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* The main cast of ''Webcomic/EightBitTheater'' all have many, many shortcomings, but in particular Fighter's abject stupidity and the fact that the universe literally hates Black Mage tend to be the most crippling. Probably because, as a few instances have shown, if not for those handicaps, failure would no longer be the only option.
** When Fighter had to face his "demon", it was Sloth, as while Fighter was the greatest swordsman in the world, his sloth had caused him to completely neglect ANY effort that could have made him less staggeringly dumb. He killed the demon in a single panel, apparently his two brain cells rubbed together and he realized just killing the demon would be faster than talking to it.
** Black Mage once took over Hell, an act that caused White Mage to feel a disturbance in the force, as if a million voices cried out to say, "Oh shit."
*** Later, when Black Mage is facing HIS demon, it turns out to be himself, because nothing is more evil than he is. He absorbs it and its power.
*** Much hopeless bungling later, Black Mage and Fighter decide to get dangerous at each other. It initially ends in a stalemate because, as Black Mage points out, he is basically a demi-god at that point, and Fighter is capable of blocking any attack. [[spoiler:[[ChronicBackstabbingDisorder Black Mage uses his surrender as an opportunity to literally backstab Fighter, pointing out that Fighter can only block attacks he sees coming.]]]]
*** Later, Fighter has another brief moment of higher thought, and stuns the entire party by preventing them from dying from an extremely long fall by covering them from "attack" and blocking the "attacking" ground.
* Uttered by the eponymous character of ''Webcomic/TheAdventuresOfDrMcNinja'', on behalf of his sidekick.
-->'''The Doctor:''' Do you think I run around with a ''twelve year old boy'' just because I like his inferior grasp of girls and higher level math? You think I left him with my psychotic parents because I wanted him to ''die?'' ''No'', you undead pale ''ponce!'' ''Gordito'' is the effing '''''BADASS KID.'''''
* Hyraxx De Motifi from ''ComicBook/BuckGodotZapgunForHire'' is probably an example. She's a tabloid reporter with {{Cloudcuckoolander}} tendencies who considers finding what colour of pants the resident SufficientlyAdvancedAlien wears to be a big scoop. She can also throw [[TheBigGuy Buck]] around like a ragdoll, despite him being about 5 times her size. She could also be considered an inversion, because we first see her in her badass mode and the fact that she's not another assassin sent after Buck (she's just trying to get an interview from him) comes as a surprise.
* [[DefiedTrope Defied]] for laughs in ''WebComic/CommanderKitty''. [[http://www.commanderkitty.com/2011/10/24/epiphany/ After seeing his friends and rivals in danger,]] [[http://www.commanderkitty.com/2011/10/31/words-get-in-the-way-and-giant-spiky-tails/ CK finally springs into action...only to get beat down immediately.]] [[http://www.commanderkitty.com/2011/11/19/birth-of-a-spacer/ Then, when losing his tooth makes him feel like a real spacer,]] [[http://www.commanderkitty.com/2011/10/31/words-get-in-the-way-and-giant-spiky-tails/ he gives it another shot...only to get beat down even more.]]
* [[CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass Dan]] of ''Webcomic/DanAndMabsFurryAdventures'' spent years as a Being adventurer and taken on several powerful Creatures without dying, and also has a begun to develop a share of Creature abilities. It's very easy to remember him as [[TheFool the idiot]] that gets smacked with TooMuchInformation too often. That [[http://missmab.com/Comics/Vol_973.php would be a mistake]].
* Nimmel Fenix, of ''Webcomic/DominicDeegan'', lost every fight he'd ever been seen in. That is, until he gets his own story arc, and shows us just how powerful he really is in a truly impressive [[http://www.dominic-deegan.com/view.php?date=2010-03-08 display of magic.]]
* In ''Webcomic/DubiousCompany'', Walter is a goofy, weak, pirate wannabe that has been almost useless in a fight. Then at Kreedor's castle, [[LivingMacGuffin Sal]] is about to be killed, [[TheDragon Izor]] has ordered his elites to stop the heroes, and Mary is berating the heroes with another InTheNameOfTheMoon speech. Walter proves he has had enough, pulls a [[HandCannon dragoon]] and nearly blows [[GodModeSue Mary's]] head off.
