Board 8 > Best of the Trope Day 19: Older Than They Look

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Johnbobb 06/13/18 10:07:17 PM #1:	Yesterday's Results: Rubeus Hagrid - 6 John Coffey - 6 The Iron Giant - 6 Ralph - 4 Fezzik - 4 Asgore - 3 Alphonse Elric - 3 Karn - 2 Mask de Smith - 2 The BFG - 2 Hodor - 1 Frankenstein's Monster - 1 Reinhardt - 1 Sig Curtis - 1 Giant Blacksmith - 1 Sweetums - 1 Android 16 - 1 Clanker - 1 Thing - 1 Constable Dorfl - 1 Hugo the Abominable Snowman - 1 T. Hawk - 1 Lenny - 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 - Cthuhlu (The Call of Cthuhlu) / Giygas (Earthbound) Scapegoat - Sirius Black (Harry Potter) Heavy - Darth Vader (Star Wars) Gentle Giant - Rubeus Hagrid (Harry Potter) / John Coffey (The Green Mile) / Iron Giant (The Iron Giant) Nominations The Fool Monster Clown Tomboy & Girly Girl Invincible Hero Messianic Archetype (Christ Figure) Ensemble Dark Horse Your Size May Vary Iconic Sequel Character Unexpected Character Mix and Match Critters Gentleman Thief Nerd Mad Artist Big Bad The Dragon The Beserker The Pint-Sized Powerhouse Innocent Flower Girl Today's trope is the Older Than They Look http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/OlderThanTheyLook Sometimes characters don't look their age. Whether it was a deliberate artistic choice on the behalf of the creator (usually to make the character more attractive or to legally fulfill a fetish) or something much deeper and linked to their characterization and the plot, this character will be older than they look. Although still within the normal range of the human lifespan (for that setting, anyway), this character will look noticeably younger than their age. --- Khal Kirby, warlord of the Super Star Khalasar PSN/Steam: CheddarBBQ https://goo.gl/Diw2hs <cite>Johnbobb posted [p:903205649] in Best of th... [t:76710813]...</cite> <quote><cite>Yesterday's Results:</cite> Rubeus Hagrid - 6 John Coffey - 6 The Iron Giant - 6 Ralph - 4 Fezzik - 4 Asgore - 3 Alphonse Elric - 3 Karn - 2 Mask de Smith - 2 The BFG - 2 Hodor - 1 Frankenstein's Monster - 1 Reinhardt - 1 Sig Curtis - 1 Giant Blacksmith - 1 Sweetums - 1 Android 16 - 1 Clanker - 1 Thing - 1 Constable Dorfl - 1 Hugo the Abominable Snowman - 1 T. Hawk - 1 Lenny - 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 - Cthuhlu (The Call of Cthuhlu) / Giygas (Earthbound) Scapegoat - Sirius Black (Harry Potter) Heavy - Darth Vader (Star Wars) Gentle Giant - Rubeus Hagrid (Harry Potter) / John Coffey (The Green Mile) / Iron Giant (The Iron Giant) <cite>Nominations</cite> The Fool Monster Clown Tomboy & Girly Girl Invincible Hero Messianic Archetype (Christ Figure) Ensemble Dark Horse Your Size May Vary Iconic Sequel Character Unexpected Character Mix and Match Critters Gentleman Thief Nerd Mad Artist Big Bad The Dragon The Beserker The Pint-Sized Powerhouse Innocent Flower Girl Today's trope is the Older Than They Look http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/OlderThanTheyLook Sometimes characters don't look their age. Whether it was a deliberate artistic choice on the behalf of the creator (usually to make the character more attractive or to legally fulfill a fetish) or something much deeper and linked to their characterization and the plot, this character will be older than they look. Although still within the normal range of the human lifespan (for that setting, anyway), this character will look noticeably younger than their age.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Johnbobb 06/13/18 10:08:07 PM #2:	@Big_Bob managed to get in one last vote for Iron Giant as I was putting the topic up, which makes it a three-way tie! --- Khal Kirby, warlord of the Super Star Khalasar PSN/Steam: CheddarBBQ https://goo.gl/Diw2hs <cite>Johnbobb posted [p:903205697] in Best of th... [t:76710813]...</cite> <quote>@Big_Bob managed to get in one last vote for Iron Giant as I was putting the topic up, which makes it a three-way tie!</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
