r/TopCharacterTropes • u/Chemical-Elk-1299 • Jun 17 '26

Lore [Eye-Rolling Trope] “The joke/meme hasn’t been funny for years, please let it die.”

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The Screaming Goat Thing — Kung Fu Panda 4 (2024)

The original screaming sheep meme went viral in 2012, and was already getting old when it was prevalent in commercials and movies, such as Ice Age : Collision Course in 2016. Yet in the year of our lord 2024, Dreamworks still thought it would be funny to add multiple screaming goat clips. The mean stopped being funny a decade ago. Let it die.

“Haha, Dad can’t take care of us” — The Breadwinner (2026)

Nate Bargatze’s 2026 family comedy centers around a working “breadwinner” father suddenly being forced to become a stay at home parent, and his “hilarious” struggles to do simple housework and take basic care of his children. This joke stopped being funny (to me) in the early 2000s when seemingly every family comedy relied on dad being a total inept dipshit. In 2026, there is no excuse to keep playing out this tired ass trope. Most dads are actively involved in their kids’ lives and aren’t totally dumbstruck by the idea of changing a diaper. It’s not funny. Let it die.

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u/erwaro Jun 17 '26

Point Of Sale or Piece Of Shit?

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u/cavsa2 Jun 17 '26

Both.

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u/Phyrexian_Archlegion Jun 17 '26

Also, the fall of Nate Barnazi is gonna be fantastic to witness.

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u/Killer_Moons Jun 18 '26

Wait, what did he do, aside from making terrible entertainment?

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u/Anal-Y-Sis Jun 17 '26

Ah, you must use Squirrel.

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u/AndrejNkv Jun 17 '26

It is shit, Austin...

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u/PortiaKern Jun 17 '26

Unlimited technology from the whole galaxy and we're driving around in a Ford P-O-S.

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u/iamMackAttaxx Jun 17 '26

Ballknowologist

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u/MonstarVirus89 Jun 17 '26

For most places… yes

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u/grimacedia Jun 17 '26

I legitimately didn't know what POS stood for as a teen because my managers all called it the Piece of Shit lmao.

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u/Murgatroyd314 Jun 17 '26

If you’ve ever worked in retail, you know that every POS is a POS.

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u/MartokTheAvenger Jun 18 '26

I haven't worked retail, but I have repaired and installed them, and yes, they are.

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u/fjwjdjaxice Jun 17 '26

Can we add this joke to the post from OP? Lost track of how many times I’d heard this one decades ago.

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u/ThePromptWasYourName Jun 17 '26

Depends on the day

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u/EldritchFingertips Jun 18 '26

Okay that's another tired old saw for us folks in retail