Nothing "All Powerful" or "Bystander" about him: All Powerful Bystander

Perhaps the Monitors would work better.

Caption: We should do something! Should we do something?

This? (although it might work as a page quote)

edited 14th Jan '11 11:44:00 PM by Raso

Yeah, the picture there does nothing and the quote itself doesn't really show the trope out of context. There's nothing really bystander about it.

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edited 14th Jan '11 11:51:02 PM by Servbot

Everything I think of is just a JAFAAC or would work as a quote...

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edited 14th Jan '11 11:54:48 PM by Raso

I like Servbot's one.

The Watcher truly epitomizes the trope. I think there are better panels for him, though. He's always nattering on about how even given his nigh-unlimited power, he doth be powerless to interfere, and such.

• Here's a good example◊, though I fear his verbiage might be hard to read at 330 pixels.
• In a similar vein, the last panel◊ of this page.

edited 15th Jan '11 9:45:33 AM by suedenim

Linkara went into a pretty good rant over one of his recent comic book reviews that involved the Watcher and Spider Man... mostly about how super powerful he is and how he has to remind everyone every 5 seconds that he can't get involved with anything... The other being that the Watcher quite blatantly gets involved by interfering with Spider Man by giving him a MacGuffin device.

I'd say he's the best example to use. Now just to find a suitable picture where he's monologuing about how powerful he is.

edited 15th Jan '11 9:48:33 AM by DRCEQ

I like the Evangeline one...

The bald dude from Fringe, maybe?

Bump...Servbot's pic is about the best we've got in terms of comparing text legibility to pic size.

I like Servbot's.

I still like it as well...run with it or do a crowner?

Crowner's up. Vote away!

Bump for votes...Watcher #1's the only one in the green right now.

Aaaand we're done. The new pic is up, potholed, and tagged...caption or no?

I thought of a caption that'll work pretty well for this one. Locking up.