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* ''[[
** Sokka is the only non-bender of the main group. Despite his near-uselessness in battle and lack of spirituality (and role as the [[Butt Monkey|comic relief]]), as the show progresses, we see his engineering and strategy prowess improve to the point where he is openly labeled as the "idea guy" of the team. More recently, his inferiority in combat spurred him to [[Took a Level
*** Also, he took down Combustion Man, a [[Determinator]] so mean that the Bender part of the team could barely slow him down.
*** Two Words:[[Crowning Moment of Awesome|"Airship Slice!"]]
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** There's even [[Badass Normal]] ''mooks'' in the form of the [[The Archer|Yu Yan Archers.]] These guys actually managed to capture ''Aang'' by themselves, with nothing but their own impressive archery skills.
** Speaking of archers, [[The Archer|Longshot]] is pretty [[Badass Normal]]. Actually, all of the Freedom Fighters can be considered this.
*** Especially Jet. Yes, he's a [[Well-Intentioned Extremist
* From ''[[
** There's also [[The Dragon|The Lieutenant]], who at one point takes on both Mako and Bolin and utterly [[Curb Stomp Battle|curb stomps them.]]
** As said above, Amon's henchmen are frighteningly competent. They're basically an entire organization of [[Elite Mooks]]. Using clever strategies and strength in numbers to overwhelm their bending opponents, but even without those two things, just a few of them can put up a hell of a fight against powerful benders.
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* ''[[Monster Allergy]]'' has Elena Potato even though she only has the Sight Dom.
* ''[[Winx Club]]'': whether or not the Specialists fit under this trope seems to depend on the plot.
* ''[[WITCH (
** Hell, Caleb is sometimes ''more'' effective than all of the main girls put together. ''That's'' [[Badass]].
** In the first season, Will more or less is a Badass Normal, as [[What Kind of Lame Power Is Heart, Anyway?|her powers hold no use in battle]], [[Adaptation Decay|unlike in the comic]]. So the writers have to improvise, giving her what nonmagical actions she needs to fight the bad guys. ''However'', in the second season, once she gains the power of Quintessence, she no longer fits this trope.
* Robin from ''[[Teen Titans (
** [[Combat Pragmatist|And explosives.]]
*** There's an episode where he takes down the rest of the team just by being [[Crazy Prepared]], Batman would've approved.
* Hobgoblin in ''[[Spider-Man:
* ''[[Justice League Unlimited]]'' made sure the normals were all badass in their own way. Though it was a sore spot for Wildcat, believing that just with no superpowers besides being an excellent fighter made him obsolete in the League. He even said that while Black Canary was mostly a Badass Normal fighter, the fact she had the canary cry sonic scream made her much more useful to the team.
** Another notable one is The Question, who is often nearly as many mental steps ahead of everyone as Batman. He's a consistently paranoid conspiracy theorist, but he lives in a world where conspiracies are a lot more likely.
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**** ...Yet.
** In the episode "Tabula Rasa" of ''[[Justice League]]'', the Justice League battle Amazo, an android with the ability to copy any superpower. He defeats the Justice League one by one. Possessing Superman's powers, he turns to Batman to scan him:
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'''Batman:''' I have this. ''(pulls out kryptonite)'' It's a package deal. You get our strengths; you get our weaknesses. }}
** In the episode "Patriot Act", a tribute to the Seven Soldiers of Victory, and Badass Normals in general.
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** [[Suicide Squad|"Taskforce X"]] uses this trope to help make the [[Villain Protagonist|Villain Protagonists]] of the episode more sympathetic. Even if they are evil, watching four normal people (with a fifth as mission control) infiltrate the Watchtower and make off with a giant magical suit of armour is still sort of cool.
*** Speaking of which: Rick Flag, asskicker extraordinaire. Of the four members, three carry weapons. Flag does not. When questioned about this, the simple explanation is "he doesn't need a weapon." He more than lives up to that hype.
** Special mention needs to be given to the head of [[Cape Busters|Cadmus]] Amanda Waller. Not only is she able to intimidate ''Batman'', she has absolutely no combat training, and yet still goes up against Brainthor along with the original seven with nothing but a handgun, even pulling a brief [[Back-to-Back Badasses]] with [[
* Band manager Charles Foster Ofdensen of ''[[Metalocalypse]]'', who can kick the ass of a man twice his size and be thrown from a top story window and land like a cat. He also runs the seventh largest financial empire in the world.
* ''[[Transformers Animated]]'': Captain Fanzone gets an honorable mention here for managing to hold off one of Meltdown's mutated monstrosities by himself (while the other one gave the robot ninja trouble). Despite his trouble with technology and usual [[Butt Monkey]] status, he's still a brave and competent police chief who doesn't let his early prejudice against the Autobots get in the way of upholding the law.
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* ''[[Mighty Max]]'' and his allies Virgil and Norman all count, as they often had to defeat super-powered villains while possessing no actual powers of their own aside from Norman's great strength and swordfighting skills.
** Although Norman is a LOT older than he looks and is immortal (but not invulnerable), so whether or not he qualifies as normal is debatable.
* Jackie from ''[[
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** Jade as well, in an [[Offscreen Moment of Awesome]] Jade was able to beat up a black belt that was at least 4 times her height and musclemass.
