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{{quote|'''Vlad Plasmius''': This can't be happening! You're an idiot! ''An idiot''!

 

At first glance, he's [[The Fool]]. She's [[The Ditz]]. And no, it's not [[Obfuscating Stupidity]]—they're really like that.

 

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== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==

* In ''[[Highschool of the Dead]]'', Kohta Hirano at first seems like a typical fat, otaku nerd, but once the zombie apocalypse happens, he's quite deadly with firearms. In fact, his knowledge of how to use guns helps save people several times through the series.

* Keaton Taichi Hiiraga from ''[[Master Keaton]]''. At first glance he appears to be a bumbling part time lecturer with a keen interest in archeology. But he is actually an extremely competent ex-soldier with vast networks of important people (he is friends with a British prince!). When the situation calls he can even turns random items into deadly weapons or survival kit a la [[MacGyver]].

* ''[[The Slayers]]'' anime: Gourry Gabriev is a swordsman with extremely poor memory (often forgetting whoever he and his companions fought in the past) and a bumbling idiot who can't grasp onto any explanation, but if he's provoked enough, or if anyone, namely [[Redheaded Hero|Lina]], is in danger, he becomes an utterly badass swordsman and pushes the [[Badass Normal]] creed as far as it can go.

* ''[[JoJo's Bizarre Adventure]]'' has Jean-Pierre Polnareff, a ladies' man who's normally dumb as a bag of hammers and repeatedly has bad encounters with foreign toilets. However, when the chips are down (like with his fight against Vanilla Ice), he turns badass, {{spoiler|accepting his death with a calmness that most would kill for.}}

* In ''[[Soul Eater]]'', Black*Star's absolute confidence in himself makes him into one of these. Unless he is truly pushed he is too busy [[Chewing the Scenery|chewing scenery]] to fight well. Death the Kid is a form of inversion; he's normally [[The Stoic|stoic]] and [[Badass]], but if his [[Fatal Flaw|OCD]] gets activated he usually devolves into an ineffectual, sobbing wreck. That said, if his OCD is [[Berserk Button|pushed too far]], it results in Kid's reaction in episode 3: obliterating his asymmetrical target and inadvertently demolishing the pyramid it was in.

** The normally goofy Shinigami can be wonderfully Badass when the need arises. He reacts to Asura's resurrection by calmly inquiring how he is...and pointing out that, unfortunately the Kishin is "going to have to die again". A Shinigami Chop that smashes Asura to the ground from however high up he was is only the start of the ensuring fight.

** For that matter, a ''lot'' of people in ''[[Tsukihime]]'' show this: Arc speaks and acts like a spoiled child, spends more time smiling and cheering than anything else, and is generally a really pleasant girl to be around ([[Weirdness Magnet|if you don't mind getting into trouble]])...but [[Laser Guided Tykebomb|when faced with Apostles she reveals her true nature as the single most badass vampire in the world]]. Ciel is more the [[Obfuscating Stupidity]] type, but it's still significantly upsetting how one can be a pleasant, curry-obsessed high school student by day and a ruthless Church Assassin by night.

* When Mic Sounders XIII of ''[[GaoGaiGar]]'' was initially introduced, he was a childish, goofy robot who looked like the bastard child of a walkie-talkie and a Speak'n'Spell. However, he had an alternate mode—a rocker who could kick ass and energize teammates with the power of music. This mode was locked to ensure that the AI wouldn't abuse its power—or, more specifically, so that he wouldn't accidentally ''destroy the world''—but came out on its own to protect Mic's friends (and in particular, the sister of the man his AI was based on). Later on, the limiter was released and Mic could change between modes at will.

** Ryōga at least is the main character's [[The Rival|rival]], and as such has to be just slightly weaker than him. Being slightly weaker than the main character pretty much requires that he be stronger than everyone else, he is portrayed as enormously strong and makes the [[Made of Iron]] characters look to be [[Made of Plasticine]]. Of course, Ryōga IS a bit of an idiot and a rather nice guy when not being overly paranoid, so this might still qualify.

