This is simply what you think is the (not some of the, the) best example of any objective trope (so no YMMV or Trivia as they are not tropes proper and the former is already subjective) The "Crowning Example" if you will.
There could be several reasons you think an example is the best.
- You think it's the best in terms of illustrating the trope.
- You think it's the most well done.
- It's your favorite play in that trope.
- You just really like the source material.
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- Each troper gets one example per trope, no more.
- Don't go "no, this is," or phrases like that. This is about our own personal favorites.
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- Ear Ache
- Reservoir Dogs: "You ever listen to K-Billy's 'Super Sounds of the Seventies'? It's my personal favorite…"
- Misty pulling Brock's ear everytime he hits on a pretty girl. ~ Doctor Rayman
- Ear Worm
- "TripleDent gum will make you smile..."note ~ Fireside
- Early-Installment Weirdness
- Ida Makes A Movie —Nlpnt
- The Dark Tower. When a first installment is so weird the author feels the need to go back and rewrite it to bring it more in line with the rest of the series, you've got a winner. —Wrybread
- Let's go out for some frosty chocolate milkshakes! —iansimsjam
- Back in the Duelist Kingdom Arc of Yu-Gi-Oh!, the card game had a rather bizarre interpretation of the rules, and it wasn't until the Battle City Arc that Duel Monsters followed the rules of the Real Life card game closely. ~ Mattman_the_Storyteller
- The first season of Star Trek: The Next Generation ~ WilliamShakesman
- Earn Your Bad Ending:
- Seeking Mr. Eaten's Name requires you to go through Hell to make your account unplayable. ~ rjd1922
- The Genocide ending. Congratulations for killing everyone and winning one of the most challenging fights in RPG history! Say goodbye to your Golden Ending! Oh, and there's another ending that you get if the game can't load the correct ending. ~ Five-seveN-25
- The Accomplice Ending. Congratulations, you've just betrayed everybody who counted on you just so you can let your "buddy" get away with the murders he committed. ~ Mattman_the_Storyteller
- The "Everlasting Punishment" ending in Rockman 7 EP requires deliberately wasting 99 lives and a lot of E-Tanks, and is impossible to get by trying to win. ~ Decaf Grub 47393
- Earn Your Fun
- X-Universe series —StarSword
- Earn Your Happy Ending
- The Shawshank Redemption —Amitai
- Noir —Entan
- Harry Potter —Leigh Sabio
- CLANNAD —Mapi-chan
- Higurashi: When They Cry —Hareoic, —neobowman, —Mew Cookie, —Zfish9
- Princess Tutu, literally. —starshine
- Tsubasa -RESERVoir CHRoNiCLE-, just as literally. —Blank Mage
- "This day, we fight." —Man Without A Body
- Chronicles of Prydain —Keredis
- Sailor Nothing —mnordhoff
- Mass Effect 2 —Aminatep
- Seconded, unless Mass Effect 3 can pull a good ending from somewhere. —Tera Chimera
- An American Tail —Surenity
- Great Expectations —ZiggyZag
- Saji Crossroad —Nirao 01
- The theatre version of Wicked. —deeman45
- Marvel Universe from 2004 to 2010. —Yarrik
- Fullmetal Alchemist —Marlee Cross
- HerbieHero seconding, at least for the Brotherhood anime. First anime is more of a Bittersweet Ending anyway.
