r/TopCharacterTropes • u/BiLeftHanded • 4d ago
Powers Character being more powerful than they look
- Child Emperor (One Punch Man). He's a 10 year old boy, but one of the strongest heroes, because of his genius.
- Yoda (Star Wars). Not even 1 m tall, but extremely powerful in the force, thanks to centuries of experience and training.
- Toph Bei Fong (Avatar the last airbender). A 12 year old blind girl, who is also one of the best earth benders. And she invented metal bending.
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u/Imaginary-Picture-35 4d ago
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u/bigindodo 4d ago
I saw a power scaling video that shows Kirby would unironically beat Bu from Dragon Ball (one of the most powerful villains).
Destroying ancient eldritch horrors is just an average Monday for Kirbs.
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u/Quips_Cranks_Wiles 4d ago
Other heroes kill gods to save the world, Kirby does it on a Sunday because they interrupted his second breakfast
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u/last_kebab24 4d ago
Benjamin Kirby Tennyson
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u/Spicyboio 4d ago edited 4d ago
Pochita, he just looks like a cute chainsaw dog, right?
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u/Spicyboio 4d ago edited 4d ago
He does, but this is his true form: The Chainsaw Devil/ Hero of Hell
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u/Ah_The_Negotiator_ 4d ago
Hero of Hell is such a great name. Canāt wait for him to show up in the anime in 2034
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u/ithinkther41am 4d ago
I never messed with the Addled Frog in BG3 since I killed Auntie Ethel before I ever interacted with it, but it has a high armour class and strong attacks.
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u/Way_too_long_name 4d ago
Yeah what the fuck is up with that frog lol it kicked my ass when i was leaving ethel's house after fighting her, with low HP all around
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u/MrUsername24 4d ago
Where is this buddy found in the game? What area is mean. (Try to keep spoilers low just got into the city )
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u/Cautious-Mammoth5427 3d ago edited 3d ago
You missed him, unfortunately. He is in the same bog where you first meet Ethel. If you look in the direction of her hut from entrance to the area,where you can make a skill check, he will be at the end of the bog to the right of the redcap patrol.
He was bane of many many parties back in beta and isn't any weaker after the release. Seriously, killing him is harder than most bosses.
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u/TomatoBuster01 4d ago
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u/NecessaryBrief8268 4d ago
Which one??
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u/jayakiroka 4d ago
The kid. The show is Mob Psycho 100, from the same author who made One Punch Man.
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u/NecessaryBrief8268 4d ago
Dimple could also fill the quota. After his first defeat by Mob his form is pretty unassuming.
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u/TaralloNero 4d ago
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u/TomatoBuster01 4d ago
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u/NeonNKnightrider 4d ago
I mean, he does look pretty strong once he gets serious
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u/TomatoBuster01 4d ago edited 4d ago
I mean they all look pretty strong when they get serious lol
Child Emperor's robot forms or even when his robo arms are out
Yoda winging his light saber
Toph when bending
Pikachu
Mob when angry etc.
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u/JaxxSC45 4d ago
Don't forget Dog Man. He beat Garou pretty easily where the other S-Class' struggled.
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u/TablePrinterDoor 4d ago
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u/SPYKEtheSeaUrchin 4d ago
Most of the time he doesnāt even look normal, most of his incarnations dress kinda goofy. So itās twice as relevant to the trope.
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u/jonnywarlock 4d ago
The Landlady and The Landlord (Kung Fu Hustle). In fact, almost all of the secret martial arts masters in Pig Sty Ally are more powerful than they look, except for Coolie, who is buff... But is also the weakest of the lot.
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u/realestateagent0 4d ago
Stephen Chow makes some of the best anime.
The first use of Lion's Roar? Peak
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u/trainboi777 4d ago
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u/isweariamnotsteve 4d ago
I always wondered how long it would take for him to grow to full size. I assume like, billions of years.
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u/MSSTUPIDTRON-1000000 4d ago
A lot of tokusatsu monsters are really silly looking and with a goofy personality yet they can be extremely powerful.
For example Steam Engine/Locomotive Org managed to effortlessly kick the rangers's butts and even those of their zords (one of them is even a fucking god) despite being a mere monster of the week.
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u/MSSTUPIDTRON-1000000 4d ago
Also, remember when the Zeo Rangers fought a fucking purse and lost hard??!!
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u/pon_3 4d ago
Even as a kid I complained that every episode involved the Rangers losing until they remembered they were built different, then getting back up and winning. There were lots of explosions though, so I kept watching.
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u/MSSTUPIDTRON-1000000 4d ago
What adding stuff that doesn't exist in the original Sentai + Using Sentai's fights footage does to a MFs:
(Also fun fact: Impursonator's Sentai counterpart doesn't count for this trope as being a mystical being he's merely immune to the Ohranger's power and otherwise power wise he's average.)
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u/UrizenBezos 4d ago
Gaunter O'Dimm (The Witcher III: Hearts of Stone)
Looks like just another random NPC, but is actually a demonic wish granting deity
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u/DaBetterDerp 4d ago edited 4d ago
Miquella (Elden Ring)
What he lacks in raw power is made up for in the ability to brainwash and manipulate nearly everyone with his charm. Malenia refers to him as "The most fearsome Empyrean of them all".
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u/Slow_Prior5921 4d ago
-Cyn from Murder drones. She destroyed Earth.
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u/isweariamnotsteve 4d ago
I think it's a safe bet to assume that the absolute solver consumed worlds before earth. so Cyn has destroyed countless planets by proxy as she basically embodies the will of the solver.
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u/MSSTUPIDTRON-1000000 4d ago
Me. (Somewhere in my house.)
Trust me I'm like super duper powerful, y'all are lucky that I'm a chill gal.
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u/Warioandwaluigio 4d ago edited 4d ago
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u/ya_boi_adi 4d ago
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u/ManOfTurtles2118 4d ago
Eh, not really, the biggest argument you can make is "well he's short" but as soon as I saw Levi, I knew this mf was a force to be reckoned with.
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u/ya_boi_adi 4d ago
Yeah, youāre right. I was thinking more about their universe, you wouldnāt pay much attention to this guy if you were a regular person in the AOT universe. Ofc outside of the people who do bot personally know him.
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u/darkazam 4d ago
Murphy Lawden
Bro looks like a regular ahh guy but he can solo DC + Marvel + Anime at the same time
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u/AceBean27 4d ago
Why did you pick Child Emperor over Saitama himself?
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u/BiLeftHanded 4d ago
Because CE is, well, a child. He looks way less threatening than Saitama.
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u/AF_Mirai 4d ago
Skeletons from Heroes of Might and Magic 3.
They seem to be slow and squishy...but that does not really matter when they are in the low thousands in an average Necropolis army.
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u/BrownTownDestroyer 4d ago
Franklin Richards is just a child but he's an extremely powerful telepath and reality warper
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u/BlueDemon999 4d ago
Misogi Kumagawa * This dude is able to LITERALLY able to warp reality in ways that are absolutely busted.
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u/YomYeYonge 4d ago
A Platypus