1 | '''Basic Trope''': An unarmed fighter can defeat armed opponents. |
2 | * '''Straight''': Dave pulls out a knife and is defeated by the unarmed Bob. |
3 | * '''Exaggerated''': |
4 | ** Dave pulls out a gun, [[BatterUp a baseball bat]], a sword etc. and still gets defeated by Bob. |
5 | ** Dave pulls out a ''rocket launcher'' and Bob still defeats him. |
6 | ** Dave brings a bunch of armed buddies to a fight with Bob and his side still gets defeated. |
7 | * '''Downplayed''': |
8 | ** Armed opponents tend to lose, but that's because they're all significantly less skilled than the protagonist. When a competent weapon user shows up, the hero's in trouble. |
9 | ** Most knife wielders are noted to have the same pitfalls as {{Extremity Extremist}}s. Thus they are easier to predict even if experienced against other knife fighters. However a fighter who is trained to use their whole body and the knife is still at an advantage. |
10 | ** Dave is defeated by Bob, but not before landing a few minor cuts. |
11 | * '''Justified''': |
12 | ** Dave doesn't know how to use his weapon properly, while Bob is a highly-trained martial artist. |
13 | ** Bob has CombatClairvoyance or SuperReflexes and easily avoids Dave's attacks. |
14 | * '''Inverted''': Knives always beat fists. |
15 | * '''Subverted''': |
16 | ** Bob gives Dave a good beating until the latter brings out a second knife and stabs him. |
17 | ** Dave proves to be better than Bob expected. |
18 | * '''Double Subverted''': Bob beats him anyway. |
19 | * '''Parodied''': |
20 | ** Dave brings so many knives with him that he can't stand up under the weight. |
21 | ** Dave and Bob are initially even when fighting unarmed, but the moment Dave pulls a knife, Bob immediately punches his lights out. |
22 | ** The police tape knives to the hands and feet of martial artists to make them less dangerous. It somehow works. |
23 | * '''Zig Zagged''': |
24 | ** Dave keeps pulling out knives, while Bob uses progressively more improbable barehanded disarms to take them away. |
25 | ** Barring occasional flukes or surprise attacks, the fighter with the superior skill wins, ties going to the one with the knife. Bob the [[SemperFi Marine]] [[CurbStompBattle trounced]] petty muggers coming at him with a knife using only his fists, kills unarmed fanatical cultists trying to do a VirginSacrifice with his combat knife, but loses to Vladimir the Spetznaz coming at him with a knife when he's unarmed. Charlie comes at Dave, both everyman, with a knife after his wife cheated on him with Dave, and easily wins. Every once in a while, an inexperienced fighter gets a lucky hit on an opponent who was way out of his league. |
26 | * '''Averted''': |
27 | ** Knives and fists are about even, so no one's guaranteed to win based on their choice of weapon. |
28 | ** No unarmed vs armed fight ever occurs in the work, only either fights with all participants armed or with all unarmed. |
29 | * '''Enforced''': "We need to show how skilled Bob is in this scene, so let's have him bring down a better-armed opponent with his bare hands." |
30 | * '''Lampshaded''': When Dave pulls out a knife, Bob points out that he's better at fighting with his hands. |
31 | * '''Invoked''': Bob gives Dave a knife, knowing that he's inexperienced with it and won't be as skilled barehanded. |
32 | * '''Exploited''': Bob is secretly MadeOfIron and goes into battle barehanded against Dave, who is armed with a knife. Bob counts on Dave being taken by surprised, allowing for a quick win. |
33 | * '''Defied''': |
34 | ** Dave throws his knife away before the fight. |
35 | ** Dave gets training in resisting and countering disarms as well as how to use his weapon properly. |
36 | ** Dave instantly (and fatally) stabs Bob. |
37 | * '''Discussed''': Bob explains how better-armed fighters get complacent and make mistakes. |
38 | * '''Conversed''': "Hey, this guy just pulled out a knife. Bet you he's about to get his ass kicked." |
39 | * '''Deconstructed''': |
40 | ** Since he can't win in a fair fight, the next time they meet, Dave just shoots Bob from afar or stabs him in the back. |
41 | ** Bob is skilled at self-defense and martial arts while Dave is just some punk with a knife. While Dave has the weapon, he lacks the training Bob has and is quickly subdued. Against Craig, who has similar martial-arts skill AND a knife, Bob is subdued. |
42 | * '''Reconstructed''': |
43 | ** Bob starts wearing body armor to even the odds when fighting barehanded. |
44 | ** Bob specializes in anti-knife takedowns, allowing him an edge even against armed martial artists. |
45 | * '''Played For Laughs''': Bob keeps a running tally of how many times Dave's brought a knife to a fistfight. "You're a slow learner." |
46 | * '''Played For Drama''': Dave is a SoreLoser and his defeat by unarmed Bob causes him to escalate to being ever more dangerously armed and willing to tolerate collateral damage in his obsession with repaying the slight. |
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