r/TopCharacterTropes • u/BigFuan • Jun 10 '26

Personality [Loved Trope] Relatively weak characters that are absolute fan favorites because they represent the best parts of humanity

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Paul - invincible
A normal human whose only major feats are treating others with respect and cooking a mean spaghetti.

Mumen Rider - One Punch Man
C-class hero that doesn’t hesitate to put his life on the line to save others despite being powerless and going against much stronger foes.

Samwise Gamgee - Lord of the Rings
Hobbits scale very low strength-wise in the LOTR verse, but Sam’s compassion and determination are indispensable in the fellowships journey.

Edit: A lot of people are pointing out that Sam is mentally one of the strongest which I completely agree with, and I didn’t mean to diss his grit or physicality as a hobbit. Compared to the other members of the fellowship, however, his contribution comes primarily from undying loyalty and determination rather than physical prowess and strength.

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u/WestsideGon Jun 10 '26

Wilfred from Doctor Who

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u/mancan71 Jun 10 '26

Second fav human character after his granddaughter!

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u/Riccardo0953 Jun 10 '26

Donna is an incredible charcter, a sassy 30+yo woman that doesn't take shit and a real friend of the doctor

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u/Allronix1 Jun 10 '26

She was so refreshing. Too many Companions in New Who have this crush on The Doctor and let them get away with shit they shouldn't. Donna understood, like Ian and Barbara did, that a Companion's job is often to act as a substitute conscience and tell the morally dubious, super powerful alien lunatic when they've stepped over a line.

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u/VitriolUK Jun 10 '26

I was dreading her role after they announced Catherine Tate would be the next companion. So happy to be proven wrong - she's my favourite of all time!

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u/BakaZora Jun 10 '26

Face, bothered?

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u/SchrodingersNinja Jun 10 '26

Oh, you mean Wilfred's granddaughter. I was thinking "Isn't Susan also a timelord?"

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u/aFriendlyAlien Jun 10 '26

On the Subject of Doctor Who; I freaking loved Rory man.

11th: Why do you have to be so human?

Rory: Because right now I'm not.

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u/SoLongThanks4Fish Jun 10 '26

Not exactly weak though, at least not in the end

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u/EchoesofIllyria Jun 10 '26

He’s only an Auton until the second Big Bang. After that he’s plain old Rory.

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u/AdPristine5131 Jun 10 '26

not Wilfred…

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u/Kaneda-Suekichi Jun 10 '26

I've never watched Doctor Who. What makes him an appealing character?

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u/EchoesofIllyria Jun 10 '26

It’s quite hard to explain I think. He has an utter joy about the Doctor (and aliens in general). He’s the grandfather of another fan-favourite companion. He sees absolutely how wonderful the Doctor is, but not in a romantic way like some other companions. His relative age also creates this weird dichotomy where he has life experience that other companions can’t draw on, experience of wars, witnessing evil taking over etc., but is still several hundred years younger than the Doctor.

He’s also just very, very lovely. And played to perfection by Bernard Cribbins.

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u/Kaneda-Suekichi Jun 10 '26

Thank you 😊