Basic Trope: A character wins an arm wrestling match very easily.
- Straight: Andy and Bob agree to an arm wrestling match. Andy is much stronger than Bob and handily defeats him in 5 seconds.
- Exaggerated:
- Andy takes half a second to slam Bob's wrist through the table.
- Andy not only easily defeats Bob in the arm wrestling match, but breaks Bob's arm or even rips it off entirely.
- Downplayed: Andy takes 15 seconds to work his way towards getting Bob's arm down.
- Justified:
- Andy is much more experienced than Bob in arm wrestling.
- Bob hastily challenges Andy without thinking.
- Bob is drunk or distracted.
- Subverted: Andy seems like he'll defeat Bob, but Bob bounces back and leans Andy's arm back towards his side.
- Double Subverted: ...only for Andy to respond with even more strength and quickly defeat Bob.
- Parodied: ???
- Zig-Zagged: ???
- Averted: There is no arm wrestling.
- Enforced: The producers included it as it establishes Andy as a Pint-Sized Powerhouse without having to resort to prone-to-fail Special Effects.
- Lampshaded: ???
- Invoked: Muscular Dystrophy patient Andy's parents asked Make-A-Wish to let their son win at arm wrestling.
- Exploited: ???
- Defied: Bob refuses to have an arm wrestling match with Andy, aware that Andy is much stronger.
- Discussed: ???
- Conversed: ???
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