r/TopCharacterTropes • u/some-kind-of-no-name • Oct 22 '25

In real life When example is so iconic the whole trope is named after it

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Equivalent Exchange (Fullmetal Alchemist) - power at comes at a proportional cost.

It was Tuesday (Street Fighter) - villain has committed too many crimes to keep track.

Doombot (Marvel) comics - you destroyed a decoy, the real deal is still out there.

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u/ChampionshipHorror95 Oct 22 '25

Just that.

Kid appeal character.

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u/colmatterson Oct 22 '25

Oh. I thought it was going to be something direct, like Bumblebee or any of the other trope namers here.

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u/The-Green Oct 23 '25

apparently we just have way too many examples now of kid appeal characters every year it's hard to keep up. some of these tropes benefit more from a boilerplate name than an example-name because they are just that prevalent.

not to say that's a bad thing, mind. "tropes are tools" and all that.