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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.
 
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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.
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'''==Please list tropes alphabetically.'''==
 
== J ==
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** [[Azumanga Daioh|Tomo Takino]]
** [[Wario Land|Wa]][[Wario Ware|rio]] goes without saying...
** The members of the soccer club in ''[[Clannad (visual novel)|Clannad]]''. Poor [[The Woobie|Mei]].
** [[The League of Gentlemen|Ollie Plimsoles]]
** [[Transformers Animated|Sentinel FREAKING Prime.]]
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** [[Dead Silence|Detective James Lipton.]] ''Good. Lord.''
** [[Heavy Rain|Carter Blake]].
** [[Tony HawksHawk's Under GroundUnderground|Eric Sparrow]]
** ''[[Pokémon (anime)|Paul]].''
** [[Victorious|Ryder Daniels]]. - excaruso
*** Seconded. For those who don't watch the show, Ryder manipulated Tori into helping him get a good grade on an assignment ''simply because he could''. [[Jerkass]] indeed.
** [[EarthboundEarthBound|Porky]] ''[[EarthboundEarthBound|freakin']]'' [[EarthboundEarthBound|Minch.]]
** [[SpongeBob SquarePants|Mr. Krabs]]
** [[Blaz BlueBlazBlue|Jin Kisaragi]]
** [[Walkyverse|Mike]] [[Shortpacked|Warner]].
* [[Jerkass Facade]]
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** [[Veronica Mars|Logan Echolls]]. I beg to differ.
** Or there's always [[Glee|Rachel Berry]]
** I see your [[Jerkass Woobie]] trope and raise you a [[Complete Monster|Complete Monster Woobie]]: [[EarthboundEarthBound|Porky]] [[Mother 3|Minch]].
** [[Avatar: The Last Airbender|Azula]]
** [[Gossip Girl|Chuck Bass]].
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** [[Iron Man|Tony Stark.]]
*** [[Completely Missing the Point|Technically, it's palladium]], but okay.
** [[Clannad (visual novel)|Tomoya Okazaki]].
** [[Eureka Seven|Holland]], although the heart of gold part is a bit delayed.
** [[The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass|Linebeck]], naturally.
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** [[Naruto]] has two journeys, for now.
* [[Jumped At the Call]]
** [[Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha|Nanoha]]
 
 
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** [[Dragonball Z]], to excess.
* [[Kick Chick]]
** [[Clannad (visual novel)|Tomoyo Sakagami]]. 948 combos, anyone? {{spoiler|Yeah, I know but hey someone is going to put [[Street Fighter|Chun Li]] here anyway.}}
** [[Persona 4|Chie Satonaka]].
* [[Kid Detective]]
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** [[Batman|Robin]]
* [[Kiddie Kid]]
** [[ErikasErika's New Perfume|Erika Swanson]] --
* [[Kill'Em All]]
** [[Yoshiyuki Tomino]]. His Nickname is [[Kill'Em All]] afterall.
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** [[Pokémon (anime)|Pikachu.]] Extra points for having rabbit like ears.
** [[Metroid: Other M|Little Birdie]] {{spoiler|AKA '''Ridley'''}}
* [[User:Kill Sat]]
** ''[[Command & Conquer]]'': GDI's Ion Cannon in all four incarnations.
** [[Sonic the Hedgehog|Space Colony ARK]]
* [[User:King Mook]]
** In terms of quantity, [[Super Mario Bros.]]. Dang near every boss is a [[King Mook]] of some sort.
* [[User:Kleptomaniac Hero]]
** [[Touhou|Marisa Kirisame]], [[Ear Worm|stealing precious things]] since 1997.
** [[King's Quest|King Graham of Daventry]] and his entire family, stealing ''everything'' since 1984.
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** [[Fate/stay night|Saber, again.]]