- The good ending of Heavy Rain. —CounterBlitzkrieg
- Toy Story 3 —DRoy, Doctor Rayman
- Jean Valjean. Oh my God, Jean Valjean. —RainRequiem
- 3×3 Eyes: Happy Ending Unlocked! Requirements —Emillang 1000
- Puella Magi Madoka Magica —spacemonkey37
- Almost any videogame with a Golden Ending, if not every one. —Zetta Toad
- Zootopia ~ Monolaf 317
- Cave Story ~ Ninja857142
- Mortal Kombat 11 ~ Five-seveN-25
- Naruto. He finally got both the position of Hokage, the recognition of the village, saved Sasuke Uchiha from himself, and even found the love of his life in Hinata. ~ Mattman_the_Storyteller
- Himegami, after the loss of her entire family, her life and, eventually, the lives of all her shikigami - all courtesy of her uncle. After being hunted and tormented by him for over 2,000 years, it was satisfying to see her finally give him his just deserts. ~ Miin U
- Earth-Shattering Kaboom
- Tarkin blowing up Alderaan with the Death Star cements him as irredemable. ~ Decaf Grub 47393
- Easier Than Easy
- Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater's "Very Easy" mode, which gives you an infinite ammo tranquiliser gun that makes you almost invisible and negates the need to eat food. ~ Dominicmgm
- Easy-Mode Mockery
- The International version of Streets of Rage 3 cut the game off early on playing what was basically JP Normal. ~ Decaf Grub 47393
- Easily Forgiven
- Obito "Wangsty" Uchiha gets forgiven by Naruto despite killing millions of people including his own parents all because he wanted to be Hokage just like Naruto. ~ Loekman 3
- Light! For being Kira, and squandering our family's reputation, you are GROUNDED, mister! ~ Five-seveN-25
- Vegeta is forgiven by everyone except Tien for being a murderous Space Pirate responsible for four of their deaths, killing his own partner, and slaughtering a Namekian village. ~ rjd1922
- Eccentric Mentor:
- Wigglytuff ~Bowbowis
- Iroh ~ Lady Blackwood
- Eccentric Townsfolk
- Springfield, USA —redhed311
- Bullworth —Astfgl
- South Park. ~ Doctor Rayman
- The people of Sharance from Rune Factory 3. ~ Mattman_the_Storyteller
- The Eeyore:
- Ikeda. ~ Monolaf317
- Um, Eeyore? ~ thecarolinabull01
- Seconded ~ Mattman_the_Storyteller
- Egopolis:
- CWCville, full stop. Not only is every commercial operation there branded "CWC", anyone in the city who opposes its namesake for any reason is automatically evil, and all the good guys are on Comic-Chris's side. Really, takes the whole idea of Egopolis to a whole new level. —Anonymous User, —Man Without A Body
- Elaborate University High
- Whateley Academy —MarvelGirl
- Eldritch Abomination:
- Giygas. Dear God, Giygas. —Arutoa
- Cthulhu. His name is practically synonymous with the genre! —BentoDS, —TheWildwest666
- Really, any Cosmic Horror in the Cthulhu Mythos ~ Mattman_the_Storyteller
- The Nothing. There are quite literally no adequate words to describe it. When Atreyu saw it it physically hurt him because his brain couldn't comprehend what he saw. —Genki Man
- Kirby —GenericTroper
- The Angels —spacemonkey37
- The witches of Puella Magi Madoka Magica —Hoki
- The planet sized Cthulhu-like entity seen at the end of DYE's "Fantasy" music video. Sweet dreams... ~ MiinU
- Infinite Zamasu —rjd1922
- Eldritch Location:
- The Distortion World ~ Mattman_the_Storyteller
- The Warp ~ WhereAmI101A
- Electric Torture:
- Electronic Speech Impediment:
- Elegant Gothic Lolita:
- Evangeline —spacemonkey37
- Kodama Himegami, who specializes in Ero Lolita fashion. ~ Miin U
- Elemental Motifs
- The Breathing Styles in Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba ~ Mattman_the_Storyteller
- Elemental Powers:
- BIONICLE. Really, who doesn't have (one of the current 16 main and countless sub-) elemental powers or have the potential to have them unlocked? —Zfish9
- Avatar: The Last Airbender, anyone? —Sunshinechild, Doctor Rayman
- This xkcd comic. —urielzet, —Zetta Toad
- Ninjago, even if Speed is counted for some reason. ~ Mattman_the_Storyteller
