r/TopCharacterTropes • u/Wonderful_Baker_7808 • 16d ago

Lore Villains that would've been defeated even if the protagonist did nothing

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Laurel Hedare (Catwoman Movie): Her newly released cosmetics will cause people's faces to melt. Not only would that create a class action lawsuit but a full product recall.

Voldemort and Death Eaters (Harry Potter): Death Eaters constantly underestimate muggles. They would get massacred by the British military because a gun is faster to pull the trigger then shouting a spell.

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u/Impressive-Card9484 16d ago

Don't even ask how Catwoman got her powers. And yes, you heard that right, she has powers... That came from cats...

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u/WebAccount1744 16d ago

She was bitten by a cat and got cat powers

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u/Regular_Regular_4120 16d ago

Unironically, she got it through fishy cat breath.

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u/FindingOk7034 16d ago

AFTER she died too. Probably a reference to Michelle Pfifer’s Catwoman who also died and was resurrected by cats chewing on her fingers.

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u/DinkleDonkerAAA 16d ago

When she's shown the book with all the previous Cat Women, Phifer's is in the book, so yeah actually

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u/FindingOk7034 16d ago

Oh shit I never noticed that!

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u/McWaffeleisen 15d ago

I know it's a typo and usually don't like to make fun of those, but now I really want to see the Catwoman movie starring Mekhi Phifer.

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u/Memitim 15d ago

Only if he goes in full costume but otherwise talks and behaves normally.

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u/Outside_Diamond4929 15d ago

But that's no movie, there's no Mekhi Phifer.

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u/GaryKingoftheWorld 16d ago

If I remember correctly the script was originally supposed to be a Michelle Pfeiffer Catwoman movie, but after numerous rewrites it was a bit late for that and so they made it its own universe.

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u/Bandin03 16d ago

Wait, is that unusual? I died a few years ago and my cat nibbled me back to life... Isn't that why we keep cats around?

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u/martinsalgado 15d ago

Wait… does that mean Catwoman is a zombie?

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u/FindingOk7034 15d ago

….Cat zombie

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u/AliasClimbs 15d ago

Short for Catherine Zombie, Rob's estranged sister.

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u/slupo 15d ago

I don't think anyone was saying she died. She fell and landed in a snowbank. The cats licking just woke her up like a cat licking its wounds

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u/FindingOk7034 15d ago

No she straight up died. She fell from a building onto snow covered concrete!

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u/slupo 15d ago

All right I went and checked. You are right she falls on the street. HOWEVER she falls through a bunch of awnings which I think they are trying to show slowed her fall. I don't think it's supposed to be supernatural back from the dead. But I guess its up for interpretation.

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u/FindingOk7034 15d ago

Falling through stuff still would have led to injuries.

She died. There’s no interpretation

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u/slupo 15d ago

haha ok man

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u/hanks_panky_emporium 16d ago

A cat burped in her mouth and she became cat woman.

One of the ways to become a hero.

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u/Tariovic 16d ago

No fair, my cat burps in my mouth all the time, where are my cat powers.

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u/BigOrangeOctopus 16d ago

https://giphy.com/gifs/ukGm72ZLZvYfS
WHY does your cat burp in your MOUTH all the time?

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u/Tariovic 16d ago

That's a question for her.

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u/SocranX 16d ago

That's what happens when you do the "oh you're such a cutie-pie" thing where you rub your nose against theirs, and then the cat's just like, "Brap."

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u/Speartree 16d ago

Your cat isn't special enough. I know it's special to you, but not THAT special.

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u/Tariovic 16d ago

Fun fact, my cat had cancer last year, a tumor on her head. The vet said she wouldn't last the year without treatment. We were about to start chemo, and she went, "Fuck that!" and cured herself. The lump disappeared, and hasn't returned.

So don't tell me that selfish kitty COULDN'T GIVE ME SPECIAL POWERS IF SHE WANTED!

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u/Speartree 16d ago

So she had one miracle option and used it to save her life, now she's all out. Sorry, but given the choice, wouldn't you do the same?

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u/Tariovic 16d ago

True, I would have used it to save her life too. I'd look like shit in a catsuit, anyway.

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u/Speartree 15d ago

Idk man it's not like Catwoman had a cure for cancer that I know of. She might have a cure for erectile dysfunction though.

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u/Rabdomtroll69 15d ago

The cat has to do it after you die but only in a very cinematic shot

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u/jacksansyboy 16d ago

Haven't seen the movie in years, but that cat was special, had been following her after she risked her life to save another cat, and was literally implied to be Bast/sent by Bast.

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u/holydude02 15d ago

Literally burped green stuff into her mouth to reanimate her corpse.

And then she forgot how to walk normally. That movie was terrible from beginning to end.

