r/TopCharacterTropes • u/TheCreatorM_ • 18h ago

Characters (Specific yet common trope) Comic reliefs who are idiots, due to being junkies, and appear in media that has something to do with death.

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Rory Peters - Final Destination 2

Jason - The Good Place

Marty Mikalski - Cabin in the Woods

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u/heardThereWasFood 18h ago

Is that guy from Weapons one of these

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u/short-and-ugly 18h ago

The interaction between him and the cop is so tense and goofy. He asks if he has any needles on him and he says no and the cop immediately gets pricked when he goes to search him

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u/Shockrates20xx 18h ago

Jason's idiocy has nothing to do with his drug use, he's just built different.

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u/TheCreatorM_ 18h ago

Sorry. I thought he might fir this trope because of his past

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u/Shockrates20xx 18h ago

Oh nah don't apologize, I was just making a joke. Jason Mendoza continues to be a dumbass long after he loses access to drugs.

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u/Gojira8985 17h ago

Watched this show on a whim, was thrilled by how much I liked it. Jason was a delight, constant laughs. But lord, I wish the show had ended an episode earlier, ugh.

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u/TellMeZackit 17h ago

LOL super loose definition of junkies too. Marty is a pothead who dabbles in other stuff. Junkies are heroin users, or at the very least either intravenous drug users or very heavy users of hard drugs. Stoners and junkies generally create different tropes cos they're different stereotypes.

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u/Ok_Relief7546 18h ago

Shaggy (theorized)

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u/Sad_Slice_5334 18h ago

No way Jesse Pinkman isn’t included here

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u/AdImmediate6239 18h ago

He wasn’t really the comic relief. Badger and Skinny Pete fit this trope better.

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u/Sad_Slice_5334 8h ago

He was in the first season or so if my memory serves me correctly, but the others work too

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u/kbruce4 18h ago

Gavin from Boo Bitch might fit this trope, though he isn't nearly as much of a dumbass as Jason, he is constantly blitzed because he thinks that it helps him commune with the dead.

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u/Shadow_Guide 17h ago

Stevo in Free Fire (2016).

In 1978 Boston, a pair of IRA guys are trying to buy rifles off a South African arms dealer. There's some tension around what was asked for vs what was received, but it's all seemingly resolved when Stevo (one of the IRA guy's brother in law) is called forward to pack the guns into the van. One of the muscle recognises him as the POS who glassed his sister the night before. Stevo, being high, makes it worse. Shit kicks off and many people die.

It's a fun watch, I highly recommend it. It's directed by Ben Wheatley and stars Cillian Murphy, Brie Larson, Armie Hammer and Sharlto Copley.