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* '''Straight''':
** The hero fights against a henchman and manages to beat him after a hard fight, then several appear, and he defeats them with relative ease.
* '''Exaggerated''':
** When the hero faces a Henchmen, it turns out to be an incredibly tough enemy and the hero only wins due to a combination of skill and luck, when a lot of them appear, they are degraded to canon fodder, not tougher than the average mook.

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'''Straight''': The hero fights against a henchman and manages to beat him after a hard fight, then several appear, and he defeats them with relative ease.
* '''Exaggerated''':
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'''Exaggerated''': When the hero faces a Henchmen, it turns out to be an incredibly tough enemy and the hero only wins due to a combination of skill and luck, when a lot of them appear, they are degraded to canon fodder, not tougher than the average mook.

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This is poorly defined, this is supposed to be for enemies that are tough in individual fights, but easy when they come in groups, not heroes that are "One-man army"


'''Basic Trope''': One sufficiently-powerful fighter can take out any number of stock henchmen but has problems with only one.
* '''Straight''': The hero takes out a large group of enemies without much of a problem, but an individual enemy represents a threat.

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'''Basic Trope''': One sufficiently-powerful fighter can take out any number of stock henchmen but has problems with only one.
* '''Straight''':
The hero takes out has a large group of enemies without much of a problem, but an hard time with individual enemy represents enemies, but sweeps the floor with entire groups with ease.
* '''Straight''':
** The hero fights against
a threat.henchman and manages to beat him after a hard fight, then several appear, and he defeats them with relative ease.



** The hero defeats an entire lair full of {{Mooks}} in record time, beating just one is almost impossible.
** The hero defeats an entire lair full of EliteMooks in record time, and the normal mooks are ten times more, and are [[OneHitKill disposed of instantly]] -- but when a lone enemy appears they are [[NintendoHard almost impossible to defeat]].



** The hero takes on a small group of mooks and wins, when they face only one, is more difficult but he still ends up winning.



** Too many mooks results in them getting in each other's way while giving the hero a target-rich environment.
** TheDragon or BigBad makes the hero wear himself out going through mooks. By the time he is reached, TheHero [[YouCanBarelyStand can barely stand]].



** The fist henchman was a SuperPrototype



** At first it seems that the more enemies the hero faces, the quicker they go down. Then it turns out that when there is only one faceless guy, the hero is just toying with him. The more enemies there are, the more serious the hero gets and the more he uses his abilities.
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** The [[OurOrcsAreDifferent Wuvorkyn]] soldiers of the Dark One are tougher and stronger than humans, but short-tempered and unwilling to work together. So individually a wuvorc will kick a human's ass two times out of three, but when fighting as armies the human soldiers of TheGoodKingdom can beat twice their number of wuvorcs by holding their formations and fighting as one.
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** At first it seems that the more enemies the hero faces, the quicker they go down. Then it turns out that when there is only one faceless guy, the hero is just toying with him. The more enemies there are, the more serious the hero gets and the more he uses his abilities.

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** The hero initially has trouble beating an enemy, then he finds himself against other enemies that are weaker but pose a threat due to numerical superiority.



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

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** The hero after defeating a henchman, jumps into a group of enemies, only to find out that they are a lot more powerful than they look.



* '''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?"

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* '''Averted''': The hero knows better than to recklessly attack his that there is strength in numbers, so he avoids fighting large groups of enemies and brings plenty of allies to help him out.
alone.
* '''Enforced''': "We need the hero to fight off hordes of enemies so it'll look really epic.epic, even if the same enemy gave him trouble individually or in small groups before.."
* '''Lampshaded''': "Who knew one guy could be so powerful?""How come these minions are weaker when there are more of them?"



* '''Conversed''': "You ever wonder why one guy is capable of taking down entire armies of henchmen with such little effort?"

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* '''Conversed''': "You ever wonder why one guy is capable of taking down entire armies of henchmen with such little effort?"effort?, but suffers in individual fights."



* '''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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* '''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.)]].)]], But when there's only one left, he has the battle of his life..

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'''Basic Trope''': One sufficiently-powerful fighter can take out any number of stock henchmen but problems with only one.

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'''Basic Trope''': One sufficiently-powerful fighter can take out any number of stock henchmen but has problems with only one.



** The hero beats a group of mooks but does have problem while doing so.



** The hero is a OneManArmy, and the {{Mooks}} are not.



** 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.

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** Mass training a bunch of mooks at once means they don't get as personalized and thorough training as a hero the initial henchman personally trained by the OldMaster.
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'''Basic Trope''': One sufficiently-powerful fighter can take out any number of stock henchmen as long as it is a large number.

