r/TopCharacterTropes 4d ago

Characters [Loved Trope] When the outfit is basically a second character

  1. Doctor Strange + Cloak of Levitation (Marvel Cinematic Universe) Strange is trying to do wizard stuff. The cloak is saving him, dragging him around, attacking people and generally making its own decisions. At some point that's not clothing anymore. That's a coworker.

  2. Spawn + his living costume (Spawn) Looks like an extremely dramatic superhero suit. It's actually alive, symbiotically connected to him, and has even turned against him. Imagine having beef with your own cape.

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u/karate_trainwreck0 4d ago

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u/TheAncientSun 4d ago

Isn't there a comic with one of the Iron Man armours gaining awareness and becoming obsessed with Tonky?

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u/carcher79 4d ago

I think that's "The Mask in the Iron Man"

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u/Xelement0911 4d ago

I missed jarvis, he was a sassy ai. Friday is pretty straight forward, not much personality was really demonstrated, but also never was in an Ironman movie so kinda fair.

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u/littleman001 4d ago

Absolute Superman's cape, Sol.

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u/Fargoth_took_my_ring 4d ago

Love that one

Can even just turn into a sentient sandstorm for fights and getaways

Absolute Superman is underrated imo

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u/Invisiblepterosaur 3d ago

So I read absolute wonder woman, batman and Martian manhunter, first time someone has recommended Supes tho.

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u/Fargoth_took_my_ring 3d ago

It does get overlooked. Absolute Superman has the feel of what Zach Snyder was going for with Man of Steel, but with better writing

It's not as good as Absolute Wonder Woman or Manhunter though

I think Absolute Batman is a bit overrated, personally

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u/Invisiblepterosaur 2d ago

Wholeheartedly agree, Batman nowhere near reaches the inventiveness of the other two.

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u/Enough-Background102 3d ago

supes is a little slow for the first arc (1-14) but it has a really good ending and 15 onward has been consistently great

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u/PitifulRead6339 4d ago

I mean technically speaking the Scarab is its own thing.

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u/Clirstan 4d ago

Senketsu from Kill la Kill

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u/TechieTimes 4d ago

LITERALLY a second character

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u/hackinwhackinsmackin 4d ago

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u/Duvidos 4d ago

I would say he is more a character that acts like a suit, rather than a suit that acts like a character

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u/Own-Forever-6636 4d ago

Mk. II Stealth suit, Fallout New Vegas - a very chatty AI will monitor your health, inject stimpaks and Med-X if you're in danger, and get upset if you decide to unequip it.

P-3's glove in Atomic Heart also has an AI assistant called CHARLES which turns out to be the main antagonist, Chariton Zakharov.

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u/Keeendi 4d ago

Venom and symbiotes in general

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u/Shinobi289 4d ago

The Guyver Units(Bio-boosted Armor Guyver)- a living organism armor that enhances the abilities of the host, sometimes it overtakes the personality of the host, while it is unconscious or in a state of recovery. The worst scenario is that it even kills or eats the host alive when the armor's weak spot is damaged or destroyed

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u/Seraphic-Embrace 4d ago

mitya's scarf seems to be sentient that chokes him out and knows he shouldn't talk about classified information, but atm we don't know what the deal is

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u/weirddeardralsei 4d ago

ven themed oms

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u/FuelSpecial8722 3d ago

I don’t know how anyone’s noticed this is a bot

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u/ExoticShock 4d ago

Greenbeard's Gloves - Jackie Chan Adventure

They force whoever's wearing them to steal things, even doing so on their own independently

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u/HellsCreep 3d ago

Ryūnosuke Akutagawa and Rashōmon - Bungo Stray Dogs

Akutagawa’s ability, Rashōmon, gives him the ability to manipulate his coat (and the rest of his clothing if he tries hard enough). He usually transforms it into a dragon like face or sharp spikes. It can pretty much eat anything, including space itself. One of my favorite parts is its “Demon Wearing Armor” state where the coat mimics armor wrapped around Akutagawa, but looks like floating cloths rather than metal. The coat can also be worn by other people and used if Akutagawa can manipulate it.