mnkboy907 06/13/18 10:13:43 PM #3:	The Doctor --- BK_Sheikah? More like BYIG_Sheikah. https://imgur.com/gw03gl7 - Number of people that D'awwed: 102 <cite>mnkboy907 posted [p:903206044] in Best of th... [t:76710813]...</cite> <quote>The Doctor</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Johnbobb 06/13/18 10:24:42 PM #4:	Eli (Let the Right One In) Asura (Asura's Wrath) Wolverine (X-Men) Yugi Mutou (Yu-Gi-Oh!) Schmidt and Jenko (21 Jump Street) Esther (Orphan) Tatsumaki (One-Punch Man) Benjamin Button (The Curious Case of Benjamin Button) Melisandre (Game of Thrones) Fry (Futurama) Aang (Avatar: The Last Airbender) --- Khal Kirby, warlord of the Super Star Khalasar PSN/Steam: CheddarBBQ https://goo.gl/Diw2hs <cite>Johnbobb posted [p:903206781] in Best of th... [t:76710813]...</cite> <quote>Eli (Let the Right One In) Asura (Asura's Wrath) Wolverine (X-Men) Yugi Mutou (Yu-Gi-Oh!) Schmidt and Jenko (21 Jump Street) Esther (Orphan) Tatsumaki (One-Punch Man) Benjamin Button (The Curious Case of Benjamin Button) Melisandre (Game of Thrones) Fry (Futurama) Aang (Avatar: The Last Airbender)</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Johnbobb 06/13/18 10:25:49 PM #5:	Really not a fan of that trope page btw. I mean there's a lot of examples so it's easy to find good ones, but there were a TON that were just like "This character looks 16 but they're actually 17" which just completely misses the point --- Khal Kirby, warlord of the Super Star Khalasar PSN/Steam: CheddarBBQ https://goo.gl/Diw2hs <cite>Johnbobb posted [p:903206856] in Best of th... [t:76710813]...</cite> <quote>Really not a fan of that trope page btw. I mean there's a lot of examples so it's easy to find good ones, but there were a TON that were just like "This character looks 16 but they're actually 17" which just completely misses the point</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
WickIebee 06/13/18 10:36:40 PM #6:	Akatsuki (Log Horizon) Myrrh (Fire Emblem: Sacred Stones) Presea Combatir (Tales of Symphonia) --- I'll just go back to gifs. Not like the winner was gonna click my topic. https://imgur.com/SXyi7uX <cite>WickIebee posted [p:903207563] in Best of th... [t:76710813]...</cite> <quote>Akatsuki (Log Horizon) Myrrh (Fire Emblem: Sacred Stones) Presea Combatir (Tales of Symphonia)</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Gatarix 06/13/18 10:50:31 PM #7:	Illyasviel von Einzbern (Fate) Eli (Let the Right One In) --- You put your RESOLVE HAT back on, which conveniently is the same hat as your NORMAL HAT. {Drakeryn} <cite>Gatarix posted [p:903208482] in Best of th... [t:76710813]...</cite> <quote>Illyasviel von Einzbern (Fate) Eli (Let the Right One In)</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Snake5555555555 06/13/18 11:14:43 PM #8:	Elijah Snow (Planetary) Mercy (Overwatch) Eli (Let the Right One In) HMs: Eugene Victor Tooms (The X-Files) Esther (Orphan) --- Sydney Briar is alive. http://tinyurl.com/zqwzc9a - https://tinyurl.com/y9ndlnhp - https://imgur.com/gnf46Ms <cite>Snake5555555555 posted [p:903210008] in Best of th... [t:76710813]...</cite> <quote>Elijah Snow (Planetary) Mercy (Overwatch) Eli (Let the Right One In) HMs: Eugene Victor Tooms (The X-Files) Esther (Orphan)</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