*** She also is often able to solve complex problems and schemes that are able to defeat superpowered beings.
** Uncle, Tohru, Viper, El Toro, Valmont and Chi Fu also have moments of badass normalcy.
*** No love for Captain Black? He gets bonus points for being the show's resident skeptic.
* In the world of ''[[She
* Jake's Dad in ''[[American Dragon
** Arguably, the Huntsclan considered themselves normals.
* Elisa Maza in ''[[
** Probably the best example is King Arthur Pendragon, who manages to defeat Macbeth (who is immortal and virtually unkillable) with his powered suit in outright combat one on one, something Goliath was never able to do despite his physical advantage. Note that he did this without Excalibur, just an ordinary mace.
* In ''[[Wild CATS]]'' Grifter is the only member of the team who is full-blooded human, while the rest have superpowers due to being descendants or full-blooded members of an ancient alien super-race. His only powers are trickiness, good aim, and general badassery.
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** One episode made fun of this trope. It featured Darkwing going to a planet where everybody had superpowers except for one normal guy. As he is one himself, he is told to take on the role of the normal guy. Normal Guy eventually shows up and builds a machine to steal everyone else's superpowers.
* [[Dark Action Girl|Silver Sable]] and [[Dating Catwoman|Black Cat]] are both examples of this from ''[[The Spectacular Spider-Man]]''. [[Big Bad|Tombstone]] is possibly an example- he is never explicitly stated to have superstrength, but he is shown to be able to trounce Spider-man effortlessly when taking the latter by surprise, and be a match for him even a straight fight. [[The Dragon|Hammerhead]] is a partial example- he mostly relies on his strength and skill at brawling, but uses his steel-plated skull to absorb any punishment a normal man couldn't take. [[Quirky Miniboss Squad|The Enforcers]] also qualify in their first appearance, though later they get upgraded with [[Powered Armor]]. [[Egomaniac Hunter|Kraven]] was one, but has now acquired superpowers.
* While Walter "Doc" Hartford of ''[[
** Red Witch's fanfic "Tangled Web" uses this to great effect. In the fight against the Black Rose, [[The Dragon]] factored in bionics, psionics, and biodefenses...only to have the hacker hand him his ass.
** There's also [[Ambadassador]] Zozo. He's from a race of [[Hobbits]], stands about a meter high, very cheerful, looks utterly harmless...but he's wicked fast, a great shot, and very sneaky.
* ''[[Danny Phantom]]''. [[In a World]] where ghosts roam every corner, nearly all the ghost hunters shown are incompetent... except [[Anti-Hero|Valerie Gray]] who stands out among them as a normal gal packing (anti-ghost) heat. Sam Manson gets a few of these moments throughout the series as well, but not Tucker. He's more of the [[Action Survivor]].
**It should be noted that although Tucker isn't much of a fighter (though he fights sometimes), he was able to save both Gregor/Elliot's life, and Jazz on occasion.
** Danny's mom probably qualifies. And she does it without breaking her matronly demeanor! Jazz has also proven curiously capable at piloting her dad's powered armor, so it must run in the estrogen.
** Even Jack has his moments. He defeated Plasmius to save his family in "Million Dollar Ghost" and saved Danny from Skulker in "Girls' Night Out".
* Terry McGinnis in ''[[
** Hell, it's been stated in series that Terry is a ''better'' Batman than Bruce.
* Special Agent Fowler from ''[[Transformers Prime]]'', who can last a few minutes on Soundwave in a fight with just a helicopter, and who survived being ''tortured repeatedly with an energon-powered transformer-sized cattle prod'' and still had enough badass in him to mouth off to his torturer.
* In ''[[Freakazoid!]]'', Cosgrove is so [[Badass Normal]] that all he has to do is point and say "Hey, cut it out!" to stop someone, from a burglar to a pterodactyl to [[Animaniacs
** In the final episode, we find out that Norm Abram, host of The New Yankee Workshop, is also this, holding his own against Freakazoid's [[Rogues Gallery]]. [[Fan Boy|Not that Freakazoid minded.]]
* Lt. Dwayne Hunter in ''[[Big Guy and Rusty
* ''[[
* ''[[Kim Possible]]''. Especially during ''So The Drama'' and any time she fights someone with superpowers, such as her frequent run-ins with Shego, her generally mopping the floor with Team Go in ''Stop Team Go'', and even going toe to toe with an [[Eldritch Abomination]] for a few seconds before he kicked his [[Taken for Granite|magic]] in on her.
* Megan from the original ''[[My Little Pony]]'' is just a normal preteen girl, surrounded by magical talking Ponies and other fantasy creatures. She's surprisingly resilient, especially in the Pilot where she fights a giant dragon with her bare-hands. Earth Ponies also typically count.
* [[Generator Rex|Six]]. In a world of Nanite-created EVO monsters he's just an ordinary human, but with his ninja skills and Magna-Blades he's able to hold his own against them all, even briefly fending off the [[Big Bad]], Van Kleiss, along with his Pack.
** This as well as Dos, Trey, IV and Five. They aren't known as the 5 most dangerous people on the planet for a reason.
* [[Codename: Kids Next Door
* Applejack from ''[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic
* ''[[Thundarr the Barbarian]]'' faces off against powerful evil wizards [[Once an Episode]].
* Definitely Lucas Amato from [[Cybersix]] counts. He saves the life of the titular heroine almost as many times as she saves his, despite having no super powers to speak of.
** Also Yashimoto, Meridiana's most renowned detective from the episode "Yashimoto, Private Eye," who effortlessly figures out Cybersix's secret identity after being blackmailed into doing so.
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