*** It is generally thought by fans that Ryōga is physically stronger than Ranma (though the manga does not explicitly show this, it is possible that Ranma just has better control of his strength than Ryoga does), however Ranma is faster, better trained, and better at working out how to overcome any given opponent.

* Teletha Testarossa, a [[Genius Ditz]] teenage commander from ''[[Full Metal Panic!]]'', despite usually being [[Dojikko|clumsy and tripping over her own feet]], when her subordinates are put in danger, can even recapture a submarine from a freak terrorist group. Also, her claims about not be able to use guns, turn out to be false at these moments.

** As a humorous example, she's capable of holding her breath underwater longer than her bodyguard Sōsuke realizes, considering her below-average performance in other athletic areas. She has to rescue ''him'' from drowning (and tries to smuggle in a [[Kiss of Life]] under Kaname's jealous eye) when he panics and dives in after her.

** {{spoiler|Though really how much of this is actually Shinji and how much is the Eva itself taking over is somewhat debatable. Certainly the most badass moments (such as Shinji's first battle) are all Yui-sama.}}

*** [[Neon Genesis Evangelion/Awesome|Then the last scenes of the second Rebuild film happen.]]

* Shinkuro from ''[[Kure-nai]]''. For 11 episodes he leaves the viewer wondering how on Earth he could have possibly been trained by a family of ex-assassins, who even gave him a [[Swiss Army Appendage|sword-like blade placed into his arm]]; he was tough, but showed ''no'' real fighting skill. Then comes the finale, where he suddenly uses insane skills to obliterate the enemy, afterwards revealing that he had ''never even used his trained abilities'' because he "regretted having the weapon placed inside him too much." After {{spoiler|taking out one of the [[Big Bad|big bads]] in under a second with it. Which was ''awesome''.}}

* ''[[Martian Successor Nadesico]]'' has Yurika Misumaru who is, ninety percent of the time, a hopelessly naive, [[The Ditz|ditzy]] [[Love Freak]] with some [[Clingy Jealous Girl|serious denial issues]] Put her at the command of a battleship however, and she's a [[Genius Ditz|fleet-destroying tactical mastermind]]...[[Idiot Ball|sometimes]]. Then there's her [[She Is Not My Girlfriend|boyfriend]], who's [[Expy|pretty much]] Shinji (above) except on the appropriate medication.

** {{spoiler|And he's the only one still standing ''after'' Saya rips him in two...}}

* The main character of ''[[Hades Project Zeorymer]]'', Masato, is mostly just an angsty teenage boy, who's still trying to wrap his head around how he went from being an [[Ordinary High School Student]] to piloting a [[Humongous Mecha]]. He doesn't want to hurt anybody, not even his enemies—after all, they're still ''people''—and he DEFINITELY doesn't want any innocent bystanders getting hurt. However, when he's actually ''attacked''...he starts grinning like a loon, wielding his mecha like it's an extension of his body, trouncing the opposition without mercy, ignoring "Collateral Damage" completely, and just generally ''enjoying'' being the pilot of a walking WMD.

* Apachai of ''[[Kenichi: The Mightiest Disciple]]'' is normally a [[Friend to All Living Things]], as well as being [[The Ditz]]. He's also known as the [[Red Baron|"Death God of Muay Thai"]], and for good reason. He ''will'' kill you if you start a fight with him. He accidentally nearly kills Kenichi on multiple occasions during sparring exercises because he ''never'' holds back.

* Ruby from the ''[[Pokémon Special]]'' manga, though it may cross to [[Obfuscating Stupidity]]. He has an extreme obsession with Contests and beauty, not to mention he cries like a little girl whenever he gets a little dirty. However, if he's forced into a battle or nobody's watching, he turns out to be an extremely skilled battler. {{spoiler|The interesting thing is that he used to be full time badass as a child, but he forced it down to become an active moron due to traumatizing events. He somewhat got over his issues by the time the Emerald arc comes around and is now a (somewhat) healthy mix between moron and badass.}}

** Well, she's still incompetent. I don't think having Void magic makes it so you can't use the others. She still sucks at those, and her Void magic doesn't always work, either.

