My Species Doth Protest Too Much. Willow: Minuons are the other race on your homeworld, aren't they? They're like livestock to you. Tristram: To my race, yes.
Not to me. When you're on the Planet of Hats for too long, someone's hat is going to fall off. The probability of this happening seems to be directly proportional to the flamboyance of the hat. That is, if Bob's planet is filled to the brim with Blood Knights, who proclaim "The greatest glory is to die in battle!" and "Only the strong survive!" over dinner, expect Bob to be a Pacifist. There are a number of reasons why this happens. There is a Writer on Board who wants to do An Aesop about hypocrisy, or just an excuse to show why the Proud Warrior Race Guy has defected to a rival group. So that the human characters can show their inherent moral superiority by demonstrating that they really care more about honor than the Proud Warrior Race Guy.
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Deconstruction: Real people don't come from the Planet of Hats, and when you've got an entire species who has only one character trait among them, there are only so many interesting stories you can tell before you've got to make the characters more complex. In- universe, think about which individuals among them would choose to go live and work with humans. Often happens to races who are Always Chaotic Evil, resulting in them having been Not Always Evil. May lead to an Enemy Civil War as those who reject the hat fight the ones who love it. Despite the fact that the Klingon Scientists Get No Respect, they may not believe this trope and choose to "rebel" in order to enable their peers to wear their hat.
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Too Much Johnson in Context. The rediscovered footage for the Mercury Theatre’s production of Too Much Johnson makes for fascinating but challenging viewing. The My Species Doth Protest Too Much trope as used in popular culture. When you're on the Planet of Hats for too long, someone's hat is going to fall off. LITTLE MEN. Life at Plumfield with Jo's Boys. CHAPTER I NAT 'PLEASE, sir, is this Plumfield?' asked a ragged boy of the man who opened the great gate at which the. CDs released by Little Angels. Reference and discography. THE Hard Rock and AOR Reference on the Internet! Bands: 6877 CDS: 16701 Songs: 199202.
This trope's name comes from the oft- (mis- )quoted line from William Shakespeare's Hamlet, "The lady doth protest too much, methinks." Note that in Shakespeare's time, "protest" meant "proclaim solemnly or firmly" (which, in context "the lady" was suspiciously overdoing). That's the opposite of its modern western connotation, "dissent loudly", although it still occurs in "to protest one's innocence". However, in this case, it works with either definition Using the example from above, Bob's warrior species "protests too much" by overly avowing violence, when all Bob wants to do is flirt with Alice the Granola Girl. It could also work with the modern definition, in that they are protesting against Bob's behavior. Related to Cultural Rebel, Stop Being Stereotypical and Stereotype Flip. All of the Other Reindeer is a variant of this. Square Race, Round Class is when the character's job (not necessarily their personality) contrasts with expectations of their species.
Rogue Drone is an instance of this within a Hive Mind. Compare Father, I Don't Want To Fight and Pro- Human Transhuman. If Bob is seen as more admirable by outsiders for having rejected his hat, You Are a Credit to Your Race may be invoked. Anime In Bleach, you have several Arrancars that all stand out from the others, but out of all of them, Nel was the only one who could be rightfully called a pacifist. All the other Arrancars (save for the occasional) cherished fighting, and if it was for a goal or revenge, even the most levelheaded ones would go out for blood. Elfen Lied: It's constantly stated that all Diclonii are genetically programmed to kill humans, though Nana is the exception. Mewtwo defies the idea that all Pokemon are loyal to and share a bond with their trainers.
He regarded his cruel treatment by Team Rocket as evidence that humans torture Pokemon for their amusement. Also Meowth. Even his teammates Ekans and Koffing tell him Pokemon are never bad, only their trainers are. However, Meowth either never had or no longer has a trainer and still has no difficulty committing criminal acts.
He also hates the idea of being captured by a trainer (with a few exceptions of humans he would have chosen to serve). One episode features a Rhydon, despite being a rock- type, enjoys swimming in lakes, rivers, and ponds. All the while doing so without being harmed by the waters. It still shown to be weak against water during a battle though. A reference to how it can learn "Surf" in the games.
Nobody in Damekko Doubutsu live up to their Animal Stereotypes even though their humans wearing animal outfits. Comics Rom Spaceknight encountered one member of the otherwise Always Chaotic Evil. Dire Wraiths who had fallen in love while disguised as a human and become the mask. The other Wraiths were horrified that one of their number had become nice, and they killed him. Loki in The Mighty Thor. Frost Giants are mostly depicted as very big, very stupid, and typically Dumb Muscle. Loki is, on the other hand, a Magnificent Bastard, a powerful sorcerer, and is usually shown as slightly shorter than Thor (the horns on his helmet notwithstanding) and pretty darn skinny.
