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* In an episode from ''WesternAnimation/{{The Smurfs|1981}}'', Clockwork Smurf becomes the proverbial David to the Goliath that is Gargamel and Balthazar's wrecking machine giant that they use against King Gerard's castle. Clockwork attempts to fell this machine giant with just a rock and sling. It bounces off the machine with no effect. The two wizards use the machine to pound Clockwork to a pulp. Fortunately, Bigmouth the ogre, whom Clockwork befriended in the episode, comes and picks up the machine giant, tosses it, and destroys it in one throw, sending Gargamel and Balthazar swimming away in fear.
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* Happens all the time in ''Series/DoctorWho,'' with the Doctor (a lone MartialPacifist who DoesntLikeGuns, with almost no powers beyond SuperIntelligence and ResurrectiveImmortality) against armies and empires. Result? Almost every time, the Doctor wins.
-->'''Dalek 1:''' [[AC:But you have no weapons! No defenses! No ''plan''!]]
-->'''The Doctor:''' Yeah! And doesn't that scare you to death?
* Season 3 of ''Series/TheExpanse'' has the former MCRN light frigate ''Pinus Contorta'' (formerly the ''Rocinante'') engage an unnamed UNN ''Leonidas''-class battleship. While MCRN ships are typically better than their UNN counterparts, it's still a fight between a frigate and a battleship -- completely different weight classes. Through some ingenious maneuvering and novel use of torpedoes, the ''Contorta'' is able to outmaneuver and disable the larger warship.
* ''Series/GameOfThrones'':
** Pretty much every fight the Mountain gets in is one of these ([[Creator/HafthorJuliusBjornsson the actor]] is a multiple-time WorldsStrongestMan, the book version is medically speaking a giant at eight feet tall). While he does messily destroy Oberyn Martell (a FragileSpeedster), it was a MutualKill that ended in [[spoiler:his returning as an even stronger TechnicallyLivingZombie]], and ruling out anyone relying on TrialByCombat to overturn Cersei's decisions. As of the final season [[spoiler:he gets into another such fight with his brother Sandor, who ends up dropping the both of them hundreds of feet into a burning city.]]
** Lampshaded and averted when Littlefinger gives his backstory, in which he fought a duel for the hand of the woman he loved. Unfortunately, Littlefinger lost out to the betrothed of the woman he loved, and he realises [[ManipulativeBastard he's got to play things his way]].
-->"So I challenged him to a duel. I mean why not -- I'd read all the stories. The little hero always beats the big villain in all the stories. In the end, she wouldn't even let him kill me. [snip] Do you know what I learnt, losing that duel? I learnt that I'll never win. Not that way. That's their game, their rules. I'm not going to fight them, I'm going to fuck them. That's what I know, that's what I am. And only by admitting what we are can we get what we want."
* ''Series/HouseOfTheDragon'': A tiny and teenaged Lord Blackwood challenging a huge, confident young adult Bracken knight to a fight sounds like a humiliating stomp when suitors are gathered for Princess Rhaenyra in "King of the Narrow Sea", but it's the larger man that ends up mortally wounded. The David seems surprised by his own success and unsure what to do now.
* A common theme of ''Franchise/KamenRider'' is heroes taking an evil force much bigger than themselves, usually with [[CreateYourOwnHero powers tied to said evil]] in some way.
** The [[Series/KamenRider first series]] was the story of one grasshopper cyborg fighting a one-man war against a large and very powerful NebulousEvilOrganisation. Subsequent series had similar stories revolving around insect-themed cyborgs battling different evil organizations involved in a [[NebulousCriminalConspiracy much larger conspiracy]].
** ''Series/KamenRiderBuild'' had an amnesiac scientist and a [[DumbMuscle muscleheaded pro boxer]] (later joined by an [[LoonyFan idol fanatic]] and a former villain [[RummageSaleReject with bad fashion sense]]) battling a GovernmentConspiracy involving a NebulousEvilOrganisation, {{Corrupt Politician}}s from several competing nations, a MegaCorp and later on [[spoiler:an alien OmnicidalManiac]].
* ''Series/KnightRider'': Garthe Knight drives a BigBadassRig he ''named'' Goliath, which is made of the same nearly indestructible alloy KITT is made of. In their first battle, Goliath wrecked KITT, but Michael and KITT were able to win both rematches.
