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** Probably the RunningGag of "oh, Electro Man needs to learn how to fight! He can't throw a punch for shit! No, I don't care he has brittle bone disease!" [[RunningGagged will be laid to rest]] by [[TalkToTheFist punching the big bad's teeth out mid-monologue]]. Maybe. One last snarking line from his trainer about how he finally got it [[NotBadassEnoughForFans and the fans still being unsatisfied]] is a possibility.
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** Electro Man's enemies [[KryptoniteIsEverywhere quite consistently]] have abilities that make them ''more'' dangerous to meet if you attack them with anything ''[[TheAllSolvingHammer but]]'' Electro Bullets.
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** Electro Man is told he should get boxing lessons. Electro Man [[DontMakeMeDestroyYou strenuously]] refuses.
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** Electro Man's Electro Bullets are TheAllSolvingHammer, and lots of plots revolve around everybody else trying to jump through a lot of hoops to find a solution to the problem only for Electro Bullets [[AllForNothing to make it moot]].
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** The VillainOfTheWeek has [[SuperpowerLottery powers upon powers]] and CrazyPrepared [[XanatosGambit plans upon plans]] that make it utterly impossible for Electro Man to win through any other means that are ''not'' his Electro Bullets.

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** The VillainOfTheWeek has [[SuperpowerLottery powers upon powers]] and CrazyPrepared [[XanatosGambit plans upon plans]] that make it [[InvincibleVillain utterly impossible for Electro Man to win win]] through any other means that are ''not'' ''[[TheAllSolvingHammer not]]'' his Electro Bullets.

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* '''Defied''': ...But Electro Man refuses and manages to beat the aforementioned character because his "Electro Bullets" make no practical sense but catch the opponent off-guard.

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But Electro Man refuses and manages to beat the aforementioned character because his "Electro Bullets" make no practical sense but catch the opponent off-guard.off-guard.
** The VillainOfTheWeek has [[SuperpowerLottery powers upon powers]] and CrazyPrepared [[XanatosGambit plans upon plans]] that make it utterly impossible for Electro Man to win through any other means that are ''not'' his Electro Bullets.
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* '''Played For Drama''': Electro Man's LoveInterest [[TheGwenStacy was killed]] because he tried to save her from his nemesis and his powers fried her alive. Now, he diligently studies so that this will [[MyGreatestFailure never, ever happen again.]]

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* '''Played For Drama''': Electro Man's LoveInterest [[TheGwenStacy [[ILetGwenStacyDie was killed]] because he tried to save her from his nemesis and his powers fried her alive. Now, he diligently studies so that this will [[MyGreatestFailure never, ever happen again.]]
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** An ImaginationBasedSuperpower needs just that, '''imagination'''. Education means logic, which trumps wonder, which makes imagination die, which means a power that no longer works well, if it works at all.

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** An ImaginationBasedSuperpower needs just that, '''imagination'''. [[LogicalWeakness Education means logic, which trumps wonder, which makes imagination die, which means a power that no longer works well, if it works at all.all]].
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** Possessing superpowers is [[ComesGreatResponsibility a major responsibility]] that our hero takes seriously, so this knowledge will help keep himself and others safe and benefit the world as a whole.

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** Possessing superpowers is [[ComesGreatResponsibility [[WithGreatPowerComesGreatResponsibility a major responsibility]] that our hero takes seriously, so this knowledge will help keep himself and others safe and benefit the world as a whole.

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