History OneManArmy / WesternAnimation

** [[spoiler:The Order of the White Lotus]] is basically ''composed'' of these. [[spoiler:The previously mentioned Iroh, Bumi, and Piandao are all members. There's a reason their battle with a Fire Nation army that was a CurbStompBattle.]]

* ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsCloneWars'' has varying degrees of this trope. Durge is shown (and explicitly stated in other [[ExpandedUniverse EU]] material) to be a one-man arsenal, but "only" kills a few dozen soldiers. General Grievous is similarly able to cut through clones and Jedi with his usual psychopathic zeal, but his body count is relatively low. Anakin and Obi-Wan are better examples, a "body count" of droids well in the thousands, but they have their limits and still rely heavily on the armies they command. Mace and Yoda, however, wipe out hundreds of droids ''without their lightsabers'' and tear apart entire legions with little help from their soldiers.
** A good number of fans believe that [[VillainDecay Grievous should have been that badass in the movie]].
* In ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsTheCloneWars'', the special mention goes to Yoda who gets into a contest with Asajj Ventress over whether a certain planet will join the Republic or the Separatists. If he can escape Asajj's best Separatist droids, the planet will go with the Republic. Yoda barely breaks a sweat. Asajj then tries to attack Yoda in a rage and he casually extinguishes her dual blades using the Force then Force-pulls them from her grasp.
-->'''King Katuunko''': You were right, Count Dooku. One Jedi is not worth a hundred battle droids... more like a thousand.
** Jedi Master Mace Windu: "My name is General Mace Windu of the Jedi Order. At this point of the Clone War, I have dismantled and destroyed over 100,000 of you type one Battle Droids. I'm giving you an opportunity to peacefully lay down your weapons, so that you may be reprogrammed to serve a better purpose than spreading the mindless violence and chaos which you have inflicted upon the galaxy." (''WesternAnimation/StarWarsTheCloneWars'': "Unfinished Business")

** [[spoiler:The Order Of The White Lotus]] is basically ''composed'' of these. [[spoiler:The previously mentioned Iroh, Bumi, and Piandao are all members. There's a reason their battle with a Fire Nation army that was a CurbstompBattle.]]

* In ''WesternAnimation/GIJoeARealAmericanHero'', Sergeant Slaughter was known to defeat whole squads of Mooks by himself. But that's not all. When he was put in charge of training the other Joes, he challenged them to attack him all at once. They took him up on it, and he won without breaking a sweat. (Of course, his RealLife counterpart likely isn't ''this'' tough, but still...)

* In ''WesternAnimation/InvaderZim'', it's shown that apparently a single competent Irken Invader is capable of conquering a planet by themselves. Helps that they do have some impressive technology at their disposal. The main character has even better technology that he's engineered himself, but being a ChaoticStupid GeniusDitz has no way to use them effectively (though he's still pretty dangerous at times).

* [[WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons Maggie Simpson]], [[BadassAdorable despite being a baby]], can take out ''a group of mobsters with a rifle''.
* [[WesternAnimation/TheVentureBrothers Brock Samson]], or as he's been referred to by The Monarch, the Swedish Murder Machine.
* In ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans'', Robin, definitely. In ''Apprentice,'' he takes down a whole army of Sladebots by himself, brutally, and in the second part of the season finale, he takes down [[spoiler: ''his entire team.'' By himself again. When they were all attacking at once. And it's a CurbStompBattle.]]
** In fact in "Winner Take All", the Master of Games literally introduces him as a "One Man Army".

* [[{{WesternAnimation/Ben10}} Benjamin Kirby Tennyson.]] He's one lanky looking kid, but he has a powerful weapon to turn him into over 10 aliens.
* Tai Lung in ''WesternAnimation/KungFuPanda'' has his own prison and is guarded by one thousand guards as well as being held completely immobilised. When he gets free of his shackles, he beats up all the guards in a matter of minutes. Granted, he finishes the job with some dynamite that sends a large number of them flying at once; it might have taken up to another minute or so otherwise.
* Pick any fight Agent Bishop from ''WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles2003'' has. ''Any'' fight.

