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** [[Touhou|9.]] [[Memetic Mutation|Baka]] ~ [[Tropers/Tsunde Ray|Ray Ayanami]] |
** [[Touhou|9.]] [[Memetic Mutation|Baka]] ~ [[Tropers/Tsunde Ray|Ray Ayanami]] |
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** [[Ranma ½|Akane Tendou]] ~ [[Tropers/Carla|Carla]] |
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* [[Bald of Awesome]] |
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** [[Patrick Stewart]] ~ [[Tempus Corvus]] |
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** [[Slayers|Lina Inverse]] ~ [[Metal Shadow X]] |
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** [[Futurama|Nibbler]] -- [[Tropers/Cuchulainn|Cuchulainn]] |
** [[Futurama|Nibbler]] -- [[Tropers/Cuchulainn|Cuchulainn]] |
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** [[iCarly|Sam Puckett]] -- [[Tropers/Mack|Mack]] |
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** [[The Simpsons|Homer Simpson]] "Arrr, that be no man, that be a bottomless beast!" - [[Tropers/Sharklady 35|Sharklady 35]] |
** [[The Simpsons|Homer Simpson]] "Arrr, that be no man, that be a bottomless beast!" - [[Tropers/Sharklady 35|Sharklady 35]] |
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*** Not so much born as made, but yes. Seconded. ~ [[Tropers/Valdora|Valdora]] |
*** Not so much born as made, but yes. Seconded. ~ [[Tropers/Valdora|Valdora]] |
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** [[Carl Barks|Gladstone Gander]]. ~ [[Tropers/Dion Shmion|Dion Shmion]] |
** [[Carl Barks|Gladstone Gander]]. ~ [[Tropers/Dion Shmion|Dion Shmion]] |
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** Teela Brown from [[Ringworld]]. ~ Glooble |
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** [[Avatar: The Last Airbender|Azula]]. Zuko even says that Azula was [[Born Lucky]], while he was lucky to be born. ~ [[Tropers/Zfish 9|Zfish 9]] |
** [[Avatar: The Last Airbender|Azula]]. Zuko even says that Azula was [[Born Lucky]], while he was lucky to be born. ~ [[Tropers/Zfish 9|Zfish 9]] |
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** [[La-Mulana|Hell Temple]] - thenameisbean |
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** ''[[Golden Sun Dark Dawn]]'''s version of {{spoiler|Crossbone Isle}}. Especially since the rest of the game was pretty easy. ~ [[User:Yuihime]] |
** ''[[Golden Sun: Dark Dawn]]'''s version of {{spoiler|Crossbone Isle}}. Especially since the rest of the game was pretty easy. ~ [[User:Yuihime]] |
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* [[BSOD Song]] (well, perhaps "triumphant" is not the right word, but...) |
* [[BSOD Song]] (well, perhaps "triumphant" is not the right word, but...) |
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** ''Wicked.'' '''[[No Good Deed Goes Unpunished|No Good Deed.]]''' ~ [[Tropers/Ingonyama|Ingonyama]] |
** ''Wicked.'' '''[[No Good Deed Goes Unpunished|No Good Deed.]]''' ~ [[Tropers/Ingonyama|Ingonyama]] |
Revision as of 11:47, 7 June 2014
This is simply what you think is the (not some of the, the) best example of any trope (an objective trope, not subjective, since this already is subjective). The "Crowning Example" if you will.
There could be several reasons you think an example is the best.
- You thinks it's the best in terms of illustrating the trope.
- You think it's the most well done.
- It's your favorite play in that trope.
- You just really like the source material.
Oh, and each troper gets one example per trope, no more. Also, don't go "no, this is," or phrases like that. This is about our own personal favorites.
Please list tropes alphabetically.
- Babysitter From Hell
- Syphile Val'Sarghress qualifies for no less than 7 of the bulleted points on the main page, but isn't played for laughs at all. She's really an example of just how bad someone forced to take care of a child can become. ~Katsuhagi
- Vicky ~ sardns
- Rosalyn
- Back From the Dead
- Your own team, in most Final Fantasy games. Special mention goes to Final Fantasy X, where you don't even need to have come back to life to be back from the dead. ~ Loquacia
- Optimus Prime. Any incarnation of him. ~Pikawil
- Seconded, but don't forget Optimus Primal while you're at it. Scrounge
- Roy Greenhilt ~ Rhyme
- Gonna have to go with Jesus on this one. ~ Man Without A Body, Space Jawa, Bright Blue Ink, Carla, Dracosummoner
- Kara Thrace ~ Voodoo Child
- The Undertaker ~ Surenity
- Virtually every character in Dragon Ball ~ Kiyza
- The Joker: Cheating death since 1939. ~ User:King Clark
- The Master ~ Izolotta Oscura
- Buffy. Twice. ~ Tropers/Kelly
- Sigma. He has been killed at least 8 times. ~ DAN 004
- Ridley. He's survived being blown up at least twice, having ancient artifacts attack his weak point, falling down a 16,000 meter shaft, falling victim to The Corruption twice [1], and of course, on Super Metroid, he was killed... and then the planet his remains were on was destroyed. ~ Videogmer 314
- Spock ~ User:Devils Advocate
- Janus ~ I Just Wanna Be God
- Whistler in the Blade movies. We actually see him brought back to life at the beginning of the second movie, then killed again at the beginning of the third, making his previous resurrection seem completely pointless. -- Cuchulainn
- Can I nominate the entire medium of Comic Books? ~ Kayube
- Captain. Jack. Sparrow. - Sharklady 35
- Jack Rakan. and this time, he's here to stay.~ Rain Requiem
- Most of the Supernatural main cast, but special mention goes to Dean - how many times has he died now? ~ Away Laughing
- Rory Williams. 'Nuff said.
- Background Boss
- Yoshis Island, Baby Bowser. ~ Pykrete, Man Without A Body, Todbot 1
- Earthbound, Giygas. The boss is literally the trippy background. -Flash Cutter
- Badass
- Theodore Roosevelt ~ Shadow Stained Sky
- "Death had to take him sleeping, for if Roosevelt had been awake there would have been a fight" ~ Pumablues
- John Casey
- Chuck Norris ~ Sinesofinsanity
- I-i-i-it's LU BU! ~jfkjfk
- Rambo ~ Emperor Cocytus
- Dante
- Auron ~ Toalordsothe
- Seconded, with gusto. ~ Rain Requiem
- Charles Bronson ~ Man Without A Body
- Bruce Campbell ~ Nekouken, Voodoo Child
- Real Life example. Simo Häyhä. ~ Big Shot
- Scrooge McDuck ~ Lale
- Zero really wonders how come he has not been mentioned yet. ~ Kaerl
- HarryDresden~ Astonished Lemons
- Wolverine ~ Genki Man
- Samuel Vimes~ Astonished Lemons
- Guts~ breakermw
- Vegeta, the prince of all Saiyans!~ Genki Man
- Captain Harlock. Stoic and reserved, but he is a truly compassionate and heroic man - on top of which he's an incredible duelist, marksman, strategist, astronaut and all-around awesome guy. ~ As The Anointed
- Kratos. He did wipe out nearly the ENTIRE Greek Pantheon. ~ babyhenchy 1
- Machete Cortez.
- Kenshiro. Seriously, how has he not been listed yet? ~ Nintendo Nate 25
- Link, duh.
- This Troper is offended to the very SOUL that Kamina hasn't been mentioned yet. ~ Lord Zorc
- Well considering that Simon has to constantly bail him out, he would be a better fit for Badass in Distress.
- Batman ~ King Cr Inu Yasha
- The Exalted. All of them. It's what they were made for. ~ Ekuran
- Samus Aran
- Michelle Rodriguez -- Cuchulainn
- Jack Rakan.
