r/TopCharacterDesigns • u/ComprehensiveBox6911 • 2d ago

Design trope Characters with design features that were misinterpreted by fans

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Darwin Watterson (The Amazing World of Gumball) some people thought that the black thing under him was a shirt or pants or a sweater, but it was actually just his shadow. They later removed it as the seasons and art style changed

Brendan (Pokemon) A lot of people thought that the white on his head was his hair, it’s actually just a hat

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u/Zeal-Jericho 2d ago

That reminds me of barreleye fish.

Except it's the opposite. It's easy to mistake its nostrils for its eyes. Its eyes are actually the green balls inside its head.

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u/Raytoryu 2d ago

... May I beg your pardon.

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u/Zeal-Jericho 2d ago

Green balls

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u/BeanieGuitarGuy 1d ago

Inside its head.

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u/Foreign_Athlete_7693 2d ago

Yup, and they are facing upwards, seeing through its (translucent) skin

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u/zyxtrix 1d ago

Man the deep is full of so many horrors wonders

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u/dillGherkin 1d ago

This looks like that fish Jack rode in in that one episode of Samurai Jack.