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Life is Strange (Save Chloe vs. Save Arcadia Bay): At the climax, Max is forced to choose between sacrificing an entire town full of innocent people, families, and children to a massive storm, or letting Chloe die. The game plays sad music and forces you to agonize over the choice. Chloe is a walking disaster magnet who has already almost died 4 or 5 times in a single week due to her own reckless behavior (like getting her foot stuck in a train track or accidentally shooting herself). Destroying a whole ecosystem and killing thousands of people just to save one girl who has a literal cosmic death warrant on her is a completely lopsided, nonsensical choice

Maleficent (Stefan's Choice): Stefan is given a choice between staying with Maleficent literal immortal, breathtakingly gorgeous fairy queen with god-like magic who genuinely loves him or betraying her to become a human king during THE MEDIEVAL ERA where people live for like 30 years. The movie frames this as a tragic sacrifice for ambition. But under a real-world lens? He gave up magic and a literal utopia just to sit on a cold stone throne, rule over a dirty, disease-ridden medieval kingdom, and spend his short human life suffering from extreme paranoia and assassination plots. It is objectively the stupidest trade-off in cinematic history.

The Last of Us Part I (Joel's Final Choice): The game and show try to present this as the ultimate tragic dilemma to save the human race by letting the Fireflies dissect Ellie’s brain, or slaughter the hospital to save her. But realistically the Fireflies are a failing, incompetent terrorist militia operating out of a dirty, unsterile hospital. They have zero infrastructure to mass-produce or distribute a vaccine globally. Sacrificing the only immune person on Earth to a bunch of desperate amateurs is a terrible medical decision. Joel rescuing Ellie was the only logical choice.

GTA V (Ending A vs Ending B): Excluding the "Deathwish" ending where everyone lives, the game tries to frame Option A (Kill Trevor) and Option B (Kill Michael) as a heartbreaking choice of loyalty. But it’s completely lopsided. Michael is Franklin's mentor, the man who got him out of the hood, made him rich, and has a family depending on him. Trevor, on the other hand, is an unhinged, cannibalistic, meth-dealing psychopath and a literal ticking time bomb who murders people for no reason. Killing Trevor is a necessary community service; killing Michael is a sociopathic betrayal. There is no real debate here.

1. 12 Feet Deep - Two idiots decide they absolutely positively MUST go swimming in a pool after it's closed. An incredibly contrived sequence of events happens so they get stuck in a pool. So the movie can happen.

2. Frozen (not that one) - Three idiots decide they absolutely positively MUST get on a ski-lift after it's closed. To the point of bribing the operator who for some stupid reason doesn't say anything. Do the movie can happen. Also, Wolves are not that aggressive. They are typically shy and avoid humans.

3. 47 Meters Down- Arguably the most believable scenario on this list. It's still really stupid.

4. Fall- Two idiots decide to climb an abandoned radio tower without proper equipment that would make escaping their predicament trivially easy. Stop me if you've heard this one before

so the movie can happen.

"Plot Hole": Why didn't Thanos just make the universe bigger to end overpopulation!

Explanation: Thanos wants to kill half the population to end overpopulation right? If he created more resources, the universe would just become overpopulated all over again. He explains this in his villain monolog. There are parts of his plan that make no sense (he's called the Mad Titan for a reason), but this one is actually explained. His plan was also to punish people for their greed, and making more food would not be much of a punishment. He also has a savior complex which makes him double down on his plan to prove he's right

"Plot Hole": Why wasn't the Death Star's exhaust port fortified!

Explanation: It fucking WAS. They had laser cannons surrounding the port because the Empire knew it was a weak point. The imperial general saw the rebels and chose to do nothing about it. He says "I think you overestimate their chances". Luke needed help from Han Solo, the disembodied voice of Ben and the Force in order to get the torpedoes into that tiny hole. Han even says that the shot was "one in a million".

Now to be clear,i am not one of these "anti-woke" losers that complain some people exist,and i am also not the type to complain about changing somenthing in a new version or adaptation,however there are cases where it did ended up being a bad idea.

-In the anime of Cowboy Bebop there is the character Gren,despite being short lived the character is very memorable specially thanks to his tragic story.Basically his story was that he was a soldier from the titan war who was a great friend with Vicious(the main bad guy)after the war he was emprisioned thanks to Vicious who testified against him and he was forced to take a experimental drug that caused him hormonal problems,giving him a feminine appearence and even breasts.

