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** "Crap, Captain Awesome is a bit too awesome. He's making all the villains look laughable. How do we bring him down to their level. *frantically searches office, reaches into fridge* A FORK!"

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** "Crap, Captain Awesome is a bit too awesome. He's making all the villains look laughable. How do we bring him down to their level. level?" *frantically searches office, reaches into fridge* A "A FORK!"



** "Geez Captain Awesome, you can shrug off meteor impacts and eat plutonium, but a plastic fork makes you cower in fear".

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** "Geez "Geez, Captain Awesome, you can shrug off meteor impacts and eat plutonium, but a plastic fork makes you cower in fear".fear?"



* '''Invoked''': ''From the Diary of Senior Sinister'' "Grr! All superheros have weaknesses, and I know I can find Captain Awesome's. I'll try everything from Aardvarks to Zygotes."

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* '''Invoked''': ''From the Diary of Senior Sinister'' Sinister:'' "Grr! All superheros superheroes have weaknesses, and I know I can find Captain Awesome's. I'll try everything from Aardvarks to Zygotes."



* '''Defied''': The villain menaces Captain Awesome with a plastic fork, he cowers in fear and hears out the villain's monologue and plan. Once he knows how to stop it, he then casually slaps it out of his hand and [[DidYouActuallyBelieve asks if he really believed]] he would come unprepared. Turns out he's wearing his special hypoallergenic uniform that makes him immune to plastic forks.

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* '''Defied''': The villain menaces Captain Awesome with a plastic fork, and he cowers in fear and hears out the villain's monologue and plan. Once he knows how to stop it, he then casually slaps it out of his hand and [[DidYouActuallyBelieve asks if he really believed]] he would come unprepared. Turns out he's wearing his special hypoallergenic uniform that makes him immune to plastic forks.



* '''Played For Laughs''': Captain Awesome breaks into the SuperVillainLair to save the hostages from Captain Evulz. Evuls [[AccidentalMurder flinches]] while eating his gas station pasta and instantly [[TheBadGuyWins kills]] him with [[AntiClimax the fork]]. Evulz dejectedly was to the scrap yard to sell his custom-made DeathTrap.

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* '''Played For Laughs''': Captain Awesome breaks into the SuperVillainLair to save the hostages from Captain Evulz. Evuls Evulz [[AccidentalMurder flinches]] while eating his gas station gas-station pasta and instantly [[TheBadGuyWins kills]] him with [[AntiClimax the fork]]. Evulz dejectedly was goes to the scrap yard to sell his custom-made DeathTrap.
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** Plastic forks give Captain Awesome a migraine.

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** Plastic forks give are much better weapons against Captain Awesome a migraine.Awesome, but it's not giving him any psychological or biological effects any time soon.
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** Captain Awesome has [[SuperheroGods godlike]] power. He doesn't know about them because they [[KryptoniteFactor are disabled]] within the presence of [[KryptoniteIsEverywhere air]].

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** Captain Awesome has [[SuperheroGods godlike]] power.powers. He doesn't know about them because they [[KryptoniteFactor are disabled]] within the presence of [[KryptoniteIsEverywhere air]].

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** Captain Awesome has [[SuperheroGods godlike]] power. He doesn't know about them because they [[KryptoniteFactor are disabled]] within the presence of [[KryptoniteIsEverywhere air]].



* '''Played For Laughs''': Captain Awesome breaks into the SuperVillainLair to save the hostages from Captain Evulz. Evuls [[AccidentalMurder flinches]] while eating his gas station pasta and instantly [[TheBadGuyWins kills]] him with [[AntiClimax the fork]]. Evulz dejectedly was to the scrap yard to sell his custom-made DeathTrap.



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** [[KryptoniteIsEverywhere Kryptonite Is Everywhere]]/[[UpToEleven Up To Eleven]]. Captain Awesome's secret identity works at a plastic fork factory, putting him a hair's breadth from death every day. All his villains have plastic in their armor, and they pointedly observe they are trying to [[EvenEvilHasStandards uphold standards]] by only fighting/doing crime with non-lethal... ''plastic'' weapons. Oh, and his nemesis? Plastic Poseidon, who wields ''a giant plastic trident.''

