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1. In Bruges the big bad Harry (Ralph Fiennes) says earlier in the film "if I had killed a little kid...I wouldn't have thought twice. I'd have killed myself on the fucking spot". At the end, he does shoot a kid (or so he thinks) and says "You've got to stick to your principles" and kills himself on the fucking spot.

2. The recruiter in Squid Game plays games with his victims, but always follows the rules. He plays Russian Roulette with the protagonist, and 5 out of 6 empty shots have been taken, so the last shot definitely has the bullet. Since he always follows the rules, he shoots himself in the head.

3. Paladin Danse fights for the Brotherhood of Steel in Fallout 4. The Brotherhood is adamantly against synths (synthetic humans), they are their sworn enemy. Later on in the game, the Sole Survivor (player character) finds out that Paladin Danse himself IS a synth, but is unaware. The Soul Survivor can choose what to do, but if he/she chooses to kill him, Danse says "I am a synth. I need to be destroyed." And praises you for deciding to kill him.

Doctor Strange discovers Wanda.

This trope is heartbreaking. Always has been. Always will be.

Pet Cemetary: Gage Creed

Jaws (1975): Alex Kintner

In current times, it's more tolerated or accepted to see same-sex couples in media; however, it's still seen as something abnormal, a vestige of the homophobia of centuries past. But I want to talk about worlds where the concept of homophobia DOESN'T EXIST. Not even the typical "Yes, we're a couple, is there a problem?" Nobody shows a hint of discomfort or any other indication.

And I must clarify that I'm not talking about worlds where a specific country has no taboos or where it's permitted, as is the case with Avatar, where the comics reveal that the Air Nomads didn't care, while the Fire Nation was openly homophobic.

1. Attack on Titan.

For the number of characters there were, we didn't have that many couples, and of the few couples there were, Ymir and Historia were there, with nothing noteworthy about them compared to the other characters.

2. Steven Universe

I think it was controversial at the time because, within the world of Steven Universe, an anti-racism commercial featured a same-sex couple So, in the world of Steven Universe, racism exists but not homophobia, and I suspect that, in a Watsonian way, this is due to the influence of the Crystal Gems, who have been around since the beginning of humanity.

3. Mahō Shōjo ni Akogarete (Magical Girl Akogarete)

I'm putting this one here and not other yuri anime because, genuinely, in this world, men don't exist. You can't be homophobic if heterosexuality doesn't exist.

i love when someone gives a really clear warning, the other person does it anyway, and then immediately gets exactly what they were warned about.

Charlie and Jeremy (Smiling Friends). when Charlie gets to Hell, Jeremy gets in his face and starts screaming at him, so Charlie tells him that if he does it again he’s going to punch him. later Jeremy does it again, and Charlie immediately punches him.

Rick and the Secret Service agent (Rick and Morty). when the President orders an agent to arrest Rick, Rick tells him he can refuse the order, warns him that he’ll die if he touches him, and says, “Don’t do it.” the agent touches him anyway and immediately drops dead.

Peter and Kyle (Family Guy). Peter goes to confront Kyle after he bullies Chris and tries talking to him normally, but Kyle keeps mocking him. Peter tells him “Shut up, Kyle,” then warns him again with “Kyle, I said shut up.” Kyle keeps going and Peter immediately beats the shit out of him.

Vito, The Sopranos - A mobster working under Tony Soprano, Vito gets outed as being homosexual after being witnessed performing oral on another man. Because the mafia is extremely homophobic, he is at real risk staying around, so he decides to book it somewhere else and try to live a normal life. Unfortunately, he can barely make it a day working a normal job and decides to risk it all by trying to go back to the mob, resulting in him getting whacked just for being gay.

Craig, Friendship - A lonely man who becomes friends with his neighbor has one bad awkward moment that ruins his image among his new friend group and becomes ostracized for being a weirdo. He spends the movie ruining his own life and others' through his strange behavior, even resulting in his wife going missing. By the end of the movie it seems like everything has mostly fixed itself, his wife has been found and they've somewhat reconciled. Craig seems to be making an attempt at bettering his behavior and being a good father and husband... then he sees his neighbor got a new car and is having a small party. Craig simply cannot stop himself from barging in, desperate to try and get his friends back, resulting in the climax of the movie and absolutely ruining his own life in the process.

Candide, from Candide - A man of unbelievable optimism, he spends the entire book getting into seinfeld-esqu hijinks in which he is either getting flogged, his home invaded, about to be killed by a volcano, etc. These hardships challenge his optimistic outlook and yet he remains headstrong in the face of adversity assured that he lives in "the best of all possible worlds". Eventually his group manages to find the lost city of gold, where everything is perfect, everything including the dirt is made of gold, and they won't have to worry about being hurt anymore. They stay there for a bit and then realize that if they stay there they will just be normal people, but if they take even a little bit of the gold home with them they can be rich. The residents are happy to oblige them, giving them a heap of gold and sending them on their way. The group knows this is a one-way trip however. Once they leave it is unlikely they will ever be able to find this place again. Nevertheless they opt to go back home, and almost immediately after setting sail, they are attacked and robbed by pirates. sigh

Spider Man No Way Home - fans predicted exactly how Tobey and Andrew would appear, so Jon Watts changed it. The original concept had Tom Holland’s Peter mourning May on a rooftop, where portals would open and Tobey Maguire and Andrew Garfield’s Spider-Men would emerge. Watts went on Reddit during production and found fan art depicting essentially that exact scene. So their introductions were moved to the random scene in Ned’s grandmother’s house, with Ned and MJ finding them first.

