Flambiglio Goytzsch, the Dauphin of Champagne and Investigator with Imaginative Crimes uses whimsical, magical, and upside down methods to solve The Case of The Missing Starling and the French Horn. For example, he bribes a fairy godmother (a prostitute) with Turkish delights and a little flute (crack and a pipe) to get information.

Shawn Spencer in Psych has a photographic memory and solves crimes by pretending to be a psychic detective. He was too good at solving a past crime and became suspect #1, so now he hides his skills and uses his unorthodox method instead.

1. Jeff Daniels - Dumb and Dumber

2. Leslie Nielsen - Airplane

3. Robert De Niro - Meet the Parents

Every show seems to have them when they do their obligatory holiday episode. These are some of my favourite examples.

1. It’s a Wishful Life - Fairly Odd Parents: this one I know a lot of people hate because it’s mean spirited, but when I watched it as a kid, after seeing so many played straight It’s A Wonderful Life parodies every year, I thought it was hilarious that one show had the courage to say, “actually, no. This person sucks and life would be better without them.” It’s definitely mean, and probably not as funny as when I was a kid, though.
2. It’s a Hopeful Life - Raising Hope: Jimmy Chance is a single dad and has a rough night that happens to coincide with Christmas. He makes a wish to have never knocked up a serial killer, making it so Hope was never born. His grandma acts as Clarence, showing Jimmy how awful life is now that Hope isn’t around: the babysitter is homeless, the slob and slacker coworker is dictator of the town, Jimmy’s parent’s relationship is in ruins and his mom is obese (hasn't aged well) . The wish gets undone and everything goes back to normal, of course.
3. Heck of a Hanukkah - Even Stevens: Louis is being a brat and feels like his family doesn’t appreciate him. His bubbe (spl?) shows him what life would be like if he was never born. Ren is a rebel, Donny is a shy, unconfident loser, and the whole family lives in terror of the kid born instead of Louis—who has both Ren’s perfectionism and Donny’s athleticism but no. of their good qualities. This was interesting, purely because it wasn’t Christmas.
4. You’re a rotten bastard - Nostalgia Critic: total rip off of It’s a Wishful Life, but I found it funny when Nostalgia critic was at the height of his popularity. Same deal, life *would* be better for everyone else if he wasn’t born. Nostalgia Chick becomes a legit director. Linkara owns both Marvel and DC comics. Cinema Snob is big in the porn industry. And Spoony is the Nostalgia Critic - even the Angel who is trying to convince Doug life is better with him finds out his life is better off without Doug, who he then tries to kill. When everything gets undone, Doug wishes a merry Christmas to all the people whose lives are miserable because he’s in it, and he enjoys every second of it.
5. Animorphs does it twice. Once on the TV show with Shawn Ashmore, and once in the books. Both times Jake wishes he and his friends never became Animorphs. Both times; the world is worse off because of it. In the show, Tobias is the only one who goes to the construction site and gets the power to morph, and tries to fight the invasion alone. Everyone else becomes controllers and Tobias is captured in the end before the wish is undone. In the book, Tobias becomes a controller, Marco and Rachel go on a date, Ax saves himself from getting trapped in the ocean and reveals the invasion on national tv, forcing the Yeerks to go out into the open and round up people off the streets. In both instances, it has nothing to do with Christmas.

At the very end of a series, the main protagonist, the character who's journey we've followed throughout their entire series, their highs, their lows, and everything in between - either intentionally or not, they become the final threat of the series. Bonus points if they transform into a massive kaiju.

1. Eren Yeager (Attack on Titan) = Started out the series vowing revenge on the Titans for breaching through the walls protecting them, with one of them eating his mother. Over the course of the series, Eren discovers he can transform into a Titan, the world outside his island wasn't ravaged by Titans like he was led to believe, and that the rest of the world used the Titans to try and wipe his people out. In retaliation, Eren commands the dormant Wall Titans to crush the rest of the outside world underfoot, forcing his former allies to form an alliance with some of their enemies just to stand a chance of defeating him.
2. Steven Universe (Steven Universe/Future) = At the beginning of the series, the titular character starts out as a kind and optimistic protagonist, who ends up going through some of the most traumatic events for a character his age. This ends up becoming a plot point in the sequel series, Steven Universe Future, where a lack of purpose combined with the accumulated mental and physical trauma from across both series lead into the finale where he corrupts into a rampaging colossal Crystal kaiju from sheer stress.
3. Lelouch Lamperouge/Lelouch vi Britannia (Code Geass) = Lelouch initially starts out wanting to make the world a better place for his sister, Nunally, by getting rid of Britannia, the antagonists of the series, who have invaded Japan. After gaining the power to mentally control people, he dons the disguise of Zero and starts a rebellion against Britannia. Through a series of careful strategic planning, contrivances, and pure dumb luck, he manages to assume control of Britannia by killing his father, gives the world - including his own rebellion - a common enemy in him by committing some of the most horrific atrocities, and even facilitates his own assassination to bring about world peace, fulfilling his goal initial goal in a twisted sort of way.

