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* '''Conversed''': "She's not using her full power? What a cop-out!"

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* '''Conversed''': "She's "So she's not using her full power? What a cop-out!"power because the author needed the fight to fill an episode?"
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** "Fool! I was only using 100% of my power! [[YouFailPhysicsForever I will now use 9001% of my power and destroy you!"]]

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** "Fool! I was only using 100% of my power! [[YouFailPhysicsForever [[ArtisticLicensePhysics I will now use 9001% of my power and destroy you!"]]
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* '''Lampshaded''': "I'm not done yet! What I've been telling you is 100% power is really more like 85%!"

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* '''Lampshaded''': "I'm not done yet! [[Manga/YuYuHakusho What I've been telling you is 100% power is really more like 85%!"85%!]]"
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*** "I'm ambidextrous!"
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* '''Zig Zagged''': Alice says she's powered up to 100%, so Emperor Evulz does the same. While the Emperor fights much better, Alice doesn't get any stronger. In truth, she was just making sure the Emperor was showing his final form before she powers up for real, knowing he is out of tricks -- but it still isn't enough, and Emperor Evulz wins.

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* '''Zig Zagged''': Alice says she's powered up to 100%, so Emperor Evulz does the same. While the Emperor fights much better, Alice doesn't get any stronger. In truth, she was just making sure the Emperor was showing his final form before she powers up for real, knowing he is out of tricks -- but it still isn't enough, and Emperor Evulz wins.wins... but this was not her final form.
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** Evulz and Alice stop fighting and begin screaming bigger and bigger percentages at each other, quickly degenerating into "infinity plus one percent" and the like.
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*** "You just told me you weren't ''left''-handed!"

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* '''Subverted''': Alice powers up to 100%. There's no appreciable difference in how the fight goes.

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Alice powers up to 100%. There's no appreciable difference in how the fight goes.



* '''Double Subverted''': Alice says she's powered up to 100%, so Emperor Evulz does the same. While the Emperor fights much better, Alice doesn't get any stronger. In truth, she was just making sure the Emperor was showing his final form before she powers up for real, knowing he is out of tricks.

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* '''Double Subverted''': Subverted''':
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Alice says she's powered up to 100%, so Emperor Evulz does the same. While the Emperor fights much better, Alice doesn't get any stronger. In truth, she was just making sure the Emperor was showing his final form before she powers up for real, knowing he is out of tricks.



** "Fool! I was only using 100% of my power! [[YouFailPhysicsForever I will now use 9001% of my power and destroy you!"]]



** "Fool! I was only using 100% of my power! [[YouFailPhysicsForever I will now use 9001% of my power and destroy you!"]]



* '''Defied''': Emperor Evulz forces Alice to power up fully at the beginning of the battle.

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Emperor Evulz forces Alice to power up fully at the beginning of the battle.



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** Evulz passes either the MoralEventHorizon or the GodzillaThreshold, and Alice reluctantly powers up to 100%
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** Alice always uses her full strength in every attack. If the opponent dies, {{Mooks she doesn't have to waste time with the small fry}}. If they don't, she's found a WorthyOpponent to occupy her time. Either way, she benefits.

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** Alice always uses her full strength in every attack. If the opponent dies, {{Mooks she doesn't have to waste time with the such small fry}}.fry. If they don't, she's found a WorthyOpponent to occupy her time. Either way, she benefits.
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** "Fool! I was only using 100% of my power! [[ArtisticLicenceMath I will now use 9001% of my power and destroy you!"]]

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** "Fool! I was only using 100% of my power! [[ArtisticLicenceMath [[YouFailPhysicsForever I will now use 9001% of my power and destroy you!"]]



** Alice always uses her full strength in every attack. If the opponent dies, [[Mooks she doesn't have to waste time with the small fry]]. If they don't, she's found a WorthyOpponent to occupy her time. Either way, she benefits.

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** Alice always uses her full strength in every attack. If the opponent dies, [[Mooks {{Mooks she doesn't have to waste time with the small fry]].fry}}. If they don't, she's found a WorthyOpponent to occupy her time. Either way, she benefits.
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** Alice still has some power left over, but she surrenders instead of using it, admitting she'd be humiliated if she was beaten at 100%


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** "Fool! I was only using 100% of my power! [[ArtisticLicenceMath I will now use 9001% of my power and destroy you!"]]


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**Alice always uses her full strength in every attack. If the opponent dies, [[Mooks she doesn't have to waste time with the small fry]]. If they don't, she's found a WorthyOpponent to occupy her time. Either way, she benefits.
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** Alice discovers Emperor Evulz is no match for her and starts holding back, knowing she doesn't need to fight at full power to defeat him.
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** Or, Alice's has perfect control over her true powers, but they would almost certainly kill almost any one, and violate her strict "ThouShaltNotKill" rule. She only chooses to unleash them if she's completely sure that the villain in question [[MadeOfIron can take the punishment]].

