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== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] == |
== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] == |
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* Nnoitra Jiruga in ''[[Bleach]]'' uses this against [[The Hero]], Ichigo Kurosaki. After a much-anticipated battle between Ichigo and his [[Evil Counterpart]] rival, Grimmjow, it looks like Ichigo has finally defeated his nemesis and rescued his [[ |
* Nnoitra Jiruga in ''[[Bleach]]'' uses this against [[The Hero]], Ichigo Kurosaki. After a much-anticipated battle between Ichigo and his [[Evil Counterpart]] rival, Grimmjow, it looks like Ichigo has finally defeated his nemesis and rescued his [[Damsel in Distress]]...only for Nnoitra to show up and attack ''everyone''. In Nnoitra's case, this was triply assholish because Ichigo, Grimmjow and Orihime were all equally fair game in his eyes. |
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* ''[[Prince of Tennis]]'' bout between Karou vs Ryoma. Karou's tennis style is to force his opponent to run from one side of the court to the other, making them too tired to return his volleys. Ryoma turns this around on him by forcing him to keep his knees bent during the whole game, using up twice as much endurance, instead. |
* ''[[Prince of Tennis]]'' bout between Karou vs Ryoma. Karou's tennis style is to force his opponent to run from one side of the court to the other, making them too tired to return his volleys. Ryoma turns this around on him by forcing him to keep his knees bent during the whole game, using up twice as much endurance, instead. |
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* ''[[Naruto]]'' uses this tactic sometimes, given that he has more physical and chakra endurance than almost anyone. A particularly notable example is when Naruto defeats {{spoiler|Pain}}, as Naruto takes full advantage of his ability to spam powerful techniques to exhaust his opponent. Ironically, said opponent was using the ''same tactic at the same time''. Turns out that {{spoiler|Pain}} underestimated Naruto's stamina. However, Naruto usually expends that extra energy to do ''more'' rather than win his own fight. For example, in the recent {{spoiler|Fourth Shinobi War}} Arc, Naruto's new [[Super Mode]] is quite powerful and can be used for extended periods of time. Instead of conserving his energy for his upcoming fight, he creates a dozen clones to {{spoiler|personally turn the tide at every front of the war.}} This has notable consequences later, but his decision definitely did have its merits. However, this trope is often [[Subverted Trope|subverted]] for Naruto, as he often needs that extreme stamina just to ''keep up'' with the numerous challenges presented to him. |
* ''[[Naruto]]'' uses this tactic sometimes, given that he has more physical and chakra endurance than almost anyone. A particularly notable example is when Naruto defeats {{spoiler|Pain}}, as Naruto takes full advantage of his ability to spam powerful techniques to exhaust his opponent. Ironically, said opponent was using the ''same tactic at the same time''. Turns out that {{spoiler|Pain}} underestimated Naruto's stamina. However, Naruto usually expends that extra energy to do ''more'' rather than win his own fight. For example, in the recent {{spoiler|Fourth Shinobi War}} Arc, Naruto's new [[Super Mode]] is quite powerful and can be used for extended periods of time. Instead of conserving his energy for his upcoming fight, he creates a dozen clones to {{spoiler|personally turn the tide at every front of the war.}} This has notable consequences later, but his decision definitely did have its merits. However, this trope is often [[Subverted Trope|subverted]] for Naruto, as he often needs that extreme stamina just to ''keep up'' with the numerous challenges presented to him. |
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