History Main / TheTysonZone

* In ''Film/JohnWickChapter2'', John's exploits and insane skills at murder have made him [[TheDreaded a terrifying legend]] among the assassin community ([[NoodleIncident one story bandied around is about how]] [[OnceKilledAManWithANoodleImplement he killed three men in a bar]] [[ImprobableWeaponUser with a pencil]]). When he arrives in Rome, Julius has to confirm a rumor as to whether or not John has been contracted to ''[[ProperlyParanoid kill the Pope]].''

* In ''Film/JohnWickChapter2'', John's exploits and insane skills at murder have made him [[TheDreaded a terrifying legend]] among the assassin community (one story bandied around is about how he [[NoodleIncident killed three men in a bar]] [[ImprobableWeaponUser with a pencil]]). When he arrives in Rome, Julius has to confirm a rumor as to whether or not John has been contracted to ''[[ProperlyParanoid kill the Pope]].''

* Keith Richards of Music/TheRollingStones, infamous for his [[TheStoner drug use]], once claimed to have snorted his father's ashes. It's when Richards tried to claim he was joking that no one believed him.

* In ''VisualNovel/UminekoWhenTheyCry'', this is invoked when discussing the possibility that Family Patriarch Kinzo may have built a hidden second mansion on Rokenjima, to house a mistress that nobody ever found out about. [[spoiler:While some details vary, it turns out he not only did, [[CrazyAwesome but also rigged the island to explode if he wished]], in line with his beliefs about chaos being required for magic.]] This also comes up when Battler argues he escaped a [[LockedRoomMystery locked room]] by ''jumping from the second story window'' despite being the oldest in the family. Everyone accepts the argument because it seems in character.

* Wrestling/RicFlair survived a plane crash that broke his back in three places and returned to wrestling 8 months later. He also survived two lightning strikes (once while holding an umbrella, the other while riding another plane), wrestled in North Korea (not South Korea, ''[[UsefulNotes/NorthKorea North]]'' Korea) with Wrestling/AntonioInoki in front of at least 150,000 people (that's the ''conservative'' number, the largest Wrestling/{{WWE}} crowd being 100,000), and had a SignatureMove where he would FaceFault into the mat like a goddamn comedy clown despite being one of the most revered wrestlers on the planet. He also claims to have slept with 10,000 women, stripped naked in public a whole bunch of times (most famously on a plane ride with a bunch of other wrestlers), and once stripped down to his socks and boxers on live television [[ItMakesSenseInContext and then handcuffed himself to the ring ropes and hung on like a monkey]].

* By the time of ''VisualNovel/PhoenixWrightAceAttorneyDualDestinies'', the prosecutors have realized that four games' worth of [[CourtroomAntic already insane acts]] have put them in this situation via in-universe DarknessInducedAudienceApathy. As a result, they can do even more crazy stuff to win because nobody cares at that point. People refer to it in-universe as "The Dark Age of the Law."

* Teddy Hart got fired/black balled for getting in a fight with another wrestler? Again? Teddy Hart got fired/black balled for deciding not go with the previously agreed finish? Not the first time. Teddy Hart was selling cocaine? Sure, why not? Teddy Hart was acting out gay for pay chloroform fantasies and passing them off as custom matches? Who cares, why isn't he here now? Teddy Hart was fined for failing to control one of his many cats? How quaint. Teddy Hart got arrested for enabling Masada's public drunkenness and disturbance of the peace? Whatever you say. Teddy Hart is being investigated for domestic abuse/kidnapping/murder? At this point fans don't even try to guess why Teddy Hart doesn't appear on a show they thought they'd see him on. They just wait and debate. Are his various misadventures his refusal to clean up? Has he really has cleaned up but remained an improbably powerful WeirdnessMagnet? Is professional help required?

* Wrestling/RicFlair survived a plane crash that broke his back in three places and returned to wrestling 8 months later. He also survived two lightning strikes (once while holding an umbrella, the other while riding another plane), wrestled in North Korea (not South Korea, ''[[UsefulNotes/NorthKorea North]]'' Korea) with Wrestling/AntonioInoki in front of at least 150,000 people (that's the ''conservative'' number), and had a SignatureMove where he would FaceFault into the mat like a goddamn comedy clown despite being one of the most revered wrestlers on the planet. He also claims to have slept with 10,000 women, stripped naked in public a whole bunch of times (most famously on a plane ride with a bunch of other wrestlers), and once stripped down to his socks and boxers on live television [[ItMakesSenseInContext and then handcuffed himself to the ring ropes and hung on like a monkey]].

* ''Series/LastWeekTonightWithJohnOliver'': An episode about the {{Middle Eastern Terrorist|s}} group ISIS had John noting that they had become so outrageous in their actions/claims that people will believe anything about them.
* [[Series/TheSmellOfReevesAndMortimer Bob Mortimer]]'s stories on Series/WouldILieToYou are some of the most outlandish ever told... and also [[spoiler:almost]] ''always true.'' Lampshaded by David and Lee:

-->'''David''': "Yes, and it's ALWAYS TRUE! It was true that he [[spoiler:performs his own dentistry]], it was true that he can [[spoiler:tear an apple apart with his bare hands]]!"

