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** ... [[EvilAllAlong Or]] [[UltimateEvil the]] BigBad, [[CutLexLuthorACheck using his incredible power to win the trust of the land and conquer the world without being]] ObviouslyEvil about it.

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** ... [[EvilAllAlong Or]] [[UltimateEvil the]] the BigBad, [[CutLexLuthorACheck using his incredible power to win the trust of the land and conquer the world without being]] ObviouslyEvil about it.
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** Being the Ace makes Adam decide that [[IWorkAlone he works better alone]] -- and he gets overwhelmed by opponents who are individually not as skilled but capable of working together.
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** Adam regularly has to deal with ThePerilsOfBeingTheBest.
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'''Basic Trope''': A character who is effortlessly good in almost everything.

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'''Basic Trope''': A character who is effortlessly good in almost everything.at something.
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* '''Straight''': Adam [=McAwesome=] is a SchoolIdol who is good looking enough to work as a model as his side job and is surrounded adoring fan girls and [[EvenTheGuysWantHim guys]] wherever he goes. He is also the top of his class (if not his entire school) in every single subject, is athletic enough to go toe-to-toe with professional players, and is a NiceGuy to boot.

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* '''Straight''': Adam [=McAwesome=] is a SchoolIdol who is good looking enough to work as a model as his side job and is surrounded adoring fan girls and [[EvenTheGuysWantHim guys]] wherever he goes. He is also the top of his class (if not his entire school) in every single subject, subject without having to study, is athletic enough to go toe-to-toe with professional players, players even though he's not a part of any athletic team (and therefore is not involved in their practices), and is a NiceGuy to boot.

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'''Basic Trope''': A [[RefugeInAudacity ludicrously over-the-top]] perfect, [[TheCape heroic]], [[LargeHam overacting]], [[RatedMForManly manly]] PlayedForLaughs supporting character, better than the protagonists at everything.
* '''Straight''': Adam [=McAwesome=] is physically perfect, has a {{leitmotif}} that sounds like a national anthem on steroids and a [[TwinkleSmile perfectly glinting set of teeth]]. He enters the scene to [[TheCavalry save the main characters]] from the BigBad's DeathTrap and absconds with TheBaroness (who [[ThePornomancer has instantly]] [[HighHeelFaceTurn fallen for him]]) after suplexing the villain's [[OneManArmy entire supply]] of EliteMook bodyguards all at once [[MadeOfExplodium so they explode]]. As Adam [[RidingIntoTheSunset rides off into the sunset]] he delivers a final and epic KirkSummation that leaves everyone present swooning after him.
* '''Exaggerated''':
** [[FoeYay ...Including the villain.]]
** Adam is a [[GodModeSue God Mode Sue.]]
** MasterOfAll

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'''Basic Trope''': A [[RefugeInAudacity ludicrously over-the-top]] perfect, [[TheCape heroic]], [[LargeHam overacting]], [[RatedMForManly manly]] PlayedForLaughs supporting character, better than the protagonists at everything.
character who is effortlessly good in almost everything.
* '''Straight''': Adam [=McAwesome=] is a SchoolIdol who is good looking enough to work as a model as his side job and is surrounded adoring fan girls and [[EvenTheGuysWantHim guys]] wherever he goes. He is also the top of his class (if not his entire school) in every single subject, is athletic enough to go toe-to-toe with professional players, and is a NiceGuy to boot.
* '''Exaggerated''':
Adam [=McAwesome=] is physically perfect, has a {{leitmotif}} that sounds like a national anthem on steroids and a [[TwinkleSmile perfectly glinting set of teeth]]. He enters the scene to [[TheCavalry save the main characters]] from the BigBad's DeathTrap and absconds with TheBaroness (who [[ThePornomancer has instantly]] [[HighHeelFaceTurn fallen for him]]) after suplexing the villain's [[OneManArmy entire supply]] of EliteMook bodyguards all at once [[MadeOfExplodium so they explode]]. As Adam [[RidingIntoTheSunset rides off into the sunset]] he delivers a final and epic KirkSummation that leaves everyone present swooning after him.
* '''Exaggerated''':
** [[FoeYay ...Including the villain.]]
** Adam is a [[GodModeSue God Mode Sue.]]
** MasterOfAll
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* '''Invoked''': One of the heroes attempts to act like TheAce when rescuing someone else, in order to look cool.

