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** Kadoc Zemlupus, the first Crypter fought, is basically the EvilCounterpart of the protagonist in that he has little talent as a mage but has great compatibility as a Master. He's set to be one of those who will save the world, only for the Chaldea bombing that sends him into a coma to happen. He slept with a dream to be a hero, only to wake up with the knowledge that the world has already been saved. Out of jealousy, he fights against the protagonist to prove that he's capable, only to be defeated because his opponent, while practically having the same strengths and weaknesses, is vastly more experienced and charismatic to cover said weaknesses. And that's not even going into the WordOfGod that claims should the Crypters go into the same journey as the protagonist, Kadoc would not survive far.
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** Kadoc Zemlupus, the first Crypter fought, is basically the EvilCounterpart of the protagonist in that he has little talent as a mage but has great compatibility as a Master. He's set to be one of those who will save the world, only for the Chaldea bombing that sends him into a coma to happen. He slept with a dream to be a hero, only to wake up with the knowledge that the world has already been saved. Out of jealousy, he fights against the protagonist to prove that he's capable, only to be defeated because his opponent, while practically having the same strengths and weaknesses, is vastly more experienced and charismatic to cover said weaknesses. And that's not even going into the WordOfGod that claims should the Crypters go into the same journey as the protagonist, Kadoc would not survive far. long.
* Subverted in ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIV''. Sekka's father Shinto claims she has no future as a swordsmith and to give up while she's ahead, something that makes her desperate to please him and prove herself. But Brithael notes that she clearly has talent despite not being at the level of a master smith, calling Shinto's treatment of her unfair and criticizing him for tearing her down. Brithael then opts to create a set of custom tools for her to allow her to talents to blossom in full. [[spoiler:While she still has a ways to go by the end of the quests, Shinto is impressed when she puts the needs of the clients ahead of trying to impress him, finally convincing him that she has what it takes to become a true Hingan swordsmith.]]
* Subverted in ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIV''. Sekka's father Shinto claims she has no future as a swordsmith and to give up while she's ahead, something that makes her desperate to please him and prove herself. But Brithael notes that she clearly has talent despite not being at the level of a master smith, calling Shinto's treatment of her unfair and criticizing him for tearing her down. Brithael then opts to create a set of custom tools for her to allow her to talents to blossom in full. [[spoiler:While she still has a ways to go by the end of the quests, Shinto is impressed when she puts the needs of the clients ahead of trying to impress him, finally convincing him that she has what it takes to become a true Hingan swordsmith.]]
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* ''Fanfic/DannyPhantomStranded'': In "Fanfic/DannyPhantomStaged", Dash Baxter arrogantly believed he would get the lead male role of Lysander in Lancer's production of "A Midsummer Night's Dream," but completely screws up his audition; he can't fully pronounce a single line and doesn't even know what "thou" means. Lancer only gives Dash the role of Nick Bottom in the hopes of making him improve since he'd be forced to actually learn more about the play if he wants extra credit. But even then, Dash failed to do that part in the play, so he had to miss the big game and write a five-page essay on the play and the study of the character he was playing, which he had to write in Mr. Lancer's office to make sure that he doesn't cheat by having someone else write the paper.
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Bob finds himself among the candidates for his dream occupation. This is something he's wanted his entire life and dreams of becoming the best. Once he starts training at said job, it becomes quickly apparent that Bob...has zero talent for the job.m
Still [[{{Determinator}} he keeps working at it]] (possibly undergoing TrainingFromHell)... and [[CantCatchUp it doesn't help]]. (After all, HardWorkHardlyWorks.) And what's more, there will be no AppliedPhlebotinum or MagicFeather to smooth the way toward Bob's goals. He can't do it and that's that. Not to say that Bob is completely worthless. He may have plenty of viable talents; just not the talent for what he desires to be.
Still [[{{Determinator}} he keeps working at it]] (possibly undergoing TrainingFromHell)... and [[CantCatchUp it doesn't help]]. (After all, HardWorkHardlyWorks.) And what's more, there will be no AppliedPhlebotinum or MagicFeather to smooth the way toward Bob's goals. He can't do it and that's that. Not to say that Bob is completely worthless. He may have plenty of viable talents; just not the talent for what he desires to be.