- Elemental Shapeshifting
- Clayface ~ Mattman_the_Storyteller
- Elevator Action Sequence
- Captain America: The Winter Soldier ~ WilliamShakesman
- Elmuh Fudd Syndwome
- Doctah Wight. "We may
atbe abew to lokay anudda enewgy emission fwom da wadaw woom! When we fine dat metea, we'ww fine Doctah Wahwee!"translation This is apparently the result of having Japanese VA speak English. ~ DAN004 - Uhhh...Elmer Fudd? ~ Zfish9, redhed311, Doctor Rayman
- The Impressive Clergyman ~ Devil's Advocate
- Doctah Wight. "We may
- Emo Teen
- Emotionless Girl
- Emperor Scientist:
- Yawgmoth ~ Belfagor
- Baron Klaus Wulfenbach ~ MarvelGirl
- Encyclopedia Exposita:
- Dune ~ Mc Caber
- Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri ~ Mommywhatsafurry
- The Complete History of Everything ~ Man Without A Body
- The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy ~ JoeMoron2000, Carla
- Oh god yes... ~ Me2
- The Mass Effect Codex. Seriously, the primary entries are enough to get anyone fairly well acquainted with the ME universe, but nope, it goes into a whole set of secondary entries expanding the universe even further. ~ Khallos
- Seconded. Want to learn about quarian eating habits? Cross-species religions? Krogan biology? The asari life cycle? How the heck eezo works? It's all there. ~Tera Chimera
- The Empire:
- The Combine/"Universal Union" ~ WhereAmI101A
- The Fire Nation - Demon Duckof Doom
- Enemy Without
- Phantom Aqua to Aqua herself. ~ Mattman_the_Storyteller
- Enfant Terrible:
- Selim Bradley a.k.a. Pride ~ AtmosBlitzer, Carla, DRoy
- The Curse of Millhaven ~ Man Without A Body
- Stewie Griffin ~redhed311
- Johan Libert ~ KantonKage
- Desil Galette, a seven-year-old Complete Monster. ~ rjd1922
- Eric Cartman ~ Doctor Rayman
- Cozy Glow ~ Mattman_the_Storyteller
- Damien Thorne ~ Amuck Cricetine
- Engineered Public Confession
- Enigmatic Minion:
- Entitled Bastard:
- The Mayor from Days of Ruin ~ Balmung 60
- The Hero's Party in Beast Tamer. ~ Mattman_the_Storyteller
- Epic Fail:
- A certain miscounting of bullets in The Host (2006) ~ Man Without A Body
- Osaka and Chiyo's way of predicting the weather didn't turn out the way they had hoped ~ aNinjaWithAIDS
- Spencer Shay managing to start a fire with a fire extinguisher. ~ Aspie
- In Nichijou we have Dolph who killed himself by kicking himself in the foot causing him to trip and is pronounced dead on the spot. KantonKage
- The Mallorean: Garion. He summoned one little thunderstorm with magic to make an impressive lightning display. It stopped the war, alright. And then it triggered a domino effect of global disasters: hurricanes, floods, droughts, a weather system thrown into such global chaos it even triggered an ice age. It required the combined talents of the two most powerful sorcerers alive, and six gods, months to fix the mess. Garion's been banned from manipulating the weather for 2,000 years as a result.
- Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate. That G-Rank team you just sent to deliver honey? They can still fail the quest. One must wonder what the hell the team was doing to faint three times or time out the quest on a freaking Fetch Quest. ~ Luca Earlgrey
- Every single attempt by Wile E. Coyote to catch the Road Runner. ~ Doctor Rayman
- Caboose throwing his spike grenade into the wall directly in front of both him and Wash. ~ WhereAmI101A
- That was the worst throw ever. Of all time. ~ iPhoenix26
- Epic Flail:
- The Morning Star. ~ Metalitia
- Ball. And. Chain. ~ Progeny Ex Machina
- From Super Robot Wars, there is Baran Doban's weapon of choice: A Super Robot-sized wrecking ball that can be swung beyond the speed of sound in a brutal finisher move. ~ V Phantom
- Kamen Rider Decade: This is probably the only Live-Action TV example we would ever have. ~ KOBlitzer
- The Witch King's mace. In the special features, when they call "cut," the stuntman holding it drops it to the ground, grabs his shoulder in pain and starts yelling "Oh God."
