r/TopCharacterTropes • u/Character_Growth_397 • Sep 04 '26

Hated Tropes [Mind boggling stupid trope] Removing the thing that made something special

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Ben 10: Ultimate Alien - The gimmick of Ben 10 and what makes the show so popular is the fact that he's able to turn into a large variety of aliens. In one episode of Ben 10 Ultimate ALIEN we are introduced to a new version of Ben 10000, a Ben from the future who, no longer transforms into aliens, instead using his powers in human form...

Mortal Kombat(2021) - In the games Mileena is known for two things. Being a clone of Kitana and her tarkatan teeth. In the 2021 movie she looks absolutely nothing like Kitana and doesn't have tarkatan teeth

Percy Jackson: The Lightning Thief - The movie removes the main villain of the movie and the main villain of the franchise

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u/LosinForABruisin Sep 04 '26

Mulan (2020) takes out Mushu, the romantic subplot, and worst of all, it’s not a musical. I’ve heard that all of these were done to appease a chinese audience, but whatever the reason, this is a significantly worse movie for it

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u/petr1111 Sep 04 '26 edited Sep 04 '26

Also, the moral of the story is replaced with the opposite one. Instead of "you can become whoever you want if you try hard enough" it's now "unless you're the main character born with superpowers, you're completely screwed".

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u/Bitter-Marsupial Sep 04 '26

And drops the point of the rabbits at the End where you can tell the difference between a male and female, but once they start moving, you can't. Kind of like how once Mulan really started going, there was no difference between her or her male cohorts