Line #31 PlayingWith/HandicappedBadass


1	'''Basic Trope''': A person who has disabilities, but can still fight.
2	* '''Straight''': Alice is in a wheelchair, but can still fight competently.
3	* '''Exaggerated''':
4	** Alice is in a wheelchair, but is also the greatest warrior in history.
5	** Alice is paralyzed from the neck below, but she can defeat every god in the world.
6	* '''Downplayed''':
7	** Alice has a sprained ankle but can still fight competently.
8	** Alice is the best fighter of the bunch, and has a non-physical handicap, such as being on the autism spectrum.
9	** Alice walks with a limp, but is still a great fighter.
10	* '''Justified''':
11	** Alice trained harder to compensate for her disability.
12	** Her [[SuperWheelchair wheelchair]] is [[MiniMecha WHY she's badass]].
13	** Alice lives in a WorldOfBadass, and just happens to be disabled.
14	** Alice has magic, or PsychicPowers; there's no reason she ''shouldn't'' be able to still use them.
15	** The area in which Alice is badass has nothing to do with her disability. For example, being in a wheelchair doesn't necessarily have anything to do with being TheSmartGuy of the team, who uses genius technology to defeat the BigBad.
16	** Alice has a [[NeverBringAKnifeToAGunFight gun]].
17	** Alice is an IdiotSavant (who became an "idiot" through an accident causing her brain damage) and the "savant" part is combat skills.
18	** Alice underwent a FlowersForAlgernonSyndrome procedure and her newfound skills allow her to compensate for what the procedure could not remove.
19	* '''Inverted''': Alice is not disabled, but is unable to fight.
20	* '''Subverted''':
21	** Alice had [[ObfuscatingDisability faked her disability]].
22	** Alice is a pacifist and can barely hurt a fly.
23	** Alice tries to continue fighting after being disabled but can't.
24	** Alice is a PaperTiger, and the reason she is a paper tiger is because she is disabled.
25	* '''Double Subverted''':
26	** Alice had faked her previous disability, but some time later, she really needs the wheelchair. And she can still kick ass.
27	** [[BadassPacifist That's because her skills are located elsewhere]].
28	** After some time training, Alice regained the skills she once had despite still being disabled.
29	* '''Parodied''':
30	** Alice has no arms or legs and [[DelicateAndSickly a raft of chronic illnesses]], but is still better than any fighter on TheTeam.
31	** Non-ambulatory wheelchair user Alice manages to cleave her way through an army of EliteMooks, TheBrute, the EvilGenius, the DarkActionGirl, ''and'' TheDragon… only to be stopped by a set of stairs.[[note]]That still doesn't stop her.[[/note]]
32	** Alice's wheelchair has tank treads.
33	** Alice becomes a better fighter after she gets paralyzed.
34	** A bully comes for Alice [[BullyingTheDisabled because she is disabled]], thinking she is easy pickings. One short TimeSkip later, the bully is being chased by Alice in a HumongousMecha/with her carrying a {{BFG}}/by herself (with how the heck she managed to terrorize the bully so badly [[InstantMysteryJustDeleteScene conveniently left a mystery]]), whatever is funnier DependingOnTheWriter.
35	* '''Zig-Zagged''': Whether Alice's disability makes her the team badass or the team damsel depends on the MonsterOfTheWeek.
36	* '''Averted''':
37	** Alice's disability prevents her from fighting.
38	** Alice has no disability.
39	** Alice does not fight.
40	* '''Enforced''':
41	** The writers want to show that disabled doesn't equal weak.
42	** "How do we make Alice even more badass? Make her a paraplegic, and still be able to kick ass!"
43	* '''Lampshaded''': "We're getting beat by the cripple?"
44	* '''Invoked''': Alice [[EyeScream tears out her own eye]] to [[EyepatchOfPower win the respect of her peers]].
45	* '''Exploited''': [[GuileHero Hiro]] poses as a mafia boss and mentions that their next target, Alice, is crippled to ensure the hitmen come unarmed, and at her mercy.
46	* '''Defied''':
47	** TheLeader, Bob, tells Alice, "I can't let you fight."
48	** When [[BigBad Evulz]] encounters Alice in the first act and gets his chance to break her spine, he decides to go further and make damn sure [[AndIMustScream Alice will never be of use to anyone ever again in any fashion]] other than being a martyr.
49	* '''Discussed''': "Just because someone is disabled doesn't mean they're defenseless."
50	* '''Conversed''': "Alice is in a wheelchair, but she can fight like that? Hard to believe."
51	* '''Deconstructed''':
52	** Alice may be badass, but her disability still holds her back in some areas.
53	** Eventually, her disability takes its toll on her and makes her unable to fight altogether.
54	** Alice ends up fighting a CombatPragmatist who's willing to use her disability against her.
55	* '''Reconstructed''':
56	** Alice avoids or becomes better at her weak points.
57	** She's undiminished intellectually, choosing to contribute to the team effort through strategy, tactics, and logistics instead.
58	** Alice is CrazyPrepared for what to do in case she encounters such an adversary.
59	* '''Played for Laughs''':
60	** [[Webcomic/TheBMovieComic The pirates in the show gain strength proportional to the amount of body parts they lose]]. When Hiro and company find a pirate with a patch on both eyes, two peg legs, and two {{hook hand}}s, they elect to leave him alone.
61	** If her own teammates didn't keep swiping her wheelchair out from out under her, Alice would probably kill every villain the first opportunity she got.
62	* '''Played for Drama''': Alice loses her wheelchair in the final fight with the BigBad, and must drag herself over to him (literally) to fight him.
63	* '''Played for Horror''': Alice is a PersonOfMassDestruction and every single enemy she faces [[UnderestimatingBadassery takes one look at the fact she's in a wheelchair and starts to laugh]], even the ones who are {{pragmatic\|Villainy}}. The ones who don't become bloody smears on the walls a nanosecond later Alice plays with, [[BerserkButton because she doesn't like it when they make fun of her disability]].
64	* '''Implied''': Alice wheels herself into a conversation and her teammates refer to an OffscreenMomentOfAwesome (and likely more) that she had.
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