Yes of course I know many of these examples were already evil/controversial before losing weight, but I think there is a pattern of controversial behavior or scandal becoming more public after going through a major body transformation into something considered more conventionally attractive

Ethan Klein/h3h3– has gone through several weight fluctuations throughout his life but has been on the thinner side for the last several years, and has also become more ingrained in controversy online

David Harbour— Cheating scandal and harassment allegations coming to light after significant weight loss

Chris Pratt— was at one point a widely loved celebrity but has fallen into many controversies and weird political/religious associations.

Schmidt (New Girl)— needed a fictional example lol, I’ve never seen this show but apparently this character got arrogant and selfish after losing weight

Ricky Bobby (Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby): After crashing while racing, Ricky Bobby believes has been paralyzed from the waist down. But there is nothing wrong with his body, and he even uses his legs to kick other players during a game of wheelchair basketball. He gets angry when his friends tell him that it's all in his head, and in an attempt to prove them wrong, stabs himself in the leg. When he feels pain and stands up, only then does he realize he's not paralyzed.

Chris Haversam (Fallout New Vegas): Chris was a reactor engineer in a vault, and when he experiences male pattern baldness, believes that he has become irradiated and turned into a ghoul. He embraces his identity as a "ghoul" and joins a ghoul religious cult. They try to convince him that he's a human, but he doesn't listen to them. He calls humans "smooth skins" despite looking like any other human.

Brick (Anchorman 2): Brick thought he was dead, and spoke at his own funeral.

Sasha asking Onyankopon (Attack on Titan).

Oda Nobunaga asking Yasuke (Yasuke).

Marcella (Legend Quest: Masters of Myth) Giving Marcella her own team and her not give a complete shit about anyone makes no sense when she literally pulled Leo’s team together during tough times and even worked with Teodora, someone who she wasn’t a huge fan of in S1.

Jumba (Lilo and Stitch 2025) Not only does his new voice suck but turning him into a villain to make up for the lack of Gantu is a dumb decision when you realized that he actually did care for Stitch and had good intentions in the original.

When a game has a dating system, and it gives you a "bad" scene.

1. FF7 rebirth, if you somehow mess up the several chances the game gives you to build affinity with the core party, you get the most awkward "date" with three uncs.

2. Persona 5, if you cheat on your romance options, you get jumped by all the ones you cheated on.

This doesn't include actors who do similar types of movies/storylines. So no Matt Damon trying to get home or Rachel McAdams' romances with time travelers. Things like:

Tom Cruise is always running. Probably the best example of this trope, running has more or less become Tom Cruise's trademark to the point where it's notable when doesn't run (like in Digger). The Mission: Impossible franchise gives him an outlet for his running desires but he also has a pretty epic run in War of the Worlds. While he doesn't run in the original Top Gun (if I remember correctly) but he gets to run in Top Gun: Maverick. The Mummy reboot also gave him a chance to run from some sandstorms and even the non-action film Vanilla Sky has a pretty iconic running scene.

Brad Pitt is always eating. Probably the second best example of this trope, Brad Pitt eats a lot in his movies. Pretty much every single scene in Ocean's Eleven has him eating something (though he very rarely finishes anything). He also has notable eating scenes in Mr. and Mrs. Smith, Inglourious Basterds, Burn After Reading, and Moneyball, which also features him licking his fingers quite a lot so he can turn through different scouting reports.

Tom Hanks is always peeing. Probably not quite as well know as the previous two, Tom Hanks pees in quite a lot of his movies. An iconic scene in Forrest Gump has him admitting that he needs to pee to JFK. He takes one of the manliest pees ever put on screen in A League of Their Own. A plot point in The Green Mile has his prison guard character suffering from a UTI that John Coffey cures. Even Apollo 13 shows the audience how astronauts go to the bathroom while in space.

