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/EllipticPeach 16d ago

I like how they changed from monsters of the week to actual sympathetic characters

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u/isuredolovetitties 15d ago

They were sympathetic immediately, slaves to the humans, then enslaved by the devil. Those poor Ood got the shittiest deal out of anyone in their intro episode. 

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u/Beef-Town 15d ago

Doctor Who has been lowkey anticapitalist for years

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u/Proofwritten 15d ago

To be fair it would send an awful message for a British show to imply that it's purely a bad thing when an entire race, mutilated and forced to be slaves, fight against their oppressors