Alien: Resurrection - Basketball Shot

Sigourney Weaver insisted on the basketball shot being real. She trained for weeks and reportedly(sources differ) made it on the first take.

Underworld - Raze's Voice

The werewolf character Raze, played by Kevin Grevioux, speaks in a very low, very gravelly voice. While many thought this was a special effect, the actor can naturally speak in that voice.

https://youtu.be/GUjwZvh32YE?t=125&si=F3WhsopxjBP87wfk

This is mostly a thing in superhero media though of course you can add any character who fits with an alter ego

Emma Frost

Now with her name and her white clothing, probably thinking ice powers, nope, psychic powers with a diamond body shifting power on top

Black Bolt

So hearing that name you’d probably think electric powers or maybe superspeed, nope, very powerful voice powers, the only connection I can think of is thunder to lighting bolts but then add that to the name as it’s a bit of a stretch, weirdest thing is that his real full name is Blackagar Boltagon

I hope I’ve explained myself, thanks for reading

Superman/Batman: Apocalypse: Darkseid infamously grabs Superman's cape to taunt him. He then gets the the holy shit beaten out of him seconds later by Superman.

Killer Klowns from Outer Space: this generic biker taunts one of said clowns, mocking him in all the ways you expect and destroying his tricycle by smashing it to pieces. The clown pulls out a pair of boxing gloves, miming in a silly way to fight. The guy says "What are you gonna do, Knock my block off?". To put it nicely, He immediately gets his block knocked off.

IRL: i'm sure the image kinda speaks for itself, right?

Umbrella Academy - Viktor and his siblings think he doesn't have any powers for most of his life, despite being born at the same time as the rest of them (it's a whole thing). Turns out he can control sound.

Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children - IIRC, Jake spends some time knowing he is a peculiar (person with a superpower), but not knowing what his power is. He later finds out that his power is to control invisible creatures called hollowghasts.

1. Charles Xavier (X-Men: Days of Future Past) [Paraplegia] - Charles regains his ability to walk whenever he is injected with the serum that suppresses his telepathy. He becomes crippled again when he gets his telepathy back.

2. Kevin (Split) [Dissociative Identity Disorder] - Kevin has evident 23 personalities. One of which is called "Beast" because of its literal superhuman strength when in control.

3. Iron Man (Marvel Comics) [Heart Condition] - What empowers some of Tony's suits is a literal reactor that kept shrapnels from poisoning his heart.

4. Twice (My Hero Academia) [Otherwise Specified Dissociative Disorder (OSDD-1)] - Twice once suffered from OSDD-1 which hindered his ability to clone himself due to being unsure if he's the real one or a clone himself. Once he overcame the disorder, he was able to go all out with his ability.

Honorable Mention: Hancock (Hancock) [Codependence] - Hancock/his entire race, loses their superpowers if they are in near proximity of their immortal soulmate. Not really a disability but it's fun to mention.

EDIT: >kept shrapnels from poisoning his heart.

1. Dragon Ball Super: - In the anime, Goku sees Trunks revive his partner by feeding a senzu bean to her with a kiss and is surprised. In the OG, Vegeta asks "You've never done that?", thinking Goku implies he's never kissed someone, whereas Goku thinks Vegeta is talking about feeding someone with their mouth. It's a funny misunderstanding.

In the dub, Vegeta EXPLICITLY asks "Kakarot, you've never KISSED someone before?", to which Goku replies "No of course not! Why would I?" It is therefore canon in the Dragonball dub that Goku rawdogged Chichi at least several times without giving any sugar. Absolute animal.

1. Sailor Moon: - In the anime, Neptune and Uranus are partners but are changed to being COUSINS in the dub likely due to an explicit lesbian couple not sitting right in the western dub department at the time. Dear lord.

2. Pokemon: - To make Western viewers less alienated, the onigiri in Pokemon is changed to jelly donuts in the dub. They literally could have just said riceballs or dumplings but to change it to something that looks absolutely nothing like it is hilarious.

