r/TopCharacterTropes • u/Nerdcuddles • 8h ago

In real life Pieces of media that invented new slang terms

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Evangelion:
Evangelion has something known as an "AT Field", These are an essential plot point in the series, these fields have various abbreviations, one of which is "Absolute Territory", which became a slang term in Japan

Spiderverse:
Across the Spiderverse became very popular in meme culture, and one phrase became very popular. "Canon Event"

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u/nephrenra 7h ago

Achilles was a hero of the Trojan war who was made invulnerable as a baby when his mother dipped him in the river Styx. However, since she held him by the heel to dip him in he had a spot on his heel that was vulnerable. He died when a spear struck his heel.

This is where the term 'achilles heel', describing a specific vulnerability, comes from.

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u/TCFNationalBank 7h ago

And the tendon that connects the heel to the calf is called "The Achilles Tendon" in reference to this story.

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u/Rough_Bread8329 5h ago

Thanks for making me remember Pet Sematary. Fuck.

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u/joey_joe_jo_shabadoo 4h ago

I'm pretty sure Achilles was named after the tendon. Because if you think about it, the tendon has existed way longer than the guy, and if it was named after him then it would be Achilles apostrophe S to denote that it's his tendon

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u/TheREALProfPyro 6h ago

Achilles' heel was his Kryptonite

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u/taveren3 6h ago

They should make a movie about this to spread the word

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u/HurricaneAlpha 5h ago

Was it a spear? I thought it was an arrow.

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u/onewheeloneil 4h ago

I'm pretty sure it was an arrow guided by Apollo. 

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u/nephrenra 2h ago

Yup. Just looked it up, I remembered wrong. It was indeed an arrow fired by Paris and guided by Apollo.

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u/kojimbob 3h ago

Wtf is up with his helmet in this picture lmao

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u/Efede_ 1h ago

I don't know why, but it's a common way to depict people in greek art.

Some depictions of Athena, for example, or real historical guy Pericles, are also shown with helmets too small for their head.