JeffreyRaze 06/13/18 11:20:39 PM #9:	Akatsuki (Log Horizon) --- JeffRaze, for all your random spellcasting needs <cite>JeffreyRaze posted [p:903210338] in Best of th... [t:76710813]...</cite> <quote>Akatsuki (Log Horizon)</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
trdl23 06/13/18 11:36:16 PM #10:	Remilia Scarlet (Touhou) Alucard (Castlevania) Teferi (Magic: the Gathering) --- E come vivo? Vivo! <cite>trdl23 posted [p:903211194] in Best of th... [t:76710813]...</cite> <quote>Remilia Scarlet (Touhou) Alucard (Castlevania) Teferi (Magic: the Gathering)</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
TexWolf_1729 06/14/18 12:12:39 AM #11:	Maho Hiyajo (Steins;Gate 0) Tatsumaki (One-Punch Man) Chiyo Sakura (Gekkan Shoujo Nozaki-kun) --- --- If you're going to talk about characteristic, not having a characteristic behaviour is characteristic of me - Shunsui Kyoraku <cite>TexWolf_1729 posted [p:903213283] in Best of th... [t:76710813]...</cite> <quote>Maho Hiyajo (Steins;Gate 0) Tatsumaki (One-Punch Man) Chiyo Sakura (Gekkan Shoujo Nozaki-kun)</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
NFUN 06/14/18 12:35:13 AM #12:	Hoid (Cosmere) --- Life before death. Strength before weakness. Journey before destination. <cite>NFUN posted [p:903214377] in Best of th... [t:76710813]...</cite> <quote>Hoid (Cosmere)</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
malyg 06/14/18 3:29:16 AM #13:	Eli (Let the Right One In) <cite>malyg posted [p:903220879] in Best of th... [t:76710813]...</cite> <quote>Eli (Let the Right One In)</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
jcgamer107 06/14/18 4:16:14 AM #14:	~~Esther (Orphan)~~ --- SeabassDebeste BK_Sheikah00 Grand_Kirby WAY TO GO THERE BOIYS, GOOD GAMEFAQS BOYS <cite>jcgamer107 posted [p:903222076] in Best of th... [t:76710813]...</cite> <quote>Esther (Orphan)</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Johnbobb 06/14/18 10:38:12 AM #15:	up --- Khal Kirby, warlord of the Super Star Khalasar PSN/Steam: CheddarBBQ https://goo.gl/Diw2hs <cite>Johnbobb posted [p:903234877] in Best of th... [t:76710813]...</cite> <quote>up</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
trdl23 06/14/18 10:40:02 AM #16:	Drop Alucard Add Kenneth (30 Rock) --- E come vivo? Vivo! <cite>trdl23 posted [p:903234985] in Best of th... [t:76710813]...</cite> <quote>Drop Alucard Add Kenneth (30 Rock)</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
GavsEvans123 06/14/18 4:11:24 PM #17:	Elrond (Lord of the Rings) Melisandre (Game of Thrones) Fry (Futurama) <cite>GavsEvans123 posted [p:903257244] in Best of th... [t:76710813]...</cite> <quote>Elrond (Lord of the Rings) Melisandre (Game of Thrones) Fry (Futurama)</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Hardcore_Adult 06/14/18 4:20:23 PM #18:	Minnie May Hopkins (Gunsmith Cats) --- I'll get back up for good this time and I ain't comin' down... <cite>Hardcore_Adult posted [p:903257861] in Best of th... [t:76710813]...</cite> <quote>Minnie May Hopkins (Gunsmith Cats)</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
NFUN 06/14/18 4:22:18 PM #19:	Nominate Broken Ace Nominate Resuced From the Scrappy Heap --- Life before death. Strength before weakness. Journey before destination. <cite>NFUN posted [p:903257985] in Best of th... [t:76710813]...</cite> <quote>Nominate Broken Ace Nominate Resuced From the Scrappy Heap</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
ChaosTonyV4 06/14/18 5:53:15 PM #20:	Wolverine Akatsuki (Log Horizon) Tsunade (Naruto) --- Phantom Dust. "I'll just wait for time to prove me right again." - Vlado <cite>ChaosTonyV4 posted [p:903264245] in Best of th... [t:76710813]...</cite> <quote>Wolverine Akatsuki (Log Horizon) Tsunade (Naruto)</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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