- Asura, to Up to Eleven levels, even after only the first demo was shown ~ Demongodofchaos
- Theodore Roosevelt ~ Shadow Stained Sky
- Badass Adorable
- Gale ~ jfkjfk
- Teddiursa ~ Tyrekecorrea
- Kirika Yuumura ~ Lolucy
- Reepicheep ~ Bookhobbit, Man Without A Body, Kerrah
- Nanoha Takamachi. ~ Willy Four Eyes
- Kirby ~ Esteemed Leader, Man Without A Body, Toalordsothe, Lance Omikron, Carls 493, User:Gumbal 1, Quackor The Fowl
- Vita. Full fucking stop. Also, Kaiji as a male example. ~ Smokie
- Mickey Mouse ~ Harpie Siren
- Toppi. A less-than-three-feet teddy bear. ~ Clae
- Toothless. ~ Lady Jafaria, ~ Old Man Ho Oh
- May Chang ~ Metalbane, Julep
- Astro Boy ~ Cyber Tiger"WHEN WE HUNT, WE KILL. NO ONE IS SAFE; NOTHING IS SACRED. WE ARE BLACKWATCH! WE ARE THE LAST LINE OF DEFENSE! WE WILL BURN OUR OWN TO HOLD THE RED LINE, IT IS THE LAST LINE TO EVER HOLD."88
- The Cheat ~ Homestar 09 Mario 08
- Toph ~MM 125
- Amaterasu, mother of all, goddess of the sun, Shiranui reborn, and "Ammy." Also known as "Snowy," "Fluffball," "Fuzzface," and when not kicking 8 headed dragon ass, she's playfully batting around her helper fairy, taking a nap, or rolling around on her back with her tongue lolling out. ~ SG_Man_Forever
- Maggie Simpson ~redhed311
- Zoe Bell -- Cuchulainn
- T.J. Detweiler ~MickeyMouse
- Fluttershy - You can't get much more Badass than outstaring a creature that can, and does, turn you into stone with its gaze. And you can't get much more adorable than she is either. ~VVK
- Holy shit, Fluttershy so much. ~ Deeman 45
- Yoshi.
- Badass and Child Duo
- Leon and Mathilda ~ atrasicarius
- Badass Beard
- Guan Yu ~jfkjfk
- Badass Boast
- "I'm the Doctor, and you're in the biggest library in the universe. Look me up! ~ Old Man Ho Oh
- "I'm the Doctor. Basically, RUN." ~Sinesofinsanity
- "Hello Stonehenge! Who takes the Pandorica, takes the universe! But bad news everyone, 'cause guess who! HAH! You lot, you're all whizzing about, its very distracting. Could you all stay still for a moment, because I! AM! TALKING! Now the question of the hour is who's got the Pandorica. Answer: I do. Next question: who's coming to take it from me? Come onnnnnn! Look at me, no plan, no backup, no weapons worth a damn. Oh, and something else: I don't have anything. To. Lose. So! If you're sitting up there in your silly little spaceships with all your silly little guns, and you've got any plans on taking the Pandorica, tonight, just remember who's standing in your way. Remember every black day I ever stopped you. And then, AND THEN, do the smart thing. Let someone else try first!" ~ Pastylover 2
- "I'll show you what it means, to truly kill somebody" ~ Toalordsothe
- "Only one human captain has ever destroyed a Minbari cruiser. He is behind me. You are in front of me. If you value your life, be somewhere else." ~ Glooble
- Marvel vs. Capcom 3: Thor. So badass, IT CHARGES HIS SUPER METER. ~ DAN 004
- "I'm the Doctor, and you're in the biggest library in the universe. Look me up! ~ Old Man Ho Oh
Heed my words, evildoers! If thou doth wish to challenge the Odinson, thou will face the divine power of mighty Mjolnir! Never shall the God of Thunder relent! |
- "I'm Hub McCann. I've fought in two World Wars and countless smaller ones on three continents. I led thousands of men into battle with everything from horses and swords to artillery and tanks. I've seen the headwaters of the Nile, and tribes of natives no white man had ever seen before. I've won and lost a dozen fortunes, killed many men, and loved only one woman with a passion a flea like you could never begin to understand. That's who I am. Now go home, boy!" ~ User:Devils Advocate
- "I don't mean to rain on your parade, but this ain't the first time I've had a gun pointed at me." Jules Winfield, Pulp Fiction -- Cuchulainn
- "Nothing will protect you from me! Not men! Not weapons! Not armor!" ~ spacemonkey37
- ""No one has ever stood in the Heavens. Not you, not me, not even God, but soon, that unbearable vacancy on the throne in the sky will be filled. From now on... I will stand in Heaven!" - Rawpower Ex
- Badass Bookworm
- Real Life: Chris Langan ~ Leigh Sabio
- Yuki Nagato ~ Prescience
- Yomiko Readman ~ Vengeance Karl
- Brother Mouzone ~ Johnny E
- Atticus Freaking Finch, people. ~ Inferno232, Cheezperson, Quackor The Fowl, jfkjfk
- Zexion ~ Roxas
- Rupert "Ripper" Giles from Buffy. ~ Zaatar
- Tony Stark, blah blah blah cave blah blah box of scraps. ~ Man Without A Body
- Takamine Kiyomaro ~ Clae
- Patchouli Knowledge. ~ Todbot 1
- Edward EFFING Elric ~ Toalordsothe
- Beast- Soundwave Superior
- Farimir in Lord of the Rings
- The Engineer ~ Kazzy
- Hermione Granger ~ Pastylover 2
- Seconded. ~ szaleniec1000
- Donatello Not the sculptor. - Sharklady 35
- How is it that the Doctor wasn't here already? ~ spacemonkey37
- Nodoka Miyazaki ~ Rain Requiem
- Badass Creed
- "I will keep fighting. To protect the people who call upon me. To save them from your domination." ~ Man Without A Body
- The oath of the Night's Watch: "Night gathers, and now my watch begins. It shall not end until my death. I shall take no wife, hold no lands, father no children. I shall wear no crowns and win no glory. I shall live and die at my post. I am the sword in the darkness. I am the watcher on the walls. I am the fire that burns against the cold, the light that brings the dawn, the horn that wakes the sleepers, the shield that guards the realms of men. I pledge my life and honor to the Night's Watch, for this night and all the nights to come." ~ Lyanna
- The old code, from Dragonheart (although it claims to be the code of the real life King Arthur I guess). "A knight shall know only courage, he voice will only speak the truth, his sword will defend the realm, his strength will protect the weak, his wrath will destroy the evil" ~ AON
- In brightest day, in blackest night... ~ Old Man Ho Oh, Quackor The Fowl
- Just about all Lantern Creeds are some kind of awesome but this troper's (Soundwave Superior) personal favourite is Black Hand's:
The Blackest Night falls from the skies, |
- "I am the Hammer. I am the point of His sword. I am the tip of His spear. I am the gauntlet about His fist. I am His sword just as He is my armor. I am His wrath just as He is my zeal. I am the Hammer! He is my shield!" ~ Teh Warsmith
- Yea verily, though I charge through the valley of the shadow of death, I shall fear no evil, for I am driving a house-sized mass of "fuck you." ~ Ferrard
- "I am the white void...I am the cold steel...I am the just sword...With blade in hand shall I reap the sins of this world, and cleanse it in the fire of destruction! I am Haku-Men, the end has come! " ~ Willy Four Eyes, Carls 493
- Seconded. ~ Toalordsothe
- "I am vengeance. I am the night..." ~ mistrx75
- Assassin's Creed The titular creed -- "Nothing is true. Everything is permitted." ~ Bubblebath
- The Creed of the Rangers
We are rangers |
- With the addendum one ranger liked to add "But we don't die stupidly"
- The viking funeral oath
Lo there do I see my father. |
- Sylvanna Windrunner: "We are the forsaken. We will slaughter everyone who stands in our way" ~ drf
- Mask De Smith: "Children are pure. They know who is the strongest." ~PK Super
- "By Grabthar's Hammer, by the suns of Warvane, you shall be avenged" ~Guestyman
- "Clustering crystal dreams open the door to a new evolution! Become the path its light shines upon! ACCEL SYNCHRO! Be born... SHOOTING STAR DRAGON!!! ~ Lord Zorc
- An Aiel oath,
"...'Til shade is gone, |
- I am Sanger. Sanger Zonvolt! I am the Sword That Smites Evil!! ~ Chris X
- "I kick arse for the Lord!" -- Cuchulainn
- "The Devonshires held this trench. The Devonshires hold it still." ~Rain Requiem
- Creed of the Blackwatch:
- "WHEN WE HUNT, WE KILL. NO ONE IS SAFE; NOTHING IS SACRED. WE ARE BLACKWATCH! WE ARE THE LAST LINE OF DEFENSE! WE WILL BURN OUR OWN TO HOLD THE RED LINE, IT IS THE LAST LINE TO EVER HOLD."
