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* [[Determinator]]: In 2001, running forward to hit [[Chris Jericho]] with a forearm to the back of the head, [[Triple H]] ''ripped the quadricep muscle right off his kneecap'' in one of the most cringe-inducing sports injuries ever caught on film. You can actually see the muscle come loose under the skin of his thigh and he immediately falls out of the ring in agony. Somehow he managed to get back up and finish his role in the match.
** And did it ''again'' in 2007 in a tag-team match with [[Shawn Michaels]] against [[Edge]] and [[Randy Orton]]. Tore his other quad and managed to finish the match, even Pedigreeing Edge through the announcer's table.
* [[Did You Just Flip Off Cthulhu?]]: Gave [[The Undertaker]] a [[D Generation X|crotch chop]].
* [[Disappeared Dad]]: A fate he desperately wanted to avert in his kids' lives, so he bought stock in a private plane company and flies back to his house after every show to see them.
** Doubles as a [[Crowning Moment of Heartwarming]] with [http://www.stamfordadvocate.com/news/article/WWE-s-Triple-H-rallies-fathers-mentors-in-1083418.php things like this]. It's clear he's crazy about his girls; just listen to any of his interviews about them.
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** Bizarrely inverted with WWE Studios, with [[Triple H]] being the first (and only to date) wrestler to be billed under his real name as opposed to his in-ring pseudonym.
** This was particularly highlighted in a recent in-ring segment when [[CM Punk]], another wrestler who prefers not to be referred to by his given name, said, as a means of emphasizing how serious he was, that it was [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zglAkGTqBog "Phil Brooks [Punk] talking to Paul Levesque."]
* [[The Dragon]]: To [[Vince McMahon]] after Vince's [[Face Heel Turn]] at Wrestlemania 16. Was also [[Co
** [[Triple H]] was also [[The Dragon]] to [[Shawn Michaels]] in the early days of [[D Generation X]], until HBK got injured and HHH [[Dragon Ascendant|became the new leader]].
* [[Drop the Hammer]]: His [[Weapon of Choice]] / [[Companion Cube]] is a sledgehammer.
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* [[Evil Overlord]]: As a heel and even as a [[Dark Is Not Evil|face]] he sometimes resembles a dark king out of a fantasy novel. The [[Grim Up North|epic Viking mustache]] he has sported since 2005 certainly helps.
** His Conan the Barbarian, "[[Red Baron|King of Kings]]" [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hO7x1MgBb4A entrance at Wrestlemania 22] is made of this trope.
** His [[Wrestlemania]] 27 and 28 entrances feature this trope in full force, [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8EUB84BqIAEthe 27 one] in particular. Being accompanied by a [[Faceless Goons|masked army]], striding out of a [[Dark Fantasy]] village left [[Rape, Pillage and Burn|in ruins]], wearing a [[Black Cloak]] and [[Cool Crown|skull-faced crown]], all while [[Metallica]] is [[Theme Music Power
{{quote| '''[[John Cena]]''': Well, it looks like He-Man ([[Triple H]]) and Skeletor (Edge) have some unfinished business...}}
* [[Fake Nationality]]: His father is French-Canadian, but his character in WWE is obviously a [[White Anglo Saxon Protestant]] American.
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* [[Genius Bruiser]]: In character he's a powerful and devious competitor, out of character he's a body builder and by all accounts a very smart man. One of his official nicknames is "The Cerebral Assassin."
* [[Genre Savvy]]: All the time. Especially the time he gave an entire lesson/LampshadeHanging to Shelton Benjamin on how to properly cut a promo and how the heel has to wait until the face has their back to the ramp before they jump him.
* [[Green
* [[Girl Posse|Guy Posse]]: From 2003 to 2005 he was accompanied most of the time by Evolution, a clique of three snobbish Superstars ([[Ric Flair]], [[Batista]], and [[Randy Orton]], to be precise) who interfered in Hunter's matches, bullied face Superstars, and were known as much for their custom-made suits, Rolex watches, private jets, and sexual escapades as for their wrestling skills.
** The idea for Evolution came from the Four Horsemen, a similarly-themed clique led by Flair in NWA and then WCW in the 1980s and '90s.
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* [[Irony As She Is Cast]]: He was in a string of beer commercials a few years ago. For the most part, he's a teetotaler in real life.
** The episode he guest-starred in on [[The Drew Carey Show]] had [[Triple H]], going under the ring name "the Disciplinarian", becoming a sponsor of Buzz Beer and after over-indulging in Vegas, he ends up telling kids to never drink as the beer was the one thing that could kick his ass.
* [[
* [[Jerkass]]: When he's a heel. To demonstrate how much of a Jerkass he can be, in 1999 the man turned [[Vince McMahon]], the [[Big Bad]] and [[Moral Event Horizon|the same man who was the mastermind behind a satanic cult whom he had kidnap his own daughter as part of a plan to get the WWE title off of]] [[Stone Cold Steve Austin]] earlier that same year, [[Heel Face Turn|into a FACE]], and it even resulted in an [[Enemy Mine]] situation when Austin would help Vince, his hated [[Arch Enemy]], win the WWE Championship from [[Triple H]]. And that's just one example.
