Yamcha - Dragon Ball Super

In dragon ball, Yamcha has it pretty rough. He hasn't won a fight since OG dragon ball, and was outclassed almost as soon as he was introduced. By the buu saga, yamcha had all but given up on being one of the Z-fighters and tried playing baseball instead. But here's the thing: Yamcha still has basically superhuman strength, he just so happens to surround himself with people vastly stronger than him. He uses his martial arts skills and ki control to become a rich and famous baseball star.

Shocker - Spiderman / Ms Marvel

Shocker has become an absolute joke in Spider-Man and tired of being constantly beaten down by the many, MANY superheroes in Nyc, he decided to move to new jersey as it only has one superhero defending it. The inexperienced teenager, Ms Marvel. Due to the fact that shocker actually has quite a good power and literal decades of fighting experience, he actually puts up a very good fight and the only reason he doesn't win is because Ms Marvel is teleported away.

1. Fury (2014) Shia LaBeouf pulled his own tooth out with a pair of pliers after failing to find a dentist that would do it, thinking it would give his character texture.

2. Chapter 27 (2007) Jared Leto gained 67 pounds to play Mark David Chapman by drinking microwaved pints of Häagen-Dazs ice cream mixed with olive oil and soy sauce. The rapid weight gain gave him gout and forced him to use a wheelchair due to the pain.

3. All Things Fall (2011) - 50 Cent lost over 50 pounds for his role as a college football player diagnosed with cancer through a liquid diet and running on a treadmill for three hours a day over nine weeks.

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Blendin (gravity falls): time traveler that work trying to fix time anomalies in gravity falls saying that he's been there for some time and at the end of the episode show him fixing every anomaly caused by Dipper and Mabel. If you rewatch the episodes (or put atention in the background the first time) you were noticed that he was in fact in all those places.

Shou (dorohedoro): man acts as a deus ex machina, manage to move the family from the mansion to a underground base and make a plan to defeat the cross-eyes gang before anyone remember who the fuck he is. Shou simply say that he was there the whole blue moon festival with everyone else, and not only he was there, he's been there since way before appearing in En's movie and in several photos.

Death (puss in boots 2): He talks with puss in a bar acting like a bounty hunter saying that he's been following him for a long time, later reveals himself as death and mention to be there in each death. You can actually see him at the start of the movie when puss die for eight time.

Regular Show - Anti Pops erased a guy down to the storyboard level, stripping away his existence layer by layer and we can see the terror in his eyes.

Dragon Balls Super - Goku Black killed Future Bulma, all we see was her body getting slowly covered by a black silhouette and turned to smoke

Avatar The legend of Korra - Zaheer showed us how dangerous a non pacifist Airbender could be by sucking the air out of earth queen lung, suffocating her slowly

TASM 2 - Peter failed to save Gwen from falling and we saw how her back bent + a loud snap that killed her instantly

Yorinobu Arasaka - per the events of the heist, Yorinobu is Vs enemy... right? They are the one person that knows Yorinobus secret and they were actively trying to steal from him.

However, Night city is never that simple. In truth Yorinobus goals are very similar to Johnny's of all people, he wants to destroy the corp completely from inside. Him murdering his father is probably the best thing an Arasaka family member does in the game

Leto II Atreidese - a nearly immortal and despotic ruler that forces humanity into years and years of forced peace and obedience following his fathers mass murderous jihad across the galaxy.

Letos true intention is to be the final tyrant, to make humanity ungovernable om the scale of the Landsraad or the Emperor. Before he dies, he reveals that humans now have the ability to hide from prescience, the ability Paul used to such effect.

His death scatters humanity and completes the Golden Path Paul envisioned.

