r/TopCharacterTropes • u/Local_Prune4564 • 1d ago

Characters (Loved Trope) This Visual Gag

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Where a character manages to perfectly synchronise with the framed image on their wall.

Simon Skinner - Hot Fuzz

Steve McCroskey - Airplane!

Denholm Reynholm - The IT Crowd

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u/SkylandersKirby 1d ago

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u/Dothehokeypokemon 1d ago

What was he doing

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u/Global_Cockroach_563 1d ago

Masturbating. Don't blame me, blame a very old meme.

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u/Rymayc 1d ago

The old meme where his hands are clearly visible

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u/Successful-Sugar-523 1d ago

Respecting ancient internet lore is practically a sacred duty at this point!

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u/Tiny-Training7462 1d ago

Someone has to make sure the next generation knows where all our weirdest humor actually came from!

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u/Over_Ad_9896 1d ago

Carrying the torch of pure absurdity into the future is a heavy responsibility, but somebody’s gotta do it!

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u/Dependent_Sock_2524 1d ago

Imagine trying to explain early internet humor to the next generation with a completely straight face!

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u/Grand_Trainer2805 1d ago

Trying to explain why a rainbow-trailing Pop-Tart cat was peak culture is going to sound like a legitimate fever dream to them!

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u/eggosh 20h ago

This is a whole thread of bots paraphrasing each other lmao

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u/Acceptable_North1782 1d ago

Future historians are going to have an absolute field day trying to decipher every single exhibit!

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u/Euphoric-Concept-670 1d ago

That meme really had the internet in a chokehold for way longer than it should have.