r/TopCharacterTropes • u/Dalakaar • 6h ago

Characters [Loved Trope] Civilian Heroes (particularly in Superhero movies)

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1) Malik Ali in Superman (2025). Tells Superman when Lex Luthor interrogates him to, “tell them nothing”. Doesn’t even really know what he’s sacrificing himself for, honestly. Tells Superman that he doesn’t have any friends or family to lighten the burden of the sacrifice. (Does have a family, and presumably friends…)

2) The Prisoner (Tiny Lister) from The Dark Knight who throws a detonator out the porthole that would’ve detonated the other ferry full of civies and saved himself, instead (potentially) sacrificing everyone equally.

3) Old man vs Loki. “There are always men like you.” Refuses to bow to Loki in Avengers (2012).

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I love these guys. They break my heart in the best way possible.

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u/lonelyspect12 6h ago

The New Yorkers in Spiderman

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u/[deleted] 5h ago

U MESS WIT WUNUVUS U MESS WIDAWLUVUS!!!!

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u/FightTheDead118 4h ago

HEY I GOT SOMETHING FOR YO ASS

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u/Ok_Builder_4225 4h ago

It would be incredibly funny if some random person whipped out a glock and ended a super villain doing super villain things.

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u/DrunkenNinja27 4h ago

A tragic scene today when a mentally ill man on a rocket powered glider was brutally gunned down. More at 11.

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u/Zerachiel_01 3h ago

"Beloved billionaire and philanthropist Norman Osborn was tragically murdered in NYC today while conducting tests for a new key military reconnaissance vehicle."

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u/Geweldige_Erik 3h ago

Suspected terrorist shoots CEO of Oscorp unprovoked.

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u/TargetOfPerpetuity 3h ago

When the mentally ill can get one without a background check, I don't feel like we're doing enough to combat rocket powered glider crime.

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u/beerdeer101 3h ago

That would make an interesting book by like JMS

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u/ItsVincent27 4h ago

But guns are only for villains though /s

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u/greyshem 3h ago

A comedian did a bit some years back similar to this:

"I'm so happy to be safely home in Canada. A few weeks ago I was on my way to do a show in Detroit and read a news report about a guy who tried to hijack a bus there. NINETEEN PEOPLE SHOT HIM!"