%%* ''WesternAnimation/BuzzLightyearOfStarCommand''.
* Max Steel of ''WesternAnimation/MaxSteel'', who can decimate entire armies thanks to his TURBO energy, and arsenal of weapons thanks to his Ultra-link.
* ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'':
** [[SorcerousOverlord King Sombra]] was powerful enough to conquer the whole [[CosmicKeystone Crystal Empire]] by himself, pose a threat to [[PhysicalGod Princesses Celestia and Luna]] combined, and even curse the whole place to vanish through space and time. And in the present, he becomes a {{Kaiju}}[=-sized=] LivingShadow that's basically a WorldWreckingWave; and it ultimately takes almost every major protagonist, everyone in said Empire, and the [[AmplifierArtifact Crystal Heart]] to put him down for good.
*** In one of the Season 5 finale's {{Bad Future}}s, however, he uses an actual army to conquer the rest of Equestria. Albeit out of pragmatism instead of weakness, though; he easily defends himself from any Royal Guards that attempt to attack him directly.
** Each of the Mane 6 qualify in their own right; together, they were able to take on a good chunk of the changeling army after it invaded an entire city:
*** Twilight is the personal protégé of Princess Celestia, perhaps the most well-read unicorn in history, and the Element of Magic. And then she [[ItWasHisSled becomes an alicorn princess.]] She's one of the most powerful characters in the series.
*** Applejack is only an Earth Pony, and not even the strongest one in the series (Maud Pie), but she is tough enough and stubborn enough to defeat hordes of enemies.
*** Rarity is a less powerful unicorn than Twilight, but she's shown martial arts proficiency, and is nearly as fierce as AJ in combat.
*** Fluttershy is normally kind and quiet. But don't [[BewareTheQuietOnes make her angry.]] She's stronger and faster than she looks, and is the group's resident [[TheBeastmaster Beast Master.]] She also has a special ability called ''The Stare'' which basically forces whoever she's using it on to do what she wants.
*** Rainbow Dash is pretty much the definition of AwesomeEgo, but she has the skills to back it up. She's the fastest flyer in Equestria, is the only pony in ''history'' to preform a Sonic Rainboom, and also has a black belt in karate. She's strong enough to apparently lift- and fly around with- a boulder several times her size, and she can smash through a pillar of rock with little problem. As a Pegasus, she can also [[WeatherManipulation manipulate clouds and weather]] to her advantage. She's almost as stubborn as Applejack and is usually the first to resort to violence.
*** Pinkie Pie is pony ComicBook/{{Deadpool}}. Enough said.
* ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'': In "The D in Apartment 23", Chris and Meg are confronted at their school cafeteria after Brian posts an offensive tweet, and they proceed to take down the entire student body by themselves (the scene itself being a spoof of the church scene from ''Film/KingsmanTheSecretService'').
* ''WesternAnimation/RickAndMorty'': In the third season premiere, "[[Recap/RickAndMortyS3E1TheRickshankRedemption The Rickshank Redemption]]", [[spoiler:Rick Sanchez single-handedly brings down the Galactic Federation and the Council of Ricks, the two most powerful organizations in the show, by teleporting the latter's headquarters into a Federation prison, then devastating the Federation's economy.]]

* In ''{{GIJoe}}'', Sergeant Slaughter was known to defeat whole squads of Mooks by himself. But that's not all. When he was put in charge of training the other Joes, he challenged them to attack him all at once. They took him up on it, and he won without breaking a sweat. (Of course, his RealLife counterpart likely isn't ''this'' tough, but still...)

** Likewise, Bumi managed to [[spoiler:liberate the city of Omashu]] ''by himself''. He didn't run from the army. ''[[CrowningMomentOfAwesome The army ran from him.]]''

** Not only that, but the last few Kill Bots actually took a step backwards trying to running away. [[TheHero Jack]] said "No, there is no escape." and [[CrowningMomentofAwesome demolished them]].

** [[SorcerousOverlord King Sombra]] was powerful enough to conquer the whole [[CosmicKeystone Crystal Empire]] by himself, pose a threat to [[PhysicalGod Princesses Celestia and Luna]] combined, and even curse the entire place to vanish through space and time. And in the present, he becomes a {{Kaiju}}[=-sized=] LivingShadow that's basically a WorldWreckingWave, and it ultimately takes almost every major protagonist, everyone in said Empire, and the [[AmplifierArtifact Crystal Heart]] to put him down for good.
*** In one of the Season 5 finale's {{Bad Future}}s, however, he uses an actual army to conquer the rest of Equestria. Albeit only out of pragmatism instead of any weakness, though, as he's easily able to defend himself from any Royal Guards that attempt to attack him directly.

*** Twilight is personal protégé to Princess Celestia, perhaps the most well-read unicorn in history, and the Element of Magic. And then she [[ItWasHisSled becomes an alicorn princess.]] She's one of the most powerful characters in the series.

