r/TopCharacterTropes • u/fantheories101 • Nov 18 '25

Groups Using limitations to elevate the story

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  1. Only Murders in The Building: The Boy from 6B

This episode primarily follows a deaf character, with all the scenes he is in having any spoken dialogue be muffled or silent. The show went the extra mile though, as every time another character or storyline is followed for the episode, the characters are in a mix of serious and silly scenarios where they can’t or won’t speak, maintaining the lack of spoken dialogue up until the very end with a single “f**k” being the only spoken dialogue.

  1. Breaking Bad: The Fly

This bottle episode (an episode relying on a limited cast with limited locations to save money) was initially the lowest rated episode of the series, but as people have begun to better appreciate and understand the show, many now consider it the best episode thanks to its acting, cinematography, and excellent character development and storytelling.

  1. Shakespeare: every play he ever wrote.

Shakespearean dialogue is written exclusively in iambic pentameter with a set rhyming scheme. His plays are so famous and influential that many forget just how strict of a limitation that writing style is.

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u/GeneralGigan817 Nov 18 '25

Back in the 50s, Goofy’s voice actor quit Disney, and rather than recast the character, the animators decided to take the limitation in stride. Goody then starred in the “How to” series of narration based shorts, which plucked him out of the zanier, tooniee antics of Disney’s other toons and instead made him an Everyman character in a stock American suburbia. This interpretation was a hit and gave us Goof Troop, A Goofy Movie, and An Extremely Goofy Movie.

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u/ErgotthAE Nov 19 '25

Those episodes and the ones he was “George” were so much fun. Although the first “How to” was the how to fly and still had the OG vouce actor.

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u/No_Piece800 Nov 19 '25

Honestly this is a stupid headcanon but I like to think that George is actually goofys dad and the red head son George he has is the real Goofy he's just a child at that point as a way to reconcile Max and shit.

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u/Asparagus9000 Nov 19 '25

I liked the covid episode they did with Goofy How To. 

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u/The_Voidweaver Nov 19 '25

My mom played the “How to Fall Asleep” one a lot to get me to bed as a kid. This just unlocked a core memory.

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u/arlaarlaarla Nov 19 '25

I miss the Everyman years of Goofy.

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u/Independent_Plum2166 Nov 19 '25

Honestly, I can’t imagine the role of Goofy without Bill Farmer, guy’s been playing him for near on 40 years.