Board 8 > Best of the Trope Day 20: Messianic Archetype (Christ Figure)

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Johnbobb
06/14/18 10:30:29 PM
#1:


Yesterday's Results:
Eli - 4
Akatsuki - 3
Wolverine - 2
The Doctor - 1
Asura - 1
Myrrh - 1
Presea Combatir - 1
Illyasviel von Einzbern - 1
Elijah Snow - 1
Mercy - 1
Remilia Scarlet - 1
Teferi - 1
Maho Hiyajo - 1
Tatsumaki - 1
Chiyo Sakura - 1
Hoid - 1
Esther - 1
Kenneth - 1
Elrond - 1
Melisandre - 1
Fry - 1
Minnie May Hopkins - 1
Tsunade - 1

Vote for UP TO THREE CHARACTERS 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
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)
Heavy - Darth Vader (Star Wars)
Gentle Giant - Rubeus Hagrid (Harry Potter) / John Coffey (The Green Mile)
Older Than They Look - Eli (Let the Right One In)

Nominations
The Fool
Monster Clown
Tomboy & Girly Girl
Invincible Hero
Ensemble Dark Horse
Your Size May Vary
Older Than They Look
Iconic Sequel Character
Unexpected Character
Mix and Match Critters
Gentleman Thief
Nerd
Mad Artist
Big Bad
The Dragon
The Beserker
The Pint-Sized Powerhouse
Innocent Flower Girl
Broken Ace
Rescued From the Scrappy Heap

Today's trope is the Messianic Archetype
http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/MessianicArchetype

A character whose role in the story (but not necessarily personality) echoes that of Christ. They are portrayed as a savior, whether the thing they are saving is a person, a lot of people or the whole of humanity. They endure a sizable sacrifice as the means of bringing that salvation about for others, a fate they do not deserve up to and including death.

Will likely also include one or more of the following:
-The Chosen One
-True Companions who follow him
-Betrayal by one of those followers
-Persecution by nonbelievers
-Figurative or literal resurrection
-A Second Coming
-The initials JC

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Tom Bombadil
06/14/18 10:36:04 PM
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Aslan (Narnia)
Gandalf (Lord of the Rings)
Flonne (Disgaea)
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Johnbobb
06/14/18 10:38:12 PM
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More options:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christ_figure

John Coffey (The Green Mile)
L (Death Note)
Jon Snow (Game of Thrones)


HM:
Hiccup (How to Train Your Dragon)
Albus Dumbledore (Harry Potter)
Professor X (X-Men)
Caesar (Rise of the Planet of the Apes)
Mufasa (The Lion King)
Billy Budd (Billy Budd)
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NFUN
06/14/18 10:43:31 PM
#4:


oh thanks page quote

Kaladin Stormblessed (Stormlight)
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Life before death. Strength before weakness. Journey before destination.
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NFUN
06/14/18 10:50:52 PM
#5:


Rand al'Thor (Wheel of Time)
The Tenth Doctor (Who)
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Life before death. Strength before weakness. Journey before destination.
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Raetsel_Lapin
06/14/18 10:54:22 PM
#6:


RoboCop (RoboCop)
Aslan (Narnia)
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"That's life. All the trues are false and all the falses are true."-Charlie Brown
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5tarscream
06/14/18 10:57:38 PM
#7:


Harry Potter (Harry Potter)
John Coffey (Green Mile)

Would Anakin and or Luke fit this trope?
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Snake5555555555
06/14/18 11:11:02 PM
#8:


John Constantine (DC Comics)
Heather Mason (Silent Hill 3)
Big Boss (Metal Gear)

HMs:
Jesse Custer (Preacher)
Yuna (Final Fantasy X)
The Boss (Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater)
Commander Shepard (Mass Effect)
Travis Bickle (Taxi Driver)
Bruce Wayne/Batman (The Dark Knight)
RoboCop (RoboCop)
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Jakyl25
06/15/18 12:23:35 AM
#9:


Anakin subverts the trope. I dont think Luke fits

Master Chief (Halo) (I cant believe he isnt on the trope page)
Robocop (Robocop)
Jesus Christ (The Bible)
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trdl23
06/15/18 12:34:42 AM
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Jakyl25 posted...
Jesus Christ (The Bible)

This feels like cheating.