- Badass Crew
- Badass Driver
- Badass Family
- Badass Finger-Snap
- Harry is believed in universe to be able to alter reality with a fingersnap and frequntly appears to.
- Roy Mustang, full stop. ~spacemonkey37
- Badass Grandpa
- Series 3 Joseph Joestar ~ josh6243
- Iroh ~ Chuckg, Pheonee, Deeman 45, Carla, Zfish 9. Quackor The Fowl
- Max Tennyson ~ Scrounge
- Yamamoto Genryuusai, holy crap on a stick, Yamamoto Genryuusai ~ Oliveira
- Seconded. he's the first one in the series, who made AIZEN genuinely terrified! ~ Dales Kaine
- Thirded. He lost his hand during the Winter War, and he's still considered the strongest Shinigami in Soul Society.
- Walter Kowalski ~ Storm, Julep
- Bill ~ Curtmack
- Old Snake ~Pikawil
- Grandpa Seth. Seriously, what other grandpa is a badass axe fighter, shoots lightning and gives molotov cocktails to his grandkids? ~ Man Without A Body
- Master Asia. ~ Willy Four Eyes
- Yoda ~ Azzamacazza
- Whitebeard. He's called the strongest man in the world for a reason. ~ Lionheart 0, LeChuck4, Toalordsothe
- Seconded by Ninjadude 853! Half the man's fucking face was 'melted' off and he still kept fighting
- Silvers Rayleigh going toe to toe with a Marine Admiral and swimming through the Calm Belt and killing a Sea King barehandedly. That's all. ~ Chalcedony
- Wilfred Mott. ~ EvaLilith
- The Doctor himself. Well, he was a grandfather at any rate. ~ Old Man Ho Oh
- Barnard Hughes from The Lost Boys. ~ Ziggy Zag
- The Third Hokage, and he's a literal grandpa ~ sardns
- Avery J. Johnson ~ S Noble Jr
- Galuf: Grandpa. King. Dawn Warrior. So fiercely determined to take down Exdeath that he won't let a little thing such as 0 HP stop him. Even when he's getting hit by a constant barrage of meteors.'
- Professor Albus Percival Wulfric Brian Dumbledore
- Puma Loco. But I guess that's to be expected from a semi-retired supervillain.~ Ryxlie
- Old Man Fu. He's a ninja. ~ Saphruikan
- Uncle Lonnie, Action; "You're threatening me? That's a laugh... I'm seventy-nine years old. I've got one kidney, one ball and one lung. I take Viagra just to keep from peeing on my shoes, and you're threatening me? Who are you frightening?" -- Cuchulainn
- Badass in Distress
- Badass Longcoat
- Sephiroth ~ VVK
- Seto Kaiba ~ Gorank, The Wildwest 666
- The Man With No Name ~ Man Without A Body
- The Undertaker ~ Surenity, Voodoo Child
- Duncan MacLeod of the Clan MacLeod ~ Nekouken
- Auron ~ Deeman 45, Toalordsothe
- Gambit ~ Carla
- Omar Little. ~ Mecha Mummy
- Seconded. ~babyhenchy1
- Thirded. ~ insert_name_here92
- "You look like you belong on the set of El Dorado." ~ Rakath
- Snow's coat gives him Super Strength. Need I say more? ~ Cyber Tiger 88
- Tom Reagan, Miller's Crossing -- Cuchulainn
- Spike. ~ spacemonkey37
- Badass Moustache
- Whitebeard ~ jfkjfk
- Green Arrow ~ sinesofinsanity
- Badass Normal
- Batman. ~ Scifantasy, Man Without A Body, Ziggy Zag, User:Devils Advocate
- Marlin. Let's start with "killed a shark" and work our way up from there. ~ Curtmack
- Han Solo. ~ rlkitterman, Voodoo Child, Carla, Toalordsothe
- Taki Renzuburo from Wicked City ~ One Pixel Jump Man
- Brock Samson ~ Spacegrass, Orphu
- GUTS ~ Dales Kaine
- Commander Shepard. That is all. - Arca
- Sir Integral Fairbrook Wingates Hellsing ~ Marlee Cross
- Jackson Lake ~ User:Michael
- Lady. Being able to keep up with Dante while being one of the only "normal" humans in the setting counts for something. ~ Insanity Prelude
- Charles Gunn. - Calatoria
- First Season HRG ~ Kidate
- Dean Winchester may not have his brother's demon powers or Castiel's angel powers, but he gets along just fine ~ wanbli
- Might Guy. He can use ninjutsu and genjutsu. He simply chooses not to. Doesn't stop him from being the biggest Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass in the manga.
- Little Mac ~ Cyber Tiger 88
- Captain America
- Conan the Barbarian -- Cuchulainn
- Doomguy. Just a space marine and starting off with only a pistol and some bullets for it - He then goes on to clean both bases on the moons of Mars, enter Hell TWICE, and single handedly repel a demon invasion, effectively DESTROYING HELL the second time he went there. He's awesome when he's gibbing stuff with the BFG-9000, and when he's being a BERSERKER PACKING MAN AND A HALF, and going to RIP AND TEAR DEMON GUTS! ~ User:TARDISES
- Gentleman Johnny Marcone. He once managed to sever a rope with a thrown knife while hanging upside down in the dark. Not only that, but as of book nine, he is the sole signatory of the Unseelie Accords to be a non-magical mortal human. ~ spacemonkey37
- Badass Pacifist
- Atticus Finch ~ Dales Kaine
- Seconded, so hard. Toalordsothe
- Thirded, even harder. ~ Marlee Cross
- He was the first man I fell in love with. ~ Tropers/Kelly
- Raoul Wallenberg ~ Twin Bird
- Atticus Finch ~ Dales Kaine
- Badass Preacher
- Hrathen. ~ Aranis
- Pale Rider. ~ Hoffmann
- Ivan Isaacs. ~ Gfrequency
- Monsignor Martinez. Vaya con dios. ~redhed311
- Real Life: Doctor Martin Luther King Jr ~ Tricky Pacifist
- Father McGruder, Dead Alive; "I kick arse for the Lord!" -- Cuchulainn
- Shepherd Book, who taught us all that while the Bible may have specific things to say about killing, it's somewhat fuzzier on the subject of kneecaps. And if the guy whose kneecaps you shoot out just happens to fall face-first into a big metal girder, well, so much the better. --Wrybread
- Nicholas D. Wolfwood from Trigun. What's not to love about a preacher who looks after the orphanage he runs with combination rocket launcher/machine gun/pistol rack in the shape of a huge cross that he carries around like it was a feather? -- The Wanderer
- Badass Princess
- Falis.
- Azula. ~ Person Of Note
- Badass Spaniard
- My name is Inigo Montoya... ~ Oliveira, Man Without A Body, Orphu, Ziggy Zag, Toalordsothe, Tropers/Kelly
- "I got the biggest balls in this whole city. That's right, I said it". ~ codenamehunterwolf
- Alatriste. ~ Julep
- Michelle Rodriguez -- Cuchulainn
- Badass Unintentional
- Chuck Bartowski. FULL SAMUEL-L-JACKSONING STOP.
