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** People realise how powerful and capable Invictor is, and as a result they pawn off any jobs that might be too dangerous for normal people. This results in Invictor having much less free time, less rest and feeling obligated to help everyone even when he shouldn't, leading to HeroicFatigue or mental problems.
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** Invictor is about to defeat [[TheDarkChick Icegirl]]...only for Faye to snipe him in the head.

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** Invictor is about to defeat [[TheDarkChick Icegirl]]...Icegirl... only for Faye to snipe him in the head.

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* '''Played For Drama''': It's LonelyAtTheTop.

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* '''Played For Drama''': Drama''':
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** While Invictor may always come out on top, it's always a PyrrhicVictory for him.

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** Invictor is unstoppable, but he also outsources his moral to his superior, and he [[LackOfEmpathy kills the villains unceremoniously without any remorse]] even if they have [[AntiVillain sympathetic backstories]], making him difficult to be rooted for.

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** Invictor is unstoppable, but he also outsources his moral morals to his superior, and he [[LackOfEmpathy kills the villains unceremoniously without any remorse]] even if they have [[AntiVillain sympathetic backstories]], making him difficult to be rooted for.


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** Invictor is so used to victory that when he is finally faced with someone able to beat him, he cracks due to not having developed an ability to handle failure.
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** Invictor never loses, but this doesn't kill dramatic tension and instead creates new dramatic tension of how he will win.
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** Invictor can and has been overpowered in fights with a strong enough opponent, but he'll bounce back to win during the fight itself or in the invitable rematch since [[TheBattleDidntCount the first fight didn't count]].
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** Invictor realities that there is no more entertainment to be found in fighting, and thus starts on other pursuits in order to amuse himself. The plot shifts from the battle between good and evil to [[VictoryIsBoring a quest to find the one activity that Invictor can actually lose at.]]

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** Invictor realities realizes that there is no more entertainment to be found in fighting, and thus starts on other pursuits in order to amuse himself. The plot shifts from the battle between good and evil to [[VictoryIsBoring a quest to find the one activity that Invictor can actually lose at.]]
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** Invictor is about to defeat [[TheDarkChick Icegirl]]...only for Faye to snipe him in the head.
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** Because Invictor is so unbeatable, his usual enemies go through TrainingFromHell to catch up and become far more threatening and effective than they'd been before he showed up, to the point that no one BUT Invictor can possibly stop them.

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** Because Invictor is so unbeatable, his usual enemies go Baron Unbearable goes through TrainingFromHell to catch up and become becomes far more threatening and effective than they'd been he was before he showed up, faced Invictor, to the point that now, no one BUT Invictor can possibly stop them.even stand a chance against him.
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** Because Invictor is so unbeatable, his usual enemies go through TrainingFromHell to catch up and become far more threatening and effective than they'd been before he showed up, to the point that no one BUT Invictor can possibly stop them.
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** Invictor is unstoppable, but he also outsources his moral to his superior, and he [[LackOfEmpathy kills the villains unceremoniously without any remorse]] even if they have [[AntiVillain sympathetic backstories]], making him difficult to be rooted for.
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* '''Subverted''': Invictor seems poised to defeat Baron Unbearable when his {{Pride}} causes his defeat.

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Invictor seems poised to defeat Baron Unbearable when his {{Pride}} causes his defeat.
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* '''Inverted''': Invictor is an ''entertaining'' FailureHero, who, despite his constant defeats, keeps the audience engaged.

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* '''Inverted''': '''Inverted''':
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Invictor is an ''entertaining'' FailureHero, who, despite his constant defeats, keeps the audience engaged.

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* '''Reconstructed''': Refusing to give up, Invictor fights harder to protect his allies. Eventually, his allies become invincible in their own right and the bad guys are defeated.
** Invictor realities that there is no more entertainment to be found in fighting, and thus starts on other purists in order to amuse himself. The plot shifts from the battle between good and evil to [[VictoryIsBoring a quest to find the one activity that Invictor can actually loose at.]]

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Refusing to give up, Invictor fights harder to protect his allies. Eventually, his allies become invincible in their own right and the bad guys are defeated.
** Invictor realities that there is no more entertainment to be found in fighting, and thus starts on other purists pursuits in order to amuse himself. The plot shifts from the battle between good and evil to [[VictoryIsBoring a quest to find the one activity that Invictor can actually loose lose at.]]

