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Related to [[The Good Guys Always Win]]. [[Invincible Incompetent]] is this trope as used in fiction. Can overlap with the [[Unspoken Plan Guarantee]]—both tropes happen because watching a foregone conclusion happen as expected, whether because it's part of the plan or because the expected winner is [[Department of Redundancy Department|expected to win]], is boring for the audience. See also [[Crack Defeat]].
 
 
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** Dresden may be a subversion of this, as while he's normally in an underdog position, he's one of the smartest, strongest, and most clever wizards out there. It's gotten to the point where most powerful enemies are more concerned about him than the entire White Council.
* In ''[[Discworld/Unseen Academicals|Unseen Academicals]]'', the wizards win over Ankh-Morpork United, despite the fact that they've had less training, are a combination of [[Ragtag Bunch of Misfits|fat wizards, an ape, an orc, and a boy who can only play football with tin cans]], ''and'' [[Cheaters Never Prosper|play more fairly]] than much of Ankh-Morpork United. It helps that a supporter is willing to [[Loophole Abuse|abuse some loopholes]] though.
 
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