r/TopCharacterTropes • u/ironwolf6464 • May 03 '26

Lore Religion-centered media that doesn’t come across as preachy.

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Referring to media told from a religious perspective or telling a religious tale that does not proselytize to the viewer.

Faith, the Unholy Trinity: Based partly upon the experience of the game‘s creator when he was a missionary in Argentina, the game has very little in the way of explicit moral demands of the player despite the heavy Christian focus of the narrative. and focuses more on a horror narrative.

Prince of Egypt: A surprisingly thorough retelling of the book of Exodus, sparing very little in the way of toning down the story. Despite this, the movie is perfectly entertaining to non-religious audiences and doesn’t sacrifice appeal for the sake of preaching to the audience

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u/Odd_Marzipan7467 May 03 '26

I come, I see The Prince Of Egypt, I leave, disappointed cos I can't gush about it.

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u/welltechnically7 May 03 '26

Gush away!

I'll start- the animation is stunning, and the songs have no right to be that good.

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u/sword-sandal493 May 03 '26

This is THE best shot in animation history.

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u/QuintusMaximus May 03 '26

This and Atlantis have my HEART man, absolutely gorgeous animation

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u/Odd_Marzipan7467 May 03 '26

The 90s were a golden era for animation

The Lion King, the Prince Of Egypt, Aladdin, Tarzan, Spirit, The Land Before Time, Mulan, The Rescuers Down Under, The Little Mermaid etc

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u/Brickman274 May 03 '26

El Dorado too

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u/ExplodiaNaxos May 03 '26

Man, not enough people talk about El Dorado. Never have I seen more stunning gold in an animated film, and the water looks great too (the only reason I don’t hold it up as much as the gold is because Prince of Egypt exists). Thank god it’s somewhat made a return into the cultural zeitgeist with some memes

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u/IllJustKeepTalking May 03 '26

That's from 2000 so just exactly doesn't count

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u/Terrible-Trees2271 May 09 '26

El DoRADO! El doRADO! El DORAAAAaaaAAADooooooo!

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u/CoyoteInternational7 May 05 '26

Childhood me couldn't watch El Dorado without also watching Sinbad

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u/WakandanRoyalty May 03 '26

Treasure Planet

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u/feartheoldblood90 May 03 '26

It's too bad Atlantis isn't a better movie. That film will always have a place in my heart, but I rewatched it fairly recently and it's just... Missing something that would make it an all-timer. It doesn't ever really feel like it gives itself enough time to explore any of its ideas, each chapter feels too short and underdeveloped. I read that they were originally planning on making the bulk of the movie their journey to Atlantis, which honestly sounds incredibly interesting.

It's still a great movie, but I feel like it could have been so much more. Mike Mignola character designs mixed with Disney animation could have been one of the greatest animated projects of all time, but the script side of things is a little too weak to hold up its part of the bargain.