History AdaptationalBadass / FanWorksNThroughZ

* In ''Fanfic/ThisBites'', [[spoiler:Hattori]] is actually a dangerous assassin capable of using the Six Powers.
** Several of the Straw Hats become stronger sooner due to Cross giving them hints regarding their future abilities. Special note goes to Chopper who develops a JekyllAndHyde personality and creates his own explosives, earning himself a 66 million bounty, and Nami who gained [[spoiler:Ohm's Eisen Dial]] and ''fried ten battleships'' at Enies Lobby, making her a Supernova with a bounty of 125 million.

* ''Fanfic/MaidensIllusionaryFuneral'' takes Yukari and Ran, already ancient sages with near-unsurpassed abilities, and makes them both TheJuggernaut who cleave through groups of specialist youkai hunters without a scratch. This in turn makes Yuyuko one as well, given she nearly killed Yukari while still trying to restrain her powers.

** In canon Konan got caught by Jiraiya, acted as support during Pain's attack on Konoha, and got killed by Tobi. Here she demonstrates exactly why she's TheDragon.

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* All cards used in ''Fanfic/ArcVedProtagonists'' use their real-world effects to be prioritized over their anime version's effects. As such this trope can apply to some cards while others get [[AdaptationalWimp the opposite]] depending on what the effects of the two versions are. Such as Yuto's Phantom Knights, which in the card game, have effects that can be activated in the graveyard by banishing them that they didn't have in the anime. As such Yuto's deck is capable of more combos and has better consistency here.
* "[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12865317/1/YU-GI-OH-8th-millennium-item YU-Gi-OH 8th millennium item]]" basically turns Tea from just Yugi's tagalong friend into a skilled professional duelist in her own right, aided by training from Yugi's mother (still alive and regarded as the "Queen of Games" after she defeated Pegasus in a past tournament) and her possession of the titular eighth millennium item, which holds the soul of Atem's queen and grants her a similar transformation and alter ego to Yugi.

* ''Fanfic/{{Vapors}}'': Because she was found by the Third Hokage and adopted into the [[BadassFamily Uzumaki Clan]] as well as studying under [[BloodKnight Anko,]] Karin here is capable of holding her own with [[TheAce Sasuke]] in combat and is often paired with him on missions.

* ''Fanfic/PokemonResetBloodlines'' has this a lot. Bar the characters who have the titular bloodlines and the badass gains from such abilities, a wide variety of characters are much more impressive than their canon selves: The Team Rocket Trio can actually steal Pokemon, Georgia is a militarily trained Dragon Buster whose job it is to arrest corrupt gym leaders and elite four members, Ash's Pokemon evolve earlier and have new, more powerful moves they lacked in canon like Aerial Ace, Brine, and Zap Cannon, and Mabel from the XY anime went from granny to Lumiose Conference winning granny. Badassery isn't even just in physical power: Erika is shown to have sizeable monetary and political power she has never been shown to have in other canons.

** Professor Oak never was shown to do much Pokemon battling in the anime. Here, he is TheDreaded as the first-ever champion of the modern Kanto Pokemon League, with it being considered suicide to go up against him.
** In the anime, Delia Ketchum has never been shown to be remotely badass. Here, she is a former member of the Elite Four [[spoiler:and the sister of Rocket Boss Giovanni]], and she hasn't lost any skill by being a RetiredBadass. [[spoiler:When her husband Grimsley ([[RelatedInTheAdaptation yes]], [[VideoGamePokemonBlackAndWhite that Grimsley]]) was killed by a Shadow Ho-Oh, her Pokemon brutally murdered the corrupted Pokemon in response.]]
** Ash's Charizard manages to be StrongAndSkilled as opposed to the UnskilledButStrong Pokemon he was in the original timeline. Best shown in the fic's adaptation of ''Anime/MewtwoStrikesBack'', where he soloes all three of Mewtwo's cloned Starter Pokemon on his own.

** Ash only used his Aura powers sparingly. Here, he uses them more often and receives training in how to use them. Also [[spoiler:Serena]] has PsychicPowers that she didn't have in canon.
** Serena catches many more Pokemon than in canon and is generally a much better battler than her anime counterpart, who only battled sparingly, and rarely won against opponents other than the Team Rocket Trio.

