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* In ''Series/Supergirl2015''/''Series/TheFlash2014'' crossover ''Fanfic/CallMeKara'', the two main characters are ''[[Comicbook/{{Supergirl}} a Kryptonian woman]]'' and ''[[Franchise/TheFlash a faster-than-light man]]'' supported by too-many-to-count highly-trained martial artists and fighters: The Arrow, the Black Canary, Batman, Red Arrow, Alex Danvers (later Valkyrie), Nyssa Al'Ghul, Katana...

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* In ''Series/Supergirl2015''/''Series/TheFlash2014'' crossover ''Fanfic/CallMeKara'', the two main characters are ''[[Comicbook/{{Supergirl}} ''[[ComicBook/{{Supergirl}} a Kryptonian woman]]'' and ''[[Franchise/TheFlash ''[[ComicBook/TheFlash a faster-than-light man]]'' supported by too-many-to-count highly-trained martial artists and fighters: The Arrow, the Black Canary, Batman, Red Arrow, Alex Danvers (later Valkyrie), Nyssa Al'Ghul, Katana...
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* [[spoiler: Snake Eyes]] in Fanfic/TransformersMHA so far is one of the few heroes in the world to be a part of the twenty percent population of the world to not have a Quirk and yet is still proven capable of taking down both Villain and Decepticon ass.

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* [[spoiler: Snake Eyes]] in Fanfic/TransformersMHA ''Fanfic/TransformersMHA'' so far is one of the few heroes in the world to be a part of the twenty percent population of the world to not have a Quirk and yet is still proven capable of taking down both Villain and Decepticon ass.
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** Agent Fowler of Sector Seven is also Quirkless and is also a highly-skilled government agent capable of handling intense situations.

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** Agent Fowler of Sector Seven is also Quirkless and is also a highly-skilled government agent capable of handling intense situations.situations out in the field.
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** Agent Fowler of Sector Seven is also Quirkless and is also highly-skilled government agent capable of handling intense situations.

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* [[spoiler: Snake Eyes]] in Fanfic/TransformersMHA so far is one of the few heroes in the world to be a part of the twenty percent population of the world to not have a Quirk and yet is still proven capable of taking down both Villain and Decepticon ass.
** MECH in this iteration is an AntiMagicalFaction that consists mostly of [[UnSorcerer Quirkless]] individuals and as a result use advanced technology to combat some of the top heroes of the world.
** Agent Fowler of Sector Seven is also Quirkless and is also highly-skilled government agent capable of handling intense situations.
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* ''Fanfic/HoursVerse'':
** Dojima, Nanako, Shinya, Sojiro, Takemi, and Iwai all put up a good showing against the Shadows during the final battle of ''Butterfly Cascade'' despite not having Personas.
** Zenkichi manages to overpower and destroy [[spoiler:Akane's Cognitive Mona]] with his police training and only a little supernatural support from Futaba.
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* ''Fanfic/OniGaShikuSeries'': In a world where 80% of the population is born with superpowers, but using them against other people or even using them in public in general is illegal and gets you hunted by the police, the various organized crime groups across the world usually recruit people who don't have them at all. Characters like Kiryu, Majima or Saejima are the epitome of CharlesAtlasSuperpower, having physically trained themselves to the point that they achieve speeds or perform feats of physical strength that are impossible by most people who do not have the appropriate powers - for example Majima is so fast he leaves SpeedEchoes behind. Izuku, as he trains and grows older, is easily able to take down gangs of people double his age and reach speeds that are noted to be "unnatular without a quirk" thanks to his TrainingFromHell. He's even able to pass the physical portion of the UA entrance exam - which is mass fight against robots - on nothing but his physical merits.
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* In ''Fanfic/ABridgeOnceBroken'', [[ComicBook/BlackWidow Natasha]]. SuperWeight of 1 in a story that has [[PhysicalGod Norse gods, fantasy gods]], [[ComicBook/TheIncredibleHulk the Hulk]], (several) [[OurDragonsAreDifferent Asian-type]] dragons, [[WesternAnimation/{{Wakfu}} elia]][[ThinkingUpPortals tropes]], [[SealedEvilInACan shushu]], [[MechanicalLifeforms freakin' enormous robots]] and a [[Film/IronMan genius, billionaire, playboy philanthropist]]. Thinking on her feet and some ''serious'' audacity (as well as careful picking her fights) gets her far. Clint Burton, on the other way, does more brooding than actual work.

