Line #6 BadassNormal/WesternAnimation


1	%%%
2	%%
3	%% This page has been alphabetized. Please add new examples in the correct order. Thanks!
4	%%
5	%%%
6
7	----
8	* ''WesternAnimation/AdventureTime''
9	** [[Characters/AdventureTimeFinn Finn]]. He is a young teenaged human boy, however he fights off against evil demons and performs amazing athletic feats almost every episode. The entire series is effectively about him fitting into this trope.
10	** [[Characters/AdventureTimePrincessBubblegum Princess Bubblegum]], officially as of "Lady & Peebles" [[spoiler:when she beats the muscular Ricardio to a pulp and carries 4 people, including Lady Rainicorn who is a 15-foot-long unicorn, across the Ice Kingdom to the Candy Kingdom over 2 days]]. Also shows Badass traits in "What Have You Done?" where she is willing to beat screams out of the Ice King to cure the candy people of infection. Was once a close friend and [[spoiler: eventual [[RelationshipRevolvingDoor on-again off-again love interest]]]] of Marceline, the Vampire Queen, and is even relatively confident enough to openly insult her, while Finn and Jake are quietly terrified of Marceline (although they are also her friends). Somehow managed to convince the evil Flame King to lock up his own daughter.
11	*** This is later subverted in "Jellybeans Have Power", where it's revealed that PB [[spoiler: is a candy elemental]].
12	** [[spoiler:Warrior Princess and Clarence, who once led armies against each other in the past and battled to the death, with Clarence killing Warrior Princess who became Ghost Princess]].
13	** Joshua, Jake's dad, as it is implied he was an adventuring demon slayer in the past, and he has no powers, unlike Jake.
14	*** Joshua makes up for his lack of being a magical dog by being a dog that knows magic.
15	** Betty. [[spoiler: In fact, it's the entire reason she's able to defeat [[AntiMagic Bella Noche]] -- she doesn't have or need magical powers to be a badass, so she's able to [[DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu just punch the]] [[PowerNullifier power-nullifying]] EldritchAbomination in the face.]]
16	* While Walter "Doc" Hartford of ''WesternAnimation/AdventuresOfTheGalaxyRangers'' has a Series 5 implant, his "superpowers" [[{{Technopath}} merely enhance his already genius-level hacking ability]], and are useless in combat. When the fight starts, he holds his own with a standard issue blaster, [[TookaLevelInBadass a sword]], his fists, and [[DeadpanSnarker copious wit]]. Not bad for a dude who is fighting alongside a {{cyborg}} with an ArmCannon, a genetically-engineered SuperSoldier, and an ActionGirl with ComicBook/JeanGrey-type [[PsychicPowers Psionic abilities]].
17	** Red Witch's fanfic "Tangled Web" uses this to great effect. In the fight against the Black Rose, TheDragon factored in bionics, psionics, and biodefenses...only to have the hacker hand him his ass.
18	** There's also {{Ambadassador}} Zozo. He's from a race of {{Hobbits}}, stands about a meter high, very cheerful, looks utterly harmless...but he's wicked fast, a great shot, and very sneaky.
19	* Jake's Dad in ''WesternAnimation/AmericanDragonJakeLong'' is this. Jake is a dragon, Rose is a born dragon hunter Action Girl, Spud is the embodiment of a Genius Ditz, and Trixie just has street smarts. Jake's Dad is a Cougar Scout, has extreme parent instincts, and that's it. However, he unknowingly defeated the Jersey Devil with a trombone and a can of bear spray. He also held his own against badass dragon blood drinking vampires for over four minutes with his bare hands in the episode, "Bite Father, Bite Son". During the final episode, he used a vase to kill an army of demons. Pretty good, considering he did it without knowing his son was a dragon (except the last one and he had just learned). All the above had powers, he didn't.
20	%%** Arguably, the Huntsclan considered themselves normals.
21	* ''WesternAnimation/AtomicPuppet'' has Pauline, who may not have superpowers like her friend [[KidHero Joey]] (except for that time she became Sword Sister), but she is still clever and capable enough to be a helping hand against the show's various villains. Hell, she's even saved Joey on a few occasions.