** Some of Ash's Pokemon that never evolved in canon, like Squirtle or Totodile, do evolve here.

* Both ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12803123/1/Shudo-cross-Modern-Ash-The-Trainer-who-Questions-Humanity Shudo cross Modern Ash: The Trainer who Questions Humanity]]'' and ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12840662/1/Shudo-cross-Modern-Ash-The-Professor-Who-Observes-his-Charges Shudo cross Modern Ash: The Professor Who Observes his Charges]]'' have an Ash with more evolved Pokemon and farther placement in the leagues he entered.

* In [[https://www.deviantart.com/slifofinadragon SlifofinaDragon]]'s fanfics, starting from [[https://www.deviantart.com/slifofinadragon/art/Lets-Endless-Party-Ch-2-pt-3-736912302 chapter 2 part 3]] of ''Let's Endless Party!'', [[KungFuWizard Kyogoku Maria]], while retaining her [[ClothingCombat cloth manipulation]], is a powerful sorceress (if not already) with magic that is almost close to that of [[WitchClassic traditional]] witchcraft (i.e. potion-brewing, spell casting).

* In [[https://www.deviantart.com/slifofinadragon SlifofinaDragon]]'s fanfics, starting from [[https://www.deviantart.com/slifofinadragon/art/Lets-Endless-Party-Ch-2-pt-3-736912302 chapter 2 part 3]] of ''Let's Endless Party!'', Kyogoku Maria, while retaining her [[ClothFu cloth]] manipulation, is a powerful sorceress (if not already) with magic that is almost close to that of [[WitchClassic traditional]] witchcraft (i.e. potion-brewing, spell casting).

** While we never actually see him in combat, Metal Knight is now S-Class Rank 2. He has an entire army of robots at his command and he is the sole protector of an entire city. Additionally, Dr Bofoi himself is a powerful cyborg, the only clue WordOfGod reveal of his true power? "[[VideoGame/MetalGearRising Nanomachines, son.]]"

* In the game, Shiho was a victim of [[EvilTeacher Kamoshida's]] physical abuse and implied sexual harassment, to the point where she [[DrivenToSuicide attempted suicide]]. in ''Fanfic/TheEvilQueen'', [[ForWantOfANail where Kamoshida was ousted before things got that bad]], Shiho is a much stronger individual to the point where [[spoiler:she becomes a Persona user]].

* While Luz in canon was a regular human teenager, in ''Fanfic/TheAmazingSpiderLuzInAcrossTheOwlVerse'' she's a mutate with [[Franchise/SpiderMan Spider-Man's]] abilities, giving her SuperStrength, SuperReflexes, {{wall crawl}}ing, a SpiderSense, organic web-shooters, and a HealingFactor.

** Robert is every inch the solid, chivalrous, heroic badass twenty years after the rebellion instead of the drunken slob he degenerated to in canon. He is also a much more engaged and intelligent king, taking it upon himself to improve as a statesman after being [[MyGreatestFailiure forced to suffer an lopsided peace deal due to his ignorance]].

* ''Fanfic/ChasingDragons'': Thanks to being raised and trained by Arthur Dayne and Barristan Selmy, Viserys is an actual Targaryen warrior king rather than a wannabe.

* In ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/3665921/1/Black-Flames-Dance-In-The-Wind-Rise-of-Naruto Black Flames Dance in the Winde: Rise of Naruto]]'', not only is Naruto S-Rank at graduation, but Anko, Zabuza, and a few others are all S-Ranked as well.

* ''Fanfic/InDreamsYouFollowButIDreamInTheDark'': In order to become a DeepCoverAgent, Kiba learns how to become a MasterPoisoner from Genma, turning his HotBlooded, cocky and overconfident attitude as a genin into [[BeneathTheMask part of his persona]] while honing his skills to the point where he ''earns'' his reputation as a S-rank missing-nin.

** Asuka's father Martin Langley is a former Feldwebel (Sergeant) in the German Army, and briefly worked as a security contractor for NERV. [[spoiler: He later starts teaching Rei and Asuka martial arts when the girls get tapped to become Evangelion pilots.]]

** Touji, Hikari and Kensuke are jet fighter pilots rather than average teenagers.
* ''Fanfic/NeonGenesisEvangelionGenocide'' allows Asuka to fully show off the prowess that the original series hinted at and ''The End of Evangelion'' gave but a short taste of. When one of the new "Angels" has send Rei down for the count and is about to give Shinji CoupDeGrace, she gets a full-on ShesBack moment, and proves what she is capable of by ripping the Angel apart. She goes on to remain a competent pilot throughout the story.