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** [[KryptoniteIsEverywhere Kryptonite Is Everywhere]]/[[UpToEleven Up To Eleven]].KryptoniteIsEverywhere. Captain Awesome's secret identity works at a plastic fork factory, putting him a hair's breadth from death every day. All his villains have plastic in their armor, and they pointedly observe they are trying to [[EvenEvilHasStandards uphold standards]] by only fighting/doing crime with non-lethal... ''plastic'' weapons. Oh, and his nemesis? Plastic Poseidon, who wields ''a giant plastic trident.''



** Captain Awesome treats his fork-problems like a traditional allergy, complete with epi-pens and inhalers.

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** Captain Awesome treats his fork-problems fork problems like a traditional allergy, complete with epi-pens and inhalers.
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** Captain Awesome gets his powers from [[TransformationTrinket an Ancient Egyptian magical amulet]]. Since petrochemical plastic didn't exist in Ancient Egypt, touching plastic disrupts the magic and strips him of his powers.
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'''Basic Trope''': A super powered individual is very vulnerable to a common substance.

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'''Basic Trope''': A super powered superpowered individual is very vulnerable to a common substance.
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** Captain Awesome was given his powers by [[TheGreatGazoo The Great Gazebo]], who thought throwing in a vulnerability to plastic forks would be hilarious.

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** Captain Awesome was given his powers by [[TheGreatGazoo [[GreatGazoo The Great Gazebo]], [[ItAmusedMe who thought throwing in a vulnerability to plastic forks would be hilarious.hilarious]].
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** Captain Awesome was given his powers by [[TheGreatGazoo The Great Gazebo]], who thought throwing in a vulnerability to plastic forks would be hilarious.

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** Captain Awesome has a rooted fear of plastic forks that comes from before him gaining his powers, when his [[AbusiveParent abusive step-father]] [[RapeAsBackstory molested]] him with them.



** Captain Awesome only has a slight allergy to plastic. His deep rooted fear of plastic forks actually comes from before him gaining his powers, when his abusive step-father molested him with them.



** But Captain Awesome swore that he would stop people like his step-dad, so he made a deal with a supernatural being that allowed him great power at the cost that he be driven off by what scares him the most.
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Adding alliteration =)


** [[KryptoniteIsEverywhere Kryptonite Is Everywhere]]/[[UpToEleven Up To Eleven]]. Captain Awesome's secret identity works at a plastic fork factory, putting him a hair's breadth from death every day. All his villains have plastic in their armor, and they pointedly observe they are trying to [[EvenEvilHasStandards uphold standards]] by only fighting/doing crime with non-lethal... ''plastic'' weapons. Oh, and his nemesis? Plastic Neptune, who wields ''a giant plastic trident.''

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** [[KryptoniteIsEverywhere Kryptonite Is Everywhere]]/[[UpToEleven Up To Eleven]]. Captain Awesome's secret identity works at a plastic fork factory, putting him a hair's breadth from death every day. All his villains have plastic in their armor, and they pointedly observe they are trying to [[EvenEvilHasStandards uphold standards]] by only fighting/doing crime with non-lethal... ''plastic'' weapons. Oh, and his nemesis? Plastic Neptune, Poseidon, who wields ''a giant plastic trident.''



* '''Zig Zagged''': Captain Awesome freaks out at the sight of a plastic fork but does nothing to him. Thinking he is over his plastic allergy, he picks up a second one, but it turns out this second plastic fork was not hypo-allergenic, and he promptly has a severe reaction. But turns out to be instead a reaction to Plastic Neptune's allergies-beam. But then it turns out that the plastic fork caused Captain Awesome's immune system to go crazy, making him vulnerable to Plastic Neptune's allergies-beam.

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* '''Zig Zagged''': Captain Awesome freaks out at the sight of a plastic fork but does nothing to him. Thinking he is over his plastic allergy, he picks up a second one, but it turns out this second plastic fork was not hypo-allergenic, and he promptly has a severe reaction. But turns out to be instead a reaction to Plastic Neptune's Poseidon's allergies-beam. But then it turns out that the plastic fork caused Captain Awesome's immune system to go crazy, making him vulnerable to Plastic Neptune's Poseidon's allergies-beam.
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** Captain Awesome deliberately spread rumors that he was vulnerable to plastic forks to distract his enemies.

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** [[FakeWeakness Captain Awesome deliberately spread rumors that he was vulnerable to plastic forks forks]] to distract his enemies.
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** The villain is made vulnerable to an ordinary substance so that the heroes have a chance to defeat him in spite of being much weaker than him.

