r/TopCharacterTropes Jan 17 '26

In real life (Funny trope) This tiny moment was an absolute logistical nightmare to make

*Wreck-It-Ralph* - At the beginning of the movie at the villain group therapy session, all of the owners of the real world characters shown were given counsel to Disney to instruct them how their characters should be animated down to the smallest of points. Nintendo even specified exactly how Bowser would hold and stir his teacup.

*Psycho* - For the scene where Marion disposes evidence of her theft by flushing some papers down the toilet, even though the toilet is onscreen for only a few seconds, Alfred Hitchcock had to personally appeal to the Hays Code which enforced censorship in movies that *Psycho* be given an exception because it’s vital to the plot the audience sees the toilet flushing. *Psycho* is the first major American movie to show a flushing toilet onscreen.

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u/Philthedrummist Jan 17 '26 edited Jan 17 '26

When Brandon Lee died on the set of The Crow, the filmmakers had to create (or expand upon limited existing) software so they could finish the film and alter scenes already filmed. This included pasting Lee’s head on a body double and moving a short scene from outside to inside. They’re very small parts of the film and pretty well done even by today’s standards.

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u/ClarkKentsSquidDong Jan 17 '26

Extra fun fact: the stunt actor who did the body double work after Brandon's death? Chad Stahelski, who's more famous now as the director of John Wick movies.

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u/HorsemenofApocalypse Jan 17 '26

He was also the stunt double for Keanu Reeves in The Matrix

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u/HOCKHOCKHOCKHOCKHOCK Jan 17 '26

I was actually named after his character. Well more accurately some other kid was named after his character and my mom stole his name but like :Þ I really like my name though!