The Scapegoat

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Johnbobb 06/10/18 11:11:59 PM #1:	Yesterday's Results: Cthulhu - 8 Giygas - 8 Majora - 3 The Gate of Truth - 3 Flowey - 3 Arakune - 2 Orz - 1 Kirby - 1 Ebrietas, Daughter of the Cosmos - 1 Soul Edge - 1 Dark Matter - 1 Dark Sakura - 1 John Persons - 1 The Animus - 1 Den - 1 Palmer Eldritch - 1 It - 1 Mitochondria Eve - 1 Majin Buu - 1 Pride - 1 Envy - 1 Shuma Gorath - 1 Missingno. - 1 Yunalesca - 1 Homsar - 1 Vote for UP TO THREE CHARACTERS you think best embody the trope of the day (or just for your favorite characters that fit the trope). Feel free to change your vote, but if you do just specify who you're changing from and changing to. Try to include the source the character's from. Feel free to nominate tropes for future days, preferably ones that have TV Tropes pages to make it easier. Day will end in 24 hours or so. Full Results Fat Best Friend - Samwise Gamgee (Lord of the Rings) Creepy Child - Wednesday Addams (The Addams Family) Genre Savvy - Abed Nadir (Community) Wrong Genre Savvy - Don Quixote (Don Quixote) Enemy Outside - Piccolo (Dragonball Z) Ascended Extra - Harley Quinn (Batman) Final Girl - Ellen Ripley (Aliens) The Adjectival Man - The Illusive Man (Mass Effect) Adaptational Hero - Bigby Wolf (The Wolf Among Us) Adaptational Villain - The Monster (Frankenstein) Superpowered Evil Side - Yami Bakura (Yu-Gi-Oh!) Mad Bomber - Norman Osbourne/Green Goblin (Spider-Man) Regretful Traitor - Zuko (Avatar: The Last Airbender) / Boromir (Lord of the Rings) Bare-Fisted Monk - Captain Falcon (Smash Bros.) Sexy Priest - Kirei Kotomine (Fate series) Butt Monkey - Jerry Gergich (Parks & Rec) / Luigi (Mario Bros.) / Toby Flenderson (The Office) Eldritch Abomination - Cthulhu (The Call of Cthulhu) / Giygas (Earthbound) Nominations The Fool Monster Clown Tomboy & Girly Girl Gentle Giant Invincible Hero Messianic Archetype (Christ Figure) Ensemble Dark Horse Your Size May Vary Older Than They Look Iconic Sequel Character Unexpected Character Mix and Match Critters Gentleman Thief Nerd Mad Artist The Heavy Drunken Master Today's trope is the Scapegoat/Human Punching Bag http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TheScapegoat A scapegoat is one who, willingly or otherwise, takes the blame and/or punishment for something for which he or she wasn't responsible. Any poor sap can become this. Sometimes, in a Distant Finale, the scapegoat is finally cleared, if not in public, then at least in the eyes of those who cared for him or her and at least hoped, if not always believed, that this scapegoat was innocent. ~~Note to whoever nominated Human Punching Bag: there's no actual trope page for that but it seems to essentially be the same thing as The Scapegoat, hope you don't mind~~ --- Khal Kirby, warlord of the Super Star Khalasar PSN/Steam: CheddarBBQ https://goo.gl/Diw2hs <cite>Johnbobb posted [p:902942948] in Best of th... [t:76695407]...