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* The powers [[What Kind of Lame Power Is Heart, Anyway?|don't directly apply to combat]], such as [[Telepathy]], [[Talking to Animals]], and [[X-Ray Vision]]. However, they may have [[Heart Is an Awesome Power|indirect uses for assisting]]. Or they do upgrade his natural fighting abilities, but only moderately beyond normal human limits, without anything fantastic such as flight. He has an advantage against the [[Mooks]], but only if he stays on his toes and fights smart.
* The character has been [[Blessed with Suck]]. His powers can easily wipe the floor with most [[mook]]s but are very difficult to use safely, such as having uncontrollable [[Splash Damage]], being [[Cast
* The character is [[Willfully Weak]]. He's either a [[Blood Knight]] who has more fun with [[Good Old Fisticuffs]], or a [[Smug Snake]] that can beat you [[With My Hands Tied|with his powers tied behind his back]]. Both are more likely to pull out the big guns for a [[Worthy Opponent]].
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'''NOTE:''' A [[De-Power|De-powered]] character such as a [[Henshin Hero]] only counts if he can voluntarily switch them on and off at will and keeps them shut off most of the time, in which case he's [[Willfully Weak]]. The character must have a choice whether or not to (try to) utilize his powers to qualify for this trope. Also, if everyone in his universe has or can potentially learn powers, nobody really has "super powers"—he's just that universe's version of a [[Handicapped Badass]] or [[Willfully Weak]] [[Badass Normal]].
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== [[Anime and Manga]] ==▼
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▲== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==
* Alucard from ''[[Hellsing]]'' is a vampire with supernatural powers. Despite that, he prefers to simply shoot his enemies with custom-made guns rather than use his inhuman abilities, mostly because he considers the majority of his opponents not worthy of using his superpowers against them. (Disregarding the fact that a real "normal" firing those guns would risk arms broken by recoil.)
* The titular character of ''[[Rune Soldier Louie]]'' is a mage, yet he prefers to fight with his hands, using his famous "LOUIE PUNCH!". He is called out on it multiple times.
* In ''[[Naruto]]'', Might Guy fights almost exclusively with [[Bare-Fisted Monk|taijutsu]], despite being capable of ninjutsu as well.
* Li Ho from ''[[The Law of Ueki]]''. His power is [[What Kind of Lame Power Is Heart, Anyway?|to turn hair into telescoping bats]], but prefers to use taichi moves in combat.
* Kamijou Touma from ''[[
* The ''[[One Piece]]'' character, Bon Kurei can take the guise of other characters. This does make him physically stronger or weaker, but he is most accustomed to fighting in [[Shapeshifter Default Form|his true form]]. Admittedly he has been known to sometimes try and pull a [[Shapeshifter Guilt Trip]]. Of course, this being ''[[One Piece]]'', [[Charles Atlas Superpower|you might also have to answer the question "what counts as "normal"?"]].
== [[Comic Books]] ==
* [[Black Canary]] from the DCU may be the single best example. Her only superpower (sonic scream) is rarely used, and she's probably gone on 15-20 issue streaks of not using it at all, but she's a martial artist good enough to give Lady Shiva pause.
* [[Captain America (comics)|Captain America]] is easily confused as a [[Badass Normal]]. But he isn't given that he has a superserum that gives him the ability to be at the peak of human condition.
* Combat training is standard for the [[X-Men (Comic Book)|X-Men]], since many of them have powers that are either not specifically combat-oriented or too dangerous to utilize except as a last resort.
* ''[[Hitman]]'s'' Tommy Monoghan pretty much stopped using his powers entirely after the first twenty issues or so, getting by on charm, badass, and luck.
* [[Spawn]] has super powers, but prefers not to use them, since they're granted by hell and each use further damns his soul.
* [[Aquaman]] ''used'' to be like this, before writers began upgrading the crap out of him to counter the whole "LOL, Aquaman" meme. Nowadays he can just summon every shark in the ocean or a mountain sized tidal wave to crush you dead.
== [[Literature]] ==
* In ''[[The Wheel of Time]]'', Rand Al'Thor is the most powerful channeler in the world, but for the first half of the series prefers to use a sword since the male half of the One Power is tainted and he's having serious [[How Do I Shot Web?]] and [[Magic Misfire]] issues.
* In the ''[[Warrior Cats]]'' series, out of the three cats with superpowers, only Lionblaze's are useful in battle (he can't get hurt in a fight). Jayfeather's power is to enter other cats' dreams (though he doesn't fight anyway, since he's a [[The Medic|medicine cat]]), and Dovewing's power - [[Super Senses]] - is actually a hindrance in battle because the amount of noise and scents confuses her.
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