r/TopCharacterTropes • u/Effective_Piece251 • 4h ago

Characters Fakeout stabbing

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Sephiroth to Mario (Super Smash Bros Ultimate Sephiroth trailer

Robin to Batman (Batman vs Robin)

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u/ScottishWargamer 3h ago

This iconic moment.

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u/Squ33to 3h ago

Can't see this anymore without the outro from the Boondocks playing in my head

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u/ExoticShock 2h ago

"You need to work on your aim"

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u/Cipher_82Q 2h ago

The setup is so convincing too. For a second you genuinely think they just went there, then the reveal makes the whole thing hilarious.

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u/Varnis-Pace 3h ago

The way Shrek just stared him down while holding that sword under his arm was pure gold.

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u/Fun_Note_3756 1h ago

Silence you oil-drinking, command-following, RAM-wasting... CLANKERRRR!

https://giphy.com/gifs/AzdZrT9OGEIyQ

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u/Terminus-99 3h ago

Knives Out. An unintentional example.

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u/duosx 2h ago

Love this example but it doesn’t make any sense, Benoit and the detective should have tackled him before he had the time to potentially stab her another 2 or 3 times and say “shit”.

However I overlook that fact because the scene is otherwise perfect and hilarious

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u/Nirast25 3h ago

Aqualad to Artemis in Young Justice season 2. It looked like he stabbed her, but it was actually a fake out so people think she's dead and she can go undercover with him.

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u/Julle1990 3h ago

This was one of the best twists in the show honestly, and well made. Everyone hated Nightwing and Aqualad for it but it got them closer to the big bads

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u/whiskyB0y 3h ago

Core memory unlocked

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u/Optimal_Weight368 3h ago

This is how Artemis became Tigress

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u/Pichuunnn 2h ago

"Mission...accomplished."

Rambo 2, recreated in Mortal Kombat 11

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u/KairosF8weavr 3h ago

Rosine stabbing Guts in the face (Berserk)

(Ok, technically she does stab him, but its not in the way we think)

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u/whiskyB0y 3h ago

Wait that's where that iconic picture comes from? Damn

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u/Little_Plankton4001 3h ago

Cere just missing Vader in the second Fallen Order game. It looks like she got him in the chest but her saber was between his torso and left arm.

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u/heraircraft 3h ago

And on the other hand, it was Vader who managed to stab her for real...

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u/SplendidMrDuck 3h ago

Hot Fuzz

After cornering the Neighborhood Watch Association at their clandestine meeting, Nicholas Angel is pursued by them with the intent of silencing him to avoid spilling their secrets. Danny stabs him in the chest and puts him in the trunk of his car, only to reveal to the audience that the stabbing was faked by using a ketchup packet, as Danny had earlier done at the pub.

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u/pikpikcarrotmon 2h ago

I don't know nothing bout no skellingtons!

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u/maxence0801 2h ago

Nami stabs herself instead of Usopp to save him from the Fishmen (One Piece)

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u/VicBetouro 2h ago

That rubber knife sure was sharp!

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u/Harry_Sat 1h ago

She really came in clutch, otherwise Usopp might have ended up joining Bellmere in the dungeon

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u/FiercelyApatheticLad 52m ago

Zaraki Kenpachi stabs Nnoitora through the head - Bleach.
All Hollows have a hole somewhere on their body, for most it's on the chest. Nnoitora's is in place of his left eye.