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** Or, Alice's has perfect control over her true powers, but they would almost certainly kill almost any one, anyone, and violate her strict "ThouShaltNotKill" rule. She only chooses to unleash them if she's completely sure that the villain in question [[MadeOfIron can take the punishment]].

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* '''Inverted''': Alice discovers a crucial weakness during her battle.

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Alice discovers a crucial weakness during her battle.battle.
** Alice discovers she has more powers than she knows.
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* '''Conversed''': "She's not using her full power? What a co-pout!"

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* '''Conversed''': "She's not using her full power? What a co-pout!"cop-out!"

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* '''Parodied''': Alice has a power increase for every roadblock Emperor Evulz throws her way. Emperor Evulz snarkily lampshades this.

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Alice has a power increase for every roadblock Emperor Evulz throws her way. Emperor Evulz snarkily lampshades this.

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* '''Parodied''': Alice has a power increase for every roadblock Emperor Evulz throws her way.

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* '''Parodied''': Alice has a power increase for every roadblock Emperor Evulz throws her way. Emperor Evulz snarkily lampshades this.
** [[ShoutOut "But there is something I ought to tell you." "What?"]] [[TheSouthpaw "I am not right-handed"]]
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** Alice failed a SelfImposedChallenge and has given up trying to prove herself by limiting her power.
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** Alice is pretending to be a weaker fighter than she really is so that Emperor Evulz will underestimate her and not fight at his full power to avoid wasting energy.
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*** Alternatively, Alice's true powers remain focused and precise, but will almost certainly kill Evulz and violate her strict "ThouShaltNotKill" rule.

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*** Alternatively, ** Or, Alice's has perfect control over her true powers remain focused and precise, powers, but will they would almost certainly kill Evulz almost any one, and violate her strict "ThouShaltNotKill" rule.rule. She only chooses to unleash them if she's completely sure that the villain in question [[MadeOfIron can take the punishment]].
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*** Alternatively, Alice's true powers remain focused and precise, but will almost certainly kill Evulz and violate her strict "ThouShaltNotKill" rule.

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

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* '''Downplayed''': ???Alice was holding back in order to save her strength for the latter part of the battle.



* '''Subverted''': Alice was lying...the power increase was for show.

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* '''Subverted''': Alice was lying...powers up to 100%. There's no appreciable difference in how the power increase was for show.fight goes.



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

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* '''Exploited''': ???Emperor Evulz knows that Alice is prideful, and tries to deal her a critical injury in the opening stage of the fight, before she has a chance to power up.



* '''Deconstructed''': Alice's power increase comes too late - it's not enough to win the day, and she goes down fighting.
* '''Reconstructed''': Alice did enough damage with her power increase to deal a serious blow, despite the lateness, and both sides live to fight another day.

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* '''Deconstructed''': Alice's power increase comes too late - it's not enough to win Deliberately handicapping herself means that Alice is killed by a lucky blow early in the day, and she goes down fighting.
fight, with no time to 'switch hands'.
* '''Reconstructed''': Alice did enough damage with lives... and fights on through her power increase injury, tapping her own untouched reserves of strength to deal a serious blow, despite win the lateness, and both sides live to fight another day.



* '''Played For Drama''': The heroes come very close to winning, battered and exhausted, only for Emperor Evulz to [[DiabolusExMachina reveal that he is not left handed.]] They lose. Badly.



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



* '''Deconstructed''': Alice's power increase comes too late - it's not enough to win the day, and she goes down fighting.
* '''Reconstructed''': Alice did enough damage with her power increase to deal a serious blow, despite the lateness, and both sides live to fight another day.



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



* '''Conversed''': "She's not using her full power? What a copout!"

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* '''Conversed''': "She's not using her full power? What a copout!"co-pout!"
* '''Deconstructed''': Alice's power increase comes too late - it's not enough to win the day, and she goes down fighting.
* '''Reconstructed''': Alice did enough damage with her power increase to deal a serious blow, despite the lateness, and both sides live to fight another day.



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* '''Justified''': Alice didn't know the scope of Emperor Evulz' power, and wanted to keep some of her power in reserve to make sure that she didn't use it all up before she could finish him.

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Alice didn't know the scope of Emperor Evulz' power, and wanted to keep some of her power in reserve to make sure that she didn't use it all up before she could finish him.



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* '''Invoked''': ???

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* '''Invoked''': ???Alice decides early on she should never go into battle 100% so she'll always have a trump card.
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** Alice's true power could cause a great deal of destruction, but Emperor Evulz has pushed her over the GodzillaThreshold so she can't afford to hold back.
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* '''Exaggerated''': Alice was only using 1% of her full power, and still manages to get the upper hand.

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* '''Exaggerated''': Alice was only using 1% of her full power, and still manages to get the upper hand.power.
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* '''Exaggerated''': Alice was only using 1% of her full power.

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* '''Exaggerated''': Alice was only using 1% of her full power.power, and still manages to get the upper hand.

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