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TopicBest of the Trope Day 113: Magnificent Bastard
Johnbobb
10/01/18 7:59:02 PM
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Yesterday's Results: Obfuscating Stupidity
Verbal Kint (The Usual Suspects) - 7
Columbo - 6
Captain Jack Sparrow - 5
Vash the Stampede - 3
himura kenshin - 3
Budd - 2
Mayor West - 1
Maximillion Pegasus - 1
Yanni Yogi (Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney) - 1
Yoda - 1
Sans - 1
Lord Shojo (Order of the Stick) - 1
Matt Murdock - 1
Navy Ruby - 1
Dylan Rhodes (Now You See Me) - 1

Nominations
Always a Bigger Fish
Tall, Dark And Handsome
Flaming Hair
Glass Cannon
Evil Brit
Spotlight-Stealing Squad
No One Could Survive That
Calling Your Attacks
Disney Death
Bittersweet Ending
Combat Commentator
Interface Screw
Quest for Identity
Identity Absorption
Battleships
Signature Moves

Vote for UP TO THREE CHARACTERS/ETC. you think best embody the trope of the day (or just for your favorite characters that fit the trope). Feel free to change your vote, but if you do just specify who you're changing from and changing to. Try to include the source the character's from.

Feel free to nominate tropes for future days, preferably ones that have TV Tropes pages to make it easier. Day will end in 24 hours or so.

Full Results
https://board8.wikia.com/wiki/Best_of_the_Trope
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Cain and Abel - Solid and Liquid Snake (Metal Gear Solid)
Double Reverse Quadruple Agent - Revolver Ocelot (Metal Gear Solid)
Defeating the Undefeatable - Lu Bu (Dynasty Warriors)
What Could Have Been - Silent Hills
All-American Face - Captain America (Marvel)
Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass - Ed (Ed, Edd n Eddy)
Nigh-Invulnerability - Superman (DC)
Intelligible Unintelligible - Boomhauer (King of the Hill)
100% Approval Rating - Jack Skellington (The Nightmare Before Christmas)
Upgrade vs. Prototype - Mewtwo v. Mew (Pokemon: The First Movie)
Spider Limbs - Doctor Octopus (Spider-Man)
Bizarre and Improbable Ballistics - The entire movie Wanted
The Man in Front of the Man - Alex (Golden Sun) / Revolver Ocelot (Metal Gear Solid)
Batman in my Basement - Eleven (Stranger Things)
Franchise Killer - Mass Effect Andromeda
Supervillain Lair - Castlevania (Castlevania)
Combat Commentator - Howard Holmes and Kreese Kreely (MadWorld)
Double Agent - Severus Snape (Harry Potter)
Villainous Breakdown - Azula (Avatar: The Last Airbender)
No One Could Survive That - Liquid Snake (Metal Gear Solid) / Seto Kaiba (Yu-Gi-Oh!)
Obfuscating Stupidity - Verbal Kint (The Usual Suspects)

Today's tropes is the Magnificent Bastard
https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/MagnificentBastard

If there was ever a villain that deserved to be called "Magnificent", that character is the Magnificent Bastard. Capturing the audience with their charisma, incredible intellect, mastery of manipulation, and boldness of action, this character is a show-stealer, demanding your reverence at every turn.

Three necessary qualities:
1. They are brilliant and utterly devious, a smooth operator.
2. They have a goal, they're not going to stop until they've completed it.
3. They are charismatic, often charming, their personality is like a physical force.

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