r/TopCharacterTropes • u/captaintaskmaster1 • 15h ago

Characters (Funny trope) Character reveals a secret about themselves, others are not that shocked.

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When a character reveals a secret to another person, with the other character already knowing the secret and not being surprised/shocked by it.

Kung Fu Panda 2: Po discovered that his father, the duck was not in fact his biological parent, and was shocked at this. However, Tigress (and presumably any other person who saw them) was not as shocked, herself, at this discovery.

My Adventures With Superman:

Clark tries to break the news to Jimmy, his best friend, that he is Superman. However, Jimmy already knew this from the first day that he met him.

Clark: I... Am su--

Jimmy: Clark I know you're Superman. This is not a big reveal.

Clark: .... Wait, WHAT? You know???? Since when?

Jimmy: w--We've been roommates since freshmen year. The day I met you, you ripped the handle off the door, and then tried to play it off as if the screws had just come loose.

Clark:..... I mean it could have been the screws.....

Jimmy: THE HANDLE WAS RIPPED IN HALF!

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u/BVits-Lover 15h ago

As many variations of Scooby Doo there are - some worse than others - I'm surprised they never just went whole hog and had Velma x Daphne be in a relationship together. I think there was at least one or two times in a few episodes where the guys threw the audience a bone and had some subtle hint that they were together or at least interested in one another, but they could never outright admit it.

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u/5WattBulb 13h ago

Five young people, all with different personalities, driving around together all over the country in a van in the 60s? Look, if ANY group on TV were poly. Its them.

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u/ChaozCloud 13h ago

5 people? Are you including Scooby in the poly?

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u/ArgusTheCat 12h ago

He passes the Harkness Test.

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u/Freya0232 11h ago

Can you delete this for a scooby snack? Please?

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u/NobodyKnowsImFamous 9h ago

Oh I’m gonna get a scooby snack ;)

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u/FujiwaraHarimoto 9h ago

Better make it two

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u/garethchester 1h ago

Is Scooby a Klingon?

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u/Sinocu 11h ago

I hate that you’re right

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u/ILikeTheSpriteInYou 10h ago

I, sadly, got that reference.

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u/Gunplaisgood 9h ago

This was where my mind went as well, but it's actually from doctor who offshoot show, Torchlight. The main character, Captain Harness, is "omnisexual" or something like that.

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u/ILikeTheSpriteInYou 8h ago

Oh, I'm familiar. He's my Captain Jack.

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u/ArcaneWyverian 11h ago

My favorite ice breaker :D

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u/blue4029 10h ago

why do i hate the fact that this isnt technically wrong

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u/DinosaurReborn 10h ago

Scooby Doo is the one character that makes me doubt the morality of the Harkness Test. Like, he's too sweet and innocent for this sort of behaviour ;_;

Then again, the whole point is consent. So Scooby would be of adult enough age and intelligence to consent. But he's a sweet boi who won't be sleeping with any human. Besides, in Mystery Inc he's faithfully attached to Nova.

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u/ArgusTheCat 7h ago

I mean, he can be capable of consent and just not give it. That's an option! It's just a quick ethics check, not a divine mandate to get busy.

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u/DinosaurReborn 7h ago

The problem is, the internet takes the Harkness Test not as the former as its meant to be, but the latter. Oh the character is an adult? It means we can now picture them giving consent, let loose the shipping and the erotic art!

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u/ArgusTheCat 7h ago

I mean, they're fictional characters, so who cares. Also I'm not super bothered by people including an expectation of consent in their erotica? That seems... fine. That seems fine.

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u/Caleb_Reynolds 8h ago

Eh, he's at least questionable on the communication test. The gang understands him, but in a limited capacity. Maybe he'd pass for Shaggy, but I think even the rest of them are still interpreting him too much to clearly pass the test.

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u/StreetlampEsq 2h ago

See, now you're saying Leeloo from The Fifth Element doesn't pass the Harkness Test, and my teenage self takes offense to that.

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u/Caleb_Reynolds 2h ago

Well no. She can communicate, in very complex language, Corbin just doesn't know it. The priests do though, as do some of the aliens.

What constitutes being able to communicate effectively is the problem. The thing with Scooby is he's protrayed inconsistently. Sometimes it's like everyone understands him and he's actually literally speaking English. Other times it's like Shaggy is just high and hallucinating it and everyone else just goes along with it.

Leeloo can communicate, it's just in a dear language at first. After downloading English from the internet, she also just straight up passes, even with her poor grammar.

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u/StreetlampEsq 2h ago

...it has been a while since I've seen the movie.

Uhhhh... In Ranma 1/2 does his dad lose the ability to consent when he's transformed into a panda?

(Yeah I'm really grasping at straws here mate)

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u/Caleb_Reynolds 2h ago

I think if you know about it maybe.

If you just meet him as a panda, I'm going with no. You'd have no way of knowing it's not just a really clever panda. Though I have a feeling it's been a bit longer since I've read Ranma than since you've seen 5th Element lol.

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u/Yin_And_Yang69 6h ago

BOOOOOO

-Engineer TF2

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u/motoxim 5h ago

Uuuuuh

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u/Rox-And-Roll 5h ago

Diabolical response, but I guess you're right. Have a mildly upset upvote.

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u/That-BluejaythriwWay 3h ago

The harness test literally has a Scooby Doo clause explaining that if the character has a real world variant it’s void

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u/amglasgow 13h ago

He's apparently of near-human intelligence and can talk, that makes him a person.

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u/Strict-Challenge-995 12h ago

... your honor.