* In ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsTheCloneWars'' special mention goes to Yoda who gets into a contest with Asajj Ventress over whether a certain planet will join the Republic or the Separatists. If he can escape Asajj's best troops, the plane will go with the Republic. Yoda barely breaks a sweat. Asajj ([[HeroKiller who's personally killed many Jedi]]) then tries to attack Yoda in a rage, and he casually extinguishes her dual blades using the Force then Force-pulls them from her grasp.

** Jedi Master Mace Windu: "My name is General Mace Windu of the Jedi Order. At this point of the Clone War, I have dismantled and destroyed over 100,000 of you type one battle droids. I'm giving you an opportunity to peacefully lay down your weapons, so that you may be reprogrammed to serve a better purpose than spreading the mindless violence and chaos which you have inflicted upon the galaxy." ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsTheCloneWars'': Unfinished Business

** Iroh is explicitly described as a "one man army" after he [[spoiler:escaped from prisoner during the Eclipse, fighting off the entire guard, [[BroughtDownToBadass while no one was able to firebend]].]]

** Iroh is explicitly described as a "one man army" after he [[spoiler:escaped from prisoner during the Eclipse, fighting off the entire guard, [[BroughtDownToBadass while no one was able to firebender]].]]

* In ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsTheCloneWars'' special mention goes to Yoda who gets into a contest with Asajj Ventress over whether a certain planet will join the Republic or the Separatists. If he can escape Asajj's best troops, the plane will go with the Republic. Yoda barely breaks a sweat. Asajj ([[HeroKiller who's personally killed many Jedi]]) then tries to attack Yoda in a rage, and he casually extinguishes her dual blades using the force then force-pulls them from her grasp.
--->'''King Katuunko''': You were right, Count Dooku. One Jedi is not worth a hundred battle droids... more like a thousand.

* Iroh of ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender''. They say so. In as many words. ''Really.'' And consider that this was [[spoiler:during the Eclipse, [[BroughtDownToBadass when he would have had no ability to firebend.]]]]
** There's [[BreathWeapon a reason]] he's called [[RedBaron the Dragon of the West]].
** Any fully realized Avatar using their SuperMode is effectively the [[PhysicalGod single most powerful combatant in the entire world.]]
** Can't forget Bumi either, who [[spoiler:liberated the city of Omashu ''by himself'']]. He didn't run from the army. ''[[CrowningMomentOfAwesome The army ran from him.]]''
*** While he was locked inside of what was essentially a metal coffin. What did he use to escape, you ask? His face. Really.
** According to the WordOfGod, the reason Piandao is so revered as a sword master is because of what happened when he decided he was tired of the military and became a recluse. The military sent a hundred soldiers. Piandao sent them all back.
*** [[BadassNormal And he can't firebend, either.]]

** The whole Team Avatar is this to some degree. In the episode "Earth King" group of kids in age from 12 to 15 year old, just blasted to the Earth King's Palace through a legion of elite earthbenders.
** [[spoiler:The Order Of The White Lotus is basically ''composed'' of these. The previously mentioned Iroh, Bumi, and Piandao are all members. There's a reason their battle with a Fire Nation army that was super charged by Sozin's Comet was a CurbstompBattle.]]
*** [[spoiler:The fact that at least two of their own were supercharged as well doesn't hurt.]]
* In the sequel series, WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfKorra, there is Lin Beifong. Chief of police, with the ability to Metalbend and Earthbend, her skills become increasingly impressive just by a few episodes. In Episode 7 she's seen taking out a MiniMecha all on her own (while everyone else with her held their own but never really took down any of the Mecha), and in Episode 9 she frees her officers from an Equalist base, doing practically all of the work.
** Any member of the Red Lotus, and all 4 combined are basically unstoppable.
** Tenzin is shown to be such, especially in Season 3 when [[spoiler: he easily fends off [[BigBad Zaheer]], and it takes the combined effort of all 4 members of the Red Lotus to take him down.]]
** In season 4, Kuvira is shown to be one when she [[CurbStompBattle curb stomps]] a group of about twenty bandits single-handedly.

** Not only that, but the last few Kill Bots actually took a step backwards trying to running away. [[TheHero Jack]] said "No, there is no escape." and [[CrowningMomentofAwesome ruined them]].
** Once, he managed to beat a moderately large army of robots with literally no effort at all.

** Ashi the only surviving Daughter of Aku takes down an entire army of Ogre like creatures after Jack's head using martial arts and turning their own weapons against them.