- Bad Santa
- The League of Gentlemen Christmas Special ~ Man Without A Body
- Weird Al's The Night Santa Went Crazy is a perfect, and even literal, example. ~ Joe Moron 2000
- Willie Stokes. The trope is named after his movie, after all. ~redhed311
- Badass Santa
- Bag of Spilling
- The whole of the Ratchet and Clank series, with rare exception there is absolutely no given explanation for how you lose all or almost all of your usually egregiously large arsenal between each game. Most of them make an attempt at explanation, but none of it really holds up when the exact same circumstance can take place later during gameplay and the weapons are kept. Can also be (in most cases) a shining example of Cutscene Incompetence, especially in Deadlocked, where you are captured by a bare handful of the same robots that you will be destroying by the dozens later in the game, often with a single round of ammo from the Harbinger. ~Whiteface, occasional troper who doesn't feel like registering
- All Mega Man series. The trope's nicknamed "Mega Man Amnesia" by fans for a reason. ~ DAN 004
- Samus Aran, Metroid series. -- Cuchulainn
- Bait and Switch Credits
- The Narutaru opening credits. Upbeat, catchy song, adorable mons, artwork that looks like it was made by second graders for second graders, opening for a show with mass-murder, Abusive Parents, horrible Break the Cutie, rape, (Twice!) implied incest, Cruel and Unusual Deaths, Eldritch Abominations, etc.
- Bait and Switch Tyrant
- Bait the Dog
- Kazuya Mishima. There's a reason he both provides the page's image and is heralded as the God of that trope. Face it; you never saw it coming and you just made the Mishima Zaibatsu worse. Nice Job Breaking It, Hero. ~ X 2 X
- Baka
- Bald of Awesome
- Bamboo Technology
- Indiana Jones ~ Mens Rea
- The Professor just for the sheer absurdity of it. ~ Cougar Whacker
- The Baroness
- Balalaika ~ Celestial, Toalordsothe, Julep, Two Gun Angel
- Konishi ~ Eriyu
- Base on Wheels
- The city units of Overman King Gainer
- The Grindery. ~ Willy Four Eyes, Deeman 45
- Star Wars Expanded Universe: the base on Nkllon -- basically fifty AT-AT walkers or so connected together with a small city built on top, constantly walking to stay on the dark side of the slowly-turning planet because going onto the day side would be rapidly followed by melting. Also counts as a Mercurial Base. ~ Mutant Rancor
- Mortal Engines. The main point of the series is all the cities on wheels.
- Howl's Moving Castle. ~ Calatoria
- The Arc-Gurren. ~ User:King Clark
- Bash Brothers
- Soap and Price. ~ Redrosary
- Legolas and Gimli ~ King Cr Inu Yasha
- Seconded. ~Me2
- Fulton and Portman, who else? ~Rain Requiem
- Bastard Bastard
- Batter Up
- Sgt. Donny Donowitz ~ Trombone Child, Man Without A Body
- The Scout ~ Axe Fighter Barst, Toalordsothe
- Ace ~ werebunny131
- Ninten & Ness ~ Kinesthesia
- Al Capone from The Untouchables ~ Two Gun Angel
- Battleaxe Nurse
- Battle Butler
- Paul Moriyama ~ Nightmare Kitty
- Butler. ~ Arutoa, Voodoo Child, Deeman 45, Carla, Toalordsothe, Zfish 9
- You call * that* begging?! You can beg better than that! ~ Ziggy Zag
- Wait, seriously, no Hayate? ~ Dales Kaine
- He is the god of Battle Butlers, you know. ~ Sgt Frog 1
- Black Butler's Sebastian Michaelis. Full Stop. ~ Catiescarlett
- Seconded. He is the only character who can make Marty Stu LOOK TOTALLY AWESOME. ~ Sgt Frog 1
- Walter It doesn't get more badass then using strings to cut down armies of nazi vampire stormtroopers. Did i mention he's 70 years old? ~ Northern Druid
- Willikins ~ Urquhart
- Battle Couple
- Meryl and Johnny from Metal Gear Solid 4.
- The player character and Jaheira in Baldur's Gate 2 ~ Man Without A Body
- Aral and Cordelia Vorkosigan ~ Voodoo Child
- Riza Hawkeye and Roy Mustang ~ Dales Kaine, Toalordsothe
- John Crichton and Aeryn Sun. ~ Glooble
- William Turner and Elizabeth Swann, who became Mr. and Mrs. Turner right in the middle of a full-out naval battle. - Sharklady 35
- Worf and Jadzia
- Battle Cry
- Harry Dresden: "I DON'T BELIEVE IN FAIRIES!" ~ Carla
- "Do you want to live forever?" ~ Joie De Combat
- LET'S ROCK!!! -- Cuchulainn
- "The Gurkhas are upon you!" ~Rain Requiem
- Battleship Raid
- Kirby Super Star's Revenge of Meta Knight mode
- Beam Me Up, Scotty
- Luke, I am your father ~ Max1099, Toalordsothe, User:Progeny Ex Machina
- Beam me up Scotty!
- I'm getting too old for this shit! -- Cuchulainn
- The Complete Works of William Shakespeare as a whole. Almost any time a well-known line from Shakespeare gets repeated colloquially odds are its' being misquoted or used out of context. "Lead on Macduff" from Macbeth ("Lay on, Macduff" in the original) and "Alas Poor Yorick, I knew him well" are two of the most common examples. This one is the Most Triumphant Example if only because it's been going on for centuries.
- "To be or not to be" while holding Yorick's skull ~ Lophotrochozoa
- "Elementary, my dear Watson." Arthur Conan Doyle's detective never said it; only the film version. - Sharklady 35
- "Play it again, Sam." The most famous Casablanca line that isn't in the movie. Sorry, Woody. - Sharklady 35
- Beat Still My Heart
- Indiana Jones ~ User:King Clark
- Kano's heart rip fatality. ~ Pikawil
- Prideengen Toppa Gurren Lagann paved the countryside, this show vaporized the mountain that was originally there. ~ Chaos Knux
- Doom's Realm667 beastiary having a lot of zombies armed with much stronger weapons such as the BFG and mod-exclusive weapons that make that weapon look like a pea shooter such as, recently in the forums, the Devastator; (not to mention, zombies in tanks, hovercars, and segways) there's even talk of a nuclear missile launcher zombie.
- "They would take the guy, lay him on an altar, cut his chest open, pull his heart out, and hold it up in the air while it was still beating. You know what you call that? Theater." -- Cuchulainn
- The Beautiful Elite
- CLAMP, that is all. ~ User:Embracing Shadows
- Beware the Nice Ones:
- The Doctor. Just the Doctor. ~ Pastylover 2
- Dwarf Fortress player community. Sure, we'll help you inundate your fortress in magma and dig too deep! ~ User:Yuihime
- Beware the Silly Ones
- Discord. Sure, he's a funny-looking Mix and Match Critter with the maturity of a child. He's also an eons old God of Chaos who can twist the fabric of reality with a snap of his fingers, can Mind Rape even the most resilient ponies effortlessly, and doesn't care for anything other than his own amusement. -- Mr Cropper
- Beyond the Impossible
- Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann. It ain't the Trope Namer for nothing -- Gamermaster
- Be Yourself
- BFG
- The Piecemaker can open the back door and the front door at the same time. ~ Man Without A Body (assuming I'm not allowed to put The BFG).
- Vash the Stampede doesn't hold the gun, he is the gun. ~ Blank Mage
- The Spirit -- Cuchulainn
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- What else can potentially reduce a room of enemies to gibs and kill the final boss of the game it first apepars in at point blank in a SINGLE SHOT than the ORIGINAL BFG; the BFG-9000? ~ User:TARDISES
- BFS
- Gundam SEED Astray. I'm sorry, I don't care even if you're the sword that smites evil. You have nothing on the guy with a 150-meter-long orbital katana for his Gundam. ~ Caphi
- Mobile Suit Gundam 00. The 00 Raiser's sword. I don't care what you consider the series, that is an Effing long sword. ~ Corben Cypher
- Cloud "My Huge-Ass Sword Is Most Definitely Not Compensating For Aything" Strife. He's the frickin' poster child. ~ Sparkysharps
- Sephiroth. ~ VVK
- Exor, from Super Mario RPG. That guy was several stories tall. ~ Man Without A Body
- Alternity Megatron's Tesseractal Swords are blades of infinite length. "Physical space is not an obstruction." ~ Jarl
- Fate Testarossa's Jet Zanbar Bardiche is the personal equivalent of the 00 Raiser's beam saber ~ Prescience
- The one that takes the cake: Gin's zanpakutou. It's a wakizashi, so technically speaking it's smaller than a katana -- but then again, it stretches. A lot. Especially when in Bankai mode. 13 kilometers! ~ Carla
- "Shut up! I am Sanger! Sanger Zonvolt! The Sword That Smites Evil! There is nothing I cannot cut!" ~ Yarrik
- San Kan Ken! ~ Rakath
- Oh yeah? Try to top these. ~ InuOtaku911
- Done and done. Trailblazer's 00 Qan(T) wields a beam sword that is just as long as the 00 Raiser's (KILOMETERS in length) and the same width as Celestial Being's GN Particle Cannon. Keep in mind that in the first image the 00 is simply beginning to extend its beam sword. That is NOT a beam cannon (the confusion is understandable). Also, do you see that planet-like structure in the background? It's roughly the size of the moon... ~ Jaac811
- Fiamma of the Right. Think Gin's bankai, multiply it by three, and set it on fire.
