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Perhaps your [[Badass Longcoat]] has developed a [[Worf Had the Flu|deadly cough]] over the last few days, or perhaps the [[Big Bad]] has enjoyed a few too many of those fancy cigars and develops lung cancer, or maybe the team's [[The Big Guy|muscle]] tests positive for Huntington's, or maybe the resident [[Genki Girl]]'s hyperactivity goes a little too far in the middle of traffic, and she ends up splattered on the street. In any case, a character that is portrayed as invincible and indestructible is brought down by disease or something relatively mundane that may have been hinted at all along, but not truly noticed until it's too late.

This usually tragic happening causes a character to prove that they're '''Not So Invincible After All''', a trope that all powerful characters fear, especially because, no matter how strong you are, or how strong you become, you'll ''always'' encounter people who want to prove they are stronger.

This usually tragic happening causes a character to prove that they're '''Not So Invincible After All''', a trope that all powerful characters fear, especially because, no matter how strong you are, or how strong you become, you'll ''always'' encounter [[Always a Bigger Fish|people who want to prove they are stronger]].

Many times, this trope is used in high drama where everyone's fighting and killing each other to bring the cast down to earth for long enough to realize that, hey, they may be powerful, but they're still human.

When done poorly, may be regarded as a [[Dropped a Bridge on Him]]. Such a moment may occur when a user of [[The Law of Diminishing Defensive Effort]] takes a hit from something that can go through his defence.

When done poorly, may be regarded as a [[Dropped a Bridge on Him]]. Such a moment may occur when a user of [[The Law of Diminishing Defensive Effort]] takes a hit from something that can go through his defence. See also [[Always a Bigger Fish]].