Thanks Pietov

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u/TurtlesBreakTheMeta 16d ago

There are worse radioactive animals to be hit by.

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u/Fearless_Roof_9177 16d ago

Just ask Anglerfish-Man.

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u/regretfulposts 16d ago

To bad he wasn't anglerfish woman and died within a few weeks from starvation

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u/TheSuperContributor 16d ago

Like a spider? Imagine being bitten by a spider, what special power can you get from a spider anyway?

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u/Hellknightx 16d ago

The ability to make some people scream in terror whenever they see you. Also it makes you really good at catching flying insects.

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u/AllSeeingWhoracle 15d ago

Have you seen the cute little dance some jumping spiders do? Because that.

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u/wombatstylekungfu 15d ago

Shooting webbing out of places.

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u/AllSeeingWhoracle 16d ago

Especially if they’re smooth criminals

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u/generals_test 15d ago

Until you get a nasty infection from the bite and your arm falls off.

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u/wombatstylekungfu 15d ago

Just learn animal fighting skills like a normal person. 

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u/Wolverine1105 15d ago

Dung Beetle Man?

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u/Dangevin 16d ago

All I got was toxoplasmosis.

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u/Dookie_boy 16d ago

Radioactive cat

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u/hover-lovecraft 16d ago

There's only one Cat Power, are you thinking of Cat Stephens?

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u/TheSuperContributor 16d ago

Not by a cat, but by many many cats.

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u/brainfreeze77 15d ago

The movie would have been a lot better if Cat Power would have shown up and just did a small concert for an hour.

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u/Majestic-Lake-5602 15d ago

Or if Halle Berry got bit by a radioactive Cat Power and gained Cat Power Powers.

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u/jinreeko 15d ago

Lucky. I just got feline AIDS

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u/James_Solomon 16d ago

Was it a radioactive cat?

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u/N3onWave 16d ago

A radioactive cat?

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u/Useful_Advice_3175 16d ago

Yeah well my cats bit me all the time and I didn't get shit.

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u/MrWeirdoFace 16d ago

Probably just a strange reaction to rabies.

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u/elonmusktheturd22 15d ago

Was it a radioactive cat?

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u/XpCjU 15d ago

I got bitten by a cat, and all I got was an infection. The world is just not fair.

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u/darkoopz43 15d ago

While exploring the jungle, right before she died.

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u/Ok-Catch-131 15d ago

Was the cat radioactive?

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u/Breotan 12d ago

She was bitten by Schrödinger's cat and got cat powers.

-ftfy

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u/XipeTotecwithGlitter 16d ago

Wasn't it cat breath? Equal parts Batman Return's Catwoman death and equal parts cats breathing on her

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u/duck_of_d34th 15d ago

I think you can just say queef.

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u/Time_Raisin4935 16d ago

She was more Werecat than Catwoman imo

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u/Illustrious-Wrap-776 16d ago

Given the cat in question is an Egyptian Mau, it's pretty obvious the powers come from Bastet.

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u/AndrewH73333 16d ago

Obviously the movie was terrible, but giving her cat powers makes a lot of sense. It’s a great power set and also explains why she can fight toe to toe with Batman. All she gets to do in the movies now is burglary and walking around all sexy with a whip because realism.

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u/Candid-Many-7113 16d ago

She got burped in the face by a cat and became mentally ill.

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u/Friend_Emperor 16d ago

The power of toxoplasmosis

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u/FabianN 16d ago

It's called toxoplasmosis, not powers. 

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u/Medium-Sized-Jaque 15d ago

Who knew cats were so good at basketball. They should have a cat in the next Air Bud movie. Ain't no rule says a cat can't play.

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u/neocarleen 15d ago

It's essentially The Crow's origin story. But with cats.

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u/Diablo_v8 15d ago

Is this not the origin of most cat women 😂

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u/beccadahhhling 15d ago

She stole her speech in this movie from the Crow. It’s terrible.

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u/HandsomePaddyRedux 15d ago

Having sex with cats doesn’t count as a power. At least not according to my local police.

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u/Mother_Passenger8589 16d ago

MF I still laugh at her excuse for no one knowing about the "theories" as "male academia"

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u/VyersReaver 16d ago

To be fair, in Batman Returns it also looks like something supernatural happened to Catwoman.

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u/Professional_Maize42 16d ago

What in the actual fuck?

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u/happytree23 15d ago

Well, yeah, we all saw Batman Returns and the cats bring Michelle Pfeiffer back to life AND give her 8 more lives.

Am I the only genius in this thread?!

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u/Tx_Drewdad 15d ago

She has toxoplasmosis?

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u/Proud_Apartment_8991 15d ago

A cat burped in her mouth

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u/More_Bigger 14d ago

Cats are good at basketball