* Wrestling/RicFlair survived a plane crash and got back into wrestling 8 months later. He also survived two lightning strikes (once while holding an umbrella, the other while riding another plane), wrestled in North Korea (not South, ''[[UsefulNotes/NorthKorea North]]'' Korea) with Wrestling/AntonioInoki in front of at least 150,000 people, and had a SignatureMove where he would FaceFault into the mat like a goddamn comedy clown despite being one of the most revered wrestlers on the planet. He also claims to have slept with 10,000 women, stripped naked in public a whole bunch of times (most famously on a plane ride with a bunch of other wrestlers), and once stripped down to his socks and boxers on live television [[ItMakesSenseInContext and then handcuffed himself to the ring ropes and hung on like a monkey]].

The term was created by commentator [[Creator/TheSportsGuy Bill Simmons]] in "honor" of heavyweight boxer Mike Tyson. Examples of Tysonic behavior include offering a zoo handler money to box a gorilla, threatening to eat an opponent's children,[[note]]referring to future opponent Lennox Lewis, even though Lewis did not have any children at the time[[/note]] biting said opponent's leg at a press conference after attacking his associate to start a brawl, biting off part of the ear of ''another'' opponent,[[note]]Evander Holyfield[[/note]] [[BlasphemousBoast saying you're ready to]] "fight UsefulNotes/{{Jesus}}", or blowing $300 million on [[HookersAndBlow hookers, cocaine]] [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking and an enormous collection of pigeons]].[[note]]The man loves the birds. [[Film/TheHangover (Also a tiger, apparently.)]] Even before boxing.[[/note]] And yes, Tyson did ''all'' of these things ''and more''.

* Few names can surpass the TropeNamer in weirdness, but Wrestling/RicFlair would easily be one of them. This is a man who survived a plane crash and got back into wrestling 8 months later. He also survived two lightning strikes (once while holding an umbrella, the other while riding another plane), wrestled in North Korea (not South, ''[[UsefulNotes/NorthKorea North]]'' Korea) with Wrestling/AntonioInoki in front of at least 150,000 people, and had a SignatureMove where he would FaceFault into the mat like a goddamn comedy clown despite being one of the most revered wrestlers on the planet. He also claims to have slept with 10,000 women, stripped naked in public a whole bunch of times (most famously on a plane ride with a bunch of other wrestlers), and once stripped down to his socks and boxers on live television [[ItMakesSenseInContext and then handcuffed himself to the ring ropes and hung on like a monkey]].

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* Mike Tyson is the TropeNamer for a reason. Aside from all the things listed above, the man is now famous for his face tattoo, but at one point he wanted to tattoo ''hearts'' and become The Man of Hearts. That tiger? He ''wrestled'' it.
* UsefulNotes/TheodoreRoosevelt is arguably the most badass U.S. President in modern history. This is a man who, when he was shot in the chest by a would-be assassin, went on to give his scheduled campaign speech that lasted 90 minutes while the bullet was still in his chest ([[PocketProtector his speech and glasses case stopped the bullet]]). He was a decorated soldier, a hunter of animals, a police commissioner, a horse rider, boxer (while he was President, mind you), judoka, and once knifed a cougar (the big cat, not an older woman) to death. Another time, he received letters from cavalry men complaining they had to ride 25 miles a day for training, and instead he rode ''100 miles'' in a single day, ''at the age of 51'' to shut them up. He also kept ridiculously fit, even when in office, and would subject foreign ambassadors to join him for his daily jogs and watch them struggle to keep up. He also fought for equality for women, Catholics, Jews and blacks in the late 1800s, appointing them into positions of power based on their qualifications.
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* Few names can surpass the TropeNamer in weirdness, but Wrestling/RicFlair would easily be one of them. This is a man who survived a plane crash and got back into wrestling 8 months later. He also survived two lightning strikes (once while holding an umbrella, the other while riding another plane), wrestled in North Korea with Wrestling/AntonioInoki in front of at least 150,000 people, and had a SignatureMove where he would FaceFault into the mat like a goddamn comedy clown despite being one of the most revered wrestlers on the planet. He also claims to have slept with 10,000 women, stripped naked in public a whole bunch of times (most famously on a plane ride with a bunch of other wrestlers), and once stripped down to his socks and boxers on live television [[ItMakesSenseInContext and then handcuffed himself to the ring ropes and hung on like a monkey]].

* Few names can surpass the TropeNamer in weirdness, but Wrestling/RicFlair would easily be one of them. This is a man who survived a plane crash and got back into wrestling 8 months later. He also survived two lightning strikes (once while holding an umbrella, the other while riding another plane), wrestled in North Korea with Wrestling/AntonioInoki in front of 90,000 people, and had a SignatureMove where he would FaceFault into the mat like a goddamn comedy clown despite being one of the most revered wrestlers on the planet. He also claims to have slept with 10,000 women, stripped naked in public a whole bunch of times (most famously on a plane ride with a bunch of other wrestlers), and once stripped down to his socks and boxers on live television [[ItMakesSenseInContext and then handcuffed himself to the ring ropes and hung on like a monkey]].

