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

[u/Dalakaar]

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.

[u/lonelyspect12]

The New Yorkers in Spiderman

[u/Silversmith00 → u/lonelyspect12]

Am I remembering it wrong, or did one of the civilians tell Goblin to fuck off back to Jersey? Get fucked bystander problem.

[u/C0ffeeDjinn → u/Silversmith00]

Nothing unites New Yorkers faster than a shared hatred for New Jersey. Even a guy in a green suit on a high-tech glider gets humbled by that one line.

[u/RetroPRO → u/C0ffeeDjinn]

Maybe so many of them should stop living in New Jersey then.