* The series ''Series/{{Kings}}'' is a modern-day retelling of the David story. In the pilot, plucky young soldier [[TheChosenOne David Shepherd]] goes behind enemy lines to rescue some hostages -- one of whom turns out to be the crown prince -- and single-handedly goes up against a "Goliath" tank.
* In ''Series/MasterChef'', Season 9 contestant Shanika refers to the story after being picked to go head-to-head in Episode 14 in a black forest cake challenge where the odds were against her (her opponent Emily is a strong cook who also specializes in baking, she was chosen by Emily specifically to be knocked out, and was allergic to the main ingredient (chocolate) so she couldn't taste her dish to be sure it was presentable)...and ''winning''.
-->'''Shanika:''' David has beat Goliath.
* Villainous example, inverted: In the original ''Series/MightyMorphinPowerRangers'', normal-size Tommy has a typical CurbStompBattle with four Rangers (Jason being captured), and they summon the Megazord, which quickly overpowers him. When he is later grown to giant size by Rita, he returns the favor.
* ''Series/MontyPythonsFlyingCircus'' "Scott of the Antarctic" sketch. Scott does this while facing the 20-foot high Electric Penguin, even the extent of taking off his jock strap and using it as a sling.
* Prince James vs. The Brute in ''Series/OnceUponATime''. Like [[Series/GameOfThrones Oberyn vs. Gregor]], this doesn't end well for either man.
* In ''Series/RobotWars'' the House Robots were producer-created enforcer robots that [[MyRulesAreNotYourRules weren't built with any regard for the restrictions placed on competitors]] and used as rolling hazards and [[KickThemWhileTheyAreDown executioners of competitors that had been counted out]]. Occasionally the contestants would have a go at the House Robots themselves and sometimes even beat them, particularly the lighter ones like Shunt and Matilda, but the big boys Sir Killalot and Mr. Psycho were normally too much for even the most foolhardy roboteers to take on. However, during the Commonwealth Carnage event in the Extreme 2 series, the 99kg Firestorm IV tried to get under Mr. Psycho (who weighed ''750kg'') as he was disposing of Firestorm's beaten opponent, Panic Attack, and, well... it's the page video for a reason.
* ''Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine'':
** In the episode "Valiant", the titular ''Defiant''-class ship goes up against a Dominion super-battleship in every way their superior, confident that they (a literal cadet crew, caught behind enemy lines when the war started and the senior officers killed) can exploit a design weakness to destroy it. However, it doesn't work, and the ship is [[CurbStompBattle appropriately stomped]]. That's what happens when your crew is called [[RedShirt Red Squad]].
** In another episode, Sisko takes a parallel-universe ''Defiant'' and defeats a much larger, much heavier armed battleship. The ''Defiant''[='=]s smaller profile and maneuverability win out over the larger ship, flying so close to the thing they couldn't get a lock on it. The main difference is that [[TheCaptain Sisko]] is the one in command, and his skill and experience (and some backup from the Mirror Bashir and Dax) allow him to pull off what Red Squad would later fail at.
* ''Series/StarTrekPicard'':
** In "[[Recap/StarTrekPicardS1E04AbsoluteCandor Absolute Candor]]", ''La Sirena'' versus Kar Kantar's Bird-of-Prey, with a surprise assist from Seven of Nine; the heroes in their small vessels manage to disable the warlord's larger ship.
** In "Et in Arcadia Ego, Part 1", the Coppelian Orchids are dwarfed by the Borg Cube, but three of them are able to neutralize the Artifact and drag it down to the planet surface.
* ''Series/{{Survivor}}'' did David vs. Goliath as a theme for their 37th season of Survivor, pitting a group of underdog people with hard lives against people who live successful and rich lives. [[spoiler: Much like the biblical story, a David ultimately managed to win.]]
* In ''Series/That70sShow'' Kelso attempts to beat up a guy who Jackie kissed ([[spoiler:totally ignoring the fact that he's done ''far worse'' with other girls at the drop of a hat]]), but he and his friends are quite shocked to find he's just picked on a black belt.
* In the ''Franchise/UltraSeries'', more often than not the main Ultra will be pitted against the MonsterOfTheWeek which is at least a head taller than the Ultra. And sometimes, they will be fighting against Dai-kaiju, monsters which absolutely towers over the various Ultramen.
