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| Topic | Best of the Trope Day 59: Tear Jerker |
| Johnbobb 08/03/18 9:45:34 PM #2: | Full Results Fat Best Friend - Samwise Gamgee (Lord of the Rings) Creepy Child - Wednesday Addams (The Addams Family) Genre Savvy - Abed Nadir (Community) Wrong Genre Savvy - Don Quixote (Don Quixote) Enemy Outside - Piccolo (Dragonball Z) Ascended Extra - Harley Quinn (Batman) Final Girl - Ellen Ripley (Aliens) The Adjectival Man - The Illusive Man (Mass Effect) Adaptational Hero - Bigby Wolf (The Wolf Among Us) Adaptational Villain - The Monster (Frankenstein) Superpowered Evil Side - Yami Bakura (Yu-Gi-Oh!) Mad Bomber - Norman Osbourne/Green Goblin (Spider-Man) Regretful Traitor - Zuko (Avatar: The Last Airbender) / Boromir (Lord of the Rings) Bare-Fisted Monk - Captain Falcon (Smash Bros.) Sexy Priest - Kirei Kotomine (Fate series) Butt Monkey - Jerry Gergich (Parks & Rec) / Luigi (Mario Bros.) / Toby Flenderson (The Office) Eldritch Abomination - Cthuhlu (The Call of Cthuhlu) / Giygas (Earthbound) Scapegoat - Sirius Black (Harry Potter) The Heavy - Darth Vader (Star Wars) Gentle Giant - Rubeus Hagrid (Harry Potter) / John Coffey (The Green Mile) / Iron Giant (The Iron Giant) Older Than They Look - Eli (Let the Right One In) Messianic Archetype - Aslan (Chronicles of Narnia) Invincible Hero - Saitama (One-Punch Man) Your Size May Vary - Bowser (Mario Bros.) Mad Artist - The Phantom (The Phantom of the Opera) Gentleman Thief - Joker (Persona 5) Brilliant but Lazy - Sans (Undertale) Monster Clown - Pennywise the Dancing Clown (IT) The Fool - Inspector Gadget (Inspector Gadget) Rescued from the Scrappy Heap - Wesley Wyndham-Price (Buffy/Angel) Big Bad - Light Yagami (Death Note) Eyes Always Shut - Brock (Pokemon) Tomboy & Girly Girl - Chie Satonaka & Yukiko Amagi (Persona 4) The Dragon - Darth Vader (Star Wars) Nerd - Otacon (Metal Gear) Innocent Flower Girl - Aeris Gainsborough (Final Fantasy) Berserker - Guts (Berserk) Beware the Quiet Ones - Himura Kenshin (Rurouni Kenshin) Pint-Sized Powerhouse - Toph Beifong (Avatar: The Last Airbender) / Kirby (Kirby) Big-Lipped Alligator Moment - Pink Elephants on Parade (Dumbo) Evil All Along - Narm - All of Tommy Wiseau's "The Room" You Are Who You Eat - Kirby (Kirby) Crowd Song - Gaston (Beauty and the Beast) Unreliable Narrator - Leonard Shelby (Memento) / The Narrator (Fight Club) Voluntary Shapeshifter - Animorphs (Animorphs) Unexpected Character - Solid Snake (Smash Bros. Brawl) Heterosexual Life Partners - Turk & JD (Scrubs) And I Must Scream - Ted (I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream) Bedlam House - Arkham Asylum (Batman) Abandoned Hospital - Brookhaven Hospital (Silent Hill) Vacation Episode - Rugrats in Paris / Mr. Greg (Steven Universe) / Itchy and Scratchy Land (The Simpsons) Goth Girls Know Magic - Raven (Teen Titans) The Rival - Gary Oak (Pokemon) Tragic Villain - The Boss (Metal Gear Solid) Good All Along - Villain Song - Be Prepared (The Lion King) Mix & Match Critters - ManBearPig (South Park) Ensemble Darkhorse - Luna Lovegood (Harry Potter) Today's tropes is the Tear Jerker https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TearJerker Some viewers are impassive when it comes to what they watch. They've seen it all. No fictional death, sacrifice, emotional display or confession can move them. Except these. Many of these involve death scenes, shocking twists, or something just as major, however, they can also be as simple as the right imagery, tone, and music coming together - for the sole purpose of working those tear-ducts. --- Khal Kirby, warlord of the Super Star Khalasar PSN/Steam: CheddarBBQ https://goo.gl/Diw2hs ... Copied to Clipboard! |
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