* Few names can surpass the TropeNamer in weirdness, but Wrestling/RicFlair would easily be one of them. This is a man who survived a plane crash and got back into wrestling 8 months later. He also survived two lightning strikes (once while holding an umbrella, the other while riding another plane), wrestled in North Korea with Wrestling/AntonioInoki in front of 90,000 people, and had a SignatureMove where he would FaceFault into the mat like a goddamn comedy clown despite being one of the most respected wrestlers on the planet. He also claims to have slept with 10,000 women, stripped naked in public a whole bunch of times (most famously on an plane ride with a bunch of other wrestlers), and once stripped down to his socks and boxers on live television [[ItMakesSenseInContext and then handcuffed himself to the ring ropes and hung on like a monkey]].

* Teddy Hart got fired/black balled for getting in a fight with another wrestler? Again? Teddy Hart got fired/black balled for deciding not go with the previously agreed finish? Not the first time. Teddy Hart was selling cocaine? Sure, why not? Teddy Hart was acting out gay for pay chloroform fantasies and passing them off as custom matches? Who cares, why isn't he here now? Teddy Hart was fined for failing to control one of his many cats? How quaint. Teddy Hart got arrested for enabling Masada's public drunkenness and disturbance of the peace? Whatever you say. Teddy Hart is being investigated for domestic abuse/kidnapping/murder? At this point fans don't even try to guess why Teddy Hart doesn't appear on a show they thought they'd see him on. They just wait and debate. Are his various misadventures his refusal to clean up? Has he really has cleaned up but remained an improbably powerful WeirdnessMagnet? Is professional help required?[[/folder]]

* UsefulNotes/TheodoreRoosevelt is arguably the most badass U.S. President in modern history. This is a man who, when he was shot in the chest by a would-be assassin, went on to give his scheduled campaign speech that lasted 90 minutes ([[PocketProtector his speech and glasses case stopped the bullet]]) while the bullet was still in his chest. He was a decorated soldier, a hunter of animals, a police commissioner, a horse rider, boxer (while he was President, mind you), judoka, and once knifed a cougar (the big cat, not an older woman) to death. Another time, he received letters from cavalry men complaining they had to ride 25 miles a day for training, and instead he rode ''100 miles'' in a single day, ''at the age of 51'' to shut them up. He also kept ridiculously fit, even when in office, and would subject foreign ambassadors to join him for his daily jogs and watch them struggle to keep up. He also fought for equality for women, Catholics, Jews and blacks in the late 1800s, appointing them into positions of power based on their qualifications.

* UsefulNotes/TheodoreRoosevelt is arguably the most badass U.S. President in modern history. This is a man who, when he was shot in the chest by a would-be assassin, went on to give his scheduled campaign speech that lasted 90 minutes ([[PocketProtector his speech and glasses case stopped the bullet]]) while the bullet was still in his chest. He was also a hunter, a rider, boxer (while he was President, mind you), judoka, and once knifed a cougar (the big cat, not an older woman) to death. He was ridiculously fit, even when in office, and would subject foreign ambassadors to join him for his daily jogs and watch them struggle to keep up. He also fought for equality for women, Catholics, Jews and blacks in the late 1800s, appointing them into positions of power based on their qualifications.

** On a meta level, the authors and writers of the stories may pull any and all examples of {{Superdickery}} and many readers ''will'' fall for them every time. Because if one of the earliest tricks they've pulled on the readers was to give Diabolik a SecretIdentity of sort and set up Elisabeth Gay as his lover and future accomplice only for Elisabeth to get him arrested and exposed ''by accident'' in Eva's debut story, they could do something like that ''again''. And the numbers of those who have they wouldn't do it anymore are greatly diminished since the 2012 special "The Return of Gustavo Garian", in which [[spoiler: the title character Gustavo Garian, the ''first'' named character to be introduced and the one who first mentioned Diabolik, was ''KilledOffForReal'']].

* Invoked by John Oliver in one of his routines, where he talks about encountering Tyson in Las Vegas and realising that he really should go to bed now - this being the purpose of Mike Tyson: to let you know when you're about to go too far and should instead go home. Oliver theorises that deploying Mike Tyson might be a more effective means of dispersing riots than tear gas.

* ''FanFic/OldManHenderson'' shows how this trope can be weaponized in tabletop games; the creator of the titular character gave him a [[ExpansionPackPast ridiculously thorough]] [[DoorStopper 300-something page backstory]] to not only justify Henderson having an absurd GameBreaker skill set, but to also let him sneak in new skills as the situation demanded since nobody was ever going to read the whole thing, so he could pretend it had been in there the whole time. His skills were so outrageous and his backstory so impenetrable that the DM and other players began believing anything the creator made up about Henderson, figuring that the justification was probably buried somewhere in the backstory. Henderson ended up using this to hijack a helicopter during a key moment; he had zero skill or experience with flying and should've died in the attempt, but the DM just let it happen.