22	* ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'':
23	** [[Characters/AvatarTheLastAirbenderSokka Sokka]] is the only non-bender of the main group. Despite his near-uselessness in battle and lack of spirituality (and role as the [[ButtMonkey comic relief]]), as the show progresses, we see his engineering and strategy prowess improve to the point where he is openly labeled as the "idea guy" of the team. In Book 3, his inferiority in combat spurred him to [[TookALevelInBadass seek out training]] in that area, plus he acquired a [[ThunderboltIron unique sword]], making him even more badass despite the fact that he is still inherently normal. He's also damn good with his boomerang, using it to hit three extremely skilled firebenders. He was able to take down Combustion Man, a {{Determinator}} so mean that the Bender part of the team could barely slow him down.
24	** Early in season 2, we are introduced to Mai, an [[LadyOfWar elegant]] [[DeviousDaggers shuriken specialist]], and Ty Lee, a Kyusho Jitsu user and [[SheFu acrobat/gymnast]], both non-bending {{Dark Action Girl}}s. Both have been able to take down [[RedShirtArmy elite fighters]] and the main characters with little difficulty numerous times. The fact that [[HeroKiller Princess Azula]] chose them as part of her [[QuirkyMinibossSquad elite team]] over any benders should tell you something.
25	** The LadyOfWar Suki, who kicks all kinds of ass even without weapons or bending powers, just CharlesAtlasSuperpower.
26	** Of the Order of the White Lotus members who we see fight, only one is a non-bender, Piandao, who, not so incidentally, is the one who gave Sokka his training, and more than holds his own. To reiterate: a ''foot soldier'' in the Fire Nation achieved the rank of ''swordsmaster'', then ''retired'' -- and ''successfully resisted all attempts to unretire him''. A force of 100 soldiers was sent after him. He sent them all back.
27	** Any non-bender who gets a combat reputation. In a world where people can shoot fire out of their freaking hands, it must take a lot to get noticed. Considering how tiny the Southern Water Tribe is, and that they lack waterbenders, it's quite something that Hakoda's group survived for over two years to mount an attack with Team Avatar on the Day of Black Sun. The Chief seems to be a very smart and respected Badass Normal himself.
28	** The Yu Yan Archers are Badass Normal {{mooks}}. These guys actually managed to capture ''Aang'' by themselves, with nothing but their own impressive archery skills. Granted, [[WorfHadTheFlu Aang was hampered]], but it's still an impressive feat.
29	** All of the Freedom Fighters, especially Jet. Yes, he's a [[WellIntentionedExtremist well-intentioned extremist]], but he's ''incredibly'' skilled with his Twin Tiger hookswords, to the point where he can [[spoiler: defeat an (admittedly in-training) ''Avatar''. If Katara hadn't gotten involved, Jet would have won.]] He's smart, he's cocky, he can hold his own against powerful benders, and he gives us one of the best fight scenes in the entire show (a personal favorite of Mike and Bryan's) when he [[spoiler: has a hooksword vs. double broadsword battle with an incognito Zuko. It is not known who would have won if the Dai Li hadn't interfered.]]
30	** The pirates from season one, who manage fairly easily capture Aang and Sokka, and later manage to hold their own with Zuko and his fellow firebender with just smoke bombs and normal (if some what exotic) close range weapons.
31	* A villainous example -- WesternAnimation/{{Belphegor}}, from the animated series of the same name. Aside from using a RingOfPower as his only weapon (and the occasional [[SmokeOut smoke bomb for escape purposes]]), he has no superpowers to speak of. He uses said ring only to tranquilize people. How does he always get away without guns? Well, he's strong, smart and ''always'' has an escape plan or a BatmanGambit ready. Many times, he doesn't even make use of his underlings' help, but handles the most dangerous situations himself.
32	* ''Franchise/Ben10'':
33	** According to WordOfGod, the Omnitrix turns its user into the badass normal version of whatever alien they've selected. So while your average Vaxasaurian would still have SuperStrength and be able to grow to the size of a skyscraper at will, they likely wouldn't be anywhere near as strong as Humongosaur.
34	** Maxwell "Grandpa Max" Tennyson, Ben and Gwen's grandfather, despite ostensibly just being a retired "plumber", is shown to be a surprisingly brave and capable source of support during their early adventures. [[spoiler: It's later revealed in the season one finale, that the "plumbers" he was a part of, is actually the code name for this universe's SpacePolice, of which Max [[RetiredBadass used to be one of their best members before going into retirement]]. And has even met and defeated the series' BigBad already in the past. Despite just being a human agent. And comes fully out of retirement as the series goes on.]]
