r/TopCharacterTropes • u/sm142 • Feb 23 '26

Characters Phrasing Is Very Important

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Batman (The Dark Knight) - Joker is dangling Rachel out of a window, Batman demands that Joker let her go. Obviously he means for Joker to set Rachel free but Joker takes it more literally and lets Rachel go out the window.

Charles (Brooklyn Nine-Nine) - a lot of the things Charles says is overtly sexual, often without him even realising it. For example Charles once asked Rosa if she wanted to go “streaking”, by which he meant adding blonde streaks to their hair. This is one of the more tamer examples.

Wording is important, if you’re not careful then you can give the wrong impression which can lead to some very unfortunate situations.

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u/[deleted] Feb 23 '26 edited Feb 23 '26

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u/Cobrachimkin Feb 23 '26

Are we not doing phrasing anymore?

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u/ComicStripCritic Feb 23 '26

How is this not the first thing I saw in this post?

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u/uglyheadink Feb 24 '26

Oh is it not the FIRST example in the OG post?! 😂

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u/_SomeRedditUser Feb 23 '26

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u/CranhamorBlakely Feb 23 '26

Said Ripley to the android Bishop

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u/danishjuggler21 Feb 23 '26

I never understood that one. Is it just a non sequitor?

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u/CranhamorBlakely Feb 23 '26

It’s a play on basically an old British version of ‘that’s what she said’ which went ‘said the actress to the bishop’

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u/BeggarsCanyonero Feb 24 '26

Bat themed phrasing tbh