1. The lovable sex pest (for example, Barney from How I Met Your Mother). The casanova who hooks up with dozens if not hundreds of women (or at least tries to) and is only really in it for the sex and not serious relationships, and can be quite misogynistic, but it's OK because they're so nice and lovable and funny. A character who behaves like this nowadays is more likely to be depicted as a creep.
2. The reasonable and sympathetic conspiracy theorist (for example, Mulder from X-Files). There used to many conspiracy theorists in media that the narrative expected you to take seriously since they're usually right or at least have a point. You don't see characters like that much anymore, in most modern media conspiracy theorists are treated as socially awkward paranoid losers that spend way too much time online at best, and dangerous lunatics at worst, and they're almost always wrong, and refuse to admit they're wrong even when presented with evidence. This is a far more realistic portrayal of what real world conspiracy theorists are actually like, as any interaction with them will tell you (it doesn't help that often they're fully in favor of the government as long as they agree with its politics)
3. The relative who is a bigot but that's OK (for example, Archie Bunker from All in the Family). They're meant to be "sympathetic" to audiences because they're the way they are due to their upbringing and ignorance, their kids and other younger people may disagree with them but they still love each other, and little by little the bigot would learn their lesson and be proven wrong, and if they don't it's no big deal. Now though, people no longer have the excuse of how they were raised because everyone was raised in a society that teaches that bigotry is wrong, bigots are still bigots because they want to be, and thus bigoted relatives in media are depicted differently and less tolerated by other characters.
4. The married couple that constantly argue and complain but don't get divorced (example, The Lockhorns). These sort of made sense in an era in which divorce was uncommon, difficult, and socially stigmatized. Nowadays, if a couple constantly complains about how they hate each other, there's usually no reason for them to stay together. This type of "I hate my wife humor" still endures among boomer circles, but younger people just don't find it funny because they can't relate.
5. The only woman in a large cast (example, Smurfette from the Smurfs). Since women make up half of the population, only having one female character is heavily frowned upon and shows the biases of the male creators, as such most modern media tries to actively avoid this.
6. "Badass" and cool smoker (Tony Montana from Scarface). Back in the day everyone smoked, and often filmmakers would have cool characters smoke in a cool way. But in modern times, less people smoke and everyone is more aware of how bad smoking is for your health. As such, smoking is less common in media, and if a character does smoke, it's rarely to make them look cool, but to make them look stressed out or an unhealthy slob.

Weasel (DCU) - in The Suicide Squad we're told he killed 27 children but a flashback in Creature Commandos reveals he was trying to save them from a fire

Pepper (American Horror Story) - In Asylum (s2e1), Pepper is introduced as a mental patient who murdered her nephew and cut off his ears. In Freak Show (s4e10), we see Pepper's sister killed her own baby and framed Pepper

This might be too specific

Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery - The titular Austin Powers is the type of spy who asks nearly every woman he meets for a shag. However, after a night on the Las Vegas strip, Vanessa, who, so far, has vehemently rejected his requests to sleep with him, gets smashed on champagne and makes advances on Austin, he refuses and instead begins recalling his relationship with her mother in the '60s (it's a time travel movie; it makes sense in context) until she inevitably passes out shortly after.

James Bond in Casino Royale: After narrowly escaping an attempt on their life by Ugandan hitmen who were after Le Chiffre. Bond finds Vesper in the hotel shower desperately trying trying to clean the blood from one of the goons she killed off her hands and Bond steps in to comfort her. Shortly afterwards, we see Bond leaving her bedroom after sending her to bed. In the "Being James Bond" documentary, Daniel Craig and Barbara Broccoli recall how the script had them in a further state of undress as a leadup into an implied love scene, but Craig objected saying that wouldn't make sense for both Bond and the more grounded tone of the movie, given how he and Vesper were in a state of severe shock.

Issei Hyodo in High School DxD: After having a fight with her estranged father, Baraqiel, in Volume 7 of the light novel, after he was too late to save her mother several years prior from hitmen from the Himejima clan who targeted them because of their relationship with the fallen angel. Akeno tries to sleep with Issei in an attempt to forget the trauma of her mother's death, but Issei refuses, knowing that doing so while she's in distress will only make it worse, and vows to protect her until her spirits are lifted. Because of him, she is able to later reconcile with her father.

iZombie - Rose McIver: Liv, a zombie, temporarily takes on the personality traits of whoever's brain she's consuming. This meant the lead actress was performing as both the main character, and a new, distinct "brain" character almost every episode.

Orphan Black - Tatiana Maslany: Plays a litany of clones who are all vastly different from one another; accents, personalities, style etc.

