Board 8 > Best of the Trope Day 16: The Heavy

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Yesterday's Results:
Sirius Black - 3
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
Dinkleberg - 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)
Scapegoat - Sirius Black (Harry Potter)

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

Today's trope is the Heavy
http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TheHeavy

They are the Antagonist that creates obstacles for the Protagonist to overcome. They are who the protagonist confronts most directly and most often, effectively providing a face for the forces opposing them. They are the antagonist with the most screen time, the one that the audience is most familiar with as a character.

In terms of story role, the Heavy can be anything from an Ineffectual Sympathetic Villain all the way up to the Big Bad, as long as they're the ones out front and center, personally opposing the heroes rather than staying in the shadows and working in the background.
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Given today's topic, I'll nominate:
Big Bad
The Dragon
The Beserker
The Pint-Sized Powerhouse
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Darth Vader
Luke Hobbs (The Rock in Fast Five)
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Note: This is not necessarily the Big Bad, but it can be. It's also likely to be the main rival of the protagonist.
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Seto Kaiba (Yu-Gi-Oh!)
Anton Chigurgh (No Country for Old Men)
Meta Knight (Kirby)

HM:
Slade (Teen Titans)
L (Death Note)
Draco Malfoy (Harry Potter)
Cersei Lannister (Game of Thrones)
Azula (Avatar: The Last Airbender)
Blue (Pokemon)
Ansem/Xemnas (Kingdom Hearts)
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Darth Vader
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And here I thought this trope would have something to do with this guy:
https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/teamfortress/images/c/c5/H.W.G.png/revision/latest/scale-to-width-down/300?cb=20170717010703

Loghain (Dragon Age: Origins)
Darth Vader
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azuarc posted...

And here I thought this trope would have something to do with this guy:
https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/teamfortress/images/c/c5/H.W.G.png/revision/latest/scale-to-width-down/300?cb=20170717010703

I did too!

I didn't realize what The Heavy meant until actually going to the trope page. That's actually what led to me nominating The Beserker and the Pint-Sized Powerhouse. Those in addition to the Gentle Giant already nominated should give us plenty of potential "big tough guy" tropes
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Carnage (Marvel Comics)
Alfred Ashford (Resident Evil)
Ocelot (Metal Gear)
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Darth Vader (Star Wars)
Slade (Teen Titans)
Dimentio (Super Paper Mario)

I guess Vader is kind of obvious for this one.
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Handsome Jack (Borderlands 2)
Ocelot (Metal Gear Solid)
Loki (Avengers)
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Ocelot (Metal Gear Solid)
Handsome Jack (Borderlands 2)
Frieza (Dragon Ball Z)
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That ugly little code monkey (Borderlands 2)
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Darth Vader
Ocelot (MGS)
Akuma (Street Fighter)
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Johnbobb posted...

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Darth Vader (Star Wars)
Young Xehanort (Kingdom Hearts Dream Drop Distance)
Colonel Radec (Killzone 2)

current
Darth Vader - 6
Handsome Jack - 2
Ocelot - 4
Luke Hobbs - 1
Seto Kaiba - 1
Anton Chigurgh - 1
Meta Knight - 1
Loghain - 1
Carnage - 1
Alfred Ashford - 1
Slade - 1
Dimentio - 1
Loki - 1
Frieza - 1
That ugly little code monkey - 1
Akuma - 1
Young Xehanort - 1
Colonel Radec - 1
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