35	** Gwen herself was this for the first couple seasons, before she [[spoiler: discovers her latent magical abilities.]] Before that, while her lack of powers [[DamselInDistress could be a hindrance at times]], she wasn't useless, thanks to having far above [[ChildProdigy average intelligence, exceptional athleticism, and fighting skills for a 10 year old girl]].
36	** Rook Blonko, Ben's new crime fighting partner in ''WesternAnimation/Ben10Omniverse'', despite being an alien himself, has no explicitly superhuman abilities on top of being a rookie "[[SpacePolice Plumber]]" and inexperienced with Earth when he's first introduced. But he ''is'' still a very athletic, skilled in combat, and has a high-tech SwissArmyWeapon called a Proto-tool.
37	* Lt. Dwayne Hunter in ''WesternAnimation/BigGuyAndRustyTheBoyRobot'' proves his military skills in Double-Time part one, rigging up a pair of [[ArmCannon Arm Cannons]] powered by an ComicBook/IronMan style chest piece in an abandoned mechanics shop to take out four Seek and Destroy scouts from Legion Ex Machina after the Big Guy suit has been heavily damaged.
38	* ''WesternAnimation/Castlevania2017'': Trevor Belmont is a down-to-his-marrow ordinary human traveling with a spellcasting prodigy and {{Dhampyr}}. He is also Trevor fuckin' Belmont, HunterOfMonsters par excellence, master of the Morning Star Whip, and [[TheDreaded bane to everything that goes bump in the night]]. [[spoiler: At the end of the series, Trevor [[DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu single handedly kills]] FinalBoss [[TheGrimReaper Death]], an eternal entity greater than Dracula who was about to usher in the Apocalypse and while he needed the GodzillaThreshold ritual dagger to do so, the fact Trevor still put up an incredible fight before bringing out his secret weapon and managed survived afterwards abolishes anything "normal" about him.]]
39	* ''WesternAnimation/CodeLyoko'':
40	** Ulrich defeated XANA-Tamiya in episode 89 "Music to Soothe the Savage Beast", by using a mirror to send Tamiya’s electric charge back at her and knock her out. We're talking about a Lyoko-warrior defeating someone ''xanafied on Earth'', people. Someone that is generally so OP he is almost always close to ''kill'' the heroes.
41	** William:
42	*** In Episode 54, "Lyoko minus one", William [[CurbStompBattle effortlessly]] [[http://img.codelyoko.fr/galeries/54_lyoko_moins_un/Lyoko_moins_un_311.jpg defeated three of his Xanafied classmates]] with only a wooden stick and [[OneHitPolykill one kick]]. But nooo, he ''doesn't stop there''! He then proceeds to knock out the remaining of his Xanafied class offscreen (only Ms. Hertz stopped William's rampage by knocking him out). [[http://img.codelyoko.fr/galeries/54_lyoko_moins_un/Lyoko_moins_un_375.jpg They regained consciousness]] only ''after'' the activated tower was destroyed [[spoiler: alongside the entire Forest Sector]] This is even more badass knowing that William was only a ''secondary character'' back then.
43	*** When teleported on Earth in Episode 92 "Cold Sweat", XANA-William didn't use his trademark powers such as Super Smoke or Sword Beams. [[spoiler: He still managed to beat down Odd and Yumi, and it was only thanks to Aelita he did not send them back to the Skid.]]
44	* ''WesternAnimation/CodenameKidsNextDoor'': The KND are a paramilitary organization entirely of kids, who fight villians who either have superpowers, or use technology that's to be considered a lot more advanced (or at least more sophisticated) when compared to the KND's [[BambooTechnology 2x4 technology]]. While the KND, on the other hand, use strictly military training and the aforementioned 2x4 tech when engaging in combat.
45	* ''WesternAnimation/{{Cybersix}}'':
46	** Lucas Amato saves the life of the titular heroine almost as many times as she saves his, despite having no superpowers to speak of.
47	** Also Yashimoto, Meridiana's most renowned detective from the episode "Yashimoto, Private Eye", who effortlessly figures out Cybersix's secret identity after being blackmailed into doing so.
48	* Elise in ''WesternAnimation/DanVs'' is a normal human being who is also an undercover agent and very proficient in hand-to-hand combat, as shown during the times she fights her foes. At one point, Dan quickly effaced her name off his revenge list just seconds after watching her attack another guy.