- Tessaiga ~ King Cr Inu Yasha
- Riva Irongrip's Sword. Six feet long and made of two fallen stars it's so heavy that it needs the Orb of Aldur as a pommel stone. Oh and it burns blue fire. - Vaeshi3
- The Dragon Slayer from Berserk - Two Gun Angel
- Final Fantasy XII; on the wall behind the counter at the main weapon shop, is a Behemoth type monster's sword. This thing's at least as long as Sephiroth's, and about three times as wide and thick as Cloud's. -- Cuchulainn
- Jack Rakan and his 3-story broadsword. ~ Rain Requiem
- Pantherlily's sword in Fairy Tail. ~ Pink Hanabi
- Mikuni's laserblade made of cash has the length of a small building. ~Not JM Keynes
- Augus's blade from Asura's Wrath is 380,000 KILOMETERS in length, or the approximate distance from the Earth to the MOON! ~Demongodofchaos
- Bifauxnen: Shane McCutcheon.
- Big Bad
- Emperor Palpatine ~ Spacegrass
- FOOLS! YOU CANNOT KILL ME! I! AM! DAVROS! ~ Man Without A Body
- The Master. "Remove one tenth of the population." ~ Old Man Ho Oh
- Darkseid. ~ Ziggy Zag
- Lex Luthor ~ Voodoo Child
- Lucifer/Satan ~ Turtle
- Sosuke Aizen.
- Ganondorf. He's more evil and powerful than Bowser! ~ Carls 493
- Exdeath. Best. Villain theme. Ever. -- Cuchulainn
- Fei Wong Reed. ~ chibihana
- Big Badass Wolf
- White Fang ~ Pumablues
- Wolf O'Donnell. He can't let you do that for a reason. ~ Carls 493, Quackor The Fowl
- Okami Amaterasu. ~ Phoenix Fire
- Dire wolves ~ Man Without A Body
- Wolf Link ~ Deeman 45
- Moro ~ Nintendo Nate 25
- Garurumon, in all of his various forms. ~ Shamchimp 28
- Fenris ~ Feather 7603
- Big Brother Bully
- Narumi Kiyotaka took everything from his little brother since before Ayumu was even born. ~ Azalee
- This trope could literally be called "The Rodrick". ~ kfreechan
- Ushiro. - Person Of Note
- Big Brother Instinct
- Big Damn Heroes
- You're all clear, kid! Now let's blow this thing and go home! ~ Sceptre, User:Progeny Ex Machina
- Uh...Firefly?! ~ Gwen Stacy Wannabe, Voodoo Child, Popette, Calatoria
- Rohan to Gondor. ~ Ainu Laire, Man Without A Body
- What's even better than your friends showing up to save you? You, the player, showing up to save the heroes. How do you do it? You pray with all of your might! ~ Electrosa
- Mickey Mouse, so good at this, it's a gameplay mechanic! ~ Animenutcase
- "I've been looking foward to seeing you again, Lan Fan!" ~ Oberyn
- Kung Fu Hustle - although it cheats by using this trope 3 times in 4 minutes. ~ Michael
- Akasaka's Big Damn Hero move in Kai. In a series when Kill'Em All and Groundhog Day Loop run the show, you NEVER expect a Big Damn Hero move. EVER. When it does happen, It's so unexpected, you have to stand in awe of it. ~ Zfish 9
- Mahou Sensei Negima Chapter 331. Evangeline crashes Cosmo Entelecheia's party. And she brings Eishun, Alebreio, the Principle, Takahata, Kurt Godel, and JACK FREAKING RAKAN with her. ~ Rain Requiem
- Big Eater
- GAAAARFIIEEEELLLLD! ~ Willy Four Eyes
- Kirby, Kirby, Kirby, is the name you should know... ~ Dr Pepper 42
- Yoshi. ~ Carls 493
- Snorlax. Literally. ~ Tyrekecorrea
- The Saiyans. ~ Storm, Old Man Ho Oh
- Allen Walker ~ Mutant Rancor
- Hei. ~ Blank Mage
- Saber, and yet no additional fat is seen, much to Shirou's pleasure. Of course she's a Heroic Spirit, so... ~ Mapi-chan
- Alex Mercer... assuming you count people-eating as well. ~ Pikawil
- Galactus! ~ Johnny E
- Quina ~ Curtmack
- Scooby Doo. ~ Ainu Laire
- Pac-Man. ~ Ziggy Zag
- WAAAAY seconded on Pac-Man ~ Dales Kaine
- Before William Howard Taft, the Oval Office was round. ~ Man Without A Body
- Warhammer 40000 Tyrannids ~ Spacegrass
- Gluttony, of course. ~ Carla
- Taxxons. If you injure one, it will start eating itself in a frenzy. ~ SG_Man_Forever
- Lina Inverse ~ Metal Shadow X
- Nibbler -- Cuchulainn
- Sam Puckett -- Mack
- Homer Simpson "Arrr, that be no man, that be a bottomless beast!" - Sharklady 35
- Big Fancy Castle
- The titular castle in The Castleof Cagliostro. ~ 6dmind
- Big Good
- God. ~ Man Without A Body, Ziggy Zag, Animenutcase
- Geser ~ Shadowbell
- Zordon ~ Lord Zorc
- Big Lipped Alligator Moment
- THE BIG LIPPED ALLIGATOR MOMENT!!! - Girlonthemoon
- Family Guy ~ Wolf Man 16
- Another. In a thriller anime bringing a very creepy and sober atmosphere, where Anyone Can Die, with a Creepy Doll motif and very few light-hearted moments (at least those that don't end tragically), the last thing you'd expect was to see the protagonist, in the classroom, start dancing out of the blue with the resident Eerie Pale-Skinned Brunette Rei Ayanami Expy (she was giggling, even!), just to enjoy their status as Unpersons. It was All Just A Daydream, of course, that never came up again, and didn't fit at all with the tone of the series. ~ Electric Boogaloo
- Big No
- Sarah Connor running from the T-800 in Terminator 2. It's not cheesy. She even has a few smaller ones to build up, and we know damn well she has reason to be that terrified. ~ Lord TNK
- Scar after the destuction of Ishval ~ Charred Knight
- Grim Grimoire. It somehow manages to be funny and satisfying, without a hint of narm. Partly due to the great voice acting ~ Ansem Paul
- The end of the JLA/Avengers Crossover. So very, very epic. ~ Bob
- Darth Vader, for its Memetic Mutation. ~ Pikawil
- Mutation, nothing. I love it. ~ Old Man Ho Oh
- His son. ~ Marlee Cross
- The Elephant Man actually used it to non-cheesy effect. ~ Man Without A Body
- Pedro from Excel Saga. "VERY NOOOO!" ~ Japanese Teeth
- NOOOOOOOOOO I DON'T WANNA BE A WAITER ~ Arruruerie
- This El Goonish Shive does a good job of using the trope to its maximum ridiculous effect. ~ Cougar Whacker
- Inoue Orihime from Bleach. ~ ncfan
- Momo Hinamori. Poor. Poor. Hinamori Muffin-Shota
- Calculon. "NOOOO! N! O! O! O!" ~ Egsan Bacon
- Big Ol' Eyebrows
- Amarao. Those eyebrows... ~ Hotel California
- Big OMG
- They're eating her... And then they are going to eat me! Cue this trope. ~ Kulsprutejojjo
- Crow says one during his duel with Jeager, in Gratuitous English, no less. ~ Lord Zorc
- "Did you say something?" OH MY GAAAAAAAAAAAWD! Poor Gai-sensei. ~ Chris X
- "OH MY GAH!" ~ Gamermaster
- Big Screwed-Up Family
- The Ushiromiya family. ~ White Bear, Animenutcase
- The Sohmas. Even people who marry into the family are messed up somehow. - Vaeshi3
- The Tituses -- Cuchulainn
- The Mishima family. ~ Nintendo Nate 25
- The House of Finwe. ~ Calatoria
- The House of Atreus. ~ User:Enthryn
- The Soviet Union. -Maggie
- Big "What?"
