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'''Basic Trope''': Someone has supernatural or superpowered abilities and doesn't realize it.
* '''Straight''': Alice lifts a car off her neighbor, who is trapped underneath it, and attributed it to adrenaline, unaware she actually has SuperStrength.


* '''Exaggerated''':
** Alice casually lifts the sofa with one hand, but [[IThoughtEveryoneCouldDoThat thought that was something anyone could do]].
** Alice has to replace the car door she ripped off, but attributes it to driving TheAllegedCar than anything having to do with her strength.
* '''Downplayed''': Alice can lift more weight at the gym than a normal person of her build can, but it's not anything too outrageous.
* '''Justified''':
** She comes from a WorldOfBadass where her SuperStrength actually isn't all that unusual.
** She is a {{Heavyworlder}} and her strength is just a side effect of being in lighter gravity.
** Her parents and siblings all had the same kind of SuperStrength, so she thought [[IThoughtEveryoneCouldDoThat everyone else did]].
* '''Inverted''': Alice insists she has SuperStrength when she doesn't.
* '''Subverted''': It turns out her SuperStrength is just CharlesAtlasSuperpower because of her weight lifting training.
* '''Double Subverted''': Her weight lifting regimen has enhanced her already underlying SuperStrength.
* '''Parodied''': Alice rips the car door off "Oh, darn. That's the third one this week!"
* '''Averted''': Alice knows her strength is abnormal and joined a superhero team.
* '''Enforced''': ''Alice: TheSeries'' is a prequel set before Alice becomes a costumed hero and is still discovering her abilities. They can't have her fully accepting her powers before the show ends.
* '''Lampshaded''':
--> '''Charlie''': "Alice...um...the car door is supposed to swing open, not come off in your hand."
* '''Invoked''': Bob follows Alice and makes sure to cover up, explain away, or hide Alice's feats so she doesn't realize they're unusual.
* '''Defied''': Alice goes out and seeks a super empowering serum to give her the SuperStrength
* '''Discussed''':
---> '''Charlie:''' "Why doesn't Alice think there's anything odd about those car doors, broken furniture, or deadlifting five hundred pounds one handed?"
* '''Conversed''': "How can Alice keep ignoring the weird things happening to her?"
* '''Implied''': Alice lifts up the sofa one-handed to vacuum under it, and puts it down without comment. No one else points out this is odd.
* '''Deconstructed''': Alice's inability to realize she has SuperStrength leads to a lot of collateral damage [[PowerIncontinence as she is unable to control it.]]
* '''Played for Horror''': Alice accidentally kills her dog or neighbor because she grips them too hard, not realizing her grip is so much stronger.
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