*** Actually in the novels it is explained that Void magic makes using other spells hard until you cast a Void spell for the first time, Louise is even shown using several common spells such as 'lock' on a few occasions with no problems.

* [[Scott Pilgrim]]. Face it, you too though he was just a 23 year old hipster video gamer slacker without any shame or glory, hanging onto his gay roommate to pay for everything, and just being a bad bass player on a semi crappy band. Then, the first evil ex of Ramona came, and we learned that not only is he capable of fighting, he's the best fighter in the province. Dumb and with a little of OCD, yeah, but don't mess with his girlfriend or his friends.

* {{spoiler|Monchito}} from ''Negation''. Most of the time {{spoiler|he does little more than eat a lot and get underfoot}}, but in a highly stressful fight scene late in the series, {{spoiler|he hulks out and gets uber-powerful for a brief moment, clobbering one of the bad guys and expending all his power in one blow before reverting to normal}}. Even the bad guys were shocked.

 

* Takato and {{spoiler|Terriermon}} from Daneel Rush's ''[[Tamers Forever Series]]''.

* Wheatley in the ''[[Portal 2]]'' fic ''[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/6953776/1/Test_Of_Humanity Test Of Humanity]''. He's normally a dim-witted [[Gentle Giant]]. But, push him too far, and he won't hesitate to punch you in the eye. {{spoiler|[[GLaDOS]]}} found this out the hard way.

* [[Stealth Pun|Thunderhead]] from ''[[Rise of the Galeforces]]''. [[A Worldwide Punomenon|His name pretty much sums it all up.]]

* Kasumi of all people managed to [[MacGyver]] a fuel-air bomb using the Dojo's oven, flour, spices, and a bottle of cooking spray to knock back a trio of Youma in ''[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/7696140/1/ War in Tokyo]''. She comments that she used too much Cayenne in a complete normal tone of voice. Genma and Soun only stare at her.

 

* ''[[The Incredibles]]'': Jack-Jack (not a moron, but a baby) demonstrates a startling array of powers (which, by most reckonings, are probably more [[Badass]] than those of the rest of the cast) when threatened by the [[Big Bad]], Syndrome.

** Or the babysitter. In the fairly amusing short packaged with the DVD of ''[[The Incredibles]]'', ''Jack Jack Attack'', Jack-Jack reduces the babysitter to a [[Badly-Battered Babysitter|stress-overloaded wreck]] by spontaneously generating anti-gravity powers, teleportation, the ability to shoot [[Eye Beams]], and Human-Torch-esque flame powers. Since the whole ''The Incredibles'' seems to be a [[Homage]] to [[Fantastic Four (Comic Book)|The Fantastic Four]], he might be a sly reference to the fifth Fantastic: [[Goo-Goo Godlike|Franklin]]. The writers, for their part, note that the reason they gave him so many powers he flips through like he's channel surfing is because he's a baby: he hasn't defined himself yet. What this means for the world of ''[[The Incredibles]]'' as far as power development goes...

* Po from ''[[Kung Fu Panda]]''. While not totally inept, he's a bumbler and a daydreamer. After some focus and hardcore training, however, he not only managed to take down the [[Big Bad]], but {{spoiler|his idols are so impressed, they kneel before him}}.

* ''[[Cars 2]]'': Mater, oh excuse me Sir Tow Mater. He spends most of the movie being his lovable bumbling self. Then he finds out Lightning McQueen is in trouble, lesson when dealing with Mater, NEVER threaten his friends, just ask {{spoiler|the three or four bad guys he took BY HIMSELF.}}

 

== Film -- Live Action ==

* Sergeant Gerry Boyle from ''[[The Guard]]''.

