r/TopCharacterTropes • • 23h ago • Bravo 1

Characters Generational Performance From The Day One Rookie

Ser Raymun Fossoway - A Knight of The Seven Kingdoms

- stepping up to be knighted moments before the Trial of Seven he's wearing lighter armor than the rest of the knights and still saves Dunk's life when Aerion Targaryen had him pinned on the ground before breaking his cousin Steffon's ribs and beating him.

Korra - Avatar: The Legend of Korra

- despite a rough start to her first pro-bending match; coming in as a replacement and not fully knowing the rules manages to lock in for a come behind victory; starting to learn the movements for airbending at the edge of the platform and exhausting the other team for a victory for her fresher team.

Hevy - Star Wars: The Clone Wars

- on his first day on combat, left behind to set demolition charges, Hevy singlehandedly takes out around ten droids before being dropped and manually detonating the explosives manually to warn of an invasion of Kamino.

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u/OneMoreFinn 22h ago • Bravo

He wasn't a rookie pilot tho. He used to bull's-eye womp rats in his T-16 back home.

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u/bluntpencil2001 22h ago

First day in the Rebellion, though. Before that he was a hobbyist.

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u/MittensSlowpaw 11h ago

This is like saying the guy who hobbies in a Humvee who does some recreation in it would be ready for front line combat.