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{{quote|''"In the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is king."''|'''Desidarius Erasmus,''' Dutch Philosopher (1466-1536)}}
{{quote|''"In the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is king."''
|'''Desidarius Erasmus,''' Dutch Philosopher (1466-1536)}}


{{quote|''Sure we have abilities and "powers" that set us apart from "normal" Earth humes... But isn't it the height of arrogance t' call ourselves [[Superhero|super heroes]] when all we are is a bunch of lost, outcast or refugee norms from our own worlds?''|'''Gifford''', [[Magellan]]}}
{{quote|''Sure we have abilities and "powers" that set us apart from "normal" Earth humes... But isn't it the height of arrogance t' call ourselves [[Superhero|super heroes]] when all we are is a bunch of lost, outcast or refugee norms from our own worlds?''
|'''Gifford''', [[Magellan]]}}


This trope is a character or other idea that, in their own reality/universe, are fairly normal, if not underpowered. They'd be a [[Red Shirt]] back home, or someone fairly low key. Or maybe back home they're weak because they have to measure up to god-level opponents or [[Eldritch Abominations]]. Whatever the reason, they're not considered strong.
This trope is a character or other idea that, in their own reality/universe, are fairly normal, if not underpowered. They'd be a [[Red Shirt]] back home, or someone fairly low key. Or maybe back home they're weak because they have to measure up to god-level opponents or [[Eldritch Abominations]]. Whatever the reason, they're not considered strong.
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* In the ''[[Mega Man (animation)|Mega Man]]'' animated series, there was an episode where [[Continuity Cameo|Mega Man X]] chases Sigma, Vile, et al back in time and meets the original Mega Man and crew. Though X is analogous to Mega Man in terms of strength in his own continuity, in Mega Man's time he is extremely powerful, as are the villains - the Mega Buster can't harm them.
* In the ''[[Mega Man (animation)|Mega Man]]'' animated series, there was an episode where [[Continuity Cameo|Mega Man X]] chases Sigma, Vile, et al back in time and meets the original Mega Man and crew. Though X is analogous to Mega Man in terms of strength in his own continuity, in Mega Man's time he is extremely powerful, as are the villains - the Mega Buster can't harm them.
* When you start the first night time levels in Plants Vs Zombies, the amount of Sun available to you is greatly lessened. As a result, you will tend to rely more on the cheap (and weaker) mushroom defences. This trope comes into effect because defences like the Pea Shooter, the first and most basic unit of daytime levels, suddenly becomes an expensive and powerful unit.
* When you start the first night time levels in Plants Vs Zombies, the amount of Sun available to you is greatly lessened. As a result, you will tend to rely more on the cheap (and weaker) mushroom defences. This trope comes into effect because defences like the Pea Shooter, the first and most basic unit of daytime levels, suddenly becomes an expensive and powerful unit.
* In regular ''[[Battlestar Galactica Reimagined]]'', the Battlestars and Basestars are par for the course. In ''[[Battlestar Galactica Online]]'', though, where even the strongest starships a player has regular access to are much weaker, they can bitchslap whole fleets.
* In regular ''[[Battlestar Galactica (2004 TV series)|Battlestar Galactica]]'', the Battlestars and Basestars are par for the course. In ''[[Battlestar Galactica Online]]'', though, where even the strongest starships a player has regular access to are much weaker, they can bitchslap whole fleets.


== [[Web Comics]] ==
== [[Web Comics]] ==
* In the ''[[Love and Capes]]'' webcomic, Amazonia is this. She's one of 12 sisters in a dimension where everybody has powers like hers, and she likes the fact that on Earth, she's something special.
* In the ''[[Love and Capes]]'' web comic, Amazonia is this. She's one of 12 sisters in a dimension where everybody has powers like hers, and she likes the fact that on Earth, she's something special.
* In ''[[Bob and George]]'', the title characters are originally from a Superhero-esque webcomic universe, however, once they enter to the Mega Man Universe, they are considered Sue Tier (Bob even lampshades this on one occasion). Also, since time and interuniversal travel are common topics here, we've only seen one "native" (from the Mega Man Universe) big bad invasion {{spoiler|(two if you count the whole "X going rogue" incident)}} and on top of that, he was {{spoiler|the local version of a previous big bad who attacked first.}}
* In ''[[Bob and George]]'', the title characters are originally from a Superhero-esque webcomic universe, however, once they enter to the Mega Man Universe, they are considered Sue Tier (Bob even lampshades this on one occasion). Also, since time and interuniversal travel are common topics here, we've only seen one "native" (from the Mega Man Universe) big bad invasion {{spoiler|(two if you count the whole "X going rogue" incident)}} and on top of that, he was {{spoiler|the local version of a previous big bad who attacked first.}}
* ''[[Kid Radd]]'': Radd is a [[One-Hit-Point Wonder|Four Hit Point Wonder]] from an 8-bit game, but when he visits a fighter-game universe, it's noted that he gets [[Mercy Invincibility]] when injured. And since the fighter-game characters rely on combo moves...
* ''[[Kid Radd]]'': Radd is a [[One-Hit-Point Wonder|Four Hit Point Wonder]] from an 8-bit game, but when he visits a fighter-game universe, it's noted that he gets [[Mercy Invincibility]] when injured. And since the fighter-game characters rely on combo moves...
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