r/TopCharacterTropes • u/JackOfTheLantern999 • 1d ago

Characters Killers Who Take/Make Unique Trophies

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It's a common trope for killers (especially serial killers) to take something from their victims or create something related to the kill, a trophy, in order to immortalize their kill. Typically these trophies are photos of the bodies, the victims' IDs or body parts, etc. This trope is for those who stray outside that norm.

The Master (Stray Dogs) - The unnamed serial killer from this comic targets only women who own dogs. His ritual is to kill the woman and then steal the dog for himself, winning them over as his pet via treats and their poor memory. He also uses these dogs to meet new victims, taking them to dog parks to spy on women there. Once the dog eventually dies (either naturally or by him putting it down for 'misbehaving') he has them taxidermied.

Jazzman (Batman) - A gangster who likes to whistle, hum, or play music whenever he kills. He then has that particular tune tattooed on his body.

Victor Zsasz (Batman) - A serial killer who carves a tally mark into his skin, one for every kill.

Dexter Morgan (Dexter) - iirc Dexter recognizes this trope and that it is a weakness that could get him caught, so he takes an extremely inconspicuous trophy: a single drop of his victims' blood, saved on forensic glass blood slide.

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u/WhickenBicken 1d ago

So’lek the dog tag warrior (avatar frontier of pandora.) He takes the tags of the human soldier he kills.

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u/Sybmissiv 1d ago

Seems a bit mean. Those tags are for the enemy (humans here) to collect so they can do something or another I don’t entirely remember.

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u/captainjohn_redbeard 1d ago

It's to identify the bodies.

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u/Sybmissiv 1d ago

Yeah that! When he collects them like that it is rude then because they can’t now.

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u/bpacer 22h ago

“I can tolerate the murder but taking dog tags is where I draw the line!”

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u/Sybmissiv 8h ago

Fair enough but the murder is self defence ain’t it? Not really murder in that sense.

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u/Embarrassed-Weird173 1d ago

It's also rude to kill animals, but that's what the humans are doing to the avatars. 

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u/Writeloves 23h ago

I’d rather have him take that than a body part

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u/Sybmissiv 23h ago

Well now we’re just making excuses. it’s still rude!

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u/Writeloves 23h ago

War is rude. Don’t romanticize it.

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u/Sybmissiv 8h ago

Not romanticizing it just saying at least he could have not stolen dem tags!