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Still, [[{{Determinator}} he keeps working at it]] (possibly undergoing TrainingFromHell)... and [[CantCatchUp it doesn't help]]. (After all, HardWorkHardlyWorks.) And what's more, there will be no AppliedPhlebotinum or MagicFeather to smooth the way toward Bob's goals. He can't do it and that's that. Not to say that Bob is completely worthless. He may have plenty of viable talents; just not the talent for what he desires to be.
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* In ''WesternAnimation/MonstersUniversity'', Mike Wazowski's dream is to become a scarer and despite being very well-read on the subject is stated to lack natural talent (IE, children find him more funny/cute than scary). While he is unable to be a scarer and his and Sully's antics get them in trouble, the two never lose sight of their goals. By the time of ''WesternAnimation/MonstersInc'', they've gone from mail clerks in the business to being the best scaring team through Mike's brains and Sully's talent and fear. [[spoiler:Furthermore, he helps discover that laughter is ten times more powerful than screams and is able to apply his wit and appearance in making kids laugh]].
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* In ''WesternAnimation/MonstersUniversity'', Mike Wazowski's dream is to become a scarer and despite being very well-read on the subject is stated to lack natural talent (IE, (i.e. children find him more funny/cute than scary). While he is unable to be a scarer and his and Sully's antics get them in trouble, the two never lose sight of their goals. By the time of ''WesternAnimation/MonstersInc'', ''WesternAnimation/MonstersInc1'', they've gone from mail clerks in the business to being the best scaring team through Mike's brains and Sully's talent and fear. [[spoiler:Furthermore, he helps discover that laughter is ten times more powerful than screams and is able to apply his wit and appearance in making kids laugh]].
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* ''WesternAnimation/HiHiPuffyAmiYumi'': The girls' manager Kaz enters an American Idol-type contest with all the confidence in the world (story "Superstar Kaz"). Then he starts singing. He is unceremoniously kicked out of the studio, only like ''Idol'' contestant William Hung he becomes a smash hit and goes tour. His success even relegates Ami and Yumi to opening act status.
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* ''WesternAnimation/HiHiPuffyAmiYumi'': The girls' manager Kaz enters an American Idol-type contest with all the confidence in the world (story "Superstar Kaz"). Then he starts singing. He is unceremoniously kicked out of the studio, only like ''Idol'' contestant William Hung he becomes a smash hit and goes on tour. His success even relegates Ami and Yumi to opening act status.
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* ''WesternAnimation/HiHiPuffyAmiYumi'': The girls' manager Kaz enters an American Idol-type contest with all the confidence in theworld.the world (story "Superstar Kaz"). Then he starts singing. He is unceremoniously kicked out of the studio, only like ''Idol'' contestant William Hung he becomes a smash hit and goes tour. His success even relegates Ami and Yumi to opening act status.
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** Rincewind's allies in ''Liteature/{{Sourcery}}'' are ''all'' striving for a career they have no talent for, whether in the form of nebbishy Nijel trying to learn to be a BarbarianHero from a book he bought from [[HonestJohnsDealership Cut-Me-Own-Throat Dibbler]], the Seriph of Al Khali failing constantly to produce decent poetry, or Conina, whose planned career as a hairdresser was derailed because she's Cohen the Barbarian's daughter and [[InTheBlood inherited reflexes like a snake on hot tin, sinews you could moor a boat with and - most inconveniently - a constant sense, while holding sharp objects near other people's heads, that she should be killing and/or robbing them]].
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** Rincewind's allies in ''Liteature/{{Sourcery}}'' ''Literature/{{Sourcery}}'' are ''all'' striving for a career they have no talent for, whether in the form of nebbishy Nijel trying to learn to be a BarbarianHero from a book he bought from [[HonestJohnsDealership Cut-Me-Own-Throat Dibbler]], the Seriph of Al Khali failing constantly to produce decent poetry, or Conina, whose planned career as a hairdresser was derailed because she's Cohen the Barbarian's daughter and [[InTheBlood inherited reflexes like a snake on hot tin, sinews you could moor a boat with and - most inconveniently - a constant sense, while holding sharp objects near other people's heads, that she should be killing and/or robbing them]].
