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A [[Superhero]] has to face their entire [[Rogues Gallery]] one by one in rapid succession, leaving no time to rest. |
A [[Superhero]] has to face their entire [[Rogues Gallery]] one by one in rapid succession, leaving no time to rest. The hero has to '''Run the Gauntlet''': race to stop this villain from blowing up the bridge, then dash to the other side of town to free the mayor from another villain... and the villains are almost always fought in order by the [[Sorting Algorithm of Evil]], weakest first, strongest last. In the climax, the hero has to face the toughest villain, who is quite refreshed, while the hero is exhausted. |
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While it makes sense in theory, the scheme raises the question of why the villains [[Mook Chivalry|don't just attack all at once]]. The most common reason is that they didn't plan it—the [[Big Bad]] has manipulated them into doing it. That way, the hero and villains can weaken each other for the [[Big Bad]] to step in and win ([[Let's You and Him Fight]]). |
While it makes sense in theory, the scheme raises the question of why the villains [[Mook Chivalry|don't just attack all at once]]. The most common reason is that they didn't plan it—the [[Big Bad]] has manipulated them into doing it. That way, the hero and villains can weaken each other for the [[Big Bad]] to step in and win ([[Let's You and Him Fight]]). |
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* Issue #50 of ''[[Ultimate Sleepwalker|Ultimate Sleepwalker: The New Dreams]]'' forces Sleepwalker to take on all six of the Nasty Boys by himself. A few issues later, he goes through this trope ''again'' when {{spoiler|the Green Goblin puts a $1 million prize on his head.}} He's forced to fight several villains trying to claim the prize one after another, and they each do a number on him. By the time he fights the last villain, Sleepwalker is so exhausted that {{spoiler|he would have been killed without the help of a [[Heroic Bystander]]}}. |
* Issue #50 of ''[[Ultimate Sleepwalker|Ultimate Sleepwalker: The New Dreams]]'' forces Sleepwalker to take on all six of the Nasty Boys by himself. A few issues later, he goes through this trope ''again'' when {{spoiler|the Green Goblin puts a $1 million prize on his head.}} He's forced to fight several villains trying to claim the prize one after another, and they each do a number on him. By the time he fights the last villain, Sleepwalker is so exhausted that {{spoiler|he would have been killed without the help of a [[Heroic Bystander]]}}. |
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== [[Film]] == |
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* [[Godzilla: Final Wars]]: [[Godzilla]] gets to fight most of his known and lesser known opponents from the previous movies. |
* [[Godzilla: Final Wars]]: [[Godzilla]] gets to fight most of his known and lesser known opponents from the previous movies. |
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* [[Power Rangers Lost Galaxy]]: the episode ''Hexuba's Graveyard'', a sorceress named Hexuba brings back several former monsters of the week to fight the rangers before fighting them herself. This example include the [[Villain Decay]], in that a monster that the rangers previously couldn't defeat without their group power-up, Lights of Orion, is taken down by the Red Ranger alone. |
* [[Power Rangers Lost Galaxy]]: the episode ''Hexuba's Graveyard'', a sorceress named Hexuba brings back several former monsters of the week to fight the rangers before fighting them herself. This example include the [[Villain Decay]], in that a monster that the rangers previously couldn't defeat without their group power-up, Lights of Orion, is taken down by the Red Ranger alone. |
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** An earlier season featured Lord Zedd doing this with several monsters as well. It also provided a very rare case of a [[Monster of the Week]] [[Took a Level in Badass|Taking A Level In Badass]], as Pumpkin Rapper put up a good fight a more powerful Megazord by himself when he'd previously been destroyed by an older one. |
** An earlier season featured Lord Zedd doing this with several monsters as well. It also provided a very rare case of a [[Monster of the Week]] [[Took a Level in Badass|Taking A Level In Badass]], as Pumpkin Rapper put up a good fight a more powerful Megazord by himself when he'd previously been destroyed by an older one. |
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== [[Professional Wrestling]] == |
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