Ridiculously Average Guy: Difference between revisions

* Kyohei was basically invented to be this and tacked on to ''[[Burst Angel]]'' simply because it's such a prevalent anime trope. He doesn't appear in the original manga, he's in absolutely ''zero'' of the promotional materials, and his contribution to the story is usually literally to show up, make some food, and then go home for the day while the actual plot happens somewhere far away from him. And yet the series is still billed as if it were about him, and his involvement with the others.

* [http://www.mangareader.net/1381-45286-3/mission-school/chapter-1.html Page three] of ''[[Mission School]]'' states this trope straight out in regards to its male protagonist, essentially defining the whole phenomenon:

* Shiraishi from ''Zero In'' is a completely and totally average high school boy, who is constantly beaten up by bullies and lets them push him around endlessly. This continues even after he joins the supposedly elite private police force Minkei (whose other agents are capable of near-superhuman feats)... he still lets bullies beat him up, and he usually stumbles through missions like an unlucky civilian who just happened to be dragged along.

* Tadakuni in ''[[Daily Lives of High School Boys]]'' is intended to be this to play a [[Boke and Tsukkomi Routine|tsukkomi]] role to his slightly more oddball friends. This, however, made him [[Out of Focus]] as the series goes on.

== Western Animation ==

* Adlai Atkins from the ''[[Futurama]]'' episode "The Cyber House Rules". He's probably above average when it comes to qualities that attract women ('''Leela:''' "A tall doctor you say?"), but in everything else, he strives to be average. This includes having his Hawaiian shirts "toned down" (by taking out the colors and replacing them with greys), wearing ties with square bottoms, and generally wearing grey and beige tones around the clock. He gives Leela surgery to make her look like a normal human and then starts dating her. His desire to be average cause him to give Leela some humorous "compliments":

* In ''[[Darkwing Duck (animation)|Darkwing Duck]]'', there is Ordinary Guy, the only man on the planet Floog who does not have any superpowers. The job of all the superheroes is to protect him - from ''everything'', resulting in a complete lack of privacy which drives him mad and inspires him to become a tool-using [[Super Villain]].