** From ''Series/ReturnOfUltraman'', there is Ultraman Jack defeating Vacummon, a ''[[PlanetEater planet-devouring]] monster the size of galaxies'', by flying into the monster's mouth and destroying its guts from the inside.
*** In the same series, later on Jack fights against Paragon, an [[MasterOfIllusion Illusion Master]] kaiju which, although not the size of a mountain as it initially appears, is at least 4 times larger than Jack and towers massively over the Ultra. Jack defeats Paragon nonetheless.
** In ''Film/UltramanStory'', which is the compilation film of ''Series/UltramanTaro'', Taro single-handedly defeats the hulking and nigh-unstoppable behemoth of a kaiju called Grand King by [[AllYourPowersCombined absorbing the powers from all his brothers]].
** The final arc of ''Series/UltramanTiga'' have Ultraman Tiga unlocking his GoldenSuperMode, which allows him to [[CurbStompBattle completely obliterate]] Ghanathor, an ancient
** From ''Series/UltramanGaia'' comes Zogu, the BigBad and [[NamesToRunAwayfromReallyFast Fundamental Destruction Angel]], whose true form is a
** The final kaiju of ''Series/UltramanMax'' is Berserkes, an ancient juggernaut of a
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* The first episode of ''Series/WorldOnFire'' features the RealLife example of the
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* ''Series/YoungSheldon'': Invoked by Sheldon in "David, Goliath, and A Yoo-Hoo from the Back" when he confronts a bully (Jason). He even improvises a slingshot out of a pair of safety goggles. It fails to knock out Jason, who then proceeds to stuff Sheldon in his locker and leave him there overnight.
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* Creator/HannaBarbera has what must have been the two tiniest heroes -- [[WesternAnimation/TheAtomAntShow Atom Ant]] and WesternAnimation/InchHighPrivateEye. While Atom Ant had atomic superpowers, Inch High used his wits, ascribing to the adage "the bigger they are, the harder they fall."
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Amphibia}}'': In "True Colors", Sprig and Grime duke it out, with Grime being a huge toad with a hammer and Sprig being a small frog with a slingshot. Sprig shoots a rock into Grime's "good eye", causing the latter to get disoriented, trip, and have his own hammer smash his face.
* ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'' has a few cases of this, though interestingly, the Goliath usually ends up winning.
** In "The King of Omashu", Aang's third trial to save his friends is to do one of these opponents. The king presents two musclebound men and tells Aang to choose his opponent. Aang [[TakeAThirdOption chooses the king himself]]...which is exactly what the king planned; he comes off as a crazy old man—and he ''is''—[[CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass but he's also one of the most powerful earth benders in the world with the muscles to match]]. And while Aang is [[ChildProdigy a legitimate master of airbending]], he's still mentally and physically 12, going against someone with a literal century's worth of additional experience, not to mention the polar opposite of his own bending. The king outmaneuvers him...but Aang puts up enough of a fight to pass the trial.
** In "The Waterbending Master", Katara gets angry with [[OldMaster Pakku]]'s sexist belief in not teaching women [[MakingASplash waterbending]] meant for fighting and challenges him. As Katara is still learning waterbending herself and has had no formal training and is going up against a master, [[CurbStompBattle it ends as well you'd expect]] although making Pakku exert himself ''at all'' before witnesses proves Katara's point even before recognizing her necklace reminds Pakku of what his sexism drove away decades ago.
** In "Sokka's Master", Sokka can't take hiding from the Fire Nation MasterSwordsmen Piandao that he's from the Water Tribe, leading to Piando challenging him to a duel. Sokka, only having a day of training with the sword and was never that good at in the first place, goes up against the man regarded as the best swordsmen in the history of the Fire Nation. While he ultimately loses (and Piando spares him, having always known where he was from and not caring), he manages to hold out for surprisingly long period by blinding Piandao and using his quick thinking to stay away from him.
** Both fights in the GrandFinale "Sozin's Comet." As Zuko is taken out his fight with [[TheDragon Azula]] thanks to [[TakingTheBullet diving in front of lightning attack aimed at Katara]], Katara is left to fight Azula while Sozin's Comet has greatly enhanced her [[PlayingWithFire firebending]] to the point where Katara can barely block a single strike from her. But thanks to Azula's overconfidence and mental instability, Katara manages to lure her over grate over water and restrain her, barely stopping her.
