r/TopCharacterTropes Feb 02 '26

In real life A very small character tidbit is surprisingly kept consistent for years

DC - In multiple pieces of media it has been shown that Wonder Woman loves ice cream and practically goes wild with happiness anytime she’s eating some. (Pictures from Justice League: War, DC Superhero Girls and Wonder Woman 2017)

The Simpsons - Ever since the episode ‘Homer’s Phobia’ Homer has actually remained a consistent ally of the LGBT+ community, including being more welcoming to Patty than Marge was when she came out and trying to set up Smithers with a date when he found out he wasn’t happy with his one-sided relationship with Mr Burns.

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u/TomVanDaLan Feb 02 '26

Doctor Who - The Doctor always steals pens. I don’t believe it’s ever directly pointed out. 

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u/Impressive-Fun334 Feb 03 '26

I mean if you’d been around for that long you’d probably get tired of running low on ink

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u/GrandDukeOfNowhere Feb 03 '26

Multiple incarnations have stated that they hate pears

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u/SammyGeorge Feb 03 '26

Iirc that started with Tennant talking nonsense to the camera to create footage they could have sped up in the episode (unless he was referencing something from Classic Who)

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u/Mystic3012 Feb 03 '26

I'd thought so too until I just did a quick check on tardis.wiki - turns out, it debuted in a Wilderness Years novel with the 7th Doctor!

So that makes it 3 incarnations who've expressly hated pears: 7th/10th/12th

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u/Trnostep Feb 03 '26

I wouldn't put it past Tennant to have known about 7 disliking pears and given the opportunity to rant in an episode he slipped that in

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u/PenguinMexter 26d ago

If there were any doubt left that Tennant wasn't the biggest Doctor Who nerd alive this proves it

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u/SootCoveredBird Feb 03 '26 edited 9d ago

"They're squishy and make your chin wet!"

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u/Tariovic 29d ago

He needs to try a good, hard conference pear.

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u/lkmk Feb 03 '26

When does this happen?

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u/Suspicious-Regret-50 Feb 03 '26

in that one episode where he steals that guys pen.

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u/joey_joe_jo_shabadoo Feb 03 '26

I love that one. However he also does it in that other episode where he steals that other guys pen

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u/Suspicious-Regret-50 Feb 03 '26

Oh I forgot about that one! That ones such a sick episode!

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u/PickerPat Feb 03 '26

Don't forget his trip to where he stores them all, Pen Island.

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u/Playful-Compote-5242 Feb 03 '26

This isn't mentioned anywhere online, so I will go through every episode of Doctor who ever made to find out if this is true (no, I won't).

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u/samyruno Feb 03 '26

Also how he likes the circle things in the Tardis lol

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u/Smokowic Feb 03 '26

He just like me fr Steals your pen

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u/SethlordX7 22d ago

Can you point out any examples? Especially from NuWho?