r/TopCharacterTropes • u/Character_Growth_397 • 12h ago

Hated Tropes Things meant to be progressive just end up being incredibly offensive

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What If - In one of the comics Miles becomes Thor, and it's full of stereotypes about black people such as the Mjolnir having graffiti on it and the infamous "by Odin's fade"

Emilia Perez - Everything about the movie

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u/adept-of-chaos 11h ago

My friends used to watch venture bros all the time, and there was this one gag where a native american superhero hero says his  power was to grow three inches taller or smaller. I could never figure out who he was supposed to be based on...now I finally know it's Apache Chief. 

This has been a mystery in my life for like 8 years and you finally solved it. Thank you lol

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u/WoT_Slave 11h ago

The gag in venture bros was that he was interviewing to join an evil villain society, and to show off his powers he “grew” by standing on his tip toes lol

Family guy has a cutaway gag to the Apache Chief growing super tall to help put a satellite TV dish on Peter’s house

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u/shibakevin 10h ago

Harvey Birdman had him suing a coffee company because he spilled coffee on his crotch and it prevented him from "growing bigger".

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u/ShibaLover227 9h ago

...in his pants

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u/Luce_Bot_Bot 7h ago

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u/ShibaLover227 5h ago

Please, go watch Harvey Birdman and realize I'm making a reference to Black Vulcan

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u/Luce_Bot_Bot 5h ago

In my defense, it's been, like, 22 years since it aired

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u/Stewart_Games 1h ago

They also had Princess Tinyfeet, a native American "princess" with very tiny feet.