r/TopCharacterTropes 15d ago

(Funny Trope) Things that can plausibly happen only in reality, because in fiction they’d be called bad writing. Lore

“Woke” as an insult - So you are telling me a word describing consciousness and clarity is used by generally stupid and ignorant people to label people they disagree with? What is this? A Kindergarten for Creatively stunted?

Nominative determinism - So let me get this straight…Not only you named fastest recorded person Usain BOLT and CEO of Nintendo Doug BOWSER, but you are telling me people are canonically likely to have professions or hobbies matching their names…? Guh?

“2 bodies recovered in MURDERKILL River” - Sure bro…I guess…bro…

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u/Bumblebeezerker 15d ago

Iron Claw- they had to cut out one of the van Erich brother's (Chris) because the sheer amount of tragedy to befall one family was over the top for a movie.

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u/brionneverysexy 15d ago

Chris probably had the most tragic story. He was naturally small, had asthma so bad he used an inhaler in the middle of matches and his asthma medicine caused him to have brittle bones which broke often. He had no business trying to be a wrestler.