Mike Pondsmith - Cyberpunk TTRPG/2077

Toshihiro Nagoshi - Like a Dragon series

H.P. Lovecraft - At the Mountains of Madness

1. Grim and Horror’s Hand (Grim Adventures of BIlly and Mandy Movie) Horror’s hand is supposed to show anyone who tries to grab it their worst nightmare and they have to overcome it to claim it. On Grim though it can’t do anything because he lives his worst nightmare everyday putting up with Billy and Mandy

2. Ezekiel Jones and the Apple of Discord (The Librarians TV series)- Whoever holds the Apple of Discord gets turned into the worst versions of themselves. This caused havoc for the rest of the team including Cassandra almost causing Nuclear Armageddon and Flynn almost starting an all out magical creature war. For Ezekiel Jones who’s already a master thief though it can’t do squat because he’s already the worst version of himself

Somewhere between affably evil and the banality of evil, it’s when a character who is considered normal or even delightful, does something that’s morally reprehensible without batting an eye.

Jonas’s Father from The giver: Jonas’s father is portrayed as a kind and caring man, working as a nurturer for the community and even bringing a baby named Gabriel to his family home to give him extra night care so he doesn’t have to get “released”. With that being said he also euthanizes babies which is what “releasing” really is and we actually see him do this to one baby simply for being a twin before casually dumping its body in a chute like garbage. Technically not his fault since he doesn’t know better but still messed up nonetheless.

Dr. Lessing from Life is Beautiful: Originally a faithful customer at the restaurant Guido works at, Dr. Lessing is shown to enjoy his Jewish friend Guido’s company with them both bonding over their love of riddles. Later when Guido and his son get sent to a concentration camp, he meets the doctor again who is now a high ranking officer and also the main doctor of the camp responsible for deciding which prisoners are too weak to work and should be executed. After they meet, the doctor has Guido secretly work as server, leading Guido to believe that the good doctor might have a way for him and his family to escape. This hope is dashed however when Lessing pulls Guido aside only to confirm if he got the answer to his riddle right, either being oblivious or simply not caring about the situation his former friend is in.

William Ford and family from 12 Years a Slave: in the film, William Ford and his family act as the “good” slave owners. They’re considered a humble Christian family that treat their slaves with a certain level respect not normally seen at the time, with William even gifting Solomon a violin. This of course doesn’t change the fact that they’re still SLAVE OWNERS, with one of William’s first act of the film being to separate a mother from her two children. To make things worse, when the obviously devastated mother arrives at estate in grief, Ford’s wife comforts her by saying “Have some food and rest. Your children will soon be forgotten.” Basically telling her she’ll get over it eventually. If that wasn’t bad enough when William gets into some financial trouble, he sells Solomon to a slave owner he know is cruel and also does this while knowing that Solomon is actually free man.

Pat (UK version) and Pete (US version) are both scout masters who took an arrow through the neck- Ghosts

Solomon Grundy has a noose around his neck and several knives in his back- Injustice/DC Comics

Rachel's eyes are bloodshot from drowning- Rachel Rising (Abstract Studios)

Nearly Headless Nick- Harry Potter

Mick was killed when his friend Anton's demon-possessed hand stabbed him in the head with a broken glass bottle- Idle Hands

The cyclist ghost who got hit by a car- The Sixth Sense

Miss Argentina's slit wrists- Beetlejuice

Because it's nearly Halloween, I suppose I should've started with a Horror trope. But as someone who enjoys writing fiction, as well as being obsessed (sometimes... often too much) with wondering if something "would do this," I look up a lot to animal behaviors.

And giant monsters relentlessly hunting humans is a trope that I really don't like, under the reasoning of: "Would a predator actually try to hunt down prey it's never hunted down before?"

Especially under the reasoning of: "Would a predator really waste energy chasing this featherless biped?"

I mean. Between you and the internet, dear reader, how often do you hunt down individual ants to eat?

No. Whenever something gigantic is actually passive, or actually doesn't care about humans enough because THOSE humans might be dangerous, and/or a waste of time and energy, I really like that, as it implies that, these are living, thinking creatures who are cautitious enough to be careful on who they're treading on.

And sometimes.

It's just too big to care about the ants.

