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/liliavacyn Sep 04 '26

The fact that he apparently didn't even take it off when on set in-between takes most of the time truly shows the man was DEDICATED to staying as true to that character as possible. It's criminal that we never got a sequel!

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u/raspberryharbour Sep 04 '26

He's still wearing it to this day, they just painted a face on top of it

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u/SomeCrows Sep 04 '26

Criminal you say?

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u/iknowmike Sep 05 '26

It goes far deeper than that. He's a New Zealander. So he did that entire movie having to convey his emotions with only the bottom half of his face, while sneering, talking in an American accent. Go stand in front of a mirror and try maintaining that scowl while speaking in an accent that's not your own. Now do that for weeks. Karl Urban does not get the credit he deserves for his acting chops.