* Adam Sandler's eponymous hero in "The Water Boy" looks like the poster child for the trope.

 

== [[Literature]] ==

** {{spoiler|From what we hear about Harry's mother, she was just as dangerous as her son and father.}}

* From the ''[[Discworld]]'' series:

** A constant example given are the wizards; Seen one way, they are rather large, simple minded men who like big dinners and tend to argue with each other, with a tendency to regard the end of the world as a minor curiosity. In another light, they are an elite group of men who are given quite a bit of leeway in return for consistently and conscientiously refraining from causing the laws of causality and physics to metaphorically do handstands and jump through hoops. It's not difficult at all to refrain from turning people into small amphibians when you can't, but it's much much harder when you know exactly how easy it is. On top of that, the natural number of wizards is one, and the arguments they have are harmless ways of expressing that, rather than, as it was in the past, all out thaumonuclear war. There are places on the Disc where the wizards weren't quite so harmless and simple minded; grass may never grow there again and you're lucky to leave one the same shape as you went in.

* Lennie from ''[[Of Mice and Men]]'' may be a mentally impaired [[Gentle Giant]], but that doesn't mean you can just push him around. Curley finds out the hard way.

* Lieutenant Panga in ''[[Someone Else's War|Someone Elses War]]''.

 

* ''[[iCarly]]'': Gibby. If you are a friend, but betray his trust, or someone who dares kidnaps his friends, he won't think twice about beating the fudge out of you.

** T-Bo, a background character who runs the Goovy Smoothy and is normally seen just putting random items on sticks to sell and being wierd, reveals himself to be one in ''iStill Psycho'' when he helps [[Mama Bear|Mrs. Benson]] [[Big Damn Heroes|rescue the iCarly gang]] from [[Ax Crazy|Nora]] and her equally insane family. Not only does he kick down the basement door so Carly can rescue Spenser, he singlehandedly takes down Nora's father.

** Kagami Arata from [[Kamen Rider Kabuto]]. He's pretty much [[Good Is Dumb]], esepcially compare to the show's protagonist [[Insufferable Genius|Tendo Souji]]. Doesn't stop him from kicking ass, especially after becoming Gatack

* Jackie Burkhart serves [[The Ditz]] with a [[Hair-Trigger Temper]] on ''[[That '70s Show]]''.

** By the end of the series, most characters who weren't introduced as straight-up badasses (and are still alive) have turned out to fit this trope. Off the top of my head I can think of {{spoiler|Felix Gaeta's leading an armed mutiny, Laura Roslin's raging refusal to surrender when it appears that said mutiny has succeeded, Romo Lampkin's escaping from a marine who had a gun to his head by stabbing the guy's jugular with a pen, and Gaius Baltar going all Rambo on the enemy Cylons during the battle in the Series Finale}}.

* [[Merlin (TV series)|Merlin]] may be bumbling, clumsy and at times, naive, but I dare you to get on his bad side. He can certainly kick anyone's butt with the use of his powerful and dangerous magic. [[Papa Wolf|Especially if you hurt his loved ones.]]

'''Cody''': Cha, me neither! I'm gonna have to go back and re-read some of my old diaries! }}

* Jason Stackhouse spends most of ''[[True Blood]]'' constantly doing absolutely stupid shit, because he's dumb as a stump, and is often led about by just about anyone. Threaten his sister Sookie, however, and he will not just step up; he'll absolutely take you down and make the audience's jaws drop. But he's still dumb as a stump for the most part.

