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This could done by the [[Crazy Awesome]], who ignores the rules, or the [[Idiot Hero]], who doesn't know them. Thus, going beyond the impossible can be [[Achievements in Ignorance]]. Just as easily, however, it could be a calculated endeavor by [[Awesome By Analysis]] trying to subvert the rules. [[Tropes Are Flexible|These are just examples, there could be others.]]
Distinct from [[Up to Eleven]] in two respects. 1.) there is no 'topping' involved; topping the previous maximum is not necessarily the motivation. 2.) The action is ''literally'' [[Exactly What It Says on the Tin|beyond the impossible]] instead of being one step higher than the current best. For example: Alice punches Bob and he steps back from the force. [[Up to Eleven]], Alice punches Bob [[Punched Across the Room|across the room]].
If you're looking for the old definition, 'a series tops itself over and over', go to [[Serial Escalation]]. Do not confused with [[Rule of Cool]] (where the [[Willing Suspension of Disbelief]] is stretched because the example is cool) [[Crazy Awesome]] (which is characters that are effective because of their mudane craziness, though [[Crazy Enough to Work|they may be the only ones crazy enough to try]]) or [[Badass]] which is [[Rule of Cool]] personified. This trope is about events not the characters involved in them. For someone who fails at something in a extreme way, see [[Epic Fail]].
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