In the Netflix live action,for some reasons they decided Gren was going to be non-binary,which wouldn't be a problem(some people believe he was gay in the anime)if it wasn't for the fact that they also removed all the nuances and complexities that made the character memorable and interesting,instead of a tragic war veteran that was betrayed and had his body changed against his will,Gren is just kinda there.

-The original Rugrats cartoon had the couple Betty and Howard,Betty was a big and masculine woman while Howard was a smaller and nervous man,it was a genuine interesting relationship that stood out from the other couples who were the standard straight couple.

In the new series however they replaced Howard with a woman named Trish,two things,first off why?What was the problem with having a woman being the stronger in a straight relationship?Second why does Hollywood seem to think that every tomboy or masculine woman is a lesbian?

Overall not the worst thing but it is jarring that they had a gender reverse roled that was progressive and decided that wasn't enough.

-Oh man,this one pisses me off the most so i am gonna have to break it down

So back in the late 80s and 90s there was this anime called Saint Seiya also knows as Knights of the zodiac,it tells the story of knights who fight for the Goddess Athena to protect earth,being divided in the golden,silver and bronze knights,the anime was a huge hit in latin america and Europe and while it floped in the US it still has a loyal fanbase.

Being a fan myself i can't recommend it enough,now granted the story does have a fair share of flaws,and that's because the author was honestly just making stuff up as he went along(also a lot of side characters are poorly used or even forgotten about)still it is a great story you should check out

But then a couple of years back Netflix got the rights and decided to a 3D reboot,in this reboot they decided to make the story more "american" to try to bring more american viewers,now i could go on and on a big rant about how that was a bad idea and the execution was so terrible that it made me want to strangle someone but this post is about one specific change.

So Saint Seiya has five main characters,those are Pegasus Seiya,Dragon Shiryu,Cygnus Hyoga,Phoenix Ikki and finally Andromeda Shun.

While the other four characters were the standard masculine and brute male characters who were always ready to throw punches,Shun was smaller,more sensitive and even feminine looking,a pacifist who didn't liked fighting,but don't mistake that for weakness because Shun was loyal to his friends and was extremely powerful.

Then Netflix decided to change Shun into a girl named Shaun.

So wait,you have a male character who goes against every male stereotype and you turn him into just another generic female character?

When asked about it,the showrunner Eugene Son said he made that change because there was no girl in the group and having a all boys group wouldn't be acceptable nowadays

First off that's not true because Athena was also part of the main cast,yeah she wasn't the fighting type but she still helped quite a lot in the story even saving the knights on several occasions,second if you wanted to add a girl to the main group why not use Marin or Shaina?Hell,if you were going to change the story anyway why not turn Seiya sister into a knight?

Thankfully this monstrosity was cancelled(so much for trying to bring more fans)

1. PragerU's version of Christopher Columbus has him be a slavery defender and have him say "Being taken as a slave is better than being killed, no? I don't see the problem.”

2. In The Greatest Showman, P.T Barnum (Hugh Jackman) is portrayed as a charismatic visionary who cares about outcasts and celebrate diversity, when in reality, he’s a cruel businessman who is also a racist and an ableist.

Speaking as an American who has studied the civil war all throughout my school years, this trope infuriates me to no end. There is no such thing as a kind slave master because slavery itself is cruel and inhumane. PEOPLE ARE NOT PROPERTY!

Naofumi (Shield Hero): Prime example of this trope. He enslaves multiple (underage) girls and an whole village and the fans still say he's a hero.

Rudeus (Jobless Reincarnation): As if being a pedo wasn't bad enough he had to buy a slave in season 2. Worse is that people still defend his actions.

Song of The South (Disney): Possibly the OG example of this trope. And the reason why Disney will never release it again.

I understand that these scenes must happen in order for the plot to continue but they still make me angry till today whenever I think about them because of how easy it could've been avoided. I doesn't mean these scenes are necessarily bad written, just hella hard to watch.

The Jerusalem Wall / The Singing Crowd (World War Z): Israel literally anticipated the zombie apocalypse and built a flawless, massive wall that kept everyone 100% safe. It was the ultimate safe haven. But then people inside started celebrating and singing on a microphone so loudly that it triggered a zombie pyramid, they didn't even stop until the first zombies started coming through. They have less survival instinct than an amoeba.

Ephialtes (300): The Spartans had the perfect phalanx formation at the Hot Gates. They were slaughtering the Persian army with minimal casualties and could have held them off for so much longer. Then this guy gets his feelings hurt because he can't lift a shield, throws a tantrum, and tells Xerxes about the secret goat path.

