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[[File:Fspeedster2 5288.png|frame|Sure they're fragile, but it's the razor sharp edges you need to watch out for.]]
{{quote|''"[[Everything Trying to Kill You|All the world will be your enemy]], O Prince with a Thousand Enemies. And if they catch you, they will '''kill you'''. But first, they must catch you."''
|'''[[God|Frith]]''' to '''[[Guile Hero|El-ahrairah]]''', ''[[Watership Down]]''}}
One of the classic video game character builds, along with the [[Mighty Glacier]], [[Stone Wall]] and the [[Jack of All Stats]].
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== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==
* Sena from ''[[Eyeshield 21]]'', at least in the beginning. He eventually toughens up defensively a lot over the course of the series through many beatings, enough to play defense as well as offense as he becomes one of the very few to take a hit from Gaou and stand back up (Albeit it wasn't completely full strength and from that point he was running on pure adrenaline). He is still extremely weak however. When one particular opponent slaps him on the back as a sign of encouragement and accidentally sends him flying, he lets Sena do the same to him to be fair. Of course, Sena goes all out with the hit, after which the opponent says that he didn't have to hold back...
* ''[[Angelic Layer]]'': Hikaru, Athena, and most of the Angels. It's never explained ''why'' so many people choose to construct Angels this way, but possibly it's to emulate [[The Champion]] Athena. Also possible is the fact that every heavyweight angel except for Shirahime looks absolutely hideous and unnatural. Case in point: Vasquez.
* Fate from ''[[Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha]]'' whenever she uses her Sonic Form. It allows her to move at [[Super Speed]] at all times, but at the cost of defense. Her opponents always note that, in that form, one hit is all it'll take to kill her. Not that the astute observation does them any good whatsoever. Well, ironically enough, it ''would'' have for the first opponent she used it on: [[Lightning Bruiser|Signum]], as noted in the quotes page. If Signum had [[Anti-Villain|felt like killing a child]], of course.
** To further the irony, Signum probably will become this{{verify}} in ''[[Magical Record Lyrical Nanoha Force|FORCE]]'' since the new seeting's rules completely ruined the effectiveness of her [[Lightning Bruiser]] powers and technique which probably will force her to take a hit-and-run fighting style from now on.
* In ''[[The Prince of Tennis]]'', Fudomine player Akira Kamio is known among players as an ''extremely'' fast runner. His stamina is variable; in the anime he's able to more-or-less follow and keep up with a guy on a ''bicycle'', but in an actual doubles game {{spoiler|he and his partner almost collapse out of exhaustation}}. It doesn't help that {{spoiler|one of his opponents was [[Lightning Bruiser|Kenya Oshitari]], an even ''faster'' runner ''without'' stamina problems.}}
* ''[[Mahou Sensei Negima]]'': Negi Springfield, in [[Ken Akamatsu|the author's]] love of gaming references, fights this way in his standard form, along with [[Blow You Away|wind]] and [[Shock and Awe|lightning]] (attack:1800, defense:800, speed:4800). [[Black Magic|His other form]] ([[Stance System|which he can seamlessly switch to]]) is a [[Mighty Glacier]] who fights with [[Dark Is Not Evil|darkness]] and [[Mana Drain]] (attack:3800, defense:2200, speed:1200). He eventually progresses to [[Lightning Bruiser]].
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** Also averted with Naruto (in both his [[Super Mode]]s), and A the Raikage and his father. However, Haku, the first speedster of the series couldn't take one punch from either Naruto or Sasuke despite his high speed. And Minato perhaps is so fast because he can't take a hit.
* Casca from ''[[Berserk]]'', while not the ''physically'' strongest of the Band of the Hawk, is still capable of taking out mooks twice her size by way of her agility and dodging maneuvers. Casca can easily be deemed the acrobat of the Hawks, since [[She Fu|she does some crazy flips]] and always lands on her feet {{spoiler|[[Go Mad from the Revelation|even after she goes crazy from the Eclipse]]}}, but when she does get hit, she goes down. Casca is the opposite of her [[Lightning Bruiser]] lover Guts and [[Mighty Glacier]] comrade Pippin.
== [[Comic Books]] ==
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* Given the prevalence of female characters in fighting games following this trope, ''[[King of Fighters]]'' is notable for featuring several female heavy hitters and male speedsters. King (a Muay Thai kickboxer), Blue Mary (a tough grappler), Hinako (a powerful ''sumo wrestler'') and Vanessa (a bare-knuckled brawler) are all female and none of them could be considered fragile, while Choi, Sie, Bao, Chris and Benimaru are all male examples of the trope.
* Just like ''[[Street Fighter|Street Fighter II]]'' has Chun-Li, ''[[Fatal Fury]]'' has Mai Shiranui, who is even a ninja; but as new characters were introduced, male children characters (like the Jin brothers and Hokutomaru) became the best examples.
