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A specific form of [[The Ace]]. See also [[Overrated and Underleveled]] and [[Linear Warriors, Quadratic Wizards]]. Contrast with [[Magikarp Power]] and [[One Man Party]]. This character often acts as the EXP version of [[So Long and Thanks For All the Gear]].
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* ''[[Guardian Heroes|Advance Guardian Heroes]]'' has an interesting version of this. Throughout the game, you're pitted against the main characters from the first game, and upon beating them they lend you their soul, offering a massive stat boost. However, said stat boosts get taken away frequently (whenever you fight one of the heroes, first you have to beat them, and then the souls you've collected so far are taken away and turned back into the characters they belong to, and then you have to fight them all over again all at once) and in the final boss fight they're permanently taken away one by one, so if you aren't still leveling up these boosted stats you'll be in for a world of hurt.▼
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* The Zuul of ''[[Sword of the Stars]]'' appear to be this at first. They have several advantages: Their ships start out cheap, faster both tactically and strategically and better-armed than most races'. They can take slaves, depriving an enemy world of population while driving up their own production. Having to [[Planet Looters|overharvest]] means they can build up early money fast. '''However!''' They are a subversion who hew much closer to [[Difficult but Awesome]]. See that page for more details.
▲== Beat Em Up ==
▲* [[Guardian Heroes|Advance Guardian Heroes]] has an interesting version of this. Throughout the game, you're pitted against the main characters from the first game, and upon beating them they lend you their soul, offering a massive stat boost. However, said stat boosts get taken away frequently (whenever you fight one of the heroes, first you have to beat them, and then the souls you've collected so far are taken away and turned back into the characters they belong to, and then you have to fight them all over again all at once) and in the final boss fight they're permanently taken away one by one, so if you aren't still leveling up these boosted stats you'll be in for a world of hurt.
== Non Video Game Examples ==
* While ''[[Scrubs]]'' obviously enough is not a video game, Ed's character arc in season 8 [[Playing with a Trope|messes with tropes]] in a way that illustrates this trope. Ed starts out [[Brilliant but Lazy]], satisfied with where he is. However, none of the other interns are. So while Ed is off trolling Lost fansites, the other interns are actually getting better to the point where Ed is left in the dust. {{spoiler|When he completely fails at bettering himself in Dr. Cox's eyes, Cox doesn't hesitate in firing him and replacing him with a better intern.}}
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