Lawrence Makore (The Witch King's actor): Some people call it a mace, some people call it a morning star; I called it "damn heavy." ~ Tropers/Sg_man_forever
- Peter Jackson kept on insisting that the mace be made bigger, until it was so gigantic that Makore needed someone underneath it to hold it up. Jackson still thinks it could have been 50% bigger. ~ RL Nice
- ...Youch. ~ Me2
- The Flail of Many Heads ~ Man Without A Body
- Primus uses the moons of Cybertron as a flail. Yeah. - Werebunny131
- Demon King Odin's colossal morning star, the Balor, from Odin Sphere. The game was technically named after it. ~ Arcane Azmadi
- Epic Instrumental Opener:
- "April", by Deep Purple. Holy shit is this Crowning Music of Awesome! - ZuulMF
- Epic Movie:
- The Lord of the Rings. Millions of shots of film seven years in the making. ~ Ainu Laire, Man Without A Body, Dracosummoner, Me2
- Indiana Jones. Including, to some degree, Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull. Oh yes, I went there. ~ ZiggyZag
- The Prince of Egypt, in the animated territory. ~Not JM Keynes
- The Lion King (1994). ~ Allspark Spin Out
- Lawrence of Arabia ~ RL Nice
- Seconded. ~ Decaf Grub 47393
- Superman: The Movie. ~ Doctor Rayman
- 2001: A Space Odyssey ~ WhereAmI101A
- Children Who Chase Lost Voices. Prepare for grand adventure and a poignant tale. ~ Miin U
- Epic Rocking:
- Neil Peart alone, whose nine-minute drum solo "O Baterista" ends up sounding like something that would accompany the Rat Pack. ~ Be
- Yoshiki Hayashi (X Japan}. 20 minute drum solo in the On The Verge of Destruction concert in 1992, 12 minute drum solo at Yokohama 2010. The 2010 one is even more impressive, arguably, because Yoshiki has severe neck and back injuries and has recovered from surgery for a cervical disc herniation. Which he got from years of drumming like this. Also see Art Of Life below, which i yet another example of Yoshiki's Epic Rocking. ~ A Groupie
- Kraft Werk's 24 minute long version of Autobahn. ~ Surenity
- Opeth. - ZiggyZag
- Spirit Journey Formation Anniversary ~ Man Without A Body
- The song "Like a Wall in which an Insect Lives and Gnaws" by Bull of Heaven. It's nearly six years long. Yup. ~ TheUltimateHammer
- Cygnet Committee. Stairway looks up in envy. ~ TwinBird
- Neil Peart alone, whose nine-minute drum solo "O Baterista" ends up sounding like something that would accompany the Rat Pack. ~ Be
- Epic Tracking Shot
- Kamen Rider Fourze goes up to eleven whenever Gentaro goes, "UCHU KITA!!!!", with it spanning past the Milky Way Galaxy after he gets revived from the dead. -Azada
- GoodFellas ~ William Shakesman
- Epigraph:
- Equivalent Exchange:
- The Shadow Dragons. Years and years of resurrecting many people(between other things) results in the killing of many people(between other things). -Justic Equals Vengeance
- The laws of alchemy in Fullmetal Alchemist dictate that to obtain something, something of equal value must be given up. ~ Mattman_the_Storyteller
- Escort Game:
- The Liar Princess and the Blind Prince ~ Mattman_the_Storyteller
- Escort Mission:
- ICO. Has any girl ever brought out your protective side so much as Yorda? ~ Arcane Azmadi
- GoldenEye (1997). Speficially: Protect. Natalya. ~ cg12345
- Enslaved: Odyssey to the West. ~ Tropers/Sg_man_forever
- Resident Evil 4, because the AI is reasonably good so it's not too frustrating ~ Man Without A Body
- BioShock Infinite ~ WhereAmI101A
- Seconded, because it is one done right. ~ Fireside
- Establishing Character Moment:
- "I'm gonna KILL Praxis!" - FrolloBaggins
- Jack Sparrow... Sorry, Captain Jack Sparrow's very first scene in Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl, as shown here. ~ Mattman_the_Storyteller
- Zapp Brannigan's insane string of metaphors involving battlefield strategy when planning the defense of Earth against Omicron Persei 8 ~ WhereAmI101A
