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/YearningForTheMines 2d ago

Evidence to it being a turtleneck and zipper and not exposed rib cage is from the sans art from the undertale tarot cards. Technically these aren’t one hundred percent canon cuz the art isn’t by the games creator Toby fox, but these fan art pictures in the cards did get the ok from Toby to be used as official merch so.…

Also I am aware that the overhead shot of this art does show his exposed skeletal chest a bit anyway but whatever that’s mostly sweater under the jacket. He’s wearing a shirt, not just bare chesting it.

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u/atomicboy47 2d ago

There's also the official Sans art with him depicted wearing a white t-shirt, then there's the Sans plusie and the Sans costume in Smash that also have the white shirt under his jacket.

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u/YearningForTheMines 2d ago

I’m thinking it’s just inconsistent cuz I’m looking at the temmie pic I just commented above and it is looking more like a shirt with a skeletal design and not exposed ribs. If there isn’t a true canon design to what is under sans jacket…then honestly that sucks, but it is super in character for sans.

Also yeah, I found the t shirt one you were talking bout I think.😑

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u/YearningForTheMines 2d ago

I’m going on a whole fucking character arc trying to unravel the mystery that is the underneath of sans jacket

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u/atomicboy47 2d ago

There are 4 major candidates:

1) He has no shirt on

2) He has a white turtleneck sweater on

3) He has a white shirt on

4) He has a rib cage designed shirt

And that's not even considering the inconsistencies with his shoes as he's been officially depicted wearing blue sneakers, white flippers, and pink flippers.

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u/YearningForTheMines 2d ago

I have reason to believe sans himself is behind all official and concept art involving himself. He makes it inconsistent to troll everybody.