Basic Trope: A fearless character charges an overpowering enemy even without an appropriate weapon.
- Straight: Bob, out of ammunition, charges a dragon with a pocket knife.
- Exaggerated: Bob charges an Eldritch Abomination with a pop gun.
- Downplayed: Bob charges a bear with a pocket knife.
- Justified:
- Bob has to buy time for his True Companions to finish their plan, so he has to use whatever he has to keep the threat distracted.
- Bob is actually badass enough to fight a dragon with just a pocket knife.
- Bob is cornered with no avenue of retreat and decides he's going down with his hands around the dragon's throat.
- Inverted: Bob charges a bear with several high-powered automatic guns, a flame-thrower, and a machete.
- Subverted:
- Bob charges a dragon with a pocket knife...which can be transformed into a powerful, super-durable huge war machine.
- Bob only has the pocket knife to feint for his energy attack.
- Double Subverted: ???
- Parodied: Bob charges a city sized Blob Monster with a mop - it doesn't even notice.
- Zig Zagged: ???
- Averted: Bob never gets into fights with inappropriate weaponry.
- Enforced: The authors want Bob to look cool, so they have him attack a powerful enemy with inadequate weaponry while screaming a war cry.
- Lampshaded: ???
- Invoked: Dracone, The Mole, steals Bob's best weapons so he'll be forced to go into battle underequipped.
- Exploited: ???
- Defied: Bob always checks what enemies are located in what region and brings appropriate weaponry, including plenty of spares, wherever he goes.
- Discussed: ???
- Conversed: ???
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