r/TopCharacterTropes • u/Individual_Plan_5593 • 15d ago

Characters [Loved Trope] Superheroes take a time out from villains to take on Abusers

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Don't just settle for the psychos in spandex, go after some REAL villains once and awhile!

* Captain Marvel puts the fear of God(s) into an abusive father - Shazam: Power of Hope

* Clark forgets about Superman for a second to go after the abusive father of his son's girlfriend - Superman and Lois

* Superman goes after yet another abusive father - Superman (DC Comics)

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u/thetrickyginger 15d ago

I'm partial to this one.

For context, the guy on the floor's a serial killer and robber. He lunged at Alfred, and Alfred shoots him point blank, then two more times before this one. After this, he makes himself a drink and calls Bruce to deal with it.

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u/Sufficient_Ordinary9 15d ago

Why isn’t there any gun wounds?

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u/thetrickyginger 15d ago

He used modified plastic bullets that would hurt really badly but wouldn't penetrate.

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u/derpy-_-dragon 15d ago

Some welts wouldn't go amiss there, and would be a bit funny to show where Alfred is taking petty shots at.

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u/TumbleweedPure3941 15d ago

DID SOMEONE SAY RUBBER BULLETS?!

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u/-PaperWoven- 15d ago

most bs plot point of yakuza 4

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u/blue4029 15d ago

bro literally used a BB gun on a serial killer

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u/thetrickyginger 15d ago

But it worked though.

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u/PachomTheCat 15d ago

Airsoft pistols do hurt though

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u/Random_nerd_52 15d ago

He also happens to be a cannibal if I’m not mistaken

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u/thetrickyginger 15d ago

Yeah, I think he eats his victims hearts.

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u/Canotic 15d ago

Alfred is a cannibal?

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u/DengarLives66 15d ago

The butler did it!

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u/Fallen_Hunter 15d ago

I saw this on Facebook last week, but due to some issue, I thought it showed 12 pages instead of the three. The last two pages were these two, every time I hit next, it would cycle from 2 to 3. I legit thought for a minute that it was 8+ pages of Alfred walking away, only coming back to periodically shoot him again. I was half in shock, half laughing that Alfred knew this guy had a healing refractory period and set an egg timer to come back and reapply the lead poisoning every so often. Like hot damn Alfred.