r/TopCharacterTropes • • 12h ago

Characters [Loved Trope] Superheroes doing mundane activities in full costume

- Spider-Man, Captain America, Punisher, and Daredevil playing Go Fish at the end of the Spider-Man PS1 game.

- Kamen Rider Wizard doing laundry.

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u/JuiceOfTheElderToad 11h ago

Eating shawarma

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u/frecklepax 11h ago

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u/BlueFHS 10h ago

Ahh yes, Ironing Man

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u/OrneryLingonberry164 11h ago

There’s also this scene in Kamen Rider Gaim

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u/YaBoiS0nic 11h ago

That's either the most or least comfortable thing ever

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u/Effective_Sun_5289 11h ago

Watching tv

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u/13-Penguins 10h ago

Honestly through the whole series, they don’t really do civilian wear.

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u/Slow_Bowler8285 11h ago edited 11h ago

Saitama out shopping- One Punch Man

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u/bosuthebluehedgehog 11h ago

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u/capt1nsain0 11h ago

Invincible has a decent bit of this through the comics. Like Spider-Man, some of the recurring themes Mark has is superhero life vs trying to have a normal life.

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u/Radiant_Trade1384 4h ago

Invincible has always been a poor man's spider-man with an off brand Superman as his dad.

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u/Tentonham 11h ago

Poker Games are common in Marvel comics. The Thing hosts them.

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u/InoueNinja94 11h ago

Spider-Man is not invited unless it's for benefical causes
Reason? His Spider-Sense actually works when playing poker and he has even defeated Kingpin with it

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u/4timesover 9h ago

The funniest part is that his Spider-Sense mostly only triggers around people and events Peter would perceive as threatening. But the Thing (as well as the others I assume) don't know that. So it ends up being yet another ironic tragedy in Peter's life that he wouldn't be able to cheat at their poker game.

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u/Heil-Haidra2319 10h ago

Not a superhero, but DARKSEID IS...

...a big fan of couches whenever he visits Earth.

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u/Dragonfang65 10h ago

The real reason he wants to rule all of existence. He needs to find the universe’s conformist chair/couch.

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u/Heil-Haidra2319 10h ago

All his attempts to invade Earth masks his true objective: window shopping for a nice recliner

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u/HeavanHound 11h ago

Spider-Man taking the subway everytime you fast travel in the PS4 game.

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u/Smnionarrorator29384 11h ago

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u/Various_Anywhere9889 11h ago

Bullseye has to be insane at golf

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u/KingKingLamb49 45m ago

Bullseye indeed is insane at golf, the problem is that he was hired as a golf coach, and he just sucks at teaching.

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u/Toukafan4life 11h ago

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u/hit_the_showers_boi 5h ago

Clark’s got some immaculate balance with that drink

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u/AnimeOcCreator77 3h ago

Super-stability is one of his powers, makes sense when he carries others that can’t fly

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u/Henry1699 11h ago

Kamen Rider Revi and Kamen Rider Vice in a bathhouse.

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u/Optimal_Weight368 11h ago


This happens a lot on Doom Patrol, though that’s partially because someone like Negative Man can’t take off his costume.

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u/truthbecomesnull 10h ago

Technically not a "Costume" but in some of the promotional material ben ten uses his transformations to do chores

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u/pickletato1 2h ago

He also does it occasionally in the OS and the reboot

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u/Accurate-Gap-3360 11h ago

They’d apparently be doing that all the time if they lived in Toldeo, Ohio (What If? Vol 1 #34)

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u/coffin_zoge 11h ago

its only new york that has all the trouble everywhere else is chill

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u/SuperFanboysTV 10h ago

This scene is so funny

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u/Wooden_Passage_2612 11h ago

Spider-Man doing friendly neighbourhood watch

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u/YaBoiS0nic 11h ago

Don't remember the episode name, but that time in the Justice League animated series when Batman went to a convenience store to buy coffee

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u/Outsiderendless 9h ago

The Episode was "Only a Dream" and he was trying to stay awake as a pretty terrifying version of Doctor Destiny was taking out the League in their sleep. 

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u/Silver04Jubilee 11h ago

Avengers Assemble had a bunch of this.

Popcorn

But my favourite is Some dead man took all the peanut butter

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u/hit_the_showers_boi 10h ago

“What care I for the butter of peanuts?”

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u/AcrobaticCar4655 11h ago

Spider-Man Eating/Drinking (Various Spider-Man Media) - A common motif in a lot of Spider-Man media is showing Peter/Miles eating or drinking with their mask still on at times. Pizza seems to appear in a lot of his media given most of his stories take place in NYC, with the occasional coffee or burger. For specific examples: Peter/Miles drinking coffee upside down with their mask on (Miles Morales Playstation game), Peter taking a break to eat a pepperoni pizza (first Insomniac Spidey game), Peter drinking a coffee in Frank's hideout (Brand New Day), Peter B. eating a burger with his costume under his coat (Into the Spider-Verse) and others are probably out there especially in the comics. There's also the pizza delivery scenes in Spider-Man 2 (and its tie-in game) and the various collabs Sony/Marvel have done with nationwide pizza chains like Pizza Hut for Homecoming and Little Caesar's this year for BND.

Peacemaker Eating at a Diner (Peacemaker TV Series) - When his team meets at a diner to discuss their next steps, Chris shows up in his full Peacemaker suit as it's a uniform in his eyes. While everyone else is in civilianwear, Peacemaker looks like he stepped out of a WWII USO show.

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u/Zoe_Orca7 11h ago

Splendid (Happy Tree Friends).

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u/AnyAgency9835 11h ago

Isn't the second one just an ad? I know that the main show is technically an ad for toys, but that's different. The video is just for an ad as far as I know, but I might be wrong.

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u/Transsandwitch 11h ago

I wish I had an example on me I love this trope,

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u/hit_the_showers_boi 10h ago

I love the Spiderman PS1 game scenes because Punisher accuses Daredevil of looking at his cards.

Daredevil is blind.

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u/gimpisgawd 8h ago

In an episode of Peacemaker, Peacemaker meets up with his team in full costume. Helmet included.

In the same episode Vigilante cleans Peacemaker's trailer while in full costume.

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u/Spader113 3h ago

Not exactly a superhero, but Din Djarin lifting his helmet just barely enough to drink his dinner comes to mind. (The Mandalorian: Season 2)

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u/Yanmega9 2h ago

Not exactly normal but Kamen Rider Rid LARPing as a cat

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u/polystarlight 10h ago

DC Superhero Girls G1 did this a lot but I mainly remember Batgirl and Supergirl taking their dogs to the park. As superheroes and not as Kara and Barbara, even Ace and Krypto were in costumes.