To name the creatures I've added on this list:

• The Behemoth - The Mist. It's so large that it doesn't care about the protagonists and ignores them.
• Sea Emperor Leviathan - Subnautica 1. It actually communicates with you! Telepathically.
• Reefback Leviathans - Subnautica 1 again. Very passive. More like sentient props to stare if you're bored, or captured by the majesty, or frozen in fear because of how large they are. Maybe.
• Leviathans - Kenshi. Lots of leviathans in this list. Giant mother hubbards that can decimate a party. Passive though and will not attack until provoked.
• Tyrannosaurus Rex - Jurassic Park. Odd entry, I know. My justification is: In the scene/GIF that I shared, it haunts down one of the gallimimus in the pack instead of being hellbent on finding Alan Grant aand the kids. I know how the movie ends, but, this particular scene is what I had in mind.
• Giraffatitan - Jurassic Park again. The more straightforward example. A large herbivore who aren't at all threatened by the humans underneath her feet and shows up for 3 more movies after this.
• Elephants - Real life. I really like how smart elephants are and it makes me sad knowing they're poached.

Now, granted, I will admit something.

Plenty of the entries are not harmless. But that's not the point. The title is: "Just because it's big, doesn't mean it's evil." Not that "Friendly Giant" sadly. Just in case someone is confused.

Alright, let me explain myself clearly. I’m referring to instances in a story—where different races coexist—in which racism or discrimination against a specific group is portrayed without being explicitly said. This is conveyed through things the characters say, how they interact with one another, and seemingly trivial details about the world.

Chainsmoker Cat: throughout the series—amidst the poop jokes, addictions, and giant dicks—there is clear racism directed toward the "beastfolk." They are subject to numerous stereotypes; for example, many people are surprised that Yani’s sister barely meows. beastfolk cannot pass down surnames to their children; consequently, individuals like Hameko—whose parents are both beastfolk—are born without a surname and must choose one later in life. It is mentioned that, in the past, beastfolk were barred from many professions, such as teaching or practicing law, and were relegated to seasonal labor—a situation not all that different from the present day. To make matters worse, they have been, and continue to be, subjected to intense fetishization. All of this is taking place while the characters live in Nyagamihara—a city built and inhabited primarily by beastfolk—so just imagine what it must be like in cities where the beastfolk are a minority.

Coyote vs. ACME (Spoiler Alert): This might be a bit of a cheat—since it becomes a central plot point in the second half—but from the very beginning, it’s clear that Toons are not held in the same regard as humans. For instance, legal cases involving Toons as victims are dismissed as trivial because they recover from injuries so quickly; meanwhile, a receptionist mistakes Coyote—an expressive, anthropomorphic Toon—for a pet. Even by the end of the film, once the world realizes that Toons do indeed experience pain (despite their rapid recovery), it is still somehow deemed acceptable to use them as test subjects for ACME products.

Pokemon Sword & Shield is a very controversial entry in the franchise, but most people seems to agree that it nailed the Gym Battle atmosphere, especially when the song change as Gym Leader throw in their last Pokemon.

Yu-Gi-Oh Sevens and Go Rush is controversial as it's seemingly the most childish entries, but it's generally agreed that its treatment of female characters were much better than all the previous seasons. As Yu-Gi-Oh is a franchise that's kinda infamous for always shafted female characters, most of them has more loss than wins, get kidnapped and brainwashed easily, or just doesn't get the screentime that they deserved. Meanwhile the Rush era od the franchise actually had their female characters win important matches(It's also the first time female character legitimately beat the protagonist without shenanigans), first female rival in Sevens and then first female MC in Go Rush.

(Split) After her father dies Casey gets adopted by the Uncle who assaulted her on a hunting trip

(Danny Phantom) In an alternate future Danny loses his family and is adopted by his nemesis Vlad. Vlad actually taking pity on Danny offers to remove his ghost self to ease his burdens. This ghost self merges with Vlad’s evil ghost self and kills Danny

Gargoyles: Goliath, a gargoyle cursed to sleep in stone for over a thousand years, is taken completely off guard when he awakens to find his clan and his castle in 1990s Manhattan, instead of 10th century Scotland. After befriending a police detective Elisa Maza, she gives him a stealthy tour of the city, and even setting aside the wondrous advances in technology, the construction is utterly baffling to him. Where are the walls to protect the city from invaders? Elisa explains that the city's biggest problems aren't from the outside, but from within. Given that Goliath's last home was taken out in a single day by a traitorous captain of the guard, he accepts that explanation without argument. "That, I am all too familiar with."