** [[Ace Attorney|Adrian Andrews]].
** [[Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha|Signum]].
** [[Fullmetal Alchemist|Riza Hawkeye]].
** Simon Tam in [[Firefly]]
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* [[Kung Fu Jesus]]
** [[Fist of the North Star|Toki]]. He even ''looks'' like [[Jesus]]
 
 
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** [[Today|Kathie Lee and Hoda]]
* [[Lady of War]]
** [[Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha|Signum]].
*** Seconded.
** [[Metal Gear|The Boss]]
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** [[Avatar: The Last Airbender|WANG FIRE]], aka Sokka.
** Daniel Day Lewis as [[Gangs of New York|Bill the Butcher]].
** [[ThisPunctuated! IsFor! SpartaEmphasis!|THIS]] [[300|IS]] [[Pre-Ass-Kicking One-Liner|SPARTAAA!!]]
** Christopher Lee. Oh yeah! -[[Ziggy Zag]]
** [[Doctor Steel]]
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** [[Pokémon (anime)|Ash Ketchum]], Launcher of Five Hundred Ships.
* [[Lawful Stupid]]
** [[Sledge Hammer!|Inspector Sledge Hammer]]
** ''[[Inspector Gadget]]''
** [[The Order of the Stick|Miko Miyazaki]], the quintessential example.
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*** Seconded. Yes, let's leave the audience hanging on the edge of their seats for ''one full minute'' while pretty classical music plays in the background. Ah, you know the one.
** [[Paranormal Activity]]. [[Tropes Are Not Bad|Not entirely a]] [[Nothing Is Scarier|bad thing, however]].
** [[Star Trek: The Motion Picture|Star Trek the Motion Picture]]
** Andy Warhold once made a film Empire where nothing happened for EIGHT HOURS. You CAN'T BEAT THAT. - Ericho
* [[Legacy Character]]:
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** [[Lucky Star|Konota + Kagami.]]
** [[Xena]]
** [[Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha|NanoFate]].
*** [[Memetic Mutation|Rainbows are straighter than Subaru]].
* [[Lethal Chef]]
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** [[Axis Powers Hetalia|England.]] Dear god, ''England.''
** [[Futurama|Bender]] who has yet to grasp the concept of not serving toxic substances to organic beings.
** [[College Roomies from HellCRFH|Marsha]] is this trope [[Up to Eleven|up to the extreme.]] Forget inedible, anything she cooks is practically ''toxic.'' It doesn't help that she shops at "Food and Poison, Inconveniently Mixed".
** Bianchi of [[Katekyo Hitman Reborn]]. So much that its her [[Improbable Weapon User|weapon]] [[Weapon of Choice|of choice.]]
* [[Lethal Joke Character]]
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** "This Land" from ''[[The Lion King]]''
** [[Gurren Lagann|Viral's theme]]
** [[Clannad (visual novel)||Nagisa and the ''Dango Daikazoku'']].
** [[Star Wars|The Imperial March]]
** ''[[M]]'' and Edvard Grieg
** [[Super Paper Mario|Count Bleck's Theme]]
** [[WWEWorld Wrestling Entertainment|The Undertaker's theme]]. When you hear that loud "BONG", it sounds like Death himself is arriving.
** The recurring lietmotif of Mike Oldfield's "Tubular Bells II", which begins at the end of the track "Sentinel".- [[Ziggy Zag]]
** [[Final Fantasy]].
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* [[Lightning Bruiser]]
** [http://www.4kidstv.com/tmnt/the-shredder-strikes-part-1/010 Hun], from ''[[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2003|Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles]]
** [[Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha|Signum]]. Fast, powerful ''and'' excellent defense.
** The [[Fullmetal Alchemist]] manga gives us {{spoiler|Sloth}}.
** [[Pokémon|Garchomp]]. It managed to shake up the ''[[Metagame]]!!''
** [[Professional Wrestling|Brock]] [[WWEWorld Wrestling Entertainment|Lesnar]]
** [[Naruto|The Raikage]]
*** Holy shit, yes. He's now THE fastest and hardest hitting son of a gun in the series.
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** [[Baccano!|Firo, Isaac and Mira]].
