Board 8 > Best of the Trope Day 39: Evil All Along

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Yesterday's Results:
Pink Elephants on Parade - 8
Garfield Alone - 6
Willy Wonka Boat Ride - 4
Dante v. Agnus - 3
Guy Savage (Snake's Nightmare) - 3
Louie's date runs to a helicopter - 2
The singing alligator scene - 1
Wazzat? You want summa DIS whiskey? - 1
Men in Black - 1
Happy Birthday Caller - 1
drugged up memory sequences in the first max Payne game - 1
Schroeder's Piano Recital - 1
Courage's Nightmares - 1
all of Nichijou, and at least half of Homestuck - 1
8 bit Mario in Booster's Tower - 1
No, you're not the one - 1
Out of this Dimension - 1
Winkie's Diner - 1
Going Into Town - 1
Broadway Melody - 1
Ed Sheeran's cameo - 1
Doc Brown's cameo - 1
when Neo and Trinity pop over the clouds and see the "real" sky for 5 seconds in Matrix Revolutions - 1
ultros in the opera scene - 1
Little Rock of Horrors - 1
Steroid Liza - 1
The cutscene after you kill The Fury - 1
Chicken fight - 1

Vote for UP TO THREE CHARACTERS/ETC. 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 - Cthuhlu (The Call of Cthuhlu) / Giygas (Earthbound)
Scapegoat - Sirius Black (Harry Potter)
The Heavy - Darth Vader (Star Wars)
Gentle Giant - Rubeus Hagrid (Harry Potter) / John Coffey (The Green Mile) / Iron Giant (The Iron Giant)
Older Than They Look - Eli (Let the Right One In)
Messianic Archetype - Aslan (Chronicles of Narnia)
Invincible Hero - Saitama (One-Punch Man)
Your Size May Vary - Bowser (Mario Bros.)
Mad Artist - The Phantom (The Phantom of the Opera)
Gentleman Thief - Joker (Persona 5)
Brilliant but Lazy - Sans (Undertale)
Monster Clown - Pennywise the Dancing Clown (IT)
The Fool - Inspector Gadget (Inspector Gadget)
Rescued from the Scrappy Heap - Wesley Wyndham-Price (Buffy/Angel)
Big Bad - Light Yagami (Death Note)
Eyes Always Shut - Brock (Pokemon)
Tomboy & Girly Girl - Chie Satonaka & Yukiko Amagi (Persona 4)
The Dragon - Darth Vader (Star Wars)
Nerd - Otacon (Metal Gear)
Innocent Flower Girl - Aeris Gainsborough (Final Fantasy)
Berserker - Guts (Berserk)
Beware the Quiet Ones - Himura Kenshin (Rurouni Kenshin)
Pint-Sized Powerhouse - Toph Beifong (Avatar: The Last Airbender) / Kirby (Kirby)
Big-Lipped Alligator Moment - Pink Elephants on Parade (Dumbo)
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Nominations
Ensemble Dark Horse
Iconic Sequel Character
Unexpected Character
Mix and Match Critters
Heterosexual Life Partners
Broken Ace
The Rival
Voluntary Shapeshifter
Milkman Conspiracy
Intelligible Unintelligible
Relationship Voice Actor
Bedlam House
Adolf Hitlarious
Crowd Song
Disposable Intern
Goth Girls Know Magic
Abandoned Hospital
And I Must Scream
Uncanny Valley
You Are Who You Eat
Narm
The Zeppo

Today's trope is the Evil All Along
https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/EvilAllAlong

A character that is thought to be one of the good guys turns out to have always been evil.
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Vince McMahon (wwe) I swear this guy is so evil it's funny
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WARNING: There's gonna be a LOT of spoilers here, by it's nature. Mark your spoilers if they're not obvious
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Aizen (Bleach)
I mean come on
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cNgxyL5zEAk" data-time="

Gotta be my boy Vince McMahon
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Lots-o'-Huggin' Bear (Toy Story 3)
Kalas (Baten Kaitos: Eternal Wings and the Lost Ocean)
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ITS ME AUSTIN, IT WAS ME ALL ALONG AUSTIN. I swear that gets me every time
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Atlas/Frank Fontaine (Bioshock)
Annie Leonhardt (Attack on Titan)
Lucy Stillman (Assassin's Creed)

