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IronAnimation
Since: Jan, 2012
25th Dec, 2023 09:00:12 PM
Action Survivor + Invincible Incompetent + Mistaken for Badass
Also just Action Hero, subverted.
Edited by IronAnimation
BeerBaron
Since: Mar, 2012
26th Dec, 2023 05:05:30 AM
Wax On, Wax Off for the "...because his skills or lifestyle coincidentally helped him out" part.
Mac_R
(Experienced, Not Yet Jaded)
26th Dec, 2023 07:51:10 AM
Mistaken for Badass is the one I wanted.
The apocalypse happens, and one of the survivors is a rugged Bad Ass that probably survived thanks to his special ops skills or bloodthirsty criminal lifestyle. Except it's later revealed, to the other characters or the audience, that he was actually a harmless average person who survived thanks to dumb luck, or because his skills or lifestyle coincidentally helped him out.
The idea isn't so much that the character isn't skilled in the story, but the contrast between the present version of the guy and the Nerd Behind The Mask he used to be.