49	* ''WesternAnimation/DannyPhantom''. InAWorld where ghosts roam every corner, nearly all the ghost hunters shown are incompetent... except [[AntiHero Valerie Gray]] who stands out among them as a normal gal packing (anti-ghost) heat (and being a ninth-degree black belt). Sam Manson gets a few of these moments throughout the series as well, but not Tucker. He's more of the ActionSurvivor.
50	** Danny's mom probably qualifies. And she does it without breaking her matronly demeanor! Jazz has also proven curiously capable at piloting her dad's powered armor, so it must run in the estrogen.
51	** Even Jack has his moments. He defeated Plasmius to save his family in "Million Dollar Ghost" and saved Danny from Skulker in "Girls' Night Out".
52	* ''WesternAnimation/DarkwingDuck'':
53	** Darkwing himself, once he [[LetsGetDangerous put his ego aside.]]
54	** [[EvilCounterpart NegaDuck]] all the time. Except on the rare occasions when [[EmpoweredBadassNormal he has superpowers]].
55	** Taurus Bulba has no superpowers, and still manages to be what's probably the most threatening villain of the show, relying on his [[DiabolicalMastermind brilliant intellect]] and [[GeniusBruiser brute strength]]. [[spoiler: However, he later gains superpowers - sort of. He is turned into a cyborg with robotic enhancements that makes him even more dangerous than before]].
56	** Quackerjack manages to be a "supervillain" without actual superpowers. When [=NegaDuck=] steals the powers of a number of other supervillains, which includes Quackerjack, he gets his "wackiness".
57	** One episode made fun of this trope. It featured Darkwing going to a planet where everybody had superpowers except for one normal guy. As he is one himself, he is told to take on the role of the normal guy. Normal Guy eventually shows up and builds a machine to steal everyone else's superpowers.
58	* General Amaya from ''WesternAnimation/TheDragonPrince'' also qualifies. She is not only the leader of her soldiers, she is also the strongest fighter, and can even hold against elven assassins in the fight.
59	* ''WesternAnimation/DragonsTheNineRealms'':
60	** Tom is physically a normal teenager...who fought dangerous dragons with nothing but a thin sword.
61	** Despite rarely fighting, recurring antagonist Welma Sledkin has taken down two Gembreaker dragons with nothing but a stun buton.
62	* ''WesternAnimation/{{Fangbone}}'': Bill Goodwin is an average 9-year-old boy who regularly fights alongside the titular PintsizedPowerhouse BarbarianHero against ferocious and deadly monsters, powerful magical entities and curses, and other sinister or ambitious beings all sent to Earth by an EvilSorcerer, often using nothing but his own wits and agility to overcome his foes.
63	* In ''WesternAnimation/{{Freakazoid}}'', Cosgrove is so BadassNormal that all he has to do is point and say "Hey, cut it out!" to stop someone, from a burglar to a pterodactyl to [[WesternAnimation/{{Animaniacs}} the Warner siblings]][[note]]in a crossover comic[[/note]].
64	** In the final episode, we find out that Norm Abram, host of The New Yankee Workshop, is also this, holding his own against Freakazoid's RoguesGallery. [[FanBoy Not that Freakazoid minded.]]
65	* Elisa Maza in ''WesternAnimation/{{Gargoyles}}''. She can't fly, break rocks with her fingers, zap things, or even have access to high technology like practically everybody else, but all she needs is her handgun, a running start, and an attitude to help take down characters with far more advantages than she has. Sure, she loses quite often, but then so does everybody.
66	** Probably the best example is King Arthur Pendragon, who manages to defeat Macbeth (who is immortal and virtually unkillable) with his powered suit in outright combat one on one, something Goliath was never able to do despite his physical advantage. He did this without Excalibur, just an ordinary mace.
67	** And of course, David Xanatos is the trope namer for plans that are immune to failure. He never loses his cool no matter how powerful an opponent he is faced with. He says he isn't afraid of anything because he believes nothing is beyond his power to change. So far, he hasn't been proven wrong.
68	* ''WesternAnimation/GeneratorRex'':
69	** In a world of Nanite-created EVO monsters, Agent Six is just an ordinary human, but with his ninja skills and Magna-Blades, he's able to hold his own against them all, even briefly fending off the [[BigBad Big Bad]], Van Kleiss, along with his Pack.
70	** This as well as Dos, Trey, IV and Five. They aren't known as the 5 most dangerous people on the planet for a reason.
