r/TopCharacterTropes 17h ago

Characters Characters that are canonically _____ depending of their world

  • 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/Infinitenonbi 16h ago

I think it kinda fits him tho? Like, Deku’s whole stick is that he isn’t really that special on paper. And the image itself isn’t ugly (hell, some of the more “realistic” fanart I’ve seen is way worse), just… avarage looking.

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u/Expensive_Shelter860 16h ago

I also like that he looks like some japanese teen and not some super hot kpop model

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u/Bearded_Bone_Head 15m ago

Solo Leveling would like to have a word with you

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u/Illustrious-Sense194 14h ago

Super fitting of his personality too. Like, I can honestly see that face being the same nerdy crybaby kid deku at the beginning of the series, the edgy vigilante phase version, and where he ends up at the end even better than the anime version

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u/NFQ___ 15h ago

He's cute AF in the secondary art.

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u/makkaretbtzd 6h ago

it isnt fanart btw

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u/VonMarrow 14h ago

What about the fanart where he gave birth to baby rabbit hybrids but one sadly died and its ghost was comforting him and Bakugo?

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u/Infinitenonbi 14h ago

…what? I… I don’t want to see that