Basic Trope: A purple colored or affiliated person or thing is more formidable then those that are not.
- Straight: Captain Purple Pants wears purple, and is one of, if not, the most powerful characters.
- Exaggerated: Captain Purple Pants is a Reality Warper, Physical God, The Omnipotent,
God-Mode Sue, or likewise overpowered. - Downplayed: Captain Purple Pants is powerful, but not such that others can overpower them without too much effort.
- Justified: Captain Purple Pants lives in a universe where colors are valid determinants of strength. Red characters go faster, gold characters have greater durability and purple characters are more powerful and/or have the innate ability to cow their enemies through fear.
- Inverted: Captain Purple Pants wears purple, but is one of, if not, the least powerful characters.
- Subverted:
- Captain Purple Pants is subjected to The Worf Effect.
- Captain Purple Pants lied about and/or exaggerated their claimed power.
- Double Subverted:
- Captain Purple Pants was holding back or handicapped in that moment.
- Captain Purple Pants manages to live up to their claimed power at key moments or through training.
- Parodied:
- Captain Purple Pants loses power if they get coated or stained with non-purple substances.
- Captain Purple Pants is powerless against foes that are blind or colorblind to purple.
- Faye, who has no powers, accidentally stains her shirt purple and immediately becomes God.
- Zig Zagged: Captain Purple Pants is as Strong as They Need to Be, or their power varies Depending on the Writer.
- Averted: Captain Purple Pants is no more powerful then anyone else.
- Enforced: ???
- Lampshaded: "Purple equals power I get it. But why Purple?"
- Invoked: Captain Purple Pants states that he deliberately chose his name and theme in order to be extremely powerful.
- Exploited: Captain Purple Pants deliberately chose his name and theme to make them seem more powerful.
- Defied: ???
- Discussed: ???
- Conversed: ???
- Deconstructed:
- Captain Purple Pants is a Broken Ace due to the stress of living up to the power expected of a purple character.
- Captain Purple Pants is continually threatened because their purple coloring singles them out to those who would challenge them.
- Reconstructed:
- Captain Purple Pants becomes The Ace because their power lets them win so quickly they have time for dealing with mental issues and a rewarding personal life.
- Captain Purple Pants get stronger by beating those who challenge them, to the point they are left to be.
- Played For Laughs: Captain Purple Pants' posses the ability to turn anything that's colored purple into a powerful weapon. However, he uses his power on things such as banana cream pies and whoopie cushions.
- Played For Drama: Captain Purple Pants' sheer, vicious power terrifies their foes such that purple coloring becomes widely used for its demoralizing effect on them.
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