History Quotes / CharlesAtlasSuperPower

'''Belkar:''' You're as strong as a giant and recently survived being stabbed by a triceratops.\\

->''"I am Bruno of the Elite Four! Through rigorous training, people and Pokémon can become stronger! I've weight trained with my Pokémon! And that will never change! [[HelloInsertNameHere <player>]]! [[BadassBoast We will grind you down with our superior power]]! Hoo hah!"

'''Vegeta:''' [[MemeticMutation I do a lot of push-ups and sit-ups - and I drink plenty of juice.]]
-->-- ''Anime/DragonBallZ'' (Funimation dub)

'''Maria:''' Um...let's see...He caught up to a car going 80km/h on a bicycle...and was run over like some trash in the street, but the boy was still fine.\\
''[{{beat}}]''\\
'''Klaus:''' Maria...what kind of Franchise/{{Gundam}} is he?\\
'''Maria:''' No...he's actually human.

-> ''"[[TheReveal Okay, here I go.]] The deciding factor for success for this hard training plan is if you can see it through to the end. This is the important part, [[{{Cyborg}} Genos.]] You have to keep yourself going no matter how tough it gets. [[SuperStrength I have become this strong in only three years.]] [[TrainingFromHell 100 push-ups, 100 sit-ups, 100 squats, and 10km running.]] Every single day! It goes without saying that you have to eat three meals a day, but in the mornings, a banana should be enough. Another rule is to never use your air conditioner, be it summer or winter, to mentally strengthen yourself. At first, it'll be tough as hell, and you'll start thinking that taking a day off isn't a big deal. [[{{Determinator}} But I didn't.]] In order to become a strong hero I didn't stop even when my whole body was in pain and I was spitting blood. Even when my legs felt heavy and refused to move, I kept doing squats. [[BodyHorror Even when my arms made strange cracking sounds]], I continued doing pushups. After about one and a half years of training, I noticed two things about myself: [[BaldHeadOfToughness I had lost all my hair, and I had become strong]]. In short, train so hard you think you'll die or lose your mind. That is the only way there is to become strong. [[EvilutionaryBiologist You guys messing around with evolution and the new human race and all that crap]] will never make it this far. The true power of us human beings is that we can change ourselves on our own."''
-->-- '''Saitama''', ''Webcomic/OnePunchMan''

->'''Fine:''' How? How can normal man like you stand to the power of [[ArtifactOfDoom Complete Relic]]?\\
'''Genjuro:''' I eat, watch movies and sleep! A True Man knows nothing else!

->'''Young [[Franchise/{{Batman}} Bruce Wayne]]:''' If only I was a scientist billionaire crime-fighting detective, I could have stopped this!\\
'''Narrator:''' That night, Bruce prays to Jesus to grant him awesome powers.\\
'''Bruce:''' Jesus, please make my muscles develop unrealistically fast and make science really easy to learn.\\
'''Narrator:''' Jesus comes through!
-->-- '''Jay Pinkerton and Peter Lynn''', ''[[http://jaypinkerton.com/batman-origin-comics/ Batman Origin Comics]]''

-->-- '''Baron von Blitzschlag''', ''ComicBook/{{Avengers}}: The Initiative''

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->'''Mobster:''' [[SubvertedTrope Those comic books messed with your mind, kid]]. You can't ''do'' this ''Batman'' shit in real life. ''Nobody'' got that drive. ''Nobody'' got those moves. ''Nobody'' did all those mother-fuckin' pushups...\\
'''Hit Girl:''' [[DoubleSubversion Except]] ''[[BadassBoast me]]''.