71	* ''WesternAnimation/GetEd'' has Ol' Skool, the old Mentor of the main group of heroes. Every other character has high tech Hoverboards, Jetboots, Jetpacks, etc. and top-of-the-line protective gear to use. Ol' Skool has a conventional skateboard & a simple construction helmet. With just these things he is able to outrace anything in the series without getting hurt or breaking a sweat.
72	* In ''WesternAnimation/GravityFalls'', the Pines family faces dozens of supernatural creatures, and defeats them with only their wits and whatever they can get their hands on.
73	** Wendy Corduroy is no slouch when it comes to hand-to-hand combat and utilizing an axe thanks to her lumberjack dad. She's even [[spoiler:arm-locked a beefy prisoner guy]] in the first part of the finale. [[PreAsskickingOneLiner She is a flipping Corduroy after all.]]
74	** Special mention goes to Melody, Soos' LoveInterest who started beating up the [[spoiler: [=.GIFfany=]-controlled animatromics]] ''on her first encounter with the supernatural.''
75	* Dib Membrane of ''WesternAnimation/InvaderZim'' isn't the luckiest example, but he still has his moments.Being a kid Paranormal investigator,he's gone up against everything from interdimensional monsters to an ever-evolving mutant SantaClaus and [[MadeOfIron survived injuries that would kill any kid his age]], all while lacking Zim and GIR's alien enhancements or his sister's implicit supernatural powers. And then there was the time he piloted Mercury.
76	** One-Shot character Countess Von Verminstrasser earns a spot as well. Granted she is a terrifying fanatic who put the entire school under lockdown [[SeriousBusiness just to deal with a lice infection]], but she's still a middle aged woman who hunted, fought, and ''killed'' a massive mutant Lice queen. Wielding a grinded up alien, no less.
77	* Jackie from ''WesternAnimation/JackieChanAdventures''. He pulls off many stunts including the classic {{Improvised Weapon}}s and a great deal of other things that would be impossible if he weren't a cartoon character. He also doesn't use the magic on the show as much as other characters, using his own skills instead. {{Lampshaded}} by Ratso when Chan ''ran back up a train as it was falling off a cliff.''
78	-->"No way he's human."
79	** Jade as well, in an OffscreenMomentOfAwesome Jade was able to beat up a black belt that was at least 4 times her height and musclemass.
80	*** She also is often able to solve complex problems and schemes that are able to defeat superpowered beings.
81	** Uncle, Tohru, Viper, El Toro, Valmont, and Chi Fu also have moments of badass normalcy.
82	*** Captain Black. He gets bonus points for being the show's resident skeptic.
83	* ''WesternAnimation/JadeArmor'': Having been trained in martial arts since childhood, Lan Jun is a force to be reckoned with even without the Jade Armor. She even defeated the BigBad the Crimson Lord in an alternate universe without wearing the Jade Armor.
84	* ''WesternAnimation/{{Kaeloo}}'': Mr. Cat. He doesn't have any superpowers, yet he is TheLeader of the main four (two of whom ''do'' have superpowers), is a highly intelligent GadgeteerGenius and ChildProdigy, and can handle challenges such as single-handedly reversing the effects of a ZombieApocalypse.
85	* ''WesternAnimation/KimPossible'' is able to hold her own against Shego, a recurring [[HandBlast superpowered]] ArchEnemy. She's also been known to defeat an entire superteam (in "Stop Team Go") and even go toe to toe with an EldritchAbomination for a few seconds before he kicked his [[TakenforGranite magic]] in on her. Her practically superhuman level of [[SheFu agility and fighting skill]] is usually attributed by her being a really good cheerleader.
86	* Darel, the protagonist from ''WesternAnimation/KulipariAnArmyOfFrogs'', is not a Kulipari himself. Nevertheless, he's a brave warrior who constantly trains to be like a Kulipari, and he always manages to hold his own during intense fights.
87	* From ''WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfKorra'', we've got an organization, the Equalists, who are trying to eradicate bending completely. They are led by the BigBad [[Characters/TheLegendOfKorraAmon Amon]], a MagnificentBastard through and through, who has no problem getting his own hands dirty. He gives numerous benders a chance to fight back before [[spoiler:he takes away their bending.]] None of them succeed in fighting him off. [[spoiler:Not even Korra; luckily, he could not take the element she did not yet have.]] However, [[spoiler:this is subverted in the season finale, where it is revealed that Amon (real name Noatak) is actually a waterbender and more importantly, a bloodbender. When he accidentally reveals this to all of Republic City, he and his revolution loses all credibility and he is forced to flee the city.]]