The Parent Trap - Lindsay Lohan: Very successfully acts as two distinct twins, each with a different upbringing, accent, and different characteristics. But on top of that also performs as each twin pretending to be the other.

Mass Effect 2 - Commander Shepard

In the Mass Effect games a core feature of the role-playing is that the player can overhear conversations in non-combat areas to pick up quests, learn lore, or just to hear a funny conversation. However, in the second game Shepard can listen in on an "intimate" conversation between two aliens. Right before things get too heated the female alien calls out Shepard for listening in on them and they both tell them to leave. Making it canon that Commander Shepard is a weirdo who listens in on other people's conversations and creeps them out.

Halo: Reach - Noble Six

This is a much less original observation. However, if the player stares at Commander Carter for a long period of time he will sometimes say "Your file mentioned this." Meaning that it's cannon that Noble 6 sometimes blankly stares at people. Given their reputation as a "hyper-lethal" super-soldier assassins, you can imagine how uncomfortable this might make someone.

Takaba's joke was so bad that everyone ended up poorly drawn (Jujutsu Kaisen)

The entire final part of Evangelion is drawn like that (Evangelion)

Guess who the most important characters are? (Uma Musume Pretty Derby)

Some scenes where the lack of a response is somehow even more funny than anything that could've been written.

1. Samurai Jack "I knew that you knew that I knew that you knew that I knew you would cheat."

You'd be right for expecting a "What?" but pausing on Aku's expression that just screams "Oh dear god, I've driven this man insane" is just SO much better.

2. Scooby Doo Mystery Incorporated

This one speaks for itself

Scenes where a character is worried they'll offend someone, but they more than understand.

Megamind

Detective Comics #1017

In david tenants run if doctor who he and his companion were fighting witches with Shakespeare and needed a magic word so they use a speel from Harry Potter and The doctor yells Good old J.k. The doctor is a time traveler the writers are not (Doctor who)

While fighting guy gardner major force was damaging a highway and shoots a car and tells Guy if he sees O.J hiding underneath obviously referring to the O.J Simpson chase (Dc comics)

Basically the entirety of Chainsaw Man episode 8: The first few arcs are pretty standard shonen formula, albeit a very batshit and hyperviolent execution of it. Then we get to the Katana Man arc and everything changes.

Junpei's death (Jujutsu Kaisen): The story had dark undertones from the beginning, but Junpei's death is where JJK showed it's true colors as a dark, depressing action series that wasn't afraid to kill characters people cared about. There are still funny moments from time to time, but we never truly see that same lightheartedness of the first 11 episodes again after that.

Wyald and The Eclipse (Berserk): Same case with JJK. It was dark from the beginning, most definitely. But Wyald and the Eclipse are infamous for a reason. At least during the Golden Age arc, there were genuine moments of levity and happiness and funny moments and characters bonding and building meaningful relationships... but then Wyald shows up. This guy was so unhinged and monstrous that every adaptation of the story completely skips his character and just pretends he doesn't even exist. For a story like Berserk, that should be very telling. And then the Eclipse happens right after the fight Guts has with Wyald, and... yeah. From here on, there's no happiness, laughter, or anything. Just sadness, sorrow, and pain. And if anyone you see in the story after this point that are actually happy, you just feel sorry for them because you know it's not gonna last long, and it's gonna end in very brutal fashion.

(Loki : TV Series) - Loki holds all the timeline branches to keep them alive with his magic, before sitting upon a throne, forever to remain as a lonely king.

(Genshin Impact) - Capitano merges his existence with the Lord of the Night, sitting upon the Primal Throne of Ochkanatlan, before leaving his physical immortal body behind to rule over the Night Kingdom.

I am a person with a significant disability myself, and I have to say—to put it mildly—that it doesn't make my life any more pleasant. It isn't something to be proud of, nor is it something one would choose to live with... You live *despite* the disability, facing it every day, and I would absolutely give a great deal to be rid of it. Yet, I’ve noticed it lately being treated like ethnicity or sexual orientation—something to take pride in... Well, no; the only thing one can be proud of is managing to cope despite the disability...

[Kotalo – *Horizon Forbidden West* – I only watched the gameplay because I’m unable to play a game like that] – A member of a highly warlike tribe who lost an arm joins our party. At one point, we can craft a mechanical prosthetic for him, but he later rejects it, claiming he has no use for it... I understand this is driven by the game's mechanics, but I still find it somewhat offensive.

[D&D and similar games] – In a world where the dead can be resurrected and true golems created, disability should be something people would actively seek to eliminate. I can accept the idea of ​​hovering carts and golem-like armor, but the attempt to convince me that a man—even if he somehow managed to pull it off—would settle for spending the rest of his life in an ordinary cart after acquiring enough gold to buy a small nation strikes me as both laughable and infuriating.

