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* '''Straight''': Right before fighting a MonsterOfTheWeek [[KillItWithFire weak against his powers]], TheLancer [[BoisterousBruiser Blaze]] is suddenly knocked out, leaving [[FiveManBand his friends]] to deal with the creature ''without'' that advantage.

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* '''Straight''': Right before fighting a MonsterOfTheWeek [[KillItWithFire weak against Blaze is the best of the heroes in terms of combat ability, always helping them steamroll their foes. One day, he unfortunately faces an enemy that counters his powers]], TheLancer [[BoisterousBruiser Blaze]] is suddenly knocked out, powers. This puts Blaze out of commission, leaving [[FiveManBand his friends]] teammates to deal with the creature ''without'' that advantage.said enemy with much difficulty.



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* '''Invoked''': Aware he'd pose a major threat to his latest monster, Doctor Dreadful deliberately targeted Blaze and ensured he'd be sidelined before unleashing the creature on the other heroes.

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* '''Invoked''': '''Invoked''':
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Aware he'd pose a major threat to his latest monster, Doctor Dreadful deliberately targeted Blaze and ensured he'd be sidelined before unleashing the creature on the other heroes.heroes.
** Blaze, knowing/believing that he was exiting his prime, 'took himself out' and arranged for a controlled monster attack to teach his teammates not to depend on himself too much in preparation for his retirement. [[note]] and hoping against hope that it doesn't come through death.[[/note]]
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* '''Inverted''': Less powerful character, who normally deal with some problems, are taken out so that Blaze has to deal with ''everything''.

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* '''Inverted''': Less powerful character, characters, who normally deal with some problems, are taken out so that Blaze has to deal with ''everything''.
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** Blaze can’t participate to the mission but he gives them important advices like the monster’s weak point.
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* '''Invoked''': Aware he'd pose a major threat to his latest monster, [[DangerouslyGenreSavvy Doctor Dreadful]] deliberately targeted Blaze and ensured he'd be sidelined before unleashing the creature on the other heroes.

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* '''Invoked''': Aware he'd pose a major threat to his latest monster, [[DangerouslyGenreSavvy Doctor Dreadful]] Dreadful deliberately targeted Blaze and ensured he'd be sidelined before unleashing the creature on the other heroes.
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undid previous edit due to style clash of explaining it in that way


** Blaze is PutOnABus, but was only slightly more powerful than his teammates anyway. With him around it still would have been significantly easier, but still far from [[StoryBreakerPower effortless]]. While the straight example makes something that would have been easy hard, this variant merely serves makes a hard situation [[FromBadToWorse even more difficult]].

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** Blaze is PutOnABus, but was only slightly more powerful than his teammates anyway. With him around it still would have been significantly easier, but still far from [[StoryBreakerPower effortless]]. While the straight example makes something that would have been easy hard, this variant merely serves makes a hard situation [[FromBadToWorse even more difficult]].
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** Blaze is PutOnABus, but was only slightly more powerful than his teammates anyway. With him around it still would have been significantly easier, but still far from [[StoryBreakerPower effortless]].

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** Blaze is PutOnABus, but was only slightly more powerful than his teammates anyway. With him around it still would have been significantly easier, but still far from [[StoryBreakerPower effortless]]. While the straight example makes something that would have been easy hard, this variant merely serves makes a hard situation [[FromBadToWorse even more difficult]].

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* '''Downplayed''': Blaze is still active on the mission but his powers have simply been cut in half, leaving him on equal terms with the rest of his teammates.

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* '''Downplayed''': '''Downplayed''':
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Blaze is still active on the mission but his powers have simply been cut in half, leaving him on equal terms with the rest of his teammates.teammates.
** Blaze is PutOnABus, but was only slightly more powerful than his teammates anyway. With him around it still would have been significantly easier, but still far from [[StoryBreakerPower effortless]].
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* '''Exploited''': ???

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* '''Exploited''': ???Doctor Dreadful reviews recordings of previous battles and notices that whenever there's a threat that Blaze would be especially helpful against, he's knocked out. So the bad doctor makes sure to include one such monster in every attack.

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* '''Downplayed''': ???

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* '''Downplayed''': ???Blaze is still active on the mission but his powers have simply been cut in half, leaving him on equal terms with the rest of his teammates.

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* '''Downplayed''': ???



