Line #15 PlayingWith/WhenAllYouHaveIsAHammer


1	'''Basic Trope''': A character uses one power (or a few powers) for every situation.
2	* '''Straight''':
3	** Alice, a great martial artist, almost always uses her finisher techniques [[MegatonPunch Dragon Impact]], [[PlayingWithFire Phoenix Tempest]], and sometimes the [[DangerousForbiddenTechnique Starlight Explosion]], to deal with her foes.
4	** Alice, a powerful mage, always uses her trusty [[FireIceLightning Fireball, Freeze Ray and Lighting Bolt]], not much else, to fight the baddies and to [[MundaneUtility solve miscellaneous problems]].
5	* '''Exaggerated''': Alice [[DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu beats inter-dimensional overlords]], [[AppealToForce wins political debates]], [[PercussiveMaintenance fixes electronic equipment]] and [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking educates]] [[DopeSlap her children]] by Dragon Impacting the hell out of everything.
6	* '''Downplayed''': Alice improvises her techniques/spell with different variants to suit them to different situations better.
7	* '''Justified''':
8	** Alice sticks with what she knows, because it's worked in the past.
9	** Alice usually travels with Bob, Claire, and David, each of whom has a different skillset. Most problems that can't be solved by Dragon Impact are things that one of her friends has specialized in, so she leaves it to them.
10	** Alice's power is really ''that'' versatile and can easily solve most problems with the right set of mind. Who needs diplomacy anyway when you have the power to set anyone who opposes you on fire?
11	** Alice is a sorceror who has very powerful fire magic but can't learn any other spells.
12	* '''Inverted''':
13	** Alice uses a wide array of attacks, and might even be a MasterOfNone.
14	** Alice uses a wide variety of attacks on the same target.
15	** “When you really need to get in a nail, everything starts to look like a hammer.”
16	* '''Subverted''': Alice deploys a never-before-seen attack...
17	* '''Double Subverted''':
18	** ...to use as a distraction while she uses the same FinishingMove.
19	** The never-before-seen attack fails and so she was forced to use her usual techniques.
20	* '''Parodied''':
21	** The heroes arrive at a local item shop, and this happens:
22	--->'''Bob''': This Magic Armor is rather costly.
23	--->'''Alice''': Let me use my [[AggressiveNegotiations negotiation skills]] to get a discount!
24	--->'''Bob''': "What? I didn't know you had diplomatic abilities.
25	--->'''Alice''': Just watch and learn.
26	--->[''Alice approaches the Shopkeeper and...'']
27	--->'''Alice''': [[BallisticDiscount ...DRAGON IMPACT!]]
28	** TheAllSolvingHammer
29	* '''Zig-Zagged''': Alice's Dragon Impact has several variants that depend on the angle at which the punch is thrown (Dragon Uppercut to shove opponents back and create space, Dragon Hook for clearing out large groups, the backhand variant for blocking, etc.). In theory, it's the same technique. In practice, varying the angle can have a wildly different effect or is suited for different situations, so it ''functions'' like a different technique despite being the same old MegatonPunch.
30	* '''Averted''': Alice uses a fairly wide array of attacks, but nothing too extreme.
31	* '''Enforced''': "Animation is expensive, people! Let's use as much stock footage as possible!"
32	* '''Lampshaded''':
33	** "Hey, I stick with what works!"
34	** When Alice is about to finish someone off, everyone shouts "DRAGON IMPACT!" along with her.
35	* '''Invoked''': [[Creator/BruceLee "Fear the one that has practiced one kick a thousand times, not the one that has used a thousand different kicks once."]]
36	* '''Exploited''': The enemy prepares solely for Alice's ultimate technique and is completely free to spend their resources on other plans without worrying about her.
37	* '''Defied''': Alice learns a new technique for a climactic battle.
38	* '''Discussed''': "Let me guess ... you're going to use your Magic Blast again. Yup, called it."
39	* '''Conversed''': "Isn't Alice supposedly a powerful mage? How come she only uses the same five spells?"
40	* '''Deconstructed''': [[BigBad Emperor Evulz]] fights Alice enough to the point where he learns all her moves, and one day he absolutely curb-stomps her.
41	* '''Reconstructed''':
42	** Alice protects herself from eventual curb-stomping by using all her moves creatively.
43	** After a lifetime of practice, Alice is so skilled with her Dragon Impact that Evulz is simply unable to counter it, despite his preparations.
44	* '''Played for Laughs''': Alice is [[DePower depowered]], [[DamnYouMuscleMemory and keeps trying to fall back on the Dragon Impact despite being physically unable to use the move anymore.]]
45	* '''Played for Drama''': Alice has a growing case of impostor syndrome, as she's supposedly the WorldsGreatestWarrior despite only knowing ''one'' move.
46	* '''Played for Horror''': Alice is a sadist and Dragon Impact is the move she always brings out to solve a problem because it causes a CruelAndUnusualDeath.
47	* '''Implied''': Alice uses the same move in every battle. Or if the battles aren't shown, she and other characters discuss how she does afterwards.
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49	WhenAllYouHaveIsAHammer, you have to go back to that trope.
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