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Why does the protagonist have to get their arse kicked

Posted on 11/17/25 at 7:39 pm
Posted by travelgamer
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Posted on 11/17/25 at 7:39 pm
Before they win the fight?
Posted by SallysHuman
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Posted on 11/17/25 at 7:49 pm to
Wouldn't be much of an arc otherwise...
Posted by THRILLHO
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Posted by SammyTiger
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Posted on 11/17/25 at 7:50 pm to
Equilibrium is a sick movie

Gunkata is cool and I don’t care what anyone says
Posted by fr33manator
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Posted on 11/17/25 at 7:52 pm to
Hero's journey
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Posted by SlowFlowPro
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Posted on 11/17/25 at 8:01 pm to
quote:

Why does the protagonist have to get their arse kicked

If not, you get Rey from the Star Wars sequels
Posted by Don Quixote
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Posted on 11/17/25 at 8:31 pm to
because everybody loves a comeback win story



...well, except South Carolina
Posted by OldSouth
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Posted on 11/17/25 at 9:10 pm to
Because that’s what life does. Then you figure it out and start swinging back.
Posted by parrotdr
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Posted on 11/17/25 at 9:29 pm to
The Rockford Files...didn't Jim Rockford get beat up pretty much every episode?
Posted by Kafka
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Posted on 11/17/25 at 9:40 pm to
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The Rockford Files...didn't Jim Rockford get beat up pretty much every episode?
quote:

Bob and Ray revisited the Ace Willoughby format a decade later in a parody of the TV detective show Mannix. Their version, called "Blimmix", featured a dimwitted detective and whatever thug served as the antagonist, with Blimmix being beaten up at the end of each segment.
Posted by jmarto1
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Posted on 11/17/25 at 10:48 pm to
Part of the character development. If they were never in danger it wouldn't not be interesting
Posted by schexyoung
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Posted on 11/17/25 at 10:52 pm to
Welcome to story telling 101. You sound like a fun hang around the fire.
Posted by Napoleon
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Posted on 11/17/25 at 10:52 pm to
Posted by Napoleon
Kenna
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Posted on 11/17/25 at 10:53 pm to
quote:

because everybody loves a comeback win story



Posted by travelgamer
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Posted on 11/18/25 at 4:20 am to
If you mean a campfire, you would be correct.
Posted by Sunnyvale
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Posted on 11/18/25 at 8:32 am to
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Equilibrium is a sick movie


Equilibrium, to me is based off of farignheight 541 Ray Bradbury Novel came to a film.
Posted by VOR
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Posted on 11/18/25 at 8:55 am to
Three acts require it.
Posted by SammyTiger
Baton Rouge, LA
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Posted on 11/18/25 at 9:02 am to
Also, this is why One Punch Man is so funny

they always build up the villains more and more and then he just blasts them.
Posted by hogfly
Fayetteville, AR
Member since May 2014
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Posted on 11/18/25 at 9:08 am to
Building and release of tension. As other said, storytelling 101.

See also heroic journey if you want more of an understanding of overarching plot arcs.
Posted by sqerty
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Posted on 11/18/25 at 9:26 am to
So the girl in the picture can feel sorry for him and they can bang
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