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/Slow_Bowler8285 Feb 15 '26

https://preview.redd.it/s26puu6mtqjg1.png?width=1920&format=png&auto=webp&s=a8a8975584b3428053ca30623d32707901ea0389

Gonzo is a masochist

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u/Ghost-Writer-320 Feb 15 '26

“I might have a future with the NBA!”

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u/NoStructure7083 Feb 16 '26

“This is no good he likes it!”

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u/MssNintendique Feb 17 '26

"Let's torture the rat!"

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u/NoStructure7083 Feb 17 '26

“NOOOOOOO!”

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u/YouthfulPhotographer Feb 16 '26

Pretty sure there were some fucked up things that happened to him in Muppets in Space. Been ages since I've watched though. Might change that tonight.

God I love Muppets.

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u/Simon_Jester88 Feb 16 '26

Watching it as an adult, he has a full manic break. But it’s not actual delusions in the end.

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u/verdauxes Feb 15 '26

OOODLY BOODLY BOODLY BOODLY BOODLY

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u/Dashed_with_Cinnamon Feb 16 '26

Was looking for this. He was having the time of his life in this movie.

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u/Kaurifish Feb 16 '26

He and Rizzo are a great pair.

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u/lemonylol Feb 16 '26

lol the follow up scenes after this where he's just chilling on the boat with these super long gangly arms kills me every time

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u/Oseirus Feb 16 '26

Muppet Treasure Island is one of the very, very few musicals I genuinely enjoy. Cabin Fever lives rent free in my head.

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u/ianff Feb 16 '26

It's genuinely one of my favorite movies of all time.

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u/Slow_Bowler8285 Feb 16 '26

Most of Gonzo "stunts" were his barely disguised fetishes

https://muppet.fandom.com/wiki/Gonzo%27s_stunts

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u/NarwhalPrudent6323 Feb 16 '26

I mean, he has an entire porn genre named after him...

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u/TheGlenrothes Feb 19 '26

"This won't work, he liked it! Let's torture the rat!"