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{{quote|'''Lt. Boomer''': Colonel, Blue Squadron reporting for duty, sir.<br />
'''Col. Tigh''': Lieutenant, obviously you can't even stand.<br />
'''Lt. Boomer''': A Viper is flown from the ''seated'' position, sir."|''[[Battlestar Galactica Classic
As a rule, much of fiction ends with the villain being defeated by the hero. This should be dramatic, but if the true villain isn't [[The Man Behind the Curtain|that physically powerful]], then this is going to be a rather short fight.
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Sure, a writer could give their [[The Chessmaster|master manipulator]] a [[Humongous Mecha]] or have your [[Corrupt Corporate Executive|amoral industrialist]] secretly be a [[Authority Equals Asskicking|martial arts master]], but there's also something satisfying in bringing the invincible hero down a few pegs. Many pegs. To the point where they're already a few moments from death when they meet; this has the effect of showing that the character isn't fearless simply due to having superior power, but superior ''character''-strength even when stripped of those abilities.
[[You Can Barely Stand]] is a scene where the villain meets the hero when he's in no fit state to fight. The threat of blood loss or collapse is as much a threat as the bad guy slapping him about and telling him [[Just Between You and Me|he's failed]] and that he's [[Not So Invincible After All|not that]] [[Made of Iron|invincible]] [[Not So Invincible After All|after all]]. The reason for the injuries can include a [[Kryptonite Factor|special weakness]], having been poisoned, having been [[Cold-Blooded Torture|tortured]], magical influence, or having just [[No
Either way, the hero will eventually get a [[Heroic Second Wind|dramatic burst]] and fight on despite his weakened state, and will usually defeat their foe by the slightest of margins. Only once they've won will they be allowed the luxury of [[Post Dramatic Stress Disorder|collapsing]]. For a truly [[Bittersweet Ending]], they might [[Heroic Sacrifice|never get up again]].
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On the flip-side, [[The Hero]] may be fighting a lackey who's just too stubborn to quit. In pity, the hero tells the lackey that they should surrender, or just leaves the fight themselves. This often happens in the leadup to a [[Heel Face Turn]].
A common form of [[Drama
Compare: [[Heroic Resolve]], [[Heroic Second Wind]], [[The Man Behind the Curtain]], [[Determinator]]. Often caused by [[Combat Breakdown]].
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== Anime ==
* In ''[[Berserk]]'', after the fight with Rosine, Guts is a complete mess. That also happens to be when he runs into the Holy Iron Chain Knights. He still puts up a hell of a fight, but gets captured at the end of it. In any other condition he would have killed them all.
* In ''[[Fullmetal Alchemist (Manga)|Fullmetal Alchemist]]'', [[Colonel Badass|Roy Mustang]] takes down a {{spoiler|deadly, deadly Lust}} after being stabbed in the stomach and [[Playing With Fire|cauterizing the wounds himself]]. [[Fullmetal Alchemist (
** In the final battle, Greed tells everyone who's been injured to get off the "elevator", including Roy {{spoiler|whose eyesight was removed as a toll for seeing the Truth}}. He still chooses to fight.
** In [[Fullmetal Alchemist (Anime)|the 2003 anime version]], Roy kills Pride after being sliced, impaled, and altogether getting the crap kicked out of him. {{spoiler|And immediately after that, he's [[Eye Scream|shot in the eye!]]}}
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* In ''[[Wolfs Rain]]'', Toboe tries to bite Darcia's arm off despite being seriously wounded {{spoiler|and dying from it shortly afterward}}.
* The {{spoiler|"Bang" scene}} that concludes ''[[Cowboy Bebop]]''.
* ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh]]'': Jounouchi/Joey is worn out from his duel with Varon, but doesn't hesitate to duel his [[Psycho Ex
* In ''[[Rurouni Kenshin]]'', the final battle between Kenshin and Shishio is like this, and Kenshin actually ''does'' collapse during the fight before getting back up.
** Also in the anime when he fights Shura {{spoiler|Kenshin is hit by a poisoned dart and can't exactly see properly or stand up straight}}.
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*** [[Always Save the Girl|Shirou]] in HF too. [[Punctuated for Emphasis|He. Will. Save. Sakura.]]
* Touma in ''[[To Aru Majutsu no Index]]'' was like this during his first fight against Accelerator. the funny part? it was {{spoiler|Misaka}}, the one who he was helping, that put him in that state
* ''[[Naruto]]'' has the battle between {{spoiler|Jiraiya and Pein. After it looked like he had won, Jiraiya was ambushed by the rest of Pein's [[Hive Mind|six paths]], [[Necromancer|including the ones he had just killed]]. Worn out by using his sage mode, Jiraiya has no chance in hell of defending himself and all six bodies impale him with their swords. [[Determinator|When he still gets back up]], one of the paths goes to finish him off and slits his throat, at this point he's dying so quickly he invokes the trope almost verbatim. He still doesn't want to die however, so he makes a ''[[Desperation Attack|Massive]]'' Rasengan and destroys the path that slit his throat so thoroughly that it has no chance of revival. The force of this knocks Jiraiya back into the water, where he succumbs to his wounds and [[Go Out
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