- Prince Lotor's debut episode. There is no better way to cement one's personality as a Magnificent and Manipulative Bastard. ~ Fireside
- "Face it, tiger... you just hit the jackpot. ~ Lady Blackwood
- I’d say Avatar: The Last Airbender consistently does a great job with these: Aang asking Katara to go penguin sledding, Iroh calmly asking Zuko if he wants tea, Ozai scarring and banishing Zuko, Toph fighting at Earth Rumble VI, etc. ~ SuperYoshiFan02
- Ethical Slut:
- Ninon de l'Enclos. The quote from Saint-Simon on that page explains why. ~ Vasha
- Brittnay Matthews. ~ Monolaf317
- Even Bad Men Love Their Mamas
- Cody Jarrett ~ WilliamShakesman, Decaf Grub 47393
- Sigma suffers from the Chronic Backstabbing Disorder. He defies the most powerful man in the world to realize the cause his father died for. - IúkaSylvie
- Jason Voorhees ~ Connor 2107
- Sett, the Boss. Looks like a JoJo character and yet is secretly hoping his mom never finds out how he makes his bones. ~ Fireside
- Sperg, the local bully, loves his mother very much, to the point he won't tolerate any insults against her. ~ Mattman_the_Storyteller
- Even the Girls Want Her:
- Utena brings all the boys and girls to the yard. Willy Four Eyes
- Sakaki. D Roy
- Nanoha Takamachi - Hoki
- Love Espada. Girls don't just throw themselves at her, they willingly become her sex slaves. ~ Miin U
- Even the Guys Want Him:
- Everyone is gay for Big Boss. ~ Willy Four Eyes
- We love you, Fruity Rudy! ~ Shadowofthe Sun
- Chuck Norris keeps a photo of David Tennant under his pillow. Every night before bed, he strokes it, and sometimes, he cries. ~ Man Without A Body
- Tieria Erde ~ Nirao 01
- Tsukishiro Yukito. Moon power, my ass. ~ Carla
- Usui Takumi ~ KantonKage
- Captain Jack Harkness, and who are you? (John Barrowman himself as well) ~bwayrose7
- Thomas Raith. Harry mentions when he followed him around town once it was like "one of those campy cologne commercials". ~ hujwernoo
- Even the Loving Hero Has Hated Ones
- Tanjiro Kamado declaring Muzan a "true demon". - IúkaSylvie
- Everybody Hates Mathematics:
- Jimmy and the Pulsating Mass, the Asymmetrical Cavern. An entire dungeon made around the fear of math, and turns numbers into Nightmare Fuel. Even the boss is a giant monster made of numbers, and the disorienting music combined with the atmosphere perfectly encapsulates what a nightmare math (or more specifically, math class) can be. ~ Master N
- Every Episode Ending:
- The big feast in Asterix. ~ Doctor Rayman
- Everybody Lives
- British Airways Flight 5390 - Catprog
- "The Doctor Dances". Not only the Trope Namer, but bonus points for actually bringing a character Back from the Dead as well (the Empty Child himself, who had been killed before the TARDIS arrived). — Astfgl
- The Teen Titans/JLA crossover The Technis Imperative, as it proves that you can tell an epic superhero story without pointless character death. It's Linkara's favorite comic. ~ Tropers/digiman619
- [1] ~ Lady Blackwood
- Everybody's Dead, Dave:
- I'm going with Higurashi: When They Cry for this one. ~ Zfish9
- Has to be the trope namer. Not only every member of the Red Dwarf crew is dead, but apparently the entire human race. Even Rimmer is dead. ~ Arcane Azmadi
- Everybody Smokes:
- Everyone Calls Him "Barkeep":
- God. ~ Inga Rasen
- Sarge. ~ foxmccloud4387
- The Janitor ~ reub2000
- The Sultan. ~ Doctor Rayman
- Everyone Hates Mimes:
- Everyone Is Bi:
- Bloody Torchwood! ~ Willy Four Eyes, Voodoo Child, Carla
- ALL of Clamp's work. ~ Zfish9
- Lost Girls ~ Amuck Cricetine
- Everything Is An I Pod In The Future:
- Everything's Better with Samurai:
- Sanger Zonvolt ~ Charred Knight
- Kill Bill ~ ZiggyZag
- Mifune Yajimbo ~ Sperium
- Ginji. ~ Blank Mage
- Gemini Sunrise. ~ xxxEbbxxx
