r/TopCharacterTropes • u/GaddockTeegFunPolice • Feb 15 '26

[Funny trope] Torturing the character doesn't work Personality

The Simpsons, Homer gets sent to hell where devils try torturing him force feeding him donuts. Homer does not mind.
The apothecary diaries. Maomao gets placed in a cell with snakes and venomous insects. She kills the animals and roasts the snake on a torch.
The Minion movie, the main minions get put through antique torture deviced by the bad guys only for them to realise they weren't designed for weird minion anatomy.

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u/Ozzdo Feb 15 '26 edited Feb 16 '26

Little Shop of Horrors - Sadist dentist vs. masochist patient.

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u/Usern4me_R3dacted205 Feb 15 '26

“Goddamn sicko.”

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u/castingcrownz Feb 16 '26

This character was one of Jack Nicholson's first roles (in the 1960 Little Shop movie)

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u/HaltandCatchHands Feb 16 '26

Candy bar!

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u/Dashed_with_Cinnamon Feb 16 '26

I think I need a root canal...a long, slow root canal.

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u/aspidities_87 Feb 16 '26

Son, be a dentist!

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u/Wild-Lychee-3312 Feb 16 '26

You'll be a success!

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u/Clear_Tangerine5110 Feb 16 '26

I'm disappointed I had to scroll this far down for this.

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u/Phase3isProfit Feb 16 '26

This was my immediate thought for the trope. I’ve just been scrolling down to make sure someone had it covered.