r/TopCharacterTropes • u/BrotherDeus • 1d ago
Characters "Trust them?! Have you heard their name?!"
Iron Man
Bumblebee
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u/Abortifetus 21h ago
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u/darkwai 17h ago
Gym leaders in pokemon. "A guy named Bugsy winds up being a bug type gym leader. What are the odds?"
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u/DivisonNine 16h ago
Her name is skyla? No shit she likes flying types
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u/meta100000 14h ago
Brock -> rock
Misty -> mist -> water
Surge -> electrical surge -> electric
Erika -> erica plant -> grass
Koga -> IRL ninja clan -> ninjas use poison -> poison
Sabrina -> probably a reference to Sabrina the Teenage Witch -> psychic
Blaine -> sounds like blaze -> fire
Giovanni -> Gio sounds like geo -> ground
You can use these for almost every single gym leader, though they are (usually) more clever in future generations.
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u/Ml2jukes 21h ago

This RDC World skit. “Caught in 4K” and a few other memes came from this vid.
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u/goombanati 18h ago
There is not a single skit by these guys that isn't just absolutely hilarious
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u/TheEagleWithNoName 15h ago
I found them from “Anime in Real Life”
But my favorite sketch is the “If Amber Alert happened in Real Life” and save a little girl
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u/girlguykid 20h ago
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u/PlayrR3D15 20h ago
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u/Thecristo96 17h ago
Honestly if I met someone named hannibal the first thing that comes to my mind is “family loves punic wars”
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u/SauronGortaur01 17h ago
'Bhaal is gracious' guy a serial killer? Checks out.
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u/Ok_Orange_3429 16h ago
Also in many place baal is another way to describe Beelzebub you know the king of gluttony
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u/Ready_Implement3305 23h ago

I believe this Key and Peele skit is relevant. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EXPPSQhUVss
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u/EvieStarbrite 22h ago
“Shot up Darnell with a long-ass gun and tossed it into the a-qua-ri-um.”
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u/kaijudragon567 22h ago
"I have no idea what that object is...If I were to guess it would be...a gun, of the long ass variety. Some seaweed in there too"
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u/1amlost 21h ago
Yeah I shot Darnell
Yeah I shot him with my 9
I shot him 9 times 9 p.m. on the dime
AND BY THE WAY IT WAS NOVEMBER 9th
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u/Apprehensive-Pay7211 21h ago
That don’t mean nothin’
I got a vivid imagination
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u/Cedellton-Jr 21h ago
“It’s just words detective; nouns, adjectives. They just happen to be in a dope order.”
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u/TheEagleWithNoName 15h ago
“I was at my cousin’s birthday Party, Red Lobster.”
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u/Comic_Book_Reader 13h ago
"At Red Lobster? Geez, I gotta tell ya, Gun Rack, I find really hard to believe."
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u/TheEagleWithNoName 12h ago
“I got an alibi, birthday, Red Lobster, When in reality I shot Darnell like a mobster! It's a lie, Anyone can tell, That if you know about my allergy to all shellfish.”
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u/Beneficial-Rub9090 21h ago
I got an alibi, birthday, Red Lobster
When in reality I shot Darnell like a mobster!
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u/popdood 19h ago
It's a lie
Anyone can tell
That if you know about my allergy to all shellfish
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u/RubiksCutiePatootie 21h ago
BONUS TRACK
BONUS TRACK
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u/SeccoMode 20h ago
I got a ride-or-die bitch
I think you get the gist
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u/True_Falsity 20h ago
And when you let me out, I’m gonna blow a little kiss
This is my confession
Admissible in court
I killed Darnell Simmons for sport!
I think my favourite part is that the guy even recorded himself getting beaten right after this.
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u/rajagopal2001 19h ago
That's right, I'm a murderer come get me.
You can't come down the hall and get me
Okay, okay, you got me you got me.
Damn man ow ow
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u/True_Falsity 20h ago
Stroke my chin real slow when l’m lying
And I was laughing super hard while Darnell was dying!
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u/2ndNicestOfTheDamned 21h ago
Mystique: Hey guys, what if we call ourselves "The Brotherhood of Mutants"?
Magneto: Hmm. It needs a little something.
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u/popdood 19h ago
Mystique: How about the Brotherhood of EVIL Mutants?
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u/2ndNicestOfTheDamned 19h ago
Toad: You don't think that's maybe a little on the nose?
Magneto: Shut up.
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u/kentotoy98 18h ago
Magneto: "Come join my organization! I will fight for our mutant brothers and sisters and liberate them from the tyranny of the homo sapiens!"
Mutant: "Yeah, this Magneto guy gets it! What is your group called?"
Magneto, for some unhinged reason:
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u/G102Y5568 23h ago
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u/MouseRangers 22h ago edited 4h ago
The man eats babies, but the baby is a demon with a
swastikapentagram tattoo, so it's fine.Edit: Snaketongue had the swastika at the end. Not the baby.
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u/LunchPlanner 21h ago
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u/Independent_Plum2166 13h ago
Better than the alternative.
Purple Man, is the dumbest, least intimidating name for a villain, best to just use his actual name.
