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* '''Justified''': Bob has super strength, but not super stamina.

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* '''Justified''': '''Justified''':
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Bob has super strength, but not super stamina.stamina.
** Bob hasn't exercised his powers properly.[[note]]Doesn't matter if you have SuperStrength when you employ it at .01% efficiency.[[/note]]

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

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* '''Invoked''': ???Similar to Justified, Bob passing out from using his SuperStrength is due to RequiredSecondaryPowers that kick in to avoid putting too much strain on his body.



* '''Discussed''': ???
* '''Conversed''': ???

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* '''Discussed''': ???
"I mean, even with your crazy strong muscles, there's gotta be something that'll be too much for you, right?"
* '''Conversed''': ???"Wow, he's super strong but that cart was all it took to make him faint?"
* '''Implied''': Bob, who has SuperStrength, is visible in one scene trying to lift a large boulder, and clearly straining to do so. In a later scene he's revealed to be passed out in a hospital bed.
* '''Deconstructed''': After he wakes up and is informed of what happened, Bob becomes depressed due to feeling he's not strong enough to face future threats.
* '''Reconstructed''': Bob trains himself to try and stretch his limits.
* '''Played For Laughs''': Bob lifts a cart, then promptly passes out... falling into the cart. [[DisasterDominoes Which suddenly rolls off with him inside.]]
* '''Played for Drama''': Bob passing out from lifting the cart is a major indicator that he's not as powerful as he used to be.



Hurry! Get back to PowerStrainBlackout; I can't hold the portal open much longer. '''Nnnggh!'' ''[thud]''
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Hurry! Get back to PowerStrainBlackout; I can't hold the portal open much longer. '''Nnnggh!'' ''[thud]''
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''[thud]''
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* '''Justified''': ???

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* '''Justified''': ???Bob has super strength, but not super stamina.



* '''Parodied''': ???

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* '''Parodied''': ???Picking up something tiny like a pencil causes Bob to pass out, but he can lift a car with no trouble.



* '''Defied''': ???

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* '''Defied''': ???Bob learns his limits to what he can lift and what he can't.
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'''Basic Trope''': A character using their special powers (especially for the first time) faints.
* '''Straight''': Bob uses his SuperStrength to pull a cart off someone and passes out.
* '''Exaggerated''': Bob uses his SuperStrength to support a collapsing cavern and is AsleepForDays afterwards.
* '''Downplayed''': Bob uses his SuperStrength to pull a cart off someone and gets woozy.
* '''Justified''': ???
* '''Inverted''': Bob takes a day off using his strength and passes out.
* '''Subverted''': Bob uses his SuperStrength to pull a cart off someone and passes out...but it turns out he had the flu.
* '''Double Subverted''': ...However, the next time he uses his strength, he passes out again.
* '''Parodied''': ???
* '''Zig Zagged''': Bob uses his SuperStrength and passes out, but it turns out he had the flu. The next time he uses it, however, he passes out. Sometimes he merely gets woozy.
* '''Averted''': No characters in the story have special powers.
* '''Enforced''': The author wants a [[RuleOfDrama dramatic scene]].
* '''Lampshaded''':
-->'''Bob''': No one ever told me the side effects of SuperStrength include passing out.
* '''Invoked''': ???
* '''Exploited''': Bob's archenemy uses the fainting spell to capture him.
* '''Defied''': ???
* '''Discussed''': ???
* '''Conversed''': ???
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Hurry! Get back to PowerStrainBlackout; I can't hold the portal open much longer. '''Nnnggh!'' ''[thud]''
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