- Lil Jon. ~ 2xN
- Big Yes
- The Kool-Aid Man. OH YEAH! ~ Willy Four Eyes
- Megatron, yyyeeessss... ~ Scrounge
- From Sega Rally Championship: Game Over YEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHH!! ~ Ray Ayanami
- Real Life example. The Who. Won't get fooled again. ~ Seras, Voodoo Child
- I may not be a doctor, but your opinion...(dramatic sunglasses removal) just got seconded. YYYYYYYEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH! ~ Man Without A Body, Carla, King Clark, Old Man Ho Oh
- M. Bison's "YES!! YES!! THIS IS DELICIOUS!!!" from the Street Fighter cartoon. ~ Surenity
- Captain Falcon. YES! ~ Carls 493
- The Brain ~redhed311
- "Long live Flash! You've saved your Earth! Have a nice day!" -- Cuchulainn
- Bishie Sparkle
- Twilight. ~ High Five
- The Wallflower. Not only is one of them specifically told to 'Glow for no apparent reason', he DOES so. ~ Black Dragon
- Alex Armstrong. Because he is Fan Disservice for everyone, regardless of their sexual orientation ~ Jordan, Carla
- Ouran High School Host Club. ~ Mapi-chan, Willy Four Eyes
- Teddie
- Eyeshield 21 Taki. He's an idiot. ~ neobowman
- Henry Archer ~ Man Without A Body
- Liam's abs will send your female baddies into Villain Decay. ~ Progeny Ex Machina
- Seconded! ~ User:Yuihime
- Bitch in Sheep's Clothing
- "How do you do, Mr. Lawyer? I'm Matt Engarde." ~ vicnog
- Macy, from Trick 'r Treat ~ Man Without A Body
- Sousuke Aizen. He's the freaking Big Bad! ~ Dales Kaine
- Asakura Ryoko ~ spacemonkey37
- Bishonen
- Don Juan Demarco, played by Johnny Depp at his poster-boy best. - Sharklady 35
- Biting the Hand Humor
- The Simpsons ~redhed311
- Bittersweet Ending
- Simoun ~ Sneebs
- Melina Marchetta's On the Jellicoe Road ~ Tricky Pacifist
- Any Type Moon visual Novel. ~ Blank Mage
- Final Fantasy, just anything Final Fantasy. ~ Seraphem
- The Proposition ~ Man Without A Body
- Super Paper Mario ~ Deeman 45
- Persona 3. Rest in peace, Minato/Minako. *sniff*
- Angel Beats. The whole anime is a tearjerker, but the ending tops it all.
- Puella Magi Madoka Magica, no question. ~ Embracing Shadows
- Bizarre Alien Biology
- H.P. Lovecraft's creatures, most of whom were established as extra-terrestrial or extra-dimensional. ~ Ziggy Zag, orphu, Man Without A Body, Popette
- Sector General, with beings with two hearts, intelligent viruses, beings that eat radiation, a species which must carry around paint and paint itself regularly in order not to starve to death, creatures that live for thousands of years and never stop growing during that time, six-legged elephants who always stand up, and more. ~ Freiberg
- The Doctor's two hearts. Or, you know, any of the Time Lords' two hearts. And the ability to metabolize toxins with "something salty and a big shock". And regenerating when near death. ~ Voodoo Child
- The Uryuom. Shapeshifting, using limited telepathy where other species exchange pheromones and for linguistic Brain Uploading, reproduction via what they call "eggs"... The least weird description of which would be "symbiosis with a conflict-resolving DNA cross compilier" (it can make a non-sterile hybrid from almost anything, and can process twelve DNA sources). And makes sense evolution-wise if you allow the effects themselves. ~ T Beholder
- Pretty much all of the aliens in the Animorphs series. You've got blue centauars with no mouths, a pair of eye mounted on tentacles, a razor sharp blade on their tail, four hearts (one in each of their hoofs), communicate telepathically, and absorb food nutrients through their hoofs. Then you've got the yeerks, which are giant green/gray slugs that flatten themselves out and take over your mind through the ear canal. They are blind, almost deaf, and basically helpless in their natural form, and every three days have to bask in the light of their homeworld, or they'll die. That's not even getting into Visser Three's crazy ass alien morphs, amongst which are multi headed dragon like monsters, aliens with wheels for feet, and one alien that shoots missiles out of its mouth. ~ SG_Man_Forever
- John A. Zoidberg. He has many multiple organs, so much he can do a live comentary on his own Alien Autopsy ("Removing the heart" "Take, I've got four of them!"). Alsdo apparently his species' different development stages forms resemble every marine creature ever. And in adult form, he has tendrils for a nose, crab claws, can vomit ink like a squid, produces pearls, and so the list goes on. ~ Electric Boogaloo
- Blessed with Suck
- Ned in Pushing Daisies. ~ pieholer
- Ella from Ella Enchanted ~ Ainu Laire, Progeny Ex Machina, Voodoo Child
- The fairy godmother who had that effect on her and so many others counts as a top example of "Blesser with Suck" ~ Vasha
- Scanners. ~ Man Without A Body
- Rogue ~ Carla, Feather 7603
- Raven of Teen Titans is the most triumphant example on this site, I think. ~ ncfan
- Misfits - "What's your power?" "Well, I make men want to rape me." ~ Xindali
- Blind Idiot Translation
- Wangan Midnight Maximum Tune. ~ Ray Ayanami
- I once watched this Chinese version of a Barbie movie, which was made bearable only by the sound being off and subtitles like "I dislike a flower!" ~ Man Without A Body
- Castlevania II: Simon's Quest. "To replenish earth, kneel by the lake with the blue crystal." "A flame flickers inside the ring of fire." It's so illiterate it kind of becomes poetic! ~ Ziggy Zag
- Backstroke of the West. ~ Progeny Ex Machina
- Do not want. ~ Master Metallix
- Lux-Pain. A Visual Novel, no less. ~ Clae
- Seconded by Animenutcase
- Chaos Wars. Nicole as a guy's name? Seriously? ~ Almond 14
- Blond Guys Are Evil
- Murata Azrael of Gundam Seed. He's absolutely disgusting. See the Character Sheet for a full description. ~ Ambar Son of Deshar
- Albert Wesker ~ Nintendo Nate 25
- Johan Liebert ~ King Cr Inu Yasha, Babyhenchy 1
- "Custer? He had a REAL bad hair day! But he deserved it, that blond, blue-eyed criminal fuck!" -- Cuchulainn
- Blood Knight
- Zaraki Kenpachi ~ Bladed Smoke
- Seconded by ncfan.