- Jaguar. ~ xxxEbbxxx
- Miyamoto Usagi. ~ Doctor Rayman
- Drift, particularly his live-action iteration. ~ Fireside
- Everything's Better with Sparkles:
- Glitter Powder, the 3rd strongest healing technique in Toontown Online ~ PKFL_531
- The Twilight Saga. ~ King Clark
- Shiny Pokémon. ~ LadyOfProctastination, Insanity Prelude
- Everything Trying to Kill You
- NetHack. ~ Mapi-chan
- Warhammer 40,000. ~ Phoenix Fire
- Clock Tower ~ Arutoa
- Australia ~ EvilVaccum
- Pandora ~ sardns
- zOMG! ~ Uerian
- Bullet Hell games ~ Zfish9
- I Wanna Be the Guy ~ Tropers/Sg_man_forever
- Dwarf Fortress. The playerbase has reason to fear sponges (the animal kind, not the cleaning kind). ~ Insanity Prelude
- Limbo. In many horrific ways. ~ Giant Of The Vanguard
- Super Mario Bros. ~ Monolaf317, Doctor Rayman
- Evil All Along:
- Rei Shingetsu in Yu-Gi-Oh! ZEXAL. ~ 227Someguy
- Stocking Anarchy. ~ JRads47
- Prince Hans. ~ Monolaf317
- Stinky Pete in Toy Story 2. ~ Doctor Rayman
- Felix in Red vs. Blue. ~ WhereAmI101A
- Norah, aka Nox, who poses as a loving older step-sister before she reveals herself to be a Bitch in Sheep's Clothing. ~ Mattman_the_Storyteller
- Halbrand is Sauron ~ Gebeleizis
- Evil Counterpart:
- Mario and Wario ~ Storm, Man Without A Body, Doctor Rayman
- Gotta go with Waluigi. ~ Psykosis
- Fate Averruncus. Not to be confused with Fate Testarossa, who isn't actually evil. ~ Blank Mage
- Nale ~ deeman45
- Hush — Astfgl
- Kuvira to Avatar Korra. Acknowledged in-universe by Korra herself and by the series co-creators. ~ Miin U
- The Master. ~ Triple J
- Mario and Wario ~ Storm, Man Without A Body, Doctor Rayman
- Evil Feels Good:
- Evil Former Friend
- Evil Has a Bad Sense of Humor:
- (Type 2) The Joker. ~ Twin Bird, Doctor Rayman
- (Type 1) Screwtape, of course! - m-95
- Evil Is Hammy:
- Komodo. Evil is also the only good part of that movie, apparently. - Willy Four Eyes
- FEEL THE POWER OF SHAO KAHN! ~ King Clark
- Megatron, yessss. ~ DragonHunterofalltime
- Try to name one Big Bad from Kingdom Hearts that isn't hammy. ~ Cyber Tiger 88, Insanity Prelude
- Palpatine. ~ Tropers/Sg_man_forever
- Seconded, UNLIMMMITTTTTED POOOOOOWWWWWWEEEEEEEERRRRRRR! ~ K Man
- One word: PRESENTATION! ~ JDCyrus
- Emperor Charles. ALL HAIL BRITANNIA! ~ spacemonkey37
- "HERE COME THE DRUMS!" — Astfgl
- M.Bison: OF COURSE!!! - Hoki
- Dr. Robotnik - Grey Finndal
- AKU THE SHAPESHIFTING MASTER OF DARKNESS - Genki Man
- Ghirahim. '''FURIOUS! OUTRAGED! SICK WITH ANGER!-Link To The Future
- Dio Brando. MUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAHINJAKUHINJAKUWRYYYYYKONODIODA - ~ JRads47
- O'Malley. "You will agree even though what I want is something mysterious! What I want is something frightening! What I want is something PUUUUUUUUUURE EEEEEEEEEEVIL, AAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAA!!!!!!!" ~ WhereAmI101A
- Godrick the Grafted. "Forefathers, one and all... BEAR WITNESS!!" ~ El Rise
- Sir Pentious - Demon Duckof Doom
- Evil Is Not a Toy
- Evil Is Petty:
- Heinz Doofenshmirtz ~ Firestorm
- The devil in the original Bedazzled (1967). He takes the time to cut off buttons on dry-cleaned laundry, scratch records in record stores, encourage pigeons to do their stuff on passersby... ~ Marvel Girl
- Xykon ~ spacemonkey37
- Kilgrave. Received his powers at ten-years-old, and he uses them for similar reasons thirty years later. ~ Sky Jumpin Mime
- Oroku Saki, aka the Shredder, who is basically committing every atrocity he can in the series just to spite and kill Hamato Yoshi because Tang Shen chose the former instead of him. ~ Mattman_the_Storyteller
- Yuguro Musa from Moribito II: Guardian of the Darkness stands out among the antagonists in the series for his pettiness. - IúkaSylvie
- Evil Knockoff
- Bizarro ~ Azzamacazza
- The Rowdyruff Boys ~ Lale