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* Giovanni Potage in ''WebAnimation/EpithetErased'' wants to be ''the greatest supervillain in the world!'' And, to be fair, he has many traits that would make a good supervillain. He's a [[LargeHam born showman]], has a surprising amount of [[SwissArmySuperpower creativity and flexibility]] in using his Epithet powers, and is good at leading, inspiring and supporting his "minions". Unfortunately, he ''also'' has the criminal-planning skills of a concussed groundhog, while lacking any malicious bone in his body, and his Epithet being "Soup" means that his primary weapon, while not ineffective, is also literally hurling an orb of tomato basil soup and insisting that it's a "lavacid grenade".
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* Giovanni Potage in ''WebAnimation/EpithetErased'' wants to be ''the greatest supervillain in the world!'' And, to be fair, he has many traits that would make a good supervillain. He's a [[LargeHam born showman]], has a surprising amount of [[SwissArmySuperpower creativity and flexibility]] in using his Epithet powers, and is good at leading, inspiring and supporting his "minions". Unfortunately, he ''also'' has the criminal-planning skills of a concussed groundhog, while lacking any malicious bone in his body, and his Epithet being "Soup" means that his primary weapon, while not ineffective, is also literally hurling an orb of tomato basil soup and insisting that it's a "lavacid grenade".
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** Christine in ''Literature/{{Maskerade}}'' is made an opera star because she looks good and her father is giving the Opera House a lot of money. Unfortunately, she can't actually ''sing''. She doesn't have the self-awareness to realise this, though, and in order to get decent performances, the decision-makers opt to have Agnes perform the lines and have Christine essentially lip-sync them.
** Bergholt Stuttley "Bloody Stupid" Johnson, the world's most GiftedlyBad inventor, who threw himself into everything from architecture to engineering with a lack of skill so overwhelming that he managed to produce works of the wrong kind of genius. One book comments that if you wanted a small surface-to-air missile, you would ask Johnson to design an ornamental fountain.
** Bergholt Stuttley "Bloody Stupid" Johnson, the world's most GiftedlyBad inventor, who threw himself into everything from architecture to engineering with a lack of skill so overwhelming that he managed to produce works of the wrong kind of genius. One book comments that if you wanted a small surface-to-air missile, you would ask Johnson to design an ornamental fountain.
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* The TropeCodifier is Rincewind of the ''Literature/{{Discworld}}'' series. Rincewind does have many actual skills (he's something of an {{Omniglot}}, for starters; he can scream for mercy in nineteen languages, and just scream in another forty-four) and he seems to be a reasonably competent librarian (a job one would think would be ideal for someone as [[DirtyCoward risk-averse]] as Rincewind), but he dreams of being a real wizard. Unfortunately for him, he is [[ThisLoserIsYou "a natural wizard in the same way fish are natural mountaineers."]] He does have most of the traits of a wizard, including ones that are, well, magical (like seeing the Eighth Colour). The only ones he doesn't seem to have are the ability to ''do'' magic, and knowledge of when he is to die (and even ''Death'' doesn't know when Rincewind is to die, so that might not be a failure on his wizardiness per se). Usually wizards (and witches) learn when they're going to die a week or so in advance (barring accidents). But Rincewind ''assumes'' he's going to die on a daily basis, so the actual ''knowledge'' probably wouldn't register as anything different.
