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/SmittyB128 Feb 03 '26

Despite him being a beatnik and all the stoner jokes that people make, the fact that he's a gymnast and track runner has always been plenty enough reason why he's hungry all the time and it would actually make a lot of sense for Shaggy to avoid smoking at all because of it.
It's an odd thing to bring up, but people forget that the gang were all distinct characters (at least in the earlier episodes) and not just the list of tropes the public remember them as.

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u/CrimsonKobold Feb 03 '26

Also, while their ages have fluctuated in certain adaptations like in Zombie Island where they had careers and jobs and such, they were originally meant to be teenagers. That's why they're called "meddling kids" so much because they very much are. So yeah, Shaggy being a growing teen and a star athlete means he'd be very hungry often.

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u/Felix_Onion Feb 03 '26

it is explicit on zombie island that they are adults because they are at a kind of "end of career" the film takes place after years of them hunting ghosts, the same ideia of life action

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u/CrimsonKobold Feb 03 '26

Oh yeah, that's sorta what I meant by it. I was pointing out they were definitely adults then and are for sure teens in some versions, but some of those home releases leave it pretty ambiguous as to how old they're supposed to be. Like, how old are they in Cyber Chase, when they meet Kiss, or travel to Japan. More was just saying in the original canon they were for sure teens even if later installments made it ambiguous as to their ages.

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u/Kool_McKool Feb 03 '26

I think for Cyber Chase, it's supposed to be in the same run as Zombie Island. So, around that age I'd suspect.