</cite> <quote><cite>Yesterday's Results:</cite> Cthulhu - 8 Giygas - 8 Majora - 3 The Gate of Truth - 3 Flowey - 3 Arakune - 2 Orz - 1 Kirby - 1 Ebrietas, Daughter of the Cosmos - 1 Soul Edge - 1 Dark Matter - 1 Dark Sakura - 1 John Persons - 1 The Animus - 1 Den - 1 Palmer Eldritch - 1 It - 1 Mitochondria Eve - 1 Majin Buu - 1 Pride - 1 Envy - 1 Shuma Gorath - 1 Missingno. - 1 Yunalesca - 1 Homsar - 1 Vote for UP TO THREE CHARACTERS you think best embody the trope of the day (or just for your favorite characters that fit the trope). Feel free to change your vote, but if you do just specify who you're changing from and changing to. Try to include the source the character's from. Feel free to nominate tropes for future days, preferably ones that have TV Tropes pages to make it easier. Day will end in 24 hours or so. <cite>Full Results</cite> Fat Best Friend - Samwise Gamgee (Lord of the Rings) Creepy Child - Wednesday Addams (The Addams Family) Genre Savvy - Abed Nadir (Community) Wrong Genre Savvy - Don Quixote (Don Quixote) Enemy Outside - Piccolo (Dragonball Z) Ascended Extra - Harley Quinn (Batman) Final Girl - Ellen Ripley (Aliens) The Adjectival Man - The Illusive Man (Mass Effect) Adaptational Hero - Bigby Wolf (The Wolf Among Us) Adaptational Villain - The Monster (Frankenstein) Superpowered Evil Side - Yami Bakura (Yu-Gi-Oh!) Mad Bomber - Norman Osbourne/Green Goblin (Spider-Man) Regretful Traitor - Zuko (Avatar: The Last Airbender) / Boromir (Lord of the Rings) Bare-Fisted Monk - Captain Falcon (Smash Bros.) Sexy Priest - Kirei Kotomine (Fate series) Butt Monkey - Jerry Gergich (Parks & Rec) / Luigi (Mario Bros.) / Toby Flenderson (The Office) Eldritch Abomination - Cthulhu (The Call of Cthulhu) / Giygas (Earthbound) <cite>Nominations</cite> The Fool Monster Clown Tomboy & Girly Girl Gentle Giant Invincible Hero Messianic Archetype (Christ Figure) Ensemble Dark Horse Your Size May Vary Older Than They Look Iconic Sequel Character Unexpected Character Mix and Match Critters Gentleman Thief Nerd Mad Artist The Heavy Drunken Master Today's trope is the Scapegoat/Human Punching Bag http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TheScapegoat A scapegoat is one who, willingly or otherwise, takes the blame and/or punishment for something for which he or she wasn't responsible. Any poor sap can become this. Sometimes, in a Distant Finale, the scapegoat is finally cleared, if not in public, then at least in the eyes of those who cared for him or her and at least hoped, if not always believed, that this scapegoat was innocent. Note to whoever nominated Human Punching Bag: there's no actual trope page for that but it seems to essentially be the same thing as The Scapegoat, hope you don't mind</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
StifledSilence 06/10/18 11:19:16 PM #2:	Protagonist (GTA 3) Red Herring (A Pup Named Scooby Doo) Mario (Super Mario Sunshine) --- Bear Bro The Empire of Silence <cite>StifledSilence posted [p:902943536] in Best of th... [t:76695407]...</cite> <quote>Protagonist (GTA 3) Red Herring (A Pup Named Scooby Doo) Mario (Super Mario Sunshine)</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Mega Mana 06/10/18 11:49:15 PM #3:	Sirius Black (Harry Potter) Roman Reigns (WWE Steve Bartman (Cubs fan) --- "In my headcanon, some staffer saw Trump pull out his phone and start typing so they just Terry Tate Office Linebacker'd him out of his shoes." - FFD <cite>Mega Mana posted [p:902945796] in Best of th... [t:76695407]...</cite> <quote>Sirius Black (Harry Potter) Roman Reigns (WWE Steve Bartman (Cubs fan)</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Snake5555555555 06/11/18 2:21:51 AM #4:	Batman (The Dark Knight) John Conrad (Spec Ops: The Line) Lucifer Morningstar (DC Comics) --- Sydney Briar is alive. http://tinyurl.com/zqwzc9a - https://tinyurl.com/y9ndlnhp - https://imgur.com/zd1UnXK <cite>Snake5555555555 posted [p:902952938] in Best of th... [t:76695407]...