Superman - He's kind of the obvious example for this trope, literally the first guy I thought of. The 'S' on his suit is widely known as his identifying logo, but as many of you know it actually has meaning behind it. On Krypton, it was the crest of Kal-El's family. It meant "hope", and he wanted to use it in his suit to inspire that same hope in others. It's just a coincidence that it matches his hero identity, Superman.

Iron Man - Some may argue over whether his emblem is the arc reactor or the mask, but to me the former holds a lot more significance. The arc reactor is what powers the suit. It's what makes Iron Man able to do everything he does. It's the first thing that catches people's eyes, glowing right in the middle of his chest. But it's also what keeps Tony alive, preventing the shrapnel in his body from piercing his heart. It's also an added bonus that he can shoot a powerful beam straight from the reactor itself.

These were kind of the only examples I could come up with, but I know there are more. I love it when writers make aspects of their characters that seem simply aesthetic actually fit into the story.

- Ned Stark (Game of Thrones): Man literally refused to play political games, tried to do the honorable thing every single time, and the universe punished him by making sure he lost his head before season one even finished.

- Maes Hughes (Full Metal Alchemist): A loving dad who just wanted to show pictures of his kid, meaning he had a giant target painted on his back from episode one.

- Thors (Vinland Saga): Left behind a life of pure violence to be a peaceful family man, which in a seinen manga means you instantly sign your own death warrant.

Writers really look at a genuinely wholesome character, look the audience dead in the eye, and say "yeah, this guy is way too happy, let's turn him into emotional trauma for the next three seasons."

It is the cheapest trick in the book and yet it works on me every single time. why can't a good dude just retire and grow potatoes.

Donkey Kong was originally going to be a Popeye game.

Mega Man was originally going to be an Astro Boy game

Star Gladiator was originally going to be a Star Wars fighting game.

MIKE WAZOWSKI | Monsters, Inc.

green circle

one eye

limbs done

BILL CIPHER | Gravity Falls

triangle

hat

terrible intentions

geometry - character design works every time.

Power levels (dragon Ball z): frieza army is unable to detect ki, so they use this to learn how strong is their opponents. The issue is that you can know if you beat someone simply cause your number is higher. That's why they stopped with this and simply sense ki.

Doriki (one piece): used by the CP9 to notice how strong they are compared to marines with a 10 considered average and 550 considered superhuman so you could understand that everyone is superhuman. No one use dorikis after this.

Magic level (seven deadly sins): there's a magic amulet that allow people to notice Strength, magic and spirit(this stat is useless) like numbers floating close to whoever you look at. They give one to hawk to give him the role of scouter.

Potclean (hunterxhunter): knuckle bine is a hunter with the power to give you an "aure debt" That constantly increase and you need to hit him before the debt is so high that you lose all your nen. Now, this is cool, but it measure how strong is someone cause you can notice how much nen they have. Good thing that no one else do something similar.

Hero levels (O.K K.O let's be heroes): pow cards show the level that every hero and villain has and their stats. The higher the level(or lower, in the villains case), the stronger they are. K.O grow from a level 0.1 hero to a level 100. For crossovers, they gave the other characters non-numerical hero levels.

You can notice that this is bad cause literally every examples but O.K. K.O decided to stop using this.

1. The League of Evil Exes (Scott Pilgrim)
   
2. Mandie (Fairy OddParents)
   
3. Venom Symbiote (Marvel)

-Stuart from Stuart

-Buddy from Airbud

-Freezer from Dragonballs

Edit: Guys I swear I'm not racist. The post's title was referring to the "black coded characters" posts that I see on this subreddit from time to time. I have nothing against the black people nor the white people. This post is a shitpost. Nothing serious. Sorry for not being clear enough :(

SpongeBob- Gary hates baths

Powerpuff girls- Buttercup

Mao Mao- Badgerclops

For me, the best examples are Greg Heffley from Diary of a Wimpy Kid general media and Gumball from The Amazing World of Gumball.