* Brilliant but baffled Professor Yana in the three-part 2007 series finale of ''[[Doctor Who]]''. {{spoiler|He does a dramatic [[Face Heel Turn]] as he remembers what a badass he is as The Master.}}

** Rose Tyler could qualify. She certainly has her fair share of ditzy moments; she has to get saved a lot, and sometimes, if she's feeling particularly helpful, she's shouting ineffectually at the villains. {{spoiler|She does, however, absorb the power of time and become a demi-goddess at the end of series 1, sacrifices herself for the universe at the end of series 2, and blows things up like all-get-out at the end of series 4.}}

* Hiro of ''[[Heroes (TV series)|Heroes]]'' is a [[Wrong Genre Savvy]] [[Otaku]] who spends most of each season suffering from severe [[Plot Induced Stupidity]]. But when he gets his act together and wades into the fight, he will ''own'' you. He has basically singlehandedly defeated [[Arch Enemy|Sylar]] (a couple of times), two seasonal [[Big Bad]]s, and an entire government black ops ''agency''. The only villain on the show who was ever any match for him was Arthur Petrelli, who had his same power ([[All Your Powers Combined|among many others]]).

* Walter Sherman of ''[[The Finder]]'' seems a harmless, goofy man who's just two steps short of an institution. It's not until he's strung out from a bad Find and faced with three bad guys that we're reminded he was an Iraq veteran. He does so by killing two of them with their own guns before snapping the last one's neck.

 

== [[Music]] ==

** This is especially evident in Gackt's later "Platinum Box" DVDs. No matter how hard he tries to remain serious and stoic, his bandmates will always reduce him to hysterics with their shenanigans, shattering his well-practiced persona.

 

* In an early ''[[Bloom County]]'' strip, Opus serves as the bouncer at a New Years Eve party. Seems pretty stupid, until he drags a particularly large, menacing looking guy down under the bar, then asks for some rope.

** And if you are a mime, do not taunt Opus or he will beat you down. With a salami!

* Satchel from ''[[Get Fuzzy]]''. The guy has about half the IQ of a rock, but as Bucky is often reminded, pushing Satchel too far is a very bad idea.

 

* WWE worker Festus has this as his entire gimmick. Most of the time, he was little short of catatonic, staring blankly into space with his tongue hanging out as his tag team partner Jesse dragged him around. However, when the ring bell rang, he would wake up and destroy all of his opponents, and would not let up until the bell sounded the end of the match.

** Unfortunately for Festus, several of his opponents (notably [[The Miz]] and [[John Morrison]]) have shown themselves to be fairly [[Genre Savvy]] in using this against him.

* The Autistic Psychic Savant class in Palladium's ''Beyond The Supernatural'' game pretty much has to be this trope. Most of the time, they can barely communicate, but in the presence of supernatural evil they prove to be smarter and more powerful than anyone else.

* Jerry-R-Igg, one of the characters in the ''[[Paranoia]]'' Second Edition sample adventure, is a total coward, constantly freaking out at the slightest thing...while anyone's looking. Truth is, all of that's a front. As soon as he's sure nobody can report it back to the Computer, he becomes Captain X-Cess, standout in Deth Leopard and lover of [[Stuff Blowing Up]] (one of his possessions is a set of explosives disguised as snack food).

 

== [[Theater]] ==

* Leaf Coneybear from ''The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee'' is an airhead until he is asked to spell a word, at which point he turns into a scary blinking robot and gives the right answer.

 

== [[Video Games]] ==

* Travis Touchdown, the main character of the ''[[No More Heroes]]'' series, is a very skilled swordsman, [[Made of Iron]], can move at superhuman speeds and transform into a ''tiger'', owns a [[Humongous Mecha]] the size of a large building and could probably cut an average human to pieces in the blink of an eye...if he's not too busy pleasuring himself to Moe Anime, playing video games, or clumsily hitting on his female opponents..

