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* LargeHam: "''I'm gonna crucify him! '''Real bad.'''''"
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* CaptainErsatz: Of Rocky Marciano, with some Joe Frazier and Chuck Wepner.

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* CaptainErsatz: Of Half Rocky Marciano, with some half Joe Frazier Frazier, and inspired by a Chuck Wepner.Wepner fight.
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* FightingDirty: Against Tommy, and when Spider Rico pushes him into UnstoppableRage at the start of the first movie. Most seem to forget that Rocky isn't just a trained champion boxer...he was a former enforcer and knows how to throw down a street fight.

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* FightingDirty: Against Tommy, and when Spider Rico pushes him into UnstoppableRage at the start of the first movie. Most seem to forget that Rocky isn't just a trained champion boxer... he was a former enforcer and knows how to throw down in a street fight.



* GeniusBruiser: During the fight with Clubber Lang, Rocky uncovers his weakness (ie: he burns out quick) and gets him to throw everything at him in the first round by taunting him excessively. It works rather well to his advantage and is the shortest fight in all the films, closing out in about 3 rounds.

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* GeniusBruiser: During the fight with Clubber Lang, Rocky uncovers his weakness (ie: (i.e. he burns out quick) and gets him to throw everything at him in the first round by taunting him excessively. It works rather well to his advantage and is the shortest fight in all the films, closing out in about 3 three rounds.



* GoodHairEvilHair: A mohawk.

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* GoodHairEvilHair: A mohawk.Mohawk.
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* BadassMustache



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* JerkAss --> JerkWithAHeartOfGoldJerkWithAHeartOfGold: Cocky and arrogant, but underneath it all he's not really a bad guy.
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** That last one (The Master of Disaster)deserves extra credit...the man who inspired the character's creation; Ali himself noted that that was something he should've used in his heyday.

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** That last one (The Master of Disaster)deserves extra credit... the man who inspired the character's creation; Ali himself noted that that was something he should've used in his heyday.
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** That last one (The Master of Disaster)deserves extra credit...the man who inspired the character's creation; Ali himself noted that that was something he should've used in his heyday.
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* {{Determinator}}{{Determinator}}: As seen in the numerous examples below, this is practically the core of his entire style - he might not be the strongest offensively, but he can take infinitely more punishment that seems humanly possible which lets him ride out fights up to the double digit rounds that most of his opponents have never needed to go into.



* FightingDirty: Against Tommy, and when Spider Rico pushes him into UnstoppableRage at the start of the first movie.

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* FightingDirty: Against Tommy, and when Spider Rico pushes him into UnstoppableRage at the start of the first movie. Most seem to forget that Rocky isn't just a trained champion boxer...he was a former enforcer and knows how to throw down a street fight.
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* GoodHairEvilHair: A mohawk.
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**Drago said it best:
-->"He's not human. He's like a piece of iron."
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* CaptainErsatz: Of Rocky Marciano, with some Joe Frazier.

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* CaptainErsatz: Of Rocky Marciano, with some Joe Frazier.Frazier and Chuck Wepner.
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** By the time of ''Rocky Balboa'', he's become a BadassGrandpa.
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* DeadpanSnarker
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* RagsToRiches: Takes this trope on a roller coaster ride. In I, it's rags. He does better for awhile in part II, but quickly goes through the money from fighting Apollo and doesn't catch on doing other things. After winning the rematch with Apollo, he's solidly rich through III and IV. V sees him going back to rags, and by the 6th movie he seems to have found a happy medium.

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* RagsToRiches: Takes this trope on a roller coaster ride. In I, it's rags. He does better for awhile in part II, but quickly goes through the money from fighting Apollo and doesn't catch on doing other things. After winning the rematch with Apollo, he's solidly rich through III and IV. V sees him going back to rags, and by the 6th movie he seems to have found a happy medium.medium, making a decent living as a successful restaurateur.
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** YMMV. Depending on how bad his mood is, he swings between this and ShipperOnDeck.
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* RagsToRiches: From I - III and then he' back to rags again.

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* RagsToRiches: From I - Takes this trope on a roller coaster ride. In I, it's rags. He does better for awhile in part II, but quickly goes through the money from fighting Apollo and doesn't catch on doing other things. After winning the rematch with Apollo, he's solidly rich through III and then he' IV. V sees him going back to rags again.rags, and by the 6th movie he seems to have found a happy medium.
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* FromRagsToRiches: From I - III and then he' back to rags again.

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* FromRagsToRiches: RagsToRiches: From I - III and then he' back to rags again.
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* FromRagsToRiches: From I - III and then he' back to rags again.


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* MadeOfIron: How else do you describe a guy who goes for 15 rounds with a World Champion and still comes out strong?
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* GeniusBruiser: During the fight with Clubber Lang, Rocky uncovers his weakness (ie: he burns out quick) and gets him to throw everything at him in the first round by taunting him excessively. It works rather well to his advantage and is the shortest fight in all the films, closing out in about 3 rounds,

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* GeniusBruiser: During the fight with Clubber Lang, Rocky uncovers his weakness (ie: he burns out quick) and gets him to throw everything at him in the first round by taunting him excessively. It works rather well to his advantage and is the shortest fight in all the films, closing out in about 3 rounds,rounds.

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* BookDumbBookDumb: Although by the end of II he's writing poetry for a comatose Adrian and by III he's clearly come far in his acting ability, as is evidenced by the many successful commercials he appears in.


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* GeniusBruiser: During the fight with Clubber Lang, Rocky uncovers his weakness (ie: he burns out quick) and gets him to throw everything at him in the first round by taunting him excessively. It works rather well to his advantage and is the shortest fight in all the films, closing out in about 3 rounds,

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* UltimateShowdownOfUltimateDestiny: What prompts his fight with Rocky
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* BookDumb


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* HeterosexualLifePartners: With Rocky.


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* CatchPhrase: "I don't sweat you!"
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* [[spoiler: KilledOffForReal]]
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* RedBaron: "The King of Sting, the Duke of Destruction, the [[TheCountOfMonteCristo Count of Monte]] [[IncrediblyLamePun Fisto]], the Master of Disaster, the One, the Only... Apollo Creed!"

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* RedBaron: "The King of Sting, the Duke Doctor of Destruction, the [[TheCountOfMonteCristo Count of Monte]] [[IncrediblyLamePun Fisto]], the Master of Disaster, the One, the Only... Apollo Creed!"

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