Line #18 PlayingWith/DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu


1	'''Basic Trope''': A godlike EldritchAbomination is beaten by comparatively-lowly beings.
2	* '''Straight''': Bob, your typical somewhat-empowered hero, manages to defeat Cthulhu.
3	* '''Exaggerated''':
4	** Bob, a weak {{Muggle}}, defeats Cthulhu by [[FingerpokeOfDoom poking it in the side]].
5	** Bob defeats ''[[TheOmnipotent God.]]''
6	** Bob defeats ''{{Satan}}.''
7	** Bob ''kills'' '''Azathoth'''.
8	** In-Universe: Bob, a weak {{Muggle}}, defeats AuthorAvatar in a way [[TheFourthWallWillNotProtectYou it kills the author beyond the fourth wall]].
9	* '''Downplayed''':
10	** Bob deals just enough damage to Cthulhu to send it back to R'lyeh... for now.
11	** Bob [[PyrrhicVictory expends all of his resources]] to ''[[CurbStompCushion barely]]'' win.
12	** Bob manages to put up such a good fight against Cthulhu that the latter, though nowhere near actually "beaten", decides he and humanity [[WorthyOpponent have earned their right to live]] and returns to slumber willingly.
13	** A literal version of BrokeYourArmPunchingOutCthulhu.
14	** Bob is one of the most powerful wizards to ever exist, but he's still greatly outclassed by Cthulhu. He manages to win regardless.
15	* '''Justified''':
16	** LovecraftLite
17	** Bob was blessed by other divine beings with the power necessary to defeat Cthulhu. Either that, or Cthulhu was weakened by said divine beings so Bob could stand a chance against him.
18	** Bob possesses a magical artifact or weapon that allows him to harm Cthulhu.
19	** Alternately, [[HumanoidAbomination Bob was an]] EldritchAbomination [[TomatoInTheMirror himself.]]
20	** Bob claims that: [[WhenAllYouHaveIsAHammer "Anything can be defeated if you hit it hard enough."]]
21	** Cthulhu is [[AwesomeButImpractical weaker]] than Bob.
22	** Bob is CrazyPrepared enough to exploit any weakness and shortcoming, and/or has Cthulhu's weakness.
23	** Because MugglesDoItBetter, Cthulhu is killed with ordinary but powerful human weapons.
24	** In this setting, the rule is "If it bleeds, you can kill it," and Cthulhu bleeds alright.
25	** Cthulhu has lots of miscellaneous cosmic knowledge and influence, {{Immortality}} and a higher place on the cosmic hierarchy, but nothing that technically protects him from getting beaten up by Bob.
26	** Cthulhu has a LogicalWeakness that Bob is smart enough to exploit.
27	* '''Inverted''':
28	** [[CurbStompBattle Cthulhu defeats Bob.]]
29	** Bob is Cthulhu, and gets defeated by a lowly peon.
30	** Morality wise: Bob is evil and C'thulhu is good.
31	* '''Subverted''':
32	** Bob thinks he's defeated Cthulhu... nope, it's back, [[TurnsRed and stronger than before]], too.
33	** Bob launches everything he has at Cthulhu [[WorfBarrage but doesn't make a dent]].
34	** BrokeYourArmPunchingOutCthulhu
35	** It turns out Bob is an even more powerful EldritchAbomination who can take {{human\|oid abomination}} form.
36	** As it turns out, Cthulhu was never really as powerful as it seemed, and was actually extremely weak.
37	** Cthulhu was holding back.
38	* '''Double Subverted''':
39	** Bob defeats Cthulhu again, this time for good.
40	** Bob hits Cthulhu again ''harder'' and defeats him.
41	** Cthulhu ''looks'' unhurt, but then Bob [[CherryTapping taps him and he keels over.]]
42	** Later Cthulhu goes all out, and Bob still beats him.
43	** Bob was ''also'' holding back.
44	* '''Parodied''':
45	** Bob's job is officially "Destroyer of God-Like Eldritch Abominations".
46	** Bob is an exterminator and takes out Cthulhu with a 'roach bomb.
47	** Bob ''literally'' punched out Cthulhu in a boxing match.
48	* '''Zig Zagged''':
49	** Bob faces a long sequence of forms of Cthulhu.
