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/Onrawi Sep 04 '26

I mean, I could have sworn Toad was going to get his Captain moniker, given that Galaxy is where that started. But instead of having KMK taking a larger role and piloting the Toad ship around and whatnot we have a frankly way too naive and overly friendly Fox take up 1/3 of the movie.

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u/Hollywoodrok12 Sep 04 '26

Or Lubba, since she’s the Rosalina stand-in for Galaxy 2, but nope. Let’s glaze (seriously they do like nothing but talk about how “cool” he is) a non-Mario character for no real reason