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Badass Beard and Badass Mustache are being merged into Manly Facial Hair. Examples that don't fit or are zero-context are removed.


* BadassBeard[=/=]BeardOfEvil: As shown above, depending on whether they were Faces or Heels.

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As usual, you can find the basics at [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Natural_Disasters The Other Wiki]].


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! "THESE TROPES HAVE EXPERIENCED A NATURAL DISASTER!":
* {{Anthropomorphic Personification}}s: Of, well, an earthquake and a typhoon.

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! !! "THESE TROPES HAVE EXPERIENCED A NATURAL DISASTER!":
* {{Anthropomorphic Personification}}s: AnthropomorphicPersonification: Of, well, an earthquake and a typhoon.



* {{Badass Beard}}s[=/=][[BeardOfEvil Beards Of Evil]]: As shown above, depending on whether they were Faces or Heels.

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* {{Badass Beard}}s[=/=][[BeardOfEvil Beards Of Evil]]: BadassBeard[=/=]BeardOfEvil: As shown above, depending on whether they were Faces or Heels.



* {{Fat Bastard}}s[=/=]BigFun: Again, depending on whether they were Faces or Heels.

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* {{Fat Bastard}}s[=/=]BigFun: FatBastard[=/=]BigFun: Again, depending on whether they were Faces or Heels.



* {{Lightning Bruiser}}s: They might not have looked it, but they were big, strong and could move around very well for two guys were over 800 lbs. combined.

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* {{Lightning Bruiser}}s: LightningBruiser: They might not have looked it, but they were big, strong and could move around very well for two guys were over 800 lbs. combined.



* {{Wrestling Monster}}s: Earthquake had already established himself as this, and they were the rare team to pose a genuine threat to the seemingly unstoppable Legion of Doom.

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* {{Wrestling Monster}}s: WrestlingMonster: Earthquake had already established himself as this, and they were the rare team to pose a genuine threat to the seemingly unstoppable Legion of Doom.
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Earthquake (Wrestling/JohnTenta) and Typhoon (Wrestling/FredOttman) were a ProfessionalWrestling TagTeam as The Natural Disasters. On the June 15, 1991 ''Wrestling/{{WW|E}}F Superstars'', Earthquake was a in a six-man tag match with Wrestling/TheNastyBoys against Tugboat and Wrestling/TheBushwhackers when Tugboat turned on his partners. He was reintroduced as Typhoon the following week. They would feud with The Bushwhackers and [[Wrestling/TheRoadWarriors The Legion of Doom]] into early 1992 when they [[HeelFaceTurn turned face]] against their manager [[Wrestling/JimmyHart "The Mouth of the South" Jimmy Hart]] after he sided with Money Inc. ([[Wrestling/TedDiBiase "The Million-Dollar Man" Ted [=DiBiase=]]] and [[Wrestling/MikeRotunda Irwin R. Schyster]]) as the team to defeat the [=LOD=] for the [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/wwe/wwe-world-t.html WWE World Tag Team Titles]]. The Disasters defeated Money Inc. on July 20, 1992 in a dark match at the taping for the August 8th ''WWF Superstars'', and lost them back at the October 13th taping for the November 10th ''WWF Wrestling Challenge.'' They defeated George Takano and Shunji Takano for the [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/japan/sws/sws-t.html SWS World Tag Team Titles]] at ''SWS THE BATTLE OF KINGS NIGHT I'' on April 17, 1992, and lost them the next night to [[Wrestling/{{Meng}} Haku]] and Yoshiaki Yatsu. They split up in early 1993 when they both left WWE.


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Earthquake (Wrestling/JohnTenta) and Typhoon (Wrestling/FredOttman) were a ProfessionalWrestling TagTeam as The Natural Disasters. On the June 15, 1991 ''Wrestling/{{WW|E}}F Superstars'', Earthquake was a in a six-man tag match with Wrestling/TheNastyBoys against Tugboat and Wrestling/TheBushwhackers when Tugboat turned on his partners. He was reintroduced as Typhoon the following week. They would feud with The Bushwhackers and [[Wrestling/TheRoadWarriors The Legion of Doom]] into early 1992 when they [[HeelFaceTurn turned face]] against their manager [[Wrestling/JimmyHart "The Mouth of the South" Jimmy Hart]] after he sided with Money Inc. ([[Wrestling/TedDiBiase "The Million-Dollar Man" Ted [=DiBiase=]]] and [[Wrestling/MikeRotunda Irwin R. Schyster]]) as the team to defeat the [=LOD=] for the [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/wwe/wwe-world-t.html WWE World Tag Team Titles]]. The Disasters defeated Money Inc. for the belts on July 20, 1992 in a dark match at the taping for the August 8th ''WWF Superstars'', and lost them back at the October 13th taping for the November 10th ''WWF Wrestling Challenge.'' They defeated George Takano and Shunji Takano for the [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/japan/sws/sws-t.html SWS World Tag Team Titles]] at ''SWS THE BATTLE OF KINGS NIGHT I'' on April 17, 1992, and lost them the next night to [[Wrestling/{{Meng}} Haku]] and Yoshiaki Yatsu. They split up in early 1993 when they both left WWE.