** The FinalBattle between Aang and [[BigBad Ozai]], which also combines a KidHero facing a LargeAndInCharge villain. While Aang has learned to use all four elements, Sozin's Comet made Ozai so powerful that even though Aang has learned firebending, he can barely slow him down, with the closest thing he gets to winning being able redirect Ozai's lightning attack, which thanks to Aang's refusal to kill, he blows. Of course, all of this is because his ability to enter [[SuperMode the Avatar State]] was locked at the end of Season 2. [[spoiler:[[NiceJobFixingItVillain Then one of Ozai's attacks broke the lock, and he lost any chance of winning]].]]
* Often occurs in ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheBraveAndTheBold'' when Batman has take a superpowered enemy without the help of the guest hero. Despite the show's RefugeInAudacity, he has often ended losing, notable instances being against Professor Zoom, a temporarily evil Superman, and [[Characters/NewGodsDarkseid Darkseid]], which ended with a flat CurbStompBattle against him.
* ''WesternAnimation/Ben10Omniverse'': The final fight against Mad Ben goes south when he turns into [[AttackOfThe50FootWhatever Way Big]], forcing Ben 10 as Rath and Ben 23 as Lightning Volt to retreat. Rather than attempt a Way Big vs Way Big battle, Ben opts to turn into [[IncredibleShrinkingMan Nanomech]] and fry Mad Way Big from inside his ear.
* The WesternAnimation/ButtUglyMartians are typically smaller than a majority of their foes, but episode "You Bet Your Planet" pits them against the aptly-named Humunga, a gargantuan alien thug whose crash-landing has all the force of a meteor impact.
-->'''2T:''' All right, he's got us on size, but how bright can he be, c'mon, he crashed his spaceship.\\
'''[[NighInvulnerable Humunga:]]''' I don't ''have'' a spaceship.
* One fight featured in ''WesternAnimation/CelebrityDeathmatch'' was ''quite literally'' a David vs. Goliath match: ''Creator/{{David|Spade}}'' [[Creator/DavidSpade Spade]] vs. Creator/StevenSeagal (a ''Goliath'' compared to him). The "literal" aspect even applies to the killing move: Spade using an improvised slingshot.
%%* WesternAnimation/{{Droopy}} versus his opponents.
* [[AcePilot JT Marsh]] vs [[SuperSoldier Emperor Phaeton]] at the end of Season 1 of ''WesternAnimation/ExoSquad''. Marsh's jet-type frame is completely outclassed by the unit Phaeton is using. It shrugged off his missiles. It survived being dipped in lava. Marsh only won through a clever gambit and superior piloting.
* In ''WesternAnimation/TheFairlyOddParents'', Timmy regularly contends with TheBully Francis. The episode "Kung Timmy" has them actually fight.
* In ''WesternAnimation/{{Gargoyles}}'', the leader of the New York gargoyles is named Goliath and their first major antagonist is [[FauxSymbolism David Xanatos]].
** Something of an inversion, though, at least in the beginning. David Xanatos is the one with the resources and the smarts, while the Gargoyles hardly have anything besides their natural abilities. On a purely physical level, it's played straight.
*** Also inverted in that you are expected to be rooting for Goliath.
*** This fits perfectly into the show's FishOutOfWater premise. Much like in the biblical story, Goliath is a [[ProudWarriorRaceGuy warrior who fights with brute strength]], while "David" survives by his charisma and smarts. Goliath comes from the Middle Ages, where the stronger warrior always triumphs...but he finds out that in the Twentieth century, the Goliath, not the David, is always the underdog.
* On ''WesternAnimation/JimmyTwoShoes'', Jimmy was a wrestler in one episode, often in this situation. It was a CurbStompBattle until Heloise stepped in.
* In the GrandFinale of ''WesternAnimation/KimPossible'', the sidekick Ron Stoppable had this moment when he took down two alien invaders three times bigger than himself. In retrospect, [[HilariousInHindsight this concept is amusing]] when you consider Ron's Jewish heritage.
* WesternAnimation/MickeyMouse versus any foe he may come across, be it WesternAnimation/{{Pete}}, Willy the Giant, or someone else entirely.
* A week after Atom Ant premiered, Hal Seeger's ''Fearless Fly'' surfaced on ABC's ''WesternAnimation/MiltonTheMonster'' show.
* Many of the foes that ''WesternAnimation/MrBogus'' faced off against were all three times bigger than he was.
