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This also may provide an excuse for writers to allow the character to overcome adverse conditions and show growth when they win a very difficult battle from their sheer disadvantage, but often comes off as a cheapened experience, since more often than not the audience is left saying, "well, that's great! But why didn't they just pick the other guy?" Especially when their hard counter (or the fool they accidentally sent in) is someone with a definite theme any blind idiot could divine like [[Poor Predictable Rock]]. If a team does this and during combat they realize their mistake, this may lead to an [[Opponent Switch]].

 

 

See also [[Shooting Superman]], [[Mutual Disadvantage]].

 

* In ''[[Marchen Awakens Romance]]'', the characters have a habit of making fairly poor matchups in general. For instance, having the plant user fight the plant user in the final round of the [[Tournament Arc|War Games]] (to be fair, the others had their own grudge matches, and it worked out for revenge anyway). However, possibly the most blatant was picking [[Winter Royal Lady|Princess Snow]] to fight in the ''desert'' and ''volcano'' fields, while neglecting to use her either of the times they fought on the ''ice'' field.

** The early episode "School of Hard Knocks" has Misty subvert this trope, by defeating a schoolboy's Weepinbell<ref>a Grass-type</ref> with her Starmie<ref>a Water-type</ref> simply because her Pokémon is of a higher level, nullifying the type matchup. Giselle continues this lesson by choosing Graveler<ref>a Rock/Ground-type which should be [[Quad Damage|doubly weak]] to Water-type attacks</ref> to beat Starmie.

* Subverted in the ''[[Saint Seiya]]'' Asgard saga: The local ice user actually trained in the volcano so he could "beat" it. {{spoiler|And he's also a fire user as a result.}}

 

 

* The main character's older brother does this in ''[[A Hero Born]]'', when the three brothers are competing in matches of their own choosing, by choosing the main character's strongest subject to challenge him in. {{spoiler|It later turns out he was intentionally throwing the competition.}}

 

* The first time you meet Edge in ''[[Final Fantasy IV]]'', he's gleefully using his fire magic... on a fire demon made of fire. And he's surprised when it doesn't work well.

* In ''[[Pokémon]]'' games, you get to choose a grass, water or fire starter. Most players are aware of the type specialty of the first gym, which is usually the rock type. Now, before the fire starter started picking up the fighting type, it was the worst matchup for such a gym, even then it only became a [[Mutual Disadvantage]], however some players consider it the best option for this very reason, since it forces you to level it up more at the start of the game and any later disadvantage can be overcome by a high enough level difference.

 

 

 

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