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{{trope}}
[[File:smmapublicity 8662.jpg|frame|[[Muhammad Ali|Float like a butterfly]], [[Superman|sting like a locomotive]].]]
What happens when you take the [[Mighty Glacier]] and turn him into a [[Gun Slinger]]? Or when the [[Fragile Speedster]] learns how to [[Sword Fight]]? Or when the [[Shapeshifting|Shapeshifter]] decides to study biology? For one, you [[Took a Level in Badass|get a level in badass]].
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Compare with [[Mundane Utility]], which is a sister trope. If the character needs trained combat skills normally rather than just for a few special circumstances, he probably [[Fights Like a Normal]].
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== Anime and Manga ==
* In ''[[One Piece]]'', this trope applies to most characters. Devil fruits don't get stronger, users become more creative at using them and develop secondary skills to make using them better.
* In ''[[Bleach]]'', the [[Badass]] [[Blood Knight]] Kenpachi is the ''epitome'' of [[Unskilled but Strong]], using absolute brute force to beat most opponents. But when he finally faces one whom brute force is useless against, he switches to his secret weapon: ''a basic kendo swing''.
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* In ''[[Pokémon Special]]'', Yellow quickly realizes that while her powers are useful, she needs actual battling skills in order to fight the Elite Four, so she asks Green to train her.
* The [[Trope Namer]] is the comic book ''[[Superman vs
▲== Comics ==
▲* The [[Trope Namer]] is the comic book ''Superman vs [[Muhammad Ali]]'', where Ali teaches [[Superman]] to box. [[Justified Trope|Justified]] since they'll be fighting each other in a [[Power Nullifier|special ring]] in which Superman is [[Brought Down to Normal]].
** Also, it has been stated multiple times that Superman has taken fighting lessons from [[Batman|one of Earth's greatest martial artists]] as well as [[Wonder Woman|Earth's greatest warrior]].
** [[Martian Manhunter]] has taught him techniques to help him resist mind control as that had been a problem for him.
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== Fan Works ==
* There is a 1990s-vintage ''[[Ranma ½]]'' fanfic in which uber-martial artist Ranma eventually narrows his focus down to mastery in boxing; he has come to an epiphany that almost all the super martial arts that he excelled at were more about flash and wasted motion than simply winning the fight outright, and that boxing was the essence of fighting boiled down to its purest expression.
== Film ==
* In ''[[Iron Man (film)|Iron Man 2]]'', Tony is shown practicing "mixed martial-arts" (actually [[Trying to Catch Me Fighting Dirty|Dirty]] [[Good Old Fisticuffs|Boxing]]) against Happy Hogan. Later, when he and Rhodey get into a fight, the lessons actually come in handy because Tony is more used to fighting in [[Powered Armor]] and is actually able to hold his own against the military-trained Colonel Rhodes.
* ''Possibly'' used in ''[[The Incredible Hulk (film)|The Incredible Hulk]]'', where one of our first glimpses of Bruce Banner is during Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu lessons. His intent is apparently to help remain calm and patient to prevent a [[Hulk Out]], but depending on how you interpret the final scene of the movie, he may be actually using it to ''induce and control'' the Hulk, as was suggested by his [[Love Interest]], Betty.
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