-
The HarpiesThe Eva Series. ~ Carla - Metal Sonic. ~ Doctor Rayman
- Seconded. ~ Decaf Grub 47393
- Evil Laugh:
- Mephiles. And it shows. ~ iansimsjam
- Jafar ~ A Random Serf
- Sir Crocodile ~ jfkjfk Evil Sounds Deep
- Phantom of Krankor ~ Weasel Pants 747
- For no mere mortal can resist the evil of...the Thriller. ~ Man Without A Body, Julep
- Ganondorf. ~ Sparky Lurkdragon, mrbits
- Kefka ~ deeman45, Decaf Grub 47393
- The Joker. ~ Zeppelin, Lale, Necromas, Doctor Rayman
- The Master. ~ Voodoo Child
- The Kurgan. ~ Jesska
- Lelouch vi Britannia in episode 23 of the first season. He sounds completely insane, and it's awesome. ~ Apejack
- Mandark. HA HAHA! HAHA HAHA HAHA HA! ~ AguFungus
- Ted DiBiase, as immortalized in his entrance theme ~ Heart Burn Kid
- This and this from Mega Man ZX. ~ DAN004
- Light Yagami ~ Mew Cookie
- Ryuk! from Death Note ~ RawpowerEX
- I believe this one goes to Higurashi: When They Cry, as seen here. ~ Zfish9
- "Your hope has become despair!". ~ Genki Man
- The Penguin, as played by Burgess Meredith, has a memorable quacking laugh. — Astfgl
- Jinnai. ~ Gaston1991
- The Gardener from Adele Hasn't Had Her Dinner Yet — XFllo
- Iori Yagami ~ contrafanxxx
- Albedo! Holy CRAP, just LISTEN to him! ~ beeruckzII
- Evil Malthusian
- MCU!Thanos is basically the pop-culture face of Malthusianism. ~Master N
- Evil Mask
- Majora's Mask. ~mrbits, Zetta Toad, Doctor Rayman
- Seconded ~ Mattman_the_Storyteller
- The Mask of Shadows ~ Fireside
- Majora's Mask. ~mrbits, Zetta Toad, Doctor Rayman
- Evil Matriarch
- Precia Testarossa. ~ tennessean
- Livia. ~ cg12345
- Mother Gothel ~ Allspark Spin Out
- Mom. ~ Doctor Rayman
- Ragyo Kiryuin ~ Fireside
- Miranda Jahana. ~ Miin U
- Evil Mentor
- Kreia ~ The Contra
- Henri Ducard/Ra's al Ghul ~ Doctor Rayman
- Evil Old Folks
- Immortan Joe
- Charles F. Muntz in Up. ~ Doctor Rayman
- Father Elijah ~ rjd1922
- Emperor Palpatine ~ WilliamShakesman
- Evil Orphan
- Leena Klammer. ~ Sarahp`
- Evil Plan
- Executed in the original one-shot of School Mermaid. ~ Koveras
- Evil Poacher
- Percival C McLeach. ~ Bobg
- Seconded ~ rjd1922
- Hunter J ~ Mattman_the_Storyteller
- Percival C McLeach. ~ Bobg
- Evil Reactionary
- Evil Sounds Deep
- Dr. Claw ~ Thanos6, Doctor Rayman
- Black Doom ~ rjd1922
- Iori Yagami. ~ Miin U
- The Ink Demon as voiced by Sean Crisden ~ Mattman_the_Storyteller
- Evil Sounds Raspy
- Baron Silas von Greenback (the 1981 version). That must have been hell on the vocal cords. ~ Azorius 24
- Evil Tastes Good
- Turkish Delight ~ Lale
- This is DELICIOUS!!!! ~ Firestorm
- "Ooh! Cupcakes are ready!" ~ Jonny B
- Fawful. Would you like some mustard of doom? How about some rage dressing on a salad of evil? Either way, Fawful is on the cozy couch, sipping tea that laughs at you. ~ Zetta Toad
- Evil Twin
- Shaman King. Split from the same egg? Split from the same soul. ~ Carla
- Dark Link. - Dark Elf Princess
- Evil Versus Evil
- Freddy Krueger vs. Jason Voorhees. ~ NotGonnaDoALot4
- Evolving Credits
- Planetes ~ mack
- Evolving Title Screen
- Hitman: Blood Money ~ Five-seveN-25
- Exactly What It Says on the Tin
- Snakes on a Plane. ~ Mistermister, Mew Cookie
- Johnny the Homicidal Maniac ~ Rimokina
- Cowboys & Aliens ~ Sinesofinsanity
- Disaster Movie - Thunderchin
- Excessive Mourning
- Yukiteru Amano mourning Yuno Gasai's death for 1,000 years, not even doing his job as God of the Second World, and only staring at his phone diary's entry stating Yuno's death. ~ Mattman_the_Storyteller
- Excuse Plot
- Cuphead, which even Word of God confirms. ~ Mattman_the_Storyteller
- Exit, Pursued by a Bear
- Captain Hook being chased by the Crocodile. ~ Mattman_the_Storyteller
Captain Hook: SMEEEE!!! - Exploding Barrels:
- Doom II. Level 23. ~ Dion Shmion
- Half-Life 2. ~ TheWildwest666