%%* WesternAnimation/{{Popeye}}: Popeye versus Bluto/Brutus.
* Franchise/ThePowerpuffGirls vs. just about anybody and any monster, but most notably the mega-Mojo Jojo in [[WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirlsMovie the movie]].
* Subverted in ''WesternAnimation/ReBoot''. During the start of the third season its Enzo as David and Megabyte as Goliath, and Enzo completely fails to beat him. Megabyte could kill Enzo anytime he wants to, and there's nothing Enzo can do about it. Enzo needs a TimeSkip just to reach Megabyte's level, which renders them the same size.
%%* WesternAnimation/TheRoadRunner versus Wile E. Coyote.
* ''WesternAnimation/SheRaAndThePrincessesOfPower'':
** The confrontation between She-Ra and Catra in the first season finale has very heavy overtones of this. While Catra has her own share of SuperStrength she would have no chance of winning an extended exchange of blows; so she relies on speed, agility, [[WeUsedToBeFriends a talent for getting into her oldest friend's head]], and [[DrawAggro superior tactical acumen]] to gain an advantage in the greater battle for Bright Moon. The visual element is also present, with She-Ra being a broad shouldered giantess who looms over most of the cast while Catra is a wiry {{catgirl}} of middling-for-humans height at best.
** The fight between Catra and [[spoiler:Hordak]] at the end of Season 4 has elements of this. [[spoiler:Hordak is twice her size, endowed with SuperStrength due to his cybernetic exoskeleton, armed with a laser cannon, and ''enraged''. At first, Hordak has Catra on the run through the Fright Zone, but she subdued him through a combination of superior agility and exploitation of his AchillesHeel (ripping out the First Ones crystal powering his cybernetic armor).]]
* In an episode from ''WesternAnimation/{{The Smurfs|1981}}'', Clockwork Smurf becomes the proverbial David to the Goliath that is Gargamel and Balthazar's wrecking machine giant that they use against King Gerard's castle. Clockwork attempts to fell this machine giant with just a rock and sling. It bounces off the machine with no effect. The two wizards use the machine to pound Clockwork to a pulp. Fortunately, Bigmouth the ogre, whom Clockwork befriended in the episode, comes and picks up the machine giant, tosses it, and destroys it in one throw, sending Gargamel and Balthazar swimming away in fear.
* ''WesternAnimation/StarTrekLowerDecks'': In "Temporal Edict", Commander Jack Ransom is dwarfed by the humongous Vindor, but the former defeats the latter during the TrialByCombat.
* During the climax of the Season 3 finale of ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsTheCloneWars'' Ahsoka had to fight Garnac, the trandoshan leader. The guy was 2 meters tall, weighted 178 kilograms, had a very thick reptilian hide, and was armed with an axe and a knife in addition to his claws, not to mention his species are on the same scale of physical strength as Wookies. Ahsoka is an average height and a bit skinny teenager, and all she had were her Waif-Fu and Force-skills.
%%* WesternAnimation/TomAndJerry: Jerry versus Tom.
* ''WesternAnimation/TotalDrama Revenge of the Island'': The final two contestants are [[BlackAndNerdy Cameron]], a boy who lived in a bubble until recently, and [[DumbMuscle Lightning]], who became a JerkJock over the course of the season. The finale itself is a colosseum duel between the finalists, and unsurprisingly, everyone thinks Lightning is going to eat Cameron alive... and then Cameron breaks out the PoweredArmor.
* ''WesternAnimation/TransformersAnimated'' has this at its core, as the RagtagBunchOfMisfits, outmatched by even a single Decepticon, must fight together with their unique powers (e.g. Ratchet's EMP + Bumblebee's stingers = weapon), grit and determination to prevail. In particular, the series itself opened and each season closed with one-on-one fights between Optimus Prime's David and Megatron's Goliath.
* ''WesternAnimation/TransformersPrime'':
** Any fight against [[OurDragonsAreDifferent Predaking]] turns into this ([[spoiler: except for [[EldritchAbomination Unicron]]'s fight with him in "Predacons Rising" where he gets flattened)]], since while Predaking isn't stupid, he has no experience fighting having been a recently created entity, thus he gets by through his raw power and ability to NoSell everything, while whoever is fighting him, mostly the Autobots, tries to get by through quick thinking and team work, which, is never enough to stop him. The closest to a subversion is his fight with Optimus Prime since Optimus is closer to his power, and size, than everyone else is, but Optimus still loses regardless. Subject to VillainDecay and the show's well-known inconsistent depictions of strength (e.g. Insecticons dying
** Megatron is, of course, one of the biggest, toughest, and nastiest bad guys in the Franchise. [[spoiler:Who finally does him in? [[SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome Bumblebee, the smallest of them all]].]]
