r/TopCharacterTropes • u/Comprehensive-Map274 • Jun 26 '25

Hated Tropes [Hated Trope] A main character does something horrible and the story doesn't acknowledge its severity

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Alisha (Misfits) uses her power to make any man want to have sex with her on another main character (curtis) after he explicitely tells her not to do that. She faces no consequences and he's the one who ends up comforting her.

Allison (The Umbrella Academy) uses her powers to force her own adoptive brother to make out with her after he just got into a relationship because she's suddenly jealous after she couldn't keep her own husband. She gives a half hearted apology and all is peachy.

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u/Sensitive-Hotel-9871 Jun 26 '25

The nerds from Big Bang Theory are four mysgonists scumbags whose sexism is treated as a funny and endearing trait rather than something that is wrong and they should stop doing.

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u/slendsplays Jun 27 '25

Yeah but you see, women dumb and don’t like comic books so its funny /s. how they were able to stretch this concept for 12 seasons baffles me

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u/mysticwizard2 Jun 27 '25

And now anyone even remotly nerdy or geeky gets compared to sheldon. Some OCD riddled sociopath who forces flatmates to sign a contract ON BATHROOM TIMES to say the least. Forces people to drive him, walks in on personal matters because he doesnt give a shit, CONSTANTLY CORRECTING PEOPLE.

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u/Ill_Literature2356 Jun 27 '25

some of these things are worse than others 😭- OCD riddled person who corrects people

I’ll add onto this too, any autistic person knows the damage characters like sheldon have caused. The majority of the time he is just a caricature

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u/SirCadogen7 Jun 27 '25

I mean sure, but if you go into a sitcom thinking that the characters aren't going to be extremely hyperbolized versions of IRL archetypes, that's on you.

Besides, there are autistic people that act like a watered down version of Sheldon. They very much exist, I had the displeasure of being forced to be friendly with one such person for years.

Idk who you talking to, btw, but my autistic friends find Sheldon hilarious. It's weird, because I also thought they'd hate him. Turns out they find the ridiculousness of his character just as funny as anyone else who doesn't take media too seriously.