* Captain Hook is like this in his [[Boss Battle]] in ''[[Kingdom Hearts (video game)|Kingdom Hearts]]''; he's an ''incredibly'' fast swordsman, but not a very powerful one.
* In ''[[Art of Fighting]] 2'' Yuri Sakazaki was arguably the fastest character in the game with good power, however she can be easily defeated. Mickey Rogers is another example because his quick punch attacks make him sightly cheap and him being a [[Button Masher|button masher's]] dream come true, though he's pretty weak too.
* [[Aliens vs. Predator]] 2 features the Runner alien, which is essentially the same as an always crouching drone, except it moves faster but not able to sustain as much damage.
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** [[Dungeon Crawl]] : The spriggan race plays this trope straight, with extremely high movement speed, very low hitpoints and mostly abysmal weapon proficiencies. Some builds though, especially Spriggan Berserkers focused on short blades, can possess some serious damage output, being more of a [[Glass Cannon]] and way too often relying on [[Death of a Thousand Cuts]].
* Fansy the bard in [[EverQuest]] used this offensively.
* Repede in ''[[Tales of Vesperia]]''. His defense and HP are somewhat lower
== [[Web Comics]] ==
* Robin, from ''[[
* Explosm's ''[[Cyanide & Happiness]]'' webshort featured the "sixty mile-per-hour man who {{spoiler|dashes himself against a wall to commit suicide}}.
* Dave Strider from ''[[Homestuck]]'' can qualify as this due to his flashstepping, but the only times he or any of his copies die are due to hits that would most likely instantly kill anyone else anyway.
* Dot Dash from ''[[Everyday Heroes]]'' can punch her opponent [http://www.webcomicsnation.com/eddurd/everydayheroes/series.php?view=single&ID=87772 multiple times] before he even knows she's there. However, she can be knocked down if caught [http://www.webcomicsnation.com/eddurd/everydayheroes/series.php?view=single&ID=88846 off-balance].
== [[Web Original]] ==
* Generally averted in the ''[[Global Guardians PBEM Universe]]'', as most speedsters have some sort of damage resistance as a [[Required Secondary Powers|side-effect of their velocity]].
* ''[[Whateley Universe]]'': Scrambler, <s>Quickie</s> Go-Go, Accelerator, and—what the heck, most of the speedsters at [[Super-Hero School|Whateley Academy]]. Hyper actually broke a couple of his own fingers punching a 'brick' in the eye as he ran past at about a hundred miles an hour.
== [[Western Animation]] ==
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** The MiG-31 took the concept and made it slightly (''slightly'') more feasible. It will still take most of the state of Texas to turn around, but it actually has a gun and is theoretically capable of a faster speed than the MiG-25. Its primary purpose was as a single-pass interceptor in multiple waves of fighters.
* The American SR-71 Blackbird is an even more extreme example. The fastest manned, air-breathing vehicle ever, but completely unarmed. It leaks fuel like a sieve when it's on the runway, but it ''has to'' as it heats up so much in flight due to the speed that it needs a loose fit to compensate for the expansion. It fits this trope even more once you consider its primary defense from enemy fire—it outran it. With a cruising speed of a little over Mach 3 (about as fast as a bullet) and with a service ceiling of roughly 25 km (80,000 feet), it relied on no armor what so ever.
** When targeted by enemy fire, most pilots begin to manuever, twist and turn, and launch a volley of countermeasures to avoid the incoming projectiles; the Blackbird pilots instead responded by simply
▲When targeted by enemy fire, most pilots begin to manuever, twist and turn, and launch a volley of countermeasures to avoid the incoming projectiles; the Blackbird pilots instead responded by simply accelearting to a point that no aircraft could catch them, no shell could strike them, and no missile could go fast enough to challenge them. Having an especially low (for the time) radar cross section was just overkill. Of course, being an unarmed strategic scout that was not weighed down by weapons helped—it was built to do nothing but fly fast and take pictures,<ref>The SR-71 was originally designed to launch ''drones'', serving as a launch platform for early UAVs, until it was realized that the SR-71 could go ''higher'' than the drones, fly ''faster'', and were much easier to recover.</ref> which meant it could specialize in its roles quite well.
* Ferns are the Fragile Speedsters of the plant world. They are nearly always the first plants to reappear after a large land-clearing fire, but can't compete with grasses, shrubs, and trees in the long term.
* Examples of this trope are rare in robotic combat, but Mighty Mouse from [[Robot Wars (TV series)|Robot Wars]] fits to a tee. It was lighter than just about every other robot in the field, and had no real weapon, but was fast enough to spend entire fights running away, much to the amusement of the audience.
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