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'''Basic Trope''': One sufficiently-powerful fighter can take out any number of stock henchmen as long as it is a large number.but problems with only one.
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** Or he does beat them all... but because there were no witnesses, [[CassandraTruth no one will believe]] [[GreatestStoryNeverTold that he has done such a thing]].

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** Or he does beat them all... but because there were no witnesses, [[CassandraTruth no one will believe]] [[GreatestStoryNeverTold [[TheGreatestStoryNeverTold that he has done such a thing]].
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** VillainForgotToLevelGrind, so a lone mook that was a serious threat to the hero at the start of his journey later becomes easy meat even in numbers once he's more capable.

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** VillainForgotToLevelGrind, so a lone mook that was a serious threat to The strongest subordinates are usually sent alone or in small groups, the hero at the start of his journey later becomes easy meat even weakest subordinates are sent in numbers once he's more capable.larger groups.
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** When the hero faces a Henchmen, it turns out to be an incredibly tough enemy and the hero only wins due to a combination of skill and luck, when a lot of them appear, they are degraded to canon fodder, not tougher than the average mook.


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** The hero initially has trouble beating an enemy, when the same enemy returns in groups, they are Elite Mooks that pose a challenge, even if they are not as strong as the original.
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** VillainForgotToLevelGrind, so what was a serious threat to the hero at the start of his journey later becomes easy meat once he's more capable.

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** VillainForgotToLevelGrind, so what a lone mook that was a serious threat to the hero at the start of his journey later becomes easy meat even in numbers once he's more capable.
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** VillainForgotToLevelGrind, so what was a serious threat to the hero at the start of his journey later becomes easy meat once he's more capable.
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** The hero is a mage with SplashDamage spells who was never meant to solo strong lone enemies.

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** The hero is a mage SquishyWizard with SplashDamage spells who was never meant to solo strong lone enemies.
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** After cutting down groups of mooks, the hero runs into TheBrute. They have a stare-off, prepare to fight... and the hero [[AnticlimaxBoss demolishes him as easily as the mooks before.]]

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** After cutting down groups of mooks, the hero runs into TheBrute. They have a stare-off, prepare to fight... and the hero [[AnticlimaxBoss [[FakeUltimateMook demolishes him as easily as the mooks before.]]
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** The hero defeats an entire lair full of EliteMooks in record time, and the normal {{Mooks}} are ten times more,and are disposed of instantly, but when a lone enemy appears he is almost impossible to defeat.

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** The hero defeats an entire lair full of EliteMooks in record time, and the normal {{Mooks}} mooks are ten times more,and more, and are [[OneHitKill disposed of instantly, instantly]] -- but when a lone enemy appears he is they are [[NintendoHard almost impossible to defeat.defeat]].



** The hero takes on a small group of {{Mooks}} and wins, when they face only one, is more difficult but he still ends up winning. .
** The hero beats a group of {{Mooks}} but does have problem while doing so.

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** The hero takes on a small group of {{Mooks}} mooks and wins, when they face only one, is more difficult but he still ends up winning. .
winning.
** The hero beats a group of {{Mooks}} mooks but does have problem while doing so.



** 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

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** 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 OldMasterOldMaster.



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

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



** Or: TheDragon or BigBad will send out his worst mooks en masse as cannon fodder, hoping that quantity will make up for (lack of) quality, while his less common, more competent mooks get sent out in smaller groups so to make better use the scarcer resource they represent.

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** Or: TheDragon or BigBad will send out his worst mooks en masse as cannon fodder, hoping that quantity will make up for (lack of) quality, while his less common, [[EliteMooks more competent mooks mooks]] get sent out in [[QuirkyMinibossSquad smaller groups groups]] so to make better use the scarcer resource they represent.



** The weaker mooks get cut down easily, the remaining mooks are the more skilled one who put up a better fight.
** The hero shoots down all of the mooks but one, at which point his gun runs out of ammo. He must take down the remaining mook in hand-to-hand combat.

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** The weaker mooks get cut down easily, the remaining mooks are the more skilled one ones who put up a better fight.
** The hero shoots down all of the mooks but one, one or two, at which point his gun runs out of ammo. He must take down the remaining mook mook(s) in hand-to-hand combat.



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

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** [[EliteArmy An army of good footsoldiers footsoldiers]] takes on a lone badass villain.villain -- [[ZergRush and proceed to win]], even if they sustain some losses in the process.



* '''Defied''': The hero charges into battle, thinks about it for a second and turns back to get reinforcements.

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* '''Defied''': The hero charges into battle, thinks about it for a second and [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere turns back back]] [[GondorCallsForAid to get reinforcements.request reinforcements]].