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** The TropeCodifier isRincewind of the ''Literature/{{Discworld}}'' series.Rincewind. Rincewind does have many actual skills (he's something of an {{Omniglot}}, for starters; he can scream for mercy in nineteen languages, and just scream in another forty-four) and he seems to be a reasonably competent librarian (a job one would think would be ideal for someone as [[DirtyCoward risk-averse]] as Rincewind), but he dreams of being a real wizard. Unfortunately for him, he is [[ThisLoserIsYou "a natural wizard in the same way fish are natural mountaineers."]] He does have most of the traits of a wizard, including ones that are, well, magical (like seeing the Eighth Colour). The only ones he doesn't seem to have are the ability to ''do'' magic, and knowledge of when he is to die (and even ''Death'' doesn't know when Rincewind is to die, so that might not be a failure on his wizardiness per se). Usually wizards (and witches) learn when they're going to die a week or so in advance (barring accidents). But Rincewind ''assumes'' he's going to die on a daily basis, so the actual ''knowledge'' probably wouldn't register as anything different.different.
** Rincewind's allies in ''Liteature/{{Sourcery}}'' are ''all'' striving for a career they have no talent for, whether in the form of nebbishy Nijel trying to learn to be a BarbarianHero from a book he bought from [[HonestJohnsDealership Cut-Me-Own-Throat Dibbler]], the Seriph of Al Khali failing constantly to produce decent poetry, or Conina, whose planned career as a hairdresser was derailed because she's Cohen the Barbarian's daughter and [[InTheBlood inherited reflexes like a snake on hot tin, sinews you could moor a boat with and - most inconveniently - a constant sense, while holding sharp objects near other people's heads, that she should be killing and/or robbing them]].
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** Rincewind's allies in ''Liteature/{{Sourcery}}'' are ''all'' striving for a career they have no talent for, whether in the form of nebbishy Nijel trying to learn to be a BarbarianHero from a book he bought from [[HonestJohnsDealership Cut-Me-Own-Throat Dibbler]], the Seriph of Al Khali failing constantly to produce decent poetry, or Conina, whose planned career as a hairdresser was derailed because she's Cohen the Barbarian's daughter and [[InTheBlood inherited reflexes like a snake on hot tin, sinews you could moor a boat with and - most inconveniently - a constant sense, while holding sharp objects near other people's heads, that she should be killing and/or robbing them]].
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* Subverted with Jemidon in ''[[Literature/MagicByTheNumbers Secret of the Sixth Magic]]'', who fails at the five established kinds of magic...because, as it turns out, he's a natural at ''meta''magic, and while he can't actually cast spells or craft magic items, he can manipulate the laws everyone ''else'' uses to do those things, making him a hard counter to the villain, who can do the same thing.
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* ''Series/TheMuppetShow'': While most of the Muppets are pretty bad at their jobs - the Swedish Chef isn't much of a cook, Kermit can't make his show a success, Sam the Eagle's attempts to make the show [[StrawmanPolitical "moral" and "cultural"]] are doomed from the start, etc - the most prominent example is Fozzie Bear, aspiring comedian, whose routines have been known to bomb so badly that even the ChirpingCrickets won't dignify them with a response. Most of the actual ''humour'' with Fozzie comes from [[SoUnfunnyItsFunny how bad he is at comedy]]. But he keeps trying.
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** Roy, one of the protagonists of ''Anime/PokemonHorizonsTheSeries'', falls into this trope. Unlike previous protagonists Ash and Goh, and even unlike his fellow protagonist Liko, Roy distinctly lacks any latent talent as a Trainer. He lacks both Ash and Liko's aptitude for thinking on their feet in battle and observing their surroundings to devise unique strategies, and although his Fuecoco has learned three moves, and he managed to come up with a combo attack between his Fuecoco and Wattrel, his battle strategy is entirely predicated on attacking head-on with no real skill or complex thinking to supplement it. Because of this, he has never won a single battle thus far, with every opponent he has ever faced quickly outsmarting him and ultimately leading to his defeat. His Fuecoco has lost twice to Liko's Sprigatito, even despite having a type advantage and a more varied moveset.