%%* WesternAnimation/TweetyAndSylvester: Sylvester versus Tweety.
* ''WesternAnimation/XMenEvolution'' at the start of the show's third season when the X-Men go to stop ComicBook/{{Juggernaut|MarvelComics}}, who in their previous fight, the most they could do was remove his helmet and allow Xavier to use his PsychicPowers to telepathically knock him, which they only were able to pull off with the Brotherhood's help. Now they were on their own, with no help, and despite their teamwork, the most they can do is avoid dying till [[Characters/MarvelComicsRogue Rogue]] manages to use her PowerParasite ability to knock him out.
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* Taylor, the protagonist of ''Literature/{{Worm}}'', frequently goes up against characters who massively outclass her in SuperWeight, and wins (or at least survives) through [[AwesomenessByAnalysis analysis]], [[IndyPloy improvisation]], [[FlawExploitation manipulation]], and a sizable helping of [[CombatPragmatist viciousness]].
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* Taylor, the protagonist of ''Literature/{{Worm}}'', frequently goes up against characters who massively outclass her in SuperWeight, JustForFun/SuperWeight, and wins (or at least survives) through [[AwesomenessByAnalysis analysis]], [[IndyPloy improvisation]], [[FlawExploitation manipulation]], and a sizable helping of [[CombatPragmatist viciousness]].
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* The Creator/MarvelComics storyline ''ComicBook/ActsOfVengeance'' worked in this manner as a team of villains gathered together to pit heroes against foes they likely never faced before. This saw oddball match ups such as Characters/{{Daredevil|MattMurdock}} against [[Characters/MarvelComicsUltron Ultron]], ComicBook/AlphaFlight against [[Characters/MarvelComicsMacGargan the Scorpion]], ComicBook/PowerPack against [[Characters/DaredevilCentralRoguesGallery Typhoid Mary]] and more.
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* The Creator/MarvelComics storyline ''ComicBook/ActsOfVengeance'' worked in this manner as a team of villains gathered together to pit heroes against foes they likely never faced before. This saw oddball match ups such as Characters/{{Daredevil|MattMurdock}} [[Characters/MarvelComicsMattMurdock Dardevil]] against [[Characters/MarvelComicsUltron Ultron]], ComicBook/AlphaFlight against [[Characters/MarvelComicsMacGargan the Scorpion]], ComicBook/PowerPack against [[Characters/DaredevilCentralRoguesGallery Typhoid Mary]] and more.
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* ''ComicBook/TheIncredibleHulk'': There have been times where [[Characters/IncredibleHulkBruceBanner the Hulk]] is in the David position. Of course, he's usually still the stronger one.
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* ''ComicBook/TheIncredibleHulk'': There have been times where [[Characters/IncredibleHulkBruceBanner [[Characters/MarvelComicsBruceBanner the Hulk]] is in the David position. Of course, he's usually still the stronger one.
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* ''ComicBook/SpiderMan'': [[Characters/SpiderManPeterParker Spider-Man]] versus [[MeaningfulName The Rhino]]. Taken [[ExaggeratedTrope Up to Eleven]] in two instances where he fought an enemy outside his RoguesGallery. One with Fire Lord, a [[PersonOfMassDestruction Herald of Galactus]]. For the most part, he [[NoSell tanks]] everything Spider-Man throws at him, and Spider-Man only wins at the end through PopularityPower allowing him to KO Fire Lord even though it didn't make any sense. The hardest case of it being played straight was when he fought the Characters/{{Juggernaut|MarvelComics}}, a villain who has fought the ComicBook/XMen's entire lineup single-handedly and proven too strong for them to take head even for their strongest members. Naturally, their first fight ends with Spider-Man flattened and Juggernaut only stops because kidnapping his target would require taking her off life support. Spider-Man's second attempt fares no better and only wins by getting Juggernaut to walk into a pit of cement.