1. Harry Potter. The number of students in Hogwarts doesn't really make much sense. Rowling claimed there were 1000 students, but based on the number of named characters in Harry's year and if you consider it a normal year, the number should be closer to 280. Regardless, both numbers are quite low when you consider that Hogwarts is the only wizarding school in Britain, between 40 and 143 kids born per year, that's a quite low wizarding population to what is implied. And that's not even getting into how the school doesn't have enough teachers for a school this size, since each subject for several years is taught by just one teacher.
2. Star Wars. The size of the Clone Army and the Droid Army during the Clone Wars has been the cause of much debate over the years due to conflicting numbers given by canon and EU sources, numbers that are either too low for a galactic-scale conflict in the case of the clones, or absurdly high in the case of the droids, ranging from billions to trillions to even quintillions.
3. Naruto. The Allied Shinobi Forces was composed of 80,000 ninja from all 5 ninja villages plus the samurai. However, these numbers don't really make sense when you compare it to the number of applicants in the Chunin Exams and how less than 20 people pass each year.
4. The Flash. The speed feats of the Flash get a bit absurd and nonsensical, the most infamous being that time the Flash said he could perceive attoseconds. Or that time he evacuates over 500,000 people in South Korea one at a time 35 miles away from a nuclear explosion in .00001 of a microsecond. How the hell does this guy struggle with any villain again?
5. Dragon Ball. A commonly-cited (mostly as a joke) anti-feat for Goku is how he struggled to lift 40 tons (10 tons on each arm and leg) in base form during the Buu Saga. This despite the fact that he's supposedly stronger now yet in earlier chapters he could lift objects that were clearly far heavier.

So sum up of these:

Reverse Flash. Guy from the future named Eobard Thawne. Originally just a theif who took inspiration from the Flash, he became the universe's biggest Flash Fanboy. He went back in time to meet his hero, only for him to figure out either that the Flash didn't view him as his best friend or that he was destined to die at The Flash's hands (take your pick). He since dedicated his life to destroying him. But he's still the world's biggest Flash fanboy.

Lex. Nothing more to say. Hates Superman so much but any suggestion that Superman isn't the best, most amazing dude ever that he is squaring off against is an insult to him that he will not abide by.

Joker. Once again, self explanatory. Joker loves Batman and thinks hes great and wants to play their game foerver and will become deeply hurt if anyone suggests Batman isn't fucking awesome.

Sinestro (DC): Over the years, Sinestro has evolved from a simple villain into something closer to an "anti-villain." His true goal is to improve the Green Lanterns, making the universe safer and more orderly. He and Hal share a complex, "frenemy" relationship. Yet, the big question everyone still asks today is: HOW COULD THE GUARDIANS EVER TRUST SOMEONE NAMED "SINESTRO"?!?!

Decepticons: Much like Sinestro, the Decepticons began as one-dimensional villains but gained greater complexity over time. They were given a tragic origin story: they started as a revolutionary group that eventually descended into extremism, becoming the very thing they once fought against. But i don't care how much history they put behind the name, they are still called "DECEPTIONS"!

The Boys Lamplighter is supposed to be seen as a tragic character, who killed Mallory's grandchildren by mistake, and between that and his dreams of becoming famous for his father, has become a depressed Death Seeker. However, some felt this failed to make sympathetic, because he is introduced helping test Compound V, even killing people who Stormfront is displeased with, and isn't shown doing anything to help people he himself claims need it. This isn't helped by the fact that when he and Hughie are in the Seven Tower, Lamplighter sets himself on fire activating the alarms and alerting the building with little regard to what might happen afterward. Worse, his personality after escaping and hiding with the Boys makes him seem like an asshole who forces Hughie to watch porn that makes him uncomfortable. These traits make it hard to see him as a tragic character for some viewers.

Victoria in the Season 4 finale tries to pull a "Not So Different" Remark on Hughie, calling him on Butcher chopping off Sameer's leg so he could make more of the supe-killing virus, never mind that she was the one who put him in that position in the first place. In any case it pales in comparison to the numerous people she murdered and deceived during her rise to power, as well as turning her own daughter into a monster, who then committed murder herself. Given that her attempted turn to good was brought about more because she realized she'd have no power if she got elected president, she comes across less as being motivated to protect Zoe and more trying to dodge consequences now that her Karma Houdini Warranty has run out. Her sudden death comes across as very karmic rather than the Villain's Dying Grace it was ended as.