88	** There's also [[TheDragon The Lieutenant]], who at one point takes on both Mako and Bolin and utterly [[CurbStompBattle curb stomps them.]]
89	** Amon has frighteningly competent henchmen. The Equalists have no lack of EliteMooks, and they use clever strategies and strength in numbers to overwhelm their bending opponents. Even without those, just a few of them can put up a fight against powerful benders. They also have new technology on their side, most distinctively the electroshock weapons that put opponents out of commission quickly, and are particularly effective against the metal-wielding, metal-armored police force.
90	** [[Characters/TheLegendOfKorraAsamiSato Asami Sato]] serves as the group's resident Badass Normal, being a talented martial artist who's quite handy with an Equalist PowerFist.
91	** [[Characters/TheLegendOfKorraZaheer Zaheer]], the BigBad of Season 3 is the leader of a group of benders dedicated to killing the Avatar and is treated as equally dangerous as his crew despite the fact that prior to Harmonic Convergence he was a non-bender. However, after the events of Season 2, he [[EmpoweredBadassNormal gains the ability to Airbend]].
92	** In season four, Varrick even gets a few moments. Though he's not skilled in combat, he manages to take out multiple mecha tanks on his own just by [[GadgeteerGenius rigging what looks like an EMP generator]]. His [[HypercompetentSidekick assistant]] Zhu Li on the other hand is a straightforwards example of this, being quite capable at piloting PoweredArmor as opposed to just designing it. She is also incredibly strong for her size, capable of lifting her much larger boss.
93	** Bumi, the oldest of Aang's children, spent most of his life as one as he was the only one of his siblings unable to bend. He actually developed a complex because he was a non-bender born to an Avatar, but he was determined to prove himself in other ways. You don't become a commander of the United Forces without being a badass. Like Zaheer, he gains Airbending late in his life, as well.
94	* Band manager Charles Foster Ofdensen of ''WesternAnimation/{{Metalocalypse}}'', who can kick the ass of a man twice his size and be thrown from a top story window and land like a cat. He also runs the seventh largest financial empire in the world.
95	* ''WesternAnimation/MightyMax'' and his allies Virgil and Norman all count, as they often had to defeat super-powered villains while possessing no actual powers of their own aside from Norman's great strength and swordfighting skills.
96	* Wayhem from ''WesternAnimation/MiraculousLadybug'' is a minor example. While at first he only looks like a crazed fan of Adrien, when said person is in danger, Wayhem will do anything to help him. He's even seen standing up to Gorizilla (an akumatized villain of the size of an house). He also realize that Gorizilla can track Adrien through his smell, so he bravely spray some perfume in his face to weaken his sight and sense of smell. And mind that his akumatized identity, Party Crasher, is the first villain that has ever managed to obtain both the Ladybug and Cat Miraculous and needed ''six'' heroes to be defeated.
97	* ''WesternAnimation/MonsterAllergy'' has Elena Potato even though she only has the Sight Dom.
98	* ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePony'': Megan was just a normal preteen girl, surrounded by magical talking horses and a variety of fantasy creatures... but she fought a giant dragon with her bare hands, and [[spoiler: killed Tirek, the most evil and violent villain in the show]].
99	* Quite a few examples in ''WesternAnimation/SamuraiJack''. There's the [[EliteMooks Daughters of Aku]], [[OneManArmy the Scotsman's Wife]], [[DarkActionGirl Josephine]], the Shaolin Monks, the African Chief, Jack himself... The big standout though has to be Jack's father, a Japanese king and warlord who managed to [[DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu subdue Aku]] ''without'' the proper magical weapons needed to properly kill him.
100	* ''WesternAnimation/ScoobyDoo'':
101	** Scooby and the Gang themselves. They're just a group of average teens and their Great Dane, but they've outwitted and captured countless hardened criminals and fearsome villains over the franchise history. And as of the direct to video movies, they've battled several legit supernatural foes including [[WesternAnimation/ScoobyDooOnZombieIsland Soul-sucking Werecats]], [[WesternAnimation/ScoobyDooAndTheWitchsGhost a powerful undead witch]], [[WesternAnimation/ScoobyDooAndTheCyberChase a sapient computer virus]], and eventually [[WesternAnimation/ScoobyDooMysteryIncorporated a world-devouring cosmic abomination.]]
