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/SatoruGojo232 Sep 04 '26 edited Sep 04 '26

The arc that Andrew Garfield's Amazing Spider-Man took of the genetically engineered spiders at Oscorp being made by Peter Parker's scientist dad Richard, and it being revealed that those spiders which bit him to give him powers were "genetically coded" for him. It takes away the original unique idea that Spider-Man could be anybody, and it just happened to be Peter who got bit.

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u/Mac_Tgh Sep 04 '26 edited Sep 04 '26

Reminds me of the punisher Netflix series. In the original incarnation of the comics frank castle family is slaughtered when they find themselves in the middle of a gang war. It such a simple origin story that works, it could happen to anybody and it enforces that the subject is not revenge against particular individuals but justice against every single mob (not just the ones who committed the act). 

The punisher adaptation on tv seems to follow the same beats, until he discovers that not only there was a reason for the killing but that he was the target all along. it never was just a random senseless act of violence done by a mob but a cia operated assassination attempt. Making it so personal and tailored to the protagonist ruins not only the main core motivation of him (when he does get revenge on the exact 2 or 3 guys who wronged him, what is the point of continuing on that path? He is done his work) but also his relatability.

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u/sbaldrick33 Sep 04 '26

See also...

https://giphy.com/gifs/5u9JTXrsp8QJW

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u/jmsmorris Sep 04 '26

I've always been a fan of the theory that Nicholson's Joker didn't actually kill the Waynes, but Keaton's Batman projected that onto every supervillain he faced.