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Somehow, in some [[Incredibly Lame Pun|over the top]] fashion, a situation has arisen that can only be solved by one character arm wrestling another. This will almost always result in a character who appears scrawny having to arm wrestle a man far larger than they are.
 
This ''never'' favors the big man, since almost as often, the character only ''appears'' scrawny, and is in fact a [[Not So Harmless]] [[Cute Bruiser]], or otherwise ends up being more powerful than they look. Expect the [[Genre Savvy]] to take full advantage of this misconception to make money, get revenge, or just show off.
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== [[Anime]] & [[Manga]] ==
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* Double Subverted in ''[[Fullmetal Alchemist (Manga)|Fullmetal Alchemist]]''. In Rush Valley, a big guy is challenging people to an automail arm wrestling contest. He keeps winning until Ed moves to challenge him. {{spoiler|Turns out he was cheating to win using Alchemy, but Al then cheats right back to win anyway.}}
** Also occurs in [[Fullmetal Alchemist (Anime)|the 2003 anime version]].
* ''[[Mahou Sensei Negima]]'' has an [[What Do You Mean ItsIt's Not Awesome?|epic]] arm wrestling match between Ku Fei and Negi. The "one sided" aspect is a big of a [[Zig Zagging Trope]], as in terms of pure physical strength they're about equal, with Ku apparently having a slight advantage due to her [[Ki Attacks|Ki]]. Then Negi pulls out the [[Black Magic]]. Ku didn't have much of a chance after that.
* Rather hilarious example from ''[[Pandora Hearts]]'': Gil's [[Nice Hat]] is riding on the outcome of an arm-wrestling battle between a big, burly tough guy and Alice. Alice is basically an [[Eldritch Abomination]] [[Sealed Evil in A Teddy Bear|in the form of]] [[Cute Bruiser|a teenage girl]], and Gil, who controls her [[Power Limiter]], ''[[Serious Business|really]]'' wants his hat back. [[Crowning Music of Awesome|Her power-up music]] [[What Do You Mean ItsIt's Not Awesome?|even starts playing.]] In the manga Alice even breaks the guy's arm.
* [[Great Teacher Onizuka|Eikichi Onizuka]] once beat ''99 guys'' in an arm wrestling contest, including a giant, a nuclear mutant, [[Tekken|Heihachi Mishimi]] and [[Friday the Thirteenth|Jason Voorhees.]]
 
== [[Comics]] ==
* While recounting his past in one part of ''[[Preacher (Comic Book)]]'', [[Our Vampires Are Different|resident vampire Cassidy]] recalls using this trope soon after travelling to the US. No one ever suspects that the gawky looking kid has [[Super Strength]].
* In ''[[All Star Superman]]'', Superman faces [[Greek Mythology|Atlas]] and [[The Bible|Samson]] simultaneously, and breaks their arms.
 
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