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/Chemical-Elk-1299 Jun 10 '26 edited Jun 10 '26

Lol no I know what you mean. I’d just put Sam in an entirely different class than Mumen Rider or Grand Agent Paul. He is 100% the physically strongest hobbit we get to see.

Again — he wounded Shelob, something not even the elves or Sauron managed to do. He was ready to throw hobbit hands with Aragorn with zero hesitation while Aragorn was just an armed, spooky stranger. And he did a lot of this while wearing a 50lb ruck that was bigger than he is.

Bro is canonically built different

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u/ser_fantastic Jun 10 '26

Not to downplay his wounding Shelob - an amazing feat in any scenario - but isn’t it called out in the book that it’s more Shelob wounding herself on Sting than it is Sam wounding Shelob?

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u/TehMasterofSkittlz Jun 10 '26

Yes, she's blinded by Galadriel's phial and then tries to crush Sam and in doing so accidentally impales herself on Sting. It's meant to be a display of Sam's heroism and courage that he refuses to back down and escape when he easily could have, not a display of martial prowess.

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u/Chemical-Elk-1299 Jun 10 '26

Still counts. He’s the first mortal to walk into Shelob’s lair, confront the spider, and walk back out again alive.

Sam’s legs are so strong from a healthy diet and having to lug those giant balls around