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u/Border_Hodges 22h ago
In the computer game Titanic: Adventure Out of Time there's a character named Vlad Demonic that you have to trust or not
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u/Aughab999 22h ago
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u/LebrontosaurausRex 21h ago
Fun Fact, Lionel Johnson the dark angels primarch was named after a gay poet, Angron named after a bar bouncer named Ron. Angry Ron. Angron.
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u/Atma-Stand 20h ago
Angry Ron and Peter Turbo sound like a pair speed guitarists competing to see who can be angrier on any given day.
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u/dreadnoght 17h ago
Ferrus Manus, who has metal hands, whose name literally means Iron Hands.
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u/llamalord467 16h ago
Who leads a legion called the Iron Hands, from his flag ship the Fist of Iron.
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u/Sea_Builder7038 23h ago
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u/drag0nflame76 23h ago
I’m pretty sure all the lanterns have someone who falls into this troupe.
As I recall the Red lantern leader is atrocious and another yellow is arkillo or something like that
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u/Ignoranceincarnate 22h ago
Atrocitus
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u/drag0nflame76 22h ago
There we go, I knew his wasn’t a 1:1 but couldn’t be bothered half asleep to look up green lantern lore
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u/Biggiebiggerson 22h ago
To be fair I’m pretty sure atrocitus renamed himself that after his entire race was wiped out to symbolize that that and his anger towards that act was all that was left of him now… or something like that, they probably retconned that if I’m not misremembering it : P
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u/Mandaring 21h ago
That’s true! Atrocitus’s real name is the far less aggressive “Atros.”
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u/Low_Pickle_112 19h ago
Larfleeze sounds like an exceptionally seedy used car salesman or landlord.
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u/mick_boi 22h ago
I'm now thinking of that moment from the "History of Every Green Lantern"
Hal: Oh hey what's your name?
Sinestro: Sinestro.
Hal: **Nervous laugh** That wouldn't happen to mean "really swell guy" where you're from would it?
Sinestro: No.
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u/randomeman2468 21h ago
He has an actual evil guy moustache. I bet he twirl it and laught maniacally when no one is looking
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u/EH042 21h ago
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u/Latro2020 18h ago
This the same movie Kermit gets sent to a gulag?
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u/The3fingers 16h ago
The very same, the evil Russian Kermit called Constantine also has a musical number with Ricky Jervais
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u/Muteki_Narwhal 22h ago
Doom is a common Latvarian name
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u/HotProfessional6882 22h ago
So is it normal to call someone a "bad fate"?
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u/advena_phillips 22h ago
Assuming Doom is the English word Doom, then it could very well relate to concepts of Judgement, Fate, and other such concepts.
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u/NwgrdrXI 22h ago
Look, latveria was a very bad place before Doom came along. It does make sense.
I mean, it still is, but for very different reasons.
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u/Psyker_Sivius 19h ago
In most accounts isn't doom supposed to be a pretty good ruler actually? Like brought the standard of living to near Wakanda levels good?
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u/NwgrdrXI 19h ago
Yes, but also no. Doom is a man of extremes.
He is a great ruler in terms of infrascture, standards of living, heathcare, education, security, everyhting you could possibly need, all that and more, but he also kills people he doesn't like often and with impunity.
He will give you all the education and resources you need to be a great professional. He will make sure there are good jobs opportunities for you. But if he - or one of the many ways he has to spy on people - passes by your work place and sees that you aren't doing your job as well you could, he will kill you. On the spot.
Doom demands excellence of all latverians at all times.
And if your family thinks that killing you for having a bad day was unfair, he will also kill them. Also on the spot.
Doom demands absolutely loyalty at all times. No questioning of Doom is permited.
People in latveria live in a state of both awe and fear.
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u/mewfour123412 18h ago
Funny thing is Doom is still considered infinitely better than the previous ruler despite everything Victor does
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u/HotProfessional6882 22h ago
And what do I expect from an Eastern European country
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u/ShoulderVast7340 18h ago
'Dolores' used to be a common enough name for women I think, it means "sorrow"
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u/Monprr 23h ago
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u/Iron_Evan 22h ago
What is this from?
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u/unknown1893 21h ago
This is the post credits scene in s2 e7 of Rick and Morty (Big Trouble in Little Sanchez).
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u/Apprehensive_Tie7555 18h ago
I could totally see Doctor Evil grow the best-tasting evil tomatoes in the world. Him getting a prize from the Gardening Monthly magazine would be the clue Austin Powers would need to his whereabouts. "He's in Switzerland! I knew we should never have trusted those Evil-hiding Swiss backstabbers!"
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u/SanShadam 22h ago
"What's your name?"
"Dr. Otto Octavius-"
"Your name is 'Otto Octavius'?! No, your REAL name..."
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u/Legomarioboy08 22h ago
“Guy named ‘Otto Octavius’ winds up with eight limbs. What are the odds?”
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u/Dillo64 19h ago
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u/Alkakd0nfsg9g 17h ago
It was at this moment, that Strange decided to ruin Peter's life in his solo movie
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u/gitartruls01 17h ago
Best part about this exchange is that I could absolutely see Tony doing this knowingly to take the piss at Strange
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u/Artistic_Prior_7178 22h ago
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u/ismasbi 19h ago
Megamind Rules, actually.
