Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass: Difference between revisions

* Matsuda of ''[[Death Note]]''. Conflicted and indecisive about Kira from the start, this aspect as well as his impulsiveness and absentmindedness are played up for comic relief. Determined to prove he isn't dead weight on the investigation team, he often acts on impulse and gets himself into hilariously sticky situations. Having been [[The Fool|blessed with dumb luck,]] he manages to escape them unharmed [[Break the Cutie|aside from being a witness to everything else going wrong around him.]] His impulsiveness is finally [[Berserk Button|not funny]] in the finale of the series, and ends up {{spoiler|shooting Light five times after finding out he's Kira.}}

** Also Ryuk. For all his lovable goofball portrayal, we get a reminder of his status as a Death God at the end of the series, when {{spoiler|he murders Light without a second thought for having used up his entertainment value}}.

* Gintoki from ''[[Gintama]]'' also qualifies. Most of the time, he is a useless lazy bum. However, little do others know that he used to be a fierce warrior capable of knocking out the entire fleet of Amanto in a blink of an eye and still can do so if the people important to him are in danger.

** Gintoki is especially [[Badass]] in the serious story arcs, battling everything from {{spoiler|alien space pirates, a crazed swordsman possessed by a demonic sword, and an alien crime lord from one of the strongest races in the galaxy}}, just to name a few.