* '''Deconstructed''':
** Blaze is taken out in a transparent ploy to give the less powerful characters room, and they get their heads handed to them.
** With Blaze out of the way, less powerful characters discover they are quite capable of taking out the bad guys. Perhaps better than Blaze was -- he had taken on the worst all the time to [[GlorySeeker keep his reputation inflated.]]
** Conversely, when Blaze recovers, he realizes that his "friends" have been ladling on the hard work on him, when they could have done it just as well.
* '''Reconstructed''': Blaze pulled a BatmanGambit on the others so that they would learn how to handle these things on their own.



* '''Lampshaded''': "Hey, there's a dragon flying here!" "Joy -- I wonder what will take out our Mentor this time."

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* '''Lampshaded''': "Hey, there's a dragon flying here!" "Joy -- I wonder what will take out our Mentor this time."time".



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



* '''Discussed''':
--> '''Flik:''' Blaze, why aren't you ever around when we need you most?
--> '''Blaze:''' Doc Dreadful is getting clever. Now he only attacks when I'm busy.
--> '''Steve:''' Like that time he tricked you into fighting that phantasmal dragon, and then attacked HQ while you were away.
--> '''Flik:''' [[PlayedForLaughs We were all really surprised when it worked the sixth time, I think.]]
* '''Conversed''':
--> "If I were a superhero, I wouldn't want to be too powerful. If you're too powerful, someone always drops a bridge on you before anything interesting happens."

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* '''Discussed''':
'''Discussed''':
--> '''Flik:''' Blaze, why aren't you ever around when we need you most?
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most?\\
'''Blaze:''' Doc Dreadful is getting clever. Now he only attacks when I'm busy.
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busy.\\
'''Steve:''' Like that time he tricked you into fighting that phantasmal dragon, and then attacked HQ while you were away.
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away.\\
'''Flik:''' [[PlayedForLaughs We were all really surprised when it worked the sixth time, I think.]]
* '''Conversed''':
'''Conversed''':
--> "If I were a superhero, I wouldn't want to be too powerful. If you're too powerful, someone always drops a bridge on you before anything interesting happens."happens".
* '''Deconstructed''':
** Blaze is taken out in a transparent ploy to give the less powerful characters room, and they get their heads handed to them.
** With Blaze out of the way, less powerful characters discover they are quite capable of taking out the bad guys. Perhaps better than Blaze was -- he had taken on the worst all the time to [[GlorySeeker keep his reputation inflated.]]
** Conversely, when Blaze recovers, he realizes that his "friends" have been ladling on the hard work on him, when they could have done it just as well.
* '''Reconstructed''': Blaze pulled a BatmanGambit on the others so that they would learn how to handle these things on their own.






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* '''Justified''': The monster timed his attack to ensure that Blaze was out of the way.

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* '''Justified''': '''Justified''':
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The monster timed his attack to ensure that Blaze was out of the way.



* '''Parodied''': every single time the city is threatened by anything more dangerous than a mosquito, Blaze somehow gets knocked out.

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* '''Parodied''': every '''Parodied''':
** Every
single time the city is threatened by anything more dangerous than a mosquito, Blaze somehow gets knocked out.



* '''Deconstructed''': Blaze is taken out in a transparent ploy to give the less powerful characters room, and they get their heads handed to them.

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* '''Deconstructed''': '''Deconstructed''':
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Blaze is taken out in a transparent ploy to give the less powerful characters room, and they get their heads handed to them.
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--> Flik: "Blaze, why aren't you ever around when we need you most?"
--> Blaze: "Doc Dreadful is getting clever. Now he only attacks when I'm busy."
--> Steve: "Like that time he tricked you into fighting that phantasmal dragon, and then attacked HQ while you were away."
--> [[PlayedForLaughs Flik: "We were all really surprised when it worked the sixth time, I think."]]

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--> Flik: "Blaze, '''Flik:''' Blaze, why aren't you ever around when we need you most?"
most?
--> Blaze: "Doc '''Blaze:''' Doc Dreadful is getting clever. Now he only attacks when I'm busy."
busy.
--> Steve: "Like '''Steve:''' Like that time he tricked you into fighting that phantasmal dragon, and then attacked HQ while you were away."
away.
--> '''Flik:''' [[PlayedForLaughs Flik: "We We were all really surprised when it worked the sixth time, I think."]]]]

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