** Jedi Master Mace Windu: "My name is General Mace Windu of the Jedi Order. At this point of the Clone War, I have dismantled and destroyed over 100,000 of you type one battle droids. I'm giving you an opportunity to peacefully lay down your weapons, so that you may be reprogrammed to serve a better purpose than spreading the mindless violence and chaos which you have inflicted upon the galaxy." ''StarWarsTheCloneWars'': Unfinished Business

** There's [[BreathWeapon a reason]] he's called [[RedBaron the Dragon of the West]]. It's {{Badass}}.

* ''BuzzLightyearOfStarCommand''.

* ''StarWarsCloneWars'' has varying degrees of this trope. Durge is shown (and explicitly stated in other [[ExpandedUniverse EU]] material) to be a one-man arsenal, but "only" kills a few dozen soldiers. General Grievous is similarly able to cut through clones and Jedi with his usual psychopathic zeal, but his body count is relatively low. Anakin and Obi-Wan are better examples, a "body count" of droids well in the thousands, but they have their limits and still rely heavily on the armies they command. Mace and Yoda, however, wipe out hundreds of droids ''without their lightsabers'' and tear apart entire legions with little help from their soldiers.

* In ''StarWarsTheCloneWars'' special mention goes to Yoda who gets into a contest with Asajj Ventress over whether a certain planet will join the Republic or the Separatists. If he can escape Asajj's best troops, the plane will go with the Republic. Yoda barely breaks a sweat. Asajj ([[HeroKiller who's personally killed many Jedi]]) then tries to attack Yoda in a rage, and he casually extinguishes her dual blades using the force then force-pulls them from her grasp.

** Jedi Master Mace Windu:"My name is General Mace Windu of the Jedi Order. At this point of the Clone War, I have dismantled and destroyed over 100,000 of you type one battle droids. I'm giving you an opportunity to peacefully lay down your weapons, so that you may be reprogrammed to serve a better purpose than spreading the mindless violence and chaos which you have inflicted upon the galaxy." ''StarWarsTheCloneWars'': Unfinished Business

* In ''StarWarsTheCloneWars'' special mention goes to Yoda who gets into a contest with Asajj Ventress over whether a certain planet will join the Republic or the Separatists. If he can escape Asajj's best troops, the plane will go with the Republic. Yoda barely breaks a sweat. Asajj ([[HeroKiller who's personally killed many Jedi]]) then tries to attack Yoda in a rage, and he casually sweeps her aside.

* In ''StarWarsTheCloneWars'' Special mention goes to Yoda who gets into a contest with Asajj Ventress over whether a certain planet will join the Republic or the Separatists. If he can escape Asajj's best troops, the plane will go with the Republic. Yoda barely breaks a sweat. Asajj ([[HeroKiller who's personally killed many Jedi]]) then tries to attack Yoda in a rage, and he casually sweeps her aside.

* In ''StarWarsTheCloneWars' 'Special mention goes to Yoda who gets into a contest with Asajj Ventress over whether a certain planet will join the Republic or the Separatists. If he can escape Asajj's best troops, the plane will go with the Republic. Yoda barely breaks a sweat. Asajj ([[HeroKiller who's personally killed many Jedi]]) then tries to attack Yoda in a rage, and he casually sweeps her aside.

* In ''StarWarsTheCloneWars' 'Special mention goes to Yoda. In ''StarWarsTheCloneWars'', he gets into a bet with Asajj Ventress over whether a certain planet will join the Republic or the Separatists. If he can escape Asajj's best troops, the plane will go with the Republic. Yoda barely breaks a sweat. Asajj ([[HeroKiller who's personally killed many Jedi]]) then tries to attack Yoda in a rage, and he casually sweeps her aside.

** Another special mention goes to Yoda. In ''StarWarsTheCloneWars'', he gets into a bet with Asajj Ventress over whether a certain planet will join the Republic or the Separatists. If he can escape Asajj's best troops, the plane will go with the Republic. Yoda barely breaks a sweat. Asajj ([[HeroKiller who's personally killed many Jedi]]) then tries to attack Yoda in a rage, and he casually sweeps her aside.

** In season 4, Kuvira is shown to be one.

** Another special mention goes to Yoda. In ''StarWarsTheCloneWars'', he gets into a bet with Asajj Ventress over whether a certain planet will join the Republic or the Separatists. If he can escape Asajj's best troops, the plane will go with the Republic. Yoda barely breaks a sweat.