50	** Cthulhu requires a physical form to interact with our plane of existence, however it cannot take all its power along with it, and while he lives on if his physical body is destroyed, defeating him will sap a massive amount of his strength in the process, ensuring he will not be able to return easily.
51	* '''Averted''': Cthulhu really is invulnerable so Bob never tries.
52	* '''Enforced''': "We should inspire our readers/viewers to do great things... how about the main character is able to defeat a god?"
53	* '''Lampshaded''':
54	** "Oh, are you some kind of super-badass that can even defeat gods?" [[PreAssKickingOneLiner "Allow me to demonstrate."]]
55	** [[BadassBoast "In strange aeons, even Death may die...but once he's dead, your destruction isn't so hard to wrap my head around!"]]
56	* '''Invoked''': Upon hearing that Cthulhu is unbeatable, Bob says "ScrewDestiny!" and makes it his mission to defeat it.
57	* '''Exploited''':
58	** Bob himself barely believes he just killed Cthulhu, but its [[EldritchAbomination pals are eager to avenge their master]]. Bob uses the fact he just killed Cthulhu against them, [[DidYouJustFlipOffCthulhu by threatening that he will destroy them as well]]. [[AllAccordingToPlan It works flawlessly]]. Bonus points [[MagnificentBastard if Bob planned it all along]].
59	** Alternatively, Bob [[HopeBringer inspires courage with his heroic, yet impossible deed]] and his nearby allies rush at the {{Eldritch Abomination}}s and either kill them all, or buy Bob [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere enough time to make his escape]].
60	* '''Defied''':
61	** Cthulhu makes it so Bob never gets the strength to defeat him.
62	** "Cthulhu? He's invincible! No way am I gonna try and face ''that'' thing!"
63	* '''Discussed''': "We're just ordinary human beings. Do you think we have a chance against Cthulhu?" "Don't know until we've tried!"
64	* '''Conversed''': "I'm so going to end up going against Cthulhu at the end of this game, aren't I?"
65	* '''Deconstructed''':
66	** Bob's victory over Cthulhu gives him a [[AGodAmI God complex]].
67	** Alternately, Bob [[BrokeYourArmPunchingOutCthulhu broke his arm punching out Cthulhu]].
68	** Cthulhu is the weakest among the EldritchAbomination pantheon. With him defeated, the whole group change their opinion about humanity from "insignificant" to "must eliminate threat".
69	** In a case, Bob is just a random man out of a group of superheroes. His unexpected victory elevates him into a FakeUltimateHero. The next time someone stronger arrives, he's just treated as a superhero by others and winds up losing.
70	** Bob fights Cthulhu [[ShootingSuperman knowing he's already invulnerable to his attacks]].
71	** DoNotTauntCthulhu
72	* '''Reconstructed''':
73	** The world still turns out to be a much nicer place without Cthulhu haunting it all the time.
74	** [[LovecraftLite Bob just punches out every deity that appears after Cthulhu]].
75	** Cthulhu is the weakest among the EldritchAbomination pantheon. With him defeated, the whole group decide their safest option is to leave humanity alone.
76	** Bob realizes his defeat and decided to get strong enough to win again upon determination.
77	** [[BatmanGambit Bob's plan was to]] [[WeNeedADistraction distract Cthulhu from what he really uses to destroy him.]]
78	* '''Played For Laughs''': After a very large amount of buildup about how strong Cthulhu is, he turns out to be defeated by a comically light punch.
79	* '''Played For Horror''': A couple of years after Bob punches out Cthulhu, an unrelated series of events reveals that all the other {{Eldritch Abomination}}s ''are terrified of humanity'', and the entire cosmos [[PerspectiveFlip now reacts to humans]] [[HumansAreCthulhu with "run away while screaming"]].
80	** Alternatively, with Cthulhu dead, who most other aliens believe him as a BenevolentAbomination, the entire cosmos sees that HumansAreTheRealMonsters, and now [[AlienInvasion vast armies of every sapient species the galaxy along with their gods is now in a mad dash to get to human-owned planet]], [[TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt resulting in a]] GuiltFreeExterminationWar. Even worse, [[SelfFulfillingProphecy this is the very disaster the prophecy]] [[VaguenessIsComing was vaguely warning about.]]
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82	I can't believe, did you really do it? DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu
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84	%% Optional items, added after Conversed, at your discretion:
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86	%%* '''Implied''': ???
87	%%* '''Plotted A Good Waste''': ???
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