Crutch Character: Difference between revisions

** Alpha Gaiden has a really interesting example in [[Great Mazinger|Tetsuya Tsurugi]], which is possibly the most bizzare example in the series. He is simmilar to Kamina(or rather the reverse since Tetsuya is made first), being basicaly the best pilot in his own team stats-wise. Great, his personal mech is an awesome unit. It has high armor, good movement, and powerful weapons such as the one shot Post movement Great Booster, Far range expensive [[Shock and Awe|Thunder Break]], a MAP weapon Thunder Break, and the post movement 4 range free [[Rocket Punch]] that deals high damage, and its EN cheap stronger variants with 3 range all of which is enchanced by Mazinpower making it possibly one of the best unit in the entire game. Not only that, Tetsuya has Great Effort seishin that basicaly makes him far above the others in term of level advancement, making the entirety of the early to mid game a total joke just by deploying and training him. However, he lacks Alert seishin, which considering the late game bosses power in Alpha Gaiden, makes it hard for him to handle bosses and he suffers Daitarn3 Tanking problem, but not as severe thanks to his better set of weapons. The story puts him on a conflict with the entire team, and implies that he will leave the team for good. And one of the midgame stages {{spoiler|pits you against him [[Brainwashed and Crazy]] against Koji, and Getter team UNCOMBINED}}. So what makes him an interesting example ? First, while he is not as powerful in the late game, he is so far above the entire team from the start, especialy in term of firepower that you'll end up using him anyway. Second, his MAP weapon is so useful against late game bosses that abuses the support defend skill. Third, and why he is so interesting as an example is the fact that unlike any other [[Crutch Character]] example, he is so important in the storyline that you just CANT ignore upgrading him unless you want a hard time, and you actualy get the most total usage out of him(in fact, he is the first character you control after the {{spoiler|[[Time Skip]]}} and barring routes shift, {{spoiler|he almost never leaves the party from there on}}), and despite how the story implies he will leave, {{hesspoiler|he's not, in fact, all of the events caused by said implications makes him ends up more developed than any other character in your team}}. And thanks to his skills, no matter how you ignore him, he will easilly catch up in short amount of time without any notable problem. In short, he is a [[Crutch Character]] that seems to does everything that a [[Crutch Character]] usualy do, forces you to fall victim to this trope, and heavily implied to be a Crutch, and he is made to be as fit as possible to looks like a Crutch, yet by the endgame he ends up Subverting this trope despite having done his Crutch punishment at some point in the game.