- Donkey Kong Country. ~ Doctor Rayman
- Gangplank, who makes liberal use of these as part of his gameplay. ~ Fireside
- Expository Hairstyle Change:
- Expository Theme Tune
- Clone High ~ JoeMoron2000
- Mystery Science Theater 3000 ~ Man Without A Body
- Gilligan's Island ~ Blank Mage
- IIIN... west Philadelphia, born and raised... ~ Max 1099
- He's gonna take you back to the past... ~ Helium Opera
- SheZow. 60 seconds, no pauses, origin story, allies, power set, weaknesses, weapons, and villains all done in one go and set to a hyper-catchy rock tune. ~ Arcane Azmadi
- IT'S ~ Argonian Lorekeeper
- Expy:
- Signum. There's a reason why she's usually referred as Lamia Loveless' magnificent carbon copy, ~ Chris X
- Rei Ayanami has been expied to death. ~ Carla
- The cast of Watchmen ~ Man Without A Body
- Char Aznable and the "Chars" ~ Nirao 01
- Seconded. ~ DAN004
- Shana, and of course Bruce Lee and his hordes of clones - Hoki
- Guilmon. Takato literally designed him with the mindset of "Agumon, but better''. ~ King of the Mime Swing
- Galo Thymos. You sure that is not Kamina reincarnated as a firefighter?note ~ Fireside
- Mickey Mouse who started out as an expy of Oswald the Lucky Rabbit and proved to be a More Popular Replacement by far. He now has a bunch of expies of his own. ~ Triple J
- The Expy With No Name:
- Cole Cassidy - his appearance, arsenal, alias and attitude all combine for a tip of the hat to the legendary Man with No Name. ~ NotGonnaDoALot4
- Extra-ore-dinary
- Gajeel Redfox ~ Mattman_the_Storyteller
- Colossus ~ Smashman2893
- Extreme Doormat:
- Dr. Manhattan ~ Belfagor
- Gron Sad. Such a doormat, I'm not even going to bother getting his name right. ~ Man Without A Body
- Mousse ~ Carla
- Ned Flanders — Astfgl
- Iruma Suzuki ~ Mattman_the_Storyteller
- Extreme Omnivore
- Gluttony ~ Mattman_the_Storyteller
- Eyepatch of Power
- No love for Snake Plissken? ~ xxx1993xxx
- Shura No Toki ~ Kriegsmesser
- Saito's Hawkeye in Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex, an eyepatch with a satellite uplink for sniping ~ prescience
- King Bradley. ~ Blank Mage
- Nick Fury ~ Space Jawa, Julep, Doctor Rayman
- Zaraki Kenpachi Just, Zaraki Kenpachi. ~ YuukiKei
- Kakashi. Literally. His eyepatch conceals his Sharingan which is always active otherwise. ~ Beta Maxis, sardns
- Saul. Motherfrakking. Tigh. ~ Voodoo Child, sinesofinsanity, King of the Mime Swing
- Or there's always Snake. ~ Man Without A Body
- Lockon Stratos ~ Nirao 01
- Date Masamune. One eye, six swords, countless way he can kick your ass. ~ Kentucky Troper 1990
- Odin ~ Lady Blackwood
- Eye Beams
- BURN. ~ Waxing Name
- Cyclops. ~ Doctor Rayman
- Superman's Heat Vision ~ Mattman_the_Storyteller
- Eyebrows Burned Off:
- Eye Scream:
- Dead Space 2. While there are a few instances of it in game, the most triumphant example comes as the trope is made into a mini-game. Complete with close ups of the needle entering the pupil and squicky sounds.
- "How about a magic trick?..." ~ cg12345, ZiggyZag, OldManHoh, sinesofinsanity, Doctor Rayman
- Elle Driver ~ Seraphem
- Scanners. Ewwww. ~ Man Without A Body
- Moe Howard. He lived off this trope. ~ Surenity
- Farscape, "A Clockwork Nebari." ~ Haven
- Eye Candy. Full stop. ~ Gorank
- Berserk ~ mrbits
- End of Evangelion ...You know the scene, the horrifying scene. Muffin-Shota
- The torture sequence of Lanfeust. ~ Julep
- Most of of what Clamp makes has this in it at least once. ~ Zfish9
- Un Chien Andalou ~redhed311
- Cormac McCarthy's The Crossing. The only example I know of where the victim's eyes are *sucked* out, rather than gouged or ripped out by hand, and where they retain their vision until they dry out, so he actually sees his friends trying to jam them back into place. —Wrybread
- "THEN I SMASHED HER HEAD, IN LIKE THIS!" ~ Fireside