* ''[[WebComic/EerieCuties Eerie Cuties]]''[=/=]''[[Webcomic/MagickChicks Magick Chicks:]]'' Make no mistake, Tiffany Winters is [[CloudCuckoolander a goofball]] and [[TheDitz a ditz]] with [[AttentionDeficitOohShiny an incredibly short]] [[http://www.magickchicks.com/strips-mc/one-headed_cerberus attention span]] - which is why she hasn't been able to stake Layla once. But she can become [[http://www.eeriecuties.com/strips-ec/smash_it! hyper-competent]] [[http://www.magickchicks.com/strips-mc/feat_of_derring-do when the situation calls for it.]]
* In ''Webcomic/ElGoonishShive'', Justin [[http://egscomics.com/comic/2010-09-24 tries to reason]] with a fire monster, but when it attacks, he instantly [[http://egscomics.com/comic/2010-09-27 switches]] from amiable to badass.
* A villainous example exists in ''Webcomic/EmergencyExit'': Lord Kyran, despite being generally silly, playful, and willing to give the heroes their due, is ''not'' the kind of person you want to make a true enemy of. When the situation is truly vital, he becomes a killing machine. [[spoiler: So do the rest of the cast, though.]]
* The entire side of Gobwin Knob in ''{{Webcomic/Erfworld}}'' is a joke throughout nearly all of the Battle for Gobwin Knob arc, but Sizemore the dirtamancer in particular is shown to be fairly ineffectual (his biggest contribution to the defense has been creating Crap Golems). Then FishOutOfWater warlord Parson realizes the town is sitting on an extinct volcano, and the two other magic users available have A) the ability to bring dead things to life and B) the ability to link up others' minds so that Sizemore's knowledge of exactly how geo-magic works can be shared with A. Eruption ensues.
* ''Webcomic/TheFoxSister'': Isn't Soot Bull just lovable? But don't let his cuteness fool you! He can be scarily ferocious if the situation calls for it.
* In ''Webcomic/{{Godslave}}'', when Edith discovers that she now has SuperStrength and NighInvulnerability, she stops being ActionSurvivor and takes the fight to Turner.
* ''Webcomic/GuildedAge'': Payet, when fighting the huge pirate.
* Given the comic's overall emphasis on light-hearted humor, it's easy to forget that Gamzee Makara from ''Webcomic/{{Homestuck}}'' apparently spent most of the Troll's Sgrub session not doing much, but when it came down to the battle against a massively prototyped Black King, he did the most damage out of all 12 of them. Fitting, seeing as his title is the Bard of Rage. And let's not forget what happened when he ran out of sopor slime...
* ''Webcomic/KillSixBillionDemons'':
** "Auntie Maya" is a congenial elderly lady and a self-described [[TheAlcoholic habitual drunk.]] When helping herself to other people's noodles and delivering existential one-liners isn't adequate for the occasion, she dabbles in moments of [[http://killsixbilliondemons.com/comic/ksbd-4-69/ transcendent violence.]]
** GodEmperor Gog-Agog of the Seven is a HiveMind of immortal television entertainers, many of whom present as cheerful clowns. Even during mortal peril [[spoiler:during the Discordance]], she merely lounges around the battlefield or clowns around, acting like comedy relief -- until [[spoiler:Solomon]] actually asks her to ''help'', at which point [[spoiler:she summons about a trillion of her bodies and shapeshifts into a small moon, engulfing the entire battlefield in the process]].
* Vashiel from ''Webcomic/{{Misfile}}''. He's [[NoSocialSkills a complete innocent]], to the point where he's physically incapable of lying and gets a {{Nosebleed}} if he as much as has an impure thought. However, when his brother or Ash are threatened, you're suddenly reminded that his job description reads "[[http://www.misfile.com/?date=2006-04-20 Avenging Angel]]". Also a prime example of [[http://www.misfile.com/?date=2006-04-21 instantly snapping back]] to his ordinary, chivalrous personality afterwards.
** Rumisiel, Vashiel's pot-smoking brother, is also one of these. Normally a slacker to the point where his goal in life is to sit on a couch drinking beer all day, as soon as someone's life is on the line, he suddenly becomes competent and, due to limiters placed on his brother, the stronger of the two when it comes to dealing with the supernatural. And as [[http://www.misfile.com/?date=2008-05-08 this]] comic shows, it is important to remember that ALL angels in this series are ancient supernatural beings.
