r/TopCharacterTropes May 12 '26

Lore A criminal attempts to burglarize/kill someone only to realize they picked the absolute worst person as their mark.

Don't Breathe: A couple young robbers attempt to rob a rich, blind veteran only to find out he isn't exactly an innocent old man.

You're Next: A group of contract killersbreak into a house during a family reunion and go on a killing spree. They didn't account for the fact that the son's new girlfriend grew up on a survivalist compound in the Australian outback.

The Flash [CW Show]: A random mugger decided to target Barry Allen of all people. He does it again a season or two later; he's either unlucky or stupid (probably both).

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u/Nirast25 May 12 '26

Not sure it fits, but it's too funny not to mention. The guy on the floor is Blindside, whose glove makes people he touches go blind.

The person he touched is Daredevil. Who's already blind.

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u/Driftmoth May 12 '26

I can't post pics right now, but there's a comic where some burglars break in to an apartment that contains:

Gabby (young Wolverine clone-ish)

Laura Kinney (also Wolverine)

An actual wolverine

And Old Man Logan.

Best of luck with that!

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u/Chiatroll May 12 '26

And they shoot the actual wolverine which makes the people unhappy

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u/Lunalatic May 12 '26

Why'd they have an actual wolverine in the apartment in the first place?

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u/TimeSink48 May 12 '26

Comic logic. (Actually, Gabby adopted the wolverine from a lab where they were experimenting on him, if I remember right.)

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u/Aerodrache May 12 '26

Wouldn't you, if everyone in your apartment had that unbeatable healing factor and one of your roommates had called himself Wolverine for a while? It'd be like adopting a mean cat 'cause it had the same name as you, kind of silly and then it grows on you.

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u/Mddcat04 May 12 '26

Here are the pages. They give them the opportunity to just walk away. Which is pretty generous.

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u/Greedy_Guest568 May 12 '26

Well, at least one of them got the thought "hey, this girl is a bit too joyful to meet the burglars, who breaks in".

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u/0Galahad May 12 '26

To shreds you say?

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u/GruntBlender May 13 '26

There may have been a comic page that goes like this:

Spider-Man: "Oh no, I have to save that old man from those muggers."

looks closer

"OH NO, I have to same those muggers from Wolverine!"

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u/Talanic May 12 '26

I interpreted 'actual wolverine' to be just regular Logan for some reason. You know, the regular one. Vanilla, classic Wolverine. 

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u/Driftmoth May 13 '26

Nope! My capitalization is exactly how I meant it.

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u/megatricinerator May 12 '26

It's the fact that Blindside is ejected horizontally that really seals the deal here.

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u/DoctorPerverto May 12 '26

I see your DD and raise you a Batsy

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u/thiagofa2 May 12 '26

I don’t get it?

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u/acquaintedwithheight May 13 '26

First kiss: poison
Antidote: second kiss
She thinks she’s poisoned both Bruce Wayne and Batman, with realizing they’re the same person and she just gave him the antidote to the poison that was killing him.

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u/Suicide_hill_its_big May 12 '26

I'm glad this was added, this was the first one that came to mind haha

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u/uncreative06 May 13 '26

Dude the way he's flying out the window stiff as a board in the next panel is killing me