Beta Ray Bill: Difference between revisions

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=== Tropes seen in these series include: ===

* [[The Anti Nihilist]]: Beta-Ray Bill, despite calling Thor 'oathbrother' and meeting the Norse pantheon, does not believe in God in the traditional theological sense and finds worshiping any so-called gods 'obscene.' As he puts it: "If there is nothing but what we make in this world, brothers...let us make good."

* [[The Anti-Nihilist]]: Beta-Ray Bill, despite calling Thor 'oathbrother' and meeting the Norse pantheon, does not believe in God in the traditional theological sense and finds worshiping any so-called gods 'obscene.' As he puts it: "If there is nothing but what we make in this world, brothers...let us make good."

* [[Aliens Speaking English]]: Subverted by ''Skuttlebutt's'' translation program, which allows Bill to learn both English and the Asgardian language in seconds.

* [[Attack Drone]]: ''Skuttlebutt'' is equipped with sapient attack drones. These drones are smart enough to stay back when Bill is using Stormbreaker's more powerful attacks and ambush targets from multiple angles.

* [[Back From the Dead]]

* [[Badass Abnormal]]: Bill was already a soldier before getting experimented upon by his own race and then given Thor's powers later on.

* [[Barrier Busting Blow]]: Adding to his monstrous first appearance, Bill fulfills this trope by breaking out of his stasis pod with one arm.

* [[Barrier-Busting Blow]]: Adding to his monstrous first appearance, Bill fulfills this trope by breaking out of his stasis pod with one arm.

* [[Beauty Equals Goodness]]: Averted by Bill himself. Treated as a hideous monster by his own people, Bill was actually pure at heart. This goodness allowed him to lift Mjolnir and, for a time, attract the attention of Lady Sif.

* [[Big No]]: Bill delivers one after witnessing Ashta wiping out the last of the Korbinite defense fleet.

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* [[Only the Chosen May Wield]]: Only the worthy may lift Stormbreaker.

* [[Only the Pure of Heart]]: The definition of "worthy" with regards to lifting Stormbreaker. After Bill infects the population of I'Than Prime with a nanoplague, he loses the ability to lift the hammer.

* [[Precision Guided Boomerang]]: Like Mjolnir, Stormbreaker returns to Bill's hand after being thrown.

* [[Precision-Guided Boomerang]]: Like Mjolnir, Stormbreaker returns to Bill's hand after being thrown.

* [[Proud Warrior Race Guy]]: Bill describes himself as a warrior in his "heart and soul", explaining why he and the Asgardians get along so well. He was even willing to die alongside the Asgardians during Ragnarok until Thor steps in.

* [[The Reveal]]: Depicted as a hideous cybernetic beast, Bill becoming the first non-Asgardian to lift Mjolnir certainly qualifies. Later, Ashta, the Korbinite God of Destruction, is revealed to be {{spoiler|[[Galactus]]}}.

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* [[Save the Villain]]: Having a change of heart, Bill defends a starving Galactus from a giant fleet of I'Than warships long enough for the Devourer to consume the uninhabited world of I'Than III. Regaining his strength, Galactus wipes out the I'Than fleet with ease.

* [[Ship Tease]]: Between Bill and Sif during his first appearance. Sif saw past Bill's beastly appearance and accompanied him when he returned to the Korbinite fleet. Later, Bill mourned for Sif at the beginning of ''Stormbreaker'' after witnessing her death during Ragnarok.

* [[Shout Out]]: Bill himself appears to have been designed as an homage to [[Jack Kirby]].

* [[Shout-Out]]: Bill himself appears to have been designed as an homage to [[Jack Kirby]].

* [[Soul Jar]]: The Meta-Orb, a high density sphere construct built from the same technology that transferred Bill's soul into his bio-machine body. In ''Stormbreaker'', the Korbinite civilians transferred their life force into the Meta-Orb before Ashta consumed New Korbin.

* [[Space Is Noisy]]

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* [[Villainous Rescue]]: Given a tiny portion of the Power Cosmic by Galactus, Alpha Ray reappears in time to knock Asteroth into a black hole before she can kill Bill and Stardust.

* [[Well-Intentioned Extremist]]: After {{spoiler|Galactus}} destroys New Korbin, Bill becomes obsessed with killing the Devourer of Worlds. Part of Bill's plan was to destroy inhabited planets in order to starve the Planet Devourer. The High Priests of Korbin also ventured into this territory during ''Stormbreaker'' by pushing for the reactivation of Alpha Ray.

* [[Where Is Your X Now]]: With Bill off-world, High Priest Rogotta taunts his General this way just before Ashta destroys Blue Squadron.

* [[Where Is Your X Now?]]: With Bill off-world, High Priest Rogotta taunts his General this way just before Ashta destroys Blue Squadron.

{{quote| '''Rogotta''': Where is your Beta Ray Bill, "your savior"? Where is your great champion now?}}

* [[Withholding the Cure]]: After infecting I'Than Prime with the nanoplague, Bill purposely withheld the cure, [[Blackmail|promising]] to deliver enough to cure the planet's population if they abandoned their homeworld.