Line #14 PlayingWith/UnderestimatingBadassery


1	'''Basic Trope''': A character underestimates or is unaware of a badass' strength.
2	* '''Straight''': Alice is short and [[MusclesAreMeaningless not very muscular]], [[MuggingTheMonster but when Bob attempts to rob her]] (assuming she's weak), she easily defeats him.
3	* '''Exaggerated''':
4	** KillerRabbit
5	** [[TokenMiniMoe Alice]] could [[Website/ChuckNorrisFacts strangle you with a cordless phone]]. [[MuggingTheMonster Too bad for Bob...]]
6	* '''Downplayed''': When Bob attempts to rob Alice (assuming she's weaker), she easily defeats him with karate.
7	* '''Justified''':
8	** MusclesAreMeaningless when you [[WeakButSkilled have skills]].
9	** Alice is an undercover agent running a sting. Not only is she trained in [[SheFu martial arts]] she has six big mean cops with billy clubs waiting in the shadows behind her for would-be assailants.
10	** Alice is a superhero. Probably not a very powerful or blatant one, but Bob is a plain-jane Muggle that doesn't understand you don't survive long in that kind of game without becoming ''[[HadToBeSharp mean]]''.
11	* '''Inverted''':
12	** Alice is TheDreaded.
13	** Bob did not dare to attack a FakeUltimateMook as he assumed that he is strong.
14	* '''Subverted''': Alice was only boasting about her strength. When Bob attempts to rob her, he succeeded.
15	* '''Double Subverted''': He seemed to succeed, but Alice turned the tables around and defeated Bob in the end.
16	* '''Parodied''': An AcademyOfEvil teaches newbie criminals about picking their targets based on their danger level, ranking [[TokenMiniMoe a sweet]] [[SuperStrongChild little child]] as more powerful than an EldritchAbomination.
17	* '''Zig Zagged''': Alice is more dangerous than she looks and has wiped the floor with Bob and his friends a few times because they keep forgetting it, but Bob has also managed to get the drop on her and exploit his natural advantages as a StrongButUnskilled fighter a few times, which Alice also keeps forgetting whenever she gloats on the inside about being the better warrior.
18	* '''Averted''':
19	** Alice isn't badass at all, and just as weak as she appears.
20	** Bob refuses to underestimate anyone, regardless of how weak they may appear, including (or especially) Alice.
21	* '''Enforced''': Alice is the protagonist and an ActionGirl. The writer doesn't wants to show her as weak in any way except by some guy's (about-to-be-eaten) word.
22	* '''Lampshaded''':
23	-->'''Bob''': Alice looked so weak...but how can she beat me?
24	* '''Invoked''':
25	** Alice started learning karate, knowing even seemingly weak people have a chance to win a fight, doubly so if they have the element of surprise.
26	** One of Alice's allies deliberately downplayed her abilities so that she could exploit the element of surprise.
27	* '''Exploited''': Alice robbed Bob back for extra pocket money.
28	* '''Defied''':
29	** Alice got a muscular boyfriend to protect her instead.
30	** Bob ''over''estimates Alice's badassery, and brings along all kinds of overkill just in case.
31	* '''Discussed''': (after Alice beats a low-class, unskilled thug) "He thought I was some easy mark ripe for a mugging. Well, what he didn't know was that I had proper, extensive training in the department of martial arts."
32	* '''Conversed''': ???
33	* '''Implied''': Alice isn't shown to be badass on-screen, but Bob thought twice before going to the next victim.
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38	%% Optional items, added after Conversed, at your discretion:
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40	%%* '''Deconstructed''': ???
41	%%* '''Reconstructed''': ???
42	%%* '''Played For Laughs''': ???

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