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** PFC Clay is an AlmightyJanitor, a lowly ranked young soldier that's bizarrely stronger than everyone else in the army.
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* '''Downplayed''': The General is more badass than lower ranking officers, but only by a slight margin.
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** The company president is a veteran boxer, but he's nothing special in the grand scheme of things.
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* '''Subverted''': Lieutenant Alice appears as a boss fight after clearing the player clears a level full of regular soldiers, but turns out to be a ZeroEffortBoss.
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* '''Lampshaded''': ???"How come this manager is yet again a martial arts expert?"
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** The managers at Tropecorp are about as good at fighting as the average Joe, and the company president is a wimp even compared to them, but the regular employees are expert martial artists.
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* '''Straight''': Lieutenant Alice is a badass. Colonel Bob is an even bigger badass. But General Carol is the biggest badass in the army.
* '''Exaggerated''': Lieutenant Alice is a OneWomanArmy, Colonel Bob is the WorldsBestWarrior, but General Carol is a PersonOfMassDestruction.
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** Lieutenant Alice is a badass. Colonel Bob is an even bigger badass. But General Carol is the biggest badass in the army.
** Tropecorp is a retail company whose activities have nothing to do with fighting. Despite this, the employees have basic fighting skills, the managers are badasses that could give special forces soldiers a run for their money and the company president is a OneManArmy.
* '''Exaggerated''': Lieutenant Alice is a OneWomanArmy, Colonel Bob is theWorldsBestWarrior, but WorldsBestWarrior and General Carol is a PersonOfMassDestruction.
** Lieutenant Alice is a badass. Colonel Bob is an even bigger badass. But General Carol is the biggest badass in the army.
** Tropecorp is a retail company whose activities have nothing to do with fighting. Despite this, the employees have basic fighting skills, the managers are badasses that could give special forces soldiers a run for their money and the company president is a OneManArmy.
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* '''Parodied''': A group of friends make up a hierarchy amongst them in just five minutes. The one they made the leader, who was previously a wimp, magically gains SuperStrength and SuperToughness. When they disband five years later, the former leader turns back into a wimp.
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* '''Parodied''': A group of friends make up a hierarchy amongst them themselves in just five minutes. The one they made the leader, who was previously a wimp, magically gains SuperStrength and SuperToughness. When they disband five years later, the former leader turns back into a wimp.
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* '''Inverted''': The General is a wimp who can't put up a fight, and lower ranking officers can hold their own but are nothing exceptional. However, the regular grunts are the biggest badasses around.
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** The General is a wimp who can't put up a fight, and lower ranking officers can hold their own but are nothing exceptional. However, the regular grunts are the biggest badassesaround.around.
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** The General is a wimp who can't put up a fight, and lower ranking officers can hold their own but are nothing exceptional. However, the regular grunts are the biggest badasses
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** Lieutenant Alice is a badass. Colonel Bob is an even bigger badass. But General Carol is the biggest badass in the army.
** Lieutenant Alice is a badass. Colonel Bob is an even bigger badass. But General Carol is the biggest badass in the army.
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* '''Played for Drama''': ???The heroes are liberating a town that has been occupied by the forces of the EvilOverlord. However, things start looking bad when one of the overlord's lieutenants shows up, as the heroes are outclassed at this point in the story.
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* '''Defied''':???A law is passed that requires high ranking officers to earn their positions through skills relevant to logistics, strategy and tactics, regardless of how good their direct combat skills are.
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'''Basic Trope''': The higher someone is in a hierarchy, the stronger they are.
* '''Straight''':
** Lieutenant Alice is a badass. Colonel Bob is an even bigger badass. But General Carol is the biggest badass in the army.
* '''Exaggerated''': Lieutenant Alice is a OneWomanArmy, but General Carol is a PersonOfMassDestruction.
* '''Downplayed''': The General is more badass than lower ranking officers, but only by a slight margin.
* '''Justified''':
** Higher ranking officers put more work into their training after being promoted to prove they deserve the position.
** AsskickingLeadsToLeadership
* '''Inverted''': The General is a wimp who can't put up a fight, and lower ranking officers can hold their own but are nothing exceptional. However, the regular grunts are the biggest badasses around.
* '''Subverted''': Lieutenant Alice appears as a boss fight after clearing a level full of regular soldiers, but turns out to be a ZeroEffortBoss.
* '''Double Subverted''': [[SequentialBoss That was her first phase]]. Her second phase turns out to be very difficult.
* '''Parodied''': The owner of
* '''Zig-Zagged''': Lieutenant Alice is a badass. But Colonel Bob is a poser who goes down like a chump when fought. However, General Carol turns out to be an even bigger badass than Lieutenant Alice.
* '''Averted''':
** Hierarchy is not presented as indicative of badassery.
** There are no hierarchies.
* '''Enforced''': The game needs a sense of progression and challenge, so the player faces higher ranking bosses as they get further into the story, and those bosses get a lot tougher.
* '''Lampshaded''': ???
* '''Invoked''': ???
* '''Exploited''': ???
* '''Defied''': ???
* '''Discussed''': ???
* '''Conversed''': ???
* '''Implied''': ???
* '''Deconstructed''': ???
* '''Reconstructed''': ???
* '''Played for Laughs''': ???
* '''Played for Drama''': ???
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* '''Straight''':
** Lieutenant Alice is a badass. Colonel Bob is an even bigger badass. But General Carol is the biggest badass in the army.
* '''Exaggerated''': Lieutenant Alice is a OneWomanArmy, but General Carol is a PersonOfMassDestruction.
* '''Downplayed''': The General is more badass than lower ranking officers, but only by a slight margin.
* '''Justified''':
** Higher ranking officers put more work into their training after being promoted to prove they deserve the position.
** AsskickingLeadsToLeadership
* '''Inverted''': The General is a wimp who can't put up a fight, and lower ranking officers can hold their own but are nothing exceptional. However, the regular grunts are the biggest badasses around.
* '''Subverted''': Lieutenant Alice appears as a boss fight after clearing a level full of regular soldiers, but turns out to be a ZeroEffortBoss.
* '''Double Subverted''': [[SequentialBoss That was her first phase]]. Her second phase turns out to be very difficult.
* '''Parodied''': The owner of
* '''Zig-Zagged''': Lieutenant Alice is a badass. But Colonel Bob is a poser who goes down like a chump when fought. However, General Carol turns out to be an even bigger badass than Lieutenant Alice.
* '''Averted''':
** Hierarchy is not presented as indicative of badassery.
** There are no hierarchies.
* '''Enforced''': The game needs a sense of progression and challenge, so the player faces higher ranking bosses as they get further into the story, and those bosses get a lot tougher.
* '''Lampshaded''': ???
* '''Invoked''': ???
* '''Exploited''': ???
* '''Defied''': ???
* '''Discussed''': ???
* '''Conversed''': ???
* '''Implied''': ???
* '''Deconstructed''': ???
* '''Reconstructed''': ???
* '''Played for Laughs''': ???
* '''Played for Drama''': ???
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