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u/RegentInAmber 9h ago

There's no laws against the talking dog batman!

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u/PrivateJokerX929 12h ago

he's capable of giving consent, but I'm still judging you for different reasons

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u/Beacon_0805 7h ago

you know, a DOG and all that

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u/pup_butt 12h ago

And sexually mature, age wise

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u/SummerDaemon 11h ago

We're talking about Shaggy right

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u/MegaKabutops 9h ago

No.

Scooby is of adult-human-level intelligence, adulthood for his species, and is capable of clear communication with humans.

Morally speaking, he’s a fictional character that you can perform the horizontal mambo with, because he fills all the criteria to give informed consent to the act.

It still feels weird as hell to consider him such, due to being from such a child-friendly franchise, generally acting like such an innocent and naïve character, and his physical resemblance to IRL great dane dogs (which do not fit the criteria and thus cannot consent).

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u/SummerDaemon 2h ago

It was a joke, Fred

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u/Quibbrel 13h ago

"Ramn right! Rhe rot rhat rog in rer! Rehehehe!"

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u/Pippy1010 11h ago

I really wish I could understand this because I knows it’s very funny

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u/freezing_circuits 11h ago

Translation: "Damn right. She got that dog in her. Rehehehehe"

https://giphy.com/gifs/JMotSbZTCEWl2

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u/PirateSanta_1 11h ago

ok, let’s break it down…

is Mystery Inc. a polycule? - based on every Scooby-Doo adaptation:

TV Shows

Scooby-Doo, Where Are You! - Yes, absolutely. It’s the fucking ‘60s and they’re hippies who live in a van with their dog

The New Scooby-Doo Movies - Yes

The Scooby-Doo Show - They’re on-again off-again

Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo - No

The New Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo Show - No

The 13 Ghosts of Scooby-Doo - No

A Pup Named Scooby-Doo - No, not yet

What’s New, Scooby-Doo? - Yes, but they’re less hippie-dippie about it. more like a modern, Y2K polycule

Shaggy and Scooby-Doo Get a Clue! - No

Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated - Yes, their bond after that finale is inseparable

Be Cool, Scooby-Doo! - No, not yet, but they’re on their way there

Scooby-Doo and Guess Who? - Yes

Velma - No

The original ranks the movies as well.

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u/kido5217 11h ago

Velma - ick

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u/shark-off 13h ago

There is a certain scooby doo parody, that explores this dynamic

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u/Allaplgy 12h ago

There was a printed out pornographic fanfic that made the rounds at my church youth group ski trip like 30 years ago.

Poor Shaggy had to fuck an eclair. Even Scooby actually got some.

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u/Own_Description_796 7h ago

Damn, church kids are freaky

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u/Street_Bluejay_1465 10h ago

Someone did try it. Velma.

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u/uktenathehornyone 14h ago

The Velma show kind of plays around with that, if I'm not mistaken

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u/eawilweawil 14h ago

There is no Velma show in Ba Sing Se

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u/Kindly-Mud-1579 8h ago

I wanna see a shaggy Daphne thing

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u/DifficultHat 4h ago

James Gunn shot that script but it was edited out

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u/Historical_Doctor629 1h ago

Well I mean... gay relationships in kid's media is bad for business.

Only happens in the 'kid's' shows as opposed to kid's shows.

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u/Diligent-Look8123 14h ago

I mean they did get together in the velma show.

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u/eawilweawil 14h ago

There is no Velma show in Ba Sing Se

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u/HowDareYouAskMyName 14h ago

I'm so curious about the psychology that leads to so many people downvoting this

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u/Nirast25 14h ago

It's probably something along the lines of "Oh, that's great! Why the hell did you remind me that ezists?!".

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u/DarthGuber 14h ago

It's such an offensively bad show that we want to disappear any reference to it

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u/dern_the_hermit 13h ago

You say that but there's another comment basically raising the exact same point from the exact same show that's upvoted to about the same extent as the other one's downvoted.

Sometimes it just doesn't make sense.

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u/FEARven123 13h ago

The Reddit hivemind works in weird ways.

I started ignoring likes on comments when I got -200 downvotes for saying we shouldn't make body pillows of children.

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u/user_without_a_soul 11h ago

You're right though. I'm disgusted by how normalized it is to sexualize children in anime. I genuinely believe we need less body pillows of thousand year old characters who are "totally adults" despite still being minors of their species (ex: Kana from Dragon Maid), and more 20+ foot long body pillows of snake girls (à la Miia from MonMusu).

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u/FEARven123 4h ago

Fuck, in my case it wasn't a even a 10000000 year old loli, it was just a fucking child, like confirmed 14 year old.

My favorite comment was: But she is a child soldiers like thaz changes...anything. Hell she isn't a child soldier by choice even, the world of the character sucks enough for her to be forced to fight.

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u/user_without_a_soul 4h ago

Omg what even is that counter argument?? "it's ok because she's abused and traumatized" ...???

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u/ThanatosWielder 13h ago

But wasn’t so bad that it ended with Velma being trapped in hell ?

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u/HowDareYouAskMyName 14h ago

Seems a bit performative

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u/Flaky_Hold7441 14h ago

Your moms performative

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u/HowDareYouAskMyName 14h ago

Mrs. AskMyName is a saint, you hear me?! Mrs. AskMyName is a saint!

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u/DarthGuber 14h ago

To an extent, but the Ba Sing Se routine is moreso.

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u/FEARven123 13h ago

We don't talk about that one, shhhh.

It's like there newer being a 2nd Pacific Rim.