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** Roy, one of the protagonists of ''Anime/PokemonHorizonsTheSeries'', falls into this trope. Unlike He is very ambitious and dreams of becoming a great Trainer who can challenge the Pokémon of legend such as Rayquaza, but unlike previous protagonists Ash and Goh, and even unlike his fellow protagonist Liko, Roy distinctly lacks any latent talent as a Trainer. He lacks both Ash and Liko's aptitude for thinking on their feet in battle and observing their surroundings to devise unique strategies, and although his Fuecoco has learned three moves, and he managed to come up with a combo attack between his Fuecoco and Wattrel, his battle strategy is entirely predicated on attacking head-on with no real skill or complex thinking to supplement it. Because of this, he has never won a single battle thus far, with every opponent he has ever faced quickly outsmarting him and ultimately leading to his defeat. His Fuecoco has lost twice to Liko's Sprigatito, even despite having a type advantage and a more varied moveset.
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* Melvin from the ''Anime/PokemonTheOriginalSeries'' episode "[[Recap/PokemonS1E43TheMarchOfTheExeggutorSquad The March of the Exeggutor Squad]]". He wanted to create a stage show big enough to make it to Las Vegas ("Broadway" in the original[[note]]Which is an even more impossible dream, 99% of Broadway shows are stage plays and musicals[[/note]]). But his show turned out to be boring with a capital "B." He also appeared to be rather dim (it never occurs to him to use his Exeggcute's hypnotic powers as the basis of a show in itself). At episode's end, it looks like he's simply going to try his show again, rather than try something new.
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** Melvin from the ''Anime/PokemonTheOriginalSeries'' episode "[[Recap/PokemonS1E43TheMarchOfTheExeggutorSquad The March of the Exeggutor Squad]]". He wanted to create a stage show big enough to make it to Las Vegas ("Broadway" in the original[[note]]Which is an even more impossible dream, 99% of Broadway shows are stage plays and musicals[[/note]]). But his show turned out to be boring with a capital "B." He also appeared to be rather dim (it never occurs to him to use his Exeggcute's hypnotic powers as the basis of a show in itself). At episode's end, it looks like he's simply going to try his show again, rather than try somethingnew.new.
** Roy, one of the protagonists of ''Anime/PokemonHorizonsTheSeries'', falls into this trope. Unlike previous protagonists Ash and Goh, and even unlike his fellow protagonist Liko, Roy distinctly lacks any latent talent as a Trainer. He lacks both Ash and Liko's aptitude for thinking on their feet in battle and observing their surroundings to devise unique strategies, and although his Fuecoco has learned three moves, and he managed to come up with a combo attack between his Fuecoco and Wattrel, his battle strategy is entirely predicated on attacking head-on with no real skill or complex thinking to supplement it. Because of this, he has never won a single battle thus far, with every opponent he has ever faced quickly outsmarting him and ultimately leading to his defeat. His Fuecoco has lost twice to Liko's Sprigatito, even despite having a type advantage and a more varied moveset.
** Melvin from the ''Anime/PokemonTheOriginalSeries'' episode "[[Recap/PokemonS1E43TheMarchOfTheExeggutorSquad The March of the Exeggutor Squad]]". He wanted to create a stage show big enough to make it to Las Vegas ("Broadway" in the original[[note]]Which is an even more impossible dream, 99% of Broadway shows are stage plays and musicals[[/note]]). But his show turned out to be boring with a capital "B." He also appeared to be rather dim (it never occurs to him to use his Exeggcute's hypnotic powers as the basis of a show in itself). At episode's end, it looks like he's simply going to try his show again, rather than try something
** Roy, one of the protagonists of ''Anime/PokemonHorizonsTheSeries'', falls into this trope. Unlike previous protagonists Ash and Goh, and even unlike his fellow protagonist Liko, Roy distinctly lacks any latent talent as a Trainer. He lacks both Ash and Liko's aptitude for thinking on their feet in battle and observing their surroundings to devise unique strategies, and although his Fuecoco has learned three moves, and he managed to come up with a combo attack between his Fuecoco and Wattrel, his battle strategy is entirely predicated on attacking head-on with no real skill or complex thinking to supplement it. Because of this, he has never won a single battle thus far, with every opponent he has ever faced quickly outsmarting him and ultimately leading to his defeat. His Fuecoco has lost twice to Liko's Sprigatito, even despite having a type advantage and a more varied moveset.