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* TheCameo: At ''FOW (Future Of Wrestling in Florida) Shoots & Ladders'' on April 29, 2000, they teamed with Bobby Rogers in a loss to Larry Lane and Suicidal Tendencies (Dennis Allen and Sean Allen).

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* TheCameo: At ''FOW (Future ''FOW[[note]]Future Of Wrestling in Florida) Florida[[/note]] Shoots & Ladders'' on April 29, 2000, they teamed with Bobby Rogers in a loss to Larry Lane and Suicidal Tendencies (Dennis Allen and Sean Allen).
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* TheCameo: At ''FOW (Future Of Wrestling in Florida) Shoots & Ladders'' on April 29, 2000, they teamed with Bobby Rogers in a loss to Larry Lane and Suicidal Tendencies (Dennis Allen and Sean Allen).
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* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: ''Earthquake'', ''Typhoon'', ''The Natural Disasters''



* TookALevelInBadass: The heel turn and reinvention as Typhoon was a major step forward, and it was the best run he had in the business.

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* TookALevelInBadass: The heel turn and reinvention as Typhoon was a major step forward, and it was the best run he had in the business.business.
* {{Wrestling Monster}}s: Earthquake had already established himself as this, and they were the rare team to pose a genuine threat to the seemingly unstoppable Legion of Doom.
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* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: They teamed with I.R.S. against [[Wrestling/BigBossman The Big Bossman]] and The Legion of Doom at ''Wrestling/SurvivorSeries 1991''. I.R.S.' interference led to Bossman being the first one eliminated. I.R.S. tried again, and this time it led to Typhoon getting eliminated. The Disasters abandoned the match, leading to the [=LOD=] easily eliminating I.R.S. for the win.

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* {{Anthropomorphic Personification}}s: Of, well, an earthquake and a typhoon.



* {{Lightning Bruiser}}s: They might not have looked it, but they were big, strong and could move around very well for two guys were over 800 lbs. combined.

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* LeotardOfPower: Both of them.
* {{Lightning Bruiser}}s: They might not have looked it, but they were big, strong and could move around very well for two guys were over 800 lbs. combined.combined.
* TookALevelInBadass: The heel turn and reinvention as Typhoon was a major step forward, and it was the best run he had in the business.
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Earthquake (Wrestling/JohnTenta) and Typhoon (Wrestling/FredOttman) were a ProfessionalWrestling TagTeam as The Natural Disasters. On the June 15, 1991 ''Wrestling/{{WW|E}}F Superstars'', Earthquake was a in a six-man tag match with Wrestling/TheNastyBoys against Tugboat and Wrestling/TheBushwhackers when Tugboat turned on his partners. He was reintroduced as Typhoon the following week. They would feud with The Bushwhackers and [[Wrestling/TheRoadWarriors The Legion of Doom]] into early 1992 when they [[HeelFaceTurn turned face]] against their manager [[Wrestling/JimmyHart "The Mouth of the South" Jimmy Hart]] after he sided with Money Inc. ([[Wrestling/TedDiBiase "The Million-Dollar Man" Ted [=DiBiase=]]] and [[Wrestling/MikeRotunda Irwin R. Schyster]]) as the team to defeat the [=LOD=] for the [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/wwe/wwe-world-t.html WWE World Tag Team Titles]]. The Disasters defeated Money Inc. on July 20, 1992 in a dark match at the taping for the August 8th ''WWF Superstars'', and lost them back at the October 13th taping for the November 10th ''WWF Wrestling Challenge.'' They defeated George Takano and Shunji Takano for the [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/japan/sws/sws-t.html SWS World Tag Team Titles]] at ''SWS THE BATTLE OF KINGS NIGHT I'' on April 17, 1992, and lost them the next night to [[Wrestling/{{Meng}} Haku]] and Yoshiaki Yatsu. They split up in early 1993 when they both left WWE.


As usual, you can find the basics at [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Natural_Disasters The Other Wiki]].


! "THESE TROPES HAVE EXPERIENCED A NATURAL DISASTER!":
* ArchEnemy: The Bushwhackers, The Legion of Doom, Money Inc.
* {{Badass Beard}}s[=/=][[BeardOfEvil Beards Of Evil]]: As shown above, depending on whether they were Faces or Heels.
* FaceHeelTurn: As acknowledged above, how the team formed in the first place.
* {{Fat Bastard}}s[=/=]BigFun: Again, depending on whether they were Faces or Heels.
* FinishingMove: Big splash by Typhoon, running [[AssKicksYou sitdown]] splash by Earthquake.
* {{Lightning Bruiser}}s: They might not have looked it, but they were big, strong and could move around very well for two guys were over 800 lbs. combined.

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