Trophy Room: Difference between revisions

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If they have had an adventurous and eventful life it may become a full blown museum, taking up not just a wall or room but an entire wing of their mansion as it verges on becoming (or surpassing) a [[Superhero Trophy Shelf]]. The nature and content of the Trophy Room says a lot about the owner; it may be a modest acknowledgment of their achievements (which is not indicated anywhere else in the house), a narcissistic [[Shrine to Self]], a creepy [[Egomaniac Hunter]]'s room full of stuffed animals (and not the huggable kind), a ''creepier'' [[Stalker Shrine]] full of "trophies" won from preying on others, a selection of [[Battle Trophy|Battle Trophies]] won in combat, or a small scale [[Bazaar of the Bizarre]] full of archaeological wonders or [[Kitsch Collection|curious kitsch]].

 

Expect youngsters who think their parents/relatives are boring to radically reassess their assumption once they accidentally stumble upon this room.

 

== [[Comic Books]] ==

* For most superhero examples, see [[Superhero Trophy Shelf]].

* The Shadow Gallery, V's stronghold from ''[[V for Vendetta]]'', is where he keeps various cultural items stolen from the hyper-censoring megalomaniacal government.

 

== [[Film]] ==

* In ''[[Ransom]]'', Mel Gibson plays a rich airline owner with several magazine covers featuring himself (''Business Week'', etc.) on his wall. The villain points to them and mocks him.

* In the Coen Brothers film ''[[The Big Lebowski]]'', Jeffrey Lebowski (the titular "Big Lebowski") has a trophy wall displaying various awards which he and his "Little Lebowski Urban Achievers" (underprivileged youths Lebowski has sponsored) have won over the years.

* ''[[The Incredibles]]''

* Inverted but serving the same purpose in ''[[Cars]]'', with Doc Hudson leaving his three Piston Cups laying around the garage rather than proudly displayed; one is in a pile of junk parts, one has an oily rag lying on it, and the third is on a workbench, holding wrenches. He had completely left the racing world behind, and attached no importance to them anymore.

'''Doc:''' You look. All I see is a bunch of empty cups. }}

** At the end of the movie, though, Doc has made his peace with his history and there's an entire wing of the Radiator Springs Museum for his trophies, clippings and memorabilia.

* Roland Copping's room in ''Frauds'', where he keeps things once belonging to the subsequent victims of his little games.

* In ''[[Sky High]]'', a superhero's trophy room becomes a plot point. {{spoiler|A villain deliberately loses a fight to the superhero at the beginning of the movie, correctly anticipating that the superhero will bring a trophy from that fight back to the superhero's trophy room. The villain, who is employing a [[Trojan Horse]] strategy, is counting on this.}}

 

== [[Literature]] ==

 

* A recent episode of ''[[CSI New York]]'' showed the Trophy Rooms of ''two'' Neo-Nazi characters, both full of Nazi memorabilia, guns and items taken from Holocaust victims. Definitely at the creepier end of the spectrum.

 

== [[Video Games]] ==

** The Croft Manor training level had a room with display cases for the ancient relics the player collected during the game. They can be examined in closeup and Lara will make an admiring comment.

** The Wii port went one step further, with an additional trophy room with even more mementos, including big game Lara killed. Seriously nice.

* ''[[Dragon Age|Dragon Age: Awakening]]'' has Vigils Keep being filled with items you collect over the course of the game. Including a dragon skull and a golems armour.

* The Captain's Cabin of ''Normandy SR-2'' in ''[[Mass Effect 2]]'' gets gradually filled with various trinkets and mementos as your progress through the main plot and side quests.

* ''[[Sly Cooper|Sly Cooper: Thieves in Time]]'' features one from artifacts collected in the games. Some of them can even affect gameplay.

* In ''[[Penny Arcade Adventures]]: Episode 2'', Dr. Wolfington's office at the insane asylum is filled dangerous animals that have had encounters with a taxidermist, including a narwhal, multiple bears, and a rhinoceros.

 

== Western Animation ==

* On ''[[Doug]]'', after being falsely accused of cheating, he went to Chaulkie's (All-Bluffsville Boy Football player) house to confront him, only to get shanghai'd into seeing the Trophy room of Chaulkie's big brother, and realized the young man was suffering from under intense pressure to match up to the impossible legacy.

 

== [[Real Life]] ==