Justice League Cadmus the writers of this show has stated that Project Cadmus, the anti-Justice League government think tank in the fourth season, were supposed to be sympathetic Anti Villains with a strong point about the dangers of unrestricted superhumans. In fact, the writers found Cadmus so sympathetic that they introduced a Conflict Killer in the form of Brainiac so he could be revealed as having been manipulating both sides to avoid having to paint either Cadmus or the League as in the wrong. Fans, on the other hand, overwhelmingly sided with the League, considering Cadmus's deeds included attempting to nuke an inhabited island simply to kill Superman and Doomsday, creating Doomsday to begin with, manufacturing an army of cloned Slave Mooks and sending them to massacre the League, including the completely innocent Watchtower staff, and teaming up with supervillains including Lex Luthor, all before the League had done much of anything to them. If anything, the audience viewed Cadmus causing all that shit just to get justification for what they do.

If anyone adds the mustache man I'm strangling you personally.

When the villain technically "wins", is never proven wrong or faces consequences because they put lead in their head before justice caught up to them.

- Kano from Tokyo Ghoul, after placing Rize's organs in Kaneki, using him as a prototype, making more and more experiments, aiding the main villain and inadvertently moving the entire plot of the story he concludes that now humanity will have to acknowledge the possibility of using Ghouls for medical purposes and with that done he shoots himself in the head, his last thoughts being "So this is death, how interesting."

- Kraven from Marvel Comics in Kraven's Last Hunt, after shooting Spider-Man, burying him alive, dressing up as him and then going out in the NY fighting crime and killing people and proving himself as superior to Spider-Man he just leaves a letter confessing all his crimes and then shoots himself in a casket.

1. Diana (Pragmata)- dancing, learning about the world and constantly asking question about the earth

2. Lilo (Lilo and Stitch)

1. Warhammer 40k: Primarily eaten by lower class citizens on Hive worlds, Corpse-starch is a synthetic food source created from the recycled human corpses of the hive cities within the Imperium of Man. It is described to taste flavourless and bland. (Image is fanmade from facebook, there is no appearance for Corpse-starch)

2. Made in Abyss: Type 4 Energy Rations are a highly nutritious food bar made by the White Whistle Bondrewd. It is made for Delvers diving deeper than the fourth layer. They are described as being salty, but ultimately don’t taste of anything.

3. Cyberpunk (original and 2077): Kibble is a common, cheap vitamin-packed food source made by Purina Foods in the Cyberpunk universe . It takes the form of dry, grainy pellets that contain the nine amino acids needed for the body to survive. It is stated to mainly taste like dry pet food.

Being a non-japanese that falls in love with Japanese culture is a common thing.

But what about a non-american who falls in love with American culture?

It's called Reverse Weeb/Westaboo

•Yoru [ ChainsawMan ]

As the War Devil, Yoru's power thrives on humanity's fear of conflict and destruction. Because America possesses a massive military and successfully brought back nuclear weapons (which were previously erased by Chainsaw Man), the country's actions directly make Yoru significantly stronger, more feared, and more powerful.

For Yoru, this "love" is not a typical romance, but rather a narcissistic admiration for the destruction and violence that America fuels

•Nadeshiko Yamato [ The 100 Girlfriends That Really Really Really Really Really Love You ]

Naddy loves America because it represents absolute freedom and individuality, which is the exact opposite of her strict, traditional Japanese upbringing.

Her noble family forced her to be a perfect, submissive traditional Japanese lady.

She views American culture as a way to express herself freely, speak her mind, and live without rigid rules.

