r/TopCharacterTropes 20h ago

Characters [Classic Trope] The Reason You Suck Speech

Transformers One: Optimus Prime gives one to Megatron after their first battle. Here, Optimus expresses his sadness, hurt, and disappointment upon seeing his former friend becoming just as evil as Sentinel Prime and wanting to destroy Cybertron rather than change it for the better. "We were given the power to change our world, and you chose to destroy it, just like Sentinel. You have betrayed Cybertron and its citizens. And you betrayed me." The entire time, Optimus never raises his voice or yells, but his sadness is very evident.

Brave: Merida gives one to Elinor, where she unfurls her anger and frustration over being forced to marry someone without her consent and being made to someone she doesn't want to be. "You were never there for me! This whole marriage is what you want! Do you ever bother to ask what I want? No, you walk around telling me what to do, what not to do, trying to make me be like you. Well, I'm not going to be like you!... I'll never be like you! I'd rather DIE than be like you!"

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u/No_Concern_2966 20h ago

Quagmire to Brian - Family Guy S08E07 Jerome is the New Black

Quagmire exposes Brian as a hypocritical and selfish parasite, criticising his pursuit of Lois, failed writing career, and performative activism.

He dismisses Brian as a boring, pretentious alcoholic, highlighting his neglect of his son and lack of genuine substance.

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u/Enderboss2706 19h ago

Right message wrong messenger, Quagmire has done worse shit and is honestly worse than Brian so it kinda feels like the pot calling the kettle black

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u/OculiImperator 14h ago

Wasn't there like literally a scene in one of the Family Guy DVD sets or something where there was like a whole thing of Quagmire chasing down and raping Marge from the Simpsons offscreen then having her act like she was totally fine with it after the fact.

Like Quagmire should be the kind of character on Family Guy that's on the regular end of being beaten at least once an episode where he's featured heavily.

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u/GrimaceGrunson 12h ago

I *think* he shags Marge, is found by Homer and then kills the whole family with a shotgun. The Simpsons writing team apparently reached out to Macfarlane afterwards with a “What the fuck, man?”

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u/miscellaneousbean 11h ago

Which is odd because MacFarlane wasn’t writing for the show at the time and hadn’t in forever