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The phrase is an ancient one in Chinese culture, but sources differ as to when it entered the English vocabulary. It is found translated to English as early as 1836, in a work by John Francis Davis.
=== This usually falls under the following subtropes
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Contrast this to [[Badass on Paper]], where the character isn't very impressive in person but actually performed all the impressive feats that are the basis for his or her reputation, [[Mugging the Monster]] for the complete opposite (finding that a weak looking individual is much more dangerous than they seem) and the [[Worf Effect]], as it seems that this applies to the Worf him/herself in context, whereas [[Worf Effect]] refers to the over-arching phenomenon of "stock 'tough' character handed ass by tougher one."
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=== Other examples
== Anime ==
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== [[Tabletop RPG]] ==
* ''[[Paranoia]]'' supplement ''Acute Paranoia'', adventure "The Harder They Clone". The doorman at a nightclub looks like a character in ''[[The Road Warrior]]'': huge, black leather tunic, rippling muscles, and scars. It turns out the [[PC
== [[Video Games]] ==
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