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire: Frank Bryce, an old muggle WWII vet working as a gardener for a barely-not-abandoned mansion, sees that people have broken in and goes to investigate. Inside he finds Lord Voldemort and his henchman Wormtail speaking about their nefarious plans. He doesn't know this is the single most infamous dark wizard to have ever lived. He doesn't even know magic is real. Half of the words that come out of their mouths, talking about Quidditch world cups and charms and potions and rituals, are complete gibberish to him. But one thing does come through crystal clear: this is a very dangerous man. He hears this man talk about murdering a woman with no remorse at all, hears him plotting even more murders still, murders of children by the sound of it, and he knows he has to do something or innocent people will die.

1) The Incredibles 2: Wait 14 Years

The only memorable thing about the villain was how obvious Evelyn Deavor (evil endeavor) was going to be the villian. The movie basically switched Bob and Helen's roles from the first one but worse.

2) One Punch Man - Season 3: Wait 6 Years

The animation fell off a cliff. The second season was a step down from the first first but the third season turned into a powerpoint presentation with partial redrawn manga panels to still images sliding down a hill.

3) Game of Thrones - Season 8: Wait 2 Years

Never has a series gone from a large part of the zeitgeist to never being mentioned again immediately after it aired. So many mysteries and storylines rushed to end in 6 episodes because the showrunners wanted to go do Star Wars and sUbVeRt eXpEcTaTiOnS.

Edit: No hate on anyone who enjoyed The Incredibles 2. To each their own

1) Fake John Lark: Mission Impossible: Fallout

When Ethan Hunt and August Walker first meet the fake John Lark, he is quickly ambushed and knocked out as they try to clone his face. However, after Lark comes to, he rapidly overpowers the two and sends them reeling with throat punches. Not even Walker's fist reload helped in their fight as Lark wrestles for the gun. He is about to kill Hunt, when Hunt is saved by Ilsa suddenly showing up and shooting Lark.

2) Harpists: Kung Fu Hustle

We first see Pigsty Alley being liberated from the Ax Gang by a trio of undercover martial artists. However, the Ax Gang soon hires a duo of harpists with a magical guzheng that can manifest blades and other weapons. The kicking master is ambushed and bisected, leading to the iron rings master and spear master confronting the harpists together. Unfortunately, the harpists send a fusilade of weapons toward the masters, cracking their iron rings and splitting their spears, easily dispatching them. Only the intervention of the Landlady and her Lion's Roar defeats the harpists.

3) Thanos: Avengers: Infinity War

When we first meet Thanos, we see Heimdall wounded, Thor restrained, and Loki pacified. Later on, Hulk surprises Thanos and seems to be getting the upper hand, when Thanos recovers and skillfully outfights Hulk. Not even Loki's trickery could defeat Thanos, leading to his death. The fight only ends when Heimdall teleports Hulk away to warn the others.

Kung Fu Panda 2- As Po has found his inner peace, he deflects a fireball from Shen’s cannons which causes his hand to catch fire. Instead of just dipping his hand into the body of water surrounding him, Po puts it out by shoving it in his mouth.

The Amazing World of Gumball- In the episode “The Safety”, The Wattersons are all chained up by Darwin who became a dictator. Everyone pointed to Gumball a key right next to a cactus pot just behind him. However, Gumball grabbed the cactus instead and chewed it to form a key to unlock the chains.

The Last of Us Part II - Sometimes when getting hit by an arrow during combat, the arrow will get stuck inside Ellie/Abby's shoulder, forcing you to hold R1 to remove it and avoid bleeding out. During a boss fight late in the game, the brute will get struck by an arrow in the shoulder, and you have to hold R1 to pull it out and stab him with it, killing him.

Mass Effect 3: Citadel - Throughout both Mass Effect 2 and 3, you're often given the option during dialogue/cutscenes to 'interrupt' the other person or change the outcome of a situation, indicated by a blue/red icon in the corner. During the third game's Citadel DLC, you can be challenged by James to beat his pull up record. You have to use the interrupt mechanic 183 consecutive times to beat the record. There is no reward for doing this.

Still Wakes the Deep - In the game, 〇 is used to drop items you're holding in your hand. At the very end of the game, you press 〇 one final time to 'let go', representing Caz's acceptance that he can't run away from all his problems, and drop the lighter into the gas. This destroys the oil rig and prevents the creature from reaching the mainland.