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** Invictor realities that there is no more entertainment to be found in fighting, and thus starts on other purists in order to amuse himself.
The plot shifts from the battle between good and evil to [[VictoryIsBoring a quest to find the one activity that Invictor can actually loose at.]]

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** Invictor realities that there is no more entertainment to be found in fighting, and thus starts on other purists in order to amuse himself.
himself. The plot shifts from the battle between good and evil to [[VictoryIsBoring a quest to find the one activity that Invictor can actually loose at.]]
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** Invictor realities that there is no more entertainment to be found in fighting, and thus starts on other purists in order to amuse himself.
The plot shifts from the battle between good and evil to [[VictoryIsBoring a quest to find the one activity that Invictor can actually loose at.]]


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** Invictor is so sure of his victory that [[ReluctantWarrior he treats fighting supervillains as a boring chore,]] rather than as a desperate battle between good and evil.

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* '''Deconstructed''': Sure, Invictor never loses, but the same can't be said about ''everyone else'' on his team or side. Against enemies with such massive resources that they can afford to win through attrition, Invictor's allies begin to defect fearing for their lives.

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Sure, Invictor never loses, but the same can't be said about ''everyone else'' on his team or side. Against enemies with such massive resources that they can afford to win through attrition, Invictor's allies begin to defect fearing for their lives.



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** With no one able to truly challenge Invictor, he himself gets bored of fighting ''anyone''.
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* '''Exaggerated''': Five minutes into the episode as [[BearsAreBadNews Baron Unbearable]] is wrapping up explaining his evil plot to his henchmen, Invictor casually steps in having foiled his EvilPlan.

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* '''Exaggerated''': Five minutes into the episode episode, as [[BearsAreBadNews Baron Unbearable]] is wrapping up explaining his evil plot to his henchmen, Invictor casually steps in in, having already foiled his EvilPlan.



* '''Inverted''': Invictor is an ''entertaining'' FailureHero, who despite his constant defeats keeps the audience engaged.

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* '''Inverted''': Invictor is an ''entertaining'' FailureHero, who who, despite his constant defeats defeats, keeps the audience engaged.
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* '''Reconstructed''': The sheer ease of his victories starts to affect Invictor psychologically. He begins to suffer a god complex, or begins to hallucinate he's in a coma playing out a fantasy world.

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* '''Reconstructed''': The sheer ease of his victories starts Refusing to affect give up, Invictor psychologically. He begins fights harder to suffer a god complex, or begins to hallucinate he's protect his allies. Eventually, his allies become invincible in a coma playing out a fantasy world.their own right and the bad guys are defeated.

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* '''Played For Laughs''': Invictor is actually BlessedWithSuck: no one wants him to play in team sports because he's considered an unfair advantage, he's not allowed within 100 KM of Las Vegas, and people find him insufferable and avoid him because he always wins arguments.

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Invictor is actually BlessedWithSuck: no one wants him to play in team sports because he's considered an unfair advantage, he's not allowed within 100 KM of Las Vegas, and people find him insufferable and avoid him because he always wins arguments.arguments.
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* '''Played For Laughs''': Invictor is actually BlessedWithSuck: no one wants him to play in team sports because he's considered an unfair advantage, he's not allowed with 100 KM of Las Vegas, and people find him insufferable and avoid him because he always wins arguments.

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* '''Played For Laughs''': Invictor is actually BlessedWithSuck: no one wants him to play in team sports because he's considered an unfair advantage, he's not allowed with within 100 KM of Las Vegas, and people find him insufferable and avoid him because he always wins arguments.



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** Invictor is never depicted losing a fight, but he's in a SliceOfLife show where winning and losing don't really affect the plot since there isn't much of one in the first place.

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** Invictor is never depicted losing a fight, losing, but he's in a SliceOfLife show where winning and losing don't really affect the plot since there isn't much of one in the first place.

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* '''Downplayed''': Invictor wins on average more than the bad guys, but if he ever relaxes he may lose badly.

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Invictor wins on average more than the bad guys, but if he ever relaxes he may lose badly.badly.
** Invictor is never depicted losing a fight, but he's in a SliceOfLife show where winning and losing don't really affect the plot since there isn't much of one in the first place.
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* '''Exploited''': Baron Unbearable creates XanatosGambits that succeed based on Invictor never losing.

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* '''Exploited''': Baron Unbearable creates XanatosGambits {{Xanatos Gambit}}s that succeed based on Invictor never losing.



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* '''Deconstructed''': The story is told from the SympatheticPOV of one of Invictor's rivals (not even really a villain) who sees the utopic world of Invictor as a CrapsacharineWorld.