-> '''Surgeon:''' Storms! Highprince, you're all scars under here! How many times have you been wounded in the shoulder?\\
'''Dalinar:''' [[MadeOfIron Can't remember.]]\\

'''Surgeon:''' [[LampshadeHanging That's not how it works!]]
-->-- ''Literature/WordsOfRadiance'' (second book of ''Literature/TheStormlightArchive'')

-->-- '''Chairman Sheng-ji Yang''', VideoGame/SidMeiersAlphaCentauri

->''"You take 50% less damage from all melee attacks. [[LampshadeHanging Because of training.]]"''
-->-- '''Martial Arts (Basic) skill description''', VideoGame/Payday2

->'''Maxima:''' We have a teammate named Mathias. Goes by Math, thinks Mathias sounds too biblical.\\
'''Sydney:''' Does he have super-Abacus powers?\\
'''Maxima:''' He's a martial artist. A really really really good one.\\
''[several panels later...]''\\
'''Sydney:''' He's that good, huh?\\
'''Maxima:''' Good enough that trying to differentiate between his abilities and someone with actual super powers is a futile exercise.
-->-- ''Webcomic/GrrlPower'' (please note that while this is happening, we're also getting scenes of Math fighting with one of the strongest members of the team... and winning, effortlessly)

->''"From the age of thirteen I practiced every day with the straight sword. I followed a strict vegetarian regimen, and harsh training of barefoot sprints (five) between cities, squats and breathing exercises (two bells), and sword drills and resistance training (three bells). By the age of sixteen, my body was a steel edifice. I was so often mistaken for a man I began to wear my hair long with no pins and unbind my breasts. I could break stone with my hands with no effort, I could sprint between the Yellow City and the Lunar dominions in a day or less and barely strain my breath. My mastery of the sword complete, I enlisted in the Middle Army's third legion, where I was widely respected as a swordswoman of incredible power. When it came time to face my first real opponent, the Colossus of Pardos, in my youthful pride and immense skill, I brought all my training and mastery to bear. Scarcely half a day passed before my sword was shattered into thirty pieces, my right leg was almost torn from its socket, and my honed body was broken pathetically in a hundred and forty places. I defeated him by gouging his brains out through his breathing valves. My thumbs, in this case, proved far more useful. At that moment, with my thumbs in his brains, I had a revelation. I had trained far too broadly. Existence and the act of combat are absolutely no different, and the essence of both, the purity of both, is a singular action, which is Cutting Down Your Opponent. You must resolve to train this action. You must become this action. Truly, there is very little else that will serve you as well in this entire cursed world."''
-->-- '''Meti's Sword Manual''', ''Webcomic/KillSixBillionDemons''

->'''Roy:''' I'm a fighter. I don't have any magic.\\
'''Belkar:''' You're as strong as a giant and recently survived being stabbed by a triceratops.\\
'''Roy:''' Okay, that, but...
-->-- ''Webcomic/TheOrderOfTheStick'', [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0951.html "Helping Hand"]]

'''Dr. [=McNinja=]:''' [[[Creator/BruceLee Bruce Lee]]] was the first person who showed me how much mystery there is to unlock in our own anatomy. His mastery over the human body was such an inspiration to me!\\

'''Dr. [=McNinja=]:''' Did you know that with a lifetime of ninja training, and an extreme knowledge of human anatomy, a person can have an ''incredible'' control over his or her body? All that stands in the way is technique. '''I talked to Bruce'''. ''[jumps from the moon to Earth]''\\
'''Alt Text:''' WHAT ONE MAN CAN DO, ANOTHER CAN DO.

->One of the best things about DBZ is that, in regards to almost all the basic powers in the show, if the characters are asked how they can do what they just did, they can honestly say "I work out."
-->-- [[http://greentrickster.tumblr.com/post/166500394441 Tumblr post]]

-->-- '''WebVideo/TheSpoonyExperiment's''' Review of ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVIII''

->'''Beast Boy''': I thought you said you didn't have superpowers.\\
'''Robin''': ILied. ''[kicks [[TheBrute Mammoth]] several meters back]''
-->-- ''WebVideo/TeenTitansTheAbridgedSeries'', [[LampshadedTrope lampshading]] this trope

->''"Though we cannot make it possible to fly to the heavens like Franchise/{{Superman}} or to make your body transparent like [[Film/TheInvisibleMan1933 The Invisible Man]], we can make things that are impossible for ordinary people possible, if you practice diligently."''