She fell in love with Western movies and media, which inspired her to wear cowgirl outfits and speak in broken English.

Carl quest by Ryan ottley (invincible)

Camp counselor Jason by Junkmix (Friday the 13th)

Escaped Too Early by Cherry-blossom-qf (CookieRun: Kingdom)

Phineas Phineas and ferb

Pomni the amazing digital circus

Mario smg4 im not sure if this one fully counts since he’s more so waving goodbye to smg4 and all his friends but i like to interpret it as him also waving goodbye to us as well

Chainsaw Man: In order to prevent Makima from regenerating after defeating her, Denji prepares her as a meal in an act of love and devotion to become one with her.

Hannibal: Although Hannibal Lecter was unknowingly fed his little sister Mischa after she was killed by a group of starving criminals during the war, this experience would be the catalyst for Hannibal to become the notorious serial killer cannibal he is in the present.

Beastars: After Riz the bear stops taking his strength-restricting medication, he accidentally kills his best friend Tem when unable to control his urges but then fully commits to eating him in order for his death not to be a waste and as a “celebration” for their friendship. The guilt is so heavy however, he deludes his final memory of Tem accepting him and giving his permission to be devoured.

"Well, that escalated quickly..." (Anchorman): Not only does Ron Burgundy actually say "Boy, that escalated quickly", he actually sounds genuinely shocked while most people quote it in a somewhat deadpan manner or in awkward yet composed manner like you're trying to break the tension.

"Why are you booing me? I'm right!" (The Eric Andre Show): The meme is often used to back up hot takes when in the original context, it was right after the 2012 Election when Obama won. Eric Andre says he's excited for another 2 years of Obama, causing the audience to cheer, Hannibal Buress (You might know him as the comedian who got Bill Cosby locked up) interjects and says that there's actually going to be 4 years of Obama (To all the non-Americans, a presidenal term there is 4 years), and the audience boos him, leading to the line. So, in other words, Hannibal didn't actually drop a hot take or say anything controversial, he just said a basic simple non-controversial fact and got booed for it. As a result, most people probably read the line in a smug manner like Hannibal knows exactly why he's being booed and is just asking rhetorically where in the actual scene, he's genuinely annoyed and confused that they're booing him.

"Bye Felicia" (Friday): First things, first, the character's name is spelled Felisha. The quote's often used as a way of saying ""Don't let the door hit you on the way out". Except that's not the context in the actual movie. In the scene, Ice Cube's character says it to get Felisha to leave, not while she's already leaving. So the context is less "Don't let the door hit you on the way out" and more "This conversation's over, I'm not entertaining this, you are leaving me alone, and that's final.". Also, this might just be me, but I always pictured the line being said in response to a very long and tedious conversation where in the scene, Felisha has a brief conversation with Chris Tucker's character where she tries to borrow his car and later a joint and he dismisses her so she tries to turn to Ice Cube's character and he immediately dissmisses her with the line. Also, I always imagine the line being said in a snarky and insulting way but in the scene, Ice Cube's character just sounds done. Finally, I always imagined Felisha being this loud, overly obnoxious, argumentive character where in the scene, while she does act somewhat entitled, she's fairly calm in this scene and most of the humor in the scene comes from Chris Tucker's character telling her off in an over the top way, to which she backs off pretty quickly.

"KHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAN!!!" (Star Trek: The Wrath Of Khan): The scene is often pictured as Kirk raising his head and screaming at the sky for an unnaturally long time as it pans out to the planet. In the original scene, Kirk basically just barks Khan's name, he's also facing forward. Finally, the scene is cited as one of the most prominent examples of Shatner/Kirk being hammy but in-universe, Kirk is likely intentionally hamming it up into tricking Khan into thinking he's won.

IE a character can only be as smart as the writer.

