Basic trope: When the receiver of a Curb-Stomp Battle makes one small victory.
- Straight: Bob, after being curbstomped by General Drake, is able to pull out his strongest attack, which damages Drake.
- Exaggerated: Bob, after being shown to be no match for Drake, kills him with his strongest attack.
- Downplayed:
- Drake is only caught off guard from the attack and is stunned for a moment.
- The fight is more evenly matched.
- Justified:
- Drake wasn’t taking the fight seriously, so the attack did more damage then it would normally.
- Bob put all his power into the attack, possibly risking his life in it.
- Inverted: The attack does nothing to Drake.
- Subverted: ???
- Double Subverted: ???
- Parodied: ???
- Zig-Zagged: ???
- Averted:
- General Drake curbstomps Bob.
- The fight between General Drake and Bob is mostly twenty minutes of Bob being flung around like a rag doll and forced to bleed a lot, but Bob still beats Drake.
- Enforced: ???
- Lampshaded: "General Drake's not so invincible after all.".
- Invoked: Bob knows he's no match for General Drake but vows to put up a good fight against him to buy time for the other heroes.
- Exploited: ???
- Defied: ???
- Discussed: ???
- Conversed: ???
