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{{quote|''[[World of Cardboard Speech|"That man won't quit as long as he can still draw a breath. None of my teammates will. Me? I've got a different problem. I feel like I live in a world made of... cardboard!"]]''
|'''[[Superman]]''', ''[[Justice League Unlimited]]''}}
One of [[The Six Stats]], abbreviated as '''STR'''.
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'''16-19''': Professional athletes, fighters, etc. Expect most Olympian athletes to be pushing 18 or 19
'''20-23''': These are the beginning of your [[Super Strength|super-heroes]]. Expect car-lifters to be common in this group, if not guys that make their own doors... through brick walls. Also expect a fight against a typical muggle to end with one punch - in that their skull will probably [[Your Head Asplode|be a fine mist]].
'''24+''': So you've upgraded from lifting cars to juggling Abrams tanks, eh? These are your most-powerful superheroes, a
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=== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ===▼
* Makoto "Sailor Jupiter" Kino from ''[[Sailor Moon]]'', untransformed, has a reputation for physical strength unheard of for a middle-schooler, even allowing for the fact that she's a [[Huge Schoolgirl]].
=== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ===
* The Kunos from ''[[Ranma ½]]''. And given that Kodachi has been known to grab large objects -- including her brother -- with her gymnastics ribbon and sling them with great force, she may actually be in the next category even though she shows no other evidence of unusual strength.
* Tsumugi from ''[[K-On!]]'', who can maintain a normal walking pace while carrying a Marshall amp (that weighs over 30 lbs) down three flights of stairs and across a high school yard, and even when she pulls her punch manages to send a prepared person across the room with a single slap.
=== [[Comic Books]] ===▼
* [[Batman]], being a badass normal, pushes the upper-levels of this
* Most trainee Huntsmen and Huntresses from ''[[RWBY]]''.
▲== [[Comic Books]] ==
▲* [[Batman]], being a badass normal, pushes the upper-levels of this teir, shying just short of being able to regularly lift a car. Mind you, this means he's still able to lift more and fight harder than Olympic-level weightlifters and grand-master martial-artists. Not surprising, though, since he ''is'' the poster-child for [[Badass Normal]].
=== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ===
* The typical level of power for fighters in ''[[Grappler Baki]]''. As the comic goes on, it becomes more and more common for the fighters to kill mooks or bystanders with little effort, and sometimes even each other. At one point, Baki is thrown - not in one go, mind you, but through successive hits - through a series of concrete walls.
* Most everyone in ''[[Ranma ½]]'', except maybe Ryoga. Even Akane, the ''physically weakest'' of the main characters, can easily pick up half-ton boulders, hold them over her head, and throw them a fair distance.
* Shinobu from ''[[Urusei Yatsura]]'', for no readily-apparent reason.
* [[Fanon]] frequently attributes strength of this level to the [[Sailor Moon|Sailor Senshi]]; there is some but not conclusive evidence to support it.
* Trained and experienced Huntsmen and Huntresses from ''[[RWBY]]'' appear to be at the bottom end of this range. Some, like Penny, Qrow Branwen, General James Ironwood and Ghira Belladonna, definitely are in the top end, if not the next category entirely.
▲== [[Anime]] ==
** Yang Xiao Long and Nora Valkyrie are noteworthy in that their strength starts out quite high, and can ''get higher'' -- Yang absorbs physical damage and turns it into strength, while lightning empowers Nora.
== 24+: ==
=== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ===
* [[Dragon Ball|Goku]]. If you don't know that Goku can break <s> the moon</s> <s> the earth</s> the freakin' SUN with a single punch, you were apparently asleep from 1997-2004.
* Depending on the version, Ryoga from ''[[Ranma ½]]'' may be in this category.
=== [[Comic Books]] ===
* [[Superman]]. [[Badass Grandpa|Earth-2 Superman]] especially. [[Did You Just Punch Out Cthulhu?|He killed the Anti-Monitor with one punch for crissake]]!
* [[Shazam|Captain Marvel]]. He has, on at least
** That's because Captain Marvel is powered by magical forces, which Superman is no more resistant to than anyone else.
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