* In the penultimate storyline of ''Webcomic/{{Narbonic}}'', Artie protests that he's not a hero, he's "a fuzzy little animal who talks too much! I'm the '''comic relief'''!", but winds up saving the day anyway. In the same story, Helen has a Let's Get Dangerous moment when she says "To survive this, I'll need to think fast and hard. I won't have the energy to maintain my chipper, reassuring persona. I'll be fully myself, and I advise you to stay out of my way." Since "reassuring" Helen is plenty dangerous at the best of times, Artie is suitably terrified.
* In ''Webcomic/OnePunchMan'', Saitama's very rarely given a very real fight, but when he comes up against someone who just might, he'll bust out what he calls his "Serious Series" attacks. Most fights tend to end with just one of them. His battle with Garou lets him pull off ''two''.
* ''Webcomic/TheOrderOfTheStick'':
** Thog, while in general as strong and combat-capable as you would expect a half-orc barbarian to be, is nothing but an even match for Roy, is childish and the subject of a good deal of comedy. [[spoiler:When Roy breaks his tusk in a gladiatoral match however, he rages to the point of Roy being in real danger.]]
** [[QuirkyBard Elan]] does this occasionally as well. At first he was just TheLoad, but then he ''literally'' [[TookALevelInBadass Takes A Level In Badass,]] to the point where he's practically a OneManArmy.
* ''Webcomic/SchlockMercenary'':
** The reverend is generally a pretty passive guy, but he's also a good swordsman. He nails a trained nonhuman soldier to the wall [[spoiler: by the soldier's ''eye''. Don't worry, the eyes were on stalks.]]
** Lots of the Toughs are this, actually, especially the title character. Judging from his behavior most of the time, you would judge that he's an excessively violent blob who [[EatsBabies eats kittens]] and primarily remains Sergeant because he is/was a majority shareholder in the company. In reality, he's a violent blob with a strong (albeit [[BlueAndOrangeMorality unusual]]) moral compass who will immediately drop his usual happy attitude in favor of precision when the situation calls for it.
* ''Webcomic/SequentialArt'': When the Villains come out to play: You got to get dangerous. ''[[http://www.collectedcurios.com/sequentialart.php?s=293 PIP DANGEROUS!]]''
* Tip of ''Webcomic/SkinHorse'' tries to deal with pretty much every problem by therapizing it. If that doesn't work, he tries seducing it. But if '''that''' doesn't work, well...he's [[http://www.webcomicsnation.com/shaenongarrity/skinhorse/series.php?view=archive&chapter=38295#strip3 quite capable of taking care of it in other, more violent ways]].
* Pretty much everyone who wasn't already a badass during the "Dangerous Days" arc from ''Webcomic/SluggyFreelance''.
** Zoe invoked this at the beginning of the "Stormbringer" arc, without knowing how dangerous she would have to get.
* ''Webcomic/SleeplessDomain'': For most of the series, Anemone acts as an enigmatic FourthWallObserver, watching events unfold from a distance but very rarely involving herself. [[spoiler:When forced to confront Tessa, however, Anemone turns out to have energy abilities strong enough to destroy an army of monsters with a wave of her hand, as well as being able to [[PowerFloats float]], FlashStep, and shrug off getting impaled.]]
* ''Webcomic/StandStillStaySilent'': Most of the time, Sigrun comes across as treating potential danger as a trivial matter or having somewhat of a BloodKnight attitude towards it. When actually faced with a PlagueZombie, she can actually be quite pragmatic in combat, puts the safety of others first and will sometimes use methods that do not involve killing the thing with her own hands if it happens to suit the circumstances better.
* Mia in ''Webcomic/TrueVillains'' is an InnocentProdigy in {{Golem}} making, resulting in Augustus the animated pocket watch and Squib the small amorphous blob of metal. Individually, they're comic relief, but Squib happens to be an [[MadeOfIndestructium indestructible]] ShapeshifterWeapon that Augustus can [[EquippableAlly wield]] quite lethally, as [[spoiler:a magic-spewing zombie Carl]] [[http://www.truevillains.com/comic-2015-05-25-Quick%20and%20Painless-jpg.htm finds out.]]

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