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* '''Invoked''': One of the heroes attempts Adam was born a normal person, but takes special drugs or BioAugmentation to act like TheAce when rescuing someone else, in order to look cool.make himself smarter, stronger, more handsome, and generally better than everyone else.
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* '''Subverted''': [[BrokenAce Adam is shown to have some telling character flaws that gives him areas where he is inferior to the protagonists.]]

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* '''Subverted''': [[BrokenAce Adam is shown to have some telling character flaws that gives give him areas where he is inferior to the protagonists.]]



Return to TheAce here. Adam could of course burst in there heroically and do it for you, but is that really worth the risk that he'll end up accidentally seducing your girlfriend/boyfriend/you in the process?

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Return to TheAce here. Adam could could, of course course, burst in there heroically and do it for you, but is that really worth the risk that he'll end up accidentally seducing your girlfriend/boyfriend/you in the process?
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** MasterOfAll
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* '''Parodied''': This trope is, by definition, a {{parody|Sue}} of the MartyStu.

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* '''Parodied''': This ??? %% Note that while this trope is, by definition, a {{parody|Sue}} parody of the MartyStu.MartyStu, parodies of parodies are permissible.
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** Adam befriends Bob and tries to make Bob feel more confident about his abilities and talents.

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** Adam befriends Bob and tries to make Bob [[YouAreBetterThanYouThinkYouAre feel more confident about his abilities and talents.talents]].

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** Due to Adam outperforming [[TheHero Bob]], he feels [[AlwaysSomeoneBetter worthless]] and believes that he [[HeroicSelfDeprecation shouldn't be the main character]]. Bob's TrueCompanions became hostile to Adam for [[TallPoppySyndrome stripping away Bob's confidence]].

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** Due to Adam outperforming [[TheHero Bob]], he feels [[AlwaysSomeoneBetter worthless]] and believes that he [[HeroicSelfDeprecation shouldn't be the main character]]. Bob's TrueCompanions became hostile to Adam for [[TallPoppySyndrome stripping away Bob's confidence]].self-confidence]].


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** Adam befriends Bob and tries to make Bob feel more confident about his abilities and talents.
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** Due to Adam outperforming [[Bob TheHero]], he feels [[AlwaysSomeoneBetter worthless]] and believes that he [[HeroicSelfDeprecation shouldn't be the main character]]. Bob's TrueCompanions became hostile to Adam for [[TallPoppySyndrome stripping away Bob's confidence]].

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** Due to Adam outperforming [[Bob TheHero]], [[TheHero Bob]], he feels [[AlwaysSomeoneBetter worthless]] and believes that he [[HeroicSelfDeprecation shouldn't be the main character]]. Bob's TrueCompanions became hostile to Adam for [[TallPoppySyndrome stripping away Bob's confidence]].
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** Due to Adam outperforming [[Bob TheHero]], he feels [[AlwaysSomeoneBetter worthless]] and believes that he [[HeroicSelfDeprecation shouldn't be the main character]]. Bob's TrueCompanions became hostile to Adam for [[TallPoppySyndrome stripping away Bob's confidence]].

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** Since Adam is so much better than his peers, they stop trying, leaving Adam to pick up their slack. Eventually, Adam burns out and his performance suffers or he abandons them

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** Since Adam is so much better than his peers, they stop trying, leaving Adam to pick up their slack. Eventually, Adam burns out and his performance suffers or he abandons themthem.
**The crown is heavy, and Adam must keep training/studying to stay perfect, without showing how much pressure he's under.
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** Since Adam is so much better than his peers, they stop trying, leaving Adam to pick up their slack. Eventually, Bob burns out and his performance suffers or he abandons them

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** Since Adam is so much better than his peers, they stop trying, leaving Adam to pick up their slack. Eventually, Bob Adam burns out and his performance suffers or he abandons them
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** Since Adam is so much better than his peers, they stop trying, leaving Adam to pick up their slack. Eventually, Bob burns out and his performance suffers or he abandons them

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