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* '''Deconstructed''': The story is told from Sure, Invictor never loses, but the SympatheticPOV of one of same can't be said about ''everyone else'' on his team or side. Against enemies with such massive resources that they can afford to win through attrition, Invictor's rivals (not even really a villain) who sees the utopic world of Invictor as a CrapsacharineWorld.allies begin to defect fearing for their lives.



* '''Played For Drama''': ItsLonelyAtTheTop.

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* '''Played For Drama''': ItsLonelyAtTheTop.It's LonelyAtTheTop.

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'''Basic Trope''': Hero who never loses, and thereby kills dramatic tension.
* '''Straight''': Invictor never loses any of the fights he's in, his {{Batman Gambit}}s [[GambitPileup always come out on top]], and he never suffers significant setbacks.
* '''Exaggerated''': Five minutes into the episode as [[BearsAreBadNews Baron Unbearable]] is wrapping up explaining his evil plot to his henchmen, Invictor casually steps in having foiled his EvilPlan.
* '''Downplayed''': Invictor wins on average more than the bad guys, but if he ever relaxes he may lose badly.
* '''Justified''': Invictor just makes it ''seem'' this way to goad enemies into being careless, he actually plans incredibly carefully and employs dozens of clever and resourceful people to prop up his "invincible one man act" persona.
* '''Inverted''': Invictor is an ''entertaining'' FailureHero, who despite his constant defeats keeps the audience engaged.
* '''Subverted''': Invictor seems poised to defeat Baron Unbearable when his {{Pride}} causes his defeat.
* '''Double Subverted''': ... only for it to be a clever ploy to get Baron Unbearable to reveal his EvilPlan.
* '''Parodied''': The world Invictor lives in is a sanitized SugarBowl with no villains and only mild interpersonal disagreements as the worst conflicts. Invictor is utterly desperate to find something, ''anything'' to beat in this happy world where no victory is even possible because of a lack of conflict.
* '''Zig Zagged''': His might and intellect makes Invictor unbeatable, except he pays the newspapers to hide his defeats, but even ''that'' is actually a clever cover story to hide his inhuman perfection.
* '''Averted''': Invictor wins some and loses some.
* '''Enforced''': EvilOnlyHasToWinOnce, plus the MoralGuardians wouldn't allow any kind of even temporary defeat.
* '''Lampshaded''': [[DullSurprise "Oh no.]] Baron Unbearable has let loose his miniature killer bears. Invictor can't possible defeat them for the 27th time in a row."
* '''Invoked''': Invictor wants to psych out enemies, so he pays a publicist and hires jobber villains to lose to him.
* '''Exploited''': Baron Unbearable creates XanatosGambits that succeed based on Invictor never losing.
* '''Defied''': The author is well aware that, though he wants a happy ending and not to hurt his characters, avoiding all loss will make the story worse. So he lets Invictor lose-- and painfully-- at key points.
* '''Discussed''': "Oh great, Invictor just arrived. Might as well just surrender and save ourselves the embarrassment."
* '''Conversed''': "Why would anyone watch a show that basically boils down to 'watch this guy solve everything without even a hint of risk'?"
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* '''Implied:''': Banter between Invictor and Baron Unbearable suggests they actually arrange their fights ahead of time with the same outcome (Unbearable losing) as a sort of superheroics game.
* '''Deconstructed''': The story is told from the SympatheticPOV of one of Invictor's rivals (not even really a villain) who sees the utopic world of Invictor as a CrapsacharineWorld.
* '''Reconstructed''': The sheer ease of his victories starts to affect Invictor psychologically. He begins to suffer a god complex, or begins to hallucinate he's in a coma playing out a fantasy world.
* '''Plotted A Good Waste''': The reason Invictor never loses is because in a world of stark absolute BlackAndWhiteMorality where EvilOnlyHasToWinOnce, there can be no champion other than Invictor; where it so the world would long ago have been destroyed. The characters use a device that can look into {{Alternate Universe}}s and see they are the only one in one trillion universes to not be a barren wasteleand ''precisely'' because Invictor keeps winning.
* '''Played For Laughs''': Invictor is actually BlessedWithSuck: no one wants him to play in team sports because he's considered an unfair advantage, he's not allowed with 100 KM of Las Vegas, and people find him insufferable and avoid him because he always wins arguments.
* '''Played For Drama''': ItsLonelyAtTheTop.

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