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{{quote|'''Harry''': You've sort of made up for it tonight. Getting the sword. Finishing off the Horcrux. Saving my life.
'''Ron''': That makes me sound a lot cooler than I was.
'''Harry''': Stuff like that always sounds cooler than it really was. I've been trying to tell you that for years.|''[[Harry Potter/Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (novel)|Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows]]''}}
 
You hear tales about the character. Every achievement, every victory. You get assured time and time again that every story you've heard is true. You come to the conclusion only someone of a divine level of badassery could have done these things.
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== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==▼
 
▲== [[Anime]] ==
* Jacuzzi Splot from ''[[Baccano!]]''. He's the leader of a gang of bootleggers, destroyed 18 Russo Family speakeasies in a single night, survived the Pussyfoot Train incident including fighting unarmed with a single, tiny bomb against someone with a flamethrower, stood up to [[Ax Crazy|Ladd Russo]], willingly almost fought [[Showy Invincible Hero|Claire]], sacrificed himself to protect someone from being harmed, and has a sword tattoo on his face. He's also a timid shrinking violet who cries all the time, not the least bit physically intimidating, has no special skills, and one of the nicest characters in entire cast.
** He ''is'' shown robbing a mob-run store, shooting with his tommy-gun left and right - all while bawling his eyes out.
* Comedically applied in ''[[Cromartie High School]]'' when the guys were trying to decide who was the most badass. (They don't just duke it out- they ''never'' just duke it out.) One of the guys had a reputation based entirely on guys being too scared of him to try him out. (Their 'jury' was out as to whether that was impressive or not by the time the plot moved on).
* ''[[Legend of Galactic Heroes|]]'': Yang Wenli's]] enemies fear him for his legendary martial victories despite overwhelming odds against him, his superiors are so terrified that he could take over the country they often actively ''handicap'' him, and a good deal of his subordinates actually would support him as a dictator - but he's actually one of the [[Nice Guy|nicest, least intimidating guys]] you could ever wish to meet - a gentle and humble man with a few [[Character Tics|eccentric habits]], poor combat skills, and absolutely zero aspirations besides early retirement.
* ''[[Neon Genesis Evangelion|]]'': Shinji Ikari]], both in the TV series and in the fandom. It's undeniable he defeated more alien enemies each with the potential to end the world by itself than anyone else, risking his life several times in the process. On the other hand, his psychological issues, not to mention the plainly nasty things that happen to him prevent him from getting any respect.
* ''[[Trigun|]'': Vash The Stampede]]. A legendary force of destruction, leaving nothing but rubble in his wake, and sporting the worlds highest bounty(60 billion double dollars). Then you meet him...a goofy, spiky haired nitwit, with a great love of donuts.
* ''[[Fairy Tail|]]'': Lucy Heartfilia]] often gets asked about her huge list of achievements (often she takes out much more experienced mages, or ones tailor-made to fight her), but she is a pretty normal girl in person, not an especially great fighter, and has only an average amount of magic. She's even the [[Butt Monkey]] of the group, and she often [[Heroic Self-Deprecation|denies the more ludicrous claims]] (in her defense, the claims are usually very exaggerated). That said, she ''did'' do a lot of impressive things, not the least of which is gathering 3/4 of the Ecliptic Zodiac to work for her and express personal loyalty (not the same thing).
 
 
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== [[Literature]] ==
* For a lot of the series, ''[[Harry Potter (novel)|Harry Potter]]'' views himself as one of these. The event that made him famous happened when he was a baby and when in ''Order of the Phoenix'' he gets asked to teach a defense against the dark arts club, he argues that all his other achievements have been either through luck or from getting a lot of help.
* Rincewind is the worst wizard the [[Discworld]] has ever known. His hat is the only thing about him that says "wizzard," and ''that's'' misspelled. With no magic talent to speak of and a survival instinct heightened by his being [[Genre Savvy]], his usual response to a situation is to run like hell, and he's gotten ''very'' good at running over the years. He's also [[Did You Just Punch Out Cthulhu?|thrown down]] with [[Eldritch Abomination|eldritch horrors,]] challenged a [[Enfant Terrible|childlike demigod]] with nothing but [[Improbable Weapon User|a half-brick in a sock,]] and saved the entire Discworld. ''Several times.'' Arguably, he's gotten being the [[Right Man in the Wrong Place]] down to a ''science.''
* ''[[Ciaphas Cain]]'' claims that all his achievements were down to luck or the result of him trying to save his own skin ([[Humble Hero|if you're willing to take his word for it, of course]]).
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