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* In ''Fanfic/ABridgeOnceBroken'', [[ComicBook/BlackWidow Natasha]]. SuperWeight JustForFun/SuperWeight of 1 in a story that has [[PhysicalGod Norse gods, fantasy gods]], [[ComicBook/TheIncredibleHulk the Hulk]], (several) [[OurDragonsAreDifferent Asian-type]] dragons, [[WesternAnimation/{{Wakfu}} elia]][[ThinkingUpPortals tropes]], [[SealedEvilInACan shushu]], [[MechanicalLifeforms freakin' enormous robots]] and a [[Film/IronMan genius, billionaire, playboy philanthropist]]. Thinking on her feet and some ''serious'' audacity (as well as careful picking her fights) gets her far. Clint Burton, on the other way, does more brooding than actual work.
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* ''Fanfic/VoyagesOfTheWildSeaHorse'': Arguably, the entire Kamikaze Pirates crew counts. In a world of wacky Devil Fruit superpowers and bizarre [[SchizoTech anachronistic]] experiments in BioAugmentation and [[HollywoodCyborg cybernetics]], they take on the Grand Line with nothing but martial arts training. Even their Devil Fruit users are all [[{{Animorphism}} Zoan-types]], widely considered the most boring and vanilla of the three Devil Fruit varieties. The most exceptional member is Dyna, a RobotGirl in a SteamPunk SuperWheelchair patterned on a SpiderTank, followed by Miriam the [[GiantWoman giant]] [[SharkMan shark-girl]] and Penelope the [[SmellySkunk skunk-girl]]. Of the human martial artists, it depends on how one judges "Normal" given they all come from a world where SupernaturalMartialArts is the norm. The closest of them to a true Badass Normal is Nabiki Tendo... and even she eventually becomes an EmpoweredBadassNormal by eating a Devil Fruit that gives her the powers of a [[OurVampiresAreDifferent vampire]].
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* This gets deconstructed in ''Fanfic/CindersAndAshesTheChroniclesOfKamenRiderDante'' with Shindou Hanamori. With his set up being the replacement for Hoshi, a skilled boxer, and capable of taking on {{mooks}} on his own, he seemed deadset to be an {{expy}} of [[Series/KamenRider Kazuya Taki]] but with enough realism in place to set him apart. However, [[SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome he's still a squishy human being set against powerful monsters]]. His first fight ([[EmpoweredBadassNormal with the Volcano Belt]]) showed how mentally unprepared a normal person actually would be when fighting and killing monsters, his second fight, while slightly better, barely has him make a dent in anything and got wounded in the process. His third fight was much better but fared no results, [[spoiler:and he ended up getting killed by a Kaizo-Majin for his troubles]]. The only character he managed to beat was Yudai via a surprise clock to the head.

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* This gets deconstructed in ''Fanfic/CindersAndAshesTheChroniclesOfKamenRiderDante'' with Shindou Hanamori. With his set up being the replacement for Hoshi, a skilled boxer, and capable of taking on {{mooks}} on his own, he seemed deadset to be an {{expy}} of [[Series/KamenRider Kazuya Taki]] but with enough realism in place to set him apart. However, [[SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome he's still a squishy human being set against powerful monsters]].monsters. His first fight ([[EmpoweredBadassNormal with the Volcano Belt]]) showed how mentally unprepared a normal person actually would be when fighting and killing monsters, his second fight, while slightly better, barely has him make a dent in anything and got wounded in the process. His third fight was much better but fared no results, [[spoiler:and he ended up getting killed by a Kaizo-Majin for his troubles]]. The only character he managed to beat was Yudai via a surprise clock to the head.
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* ''Fanfic/WitchesRangersAndThe141'': The elite operators from ''VideoGame/ModernWarfare'' are hopelessly outclassed by the [[AlienInvasion Neuroi]], but still manage to run medevac missions to save downed Witches using only modern small arms and sheer grit. They barely survive ''one'' encounter with a ground-based Neuroi by expending most of their ammo and resources, which finally hammers home for just how ineffective conventional warfare is against the alien invaders.

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* ''Fanfic/TurningRedSecretsOfThePanda'':
** Jason Vaugn: While he does have the ability to control corrupted red panda spirits, this isn't all that useful in combat. However, he still manages to fight [[spoiler:Xia Lee in her red panda form]] and live.
** [[spoiler:Howard Mitchell also qualifies, as he fights Xia, and later Mei, on top of a moving train with nothing but the weapons he has on hand]].
** The PCA, in general, are able to take down giant red pandas like Mei with only their weapons and military training.
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* ''Fanfic/RiseOfTheLastVillain'': A villainous example in Izuku, who [[spoiler:manages to go toe-to-toe with multiple pros, severely wounding Aizawa at the USJ]].
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* ''Fanfic/TheBoysRealJustice'': Batman has no powers but can still put the fear of God into the likes of Homelander and Stormfront.
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* ''Fanfic/AbraxasHrodvitnon'': Despite not being neither a {{Kaiju}} (like Monster X, Ghidorah, Godzilla, Mothra, Thor and Rodan), nor a [[SpeaksFluentAnimal Bone Singer with hereditary psychic powers]] (like Vivienne, Madison Russell and the Chen sisters); one of Alan Jonah's mooks named [[Characters/AbraxasHrodvitnonHumans Tejada]] is skilled and competent enough to keep herself and several other people alive, holed up in a makeshift underground barrack for days on end with no food or water while [[OurZombiesAreDifferent part-Ghidorah humanoid zombies]] close in.

