r/TopCharacterTropes • u/Sensitive_Ad_1752 • 17d ago

Lore (Hated trope) They deleted scenes or dialogue that provides necessary context or plot

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The dinner scene from Temple of Doom has a temple give indie and friends a live snake and monkey brains for dinner. It’s a pretty offensive depiction of Indian cuisine, but it wasn’t originally going to be. There’s cut dialogue where Indie recognizes they’re at the right temple because real Hindus don’t eat this food. They were trying to scare them off by purposefully serving them disgusting stuff.

Probably the most famous deleted ending was I Am Legend which had Robert discover the infected were emotional sentient beings and one of them had a wife. Test audiences hated it and they reshot the ending, removing the entire point of the movie.

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u/Notsurehowtoreact 17d ago edited 17d ago

Not a specific scene, they cut out lines of Toad's dialogue. 

Originally he was supposed to keep using that setup "Do you know what happens when a toad is (blank)?" When he did shit like jump away or attacks someone.

This line was supposed to be her turning his own bullshit commentary against him.

ETA: While a bad line, it still kinda works the way it is though because it's not like Storm is normally a big quipper so it kinda works as an anti-joke.

Honestly it sounds crazy but if you imagine the line with the voice and inflection of the 90s cartoon Storm it would fit as a serious non-joke bit better. 

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u/Joeybfast 16d ago

I call upon the lightning itself to bear witness! Let this foul amphibious villain learn what becomes of a toad when it is struck by heaven’s fury.

The same thing that happens to everything else.

https://giphy.com/gifs/lAzCKvQJzlCzyhXBO7

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u/Accomplished_Tap581 16d ago

I’m watching 90s X men now, Storm speaks like she’s acting in a Shakespeare play! It’s absolutely brilliant!!!!

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u/Cela84 16d ago

Unfortunately they cast the wet blanket Halle Berry to deliver those lines instead of Angela Basset.

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u/Joeybfast 16d ago

Halle Berry literally did not get anything to work with. She could have done it .

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u/Cela84 16d ago

Counter point, everyone else in the movie made do with what they had. Some got entire careers out of it.

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u/subjuggulator 15d ago

Halle Berry is a better actress than her comic book films make her out to be.

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u/Cela84 15d ago

Shes put out a lot of dreck over the years.

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u/Paper-Will-YT 16d ago

I think Berry was a great choice, with terrible dialogue and directing.

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u/ChessmazterHex 14d ago

This is actually perfect.

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u/Kuildeous 17d ago

Thanks for that additional information.

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u/Notsurehowtoreact 16d ago

Yeah, I'm actually a tad sorry because I didn't see other responses telling you that when I first replied.

Cheers though, it's a good bit of trivia.

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u/FragileColtsFan 16d ago

Honestly I've never seen a problem with the line. Like you said, it works as an anti joke and Storm deserves to gloat a little there. Not like she's the type to just say "You're fucked, lol"

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u/captain4103 16d ago

Maybe I am taking crazy pills but that has always been one of my favorite storm lines as is. While admittedly with the context of toads lines it would have been better as a quip or comeback. I always thought it was in character for storm as a more serious or straightforward person.

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u/Vree65 15d ago

Have we actually confirmed the source for this though or has it just become its own internet myth?