History PlayingWith / ConservationOfNinjutsu

** Or mass training a bunch of mooks at once means they don't get as personalized and thorough training as a hero personally trained by the OldMaster
** Or: Too many mooks results in them getting in each other's way while giving the hero a target-rich environment.
** Or: TheDragon or BigBad is DangerouslyGenreSavvy and makes the hero wear himself out going through mooks. By the time he is reached, TheHero [[YouCanBarelyStand can barely stand.]]

** The hero can defeat [[IpMan ten men at once.]] Give him twenty, though, and he's toast.

** TheHero beats a group of [[Mooks]] but does have problem while doing so.

* '''Downplayed''': TheHero takes on a small group of {{Mooks}} and wins.

** The reason why the hero was able to taken down a large group of enemies with such ease, was because all of them were exhausted, injured and taken by surprise. Trying out the same feat with a properly prepared group would be suicidal... But the hero does so anyway due to SuicidalOverconfidence.

** The reason why the hero was able to taken down a large group of enemies with such ease, was because all of them were exhausted, injured and taken by surprise. Trying out the same feat with a properly prepared group would be suicidal... But the hero does so anyway because SuicidalOverconfidence.

* '''Deconstructed''': A single hero charges into the group, expecting to defeat his enemies easily. Turns out this was a pretty bad idea as the opponents gang up on him and finish him off.

** A single hero is barely able to defeat a single enemy. When he is attacked by a large group of them... he gets his ass kicked.

* '''Exploited''': ???

* '''Straight''': The hero takes out a large group of enemies without much of a problem.
* '''Exaggerated''':

** What happens when OneManArmy meets TheWarSequence.
* '''Downplayed''': TheHero takes on a small group of {{Mooks}} and wins.
* '''Justified''':

* '''Inverted''':

** Alternatively: The more zombies show up, the more powerful each individual zombie seems to be.
* '''Subverted''':

* '''Double Subverted''': ...But now that the hero has gotten into the swing of the battle, he can take care of them easily.
* '''Parodied''':
** Groups of henchmen trip over themselves to retreat whenever they see a single hero advance towards them. Or one fighter can take on a group of enemies no matter how large it is.

* '''Deconstructed''': A single hero charges into the group, expecting to defeat his enemies easily. Turns out this was a pretty bad idea as the opponents gang up on him and finish him off.
** Or he does beat them all... but because there were no witnesses, no one will believe that he has done such a thing.
* '''Reconstructed''':

* '''Zig Zagged''': Various groups of enemies give the hero different levels of trouble with regard to defeating them.
* '''Averted''': The hero knows better than to recklessly attack his enemies and brings plenty of allies to help him out.
* '''Enforced''': "We need the hero to fight off hordes of enemies so it'll look really epic."
* '''Lampshaded''': "Who knew one guy could be so powerful?"
* '''Invoked''': The hero begins drawing plans for attacking the enemy fort, one of them being to charge wildly at the opponents and hope for the best.
* '''Defied''': The hero charges into battle, thinks about it for a second and turns back to get reinforcements.
* '''Discussed''': "Hell yeah, they brought out the ninja! Those guys don't stand a chance now!"
* '''Conversed''': "You ever wonder why one guy is capable of taking down entire armies of henchmen with such little effort?"
* '''Played For Drama''': More and more enemies start ganging up on the hero. The hero is fighting hard, but it's unsure if he'll be able to take on any more mooks.
* '''Played For Laughs''': The hero battles the henchmen with ease, possibly not even trying or [[ExcuseMeWhileIMultiTask doing other things while fighting (reading a book, making a phonecall, etc.)]].

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** Or: TheDragon or BigBad is DangerouslyGenreSavvy and makes the hero wear himself out going through mooks. By the time he is reached, [[YouCanBarelyStand he can barely stand.]]

** Or mass training a bunch of mooks at once means they don't get as personalized and thorough training as a hero personally trained by Grand Master Karaashi

* '''Exaggerated''': The hero defeats an entire lair-full of henchmen in record time.

* '''Justified''': The hero has been specifically trained to fight against overwhelming numbers and wields a weapon suited for fighting many enemies at once.

* '''Inverted''': An army of good footsoldiers takes on a lone badass villain.

* '''Subverted''': The hero jumps into a group of enemies, only to find out that they are a lot more powerful than they look.

* '''Parodied''': Groups of henchmen trip over themselves to retreat whenever they see a single hero advance towards them. Or one fighter can take on a group of enemies no matter how large it is.

* '''Reconstructed''': ...But the challenge of taking on so many enemies at once forces him to fight with even more strength, since he's now fighting for his own survival.

** The hero defeats multiple henchmen, but one is still alive. Despite being beaten half to death, the henchman can defeat the hero with ease.

** After cutting down groups of mooks, the hero runs into TheBrute. They have a stare-off, prepare to fight... and the hero demolishes him as easily as the mooks before.

** Or: TheDragon or BigBad is DangerouslyGenreSavvy and makes the hero wear himself out going through mooks. By the time he is reached, YouCanBarelyStand.

** Alternative : ...or the entire army is just made up of weak {{Mooks}}.
** Or mass training a bunch of mooks at once means they don't get as personalized and through of training as a hero personally trained by Grand Master Karaashi

** Or: The hero has superpowers.

* '''Averted''': The hero knows better than to reckless attack his enemies and brings plenty of allies to help him out.

** Or the mooks get more powerful as the hero defeats more and more of them, until he and the last mook standing are on roughly equal footing.

* '''Played For Laughs''': The hero battles the henchmen with ease, possibly not even trying or doing other things while fighting (reading a book, making a phonecall, etc.).