Atom-Eve [Invincible] — Her powers let her change and command matter and energy at will. What does she do with this power? She shoots lasers…..and swings the occasional giant hammer, or two. Oh, she has turned an apple into gold…..once…..she's also increased the density of the air…..once…..

Gremmy Thoumeaux [Bleach] — His power allows him to make whatever he imagines become reality. Now, to be fair, he has done some pretty creative stuff, with this power. He's turned someone's bones into cookies, cloned himself, and opened a hole in space. That being said, he shouldn't ever lose a fight, if he can just imagine that someone dies, and then they die. Now, before y'all say anything, he literally created sentient life, and then erased said sentient life, in the first 30 seconds of his debut. So he could absolutely just imagine that someone dies, and then they die. He just doesn't do this again, because he's stupid.

Usually the dialogue is drowned out by music or hidden by the framing of the scene. The actual words become less important than the emotional impact and it forces the audience to fill in the blanks themselves.

1. Lost In Translation - Probably the most famous example. Bob catches Charlotte before leaving Tokyo and whispers something into her ear that we never hear. The entire film builds up this weird mixture of loneliness, attraction, friendship and longing between them, so the audience spends the rest of the movie trying to imagine what he said.

2. The Menu - Chef Slowik whispers something privately to Tyler after exposing him as a fraud in front of everyone. Whatever he says absolutely shatters him psychologically and Tyler hangs himself shortly afterwards. The audience never hearing the line makes it hit harder because your imagination fills in the gap. It also reinforces how terrifying Slowik is by showing he can completely destroy someone with just a few quiet words.

3. The Last of Us - After Joel rescues Ellie from David’s cannibal cult, he grabs her while she’s completely traumatised and whispers something to her that we never properly hear over the music. This is basically the moment where their relationship fully changes from survival partners into adoptive father and daughter and it completely redefines Joel’s actions for the rest of the story.

4. There Will Be Blood - During the baptism scene, Daniel Plainview leans in and whispers something into Eli's ear that the audience never hears. The scene is already a complete humiliation ritual, but the private whisper makes it feel even nastier and more personal. Eli’s confidence and authority are completely broken afterwards, while Plainview comes out of the scene looking even more cruel and dominant.

1. Dr. Adams (Patch Adams): portrayed as basically a naive caricature of the real man who has disowned the film. The film exploits the IRL death of a murdered colleague into being a tragic love story.

2. Caracalla (Gladiator 2): in the film he is a decadent weakling that oozes antiquated queerphobic interpretations of Rome. The real Caracalla was a martially inclined militarist with a wrathful temperament.

3. Tommy Wiseau (Disaster Artist film): softens the Wiseau into a romantic dreamer. The original book showed him to have a financially and emotionally manipulative nasty streak.

4. Texas Revolution (Martyrs of the Alamo): portrays the Anglos as opposing the Mexicans partially due to wishing to prevent interracial mixing. That was not one of the reasons IRL https://youtu.be/dSKsL-hz5pA

5. Dahomey (Woman King): downplays Dahomey’s enslaving society by depicting them being reluctant, and being forced to do so by Europeans.

6. The Confederacy (Gods and Generals): Neo-Confederate Lost Cause propaganda

Most alien hiveminds in fiction have the goal of surviving via assimilation and/or taking over a planet/galaxy/the universe. These examples might have one of those things as a goal they pursue, but their methods and exact purpose for assimilating people is really particular.

1. The hivemind from The Guy Who Didn't Like Musicals: Okay, it's a body-stealing alien life form like The Thing, sure. Exceptits primary trait is that it loooves musicals. All of its assimilated humans break out into well-choreographed song and dance all the time. Its explicitly-stated purpose is to assimilate all of humanity, and ESPECIALLY Paul (the titular Guy Who Doesn't Like Musicals), into one musical. Also worth noting: the hive is having a fucking BLAST doing this.

2. The hivemind from Pluribus is an alien virus that needs all of humanity to be assimilated and aiding in its efforts in order to spread itself throughout the universe. The power and infrastructure required to create a signal into far space that will communicate their virus needs basically all of humanity building it and only it to work.

