The Ace: Difference between revisions

 

See [[Ultimate Lifeform]] for a character that is ''literally'' perfect.

 

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* The Hunter in ''[[With Strings Attached]]''. At least, Jeft is desperately trying to show the four that he's the Ace and they're feeble jerks. Unfortunately for him, the four {{spoiler|force [[Character Development]] upon him, and he turns into quite a decent guy}}.

* From ''[[Turnabout Storm]]'', ''[[Ace Attorney]]'' and ''[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic|My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic]]'' crossover, there's the [[Posthumous Character|murder victim]] [[Original Character|Ace Swift]], an Equestrian pegasus athlete known for winning every event he's ever compited in (which lead to rumors of him cheating and using dubious methods to do so).

** The griffins have Black Star and Red Cyclone, though the latter is more of a [[Broken Ace]].

 

* [[Tales of the Abyss|Van Grants]] is ''the'' Ace in a world that's just a few competent civilians short of being a [[World of Badass]] {{spoiler|and, in a weird way, while he's very much a [[Broken Ace|broken one]], [[Reconstruction|he's also a straight one]]... [[Big Bad|to the villains]].}}

* Deconstructed in the [[Hentai]] game ''Season of the Sakura''; protagonist Shuji Yamagami is instantly good at any sport<ref>[[Super Drowning Skills|except swimming]]</ref> without needing to practice or train, but refuses to participate in any club unless its members can beat him fair and square. Eventually he explains to his friends that he tried being the "school hero", but [[Hard Work Hardly Works|the people who actually had to work to get where they were]] resented him for just having skill handed to him on a silver platter, and he ended up being shunned and hated, which was why he transferred to this new school in the first place.

 

== Webcomics ==

* In ''[[City of Reality]]'', newcomer Hawk thinks that SUEPR Team Five leader Todo is this: idealistic and generous to a fault, skilled enough to defeat any challenge, and recipient of general acclaim and affection. However, as the entire story is a [[Deconstruction]] of a [[Mary Suetopia]], Todo's idealism is sorely challenged by the world outside Reality.

* Carlyle from ''[[Sam and Fuzzy]]'', a very humble form as he does not seem to want to be identified—he is [[The Faceless]] and shows up on several points to dispense [[Koan]]s to the characters (who never realize it's him); most of his heroic deeds happen off-screen and are referred to by others. The first major arc of the comic kicks off when [[Unlucky Everydude|Sam]] tries to take on one of Carlyle's assignments and ends up in a spat of trouble with the Ninja Mafia.

* Dora of ''[[Questionable Content]]'' has serious issues with her brother Sven due to his being an Ace.

** Sven himself has serious issues with him being an Ace. He becomes a [[Broken Ace]] when he starts to realize he doesn't really have much to his personality besides picking up hot chicks, using wacky situations to get out of uncomfortable ones and writing music he hates.

* Sheldon Flaco is a former cosmonaut, a gold medalist in the modern pentathlon, read several hundred books over the course of one summer, and - according to one strip - will eventually become an admiral in the Bulgarian navy. Did we mention that he's a foot-tall lizard who talks in squeaking sounds?

 

== Web Original ==

* The [[Whateley Universe]] has this with Chaka, whose instinctive ki mastery lets her pick up more than just wire-fu martial arts tricks within moments and who's certainly prone to hamming it up. Or going after [[Eldritch Abomination|half-demonic hybrid weres]] with a rolled-up newspaper.

* Super 55 from ''[[AH Dot Com the Series]]'' is an example turned all the way up to [[Canon Sue]] levels for comedic purposes.

* Ace from [[The Insane Quest]] was ([[Meaningful Name|fittingly]]) one of these at first, but as time went on his team began to lose respect for him when he started becoming less of an ace and more of a traditional [[Marty Stu]]. Lori could also be considered a female example.

* [[Proton Jon]] of [[The Runaway Guys]] by pretty much being the best at everything, except for luck.

** For example, in the Super Smash Bros video they did, it came to a point where all three of them were facing each other. Jon had to use a controller he wasn't used to, but still managed to beat both Chugga and NCS ''at the same time,'' while still having 2 stock out of 5 left. In the New Super Mario Bros Wii LP, while everyone else was having problems with their lives, Jon had reached 99 lives while still screwing everyone else (mostly Chugga) over.

 

== Western Animation ==

* Rick Thunderbolt of ''[[Oban Star-Racers]]'' is famous, gorgeous (complete with waist-length black hair and [[Cool Shades]],) beloved, one of the world's best racers - and knows it. Over the course of the show's first arc, he is crippled so he can never race again, and ends up as a mentor figure to Molly, teaching her everything he knows so that she can succeed where he did not.

* ''[[Captain Star]]'' of the eponymous series is called the "greatest hero any world has ever known", and a legendary captain and explorer with hundreds of worlds named after him. Despite being effectively exiled to a remote corner of the universe still manages to save the day on numerous occasions. On his [[Show Within a Show]], he's even more so.

** All of this, however, doesn't do him any good against a ghost shield, since he is Danny's ghost half and therefore cannot change back to human.

* Hunter from ''[[Road Rovers]]'' is kind of a mix of this, [[The Hero]] and [[Idiot Hero]]. Nothing bad ever happens to him and he's always [[Casual Danger Dialog|cracking jokes during missions]].

* Experiment 262 from ''[[Lilo & Stitch: The Series]]'' is basically a superhero compared to the other experiments. He was originally designed as a war weapon, but Jumba screwed up the formula and created a being with no capacity for evil. Jumba considers him a failure and locked him away whenever company came around. Oh, and his name actually is [[Exactly What It Says on the Tin|Ace]].

* [[Aladdin (Disney film)|Aladdin]] disguises himself as the completely over-the-top Prince Ali to woo Princess Jasmine, and he's introduced with a preposteously [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YM5VGfiSd3s epic song] that's one long hymn to his awesomeness.

** He does appear in the 1995 "Spirit of Christmas" short, though only to give [[An Aesop]] speech.

* I.M. Weasel from ''[[I Am Weasel]]''. It got toned down in later seasons, but his first season incarnation is very much this and played the role of foil to the resident [[Butt Monkey]] I.R. Baboon.

 

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