookEnvironmental689 3h ago

https://giphy.com/gifs/4N1wQst7g3DsUHhLVq

Just her endlessly doing the dumbest shit possible despite multiple warnings. Sabrina The Teenage Witch

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u/LaLaMevia 3h ago

Don't ask me why I stuck around with this show, but this has legit one of the worst endings I've ever seen anywhere, and I've never seen anyone talk about it. It made me think intermittently that I imagined the whole thing.

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u/DorisWildthyme 3h ago

Same. I think I mainly stuck around with it because of Michelle Gomez and her tendency to just wander into scenes, steal them from everyone else, then wander back out again. Plus Miranda Otto being thoroughly great as well.

https://giphy.com/gifs/5sWPgD3oY3uPrHizwj

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u/CindysLeakingTV 1h ago

Fellow Chilling Adventures of Sabrina sufferer here! I also don't know why.

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u/sky_cap5959 3h ago

Like... the TV show with Melissa Joan Hart? What is this GIF?

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u/UltimateOtter_Nation 3h ago

Netflix did a "dark and gritty" remake a few years back. I think she is the daughter of Satan or something?

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u/sky_cap5959 3h ago

Ah, I see. It's always annoying when remakes don't have some sort of naming distinction, atleast when they change so much.

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u/pitifulproduce137 3h ago

It does, the new series is called "The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina," not "Sabrina the Teenage Witch."

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u/sky_cap5959 3h ago

Makes me even more confused by the original comment... but atleast now I know way more than I probably needed to!

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u/FilthyThief94 3h ago

It isn't a "dark and gritty remake" it's an adapation of the actual comics.

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u/DorisWildthyme 3h ago

It's adapted from a specific "dark and gritty" version of the comic, also called The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina, which is actually even worse than the TV show, seemingly just so the author could show how "edgy" he was.

The original Sabrina the Teenage Witch comics were much more light-hearted and fun.

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u/Different_One9412 3h ago

No she just called him daddy

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u/Ok_Major5787 2h ago

No she was his literal daughter, it’s a major plot point especially towards the end

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u/pitifulproduce137 3h ago

It's from the newer Netflix show "The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina." I believe it's more in line with the original comics but I'm not sure. 

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u/DorisWildthyme 3h ago

More inline with the "dark and edgy" comic titled The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina, but the very original comics were much more light-hearted and fun.

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u/pitifulproduce137 3h ago

Oh I didn't know there were multiple! I just knew it was an Archie comic originally. Neat!

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u/BroShutUp 3h ago

The original comics is from archie comics. At a time that they didnt do dark at all

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u/TheREALProfPyro 1h ago

Yeah, like before Archie fought the Predator

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u/NerdNuncle 3h ago

Not only was Penny Kid technically the first child killed on-screen, but also the first kill to be celebrated worldwide

NOBODY liked that brat 😂

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u/BoyMeetsDog 1h ago

I heard that Tim in the second movie was supposed to be a tween, but then they chickened out and made him a teenager.

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u/NerdNuncle 53m ago

Just wish they had changed the script to mirror it. Some of those scenes got more than a little icky

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u/linlovesthenight 3h ago

FUCKIN PENNY KID, hate that guy. Only time I’ve ever seen “and then everyone clapped and cheered” play out in real time

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u/cowboyforce 3h ago

Roarke Junior

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u/G0dofmyworld 3h ago

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u/Reaper-Lord69 3h ago

SMACK!

"And now I have struck a king! Did my hand fall from my wrist!?"

One of my favorite GOT lines

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u/pitifulproduce137 3h ago

Man, I've never watched the show but that actor does such a perfect "sniveling little shit" face in every gif I see of him.

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u/Zillafan12345 11m ago

Game of Thrones looks so good every time I see it, but can’t bear the idea of watching it, because I’ll know I’ll get so invested that the total dumpster fire at the end will hurt even more.

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u/afromao 3h ago

Joffrey. The only character whose death an entire fandom celebrated like a national holiday.

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u/rawrkristina 3h ago

I know I cheered

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u/Slimeboy_II 3h ago

That one scene in Diary of a Wimpy Kid where Manny hogs all the heating or something

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u/Substantial-Level778 3h ago

Veruca Salt from Charlie and the chocolate factory (Road Dahl’s)

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u/prettierthangod 2h ago

to be fair nobody really suffered except her and her dad in the 05 and but maybe some squirrels got some trauma from that

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u/67alecto 3h ago

The first Purge movie.

If they had just listened to their dad, he would still be alive

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u/Ben_Sisko69 3h ago

This little shit from The Strain

https://giphy.com/gifs/xT9IgkV2Yg7FlaqiME

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u/ChronoAlone 57m ago

Fuck I hated that kid. So glad he died at the end.