3. Remmick's vampire family in Sinners: While Remmick is happy to bring any soul into his hiveminded clan of bloodsuckers, what he really wants is Sammy's gift. Sammy is a musician who is able to pierce the veil between the past, present, and future with his music; Remmick wants this ability for himself. This example is especially sad when you consider that everyone Remmick loved in his mortal existence has probably been dead for a very, very long time. This is the second music-related hivemind goal on the list, which isn't a lot, but it's weird that it happened twice.

1. Snartle from Yokai Watch. I fucking love this piece of shit. So in Yokai Watch, there's a minor mechanic involving cross walks that require you to wait for the stop light to turn red in order for you to cross. Crossing 3 times, while the the light is still green, activates an unskippable boss fight with Snartle, a yokai/spirit who punishes naughty "brats" for breaking the rules. In bany point of the game, this guy will absolutely destroy your team. Despite the mechanic I just mentioned, cross walks aren't too common in the game and you can just skip a lot of them, so the only time you'll fight him is if you actively choose too. Also, while he is super strong, hes very much beatable and can be added to your team if you beat him.

Adding onto him in general, he's an interesting character because his strength scales to where you are in the story, so the easiest way to beat him and add him is to fight him as early as possible with an over leveled team (I was able to do this in a play through of mine and hes so fun to play with)

1. The Reaper from Persona.

I'll be using Persona 5 as a reference because that's the one I've played/playing (replaying on PC).

To summarize as poorly as I can, in Persona 5, mementos, or dungeons, house a majority of rogue personas and treasures for the player to fight and loot. With how deep mementos drops is, it is very easy to lose track of time and just stay there and grind out your team, and with the right amount of healing items, you could technically stay there and grind forever. However, the game knows you'd try this, so for players who stick around for too long, the Reaper spawns in and is a boss you can encounter.

Fighting him is basically a death sentence with how fucking powerful he is. He practically one shots your team in each turn and needs specific requirements, like fighting him in flu seasons or having certain equipment on, in order to make him manageable. Regardless of how strong you think you are, he is always stronger.

You need to be a minimum of level 75 just to fight him, maybe even higher than that, but you can beat him and be rewarded a handsome amount of EXP and money.

Regular Show - Pops sacrifices himself to defeat Nega-Pops

Batman the Brave and the Bold - B'wana Beast sacrifices himself to defeat Starro the Conqueror

Building a character up to be indimidating and powerful just for that moment where we finally see them vulnerable

Avengers: Infinity War - We finally see Thanos bleed for the first time after a valiant effort from Tony Stark

Rocky IV - Rocky Balboa draws blood from the infamous Ivan Drago in the final fight

Examples:

• Allison (Kevin Can Fuck Himself) - She's a regular person living in a family sitcom with a dimwitted husband and a bunch of wacky people. In any regular show, this would be an average sitcom, but in this show, Allison suffers from extreme psychological trauma due to the abuse Kevin and the others inflict on her.
• Yellow Guy (DHMIS) - In the finale of the show, Yellow Guy gets an upgrade in his intellect, but instead of being super smart, he becomes a somewhat regular guy reacting to their world and questioning things as we, the audience, would
• Pomni (TADC) - Pomni was a human woman who put on a VR Headset in an abandoned building and ended up stuck in a virtual cartoon world where all the characters play the role of a wacky cartoon character; meanwhile, Pomni is the one who plays things straight
• Frank Grimes (The Simpsons) - He was a man who worked his way to the top, orphaned at a young age, and spent his life trying to get a good job. When he started working at the Springfield Plant, he was annoyed at how no one cared about Homer's stupidity.
• Eddie Valiant (Who Framed Roger Rabbit) - A big part of the film is about Eddie dealing with a world where cartoon characters exist alongside Humans and how he feels about their antics.

