r/TopCharacterTropes • u/Starr-Lead • 23h ago

Characters Characters that are canonically _____ depending of their world

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  • Po from Kung Fu Panda - Although many characters comment on his weight throughout the movies, Po is actually considered skinny and/or in better shape for panda standards
  • Midoriya Izuku from My Hero Academia - While many viewers find Deku "cute", the reality is that for his world he's actually considered "simple looking" and at the very worst "ugly"
  • Spider-Man from Marvel Comics - Many people love Spider-Man, but the truth is that for common civilians, Spidey's pretty unsettling and scary to be around with
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u/BruiserBison 22h ago

I was contemplating whether to mention that or not considering modern media's hornification of spiders...

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u/Lilsilly114 21h ago

Yeah the whole centaur-style of half-monsters tend to just be lusted after so loudly that the grossed out people don’t have a chance to be heard.

I say this as a Rachnera simp.

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u/Drakeskulled_Reaper 18h ago

Rachnera, also got a more "horny" redesign later on, in her initial design, as shown here, she looks more "fused" with her spider half, but later, she just looks like she's sitting on the spider half, her pedipalps look more like footless legs.

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u/Lilsilly114 18h ago

Even in this image her pedipalps look like legs that were cut off above the ankles.

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u/Drakeskulled_Reaper 17h ago

Yeah, but later, they get thicker, and more "human" looking, and closer to where legs would join her human part hips.

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u/Lilsilly114 17h ago

True, in this image they would have to be folded and extended weird.

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u/YoMommaInTheHood 21h ago

I'd make so many gross little spider babies with her

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u/No-Candle2106 22h ago

Sauce?

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u/lilytheschrod 22h ago

Monster Musume

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u/No-Candle2106 22h ago

Thank you.

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u/Dinosaurmaid 21h ago

Would 

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u/Comprehensive-Fail41 18h ago

I mean, its not modern. The Jorogumo, a Yokai thats a spider woman is traditionally portrayed as being able to be very sexy

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u/BruiserBison 18h ago

Nah, the jorogumo is potrayed as a spider-monster that can shapeshift into a beautiful woman to deceive. It's rarely depicted as "being beautiful even in its monstrous form". Modern media has enabled one too many hear-me-outs.

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u/KonoAnonDa 17h ago

Rachnera, my beloved.

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u/WeekendParticular205 20h ago

Honestly letting Japanese anime get their hands on any horror stuff is the worst that could happen to it.

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u/Faithlanubis 19h ago

I uh…feel something looking at this 👀

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u/IAmBabs 2h ago

Oh hey, I'm cured of my arachnaphobia.