Tropes about skills and all the varied and weird ways in which they are learned.

Compare SchoolTropes (for learning skills), LevelsAndExperienceTropes.
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+ ThisIndexKnowsWhatItsTalkingAbout (for knowledgable people)
+ MasterOfTheIndex (for people who are good at what they do)
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'''What You Know:'''
* AdaptationalSkill: A skill a character didn't have in a previous adaptation.
* AdaptationalWeaponSwap: A character has a different weapon in an adaptation.
* AllAccessibleMagic: Anyone can learn how to use magic.
* AlwaysKnowAPilot
* BecomingTheBoast
* BoxingLessonsForSuperman: A superpowered character learns mundane fighting techniques.
* BrickBreak: Martial artists break bricks with their bare hands.
* CharlesAtlasSuperpower: Superhuman abilities through mundane training.
* ChekhovsSkill: A new skill becomes a ChekhovsGun.
* ClownSchool
* DemolitionsExpert
* EmotionSuppression: Someone suppresses or erases their emotions with drugs, special training or other phlebotinum.
* EnlightenmentSuperpowers: Superpowers are available to anyone who achieves the necessary level of spiritual enlightenment.
* FantasticFightingStyle
* FightingFingerprint: Fighting style exposes a Secret Identity.
* FluffyTamer
** DragonTamer
* GentleTouchVsFirmHand
* TheGreatestStyle
* IKnowMaddenKombat: Fighting styles based on non-combat sports.
* IKnowMortalKombat: Fighting styles based on videogames.
** IDontKnowMortalKombat
* KiManipulation
* LookWhatICanDoNow
* MasterOfYourDomain: Can control everything related to one's body.
* TheMedic
* MeditationPowerup
* MyKungFuIsStrongerThanYours
* NewAbilityAddiction
* LeParkour
* ThePowerOfActing: Acting treated as a superpower.
* SkillScoresAndPerks
* StrongAndSkilled
* SuddenlyAlwaysKnewThat
* SwitchOutMove
* UniqueProtagonistAsset
'''How You Learn It'''
* CrazyPrepared
* CrisisMakesPerfect
* DeadlyTrainingArea
* DieOrFly: Dormant superpowers come to light under extreme circumstances.
* DontThinkFeel: An EleventhHourSuperpower is unlocked by feeling.
* DumbassNoMore: TheDitz suddenly becomes smart.
* HADToBeSharp
* HandsOnApproach
* HardWorkFallacy
* HowDoIShotWeb
* INeedYouStronger
* ImposedHandicapTraining
* ImprovisedTraining
* IncompletelyTrained
* KingpinInHisGym
* LearningToRideABike: Children riding a bike for the first time as a plot point.
* ALessonInDefeat
* LotusPosition
** LevitatingLotusPosition
* AMasterMakesTheirOwnTools
* MeditatingUnderAWaterfall
* MentorArchetype: Their role is to introduce a new skill or sharpen the current skills of their student.
* MoneyIsExperiencePoints
* OutclassedAtTheGym
* PhysicalFitnessPunishment
* PowerfulButIncompetent: A character whose raw power is useless because they lack intelligence.
* PrisonsAreGymnasiums
* RawEggsMakeYouStronger
* RivalDojos: A pair of rival schools of martial arts, run by a pair of masters who have been feuding for years.
* ShootingLessonsFromYourParents
* SimulatedUrbanCombatArea
* SinkOrSwimMentor: This mentor won't go easy on you just because you're a novice.
* TheSpartanWay
* SuperFlyReflexes
* SuperSwimmingSkills
* TalentVsTraining
* TalentedButTrained
* TaughtByExperience
* TaughtByTelevision
* TeachMeHowToFight
* TechPoints
* TimeToUnlockMoreTruePotential
* TookALevelInBadass
* TraineeFromHell
* TrainingFromHell
* TrainingMontage
* TrainingTheGiftOfMagic
* TrainingThePet: A plot focusing on training an unruly pet.
* UltimateFinalExam
* UncertifiedExpert: An expert or veteran turns out not to be officially qualified for what they do.
* VictorGainsLosersPowers
* VirtualTrainingSimulation: Learning skills in a virtual evironment.
* WaxOnWaxOff
* WeaponsOfTheirTrade
* WhenYouSnatchThePebble: A final test that looks easier than it really is.
* WorkingOutTheirEmotions
* WorkoutFanservice
* WorkplaceAcquiredAbilities
* YourEyesCanDeceiveYou
* YouAreNotReady
* YouShouldntKnowThisAlready (regardless of the skill, there has to be learning before use).
* ZenSlap

'''Shortcuts/Cheating''':
* AdaptationalBadass
* DrunkenMaster: The more you drink, the more competent you become.
* HardWorkHardlyWorks
* InstantExpert
* MoochingMaster
* OpponentSwitch
* TraumaticSuperpowerAwakening: Awakening incredible power through massive emotional distress.
* {{Xenafication}}
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