* The Vortigaunts in the ''[[Half Life]]'' series are an entire species of this trope. In ''Half-Life'' and its expansions they're a relatively weak mid-level enemy slaughtered by the dozens and used as manual labourers by the more powerful members of the Nihilanth's army. By ''Half-Life 2'' they are freed from their enforced servitude [[Heel Face Turn|and join Earth's]] [[La Résistance]] against the Combine, providing Gordon with cryptic statements and the occasional charge for his [[Powered Armor|HEV suit]]. At the beginning of ''Episode One'' however they render the nigh-unstoppable GMan ''[[Did You Just Punch Out Cthulhu?|completely powerless]]'', saving Gordon and Alyx in the process, and when three of them are faced with an army of [[Big Creepy-Crawlies|Antlions]] in ''Episode Two'' they proceed to ''slaughter every last one'', then use what is essentially Antlion feces to {{spoiler|raise Alyx from the dead}}. Given that they were at the time also hunting and presumably killing the horrifically powerful Combine Advisors, hopefully they will return for the expected battle/s with them in ''Episode Three''.

* Dick Gumshoe in ''[[Ace Attorney]]''. He barely passes as a detective (and then he got Flanderised) and despite his woobiesh qualities, he deserves most of the punishment he gets for his screw ups. But when someone he cares about is in danger, like Edgeworth, Maggey or Maya, he gains a drastic burst in competence. {{spoiler|In 3-3, he's a surprisingly accurate source of information for Phoenix, gives the more important pieces of evidence to him and stands up to [[Yakuza|Tigre]] without even blinking, saving Wright and Maya from a possibly gruesome conclusion. All for his crush, Maggey.}}

** Gumshoe has fought of members of both a Yakuza crime boss and a group of Mafia thugs, showing up the next day completely uninjured.

* Wheatley from ''Portal 2''. The "moron" is intentional as he's "the product of the greatest minds of a generation working together with the express purpose of building the dumbest moron who ever lived." This, however, precludes the fact that he was the person who woke Chell in the first place, willingly performed a series of personal efforts that he had been told would kill him, came up with the plan to {{spoiler|sabotage [[GLaDOS]]'s turret production and neurotoxin production}}, sprung a well-played trap, and demonstrated an incredible amount of foresight when it came time for the final battle. {{spoiler|In the last case, [[Cutscene Power to the Max]] is the only reason Chell survives; without that, Wheatley would have succeed where [[GLaDOS]] failed}}.

 

** He's such a crouching moron, that while he's fighitng the [[Big Bad]], his own teamates assume he has run and hid.

** Also [https://web.archive.org/web/20120220063506/http://www.pvponline.com/2011/10/26/swing-and-a-prayer/ more recently], he's shown catching a war hammer in one hand.

* Grace from ''[[El Goonish Shive]]'' can best be described as a bubbly, naive girl, which would almost make you forget she's a genetically engineered [[Super Soldier]] who, the one time she [[Unstoppable Rage|actually got angry]], {{spoiler|proceeded to toss megalomaniac arch-villain Damien around like a rag doll, only to turn around at the last moment and ask him to forgive ''her''}}.

* Mega Man in ''[[Bob and George]]''. Ordinarily he's a complete buffoon. But when he goes into battle, particularly against the Robot Masters, he becomes [[Badass]], often coming up with clever ways to defeat them. The fans figured out a reason for this, and the author said "[[Sure Why Not]]": In one of the early comics, the punchline is that Mega Man was accidentally programmed first to defeat evil robots, and second to be an idiot. He later retconned that this was the reason Mega Man was a default moron whenever there wasn't evil around, but when a bad guy shows up, he becomes an instant badass for the duration of the crisis.

* Fighter of ''[[8-Bit Theater|Eight Bit Theater]]'' is [[The Ditz|a childish dimwit who is blind to the obvious]] ([[Genius Ditz|for the most part at least]]) but is also a highly proficient swordmaster who can wield the [[Rule of Cool|Sword-Chucks]] (yo!) with enough proficiency to fight a six-armed demon of fire. Oh and if you're an enemy, [[Unstoppable Rage|watch yourself if you kill Black Mage...]]