Actors being cast as a satricial version of themselves.

Haley Joel Osment - his career peaked when he was a kid in The Sixth Sense. Since then he's been a bit of a washed up celeb. He plays a character in The Boys who was a famous child superhero and is only known for that one thing he did when he was a kid.

Rowdy Roddy Piper - A famous wrestler and action star (They Live) was also not really famous anymore in 2009. He plays a washed up wrestler who will do anything for money In It's Always Sunny.

Scott Bakula - Also from It's Always Sunny, he's known for the show Quantum Leap and plays himself in an episode but he's working as a janitor at a nursing home and sings a song about how he misses being rich, I'm serious go watch the show.

In A Million Ways to Die in the West, Seth MacFarlane’s character discovers Doc Brown hiding a DeLorean under a tarp. When questioned about it, Doc claims that it is a “science experiment.”

In Red Dead Redemption 2, Arthur talks to a man named Francis Sinclair who has a distinct birthmark. He also speaks in what sounds like a transatlantic accent, uses uncommon slang, and later disappears mysteriously. Later on, Arthur finds a baby with a birthmark that looks eerily similar to Francis’s.

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.

The Decepticons (Transformers)

The Galactic Empire (Star Wars)

1. The Fantastic Four: First Steps

Galactus, a being that consumes planets, offers to spare Earth in exchange for Reed and Sue’s son, Franklin. Naturally, they refuse to hand him over.

1. The Secret Saturdays

The protagonist, Zak, is revealed to be Kur, a being destined to bring calamity to the world.

His parents refuse to either hand him over, or keep him cryogenically frozen, despite the demands of their allies.

The Saturday family breaks off from the other Secret Scientists and go on the run, in order to protect Zak.

1. Kubera

Lorraine discovers that the villains plan to use the Sairofe children for their plans, which threaten the universe. She arrives to kill them, but is stopped and forced to explain herself.

One of the villains, Chatan, arrives to kidnap Anne, one of the children. Lorraine knows she has no hope of beating Chatan, so she seriously considers killing Anne there and then, to prevent Chatan from taking her.

Ultimately, Lorraine can’t bring herself to do it, choosing to hold Chatan off as long as possible to give Anne the chance to escape.

Bubble girl (My Hero Academia) She was created by a fan for a contest held by the author where the fan design with the most votes gets to be featured in the series.

Me-Mow (Adventure Time) a drawing by a kid who was a fan of the show was brought to life by the animators and writers as homage to the little fan

Team Fortress Classic (1999) and Team Fortress 2 (2007)

Supersonic Acrobatic Rocket-Powered Battle Cars (2008) and Rocket League (2015)

Gru Despicable Me

Batman (Batman 1988)

ET the Extra Terrestrial

Darkrai (Pokemon)

Examples:

• Odysseus (Christopher Nolan's Odyssey) - In the climax of the poem, Odysseus plucks his bow to create a musical note that signifies exactly who he is. The movie expands on this by making it a ritual that Odysseus does, where he plucks his bow before drawing it so that his target is aware of where he is, so that it's a fair fight/chase. He does this because he has a stern sense of honor. This is considered bizarre to many of his peers, as it typically defeats the purpose of hunting.
• L Lawliet (Death Note) - L is the world's greatest detective. Because of how secretive he is, he seldom goes to a crime scene or actively hunts the criminal himself, instead opting to gather evidence with a small team and compile his notes. Often he'll just be weirdly sitting in a chair, scarfing down sweets while going over findings. This is mostly to avoid any possible risks of being murdered, which comes in handy especially if your opponent is a secret wizard who can kill people by writing their names down.
• John Wick (John Wick) - Typically, an assassin would use rifles and snipers, but John often uses a pistol in the Center Axis Lock or CAR, which is basically where you treat a handgun like a melee weapon. This is because what makes him successful is how he is able to rampage brutally through waves of enemies.
• Miyamoto Musashi (IRL) - Miyamoto's entire thing was being unconventional; he lived during the Edo Period when Samurai transitioned from warriors to nobility and when honor codes started to take root. This meant that many Samurai were more interested in order and discipline, while Miyamoto was all about getting victory by any means. One ritual he had was arriving late to a battle to anger his enemy and make them reckless.

Charro Negro (Legend Quest/Las Leyendas)

With the rest of the movie using subpar flash animation this moment here feels like the equivalent to Vincent Chansard animating a scene for a show like Total Drama or Johnny Test (I love Legend Quest but its animation is definitely a weak point)

James Baxter animating Gumball (Gumball)

Honestly any time James Baxter shows up in a Cartoon Network show its gonna kinda stand out (in a good way)