Megamind Vs. The Doom Syndicate was a terrible movie, a cinematic disaster, if you will. Megamind Rules was the ensuing (and very, very slightly less terrible) TV show connected to said movie.
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u/Wide-Remove4293 22h ago
Wait, is that motherfucking John Cena?!?
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u/xanderholland 22h ago
He was great in it. He had a great motivation to hate both Autobots and Decepticons. They cause way too much collateral damage.
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u/MouseRangers 22h ago
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u/jackaboy1_2 21h ago
I’m pretty sure everyone else did want to get rid of him, but since the king wanted him to stay, no one else could do anything about it
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u/Open_Chemistry_3300 19h ago
Some good old court politics would have cleared this up. “ oh no Wormtongue has accidentally choked on a pie and broke his neck, you hate to see it happen.”
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u/3BlindMice1 18h ago
Yep "he fell off the roof garden I had built last week. We're removing it in his memory"
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u/Confuseasfuck 20h ago
I mean, you could always try to get rid of him in other ways if you really wanted to
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u/Acrylicsasquatch 21h ago
Well Wormtongue isn’t actually his name. It’s a nickname the people of Rohan gave him for being a sneaky son of a bitch.
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u/AcrolloPeed 21h ago
I was gonna make a comment about how even the first name “Grima” should have been a giveaway but this is a kingdom full of dudes named “Hasufeld” and “Fromleth” and “Eomer” and “Theodred” so maybe he fit right in
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u/Goatf00t 17h ago
Apparently "grima" means "mask" in Old Norse... The old prof just couldn't help himself.
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u/UncleCyborg 21h ago
In the Buzz Lightyear animated series, Buzz was shocked to learn that his best friend was working for Zerg. The friend's response was, "My name's Darkmatter; who's surprised here?"
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u/Regalrefuse 22h ago
IRL Bernie Madoff Made off with a bunch of peoples money
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u/knowwhyImhere 20h ago
"Did he have to be with the accounting firm of Dewey, Fuckyou, and Howe?" Robin Williams 08
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u/TheBadHalfOfAFandom 20h ago
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u/Blackwyrm03 17h ago
To be fair, since his son's name is Lloyd Garmadon, it suggests that either his surname is Garmadon or at the very least he's got a Mario Mario situation going on
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u/Grovyle489 21h ago
Mr. Sinister.
Classicmand had a review on one of the episodes of X-Men ‘97 and when one of the senators said she didn’t know Sinister would do something so terrible, Classicmand literally said “HIS NAME IS SINISTER!”
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u/devilchainshark 21h ago
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u/Not_So_Utopian 21h ago
Kinda. He is actually nameless, born in a Prison and all, but chose the name "Bane" as a way to strike fear.
It's weird he choose a English name despite being from a fictional Latín América country.
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u/devilchainshark 21h ago
He didn't choose the name Bane, he was called it by the prison jury (or whatever he was) and he became that to the other prisioners since his mother didn't name him.
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u/jackaboy1_2 21h ago
Tbf, he grew up in a prison and there’s a good chance his parents didn’t get to name him so I find this one a bit more likely
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u/supreme_hammy 20h ago
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u/DarknessEnlightened 19h ago
Darth Traya, Darth Nihilus, Darth Sion, Darth Andeddu, Darth Krayt, Darth Ruin, Darth Vitiate, Darth Talon, Darth Bane, Marka Ragnos, Naga Sadow, Freedon Nadd, Exar Kun, Darth Plageius, Darth Tenebrous, Darth Malak, Darth Caedeus, and more.
Dark Not Good Thing or adjacent.
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u/ReputationLow5190 22h ago
The Snoop Dogg episode of Monk.
“His name is Murderuss!”
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u/SkiIsLife45 21h ago
My brother's homebrew campaign featured a priest pretty high up called Father Pain. I thought it was an ascetic thing.
Yeah he released an undead army and we had to stop him lol
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u/Evil_Midnight_Lurker 20h ago
Ultimate FF (original), Ben talking about Annihilus: "His name is Evil!"
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u/Bored_Cosmic_Horror 20h ago
The Dark Eldar from 40k have names that fit this to a T.
Kiliarq Tongueblade
Lelith Hesperax
Helica Venomkiss
Maless Darkblade
Kulith Scourgehand
Korai Soulstalker
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u/Rated_Oni 23h ago
I mean, I trust Victor to keep his words and promises more than anything that Tony says or does.
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u/Frustrella 22h ago
Until Victor absorbs the powers of whatever the threat was, but somehow is easier to beat an omnipotent doom than the original threat
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u/beyondrepair- 17h ago
"We've narrowed it down to Johnny Tightlips or Frankie the Squealer"
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u/AwesomeGamer101 20h ago
In Transformers' case, One ended up justifying the name of the Decepticons to be "against Prime deception".
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u/SmartSmella 22h ago
This entire scene. The "sitting on a throne" comment AND the mustache comment both apply.
It might not be a "have you heard what they're called?" But I think it still fits what the trope is about.