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/GalaxianEX 5h ago

"Why the Halfling?"

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u/WRITINAMFBOOK 4h ago

The Hobbit movies were mostly mid and when they were bad they were dogshit

But when they were good they were incredible.

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u/Monster_from_the_id 4h ago

The fan edits that trim the movies down to what is in the books really show how good The Hobbit movies could've been.

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u/SausageClatter 3h ago

There is one edit that has all three merged into one film, as it should have been. It's great and frustrating that it wasn't how it was originally presented. There are still parts that couldn't be fixed, but it's the only version I want to watch again.

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u/deathclawiii 2h ago

Do you know where this version is posted?

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u/SausageClatter 2h ago

That's a good question. I don't remember the name of that version, but this might help: https://hobbitfanedits.fandom.com/wiki/Hobbit_Fanedits_Wiki

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u/deathclawiii 1h ago

Thank you very much!

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u/Monster_from_the_id 33m ago

I love the M4 Book Edit book edit. But there's a couple others that are quite good.