DC Armageddon 2001 - The crossover was structured around discovering which present-day superhero would eventually become the dictator Monarch. The intended answer was Captain Atom, and the clues were built accordingly. His identity leaked before the finale, so DC changed Monarch to Hank Hall/Hawk at essentially the last minute.

Rick and Morty - Dan Harmon said the writers conceived a “fundamental secret” during Season 1 that was supposed to become a huge reveal several seasons later, with earlier episodes constructed so it would make sense in retrospect. By Season 2, writer Mike McMahan came in and told them that fans online had already theorized exactly that so that idea was scrapped.

Edelgard (Fire Emblem: Three Houses): The world of Fire Emblem Three Houses is rife with inequality, with rapidly fading bloodlines being seen as superior to normal people even when you can clearly see just from gameplay that isn't true. Furthermore, it's being ruled by Rhea, someone that while not malicious is deeply traumatized and paranoid, incapable of ever truly understanding the human condition. While even after her death in most routes the world is changed for the better, none of those changes would've been able to happen if it wasn't for Edelgard's war exposing them. And between the main theme implied to be from her perspective, and her accepting her death with dignity in every route she dies in, it's clear she doesn't hold herself or her actions in high regard.

The Batter (OFF): This one isn't explicitly confirmed, but OFF is a very vague game because the creator Mortis Ghost intends for people to form their own interpretations, considering even his own statements to just be headcanons that can be ignored if you want. There are many things pointing to The Batter not wanting to purify the world. He implies that he's afraid of what he has to do, he might consider himself an "evil puppet led by a blind entity." He even implies that even once everyone else is already dead, even if he did kill The Judge, without The Player controlling him The Batter wouldn't be able to go through with flipping the switch to turn the world OFF.

Box Ghost(Danny Phantom):In the dark future where Danny became Dan Danny, Box Ghost takes life more serious as a result of his run in with Dan.
Box Ghost: Beware.

Yuji Itadori(Jujutsu Kaisen):On a personal scale, Yuji Itadori has become The Ageless and has outlived most of his friends, only staying in contact with Todo, causing him to go underground. In the mean time he has kept up his combat skills.

The Last Ronin(TMNT):Mikey was always a badass, but his full potential was never reached due to his lack of focus and laziness. After losing his family, he overcomes those flaws, furthers his own ninjitsu training with the help of his father’s journal, masters his brothers’ weapons, and travels around the world to master other fighting styles. He surpassed his own brothers and possibly his own father, and succeeded in what his family could not: end the feud between the Hamato Clan and the Foot Clan. He had to become strong in order to deal with his other 3 brothers dying.

Trunks(Dragon Ball):Future Trunks, who was the second Super Saiyan to appear in the manga and who wiped out Freeza, his father King Cold, and all of their minions single-handedly in his first appearance. Because he grew up in a Bad Future where every day is a fight to survive, he's strong and pragmatic, but also well-mannered.

Roku and Fang (Avatar) Roku’s dragon Fang could have escaped the volcanic destruction, but instead returns to Roku and stays beside him as they die together.

Jin and Sun (Lost) Sun becomes trapped in the sinking submarine, and Jin has a real chance to leave and survive. Instead, he stays with her because he refuses to abandon her again, and they die holding hands.

Rentarou's harem was nearly signed by a famous producer to become idols after a concert they performed, but the condition was a ban on romance, so they gave up on the idea (The 100 Girlfriends Who Really, Really, Really, Really, Really Love You)

>!Oguri Cap did not participate in the Japanese Derby because he failed to register in time—a detail based on real-life events, as he also missed the race in reality!< (Uma Musume Cinderella Gray)

1.Damien Wayne and Flatline from D.C

She stole his heart..no,literally.

[Damien inherited his father's game and..crazy women being into him]

2.Jimmy Olson and fucking Silver Banshee from D.C.

[Yes,dude pulled Silver Banshee and they're likely still together]

3.Peter Ben "Spider-Man" Parker and Felicia "Black Cat' Hardy from Marvel.

4.Matthew "Daredevil" Murdock and Elektra Nachios from Marvel.

[Gotta love how a catholic Lawyer's love interest/girlfriend is a deadly Assassin and killer]

5.Bruce "Batman" Wayne and Selina "Catwoman" Kyle from D.C.

