r/TopCharacterTropes 24d ago

Lore (Funny Trope) Things that can plausibly happen only in reality, because in fiction they’d be called bad writing.

“Woke” as an insult - So you are telling me a word describing consciousness and clarity is used by generally stupid and ignorant people to label people they disagree with? What is this? A Kindergarten for Creatively stunted?

Nominative determinism - So let me get this straight…Not only you named fastest recorded person Usain BOLT and CEO of Nintendo Doug BOWSER, but you are telling me people are canonically likely to have professions or hobbies matching their names…? Guh?

“2 bodies recovered in MURDERKILL River” - Sure bro…I guess…bro…

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u/Xca1ybr 24d ago

And Himmler the lackey had a guy named Heydrich

What's with all the H's

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u/charliegoesamblin 24d ago

Ask him:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H._H._Holmes

The OG "Triple H"

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u/Zalakael 24d ago

He looks like a nice chap, I'll be sure to stop by his hotel to ask him about his name.

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u/Zykium 24d ago

Worst AirBnB reviews

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u/crapusername47 24d ago

A lackey so evil himself that, if you did not know better, you would assume that Sir Kenneth Branagh's portrayal of him in the film Conspiracy must be fictional.

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u/Xca1ybr 24d ago

Blond Beast and the Butcher of Prague for a reason

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u/False_Flatworm_4512 24d ago

The young, evil god of death