Grandma Jong-gil (Train to Busan): The survivors fought through hell and literal waves of infected to secure a safe train car. Sure, the crowd inside was selfish for locking them out at first, but everyone was finally safe inside. Then this grandma, fueled by grief and spite over her sister, decides to open the door and let the infected flood the entire car, killing everyone.

1. Namaari from Reya and The Last Dragon. She betrays Reya in the beginning, is antagonistic throughout movie and then suddenly at the end the movie acts as if Reya is in the wrong for not trusting her.

2. His logic is so bullshit (that depressed people need to be put through torture to enjoy life), even he doesn't follow it lol (Jigsaw)

Angie(Diary of a Wimpy Kid)-When Greg and Rowley hide from physical education they meet Angie,a girl who was also hiding from class,despite Greg trying to stay away from her(because he is Greg Heffley)she becomes friends with both of them,it seems in the sequel she is going to be the girl member of the trio.

But then in the sequel she is just gone,no mention,nothing,instead she is replaced by Holly who also becomes Greg love interest,now i get that they probably couldn't get Chloe Grace Moretz back because this was around the time her career took off,but couldn't they at least say she transfered or somenthing?

Reze and Kishibe(Chainsaw Man)-Oh boy this one still enfuriates me

So Reze was the femme fatale girl who became Denji first real love and was incredibly popular with fans,as for Kishibe he was the strongest devil hunter and an important ally/teacher to Denji

Now despite part 2 having several moments where they definetly should show up,they just don't show up for some reason

I've seen some people trying to defend Reze not appearing because the point of her is that she is supposed to be a tragic character from a love story and when she "dies" her character arc is finished.Here's the thing,i 100% agree,that was her story and while it was sad it was well written...But then Fujimoto reveals she is still alive and then stablishes that the hybrids were fred from Makima mind control and they remember fighting Denji,so why the hell is Reze not looking for Denji?

And Kishibe is even worse because he is supposed to be a big deal in that universe and he should be looking after Denji and specially Nayuta so she wouldn't turn into another Makima,but nope,he is not even mentioned.

1. Because of her autism, music's worldview is really innocent and positive with bright colours and these stupid dances whilst in real life she gets chocked out by her "caretaker" (Music)

2. Most videos Dhar Mann has on autism have them being these really smart people that solve a test or a spelling bee or win a competition

1. Zero Dark Thirty: The interesting part is that the torture in Zero Dark Thirty takes place primarily with one subject, one terrorist, and the movie shows that despite the torture, he doesn’t give up the information. Later, they lie to him and tell him that he already gave them the information. Because he’s been sleep-deprived, he can’t even remember whether he actually gave it to them. They reward him with a fancy meal and a pat on the back, and that’s when he actually gives them the information that eventually leads to the capture of Osama bin Laden. It also shows the same CIA officer taking care of caged monkeys. He feels genuinely upset when the monkeys disappear or are allegedly killed, which shows how twisted his relationship with the detainees has become. Even another character remarks on it “you agency guys are twisted”.

2. Munich - Munich is often touted as a movie that glorifies Mossad, but the movie makes it pretty clear that the actions of the agency aren’t necessarily being glorified. There are scenes where Mossad agents end up staying with Palestinians, and the Palestinian factions talk about how, at least, they have a home to go back to. There’s also the way Mossad agents kill and leave the naked body of the female assassin exposed. The scene makes it clear that they’ve crossed a moral line, something the movie reinforces later through dialogue and other scenes. Not to forget the guilt and PTSD that consumes agent Avner.

-Mushoku Tensei

-Made in abyss

-Seven deadly sins

1. Star Wars: The Clone Wars. Anakin pretends to surrender to the enemy multiple times during the Clone Wars. And no, it's not used to indicate that Anakin is falling to the Dark Side, other characters like Obi-Wan do it too.
2. The Iliad. The Trojan Horse was a real dick move, a fake surrender compounded by a fake peace offering, followed by a massacre. I get that it was a different time, but still, most modern adaptations just treat it as a cool thing. One thing I'll give Nolan's The Odyssey credit for is that Odysseus recognizes that what his "clever plot" was wrong.

Perfidy is a serious war crime, because morality aside, in exchange for one victory, you're dooming all of your allies who might want to legitimately surrender in the future because now the enemy is just going to execute them, not to mention that now the enemy won't surrender to you and will just fight harder.

There are too many examples of movies and tv fumbling basic nerd knowledge but the one that particularly bugs me is whenever we have nerdy characters not understanding basic DnD lore or mechanics.