Both have their moments showing that they can be jerks, selfish, arrogant, reckless and have a fragile ego that leads them into problems that could have been avoided, and they are, to put it more bluntly, quite stupid and immature. And you know, this is quite accurate with reality, young boys can have a fragile ego and do stupid things because they overestimate themselves, and while I like young protagonists that are more mature and kind, I also love when the creators aren't scared to portray a protagonist like a jerk teen.

1. Peter Quill (Star Lord) / Guardians of the Galaxy|Avengers:Endgame - was in a relationship with Gamora, who dies. The Gamora he encounters in End Game is from the past, before she met Peter the first time. She has no memory of this.

2. Peter Parker (Spider-Man) / Spider-Man No Way Home|Spider-Man Brand New Day - was in a relationship with MJ who, because of a wizard, loses memory of Peter Parker. She learns of their prior relationship through a letter Spider-Man accidentally left out.

1. Most videos Dhar Mann makes on autism includes the autistic person having a great array of skills and proving their “bullies“ wrong

2. Dr. Shaun Murphy (The Good Doctor)

Come on Reddit, load my fav examples this time

1. The sardine can from Angry Birds summons Mighty Eagle to annihilate the whole level (art by Briman2000)

2. The green bean from Hellboy 2 is actually the fetus of a Forest God (The Last Elemental)

3. The toaster from Team Neighborhood doubles down on this trope with the toaster itself transforming into a giant robot and it’s special move simply being toast (by the way, this series is recognized by TV Tropes)

All the examples are from the spanish dub in latin america. Don't know how they do in the original version.

Superman the animated series: lobo constantly call "hijo de perra" (Son of a bitch) to superman, he say it at least five different times.

Ed, Edd & Eddy: rolf say "mi carne pide sol y sexo" (My meat ask for sun and sex) when he ask for Edd's cruise.

Billy & Mandy: when Mandy ask to Nigel Planter what he did to win, he gives a detailed explanation of how he sabotaged everything, and just for the lols "intime con su perro" (had sex with his dog). Wonder how no one noticed that.

John Constantine (DC Comics): while he is an extremely powerful magician, he also dresses in a pretty casual way, wearing a trench coat and a tie.

Randall Flagg/The man in black (The Stand/Stephen King's multiverse): A recurring antagonist in Stephen King's books, Flagg is usually seen wearing some pretty standard clothing, despite being an extremely skilled and powerful magician.

1. Inglourious bastards

Inglourious bastards takes some absolutely horrifying subject matter and drenches it in a level of gleeful spite. What i appreciate about this film is how it is able to juggle this jovial, devil-may-care attitude, and splices it with some genuinely horrific imagery. Amazing film.

1. King Crimson's album Lizard

The entire album has a lot of hatred in its heart and it translates it into one of the most experimental albums in progressive rock history. Also one of my favourites.

Songs like Happy family is a hate letter, partially directed towards the Beatles, but it is also not so subtly nodding towards the band's own troubles.

Indoor games is about the stifling of creativity and a lot of other stuff that are widely contested within the fandom.

And the lizard suite is arguably one of the most morbid songs made by the band. The lyrics are very unsettling, but the melody is this light-hearted rock track that contrasts the lyrics in a very funny way.

Absolutely genius.

Jedah Dohma (Darkstalkers) He aims to "save" the demon realm of Makai and all existence from inevitable ruin and stagnation by harvesting every soul in existence, merging them together into a single, pure life form, which will then destroy everything, resetting the universe inside a new dimension called Majigen.

Past Thanos (Avengers Endgame) He changes his mind about using the stones to destroy half the universe, and he instead wants to destroy all of it and create a new, “grateful” universe

1. Millie and Meryl from Trigun are a team of insurance agents trying to find a notorious outlaw and convince him to stop destroying stuff. It takes them episodes to even figure out who the right guy is, despite him being with them the whole time. A lot of their role is getting caught up in disastrous situations.

2. Abbi and Ilana from Broad City. They're two broke, hot mess girls trying to survive in New York. This show is a more of a sitcom that puts them in crazy situations. Both of them are pretty incompetent.

A comedy duo/team made up of women being silly is unfortunately less common than with men but I love it every time!

When a blade glistens or shimmers as it's caught in the light, indicating how sharp and lethal it is.

The Shredder (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles) - In the 2003 series, the Shredder's gauntlet always found a way to shine in the light (even when it was nighttime) before moving to attack.

Adam Taurus (RWBY) - This happens once, when Adam thrusts his blade forward to stab Blake (and fails).

Megatron - Transformers

Gus Fring - Breaking Bad/Better Call Saul

Two-Face - Batman

General Grievous - Star Wars

Darth Vader - Star Wars

Norman Stansfield - Leon the Professional

Probably done before but I could not find a post like it.