** Thanks to Luffy's training, Vivi is an even more skilled fighter than canon, and even learns that she has Conqueror's Haki. She also [[spoiler: gets the Sand-Sand Fruit after Crocodile's death]].
* In ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/11920014/5/ Logia Luffy: Rise of the Dark Emperor]]'', Kuro is given a Zoan Devil Fruit, mostly to keep his fight with Luffy from being too one sided.

** Rather than being still too weak to join the Kuja Pirates, Marguerite and Kikyo are both officers on the crew and each have eaten a Devil Fruit (Jaguar and Dance respectively).

* Luz in canon was more an overzealous kid who usually survived half of the things she did through dumb luck and quick thinking, not really reaching any level of genuine badassness until the first season finale. In ''Fanfic/AHeroForged'' she manages to create a fully-functional Iron Man suit within her first week there and is far less fragile for it.

* While Luz in canon was a regular human teenager, in ''Fanfic/TheAmazingSpiderLuzInAcrossTheOwlVerse'' she's a mutate with [[Franchise/SpiderMan Spider-Man's]] abilities, giving her SuperStrength, SuperReflexes, {{wall crawl}}ing, a SpiderSense, organic web-shooters and a HealingFactor.

* Due to the result of a PeggySue plot, ''Fanfic/AshesOfThePast'' has pretty much ''everyone'' that Ash has come into contact with become a bona-fide badass. This ranges from Ash actively pursuing his Aura Guardian training and fighting Pokémon with his bare-hands, to Charizard learning the Poké-equivalent of a ''tactical nuke'', to Squirtle (as a now-[[Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann Kamina]] expy) breaking the laws of physics on a regular basis.

** Professor Oak never was shown to do much Pokemon battling in the anime. Here, he is TheDreaded as the first ever champion of the modern Kanto Pokemon League, with it being considered suicide to go up against him.

** Serena catches many more Pokemon than in canon, and is generally a much better battler than her anime counterpart, who only battled sparingly, and rarely won against opponents other than the Team Rocket Trio.

** Some of Ash's Pokemon that never evolved in canon, like Squirtle or Totodile , do evolve here.

** In canon, Ash was an IdiotHero known to slack off his training and earning half his badges without beating the gym leaders at the beginning of his journey. In ''Traveler'', he's reasonably intelligent, spends most of his waking hours training his team, and wins every badge legitimately. After getting his eighth badge, Ash tours Kanto again and beats each gym leader's real team. Finally, Ash takes second place at the Indigo Conference and gets taken on as an Elite Four trainee.

* ''Fanfic/RanmaSaotomeChiMaster'' has the title character arrive to Nerima with greater strength and skill, and an excellent understanding of Chi to boot. Moreover, under his tutelage, Akane [[TookALevelInBadass becomes increasingly formidable]].

* Lou Pickles in canon is, admitedly, a decent fighter due to him being in the navy but is mostly seen as a goofy old man. In ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13908427/1/What-If-They-Were-Competent What If They Were Competent?]]'' he is TheDreaded for all things spooky, scary, and supernatural.

** Later when Freddy tries to kill Tommy in his dread Lou shows up and brutally beats him uo

* The White Fang get this treatment in ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13038418/1/Black-Out-The-Sky Black Out The Sky]]''. In the original series they pose a valid threat, but still end up getting foiled by main characters more often than not. In the fic they manage to effectively TakeOverTheWorld and utterly outgun any resistance they still have to face. Adam Taurus in particular goes from being merely a skilled combatant to a OneManArmy capable of wiping out a huntsmen team in a matter of seconds.

* A very minor case occurs with Jaune in ''Fanfic/AMoreFlawedGem''. While still cheating his way into Beacon, Jaune does have some middling degree of combat training as well as some experience hunting game. Enough to survive an onslaught of Grimm (albeit with a great deal of help from his classmates). That said, he's still woefully behind his many of his peers in terms of skill and experience.
* ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12909945/1/Professor-Arc-Student-of-Vacuo Professor Arc: Student of Vacuo]]'': While a few characters are generally more capable, Jaune and Roman are the two standouts. Jaune is just as skilled as his resume portrays him, rather than the untrained weakling from canon and ''Fanfic/ProfessorArc''. Notably, rather than barely dodging Cardin's attacks until the boy tires himself out like in ''Fanfic/ProfessorArc'', Jaune and Neo easily trounce the entirety of Team CRDL without taking a single hit. Meanwhile Roman is changed from skilled enough to take on a member of Team RWBY but not Huntsman level to being stronger than Jaune and Neo combined and good enough to hold his own against Qrow. And rather than not having a Semblance, Roman has some form of Dust manipulation, as shown when he fights Pyrrha and ''catches'' one of his own shots to hit her with it.