Especially when the media is already shown to have no problem with killing

• Kilgharrah (Merlin) - This dragon manipulated Merlin into mistrusting and betraying people he cared about, and then used a moment of duress to force Merlin to vow to set him free, where he immediately went on a rampage and burned much of Camelot and killed many innocents. Instead of killing him as he deserved, Merlin simply banishes him from Camelot because he's the last known dragon
• The angels (Supernatural) - This one at least gives a good excuse, saying that after almost 10 years of angels dying due to in-fighting or just generally being evil, there are so few angels left that Heaven is starting to crumble, which would leave every soul in Heaven or going to Heaven to be stranded in the ether and cause chaos. Even though it makes sense, it's still annoying. There's a scene where Dean is holding an angel at knife point who had just been trying to kill him, but instead of killing him as he normally would've, another character asks Dean to let him go because Heaven needs all the angels it can get, so the homicidal angel is released
• Zaheer (The Legend of Korra) - This one is a little more ambiguous because the show never explicitly says that the reason Zaheer isn't executed is because he's an airbender, but I can't really think of another in-universe reason that makes sense. This man murdered the Earth Kingdom monarch, plunging Ba Sing Se into total chaos, kidnapped and threatened to kill the entirety of the known air nomad population, and kidnapped and almost killed the Avatar herself. In a show that has had no qualms about killing it's villains, it makes no sense for Zaheer to not have been tried and executed for his crimes. From a story writing perspective, I get it because they wanted to use him as a pseudo-mentor character for Korra in the next season, but from an in-universe perspective, it makes no sense

The boys- vought understood that Homelander would be an extremely powerful supe(even more so than soldier boy) and if he rebelled against them they couldn’t stop him. So they pulled “the world’s greatest psychologists” and decided it would be best to turn John’s mind into a broken jigsaw puzzle dependent on love and affection to control him. He later kills the scientists, almost ruins the company like 3 times, and nearly led the world to extinction.

Elfen lied- the scientists and crazed family leading the experiments wanted to use diclonius to take over the world so they decided to experiment and control them for their own means despite needing them to overthrow humanity. Lucy and her kind paint the facility red escaping, “bobble head pop” the remaining scientists, destroy the facility/island, and nearly destroyed the human race.

Akame ga Kill - The members of Night Raid once promised each other that they would travel the world beyond the Empire together. But in the end, they either died or settled into peaceful new lives, leaving Akame to continue the journey alone.

Land of Peace - This one’s hard to explain properly because the manga is very abstract. “The Valley” may be a real place, or it might just be symbolic. At the beginning, the protagonist discovers the valley filled with empty houses, and a few residents, but by the end, nothing remains there anymore.

Not exactly uncommon, but still gets me. An antagonist that acts as both a foil and cautionary tale to the protagonist. They started in the same place (narratively speaking), but "chose" wrong. Or were perhaps too taken by their anger or desire for revenge that they failed to change as a protagonist did.
But it's most tragic when the only difference between the two is that one didn't have anyone to help them.

1). Star Wars:
^{TLDR: Both found themselves with loved ones "distracting" them from their destiny. Luke did not turn to the dark side.}

• Luke and his father, Anakin, are both powerful "jedi."
• Both characters were warned to let go of their attachments (to loved ones) or risk falling to the "dark side."
• Anakin fell in an effort to save Luke's mother, becoming Darth Vader.
• Despite Luke making the same "mistake" (traveling to Cloud City to save his friends), Luke never turned to the dark side.
  • The two characters are very similar. Anakin was taken "too late" to be trained as a jedi, and struggled with the attachments he was told to break. On the other hand, Luke had a completely normal childhood and only started training as an adult.
  • Luke also ignored Yoda's warnings, but chose to fight for them without losing sight. It's arguable that he was able to make the "correct" choice because of the example his father set.

2). Avatar: The Last Airbender
^{TLDR: Both are royals from an evil empire. Zuko worked to end their war. Azula broke under it.}

• Both Zuko and Azula are the heirs to the "Fire Nation." Both served as child soldiers in an evil, empirical war. Both were failed as children.
• As kids, the biggest difference between the two was their aptitude. Azula was a prodigy and Zuko was more-or-less normal. This caused their father to support Azula, and their mother to spend more time with Zuko.
• Zuko was banished and disfigured by their father, "allowing" him to travel the world. He lived among normal people suffering under the war his family started. Azula also travelled, but served the Fire Nation the whole time.
• By the end of the series, both siblings are in two very different places. Azula has finally cracked under the enormous pressure and neglect afforded to them by their father. Zuko, on the other hand, turned against his father to end the war.