Minato Arisato (Persona 3)
Gordon Freeman (Half-Life)
Madoka (Puella Magi Madoka Magica)
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E come vivo? Vivo!
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pyresword
06/15/18 1:03:34 AM
#11:


Madoka (Puella Magi Madoka Magica)
Rand al'Thor (Wheel of Time)
Michel (The House in Fata Morgana)
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mcflubbin
06/15/18 1:06:54 AM
#12:


Simon (Lord of the Flies)
Minato Arisato (Persona 3)
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Shonen_Bat
06/15/18 1:30:02 AM
#13:


Aslan (Narnia)
Madoka (Puella Magi Madoka Magica)
The Boss (Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater)
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Glaze on the layers of the atmosphere, white stardust sprinkles on a fine parfait.
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SeabassDebeste
06/15/18 1:43:13 AM
#14:


crono, goku
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yet all sailors of all sorts are more or less capricious and unreliable - they live in the varying outer weather, and they inhale its fickleness
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jcgamer107
06/15/18 1:46:30 AM
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Neo (The Matrix trilogy)
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WickIebee
06/15/18 5:22:15 AM
#16:


There's a lot of just... good answers here. So I'm pushing some answers moreso.

Zelda (Skyward Sword)
Aang (Avatar: The Last Airbender)
Milla Maxwell (Tales of Xillia)

As much as I wanted to vote someone like Neo or Superman as well in this, I wanted to reiterate the whole "this is an incarnation of basically a god/goddess itself" and that's what I have. Could have put Korra just the same as Aang, but nah. Plus each of these characters had a state of hibernation, and "revival"
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XIII_rocks
06/15/18 7:06:48 AM
#17:


Legion (Mass Effect)

Robot Jesus for the win.
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TexasZea
06/15/18 7:18:43 AM
#18:


Rand al'Thor (Wheel of Time)
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Johnbobb
06/15/18 10:41:08 AM
#19:


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GavsEvans123
06/15/18 5:11:47 PM
#20:


Aslan (Narnia)
Superman (DC Cinematic Universe)
Sora (Kingdom Hearts)
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StifledSilence
06/15/18 5:19:44 PM
#21:


Neo (The Matrix)
Harry Potter
Jeff Jarrett (WCW)
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MysteriousStan
06/15/18 5:29:27 PM
#22:


Neo (The Matrix)
Aslan (Narnia)
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half_silver28
06/15/18 5:55:50 PM
#23:


Minato Arisato (Persona 3)
Milla Maxwell (Tales of Xillia)
Aslan (Narnia)
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PumpkinCoach
06/15/18 6:15:42 PM
#24:


Cindi Mayweather (Metropolis albums)
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KamikazePotato
06/15/18 6:17:06 PM
#25:


The Boss
Rand al'Thor
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Black Turtle did a pretty good job.
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mcflubbin
06/15/18 6:26:47 PM
#26:


Cindi Mayweather (Metropolis albums)

Ooh, that's a good one.
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Johnbobb
06/15/18 7:23:06 PM
#27:


current
Aslan - 6
Rand al'Thor - 4
Minato Arisato - 3
Madoka - 3
Neo - 3
John Coffey - 2
RoboCop - 2
Harry Potter - 2
The Boss - 2
Milla Maxwell - 2
Cindi Mayweather - 2
Gandalf - 1
Fionne - 1
L - 1
Jon Snow - 1
Kaladin Stormblessed - 1
The Tenth Doctor - 1
John Constantine - 1
Heather Mason - 1
Big Boss - 1
Master Chief - 1
Jesus Christ - 1 >.>
Gordon Freeman - 1
Michel - 1
Simon - 1
Crono - 1
Goku - 1
Zelda - 1
Aang - 1
Legion - 1
Superman - 1
Sora - 1
Jeff Jarrett - 1
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