Workplace-Acquired Abilities: Difference between revisions

* Sena of ''[[Eyeshield 21]]'' began developed his exceptional footwork as a result of being bullying into (literally) running errands throughout his school years. He was briefly taught some proper running technique by a football-playing friend of his beforehand, though, and has to put in a lot of hard work to refine his skills for use on the field.

 

* Yorick from ''[[Y: The Last Man]]'' is an escape artist and magician by hobby. The various magic tricks he's learned has saved his life on more than on occasion.

 

 

== [[Literature]] ==

* "Ground Rice" from The 36th Chamber of Shaolin. As he says, all his life he's ground rice using a simple machine operated with the legs, so his legs are incredibly powerful.

* [[Conan the Barbarian]] became so strong because in his youth, he was a slave who did some [[Wheel of Pain|really heavy work]].

* One of the books that can be found in ''[[The Elder Scrolls]]'' series tells the story of a young man who was able to learn the skills he needed to become an [[Ax Crazy|axe wielding]] [[Psycho for Hire|assassin]] through the chores he was put through while growing up on a farm by an [[Evil Uncle]] (his first [[Asshole Victim|victim]]). You can read [http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Lore:The_Axe_Man The Axe Man here] courtesy of the Unofficial Elder Scrolls Pages.

** That story also illustrates, almost perfectly, how many Lost in ''[[Changeling: The Lost]]'' have "benefitted" from their durance.

 

== [[Western Animation]] ==

 

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