* ''Fanfic/BeautifulDestroyerSailorMoon'': Pick a main character, ''any main character''. The Senshi are now mid to high level superhumans that can throw around trains and remain unharmed from being dipped in molten concrete for over a minute. Mamoru can fly, and has a sword cane, and his friends are apparently spies with military training. And Naru gets to keep the disguise pen which gives her borderline Cutey Honey level transformations, topping off with turning a fighter jet into a mecha. Shingo Tsukino is Mamoru's apprentice as Moonlight Knight, and wields a cane gun.

** Sailor Moon's initial power set has been changed to be more effective and consistent - she starts with healing abilities that can [[TurnUndead repel mind controlled, energy drained victims]], while the EarlyInstallmentWeirdness SonicScream has been removed. The second arc makes it clear that while she's BookDumb, Usagi is very perceptive in other ways.

** More competence than badassary, but in the third arc Jadeite promptly decides that whoever killed two of his youma must be dealt with immediately. He then sends out a high-ranking youma specifically to find and eliminate the threat, and then plans to deal with the problem personally if that doesn't work.

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* In canon, the Crystal Gems lost the war and Rose, Garnet and Pearl were the only survivors, the only gem tech they have they had scavenged. Not only did the Crystal Gems in ''Webcomic/BlueAuniverse'' win the war, but they have established their own presence in the galaxy and are still capable of space travel.

* ''Fanfic/SoulEaterTroubledSouls'': An increasing number of canon characters show more skill or competency than their original counterparts, which is saying something. They are even gifted more techniques and moves than normal, especially those who lacked them. Here are some specific examples:

** The Mizunes, specifically their fully combined form. In the original manga, that form of Mizuna is only seen in a fanservice cat fight with Blair. Here, this is the sisters' most powerful form, and they [[CurbStompBattle absolutely]] ''[[NoHoldsBarredBeatdown destroy]]'' [[BackToBackBadasses Caius and Tsuji]] in the Cobra Island arc.

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* Cackletta wasn't really much of a threat in ''VideoGame/MarioAndLuigiSuperstarSaga'', being an unimpressive mage with an easy boss fight halfway through her game. In ''Fanfic/ClashOfTheElements'', on the other hand, she's a ManipulativeBastard of the highest degree, a [[spoiler:two-thousand year old remnant of the Dark King's forces who caused the legend of the [[VideoGame/PaperMarioTheThousandYearDoor Shadow Queen]] just to extend her own life]], and a [[TheChessmaster Chessmaster]] who successfully managed to outwit {{Big Good}}s. Implications exist to suggest she has also been able to control [[Franchise/KingdomHearts the Heartless]].

* The original Super Readers don't even fight against their enemies and for the most part either talk to the villains to [[EasyEvangelism join their side]] or run away if things get dangerous. Super Readers in ''Fanfic/SuperReadersBiggestAdventure'' receive [[MidSeasonUpgrade power upgrades]] and proceed to kick the butts of the [[DemonicPossession possessed citizens of Storybrook]], as well as the [[BigBad Evil Reader]] and [[TheDragon Lexicon]]'s. Special mention goes to Alpha Pig and Wonder Red, since both [[TookALevelInBadass went up a couple of levels]], but as of Chapter 20 [[spoiler:Super Why has one upped them]].

* Rumia is lowest of the low in Gensokyo's hierarchy, weak and with [[WhatKindOfLamePowerIsHeartAnyway a useless power]]. It's widely speculated however that she possesses a SuperpoweredEvilSide, meaning most fan works featuring her give her an appropriate power boost, though the degree of the boost varies vastly; ''Fanfic/ImperfectMetamorphosis'' for example makes her into a WalkingWasteland and [[spoiler:a FallenAngel]], whereas in ''Webcomic/TouhouNekokayou'' she's slightly more powerful but ''still'' comic relief.

