Yin-Yang Clash: Difference between revisions

 

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* This may be what happened in the second ''[[Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann]]'' movie, Lagann-hen, when the Super Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann and the Super Grand Zamboa launched their Giga Drill Breaks at each other. The universe did collapse, at least.

 

 

* The [[X-Men]] foes Blob and Juggernaut are sometimes portrayed as this. (Juggernaut's superpowers boil down to being an Unstoppable Force, and The Blob's powers boil down to being an Immovable Object.) Though other comics have stated that The Juggernaut would simply win.

** The other comics that depict Juggs the winner go with the fact that he's a mystically-empowered human, and not a mutant like the Blob. So it's more/less "mystic powers vs. mutant abilities".

 

 

* ''[[The Matrix]]'': Neo vs. Agent Smith.

 

 

* A classic example comes from the Han Feizi. A merchant selling spears and shields claims that his spears can pierce anything and his shields can't be broken. When someone asks him what would happen if he were to strike the shield with the spear, he is unable to answer.

 

* Peter Crowther's "The Eternal Altercation" features a train in which the (identical looking) embodiments of Hope and Dispair are locked in eternal combat. The train operator's job is to jerk the train if either of them gain too much ground.

 

 

* In [[Greek Mythology]], Amphitryon once sent Laelaps, a hound that can catch anything, after the Teumessian Fox, which can never be caught. Zeus's resolution to the paradox was to turn both animals to stone.

* Actually ''[[Inverted Trope|inverted]]'' by original [[Taoism]], where Yin and Yang are not opposites, but compliments of each other. What is perceived as a "conflict" or "struggle" to keep the forces balanced is actually the two of them working in harmony. Furthermore, the clash of Yin and Yang, if it can be called that, is actually a ''good'' thing, as the [[You Cannot Grasp the True Form|ineffable]] Tao is formed and supported by the two absolutes working with each other.

 

* [[Dungeons and Dragons]] 3rd edition actually has a lesser known rule that solves this problem if you look at as the "spear/shield" version. In D&D specific trumps general, and thus the spear that can break any shield (specific power to break shields) trumps the shield that can't be broken (general power to be unbreakable).

* Since [[Exalted]] contains a lot of 'irresistible' and 'invincible' powers, they do have a rule for this. A perfect defense always wins, even against a perfect attack. ''[[Awesome but Practical|Always.]]''

 

 

* Shield and Sword from ''[[Suikoden]]'': Shield can withstand anything, and Sword can destroy anything.

* The Han Feizi story is retold in ''Phoenix Wright: [[Ace Attorney]]''. The "King of Prosecutors" trophy is a broken shield and knife, showing the result of the truth being pursued to its conclusion.

 

 

* ''[[Brawl in the Family]]'' [http://brawlinthefamily.keenspot.com/2008/05/15/15-pac-man/ shows us what happens] when [[Kirby]] and [[Pac-Man]] both try to eat each other.

 

 

* [[Uncyclopedia]]: Both [[Mr. T]] and [[Chuck Norris]] are depicted as [[Memetic Badass]]es. According to one article (which has since been deleted or edited into oblivion) the fight between the two of them resulted in the Big Bang and the creation of the universe.

* Accordingly, some people joke that the biggest reason cloning should be outlawed is because cloning ''[insert name of your favorite [[Memetic Badass]] here]'' would make one of these possible.

* Encyclopedia Dramatica: Longcat vs. Tacgnol.

* The [[SCP Foundation]] deconstructs it with [http://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-225 SCP-225], a pair of objects, one unstoppable, the other immovable, both indestructible. The Foundation has no idea what would happen if they collided (though a multi-gigaton nuclear explosion has been speculated), and they ''really'' don't want to find out. Worse, they have no known way to prevent such a collision if it were going to occur, since neither object can be affected by anything.

In this circumstance [[Divide by Zero|planetary evacuation may not be sufficient]] }}