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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