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Bottom Storage
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| See also | the hot new tv trope…bottom storage, Archived version |
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Bottom Storage is trope coined by t-gp on Tumblr, who describes it as such:
bottom storage = when your gay-coded villain is defeated but is too charismatic and important to the plot to actually be killed off and is also too interesting to be put in actual prison, but also needs to be accessible for talking to or possibly being a b-character in future movies with a different villain? he gets put, in Bottom Storage. which is a prison with no actual bars on it that instead looks like huge tupperware. and he goes in there.[1]
It may have started with The Silence of the Lambs and Hannibal Lecter before becoming a semi-common trope.
Characters that have been in Bottom Storage
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- Erik Lehnsherr from Marvel Comics
- Loki from Marvel Comics
- Raoul Silva/Tiago Rodriguez from Skyfall, the James Bond movie by Daniel Craig.
- Zaheer from The Legend of Korra
- Lotor from Voltron: Legendary Defender
- Catra from She-Ra and the Princesses of Power
- Peter Hale from Teen Wolf
- Q from Star Trek
- Chris McLean from Total Drama
- Dream from The Sandman
Usage in Fandom
Fanworks
The trope was included in May Trope Mayhem 2024 by Duck Prints Press.[2]
- Day 23: Bottom Storage by Pas_de_due, fanfic written for May Trope Mayhem 2024.
- Does this count as bottom storage? by LostTorterra, fanfic for Sonic the Hedgehog, 2023.
Memes
- POV: it's the third act of a superhero movie and there is no way the villain could escape!, Archived version, Tumblr post by langernameohnebedeutung, 2022.
- every so often i remember the existence of the old style of popemobile and laugh myself to near tears. stupid, stupid fucking vehicle, Archived version, Tumblr post by seshrat, 2023.
Further Reading
- Wh-Why is Bottom Storage called Bottom Storage....? 😂, Archived version Tumblr ask, posted/answered by gingerly-writing on 21 June 2020.
- ask was sent in response to gingerly-righting calling it "THE BEST TROPE EVER" in another post, Archived version dating to 21 June 2020.