102	** For that matter, most of the Gang's many, ''many'' costumed enemies count. Despite not being real monsters, they're still frighteningly skilled in disguise and special effects, surprisingly strong(some enough to punch through walls and throw heavy objects) and generally terrorize the populace as good as any genuine supernatural creature. That said some rely on rather implausible tech and abilties, such as the 10'000 Volt Ghost's electro suit and the Ghost Clown's near mystic hypnosis skills, while others are fully functioning robots and mechas like Charlie the Robot, the Snow Beast, and SHARI.
103	* In ''WesternAnimation/TheSecretWorldOfSantaClaus'', Guilfi is the only elf without magic powers for most of the show. He is still a great help to Santa.
104	* In the world of ''WesternAnimation/SheRaPrincessOfPower'', almost every female character is either a super powerful ActionGirl or MagicalGirl, and the DistressedDude Archer male was a [[MasterOfIllusion pretty good illusionist]]. Even then, the sniper Netossa and the space pirate Sea Hawk manage to hold their own when they're in battle despite their lack of magic powers.
105	* Cerina from ''WesternAnimation/SkysurferStrikeForce'', who may be a cyborg, but unlike the rest of the Bioborgs, has no noticeable special powers.
106	* In ''WesternAnimation/{{Skyland}}'' there's Mahad and Dahlia who, despite not having powers like Mahad's sister Lena, can certainly hold their own against a Sphere patrol. Cortez, although primarily involved in being the leader of the rebel base of Puerto Angel, is no slouch either.
107	* Princess Sally in ''WesternAnimation/SonicTheHedgehogSatAM'' doesn't have Sonic's SuperSpeed or Bunnie's SuperStrength, much less any superpowers at all, but she ''is'' the leader of the Freedom Fighters and a skilled strategist, excellent hacker, and of course, a competent fighter, DamselInDistress moments aside.
108	* In ''WesternAnimation/StarVsTheForcesOfEvil'', [[Characters/StarVsTheForcesOfEvilMarcoDiaz Marco Diaz]] has good enough karate skills to defeat [[BigBad Ludo's]] minions. Star Butterfly herself used to fight with her bare hands before she gained her magic wand.
109	* [[Characters/StevenUniverseConnieMaheswaran Connie Maheswaran]] from ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse'' is a young woman whose only abilities are high intelligence and athelticism. She is completely overshadowed by the Gems who all possess magical properties and superhuman strength and dexterity that Connie cannot hope to match. Despite this, she demonstrates herself an effective combatant and helps Steven on missions despite her comparative frailty to Steven or his Gem allies.
110	** This idea is referenced in the episode ''Rocknaldo''. Ronaldo [[SmallNameBigEgo believes this trope is in play for him]] and becomes jealous when neither the Gems nor Steven allow him to join on missions, and yet Connie is treated as an equal member. Steven eventually snaps at him a few times, and one of the points Steven brings up is that Connie trained to use a sword unlike Ronaldo who believes his abilities will just magically unlock during combat (despite having zero experience).
111	* The WesternAnimation/SwatKats are two ex-police officers who, despite being ReassignedToAntarctica, manage to construct their own CoolPlane, the [=TurboKat=], from ''junkyard scrap'', alongside a bunch of other vehicles and gear, and manage to save the day. Deputy Mayor Callie Briggs, Enforcer Commander Ulysses Feral, and his niece, Lt. Felina Feral, are also quite capable of standing up to the villainry (though Commander Feral is against the SWAT Kats because of their vigilante activities).
112	* Casey Jones from ''WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles1987'' fits this trope. He manages to take down street gangs, alien triceratops and robots with just a hockey stick, two baseball bats and a golf club, while all he has for protection is a hockey mask.
113	** Hamato Yoshi is a posthumous example. Flashbacks show that he was the Battle Nexus champion, a title he would have had to earn by fighting and defeating all types of super-powered aliens from across the multiverse.
114	* ''WesternAnimation/ThundarrTheBarbarian'' faces off against powerful evil wizards OnceAnEpisode.