</cite> <quote>Batman (The Dark Knight) John Conrad (Spec Ops: The Line) Lucifer Morningstar (DC Comics)</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Johnbobb 06/11/18 6:44:12 AM #5:	up --- Khal Kirby, warlord of the Super Star Khalasar PSN/Steam: CheddarBBQ https://goo.gl/Diw2hs <cite>Johnbobb posted [p:902959021] in Best of th... [t:76695407]...</cite> <quote>up</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Johnbobb 06/11/18 10:32:09 AM #6:	upp --- Khal Kirby, warlord of the Super Star Khalasar PSN/Steam: CheddarBBQ https://goo.gl/Diw2hs <cite>Johnbobb posted [p:902966963] in Best of th... [t:76695407]...</cite> <quote>upp</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Johnbobb 06/11/18 3:42:17 PM #7:	Rubeus Hagrid (Harry Potter) Tyrion Lannister (Game of Thrones) Charlie Brown (Peanuts) HM: Crazy Eyes (Orange is the New Black) Corvo Attano (Dishonored) --- Khal Kirby, warlord of the Super Star Khalasar PSN/Steam: CheddarBBQ https://goo.gl/Diw2hs <cite>Johnbobb posted [p:902988014] in Best of th... [t:76695407]...</cite> <quote>Rubeus Hagrid (Harry Potter) Tyrion Lannister (Game of Thrones) Charlie Brown (Peanuts) HM: Crazy Eyes (Orange is the New Black) Corvo Attano (Dishonored)</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Johnbobb 06/11/18 4:37:36 PM #8:	up --- Khal Kirby, warlord of the Super Star Khalasar PSN/Steam: CheddarBBQ https://goo.gl/Diw2hs <cite>Johnbobb posted [p:902992316] in Best of th... [t:76695407]...</cite> <quote>up</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
half_silver28 06/11/18 5:58:00 PM #9:	Steve Bartman Dinkleberg (Fairly Oddparents) Sirius Black (Harry Potter) --- B8 Waifu ranking - http://pastebin.com/qnUpLnDA <cite>half_silver28 posted [p:902998792] in Best of th... [t:76695407]...</cite> <quote>Steve Bartman Dinkleberg (Fairly Oddparents) Sirius Black (Harry Potter)</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Johnbobb 06/11/18 6:38:58 PM #10:	current results Sirius Black - 2 Steve Bartman - 2 Protagonist - 1 Red Herring - 1 Mario - 1 Roman Reigns - 1 Batman - 1 John Conrad - 1 Lucifer Morningstar - 1 Rubeus Hagrid - 1 Tyrion Lannister - 1 Charlie Brown - 1 Dinkleberg - 1 --- Khal Kirby, warlord of the Super Star Khalasar PSN/Steam: CheddarBBQ https://goo.gl/Diw2hs <cite>Johnbobb posted [p:903001706] in Best of th... [t:76695407]...</cite> <quote>current results Sirius Black - 2 Steve Bartman - 2 Protagonist - 1 Red Herring - 1 Mario - 1 Roman Reigns - 1 Batman - 1 John Conrad - 1 Lucifer Morningstar - 1 Rubeus Hagrid - 1 Tyrion Lannister - 1 Charlie Brown - 1 Dinkleberg - 1</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Johnbobb 06/11/18 7:44:24 PM #11:	change Charlie Brown to Sirius Black --- Khal Kirby, warlord of the Super Star Khalasar PSN/Steam: CheddarBBQ https://goo.gl/Diw2hs <cite>Johnbobb posted [p:903005937] in Best of th... [t:76695407]...</cite> <quote>change Charlie Brown to Sirius Black</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
5tarscream 06/11/18 8:32:44 PM #12:	Sirius Black (Harry Potter) Nightcrawler (X-Men) Tyrion Lannister (GoT) --- User ID: 4002777 <cite>5tarscream posted [p:903009308] in Best of th... [t:76695407]...</cite> <quote>Sirius Black (Harry Potter) Nightcrawler (X-Men) Tyrion Lannister (GoT)</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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Board 8 > Best of the Trope Day 16: Human Punching Bag/The Scapegoat