** Or he does beat them all... but because there were no witnesses, no one will believe that he has done such a thing.

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** Or he does beat them all... but because there were no witnesses, [[CassandraTruth no one will believe believe]] [[GreatestStoryNeverTold that he has done such a thing.thing]].
** The hero managed to beat an army, but it drains his energy and makes him vulnerable to a stronger enemy's attacks.



** The hero managed to beat an army, but it drains his energy and makes him vulnerable to a stronger enemy's attacks.



** Their teammates, however, take a notice and make sure they come ''[[WalkingArmory damn]]'' [[CrazyPrepared well-prepared]] [[LuckilyMyShieldWillProtectMe to the]] [[TakeCover next encounter]].
** The hero deliberately sets up a camera before the fight to prove their badassery [[TalkingIsAFreeAction and the bad guys let them finish before attacking]].



** The hero deliberately sets up a camera before the fight to prove their badassery [[TalkingIsAFreeAction and the bad guys let them finish before attacking]]
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** The hero defeats an entire lair full of {{Mooks}} in record time, beating just one is almost impossible to defeat.

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** The hero defeats an entire lair full of {{Mooks}} in record time, beating just one is almost impossible to defeat.impossible.

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

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* '''Straight''': The hero takes out a large group of enemies without much of a problem.problem, but an individual enemy represents a threat.



** The hero defeats an entire lair full of {{Mooks}} in record time.
** The hero defeats an entire lair full of EliteMooks in record time, and the normal {{Mooks}} are ten times more,and are disposed of instantly.
** What happens when OneManArmy meets TheWarSequence.

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** The hero defeats an entire lair full of {{Mooks}} in record time.
time, beating just one is almost impossible to defeat.
** The hero defeats an entire lair full of EliteMooks in record time, and the normal {{Mooks}} are ten times more,and are disposed of instantly.
** What happens
instantly, but when OneManArmy meets TheWarSequence.a lone enemy appears he is almost impossible to defeat.



** The hero takes on a small group of {{Mooks}} and wins.

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** The hero takes on a small group of {{Mooks}} and wins.wins, when they face only one, is more difficult but he still ends up winning. .
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** The hero's fighting style is built on DeadlyDodging to make enemies harm each other, and therefore is weak against a lone elite where there's no one to redirect attacks from.
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** The hero defeats an entire lair-full of {{Mooks}} in record time.
** The hero defeats an entire lair_full of EliteMooks in record time, and the normal {{Mooks}} are ten times more,and are disposed of instantly.

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** The hero defeats an entire lair-full lair full of {{Mooks}} in record time.
** The hero defeats an entire lair_full lair full of EliteMooks in record time, and the normal {{Mooks}} are ten times more,and are disposed of instantly.

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

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** The hero defeats an entire lair-full of henchmen {{Mooks}} in record time.time.
** The hero defeats an entire lair_full of EliteMooks in record time, and the normal {{Mooks}} are ten times more,and are disposed of instantly.

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** TheHero takes on a small group of {{Mooks}} and wins.
** TheHero beats a group of {{Mooks}} but does have problem while doing so.

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** TheHero The hero takes on a small group of {{Mooks}} and wins.
** TheHero The hero beats a group of {{Mooks}} but does have problem while doing so.


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** The hero is a OneManArmy, and the {{Mooks}} are not.
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** The hero is a mage with spells to cut down weak mooks en masse who was never meant to solo strong lone enemies.

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** The hero is a mage with SplashDamage spells to cut down weak mooks en masse who was never meant to solo strong lone enemies.
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...But now that the hero has gotten into the swing of the battle, he can take care of them easily.
...but then TheBrute gets back up revealing his [[TurnsRed second form.]]

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...**...But now that the hero has gotten into the swing of the battle, he can take care of them easily.
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easily.
**...
but then TheBrute gets back up revealing his [[TurnsRed second form.]]

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* '''Double Subverted''': ...But now that the hero has gotten into the swing of the battle, he can take care of them easily.
...but then TheBrute gets back up revealing his [[TurnsRed second form]]

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* '''Double Subverted''': ...Subverted''':
...
But now that the hero has gotten into the swing of the battle, he can take care of them easily.
...but then TheBrute gets back up revealing his [[TurnsRed second form]]form.]]
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...but then TheBrute gets back up revealing his [[TurnsRed second form]]
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** The hero can defeat [[IpMan ten men at once]]. Give him twenty, though, and he's toast.

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** The hero can defeat [[IpMan [[Film/IpMan ten men at once]]. Give him twenty, though, and he's toast.
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** The Mooks are actually suffering from CloneDegeneration.
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** The hero shoots down all of the mooks but one, at which point his gun runs out of ammo. He must take down the remaining mook in hand-to-hand combat.
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** 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.]]

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** 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.]]

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