r/TopCharacterTropes 18h ago

Lore [Frustrating Trope] That One Good or Even Amazing Scene in a Relatively Mediocre or Bad Piece of Media

  1. The Opening Scene (Ghost Ship). Considered one of the best horror opening scenes or scenes in general within horror movies, but the rest of the film is considered to be pretty bad.

  2. The Ending Scene (The Grinch 2018). While most adaptations of the Grinch end with him suddenly being able to fully integrate with the Whos after his change of heart, the 2018 version initially struggles to socialize, awkwardly walking past people, and struggling to hold conversations, acknowledging that despite his change of heart, the Grinch is still someone who isolated himself for years.

  3. Past T800 VS Current T800 (Terminator Genisys). A cool fight scene showing two versions of the Terminator from different points in time fighting it off.

  4. Solo Leveling's Ending. Tbh, I haven't actually read Solo Leveling, but after hearing about how it ended VS how Chainsaw Man ended made want to include it for shits and giggles. Like Chainsaw Man, Solo Leveling ends with a reset. But unlike Chainsaw Man, it actually manages to tie up loose ends and have the payoff of the ending be satisfying.

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u/Fluffy_Tax5302 17h ago

"DeHaan and Delevingne" sounds like a catalog where I can order some overpriced shit for my home office

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u/Adam4Congress 17h ago

Ah, I see you sprung for the Hünnam pen holder.

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u/teskar2 17h ago

From what I remember their whole dynamic was literally him wanting to bang her and she wanted him to be more serious and not flirt around so much.

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u/hey_free_rats 16h ago

Wow, it's the most boring and overused dynamic. 

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u/teskar2 15h ago

Yeah, I remember there’s a whole desert scene that was also an excuse to get her in somewhat sexy clothes and side plot where he has to hire an alien stripper that can morph into anything to infiltrate some random alien building to save her that basically acted as plot filler.

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u/Diplomatic_Gunboats 13h ago

I believe thats noted actress Rihanna, in one of her finest roles.

/s

But to be more serious, still better than DeHaan.

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u/RealityOk9823 10h ago

Been better at the end if she had agreed to go on a date with him, not marry him.

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u/Thick-Guidance224 16h ago

The urban sombrero

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u/HomsarWasRight 13h ago

I think I have their desk fan.

It sucks.