E1: Warhammer is really, really bad for this trope. Characters are presented as strategic geniuses or tactical masters, and then when the writer goes to show that off they do some shit like head on human wave tactics assault against fortified positions

Horus in the first few Horus Heresy books is a great example. The other characters spend a LOT of time circle jerking how smart and talented their dad is. Then every single time Horus directs a battle his gameplan is “Loken, go around the enemy, Abbadon, rush B no stop.”

E2: Sister Sage is presented as a mastermind genius in the boys, and is revealed to have been behind everything that led to homelander gaining control over the country, and the season even ends with her outright saying “all according to plan”

The issue is that she just disappears and isnt mentioned again until the very end when she goes “yep I did all of that it was all my plan”

The show doesn’t bother to try to explain how all of the completely random chance shit that happened was manipulated or controlled by her. They present is as a complex chain of dominos that she set up, even though any rational person could tell you that half of the events of that season were unpredictable complete chance events.

E3: Holdo, The last Jedi. The rebel fleet is about to get demolished, Poe and the gang are doing crackhead mutiny shit to try to survive, it’s revealed at the very end after Poe and his team fails that Holdo had an uber plan all along and simply didn’t feel the need or desire to tell anybody in her actively mutinying ship. Dumbass character logic and the movie fully presents it as a “live and learn” moment for Poe even though it would be irresponsible NOT to try to take over command and make your own future when your commanders entire spoken plan is “we’re just gonna fly away until we run out of fuel idk what else you want us to do”

Edit: more examples for the people mad at me for posting sister sage.

Honestly there’s about two dozen Warhammer examples I could give off the top of my head but it would be the same shit with a different smell

BBC Sherlock, asspulls that don’t have a logical connection. The show goes the route of “Sherlock sees or knows something implicitly that the viewer couldn’t possibly have known.” I believe a good mystery is something that the viewer can put the pieces together themselves alongside the author and then after the fact look back and go “oh how did I miss that?” Sherlock doesn’t do this but rather has Sherlock pulling some innate knowledge that wasn’t ever shown or revealed.

House, but in a positive way as the writers made it entertaining, and also borderline subverts the trope by acknowledging its own bullshit (three stories episode where a student asks him why it’s expected for them to have an innate understanding of the dosage calculations for juvenile American rattlesnakes off the top of their heads and house tells them to get good)

A recent trope example of this that I’m hesitant to put in the same category since it’s based off a real life person is The Zuck from Social Network. Half his character dialogue is shit like a character being like “this feels room temperature” and then he would interject and be go “70.7.” And when the other character says what he would be like “the temperature is 70.7, this is 0.7 degrees higher than room temperature.”

Adam Smasher (Cyberpunk: Edgerunners)- David had found Lucy, Faraday was crippled, Becca and Falco were there and ready. Lucy would’ve pulled David from the brink and they could’ve left… but then here comes the one man army to slime out everyone and their mom.

Sukuna (Jujutsu Kaisen)- Gojo was sealed and Mahoraga was out, so screw it, toss literal Satan into the mix for the Shibuya Incident.

A song is reprised under much sadder circumstances or contexts.

1). Avatar: The Last Airbender
Iroh sings a song about a "brave soldier boy" to calm a crying child. He later sings the song to a makeshift memorial he made for his son's birthday. The son who died during Iroh's failed conquest of that very city.

2). Coco:
"Remember me" is portrayed as the most popular song by Ernesto de la Cruz. It turns out it was really written by Hector, to comfort his daughter while he was away. Miguel sings that same song to the little girl, now his great-grandmother, to help her to remember Hector.

3). Adventure Time:
In the ruins of human civilization, Simon Petrikov sings the "Cheers" theme song to entertain a little girl, Marceline. Marceline is immune to the fantastical radiation (left behind by humans) because she is half demon. Simon, who used to be a mortal antiquarian, is protected by his magic crown. But every time he uses the crown, he becomes a little less human and much crazier. When he's forced to use the crown to protect Marceline, he sings the Cheers song to keep himself together. After using it, he forgets Marceline's name.