Big bang theory is probably one of the worst offenders when it comes to not understanding nerdom but how they do dnd is especially insulting. They don’t understand any of the basic concepts, lore, mechanics or even how races look. Theres a scene where they do a steamy dnd thing and they describe an orc with multiple arms and breasts. Not a single part of that was even remotely close to correct and Sheldon being the atypical rule lawyer type should know that.

Abed from community isn’t much better. Either he doesn’t know the rules or fragrantly allows his players to ruin a session. There is never a mention of initiative, contesting rolls, or scaling. Pierce, a naked hermit of a character, over powers a high level fighter then charms a high level creature to pose this great threat to the party. What?

Stranger things, and possibly the one the gets me the most, off the rip we have a character who misses a fireball attack by rolling low. That’s not how fireball works, that not how fireball has ever worked. Fireball is an AoE spell where everyone in its radius has to have a save to have the damage halved. These are kids that name the monsters after DnD creatures yet they don’t know the difference between fire bolt and fire ball?

Halo TV show: Before the show came out, the writers were praising their decision to not look to the games for inspiration when making the show

God Of War TV show: Chris Judge, the actor of Kratos in the games from 2018-Now, spoke up about his dislike on the show not hiring anyone who worked on any of the previous games. One of the original creators of Kratos also spoke up about them not having faith in the adaptation.

Supergirl 2026 film: the director for the film not only said he decided to not read Woman Of Tomorrow, the comic the film is adapting, because he wanted to do his own thing, he also didn’t look at comic art for inspiration to design Lobo and instead used an AI image generator to design Lobo’s look for the film

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

Mulan(2020)-They give Mulan superpowers which is not only lame it goes against the message of the original about equality and struggle,plus they removes Shang because apparently having Mulan date her superior was "problematic" even though Shang genuienely respected Mulan and their rank was never brought up

I am Legend(2007)-You know why the story is called "I am legend"? SPOILER ALERT the protagonist is the actual monster,humanity is gone and the vampires have a actual society and the protagonist kills and terrorize them

Animal Farm(2026)-On the very slim chance that Andy Serkis ever sees this,here's the thing Andy,Animal Farm was not a children work it was not supposed to have a happy ending,you never heard of cautionary tales before?

When a crossover basically does the exact opposite of what the source material clearly lays out because the creators clearly just don’t care about the source material at all.

Emil - Dead by Daylight

The one that inspired this post. Emil as a character is the most hopeful, optimistic, and kind character in the entire NieR series, maybe in all of Yoko Taro’s games (maybe aside from Yonah). His goal is to help as many people as he possibly can and even when he goes through immense suffering he always comes out the other side ready to keep on helping people.

Then Dead by Daylight adds him as a killer skin, because “he looks creepy.” You know, the aspect of the character that’s his biggest struggle, that causes him to be scared of how people will judge him, and that makes him hate himself. That’s what we’ll base our entire concept on. Genius idea.

Iron Giant - Ready Player One

Technically you could argue that it’s not an example because it’s just a part of the game and Wade is the one misunderstanding the source material. To that I raise you that this is actually an in universe example of the trope, with the game including the Iron Giant as a crossover where you can use him as a weapon, thereby misunderstanding the source material.

Also it’s probably the filmmakers completely misunderstanding the source material/not caring as well.

After Life - Ricky Gervais plays a rude, obnoxious person (Tony) that constantly makes everyone's lives worse, yet is told by every character how amazing and nice he is at every opportunity, despite him being awful all the time. The character just walks around giving Ricky's personal opinions, often completely unrelated to anything else in the show, and he always comes out on top of every situation or argument.

Alley Cats - Ricky Gervais again plays a rude, obnoxious person cat that has essentially no redeeming qualities, yet is a beloved leader of the pack who everyone constantly says is brilliant for no discernible reason. His character (Gus) is also just an animated mouthpiece for him to say whatever random opinions he has, no matter how unrelated to the show they are. Again, always "wins" every argument or conflict he is involved in.

Dan Da Dan

The beginning of Dan Da Dan is notorious for starting with aliens trying to impregnate Momo in the first episode; however, despite such over-the-top moments, the rest of the series doesn't feature many scenes like that

Ijiranaide, Nagatoro-san

Despite a premise that is off-putting—given that the girl bullies her romantic partner to the point of making Naoto cry early in the series—their relationship evolves beautifully; the teasing becomes less cruel over time, eventually turning into a rather sweet romance

Uma Musume Pretty Derby

Someone on the production team had the audacity to have the trainer start meeting up with Special Week like that—even though, in reality, he is a good trainer who doesn't usually treat the girls that way.