** Yuuka Kazami in canon is certainly powerful and has aspects of TheDreaded, but there are plenty of characters who could take her in a fight. Yuuka in ''IM'' is the most feared being in Gensokyo's history, a nightmare who no-one dares confront directly, and who shrugs off all the attacks leveled at her by Yukari and her team she assembled specifically to kill Yuuka, in the process revealing her nature [[spoiler:as an [[Franchise/CthulhuMythos Outer God]]]].

** Dawn is canonically a psychic with [[AuraVision aura reading]] and ambiguous [[PsychicPowers additional powers]]. In the reimagining, she is explicitly a full-fledged sorceress, and her "psychic" abilities are [[FunctionalMagic actually magical in nature]].

** Although still a whale, Sadie is tough, smart and effective, and was generally none of those things in the canon. The [[AllThereInTheManual pseudo-canonical text bios on the show's website]] do at least say she is supposed to be smart.

* ''Fanfic/TotalDramaPahkitewIslandReordered'': Zig-zagged with Beardo. In canon, he contributes nothing helpful to the team, and is the first one eliminated. Here, Beardo takes Sugar's role as strongest member of the team, and he makes it further in the competition. However, he's also rather clumsy, which cost his team a couple challenges.

* In the beginning of the ''Fanfic/TheOtherSide'' series, which adapts ''WesternAnimation/TrollsWorldTour'', Poppy starts off like her canon self, but she [[TookALevelInBadass takes on more gradual levels of fighting]] as the series progresses, receiving training on swords (which eventually become [[HeroesPreferSwords her weapon of choice]]) and firearms in the first fanfic and getting superpowers in the second. It gets to the point that she becomes a BloodKnight whenever she gets to fighting, and ends up practically nothing like the BadassPacifist she previously used to be. Many of the other canon characters fall into this as well, though only Chenille reaches the same sentimental level as Poppy.

* Being a Gumm-gumm in this version, Jim in ''Fanfic/SonOfTheBlack'' isn't nearly as spooked by adversity as his canon counterpart. Steve is less of a bully to him and more of an irritant he has no problems decking and reacts to being forced to become the Trollhunter less with fear and more with anger and irritation. While he struggles to wield a sword and has avoided fighting for years, he has enough experience in fighting to defend himself. Not only that, but he had learned basic rules of magic from a mage in his travels and has since learned various other tricks, including removing troll's natural weakness to the sun and multiple human disguises (his favorite being his canon appearance).

* ''Webcomic/InvertedFate'' has this with several NPC's, such as Bratty and Catty, in that they have joined the Royal Guard, and actually have battles.

** Alphys is captain of the Royal Guard, and while she uses a crossbow and focuses on strategy over strength, she still the captain of the Royal Guard, and is much stronger than canon Alphys.

** To top this, there's a "copy" mechanic that saves the positions of Napstablook's attack's at a certain time... which he combines afterwards with a ''paste'' mechanic. As in, ''[[OhCrap pasting the attacks he had when he copied onto the field in addition to the attacks already taking place.]]''
** After a while, Napstablook unveils a unique soul-affecting mechanic; a "soul tether", that makes Frisk to stay within a certain area or be yanked back into it forcibly, which they can also use to ''drag Frisk into the paths of their attacks.'' Later on, it turns out that they can tie Frisk to ''two'' different soul tethers, restricting his field of movement even further.

** Asgore puts up a much better fight in his Genocide encounter in the demo than either [[OneHitKill Toriel or Asgore]] did against the Genocide player character in ''Undertale,'' despite both player characters being about the same LV at the end of the first area. Especially impressive since Asgore is physically older than his counterparts from passing his life-energy onto [[SparedByTheAdaptation Asriel]]. [[https://tsunderswapofficial.tumblr.com/post/643713111946313728/hey-i-know-that-you-are-not-going-to-read-this As of February 2021]], Team Switched plans to give all the major characters Genocide battles, so this trope will probably also apply to characters like Papyrus, [[TheUnfought Alphys]], and Toriel.

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* All cards used in ''Fanfic/ArcVedProtagonists'' use their real world effects be prioritized over their anime version's effects. As such this trope can apply for some cards while other's get [[AdaptationalWimp the opposite]] depending on what the effects of the two versions are. Such as Yuto's Phantom Knights, which in the card game, have effects that can be activated in the graveyard by banishing them that they didn't have in the anime. As such Yuto's deck is capable of more combo's and has better consistency here.

* It's somewhat of a FandomSpecificPlot to make Shinji (and often other characters along with him) more badass, or at least less traumatized, due to the severe WhatMeasureIsANonBadass he has going on.

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