* [[Jerk With a Heart of Gold]]: Even when a face he's still insults everyone, beats people with a hammer, and is pretty arrogant to boot, but helps out his friends and does the right thing. In [[Real Life]] he's supposedly pretty arrogant and a bit uncouth, but he seems to be a genuinely kind person who mentors people, is nice to his fans, and adores his three daughters.
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** A [[Real Life]] one of sorts also occurred between him, Stephanie, and [[Chyna]] at one point.
* [[Man of Wealth and Taste]]: Connecticut Blueblood and Evolution Variants.
* [[Mean Character, Nice Actor]]: Despite being one of the most controversial figures in professional wrestling, both on camera and behind the scenes, [[Triple H]] is actually friendly with the fans and is a noted [[The Mentor|mentor]] to many wrestlers, including [[Batista]] and [[Randy Orton]].
* [[Mis Blamed]]:
** He was blamed for the infamous Katie Vick angle; that was created by Kevin Dunn, with approval by [[Vince McMahon]].
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* [[Oh Crap]]: His epic reaction shot to [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=68gwIbZ6jQ8&feature=related being informed] he'd be facing not Mankind, but ''Cactus Jack'' in the 2000 Royal Rumble. CMOA for [[Mick Foley]], but Hunter's reaction just makes it.
* [[Old Shame]]: The Katie Vick angle, and his brief WCW stint as "Terra Ryzing".
** Even Triple H [http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x4x6rl_triple-h-returns-to-the-opie-and-an_shortfilms admitted in various interviews] that the Katie Vick angle was [[So Bad
** Then there was the time that [[Ultimate Warrior]] no-sold the Pedigree and pinned him a minute later. Even worse? That was at Wrestlemania XII, about two months before the [[Demoted to Extra|Curtain Call]]. He called it the worst moment in his career for a reason, though that statement could've been a [[Take That]] at the Warrior.
* [[Only Known By Their Nickname]]: "Triple H" is actually short for the name he used during his first major run in the WWF: Hunter Hearst Helmsley. He's still referred to as "Hunter" sometimes, though it's probably because Hunter is an [[Rule of Cool|awesome]] [[Names to Run Away From Really Fast|name]], and [[Do Not Call Me Paul|he calls himself "Hunter" in real life]].
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** His current role as Chief Operating Officer seems to have him shaping up as one of these, giving certain heels their comeuppance, including letting [[Zack Ryder]] squash [[Michael Cole]] on live television, bringing back [[Jim Ross]], and letting [[John Morrison]] get his hands on R-Truth.
* [[Red Baron]]: [[The Ace|The Game]], [[Magnificent Bastard|The Cerebral Assassin]], [[The Emperor|The King of Kings]].
* [[Screw the Rules, I Have Connections]]: Both in-character (as part of the McMahon-Helmsley Regime) and in [[Real Life]] (due to his marriage to Stephanie McMahon).
* [[Retired Badass|Semi-Retired Badass]]: [[Triple H]] doesn't work nearly a full ring schedule anymore as he's in his 40s and growing used to his backstage role, but he can still throw a good beatdown or pound a guy to a pulp with a sledgehammer when the time calls for it.
* [[Sharp Dressed Man]]: In Evolution and recently, in [[Real Life]] due to his corporate position.
* [[Shoot the Dog]]: The reason why he challenged [[The Undertaker]] at Wrestlemania 27 - he wanted to end The Streak as well as believing that Taker was way past his prime.
** The following year, Taker's [[Pride]] in refusing to accept a [[Pyrrhic Victory]] would lead Taker to persistently demand he try this again - persistently, because a little more time in his new position caused [[Triple H]] to see business and nostalgia as more important than another fight.
* [[
* [[Super Deformed]]: Some DX merchandise has a chibi Shawn and Hunter on it.
** Particularly hilarious are the t-shirts of chibi Shawn and Hunter ''mooning'' people.
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* [[Unkempt Beauty]]: His DX look, jeans and t-shirt with ruffled hair, earns him more fangirl love than his McMahon-Helmsley [[Sharp Dressed Man]], though it could just be the [[Shawn Michaels]]-related [[Ho Yay]], and not being a heel.
** Or ''both''.
* [[Villain Team
* [[Vitriolic Best Buds]]: [[Shawn Michaels]]. Anyone else mocks Shawn's receding hairline and new religion, they're headed for a beatdown.
** A perfect example is his [http://atlanta.sbnation.com/pro-wrestling/2011/4/2/2087732/wwe-hall-of-fame-induction-ceremony-2011-triple-h-shawn-michaels Hall of Fame induction speech] for Shawn. Height, fashion sense, receding hairline, all are legit targets - and then you get down to the end, where he talks about how close he and Shawn are.
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* [[Wrestling Psychology]]: Even his detractors will (usually) admit he's got quite the grip on this and can really use the crowd to build his matches.
* [[Xanatos Gambit]]: Sometimes skirts into [[Xanatos Roulette]] territory.
* [[Yank the
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