- Thirded by Zfish 9
- Lancer ~ Mapi-chan
- Hugo Stiglitz ~ Man Without A Body
- Dinobot ~ Man Without A Body
- Iron Maiden Jeanne ~ Lord Zorc
- The Major ~ King Cr Inu Yasha
- Brock Samson -- Cuchulainn
- Orkz waz made for fightin' and winnin'! WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGH!!! ~spacemonkey37
- Zaraki Kenpachi ~ Bladed Smoke
- Blood on the Debate Floor
- Bloodstained-Glass Windows
- The church shootout from John Woo's The Killer. Doves flying everywhere, bad guys going down by the dozen, religious statues getting blown to smithereens, the works. ~ Robert Bingham
- The murder of the Padre, Machete. -- Cuchulainn
- Bloody Hilarious
- Bulletstorm! ~ Arca
- Dead Alive, pretty much from start to finish. -- Cuchulainn
- Dwarf Fortress. "Losing is fun!" ~ User:Yuihime
- Body Horror
- Human Centipede. The concept alone will give you nausea. ~ Cyber Tiger 88
- Tetsuo. That is all. ~ Icyleela
- "Congratulation, Miss Quaife! It's a maggot!" -- Cuchulainn
- Bodyguard Crush
- Code Geass Lelouch and Kallen, Lelouch and C.C., Suzaku and Euphemia, Guilford and Cornelia... the list goes on and on. ~ ZRM
- Roy and Riza... Seriously... especially with that one chapter with Lust. These two epitomize this trope for me. ~Rosebrook
- Setsuna for Konoka. ~ spacemonkey37
- Boisterous Bruiser
- MINSC, FOR GOODNESS! ~ Count Dorku, orphu
- Dynasty Warriors' incarnation of Zhang Fei. ~ Willy Four Eyes
- Brian Blessed ~ Eport, Man Without A Body
- Any Berserker from Fire Emblem, but for the sake of choosing one, Largo. ~ Apejack
- So Seconded. And I must correct you, he's not a Berserker. He's a World Class Berserker. ~ Rakath
- Raven in Cecil B. Demented. -- Cuchulainn
- A female version: Momoyo Kawakami from Maji de Watashi ni Koi Shinasai!. Also arguably the most powerful character in a series with a high amount of Action Girls.
- Bolivian Army Ending
- Overlaps with Kill'Em All, but find me a better one than Blakes Seven. I dare you.
- "Ram the Blade ship." -Werebunny 131
- Bond Villain Stupidity
- Don't fuck with Dr. Mabuse. Leave that to him. ~ Man Without A Body
- Dr. Evil, but you have to realize he's doing it on purpose, and that's what makes it funny. ~ Willy Four Eyes
- Let's face it, just trying to pull shit at all in the same universe where James Bond exists. -- Cuchulainn
- Bonus Level
- Sacred Grounds. Not only is it required to get the best ending, but simply accessing the damn thing is a Guide Dang It of monumental proportions, and it's beyond difficult. Fans of the game typically refuse to refer to it as "Sacred Grounds"; it's more commonly known simply as Hell. ~ Deeman 45
- Pretty much any of them from Final Fantasy XII. -- Cuchulainn
- Bootstrapped Theme
- Born Lucky
- Nell and her sister Rachel. ~ Willy Four Eyes
- Matrim Cauthon ~ Deeman 45
- Not so much born as made, but yes. Seconded. ~ Valdora
- Gladstone Gander. ~ Dion Shmion
- Teela Brown from Ringworld. ~ Glooble
- Azula. Zuko even says that Azula was Born Lucky, while he was lucky to be born. ~ Zfish 9
- Boss in Mook Clothing
- The most terrifying initialism in video games: F.O.E. They even have a song about them! ~ Willy Four Eyes
- WarMECH. Nothing else even comes close. ~ Malkyrian
- Rhythm Game Pump It Up: Get the Party Started on either Crazy or Nightmare difficulty. ~ Wolfman 2000
- The Baron of Hell relatives from the Realm667 Beastiary, especially the dangerously annoying Bruiser Demon and Azazel enemies.
- Bottle Fairy
- April from Darker Than Black- her powers are literally fueled by drinking alcohol. ~ Jordan
- Yukari Tanizaki. ~ Mapi-chan
- I don't normally like Kristin Chenowith (I'm not even sure I spelled her name right) but the character she played on Glee was my favourite example ~ Man Without A Body, Voodoo Child
- Hathor ~ Surenity
- Misato Katsuragi ~ Carla
- Yuuko Ichihara. ~ chibihana
- Boxed Crook
- Braggart Boss
- Gilgamesh. Can there be any doubt? ~ Butterscotch
- I'm pretty sure that it was declared unanimously quite some time ago. ~ PK Super
- It doesn't hurt to state again. ~ Feather 7603
- Gilgamesh. Can there be any doubt? ~ Butterscotch
- Brainless Beauty
- Kelly Bundy ~ Ross N, Carla
- Cat Valentine ~ lightning37
- Brainy Brunette
- Breaking the Fellowship
- One Piece ~ Mrbits
- Lord of the Rings ring any bells? ~ Zfish 9
- Breaking the Fourth Wall
- Earthbound. It doesn't just break the Fourth Wall, it grabs you and pulls you into the game.
- As does it's sequel Mother 3. ~ Zeni The Wonder
- The end of Blazing Saddles. ~ Sporkaganza, orphu
- The entirety of No More Heroes. ~ Sylvia Viridian
- Brilliantly combined with multiple AssPulls in the ending of No More Heroes. ~PK Super
- The Chorus in Henry V (especially Kenneth Branagh's version) ~ EvaLilith
- Groucho's many "strange interludes" throughout the Marx Bros. films. ~ Ziggy Zag
- "Can I look at the programme a minute? I might be the news weekly for all he knows!" ~ Man Without A Body
- Me ~ Yarrik
- Seconded ~ Zfish 9
- Thirded ~ Quackor The Fowl
- Spaceballs. ~ User:Progeny Ex Machina
- Hideo Kojima does not believe in the Fourth Wall.
- Northern Exposure episode "War and Peace". Brilliantly surprising because outside of this one episode, the series doesn't break the fourth wall, but just this one time they go all out, with the characters calling for the writers to write a better ending, etc. (There's an even longer version of the scene as an extra on the DVD release, which is even better.) ~ User:Devils Advocate
- The end of Return Of The Killer Tomatoes. -- Cuchulainn
- Order of the Stick. Mainly Elan, but everyone does it at least once. ~ spacemonkey37
- No mention of 1/0? For shame, tropers -- Tropers/Ericho
- Pinkie Pie. Hoooly God, Pinkie Pie.
- Freddie, a friend of Bob the Angry Flower is the latest in a sequence of people trying to rescue Bob and Stumpy from certain death, the narrator's words indicate he is as doomed as all the others, so he shoots the textbox as he goes.
- Bones in "Journey to Babel" who manages to get both Kirk and Spock into sickbeds, keep them there and tell them to shut up. Cue him turning to the camera with a big grin on his face as he says, "Well, whaddaya know? I finally got the last word!"
- Earthbound. It doesn't just break the Fourth Wall, it grabs you and pulls you into the game.
- Breakout Character
- Strong Bad ~ Azzamacazza, Man Without A Body
- Captain Jack Sparrow ~ Deeman 45, Voodoo Child
- uh, WOLVERINE! ~ Carla
- Bender Bending Rodriguez ~ orphu
- Zero is actually intended to be the Mega Man X, but Inafune thinks he looks too different from the original Mega Man, so he is "demoted". It backfires spectacularly, and you know the result. ~ DAN 004
- Seconded ~ Cyber Tiger 88
- Seto Kaiba. The earlier chapters of the manga and the ones befor he returned are very diffrent from the ones after. ~ Miru
- Misaka Mikoto to the point where she gets her own anime/manga. ~ KantonKage
- Breakout Villain
- The Shredder ~ DoKnowButchie
- Professor James Moriarty ~ Carla
- Break the Cutie
- Imoen ~ Man Without A Body
- Inoue Orihime from Bleach. ~ ncfan
- Momo Hinamori. You know it's bad when her Fan Nickname is Pincushion. -- Person Of Note
- Lucas ~ Kinesthesia, Zeni The Wonder
- Everyone in Higurashi no Naku Koro ni ~ Zfish 9
- This. ~ Electrosa
- The first episode of Kimba the White Lion. ~ Cyber Tiger 88
- Fantine - Sharklady 35
- Ahem. Grave of the Fireflies. That is all.