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* ''Fanfic/AbraxasHrodvitnon'': Despite not being neither a {{Kaiju}} (like Monster X, Ghidorah, Godzilla, Mothra, Thor and Rodan), nor a [[SpeaksFluentAnimal Bone Singer with hereditary psychic powers]] (like Vivienne, Madison Russell and the Chen sisters); one of Alan Jonah's mercenary mooks named [[Characters/AbraxasHrodvitnonHumans Tejada]] is skilled and competent enough to keep herself and several other people alive, holed up in a makeshift underground barrack for days on end with no food or water while [[OurZombiesAreDifferent superpowered, part-Ghidorah humanoid zombies]] close in.
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** ''Fanfic/ArcRoyale'': Some of the summoned alternate [=Jaune's=] are physically muggles who haven't even unlocked a Semblance, yet they can go toe-to-toe with their more powerful counterparts and the other cast-members. These include Xiong, a crime boss Jaune with no combative ability who dies ''laughing triumphantly in Cinder's face'' [[spoiler:after he scuppers her schemes]].

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** ''Fanfic/ArcRoyale'': Some A couple of the summoned alternate [=Jaune's=] are physically muggles who haven't even unlocked a Semblance, yet they Semblance but can still go toe-to-toe with their more powerful counterparts and the other cast-members. These include Xiong, a crime boss Jaune with no combative ability who dies ''laughing triumphantly in Cinder's face'' [[spoiler:after he scuppers her schemes]].
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* ''Fanfic/AbraxasHrodvitnon'': Despite not being neither a {{Kaiju}} (like Monster X, Ghidorah, Godzilla, Mothra, Thor and Rodan), nor a [[SpeaksFluentAnimal Bone Singer with hereditary psychic powers]] (like Vivienne, Madison Russell and the Chen sisters); one of Alan Jonah's mooks named [[Characters/AbraxasHrodvitnonHumans Tejada]] is skilled and competent enough to keep herself and several other people alive, holed up in a makeshift underground barrack for days on end with no food or water while [[OurZombiesAreDifferent part-Ghidorah humanoid zombies]] close in.


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* Several of Creator/CoeurAlAran[='s=] works:
** ''Fanfic/TheUnseenHunt'': The hunters in this AU are basically like their namesake in ''Series/{{Supernatural}}'': powerless humans who've Awakened (become aware of the Grimm world, which in turn enables the Grimm to interact with them), and who make it their job to defend humanity against the creatures; minimizing more Awakenings from occurring, and killing the Grimm with mundane weaponry and strength. Some notable hunters include Ozpin, Velvet and Yang. [[spoiler:Exceptions to this trope include Ruby, Jaune and Weiss, all of whom are part-Grimm by the story's ending]].
** ''Fanfic/NotThisTimeFate'': Sapphire Arc persuades her father Nicholas to give her physical huntsmen training, even if he won't unlock her Aura, so that she'll be capable of defending herself and her family.
** ''Fanfic/ArcRoyale'': Some of the summoned alternate [=Jaune's=] are physically muggles who haven't even unlocked a Semblance, yet they can go toe-to-toe with their more powerful counterparts and the other cast-members. These include Xiong, a crime boss Jaune with no combative ability who dies ''laughing triumphantly in Cinder's face'' [[spoiler:after he scuppers her schemes]].
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* [[DiscussedTrope The trope is discussed]] in ''Fanfic/TheSuperheroicsOfHaruhiSuzumiya''. When [[LightNovel/HaruhiSuzumiya Haruhi]] and [[Manga/MyHeroAcademia Izuku]] talk about how they plan to become Heroes without Quirks, Haruhi brings up that characters like Franchise/{{Batman}} and ComicBook/IronMan usually fit people's perception of this trope, but don't actually count because their genius-level intelligence puts them above being "normal".

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* [[DiscussedTrope The trope is discussed]] in ''Fanfic/TheSuperheroicsOfHaruhiSuzumiya''. When [[LightNovel/HaruhiSuzumiya [[Literature/HaruhiSuzumiya Haruhi]] and [[Manga/MyHeroAcademia Izuku]] talk about how they plan to become Heroes without Quirks, Haruhi brings up that characters like Franchise/{{Batman}} and ComicBook/IronMan usually fit people's perception of this trope, but don't actually count because their genius-level intelligence puts them above being "normal".

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* ''Fanfic/TheNightUnfurls'': Any named, non-mage character amongst Kyril's MenOfSherwood count. Examples include Bergen, a regular DrillSergeantNasty; Indriga, a normal ArmyScout; and Roland, a guy with an axe. These people have no magic, no AlienBlood, no [[MixAndMatchWeapon absurdly cool weapons]], and no "enhancements" of any sort like the five superhuman Hunters, yet they all contribute to the war effort by being part of a company that emphasises good tactics and high morale.



* ''Fanfic/TheNightUnfurls'': Any named, non-mage character amongst Kyril's MenOfSherwood count. Examples include Bergen, a regular DrillSergeantNasty; Indriga, a normal ArmyScout; and Roland, a guy with an axe. These people have no magic, no AlienBlood, no [[MixAndMatchWeapon absurdly cool weapons]], and no "enhancements" of any sort like the five superhuman hunters, yet they all contribute to the war effort by being part of a company that emphasises good tactics and high morale.

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