Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass: Difference between revisions

* 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.