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* The original Jester, an archenemy of Comicbook/{{Daredevil}}, dreamed of being a major Shakespearean actor and trained himself in everything from acrobatics to boxing to swordplay to try and improve his chances. Unfortunately, his fixed belief in his (non-existent) acting talent led him to ignore the one kind of training he actually needed - namely, ''acting lessons''. He was such a bad actor that the only work he could get was as the pie-in-the-face guy for a two-bit comedian, and eventually he became so embittered he decided to take the skills he was actually good at and became a costumed criminal.
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* The Jonathan Powers, aka the original Jester, [[https://marvel.fandom.com/wiki/Jonathan_Powers_(Earth-616)?so=search Jester]], an archenemy of Comicbook/{{Daredevil}}, Comicbook/{{Daredevil}}. He dreamed of being a major Shakespearean actor and trained himself in everything from acrobatics to boxing to swordplay to try and improve his chances. Unfortunately, his fixed belief in his (non-existent) acting talent led him to ignore the one kind of training he actually needed - namely, ''acting lessons''. He was such a bad actor that the only work he could get was as the pie-in-the-face guy for a two-bit comedian, and eventually he became so embittered he decided to take the skills he was actually good at and became a costumed criminal.
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* In ''ComicBook/UntoldTalesOfSpiderMan'', Peter Parker had to deal with an unwanted fangirl in the form of Sally Avril, who was inspired by Spider-Man to try and become a costumed heroine herself. Unfortunately, not only did she not have the right motivation (she was little more than an adrenaline junkie rather than wanting to fight crime for the good of others), she didn't have any powers, and wasn't even good enough to be a BadassNormal; she was a slightly above-average athletic teenager with a smart friend who wasn't intelligent enough to be a GadgeteerGenius making her gear. As a result, her equipment was almost useless, her combat skills laughable, and Peter let her get her ass kicked by a villain just so she'd understand how outclassed she was. To be fair, this did make her give up the mask... only to die in a car crash while trying to emulate Peter's other job of taking photos of superhero fights, just so she could keep getting the same rush.
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* In ''ComicBook/UntoldTalesOfSpiderMan'', Peter Parker had to deal with an unwanted fangirl in the form of [[https://marvel.fandom.com/wiki/Sally_Avril_(Earth-616) Sally Avril, Avril/Bluebird]], who was inspired by Spider-Man to try and become a costumed heroine herself. Unfortunately, not only did she not have the right motivation (she was little more than an adrenaline junkie rather than instead of wanting to fight crime for the good of others), but she didn't have any powers, also had no superpowers, and wasn't even good a capable enough combatant to be a BadassNormal; she was a slightly above-average athletic teenager with a smart friend who wasn't intelligent enough to be a GadgeteerGenius making her gear. As a result, her equipment was almost useless, her combat skills laughable, and Peter let her get her ass kicked by a villain just so she'd understand how outclassed she was. To be fair, this did make her give up the mask... only to die in a car crash while trying to emulate Peter's other job of taking photos of superhero fights, just so she could keep getting the same rush.
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* Barry Goldberg from ''Series/TheGoldbergs'' has far more confidence than skill. He thinks of himself as a great athlete and a martial arts master, but is actually an uncoordinated [[TheKlutz klutz]]. He has aspirations of being a rapper, but [[PissTakeRap his rhyming skills are adequate at best]], and he can't freestyle to save his life. About the only thing going for him is that, whenever he does apply himself, [[{{Determinator}} he goes at it with everything he's got and won't let anyone stop him.]] In the end, he finally succeeds at medicine and eventually becomes a doctor.
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* Joxer of ''Series/XenaWarriorPrincess'' wanted two things: To be a great heroic warrior and Gabrielle's heart. [[ButtMonkey He never got either.]]
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* ''Series/XenaWarriorPrincess'': Joxer ([[WhiteSheep who comes from a long line of ''Series/XenaWarriorPrincess'' warlords and mercenaries]]) wanted two things: To be a great heroic warrior and Gabrielle's heart. [[ButtMonkey He never got either.]]
