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{{examples|This trope fought its way into these works the old-fashioned way, because its [[Wiki Magic]] was just [[Too Awesome to Use]]}}
== [[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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