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[[That One Player]] describes someone who has played a game so much, discovered all the secrets, knows all the moves, hell, he might as well have gotten the timing down to the point where he plays with almost super human reflexes. However, this ruins the fun of everyone else who plays with or against that one guy because he's so skilled, he's either doing all the fun parts or able to take on an army of adversaries without breaking a sweat. Of course, That One Player could also be [[Gamer Chick|a woman]], which may be even more embarrassing (arguably). However, sometimes being That One Guy can be a talent for entertainment, when he can show off his inhuman skills.

* Konata Izumi of ''[[Lucky Star]]'' is seen playing a fighting game at an arcade in one episode. She beats a guy, much to his dismay of finding out who beat him. A strip similar in idea was: since she is [[Older Than They Look|excessively short]], the other [[Tomboy]] misjudged her ability and got owned. On the next day, that other [[Tomboy]] beat Konata-- butKonata—but with such razor thin of a margin that she knew it was Konata who ''let her win''!

** One early chapter in ''[[Codename: Sailor V]]'' has Minako going up against a player who keeps getting higher scores in arcade games than her.

* In ''[[Ai Kora (Manga)|Ai Kora]]'', [[Closet Geek]] Yukari is secretly a fan of video games, and likes to unwind after final exams by going to the local arcade incognito and getting a high score on all her favorite games under the alias "Fantazma".

* ''[[The Wizard (Filmfilm)|The Wizard]]'' features two of these. There's Jimmy and Lucas. Arguably Lucas is more of [[That One Player]] as Jimmy just seems to have his skills as an [[Excuse Plot]].

* reallyjoel's dad (an in-joke of [[Daniel Remar]] and the eponymous reallyjoel, which developed into a [[Running Gag]] of his games) is a [[Memetic Badass]] version of [[That One Player]].

* Pablo "DJ [[Final Fight|Mike Haggar]]" Bert from [http://speeddemosarchive.com Speed Demos Archive] qualifies, as he holds the run for [[Battletoads (Video Game)|Battletoads]], and he plays it almost perfectly. And it's not a tool-assisted speedrun either because he clearly makes a few mistakes.

* [[Lord Kat]], formerly of [[That Guy With theThe Glasses]]. He beats insanely hard games (some deliberately so, more often those with [[Fake Difficulty]]) mainly through being a [[Determinator]] about never giving up. This means he's defeated games which have induced [[Unstoppable Rage]] in other internet reviewers. And yet even he couldn't beat some games, as he admitted in his [httphttps://thatguywiththeglasseswww.youtube.com/bt/lk/uww/25951-top-10-worst-game-requestswatch?v=qEY51NPQvQU Top 10 Worst Game Requests].

** Bear in mind, he beat games like ''[[Battletoads (Video Game)|Battletoads]]'' and ''[[Bayou Billy]]'' and called them too easy.

* Isai is particularly memetic for his skill at ''[[Super Smash Bros.]] 64'', while "Ken" iswas known as the best ''Melee'' player until his retirement circa 2008.

** Ken retired in about 2008; he'shas replaced by any of three or four players, usually Mango. Mew2King has generally been this in ''Brawl'', although to a much lesser extent. And pretty much every Smashboards-goer is this when in a non-''Smash'' circle.

{{quote| "But how do you kill that which has no life?"}}