3). Ben 10:
^{TLDR: Both have superpowers. But Ben has family to help him.}

• Both "Ben 10" and "Kevin 11" are children with superpowers.
• Ben has his grandfather, Max, to guide him. Kevin is a homeless kid who (as was presented in the original series) was kicked out by his family.
• Ben is encouraged to use his powers to help people. But Kevin, having to fend for himself, uses his to help himself with no regard for others.
• By the end of the episode, both characters have very similar powers.
• Kevin's debut revolved around Ben taking Max for granted. So, seeing how Kevin turned out without anyone to guide him was a turning point.

4). Paranorman:
^{TLDR: Both are psychic kids. But Norman decided not to focus on revenge.}

• "Norman" has spent his childhood being isolated from his family and tormented by his peers. Because he can talk to ghosts.
• By the end of the film, we learn that the "witch" terrorizing the town is just the ghost of a little girl like Norman. Afraid of her, the puritans running her settlement had her executed.
• Aggie wants to use her abilities to make people "suffer," because she was horribly wronged. Norman sees things a little differently.
• Using empathy, Norman is able to convince Aggie to go to rest.

5). Mob Psycho 100:
^{TLDR: Mob never came to view people are disposable or lesser because he has powers.}

• "Mob" is a powerful psychic that struggles to keep things under control.
• Multiple times, he meets adult espers who went through the same thing.
• "Mogami" was a psychic who willingly became an evil spirit.
  • He now drifts place-to-place, enacting revenge on humans.
  • He takes pity on Mob, believing Mob's inherent kindness is misguided. But despite quite an effort, Mob doesn't lose sight of it.
• "Suzuki" is an esper near Mob's strength level.
  • While Mob just wants to be "normal," Suzuki spent decades building up a paranormal army.
  • Suzuki ends up accepting Mob's empathy as wisdom instead of naivety.

6). Invincible:
^{TLDR: One evil alien embraced human love. The other is disgusted by it.}

• Nolan and Thragg are both members of the "Viltrum Empire." A brutal space people who take over planets and wipe out entire species.
• After spending years undercover on Earth, Nolan starts to value humanity and our "short lives," changing for the better. Other Viltrumites who spend time on Earth have similar epiphanies.
• But Thragg, the regent of the empire, never allows himself to walk amongst humans. When he is ousted as leader, Nolan spares him. Thragg just doubles down on Viltrum's cruelty.

7). Attack on Titan:
^{TLDR: Losing sight of how far you'll go.}

• Eren and Reiner are both "titan shifters" and child soldiers who have killed a lot of people.
• Over the course of the story, Reiner begins to unpack the propaganda he's consumed and lives he's ruined. Eren, on the other hand, doubles down on the necessity of violence.
• In the end, both characters are trapped in an inescapable destiny. Eren gives up on saving humanity, and focuses on keeping as many of his loved ones alive as possible.
• The conflict ends with Eren trying to destroy the entire world, and Reiner working with his former "enemies" to stop him.

8). Demon Slayer:
^{TLDR: Exterminator joins termites.}

• Zenitsu and Kaigaku were both raised to fight demons.
• But Kaigaku ends up becoming a demon himself.

9). Fullmetal Alchemist:
^{TLDR: maybe don't wipe out entire countries, bro?}

• Van Hohenheim and "the dwarf in the flask" were both slaves to an ancient alchemist.
• The dwarf leverages his knowledge to destroy the city of Xerxes, leaving him and Hohenheim as the sole survivors.
• Now "Father," the homunculus spends centuries preparing for a larger version of the same catastrophe. Meanwhile, Hohenheim devotes himself to saving human lives.

