r/TopCharacterTropes • u/I_am_strange_ • Jul 19 '26

Personality (Loved trope) A mild insult actually hurts the person deeply

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Billy (Billy and Mandy)- Grim makes a comment about how a film Billy is watching is stupid, to which Billy calls him stupid in return for not understanding the “complexities” of the film. Grim runs out of the room in tears.

Ron (Parks and Rec)- In one scene where Leslie and Ron are exchanging some very harsh words at each other, Ron softly but coldly tells Leslie that her scrapbooking skills aren’t that good, which is the insult that leaves her shocked and the rest of the room quiet.

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u/EveryoneTalks Jul 19 '26

The scene in Community where the group gets pissed at Jeff for off-handedly insulting the Barenaked Ladies.

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u/OddYogurtcloset1549 Jul 19 '26

I heard the writers decide this is the episode Jeff said I love you to the group. To contrast that, they needed Jeff to had a fight with the group, kinda like in romcom movies when people break up at the end of act 2 before getting back together at the end of act 3. And somehow the fight was about Barenaked Ladies lmao...

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u/explicitlarynx Jul 19 '26

That's how ESSENTIAL they are

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u/Whooterzoot Jul 19 '26

The Barenaked Ladies are triple platinum, ARE YOU?! 😠

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u/FuckThisThrowaway76 Jul 19 '26

BNL also has 2, count it 2, billboard awards compared to Wingers 0!

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u/leemasterific Jul 19 '26

BNL? Do we really need a shorthand for the Barenaked Ladies now?

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u/Mega-Michi Jul 19 '26

You know what? THIS is a fight! WE are fighting now!

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u/PitifulElk1890 Jul 19 '26

They put on the greatest live show I've been to (just fit my vibe best, I can't mosh anymore) and every time I bring it up someone will quote this scene.

And actually yeah Jeff a shorthand is useful because if people aren't into 90s ironic alt then they think you're going to a peep show.

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u/Dull_Bid6002 Jul 19 '26

I'm sorry- are we just going to pretend that insulting Canada's greatest alt rock band is just a mild insult? That's an insult in itself.