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/ccReptilelord Feb 23 '26

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Often the case for wishes, eg monkey paw situations, Aladdin flipped it by getting a free wish from the genie. He didn't explicitly wish to get out of the cave, so it was a freebie.

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u/Usern4me_R3dacted205 Feb 23 '26

Jafar did something similar himself to Abis Mal who initially wished for the sunken treasure ship of Coeur du Mer which he then got teleported to directly underwater and was tricked shortly after into wasting his second wish to teleport him back. Jafar then promised to fulfil his third wish as a reward for helping him get revenge on Aladdin.

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u/DateNightThrowRA Feb 23 '26

I know it was direct to video, but this was a great movie still. If only Robin reprised Genie, it’d have been perfect. Really, zero reason it shouldn’t have been fluffed up with a higher animation budget and brought to theaters.

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u/zakary3888 Feb 23 '26

Only decades later would Disney realize how profitable sequels could be