{{quote|'''Fighter:''' Cool. Because friends look out for one another and '''we're''' friends, but Black Mage is my '''best''' friend. Also, I can block any attack and kill '''anything''' that bleeds. '''Hint'''.}}

* Subverted in ''[[The Adventures of Dr. McNinja]]'' as he is more of a [https://web.archive.org/web/20090201135202/http://drmcninja.com/page.php?pageNum=30&issue=11 Crouching Badass Hidden Moron].

* Hod from ''[[Brat Halla]]'' is one of these after he [[Took a Level in Badass]]. His brothers have a thing for it as well tough. And his father. And his mother. And his back-up dad...

* Ordog from ''[[Out at Home]]'' is a tiny, frail, senile old man who doesn't know where he is half the time. But he will [https://web.archive.org/web/20140421002222/http://www.out-at-home.com/archives/286 kick your ass.]

* Diva Beelze from ''[[Evil Diva (webcomic)|Evil Diva]]'' is kind of a little...silly, but she's pretty bad ass in chapter 2 in that she {{spoiler|beats the crap out of the devil thugs without hardly doing anything. She has the super special wand but...so did Sailor Moon!}}

* Kharla'ggen from ''[[Drowtales]]'' plays with rubber duckies and rarely, if ever, utters a complete sentence. Her guards barely care about their job. But she's the leader of one of the major clans in the setting and her laissez-faire rule is undisputed because she also [[Psychopathic Manchild|likes to play]] with [[And I Must Scream|dolls]]. Her power is such that in a side-story she was able to 'play' with a greater demon, made of a composite of lesser demons, who collectively barely escaped with their lives.

* {{spoiler|Buwaro}} from ''[[Slightly Damned]]'' is like this without {{spoiler|his star pendent.}}

* Zac of ''[[What the Fu (webcomic)|What the Fu]]'' obscurity may have a [[Idiot Hero|"negligible amount of clues"]], but he's a pretty competent fighter.

* Denver in ''[[Exiern]]'', usually a bumbling nerd, in fact he is a bumbling, lovable, nerd. Hurt someone he likes and he'll [http://www.exiern.com/?p=976 smash open giant solid oak doors] with his bare hands, or [http://www.exiern.com/?p=1422 rewrite the laws of magic] with a gesture.

** Though recently the creators seem to be pushing the idea that Grymm and the Masked T-Square aren't even the same person despite multiple past pages existing as proof.

* [[The Ditz|Donald]] from ''[[Dark Legacy Comics]]'' is shown to be [[Too Dumb to Live]] and is completely useless at fighting (and pretty much everything). However during a Raid Boss the group had been stuck at for three months, Nyte whispered something that caused Donald to lose it and slice his head off in a single strike.

{{quote|'''Jared:''' I didn't know... I didn't know he was a laser fish.}}

 

* Subverted with {{spoiler|Arthur Williams}} in ''[[Survival of the Fittest]]'', who shoves aside his shyness and fear, charging an armed player in order to save a hostage, and gets shot in the face for his trouble. Paul Smith, also from ''Survival of the Fittest'' is usually a [[Chivalrous Pervert]], pretty goofy and laid back—very much a comic relief character. However, from time to time, he almost seems to "switch on" and become one hell of a lot more dangerous. And try ''lethally'' dangerous.

* Essentially the entire core cast of ''[[Mega 64]]'', but special mention should go to Sean and Horatio. Do ''not'' make them mad.

* Linkara from ''[[Atop the Fourth Wall]]'' is a nerd who reviews comic books for a living. He also has the power to manifest, invent, or contact any fictional person or thing. His standard weapon is his magic gun, but he's also found often using his [[Power Rangers]] Morpher, a ''[[Star Trek]]'' phaser, the giant robot death machine Neutro, a Pokéball [[Silent Hill|with Pyramid Head in it]], and several other things. He has used this to defeat Vyse, a [[Multiversal Conqueror]], amongst other enemies.

* Paul of ''[[Loading Ready Run]]''. Ridiculously techy, he can make anything from time machines to nerf rocket launchers from the junk in his garage.

 

== [[Western Animation]] ==

 

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