Board 8 > Best of the Trope Day 41: You Are Who You Eat

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Yesterday's Results:
All of Tommy Wiseau's "The Room" - 7
I should have been the one to fill your dark soul with LIGHT! - 6
LOSS - 4
You are tearing me apart, Lisa! - 3
That was too close! You were almost a Jill sandwich! - 2
"I'll take a potato chip... and eat it!" - 2
Laughing Scene in FFX - 2
Tommen's suicide (GoT) - 2
What am I fighting for?!? - 2
Goofy's "death" - 1
TETSUOOOOO / KANAEDAAA - 1
STEEEEEEEEEEEEVE! / I'm fine / You sure? - 1
DORO! MONSUTAKADO! - 1
Why is it so MEAN - 1
Spinzaku - 1
It was me Austin! - 1
IT'S OVER ANAKIN I HAVE THE HIGH GROUND - 1
Walking into the light (LOST) - 1
Mmm whatcha say - 1
Fat Albert meets Dennis - 1
HE'S GOING OVER THAT CLIFF - 1
Ike's victory quotes in Brawl - 1
The Worst Birthday Ever - 1
Christian crying over Santine's death (Moulin Rouge) - 1
What is a man?! - 1
22 WHY MEEEEEEE - 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)
Evil All Along - Matt Engarde (Ace Attorney)
Narm - All of Tommy Wiseau's "The Room"
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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
Narm
The Zeppo
Big Guy, Little Guy
Vacation Episode

Today's trope is the You Are Who You Eat
https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/YouAreWhoYouEat

For some supernatural, alien, or stranger creatures to pretend to be human at all requires that they make a periodic consumption of Human Resources. Or simply put: Ghoulie has to eat people to look like one.

For the non-human, this will allow them to shapeshift into a human form, potentially that of the eaten, though it may only allow them to become a human version of themselves. The non-human may use non-cannibalistic methods as well, for example a fae creature might steal the shadow of a human to maintain their Glamour, a Mutant might graft skin or new appendages from healthy humans to avoid Power Degeneration, a robot or alien may use Replicant Snatching, and a vampire may have to drink blood to avoid turning into a hideous monster.
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Kirby (Kirby)
Alex Mercer (Prototype)
No-Face (Spirited Away)

HM:
Buu (Dragonball Z)
James Heller (Prototype)

Would Venom (Spider-Man) count? He almost seems like a reversal of the trope, where the symbiote grafts to people to make them a version of him/it
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I guess blade from blade the movie.
The thing from the thing
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Kirby
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Alex Mercer (Prototype)
Zim (Invader Zim Dark Harvest)
The Thing (The Thing)
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Johnbobb posted...

Kirby (Kirby)
Alex Mercer (Prototype)
No-Face (Spirited Away)

HM:
Buu (Dragonball Z)
James Heller (Prototype)

Would Venom (Spider-Man) count? He almost seems like a reversal of the trope, where the symbiote grafts to people to make them a version of him/it

No well maybe, the symbiote needs a host to survive. So ehhhh
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Pirate_Harris posted...

No well maybe, the symbiote needs a host to survive. So ehhhh

that was my thought, he's a weird example

but then again, subverting the trope is still using the trope, sooooo
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Johnbobb posted...

Pirate_Harris posted...

No well maybe, the symbiote needs a host to survive. So ehhhh

that was my thought, he's a weird example

but then again, subverting the trope is still using the trope, sooooo

Then venom will be my third nomination
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Ihmotep (The Mummy)
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XIII_rocks posted...

Ihmotep (The Mummy)

Fuck me, I forgot about the mummy. Shit
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Does Majin Buu count?
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azuarc posted...

Does Majin Buu count?

First example on the page, so I'm gonna go with it.

Majun Buu (DBZ)
Imhotep (The Mummy)
Liv Moore (iZombie)
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yes Buu counts

and how did I forget to list Liv as an HM
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Carnage (Marvel Comics) *if Venom counts*
The Thing (The Thing)
Venom (Spider-Man)
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The Thing (The Thing)
Ihmotep (The Mummy)
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Kirby
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Liv Moore
Ron Weasley
Barty Crouch Jr

Polyjuice potion means you need to consume a part of the person you want to become so I'm counting it.
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The Thing (The Thing)
Jasmine (Angel)
Kirby (Kirby)
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The Thing
Imhotep (The Mummy)
Edgar the Bug (Men in Black)

The Creeper/Bat Outta Hell (Jeepers Creepers)
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It's gotta be Kirby
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Kirby (Super Smash Bros)
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The Thing
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5tarscream posted...

Polyjuice potion means you need to consume a part of the person you want to become so I'm counting it.

Okay, but then why specifically Ron and not Harry or Hermione?
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Kirby

Really cant think of anything else good here.
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Kha'Zix (League of Legends)

Hi Mercs fans.
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gtfo with that khazix bullshit

also nominate Unreliable Narrator
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Kirby
Majin Buu
Edgar the Bug
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up
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vore
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azuarc posted...

5tarscream posted...

Polyjuice potion means you need to consume a part of the person you want to become so I'm counting it.

Okay, but then why specifically Ron and not Harry or Hermione?

I just like him more than those 2.
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