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{{quote|'''Manager:''' ''"It's a secret, so keep it under your head, but the most popular robot always wins."''
'''Bender:''' ''"You mean I'm not a great fighter? I just won 'cause I'm popular?"''
'''Manager:''' ''"Bingo!"''
'''Bender:''' ''"WOOHOO! I'M POPULAR!"''
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Have you ever gotten [[Ultimate Showdown of Ultimate Destiny|into an argument]] where you have to defend your beloved Local Sports Team's honor and superiority against the "merits" of that honorless and inept [[Opposing Sports Team]]? Time consuming and [[Natter|pointless debates]] ensue (they really should just accept that that Local Sports Team is better and move on with their lives). If things get really bad, you can always wait for both teams to play against each other to settle the issue.
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There's just one problem. Your team is in Major League Rugby, and theirs is a peewee soccer team. ''[[Underdogs Never Lose|And they win.]]''
This isn't the [[Ragtag Bunch of Misfits]] beating an [[The Empire|Evil Empire]], they don't have [[The Ace]] or [[Mary Sue]] leading them to a last second win by [[Flaw Exploitation|exploiting]] a [[Weaksauce Weakness]] or using a [[Drama-Preserving Handicap]], they're normal and otherwise mundane. They are however far more popular and sell merchandise far better than your team. And somehow, much like [[The Power of Friendship]], their
[[Comic Books]] tend to fall to this a lot, much like an [[Ensemble Darkhorse]] but canonized in media. The super hero in question is usually the kind that stars in [[Wolverine Publicity]] or is a [[Badass Normal]] in a team of supers. Authors then give them [[Power Creep, Power Seep]] until they can take on anyone and win [[
Note: when a character in their own title [[The Worf Effect|makes short work]] of a [[Wolverine Publicity|more popular or widely-known guest star]], that is '''[[Not a Subversion|not]]''' [[Not a Subversion|a subversion]] of this trope. I'm looking at you, example section.
Compare [[Pandering to
Contrast [[The Worf Effect]]. See also [[Story-Breaker Team-Up]].
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