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* '''Implied''': Captain Awesome has a strange fear of plastic forks.
* '''Played For Drama''': Captain Awesome is DrivenToSuicide, and no one thinks anything of him buying plastic forks.



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** Captain Awesome has BizarreAlienBiology; the same way that arsenic is toxic to humans, plastic is toxic to him.


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** Captain Awesome's enemy demonstrates Captain Awesome's weakness to plastic forks by sharpening them and shoving them down his throat.

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** "Gee, our villain is [[InvincibleVillain too powerful]]. [[OnlyTheAuthorCanSaveThemNow We need to find a way for the heroes to stand a chance against him]]".



* '''Invoked''': ''From the Diary of Senior Sinister'' "Grr, All superheros have weaknesses, and I know I can find Captain Awesome's. I'll try everything from Aardvarks to Zygotes".

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* '''Invoked''': ''From the Diary of Senior Sinister'' "Grr, "Grr! All superheros have weaknesses, and I know I can find Captain Awesome's. I'll try everything from Aardvarks to Zygotes".Zygotes."

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** Alternatively: Captain Awesome deliberately spread rumors that he was vulnerable to plastic forks to distract his enemies.

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** Alternatively: Captain Awesome deliberately spread rumors that he was vulnerable to plastic forks to distract his enemies.



** It wasn't the fork...



** Alternatively: Now that Captain Awesome's false allergy has been exposed, his enemies will no longer be distracted from finding out his true weakness: Bread.

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** Alternatively: Now that Captain Awesome's false allergy has been exposed, his enemies will no longer be distracted from finding out his true weakness: Bread.



** It wasn't plastic fork; it was the corn on it.

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** It wasn't plastic fork; it was ** ...but the corn on it.

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* '''Justified''': Captain Awesome has a severe allergy to plastic in general and plastic forks are some of the most common forms of easily acquired plastic.

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* '''Justified''': '''Justified''':
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Captain Awesome has a severe allergy to plastic in general and plastic forks are some of the most common forms of easily acquired plastic.plastic.
** Captain Awesome breaks down in front of plastic forks because it reminds him of how someone killed his family.
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** Captain Awesome gets motion sickness despite being in a boat that's tied up.

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** Captain Awesome [[Manga/FairyTail gets motion sickness despite being in a boat that's tied up.]]
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Replacing Flame Bait with a better trope.


** "Gee, our villain is [[VillainSue too powerful]]. [[OnlyTheAuthorCanSaveThemNow We need to find a way for the heroes to stand a chance against him]]".

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** "Gee, our villain is [[VillainSue [[InvincibleVillain too powerful]]. [[OnlyTheAuthorCanSaveThemNow We need to find a way for the heroes to stand a chance against him]]".
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** Captain Awesome is weakened by corn, [[DoesNotLikeSpam his least favorite food]]

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** Captain Awesome is weakened by corn, [[DoesNotLikeSpam his least favorite food]]food.]]



** It wasn't plastic fork it was the corn on it.

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** It wasn't plastic fork fork; it was the corn on it.



** KryptoniteIsEverywhere UpToEleven. Captain Awesome's secret identity works at a plastic fork factory, putting him a hair's breadth from death every day. All his villains have plastic in their armor, and they pointedly observe they are trying to [[EvenEvilHasStandards uphold standards]] by only fighting/doing crime with non-lethal... ''plastic'' weapons. Oh, and his nemesis? Plastic Neptune, who wields ''a giant plastic trident.''

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** KryptoniteIsEverywhere UpToEleven.[[KryptoniteIsEverywhere Kryptonite Is Everywhere]]/[[UpToEleven Up To Eleven]]. Captain Awesome's secret identity works at a plastic fork factory, putting him a hair's breadth from death every day. All his villains have plastic in their armor, and they pointedly observe they are trying to [[EvenEvilHasStandards uphold standards]] by only fighting/doing crime with non-lethal... ''plastic'' weapons. Oh, and his nemesis? Plastic Neptune, who wields ''a giant plastic trident.''
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* '''Discussed''': "No, there is no cosmic balancer or something bandying out random weaknesses to superpowered people. If you run into someone who about to toss a truck at you, do not [[NorseMythology pelt them with mistletoe]], just run".

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* '''Discussed''': "No, there is no cosmic balancer or something bandying out random weaknesses to superpowered people. If you run into someone who about to toss a truck at you, do not [[NorseMythology [[Myth/NorseMythology pelt them with mistletoe]], just run".

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