While he is still very strong and durable, that is primarily in comparison to Earth Superheroes/villains, not Asgardians and other Frost Giants. Notably, Frost Giants are an Always Chaotic Evil race, typically existing to be antagonists to the Asgardians.
Loki plays this straight 9 times out of 1. Enemy Mine situations). Martian Manhunter: White Martians are the aggressive warmongering cousins of the Green Martians, not unlike the relationship between Star Trek Romulans and Vulcans.
Miss Martian aka M'gann M'orz, looks just as fearsome as any other White Martian in her natural form, but she's a sweet girl at heart. Even the influence of her Bad Future evil self turned Enemy Within (long story) ultimately couldn't turn her evil. In Superman: Last Son of Earth, Krypton matches the modern depiction (super- advanced but emotionally stilted, very Vulcan- esque), but Kal- El's free spirit, open mind, and drive to explore inspires his parents to embrace their emotions, donning Silver Age costumes and shedding their life- extending bio- suits on the grounds that a short, happy life is better than a stagnant eternity.
Judge Dredd: Sensitive Klegg is the one member of his species who defected because he doesn't like eating people. He's still shunned and nearly murdered by Mega City One citizens for his intimidating appearance. Fanfiction In Shadows Of The Past. Will says that while he doesn't hate humans like the rest of the Decepticons, he really doesn't care all that much about them outside of his immediate Earth family. The Powers Of Harmony: The Changeling Princess Pupa firmly believes that Changelings and ponies can live in peace, unlike her sister Chrysalis and the rest of their kind, who happily enslave and feed off of them. This is a common interpretation of changelings, that most of them are evil like Chrysalis, but there are some who just want to live like normal ponies and not eat the love of other ponies..
Harmony Theory: Downplayed. Calumn has an existential crisis about his identity as a changeling and what that means, but changelings do not seem to be Always Chaotic Evil in this My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic fic. Just different. Inteverted in Reality Checks Nyxverse, it turns out that the majority of Changelings consider Chrysalis to be a rabble- rousing fool whose short- sighted attempt to conquer Equestria with a bunch of malcontent youths ruined the lives of those who were content to quietly hide among pony society. In fact judging from Flitter and her parents they aren't even evil. In Pony POV Series, the Changelings aren't so much evil, as having a severe misunderstanding of what they're actually doing due to Fantastic Racism enforced by their queens. That said, some Changelings, such as General Hercules Beetle, don't believe in that (Hercules is only on the villain's side out of loyalty to the Queen, not due to hating ponies) and some have even gone so far as to perform a HeelFace Turn and defect after realizing ponies aren't cattle.
Among them is Bon Bon's 'twin sister' Moth and three Royal Guards named Bombardier, Diver, and Weaver, all of which came to Equestria for this reason and aid in defeating Chrysalis. In Fractured, a Mass Effect/Star Wars/Borderlandscrossover and its sequel Origins, Wrex keeps this up as per canon—annoyed that his species insists on continuing to be violent/destructive instead of working to help fight the greater threat. Ultimately, he takes advantage of the Alien Invasion to put himself in charge of whatever comes afterward since most of the species (including the violent ones) were wiped out. In Crowns of the Kingdom, Hypatia is the one nice Dispiration, and she eventually convinces all the others to become nice. In Fairy Without Wings the mixed universe has the mindset that not all demons are evil and some want to coexist with humans. However, because demons are considered Always Chaotic Evil that's not a likely outcome to happen any time soon. Films — Animated In An American Tail, Tiger is the one 'nice' cat who is a vegetarian and doesn't eat mice.
He admits to eating fish so he's more of a pescetarian. Lenny from Shark Tale pulls the same deal..
This leaves the mind boggling as to what, precisely, he does eat.. And then there are the sharks from Finding Nemo. Apparently having a carnivorous animal eschew the consumption of the diet it requires tosurvive makes it more likeable. Chomper from The Land Before Time is the only sharptooth who is seen befriending leaf- eaters and is the only sharptooth who lives in the great valley. As such, he prefers befriending leaf- eaters and generally doesn't associate with sharpteeth outside his family. In the film adaptation of Little Nemo: Adventures in Slumberland, the Oomps are a group of nice goblins who are outcasts in Nightmareland.
In Ronal The Barbarian, the titular character is a weak, thin guy who's relatively reluctant to combat and related activities. He comes from a tribe of super- strong barbarians whose favourite activities include combat, showing off muscles, training.. Films — Live- Action The Deaths of Ian Stone ups the ante—it seems The Power of Love can redeem even Humanoid Abominations.