Forget BB-8 — the real breakout character of ‘Star Wars: The Force Awakens’ is this riot gear-wielding Stormtrooper

The Force Awakens' villain, Kylo Ren
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"Star Wars: The Force Awakens" introduces a lot of new characters from Gwendoline Christie's fierce Captain Phasma and Oscar Isaac's Resistance pilot Poe Dameron to Adam Driver's fiery Kylo Ren.

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However, the one character fans can't stop talking about is a Stormtrooper in riot gear who throws down with Finn in the middle of the film.

You probably noticed him in one of the film's many ads showing off his awesome riot gear moves.

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The trooper yells out to Finn calling him a traitor for abandoning the First Order before going toe-to-toe with him. The internet has grown accustomed to calling the trooper TR-8R after his one line of dialogue. And from there, a meme was born.

Keep reading to see some of the best memes featuring everyone's new favorite Stormtrooper.

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This posits how Finn was probably seduced into becoming part of the Resistance.

 

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People have been adding a gif of the Stormtrooper spinning his riot gear into images.

Here he is just rocking out to a lightsaber fight from "Star Wars: Episode III."

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TR-8R imagined in another Lucasfilm great.

 

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This addition of him into the board game "Guess Who?" is one of our favorites.

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This one pokes fun at Nickelodeon's cartoon show "The Fairly Oddparents."

 

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TR-8R is obviously the Stormtrooper all others should aspire toward.

 

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