115	* Spoofed in a ''WesternAnimation/TinyToonAdventures'' episode parodying DC comics. Batduck (Plucky Duck) is being inducted into the Just-Us League of Supertoons, whose members mock him for having no superpowers other than his immense ego. However, his lack of superpowers helps him defeat supervillain Wex Wuther (Montana Max) who steals the superpowers of everyone else. For this feat, Batduck becomes the valet for the League members.
116	* ''WesternAnimation/TransformersAnimated'': Captain Fanzone gets an honorable mention here for managing to hold off one of Meltdown's mutated monstrosities by himself (while the other one gave the robot ninja trouble). Despite his trouble with technology and usual ButtMonkey status, he's still a brave and competent police chief who doesn't let his early prejudice against the Autobots get in the way of upholding the law.
117	*** And on the organophobic Cybertron he's perceived as a walking bio-terrorism weapon, something he puts to good use to interrogate a robot four times his size.
118	** Sari. Sure she's got her all spark key, but there's been several times when it doesn't work and she finds a way to beat the bad guys anyway. Point in case: survival of the fittest -- uses the moves Prowl taught her to distract meltdown, Nature calls -- manages to escape from and then save zombified Prowl and Bumblebee, Megatron Rising -- tricks Blackarachnia into walking in circles, Sari no ones home -- fights off the constructicons (admittedly she did use her key several times here, but moments like rollerblading through those automaton arms at full speed still count!)
119	* Special Agent Fowler from ''WesternAnimation/TransformersPrime'', who can last a few minutes on Soundwave in a fight with just a helicopter, and who survived being ''tortured repeatedly with an energon-powered transformer-sized cattle prod'' and still had enough badass in him to mouth off to his torturer.
120	** Jack Darby. Regular teenager, works at a burger joint...oh, and has successfully defeated a psychopath Decepticon with nothing but some energon and a multi-tool, traveled to Cybertron, and various other acts of surprising badassery.
121	** Silas, the leader of MECH, proves himself to be just as ruthless, competent and deadly as the Decepticons. He proves to be very skilled in guerrilla combat to claim technology, especially from dissecting Cybertronians themselves. He also give Agent Fowler a good beating in unarmed combat, a testament to his experience working in the United State military, and he finally goes all out in controlling his magnum opus, a robotic EvilKnockoff of Prime.
122	* In ''WesternAnimation/WildCATs1994'', Grifter is the only member of the team who is full-blooded human, while the rest have superpowers due to being descendants or full-blooded members of an ancient alien super-race. His only powers are trickiness, good aim, and general badassery.
123	*** And was, temporarily, entrusted with the Matrix of Leadership, which arguably made him the first human Prime.
124	* In ''WesternAnimation/WinxClub'', while Cloud Tower and Alfea teach magic to witches and fairies, Red Fountain is a paramilitary school teaching combat, and the students do not do magic. However, Red Fountain is one of the three schools of Magix, on the same level as the first two, and the Red Fountain Specialists are able to effectively fight against magical foes.
125	** The Winx themselves are this in the spinoff ''WesternAnimation/WorldOfWinx'' where, because they must go undercover, they must deal with any threats, using their fairy powers only as a last resort.
126	* ''WesternAnimation/{{WITCH}}'': Caleb never has any more powers than your basic fit young man, yet he somehow is just as effective in a fight as the main girls who, kinda, ''control the essence of the five elements!'' By the end of the second series, even Will's ''pet dormouse'' has more powers than him, and he still manages to hold his own in a fight. If that isn't badass, nothing is.
127	** Caleb is sometimes ''more'' effective than all of the main girls put together.
128	** In season 1, Will more or less is a Badass Normal, as [[WhatKindOfLamePowerIsHeartAnyway her powers hold no use in battle]]. So the writers have to improvise, giving her what nonmagical actions she needs to fight the bad guys. ''However'', in the second season, once she gains the power of Quintessence, she no longer fits this trope.
129	* ''WesternAnimation/XiaolinShowdown'' brings us self-proclaimed boy genius Jack Spicer, who is generally too incompetent to be holding a lot of the show's {{MacGuffin}}s, too lazy to learn physics bending Xiaolin arts or Heylin sorcery, and about as fit as you'd expect from someone who travels exclusively by helicopter backpack. [[spoiler:Now -WHO- actually ends up taking over the world in the alternate future?]]. It's important to note, though, that he does show great talent with robotic and programming and was able to construct some impressive machines to replace magical artifacts. He's also surprisingly skilled in winter sports.

Context BadassNormal / WesternAnimation