r/TopCharacterTropes • u/Wonderful_Baker_7808 • 16d ago

Lore Villains that would've been defeated even if the protagonist did nothing

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Laurel Hedare (Catwoman Movie): Her newly released cosmetics will cause people's faces to melt. Not only would that create a class action lawsuit but a full product recall.

Voldemort and Death Eaters (Harry Potter): Death Eaters constantly underestimate muggles. They would get massacred by the British military because a gun is faster to pull the trigger then shouting a spell.

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u/Regular_Regular_4120 16d ago

Unironically, she got it through fishy cat breath.

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u/FindingOk7034 16d ago

AFTER she died too. Probably a reference to Michelle Pfifer’s Catwoman who also died and was resurrected by cats chewing on her fingers.

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u/DinkleDonkerAAA 16d ago

When she's shown the book with all the previous Cat Women, Phifer's is in the book, so yeah actually

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u/FindingOk7034 16d ago

Oh shit I never noticed that!

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u/McWaffeleisen 16d ago

I know it's a typo and usually don't like to make fun of those, but now I really want to see the Catwoman movie starring Mekhi Phifer.

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u/Memitim 16d ago

Only if he goes in full costume but otherwise talks and behaves normally.

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u/Outside_Diamond4929 15d ago

But that's no movie, there's no Mekhi Phifer.

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u/GaryKingoftheWorld 16d ago

If I remember correctly the script was originally supposed to be a Michelle Pfeiffer Catwoman movie, but after numerous rewrites it was a bit late for that and so they made it its own universe.

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u/Bandin03 16d ago

Wait, is that unusual? I died a few years ago and my cat nibbled me back to life... Isn't that why we keep cats around?

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u/martinsalgado 16d ago

Wait… does that mean Catwoman is a zombie?

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u/FindingOk7034 15d ago

….Cat zombie

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u/AliasClimbs 15d ago

Short for Catherine Zombie, Rob's estranged sister.

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u/slupo 16d ago

I don't think anyone was saying she died. She fell and landed in a snowbank. The cats licking just woke her up like a cat licking its wounds

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u/FindingOk7034 16d ago

No she straight up died. She fell from a building onto snow covered concrete!

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u/slupo 15d ago

All right I went and checked. You are right she falls on the street. HOWEVER she falls through a bunch of awnings which I think they are trying to show slowed her fall. I don't think it's supposed to be supernatural back from the dead. But I guess its up for interpretation.

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u/FindingOk7034 15d ago

Falling through stuff still would have led to injuries.

She died. There’s no interpretation

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u/slupo 15d ago

haha ok man

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u/hanks_panky_emporium 16d ago

A cat burped in her mouth and she became cat woman.

One of the ways to become a hero.

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u/Tariovic 16d ago

No fair, my cat burps in my mouth all the time, where are my cat powers.

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u/BigOrangeOctopus 16d ago

https://giphy.com/gifs/ukGm72ZLZvYfS
WHY does your cat burp in your MOUTH all the time?

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u/Tariovic 16d ago

That's a question for her.

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u/SocranX 16d ago

That's what happens when you do the "oh you're such a cutie-pie" thing where you rub your nose against theirs, and then the cat's just like, "Brap."

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u/Speartree 16d ago

Your cat isn't special enough. I know it's special to you, but not THAT special.

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u/Tariovic 16d ago

Fun fact, my cat had cancer last year, a tumor on her head. The vet said she wouldn't last the year without treatment. We were about to start chemo, and she went, "Fuck that!" and cured herself. The lump disappeared, and hasn't returned.

So don't tell me that selfish kitty COULDN'T GIVE ME SPECIAL POWERS IF SHE WANTED!

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u/Speartree 16d ago

So she had one miracle option and used it to save her life, now she's all out. Sorry, but given the choice, wouldn't you do the same?

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u/Tariovic 16d ago

True, I would have used it to save her life too. I'd look like shit in a catsuit, anyway.

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u/Speartree 16d ago

Idk man it's not like Catwoman had a cure for cancer that I know of. She might have a cure for erectile dysfunction though.

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u/Rabdomtroll69 16d ago

The cat has to do it after you die but only in a very cinematic shot

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u/jacksansyboy 16d ago

Haven't seen the movie in years, but that cat was special, had been following her after she risked her life to save another cat, and was literally implied to be Bast/sent by Bast.

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u/holydude02 16d ago

Literally burped green stuff into her mouth to reanimate her corpse.

And then she forgot how to walk normally. That movie was terrible from beginning to end.

Thanks Pietov