* [[Living Toys]]
** ''[[Toy Story (franchise)|Toy Story]]'', full stop.
*** Seconded.
**** Thirded.
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** [[Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends]] has 150+ recurring imaginary friends. -[[Stickmeister 0]]
** [[Tekken]]
** According to [[The Wheel of Time]] Encyclopedia, the series has nearly ''[httphttps://web.archive.org/web/20211214174431/https://www.encyclopaedia-wot.org/ 1900]'' characters and counting. That's named characters only, by the way, and while most of these are admittedly minor characters, if they have a name they'll probably be in at least two scenes.
** [[Harry Potter]]
** ''[[Infinite Space]]'' has 130+ characters. It will take three runs to complete the in-game character database.
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** ''[[Warrior Cats]]'', with 700+ named characters in the series as of last count.
* [[Loads and Loads of Loading]]
** [[Sonic the Hedgehog (2006 (video game)|Sonic]]'s...<small>loading</small>...the...<small>loading</small>...name...<small>loading</small>...loading's...<small>loading</small>...the...<small>loading</small>...game...
** [[The Sims|Reticulating Splines...]]
** ''Populous: The Beginning'' on the [[PS 1]]. Saving ''or'' loading takes an entire memory card... and 14 minutes.
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** ''The Three Coffins'', by John Dickson Carr
* [[Logic Bomb]]
** Susan Calvin vs Herbie the robot in the ''[[I, Robot (literature)|I, Robot]]'' story "Liar". Or, why a mind reading [["Three Laws"-Compliant]] robot should never give relationship advice to a [[Woman Scorned]].
* [[Lonely Atat the Top]]
** [[Citizen Kane|Charles Foster Kane]].
* [[Long List]]
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** [[Malazan Book of the Fallen]] the first book - ''Gardens of the Moon'' is for the first half one of the most confusing lectures in whole fantasy genre.
* [[Lotus Eater Machine]]
** [[Supernatural (TV series)|"What Is And What Should Never Be"]]
** [[Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha|And so Fate and Alicia live happily ever after with their mom.]]
** "It's a [[The Venture Brothers|Joy Can]]!"
** [[For the Man Who Has Everything]]
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** [[Gundam Seed Destiny]] and [[Base Breaker|its characters]]
** ''[[Neon Genesis Evangelion]]''
*** Seconded. You want proof? Just look at the reviews on [[ThisTV Very WikiTropes]]. Bonus points for having a [[Broken Base]].
** [[Image Boards]] and Encyclopedia Dramatica, ''especially'' the latter.
** [[Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt|Panty and Stocking]]
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** ''[[Napoleon Dynamite]]''
* [[Love Makes You Crazy]]
** The entire cast of [[Durarara!!]] more specifically [[Stalker with a Crush|Mi]][[Up to Eleven|ka]] [[Murder the Hypotenuse|Hari]][[:Category:Yandere|ma]]
** Bus Driver Stu Benedict. "Sally dumped me. ''Again''. '''''Over NOTHING!'''''"
** [[Higurashi no Naku Koro ni]], full stop.
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** [[Star Wars|Anakin Skywalker]]
* [[Love Martyr]]
** [[ZeroThe noFamiliar Tsukaimaof Zero|Saito]]. It takes a lot of guts ([[Too Dumb to Live|not "brains"]]) to stick around when your master/girlfriend [[Whip It Good|whips]] and otherwise [[Black Comedy Rape|"punishes"]] you on a recurring basis.
** [[Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha|Fate Testarossa]].
*** Oh God, yes. Poor Fate-chan.
** [[Ranma ½|Mousse]]
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** Mr. Rochester
* [[Love You and Everybody]]
** [[MaiMy-HiME|Mikoto Minagi]]...though I'm pretty sure she kept at least two of those ribbons handy for [[Les Yay|Mai]].
** All the damn time in [[Mahou Sensei Negima]].
** ''[[Magic Knight Rayearth]]''
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* [[Lucky Bastard]]
** [[Carl Barks|Gladstone Gander]]
* [[Lovely Assistant]]
** [[Wheel of Fortune|Vanna White]], possibly the one every Lovely Assistant since looks to for inspiration.
* [[Lyrical Dissonance]]
** [[End of Evangelion|"Komm Susser Tod"]].