r/TopCharacterTropes • u/EntertainerPure8440 • 1d ago

Characters THE DESTROYER, otherwise known... as eric.

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Lord Voldemort - Tom

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Mister Incredible - Bob

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The Son Of God - Yeshua

Basically, really intimidating nicknames used instead of birthnames, the likes of which aren't intimidating at all.

Title taken from this video (timestamped).

  • LORD VOLDEMORT (Harry Potter): otherwise known as Tom.
  • MISTER INCREDIBLE (The Incredibles): otherwise known as Bob. My man was genuinely named Robert Regular lmao
  • THE SON OF GOD (New Testament): otherwise known as Yeshua, an extremely common name back then.
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u/GreenSsswinger 1d ago

Not only was Yeshua a very common name, but it more or less is where the name Joshua comes from (Hebrew lacks a J sound, so the Y is the closest analogue). The son of God was a dude named Josh.

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u/XVUltima 1d ago

I hope the antichrist is named Drake.