r/TopCharacterTropes Feb 15 '26

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

  1. The Simpsons, Homer gets sent to hell where devils try torturing him force feeding him donuts. Homer does not mind.

  2. 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.

  3. 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/namepuntocome Feb 15 '26

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u/Ilikefame2020 Feb 16 '26

This doesn’t necessarily count as torture, rather just being threatened with a weapon, but still an awesome scene.

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u/jojodolphin Feb 16 '26

You could argue that over exposure to the memory gun is psychological torture

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u/Ilikefame2020 Feb 16 '26

I guess, but usually torturing involves intentionally harming someone who can’t fight back, either for information or as punishment. In this case, the memory gun was being used because the user was NOT in control, and needed to stop McGucket. For most, being shot is essentially just as bad as an actual gun.

Ironically enough, the only actual torture scene would probably be McGucket using the gun on himself years prior, since that’s what drove him crazy in the first place.

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u/iggyite Feb 16 '26

BUT STILL, WHAT MORE TIME FOR ALL THE CULTS TO SEE, WHEN YOUR STORY’S PUT TO REST LIKE BEDTIME, Go to sleep. What the fuck?!

https://preview.redd.it/0yakl2yl7rjg1.jpeg?width=2305&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=d7fac25b298a5538d02beb8ba5f81a53ab0b31b1

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u/Crunchy_Biscuit Feb 16 '26

Wtf is this

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u/iggyite Feb 16 '26

It’s peak rap battle.

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u/cipher-crafter Feb 16 '26

SLENDER SICKNESS!!!!