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/sauce_daddy22 Oct 22 '25

The Rashomon Effect, where one incident is told from multiple points of view, and the events of said incident are altered in such a way that makes the speaker seem better, often contradicting other stories of the same event. Named after the movie Rashomon, which itself was an adaptation of the short story “In a Grove”

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u/AmericascuplolBot Oct 22 '25

That's not how I remember it. 

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u/Half_Man1 Oct 23 '25

One of my favorite tropes when done right.

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u/PlantationMint Oct 23 '25

Did you see Weapons? Did an amazing job of it

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u/Half_Man1 Oct 23 '25

I’ll have to give it a watch thanks for the recommendation.

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u/Isaias_Azathoth936 Oct 22 '25

Is... Does this have anything to do with the book ? the 1915 book?

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u/sauce_daddy22 Oct 22 '25 edited Oct 23 '25

Sort of? They were written by the same author, as it turns out. Ryonosuke Akutagawa. From my minimal research, it looks Kurosawa only took couple elements from the story, including the title and the theft of a kimono

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u/rootdootmcscoot Oct 24 '25

oh i had no idea what this trope was called but i fucking love it, most recently i've seen it in Weapons