- Puella Magi Madoka Magica shatters every one of its cuties into a billion tiny pieces. ~ spacemonkey37
- Breakup Breakout
- Breather Boss
- Thunder Force VI's Vasteel Nocht. What's supposed to be an epic showdown with giant versions of the TF series' ships is all but laughable with the right weapons. ~ Ray Ayanami
- Breather Level
- Mother 3's Chapter 6... ;___; ~ PKFL_531, todbot 1, Zeni The Wonder
- Brick Joke
- Arrested Development, specifically the one about the breast pump. ~ Lyanna
- Eight Bit Theater: Four white mages? It'll never work... There's a reason why the latter strip is titled "The Longest Setup in Webcomic History". ~ Kerrah, Deeman 45
- Honestly, it's not mine. ~ Man Without A Body
- Is that a Titleist?...Got a hole in one, huh? ~ Ziggy Zag
- "BINGO!!!" ~ Voodoo Child
- THE CLAAAAAAW! ~ Invert The World, Will Draco, Zfish 9, Devariouslevon, Quackor The Fowl, Rain Requiem
- "See? We had a plan for that all along!" -- Cuchulainn
- Flint's traveling doorknob from Mother 3. ~ Zeni The Wonder
- Brilliant but Lazy
- Shikamaru was too tired to add this entry. ~ Willy Four Eyes, Carla
- Koki Kariya was supposed to edit this, but he skived off to get a bowl of ramen instead. ~ Rushi
- House, why do anything yourself when it's more fun and your smart enough to get everyone else to do them for you? ~ Seraphem, Voodoo Child, Lale
- Mycroft Holmes. ~ Xander K
- Nero Wolfe ~ Vasha
- Juno Dix solves mysteries without ever leaving his bathtub ~ Man Without A Body
- Ayase Yue. ~ Rakath
- Yukari Yakumo is one of the greatest examples. She's a Reality Warper who is so lazy she has not one but 2 shikigami doing almost everything for her! (the player even has to go through them twice (albeit one was just stage 2, not extra of phantasm) in order to even face her, and she's the ONLY phantasm boss in the entire series! - User:TARDISES, Feather 7603
- Broken Ace
- Broken Aesop
- You can't have an anti-gun message, when you CLEARLY USED GUNS TO SOLVE YOUR PROBLEM! IT JUST DOESN'T WORK! ~ User:King Clark
- For reasons similar to above: Shoot'Em Up ~ Counter Blitzkrieg
- If you want to convince us that nudity is nonsexual, you might want to put less sexualised nudity in your fanfic. ~ szaleniec1000
- Broken Base
- The MUGEN community ~ josh6243
- Transformers. Full stop. ~ Scrounge, Feather 7603
- Sonic the Hedgehog. ~ Mobile Leprechaun
- Seconded. It's quite shattered, really. ~ Carls 493
- Code Geass, dear God, Code Geass ~ Mapi-chan
- Magic: The Gathering. Which is why WotC has apparently said "If you can't please the fans, please the bottom line". ~ Grev
- EVERY. SINGLE. EDITION. Of Dungeons and Dragons, but especially the transition from 3E to 4E. ~ Two Gun Angel
- Super Smash Bros. Barf. ~ Pikawil
- Doctor Who. There have been InternetBackdrafts about hair color! ~ starshine, Voodoo Child
- The Bible. A base so broken, wars have been fought over the debate. ~ Schizo Technician, Vasha, Man Without A Body, Ziggy Zag, Seiryu, Zfish 9
- The Mystery Science Theater 3000 fandom, circa 1993. --Wackd
- Final Fantasy ~ Cyber Tiger 88
- Metallica -- Cuchulainn
- Pokémon. Never, EVER ask fans which generation they think is the best, EVER. ~ Zeni The Wonder
- And that's BEFORE daring to say you liked -insert spinoff here- more than any main series game. ~ Rayne Cyro
- Broken Bird: Lisbeth Salamander from The Millenium Trilogy ~ Mr Terro Face
- Broken Bridge
- The World Ends With You ~ Rhyme
- The Legend of Zelda Twilight Princess ~ Man Without A Body
- Seconded. There's even a Game Breaking Bug involving it that makes the game Unwinnable. ~ Carls 493
- At the beginning of the Atari 2600 Superman game you are Clark Kent and you have to walk one screen to the right and approach a bridge, which is blown up, forcing you to walk back to the screen whence you started, enter the phone booth, and change into the Superman garb so you can fly over it. The game does not allow you to bypass this extra step. And it's right at the beginning of the game! ~ Ziggy Zag
- Pokémon Black and White has several literal examples, and they stopped even trying to come up with semi-plausible justifications. One guard won't let you pass because there's "something ahead".
- Bromantic Foil
- Barney Stinson. ~ funkypartweasel1
- Brother-Sister Incest
- Although one-sided, Azaka Kokuto. ~ Dales Kaine
- Turin and Nienor. ~ Calatoria
- Wizards of Waverly Place, for making Jalex the most popular pairing in a Disney series. By a long shot. ~ Dragonfire 8181, User:Progeny Ex Machina
- Die Walküre (The Valkyrie), by Richard Wagner, second of four operas in his Ring Cycle. ~ User:Devils Advocate
- Jaime and Cersei. ~ spacemonkey37
- Another one-sided one: Belarus and Russia. -- Person Of Note
- Brutal Bonus Level
- Hell Temple - thenameisbean
- Golden Sun: Dark Dawn's version of Crossbone Isle. Especially since the rest of the game was pretty easy. ~ User:Yuihime
- BSOD Song (well, perhaps "triumphant" is not the right word, but...)
- Wicked. No Good Deed. ~ Ingonyama
- Tom Waits' Woyzeck. The Part You Throw Away. ~ Man Without A Body
- Jesus Christ Superstar, "Judas's Death". The BSOD Song all the other BSOD Songs want to be when they grow up. ~ Voodoo Child
- "See Me Feel Me (reprise)" from Tommy. But only in context. ~ Ziggy Zag
- The Wall is essentially a BSOD Rock Opera. ~ King Clark
- Les Misérables, "Javert's Suicide". ~ Sylvia Viridian
- "Things Get Broken" from Leonard Bernstein's Mass, because not many BSOD Songs are 14 minutes long. - Prfnoff
- "Dust In The Wind" by Kansas -- Cuchulainn
- "Still Alive". And a literal one at that. -- Electric Boogalooo
- Bullet Hell
- Bully Hunter
- Takeshi Sendo. Full stop. ~ Smokie
- Bunny Ears Lawyer
- Phoenix Wright,
SpAceCaseAttorney. ~ Willy Four Eyes - Sho Minamoto ~ Rhyme
- Suzumiya Haruhi herself. ~ Mapi-chan
- Judge Maxwell Frasier ~ Man Without A Body
- Boston Legal ~ mack
- L. ~ Xelorei, Carla
- Yurika Misumaru. ~ Rushi
- Penelope Garcia, bright-colors-and-cleavage-wearing FBI technical analyst who persistently flirts with her coworkers over the phone. ~ Voodoo Child
- Leeron. ~ Mistermister
- The Doctor, notably Four and Eleven ~ Old Man Ho Oh
- Agent Dale Cooper. He may be a bit quirky, but he's still a great detective. ~ Nintendo Nate 25
- Captain H. M. Murdock. ~ Trombone Child
- Wesley Willis -- Cuchulainn
- Abby Scuito ~ Indigo12ash
- Phoenix Wright,
- But Your Wings Are Beautiful
- Eureka Seven Episode 46 ~ Sanfranman 91
- The Butcher
- Butter Face
- Mileena from Mortal Kombat series. Over time she's evolved into the series Ms. Fanservice, she's easily the most Stripperiffic character in the series (and that's really saying something), she has a flawless body exposed for your viewing pleasure... and she has a face that will give you nightmares! ~ Arcane Azmadi
- Butt Monkey
- Sunohara Youhei.
- Shinji Ikari. ~ Phoenix Fire
- Gron Sad ~ Man Without A Body
- You blockhead Charlie Brown! ~ Lime TH, User:V Phantom
- Meg Griffin. ~ Carls 493
- Xander Harris ~ Voodoo Child
- Kazuma. Hah hah, no food for you! ~ Deeman 45
- Peter Fox. ~ Calvin 2 x 4
- The Jews. -- Cuchulainn
- Rincewind ~ spacemonkey37
- Jon Arbuckle's Mailman. ~ tvtroper98
- Akihisa Yoshii ~ KantonKage
- Miles O'Brien ~ Ncfan
- By the Power of Greyskull
- I HAVE THE POWER!~ Ryxlie
- WHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIITE PANTERA!!!~ Ryxlie
- Henshin! ~ Goldenpelt
- ↑ Phazon and being infected by the X