History PlayingWith / HeroesFightBarehanded

'''Heroes Fight Barehanded''':

** Hiro [[VideoGame/Yakuza picks up a bike and goes ham on everyone with it.]]

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** Emperor Evulzs carries a wicked-looking sword, but upon meeting the bare-handed Hiro drops it because he wants to beat Hiro at his own game.

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* '''Justified''': Hiro's PowersDoTheFighting and he [[ThouShallNotKill] shall not kill], so guns are both redundant and counterintuitive for him, not to mention he DoesNotLikeGuns; Evulz is literally evil because of his EvilWeapon, which has corrupted him into violent madness.
* '''Inverted''': Hiro's the GoodCop who's never without his pistol; Evulz is a psychotic killer who takes glee in tearing people apart with his bare hands.

* '''Double Subverted''': It turns out the Hiro we first saw was actually a CriminalDoppelgänger, and the real Bob is both Heroic and a BareFistedMonk par excellence.
** Hiro's increasing evil displays itself in a growing fondness for BoobyTraps, ArsenalAttire, and eventually actual, handheld weapons.

* '''Straight''': Hiro is a MessianicArchetype and a BareFistedMonk, Emperor Evulz is a CompleteMonster who attacks people with every weapon he can get his hands on.

* '''Downplayed''': Hiro is willing to use weapons when he needs to, but always prefers to use his fists and never carries weapons on his person. Evulz is willing to fight barehanded, but he's a CombatPragmatist who is always looking for a way to outgun his foes.
* '''Justified''': Hiro's PowersDoTheFighting and he ShallNotKill, so guns are both redundant and counter-intuitive for him.
** Evulz is literally evil because of his EvilWeapon, which has corrupted him into violent madness.
** Hiro DoesNotLikeGuns.
* '''Inverted''': Hiro's the GoodCop who's never without his pistol, Evulz is a psychotic killer who takes glee in tearing people apart with his bare hands.
* '''Subverted''': Hiro only looks unarmed: It turns out he's a master of HiddenWeapons, ArsenalAttire, and [[CombatPragmatist skullduggery in general.]]

** As the series progresses it becomes apparent that Evulz is evil in name only, and never actually uses his sword, instead performing a HeelFaceTurn.
* '''Parodied''': Bob is a KnightTemplar who attacks anyone weilding a weapon, even toy weapons on sight, in the belief they must be eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeevil!
* '''Zig Zagged''': Alice is a clear AntiHero, while Carol is a clear AntiVillain. They used ArmedLegs and a PowerFist respectively, so they are not quite armed or unarmed.

* '''Averted''': It's a Fighting Series where everyone is a boxer, martial artist, or otherwise has no need of weapons.

* '''Enforced''': The show is an {{Anvilicious}} commentary in favor of gun control, so of course anyone using a gun is demonised.

* '''Exploited''': Hiro is [[DressingAsTheEnemy Dressed as the enemy,]] and Emperor Evulz suspects this. The latter orders his men to have a firing drill, knowing that Hiro will be a terrible shot because of his refusal to use weapons.

* '''Deconstructed''': Heroic or not, martial artist or not, Hiro's refusal to arm himself frequently gets him into trouble,as you would expect from someone barehanded trying to fight a well-equipped army.
* '''Reconstructed''': A preference for unarmed combat has its own advantages: Hiro never has to worry about being disarmed, and he can get through airport security with impunity.
* '''IntendedAudienceReaction''': Hiro's refusal to use weapons reflects his philosophy: He's a MessianicArchetype and GuileHero who is always trying to find a way to WinWithoutFighting. As such, by the time he brings out the fistcuffs, it'c clear that a situation has already [[SpannerInTheWorks gone off the rails:]] he's a master of the open hand, not a closed fist.