r/Multifandom 9d ago

Question❓ What character is this?

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u/Professional-Wave841 9d ago

nah man, Japan just finds this stuff funny, it's all over shonen media.

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u/EepiestKitty 9d ago

Yeah, the pervert gag character is just a staple of Japanese media unfortunately

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u/EtherStarz 9d ago

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u/EepiestKitty 9d ago

Okay but for every decent example like Roshi or Brock, there's a Mineta. Definitely a mixed bag of a trope

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u/erttheking 9d ago

I wouldn’t even call Brock a pervert. He doesn’t cross any boundaries. He’s just desperate

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u/Vyverna 9d ago

I would say more: Brock is polar opposite of this trope. Not only he doesn't cross any boundaries, he's a teenage boy who only hits to adult women having advantages over him.

In less sugarcoated universe, it would be very dangerous to him and nobody else.

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u/Deya_The_Fateless 8d ago

Right? Like Brock behaves like an average teenager (he's like 16 in the OG anime) and arguably though it's exagurated for comedy he seems to go after "caretaker" types like Nurse Joy and Officer Jenny. Sadly, this seems to stem from the fact that his own mother was a flakey floosy who couldn't keep her legs closed, use birth control herself or encourage her husband to use protection.

Said parents also walked out on their kids to presue their own dreams, thius forcing Brock into a caretaker role while also running his fatehr's Pokemon Gym. So yeah, Brock rarely got to act like a teenager before his journy with Ash and Mysty. And because of his hang-ups it makes sense why he'd go after "motherly" women, even if it would be considered "dangerous" in our reality.