HM:
Ramsay Bolton (Game of Thrones)
Clayton (Tarzan)
Terra (Teen Titans)
Ernesto de la Cruz (Coco)
Peter Pettigrew (Harry Potter)
Matt Engarde (Ace Attorney)
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kotomine kirei fate/stay night
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Baphomet (Batman: The Widening Gyre)
Harrison Wells/Eobard Thawne (The Flash)
Albert Wesker (Resident Evil)

HMs:
Adrian Chase (Arrow)
Terra (Teen Titans)
Lucy Stillman (Assassin's Creed)
Maya Brooks (Mass Effect 3)
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oh wait change Lucy to Mark Jefferson (Life is Strange)
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Tsumugi Shirogane (Danganronpa V3)
Mark Jefferson (Life is Strange)
Ace (Gentarou Hongou) (Nine Hours, Nine Persons, Nine Doors)
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Matt Engarde - Phoenix Wright: Justice For All
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nina myers (24)
matt engarde (phoenix wright 2)
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Oooh, this is a good one...
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I actually don't have a lot of good examples here, surprisingly

Tohru Adachi (Persona 4)
Ace (Gentarou Hongou) (Nine Hours, Nine Persons, Nine Doors)
Kirei Kotomine (Fate/Stay Night)

HM: Lysanderoth (various ProZD videos such as

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DN9DW4rrEjY" data-time=")
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Ooh, this is tough...

I think... the most well done, unexpected, and charismatic characters with the best rewatch/replay value to see the breadcrumbs are getting my votes...

Michael - The Good Place
You // Darth Revan - Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic
Mr. Jefferson - Life is Strange

Notable Mentions:
Chisa - Danganronpa 3
Terra - Teen Titans
Prince Hans - Frozen
Lotso - Toy Story 3
Cassidy Casablancas - Veronica Mars
Nina Meyers - 24
Captain Gabriel Lorca - Star Trek: Discovery
Grant Ward - Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
Kalas - Baten Kaitos
Atlas - Bioshock
Mr. McMahon - WWE
Zanza - Xenoblade
Every Scooby-Doo Villain - Scooby-Doo
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Despite how overdone to death this trope has become over the last 5 years, I still love it. My tentative picks:

Prince Hans (Frozen)
Matt Engarde (Phoenix Wright 2)
Mark Jefferson (Life Is Strange)

HMs:
Ernesto de la Cruz (Coco)
Mithos (Tales of Symphonia)
Lotso Huggin' Bear (Toy Story 3)
Vicki Vale (Batman: The Telltale Series)
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Atlas - Bioshock
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Lots-o'-Huggin Bear (Toy Story 3)
Darth Revan (Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic)
Eddy's Brother (Ed Edd n Eddy)
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Nominate:
Big Guy, Little Guy
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man this is gonna be a fun list to compile
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Lysanderoth (ProZD vids)
Atlas (Bioshock)
Adachi(Persona 4)
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1. Inspector Frank Butterman - Hot Fuzz
2. Penny - Adventure Time
3.
Mega Mana posted...

Every Scooby-Doo Villain - Scooby-Doo

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The Ace Attorney 2 guy Matt Engarde
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Matt Engarde from Ace Attorney 2 is a good one
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Darth Revan- Knights of the Old Republic
Colress- Pokemon B2W2
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Vince McMahon - WWE
Wesker - Resident Evil
Peter Pettigrew - Harry Potter
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Revan - Knights of the Old Republic
Kalas - Baten Kaitos
Matt Engarde - Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney - Justice For All
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lysanderoth
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Longueville/Fouquet (The Familiar of Zero)
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SeabassDebeste posted...

kotomine kirei fate/stay night

malyg posted...

SeabassDebeste posted...

kotomine kirei fate/stay night

Yeah I'll make this my third vote I guess
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up
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Aizen (Bleach)
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no updates this weekend while I'm on vacation
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that actor guy Matt Engarde
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Johnbobb posted...

no updates this weekend while I'm on vacation

Nominate:
Vacation Episode
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Bump?
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