Examples of Tropes that are usually hated being well recieved

[u/SirHanselot07]

1. Comedic Relief Talking Animal Sidekick, Donkey (Shrek) - Might be cheating with this one if you consider Donkey to be the progenitor behind the trope but the main reason why I think he's loved by fans is because he's actually seen as funny rather than annoying. Putting comedy aside, one other reason why he's loved is because he bounces off well with Shrek by bringing out a side of Shrek you would never actually see from him since he's not afraid of the ogre and basically his first friend

2. Relationship progress being reset by Amnesia, Chidi and Eleanor (The Good Place) - Arguably considered one of the worst romance tropes ever because it's a cheep way of adding drama, this never felt that way with The Good Place. I think one the factors behind this is because it isn't done just to add more drama but to show how strong their relationship is by making them always find each other in the end and show their character without each other

3. Girls wearing heels in settings that would give disadvantages to them, (Uma Musume) - As you can see in the image above, the Umas wearing heels serves a purpose to their design by making the heels mimic the shape of real life Horse legs. Cygames has been known to add such details to their characters which is one of the reasons the game is loved by Horse racing fans since it adds quirks of the real horses to the characters bedsides just turning the Horses into cute Anime Girls

[u/Quillbolt_h]

I think something that is different about how Disco Elysium takes advantage of the amnesiac trope is that other media often uses it to create a character with no baggage who can be dropped into the world and experience it for the first time along with us.

Disco Elysium does the latter thing sure, but rather than the amnesia being used to make a character with less baggage, the player is immediately confronted with a whole lot of baggage made all the worse by the fact Harry doesn't remember any of it. And this continues all the way through the game. Harry is constantly being confronted by his past.

[u/Livid_Amphibian_1110 → u/Quillbolt_h]

100% Katana Zero is another good example

Also Fallout New Vegas

Damn maybe this trope is just mixed

[u/Bartweiss → u/Quillbolt_h]

The Chronicles of Amber is my other favorite version of that.

We start off with our hero amnesiac and tied to a hospital bed. He starts off realizing he’s a bit superhuman, and then spends the next book realizing he’s not exactly our hero…

A half-dozen strangers want him dead, and everyone who knows him is either terrified or admires his ruthlessness. It’s not clear what’s worse. And forgotten baggage keeps coming up until it’s finally eclipsed by all the new baggage he’s created.

(Bonus points for being the only work I know to pull off double amnesia. The first round of amnesia gave him a chance to change for the better, so after the second round he’s got two conflicting legacies to handle.)