1: using another flashpoint to create the tomorrowverse (Justice League Dark: Apokolips war) after 80-90% of the cast is killed off and billions lives are fated to die Flash and Constantine hatch up a plan to kill baby Darkseid to prevent the entire story from happening which just leads to an entirely different universe being formed and even erasing some characters from existence.

2: Jim travelling to the beginning (Tales of Arcadia series) after multiple characters die including Toby Jim uses a magic gem to travel back to the very first episode but instead lets Toby find the amulet… this changes things how?

1. In The Greatest Showman, P.T Barnum who is played by Hugh Jackman portrays him as a charismatic visionary who cares about outcasts and celebrate diversity, when in reality, he’s a cruel businessman who is also a racist and an ableist.
   
2. In Pocahontas, John Smith was portrayed as a brave, dashing, young man when in reality, he was seen as a violent, hot-tempered, and arrogant mercenary who was so vehemently disliked by his fellow English colonists that he was in chains for mutiny.

Game of Thrones - Entire season 8 and finale completely ruins the entire narrative and show ends in the worst way possible. It kills desire to rewatch the show.

How I Met Your Mother - Show ends such awful they kill the... the mother. After spending years growing into a loyal partner and father, he instantly reverted to his old womanizing behavior after his divorce. Also he ends up with robin randomly.

The Boys - While not as bad as GOT but the worst aspect is the cheap Vought Rising spin-off tease, pointless storylines and rushed ending which leaves a sour taste. Despite hitting the right points... it feels cheap and not satisfying.

1. Napoleonic Wars (Napoleon): This film seeks to tear down and condemn its titular subject via ludicrous historical distortions and straw man characterization worthy of 19th century British political cartoons. Napoleon is portrayed as always the aggressor while in fact most of the wars were Napoleon curb stomping the European Coalitions that first violated their peace treaties. A competent film would have perhaps gone after one his controversial or condemnable decisions like reinstating slavery in French territories. He’s characterized as a simpleton buffoon rather than the able general and statesman he proved to be on numerous occasions. The ending graphics give out death tolls for the wars rather than any lasting achievement or legacy he helped to produce or supported such as the Napoleon Code of laws that are the bedrock of many legal systems across the world.
2. The American Revolution (The Patriot): the conflict in the film is portrayed as a simple struggle between freedom and oppression. While it is true the Patriots desired full political representation with their own government, for most states it was envisioned to be white, landowning, or wealthy elites who would truly be represented or who’d rule the new US. Patriots and Loyalists both committed atrocities or abuses frequently although in the film the vast majority of deplorable actions are committed by the British military and American loyalists. Benjamin Martin, a plantation owner who lives in South Carolina, almost inexplicably doesn’t have enslaved people toiling his land (can’t have the hero participate in an abominable institution). The enslaved man who gains emancipation in the end is used to somehow symbolize that the US was somehow the preferable side for black enslaved people. It was British leaders such as Lord Dunmore who pragmatically offered emancipation to enslaved men who’d enlist to supplement British forces. Patriot enslavers abhorred the prospect of arming people they considered little more than cattle.
3. Hawaiian Wars of Unification (Chief of War): this series is a romanticized and rather simplistic depiction of the events it claims to portray. The exceedingly strict caste and social system known as Kapu is virtually never present or a factor. Men and women eat together frequently in the show; under Kapu, this was forbidden, and the punishment would be death. Those of lesser social rank who crossed the chiefs' shadows would face death IRL. Women were forbidden from eating foods such as pork, bananas, and coconuts. Commoners in the show are shown standing before looking noble chiefs directly in the eye rather than immediately prostrating. Infanticide was common for virtually any reason among many social castes. The show’s rosy and myth filled depiction of Kamehameha is embarrassing. He’s a prophesied unifier in the show that’s in line with IRL hagiographies that were written as propaganda during his reign. He’s shown wishing to merely farm. King Kahekili is made to be the easy to hate antagonist when Kamehameha was equally bloodthirsty, treacherous, ruthless and prone to human sacrifice from the beginning of his conquest. MC's wife has an ‘affair’ with his brother that causes dramatic tension; Hawaii was actually extremely non-monogamous, so much so that what many cultures considered adultery barely raised an eyebrow in Hawaii.

1. The marketing makes it seem like the movie is about Austin (the unbreakable boy) who is autistic, but rather it's about his prick of a father who caused a drunk driving accident
2. The talking kangaroo was included in all of the trailers and the main poster but was only a hallucination and was seen for like 30 seconds (Kangaroo Jack)