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'''Basic Trope''': A [[Badass Normal]] gaining superpowers.
* '''Straight''': Jason, a black belt martial artist, gains the ability of superhuman strength, speed, and [[Shapeshifting]].
* '''Exaggerated''': Jason can turn his body into [[Shapeshifter Weapon]], though he hardly ever needs to.
* '''Downplayed''': Jason, the kung fu master, gains the ability of flight.
* '''Justified''': Though Jason is already awesome, more powers can only make him more awesome.
* '''Inverted''': [[Badass Normal]], [[Power Loss Makes You Strong]], [[Brought Down to Badass]].
* '''Subverted''': Jason has his virus powers, but is powered down afterwards.
* '''Double Subverted''': But he gets them back later.
* '''Parodied''': Jason starts out as the [[Badass Normal]], than gets a bunch of useless powers, like Meat Vision.
* '''Deconstructed''': The [[Badass Normal]] doesn't know how to handle his newfound power, which ends up making him ''less'' badass.
* '''Reconstructed''': The [[Badass Normal]] doesn't know how to handle his newfound power at first, but slowly learns how.
* '''Zig Zagged''': ???
* '''Averted''': Jason never obtains any superpowers.
* '''Enforced''':
** "Jason is awesome enough as he is, but we can make him even more awesome."
** "Alright, Jason might be pretty badass for a muggle, but he's getting outshined by his super-powered partners. Time to give him an upgrade"
* '''Lampshaded''': ???
* '''Invoked''': Jason injects himself with [[The Virus]] in order to make himself more powerful.
* '''Exploited''': ???
* '''Defied''': Jason never uses his newfound powers.
* '''Discussed''': ???
* '''Conversed''': ???
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