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Yes, thanks, it pretty much fits, though as described is super specific, often it's more than just one man. Specially in the cases i remember. Basically the trope is the same, but instead of a single man is a small task force. I don't know why the trope is so narrow to include exactly on person, when it's common to include several people, but still too small group given the level of the threat.
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It seems to be related to One Riot, One Ranger EDIT: blasted, someone ninja'ed me.
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Conservation of Ninjutsu can also be applied.
There is a City level threat, national level threat or even Earth level threat. The powers that be (goverment, military, head of the mercenary) send a small group to deal with the threat. Even if the most logical sense would be to send a full army.
Examples:
Movies: Suicide squad, if girls with baseball bats are effective, send 100k of them.. and just a few dozens apache helicopters for supports
Anime: Ajin. They create an elite group of say 30 people to stop a mayor national threat, why not send 30k?
Television: Blacklist often comes to stop city level threats...and they send a few guys with handguns.
Games: In Xcom, they expect a 30/40 guys to stop an alien threat. Why not use 40k? AT LEAST?
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