6.Bruce "Batman" Wayne and Talia Al Ghul from D.C

[Yeah Batman's biggest enemies are his Son's mom and grandfather]

For when a character gets a redemption arc, but only after causing permanent damage to a character that breaks away from them before they redeem.

Donna (The Good Place) after a lot of heaven and hell shenanigans, Eleanor finds out her neglectful mom faked her death and goes to meet her, fully planning revenge on her mom for years of neglect. She finds that Donna now has a new daughter that she treats much better. Eleanor tries to prove that she's still just as bad, but fails.

Alan (Animator Vs Animation) In a prequel, we get to see what Alan did before the series started, that being torturing a stick figure he named "victim" over and over again. Victim eventually escapes but lives with eternal PTSD along with vengeance for Alan. Meanwhile, Alan moves on and grows as a person, eventually having a good relationship with the main cast of stickmen that he treats well.

Choji and Karui (naruto/boruto): unless you count a brief comment in the novels, this came out of nowhere. Kishimoto needed a new ino-shika-cho trio so he just paired Choji with someone from another village. Not that Ino and Sai had many interactions, but at least they had the moment of Sai calling her gorgeous and that we know Sai was Ino's type.

Mariah and Kenny G (Jojo's bizarre adventure: crazy diamond's demonic heartbeat): mariah is one of the stand users they fight in egypt, Kenny G is the illusion guy in Dio's mansion that Abdul defeat in five seconds. Is revealed that they got married and formed a family after stardust crusaders in the Josuke and Hol horse spin-off. Maybe they went to the same hospital. In case you don't remember kenny G, that's how he look like.

Miss monday and Mr. 9 (one piece): both members of baroque works that helped Vivi to escape with the straw hat pirates. Since this is one piece none of them died in whiskey peak and instead they had a son in cactus island.

Vegeta and Bulma (dragon ball Z): if it wasn't for future Trunks, people would shit in this decision. But we have future Trunks with the coolest introduction of all time so is okay that Yamcha cheated on bulma and she got together with Vegeta in the 3 years time skip.

Ren Tao and Jeanne (Shaman king): literally the only girl Ren talked to in the series that wasn't his family or already engaged so she was the better option, i guess. However, Shaman king ends with the 5 kids meeting again after each one got back to their country, everyone knew that Yoh had a child cause that happen in the middle of the story but everyone was surprised that Ren appeared with a baby that looked uncanny similar to Jeanne.

Lagoon boy, twice (young justice): in season two, we learn that Superboy broke with miss martian cause she used her telepathy in unethical ways and she was dating with lagoon boy now. At the end she get back with superboy so it doesn't matter. Then we got a new season and a new time skip, and now he's on a poly with Coral and Rodunn, two atlanteans that appeared in his debut episode. Good for him.

Usually goes in tandem with the "sleeper build" design trope

Reggie Star (Jujutsu Kaisen) - He's got probably the single worst fit in the entire series. However, underneath the receipts, the guy actually looks pretty ripped (granted, everyone was buffed in the JJK anime, but he does look athletically well-built in the manga as well).

Hisoka Morow (Hunter x Hunter) - While I wouldn't exactly say he looks ugly in his magician getup, every time he loses the clown makeup, the jester outfit and lets his hair down he looks like some kind of bishounen from a romance novel and it's really funny.

I wanted to find any female examples of this, but I unfortunately couldn't think of any from the top of my head.

In The Sweaters episode of TAWOG Gumball & Darwin got constantly stalked and challenged by two students from Sarah's old school because she bragged about how awesome they are. Gumball & Darwin just ignore them the whole time, even during the tennis match they didn't bother to play and throw the game because they know everything will be resolved at the end of the episode.

The "It's Roger, isn't it?" unning gag American Dad. Everyone knows it's the alien Roger Smith no matter what disguise he puts on

In Smiling Friends Pim & Charlie immediately recognized the Frowning Friends as the bizzaro version of themselves

In The Minecraft movie Steve already anticipated Malgosha to sneak attack after faking surrender and he casually swatted her dagger away

villager news by elemental animation: in the war short they did, they modeled an uncessarily detailed villager-M777 Howitzer with realistic recoil and muzzel flash, it's crazy how close it is.

Evangelion is a more obvious case, chock-full of extremely accurate military equipment from fighter jets to warships to even more obscure soviet projects like erkanoplans.

Nimrod from Marvel Comics. It either means idiot, doofus, dimwit or anything related to something that is very dumb.

Slag from Transformers. Used in the UK, Ireland and Australia to women with low social status. It's also the reason why the character's name was switched to Snarl from the Animated series and was later renamed as Slug from the Fall of Cybertron game.

Fiesta (Skylanders) his main attack has low DPS, his Secondary summons incredibly weak minions and his 3rd attack gives him double defence at the cost of making him incredibly slow and unable to attack

Regigigas (Pokémon) has the ability Slowstart which means his stats are halved for the first 4 turns, making him notoriously bad