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u/frecklepax 3h ago

My sisters are the reason why I suffer IRL

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u/Reaper-Lord69 3h ago

I'm sure you've thought about being the boy in this gif 😂

https://giphy.com/gifs/K9YiYj906A1kA

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u/Armascribe 3h ago

The Strain: Everyone in the world, including the viewers, has to suffer because of Zach

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u/Cyber_Connor 3h ago

Omen I guess

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u/Ok_Translator76 1h ago

The poor people of Pontypandy.

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u/polystarlight 3h ago

Mama's Family when the Reverend's grandson comes to stay with the Harpers. He torments them, destroy's Iola's property, and even bounds and gags Thelma for some reason. He almost gets away with all of it because his family doesn't believe in spanking.

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u/MeepMan324 3h ago

Hiyoko with Mikan (Danganronpa 2)

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u/MaddysinLeigh 3h ago

IRL with Trump. No one has ever told that man no and it’s showing

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u/Kevandre 37m ago

it was a problem with Bush too. But it's even worse now

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u/redlac24 3h ago

Byakuya Togami (Danganronpa)

Trial 2 would have been so easy if he hadn't messed with the scene

Regardless, I still love him. He's such a prick, but also so god damn funny

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u/Ibis1989 3h ago

Zach from The Strain.

He made so many dumb choices that got people killed.

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u/WorstITTechnician 2h ago

The Hunt. In this film, a child unjustly accuses his teacher of abuse, and without any proof, people immediately become afraid and treat Lucas as if he were complete human garbage, completely excluding him, beating him, only for the child to admit to his father that it was a lie. In the last scene, during a hunt, a shot hits the tree next to Lucas, showing that even with the story proving his innocence, he would be marked by it and some people would still see him as a monster, to the point of trying to end his life. It's a great film.

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u/Expert-Yam6577 3h ago

Starlord losing his temper and blowing the Thanos plan. He knows they're seconds from defeating Thanos by sticking to the plan. But a lifetime of making everything about himself forces him into action. He has to hit Thanos right now. Everything be damned. It's about Starlord's manchild impulsivity. It's worked for him every other time to this point so he resorted to what he knew.

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u/Reaper-Lord69 3h ago

True but Star-lord, raised by a blue skinned alien pirate who liked to constantly joke his men wanted to eat him and forced by said pirate to steal stuff, is probably the opposite of "spoiled"

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u/Major_incompetence 3h ago

spoiled-milk spoiled

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u/MayKinPlayz 3h ago

I get the kid is annoying and all, but wouldn't they have had to die even if the kid didn't start it? Death wanted them gone

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u/StarNova_L 1h ago

Serena Waterford - The Handmaiden's Tale

She co-create a cult that take over a whole country, destroys women right, and abuse people only to be able to have a child

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u/superginseng 28m ago

World Nobles from One Piece.

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u/Day_Star_6 3h ago

Izaya from "Durarara"

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u/WillDBlake 3h ago

The real world

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u/GamersReisUp 2h ago

Two particularly infamous examples come to mind immediately, but there are plenty of others

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u/Orange_l_ 4h ago

The man that kelled 80% of human btw

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u/Sir-Toaster- 3h ago

Eren is the opposite of spoiled; he literally lost his parents and was a child soldier. Is just any child that isn't beaten within an inch of their life "spoiled"?

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u/Old-Natural-852 3h ago

I mean...kinda?

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u/Opposite_Spinach5772 3h ago

Eren is spoiled?

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u/Orange_l_ 3h ago

Nuh i just hate him

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u/Adventurous_Touch342 3h ago

Yeah, Eren was a raging asshole and I truly hope Jean ended up with Mikasa while she quickly got over Eren after her programming would give out with his death.

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u/jesus_ferdzroman2007 3h ago

El mismo se considera un idiota que tuvo demasiado poder

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u/prettierthangod 2h ago

to be fair madeline was id say traumatised enough to change her ways

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u/AJLovesChicken0567 1h ago

Everyone suffers at the black prom because of Chris’ cruel prank on Carrie.

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u/Bright-Fisherman-731 2h ago

Seriously, can we please stop fantasizing about murdering annoying kids?

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u/Aethelrede 1h ago

Nobody is fantasizing about murdering kids.  People are enjoying the deserved fates of fictional characters.

Understanding the difference between fiction and reality should be a prerequisite for posting on Reddit.

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u/Piccadil_io 3h ago

Has anyone actually seen Final Destination: Bloodlines? Or do people piece it together from posts on this fucking sub?

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u/Christian_R_Lech 3h ago

Only seen clips but Penny Kid was just a vector through which Death enacted yet another Rude Goldberg-style mass slaughter. If Death didn't chose to enact mass murder on the tower, the coin would've ended up in the pond and not done some magic boomerang into the tower vents