When a piece of media goes on for long enough, the characters may have power crept a bit too much to keep things interesting. INTRODUCING: THE POWER RESET BUTTON! Examples:

1. Kratos (God of War: Ragnarok): Between God of War (2016) and God of War: Ragnarok, many years has passed. During this time, titular character Kratos has been training his son, Atreus, and bonding with him while they stay in hiding. At the start of the game, during a fight with Thor he comments multiple times about how Kratos isn’t as powerful as he was, including a very meta-heavy comment about “trying to remember your old moves”. It makes sense that all the skill tree and experience point buying from the previous game has reset because Kratos hasn’t had a serious fight in years
2. The Great Mending (Magic: the Gathering): in 2007, Wizards of the Coast addressed the growing power creep of Planeswalker cards by adding an event to the ongoing MtG story: the Great Mending. This event concluded with the noted Planeswalkers losing most of their god-like abilities, and in the real world Planeswalker cards had some reworks to make them less overpowered
3. Buffy (Buffy the Vampire Slayer): Even for a ‘monster-of-the-week’ type show, power creep is real. By season 5, Buffy had grown past simply killing vampires and the spare demon or monster, had defeated ancient demons akin to gods and killed LITERALLY unkillable creatures. However, in the first episode of season 5 and a continuous theme throughout the season is that Buffy had been slacking on her training and her self-realization of her Slayer heritage, thus she has become much less sure of herself and not as adept. This allows for a return to an actual struggle, and a reason why she might not be slaying gods every other episode

EDIT: I was corrected on the Magic: the Gathering example, before the Mending Planeswalkers were NOT playable cards, the “Player” was a Planeswalker in the gameplay canon and since they wanted to start printing Planeswalker cards they had to severely depower them. My mistake

Project Moon's The City

Due to the series' extreme hypercapitalistic setting, gender, race, queerness are completely and utterly irrelevant compared to your wealth and status. It is not profitable to discriminate, so systemic oppression is only for poor people. Other esoteric forms of discrimination do exist, but they are more speciest or human supremacist in nature; sapient non-humans and sentient machines are completely disallowed to enter the City under the threat of immediate execution by roided up super-soldiers and goth women with magic powers. The rare time ideology that isn't greed rose up was against people with machine prosthetics, once again rooted in human supremacy, but it isn't that prevalent in the common population as of now.

edit: iirc during a crossover with Arknights, the limbus cast were actually dumbfounded by the idea of racism. some of them pretty much went "what i dont get it why do you get hated for having weird ears"

Deadlock

Traditional discrimination doesn't seem to exist (at least in New York City) and occult magic and supernatural beings shook traditions heavily. Heavy discrimination only really exists against Ixians, a non-human species that resemble demons, so they may have served as scapegoats that removed the need for racism.

Sportacus (Lazy Town)

Captain Man (Henry Danger)

Metro Man (Megamind)

All Might (MHA)

The paragon of all things great about heros, his mantra is to “go beyond” and he is always smiling. He inspires the entire cast and his famous saying is to never worry, because he is here!

Blue Lanterns (DC)

An entire corp comprising of hundreds of people who exist to inspire and spread hope:

In fearful day, in raging night,
With strong hearts full, our souls ignite,
When all seems lost in the War of Light,
Look to the stars
For hope burns bright

Endacopia: Has a secret image where the creator says "FUCK YOU DECOMPILERS!

Undertale: Had a new replaced secret creepy message telling the decompilers to not leak things so the secrets aren't ruined. After it all got decompiled, it was replaced with creepy laughter

Star Wars The Deceaniated: First seen in Rogue one and then more closely in Solo: A Star Wars Story these cyborgs are the result of kidnapped human victims that are Lobotomized and their brain removed and replaced with cybernetics that turn them into unwilling servants for the galaxy's underworld.

Warhammer 40K Servitors: Once Human these slaves are often criminals or lab grown biologicals that have their memories wiped and programed to do simple tasks. Some of them still retain speech functions should the task they need include it but for the most part they are as hollow as the metal that was painfully stapled to their bodies.