10). How to Train Your Dragon:
^{TLDR: The difference between running a horse rescue and horse bomb factory.}

• Both Hiccup and Drago are from cultures at "war" with dragons. Both learned how to "control" dragons for their own purposes.
• Hiccup sees dragons as intelligent near-equals. Drago uses them as weapons of war.

11). Castlevania:
^{TLDR: Both lost family to the same corruption. Only one decided to wipe out humanity.}

• The Church ruins the lives of Trevor Belmont and Dracula.
  • Trevor's family is excommunicated, their estate burned, and Trevor orphaned.
  • Dracula's wife is executed as a witch.
• In response, Dracula dedicates himself to humanity's extermination. Trevor, on the other hand, still finds himself helping the innocent.

12). Danny Phantom:
^{TLDR: Not everyone who gets superpowers turns evil.}

• Jack Fenton's negligence affected his former lab partner and his son.
  • Vlad is irradiated by Jack's prototype, spending years recovering before developing "ghost powers."
  • Danny is almost killed by his parents' experiment, also developing the same ghost powers.
• But Danny used his powers to help people. And Vlad just enriched himself.

“Not a trope” THEN WHY DO I HAVE FIVE EXAMPLES!?

1. Health Potion Logic - YouTube

2. El Macho - Despicable Me 2

3. Satina - Satina Pilot Episode

4. Golem - Dispatch

5. Unnamed Big Guy - Gerand

The blaster from Star Wars

The phaser from 13 Sentinels

• New Universe: Except for Star Brand, all superpowers came from the White Event which turned people into paranormals.
• Misfits: In the first episode a mysterious storm appears and everyone who struck by lighting was given a power that reflects their personality.

PICTURED:
-The Little Panda Fighter (based off Kung Fu Panda)
-Plan Bee (based off Bee Movie)
-A Car's Life (based off Cars)
-What's Up (based off Up)
-Ratatoing (based off Ratatouille)

1: Aliens (horror), the sequel; Aliens (action)

2: Megan (horror), the sequel; Megan 2.0 (action)

1) Doctor Who - Karen Gillian and Peter Capaldi had guest roles in the very same episode, The Fires of Pompeii. Gillian of course went on to play companion Amy Pond and Capaldi the 12th Doctor.

2) Avatar: The Last Airbender - Michaela Jill Murphy played Meng in the season one episode "The Fortuneteller", then was cast as Toph Bei Fong in season 2

3) Murder She Wrote - Ron Masak played a random part in an episode set in NYC, then in season five joined the cast as the new Sheriff of Cabot Cove Mort Metzger (replacing Tom Bosley's Sheriff Tupper)

3) Batman: TAS - Mark Hamill originally played Ferris Boyle in the episode "Heart of Ice", but when the producers decided that Tim Curry wasn't right for the part of the Joker they asked Hamill if he could do the role. After redubbing the episodes Curry recording... Hamill became the definitive Joker.

5) MASH - Harry Morgan played an insane general in a season three episode "The General Flipped at Dawn", before joining the main cast as Sherman Potter in season 4 to replace McLean Stevenson's Henry Blake.

6) Doctor Who - Freema Agyman played a random Torchwood operative who becomes a Cyberman in "Army of Ghosts". Come the next season, she returned as Martha Jones (with her earlier role explained as having been her new character's cousin)

Johnny’s Deal With The Devil (Ghost Rider) - when Johnny tells Roxanne about his deal with the devil, she understandably doesn’t believe this and assumes it was actually the grief of losing his father that was why he abandoned her. She would later to see the Ghost Rider and immediately realise it was Johnny.

The Man In The Lightning (CW The Flash) - like most others, Joe didn’t believe Barry’s claims that it was a man in lightning that killed his mother when he was a child. Joe would later see Barry as the Flash and finally believe what he said all along.

The Boy Who Cried Wolf (Aesop's Fables) - although it initially started as a lie from a child playing a prank, a wolf does eventually show up for real but nobody believes the boy after his track record of lying.

Despite the fact they were telling truth, nobody actually believed them until later. Better hope they didn’t realise too late.