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* ''ComicBook/SpiderMan'': [[Characters/SpiderManPeterParker [[Characters/MarvelComicsPeterParker Spider-Man]] versus [[MeaningfulName The Rhino]]. Taken [[ExaggeratedTrope Up to Eleven]] in two instances where he fought an enemy outside his RoguesGallery. One with Fire Lord, a [[PersonOfMassDestruction Herald of Galactus]]. For the most part, he [[NoSell tanks]] everything Spider-Man throws at him, and Spider-Man only wins at the end through PopularityPower allowing him to KO Fire Lord even though it didn't make any sense. The hardest case of it being played straight was when he fought the Characters/{{Juggernaut|MarvelComics}}, a villain who has fought the ComicBook/XMen's entire lineup single-handedly and proven too strong for them to take head even for their strongest members. Naturally, their first fight ends with Spider-Man flattened and Juggernaut only stops because kidnapping his target would require taking her off life support. Spider-Man's second attempt fares no better and only wins by getting Juggernaut to walk into a pit of cement.
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* Unintentional evocation of this trope is the reason it's hard to write good ComicBook/{{Superman}} villains. Unless you make them even more powerful than Superman (which gets boring after a while) or have them regularly exploit one of his weaknesses (The Kryptonite Man, Metallo, Ruin, etc.), many of Supes' villains [[VillainousValour end up looking better by simply being able to go up against him]] -- most notably normal humans like the Prankster, Toyman, and of course [[Characters/SupermanLexLuthor Luthor]]. Prankster and Toyman are generally in it for the laughs (the Prankster has been seen complaining to Characters/BlackCanary that she hit him harder than Superman ever does). Lex has been accurately described as "a man fighting God".
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* Unintentional evocation of this trope is the reason it's hard to write good ComicBook/{{Superman}} villains. Unless you make them even more powerful than Superman (which gets boring after a while) or have them regularly exploit one of his weaknesses (The Kryptonite Man, Metallo, Ruin, etc.), many of Supes' villains [[VillainousValour end up looking better by simply being able to go up against him]] -- most notably normal humans like the Prankster, Toyman, and of course [[Characters/SupermanLexLuthor Lex Luthor]]. Prankster and Toyman are generally in it for the laughs (the Prankster has been seen complaining to Characters/BlackCanary that she hit him harder than Superman ever does). Lex has been accurately described as "a man fighting God".
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* ''ComicBook/{{Wolverine}}'': Characters/{{Wolverine|JamesLoganHowlett}} pings this trope quite often, especially when fighting alongside the X-Men. He is considerably shorter than average and while he is very hard to effectively damage due to his regeneration and unbreakable bones all he has going for him offensively are the blades in his arms, literal InvulnerableKnuckles, very low-end SuperStrength, and lots of experience. His successor [[Characters/X23LauraKinney X-23]] is in a similar situation, only she has less than two decades of experience and is vastly more delicate[[note]](while she does heal faster due to retaining most of her original skeleton, limbs take time to grow back and severe head trauma leaves her helpless for several minutes)[[/note]].
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* ''ComicBook/{{Wolverine}}'': Characters/{{Wolverine|JamesLoganHowlett}} [[Characters/MarvelComicsLogan Wolverine]] pings this trope quite often, especially when fighting alongside the X-Men. He is considerably shorter than average and while he is very hard to effectively damage due to his regeneration and unbreakable bones all he has going for him offensively are the blades in his arms, literal InvulnerableKnuckles, very low-end SuperStrength, and lots of experience. His successor [[Characters/X23LauraKinney [[Characters/MarvelComicsLauraKinney X-23]] is in a similar situation, only she has less than two decades of experience and is vastly more delicate[[note]](while she does heal faster due to retaining most of her original skeleton, limbs take time to grow back and severe head trauma leaves her helpless for several minutes)[[/note]].
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** One of Diana's most famous enemies is [[GiantWoman Giganta]], a woman who can [[{{Sizeshifter}} increase her size from 6'6" to several hundred feet.
** ''ComicBook/WonderWoman1987'': The climactic battle of the first arc makes it clear that Ares is far beyond Diana's capabilities. Diana is only able to win by using the Lasso of Truth on Ares and showing him that plunging the planet into perpetual war will kill everyone and leave him with no one to worship him.
** ''ComicBook/WonderWoman1987'': The climactic battle of the first arc makes it clear that Ares is far beyond Diana's capabilities. Diana is only able to win by using the Lasso of Truth on Ares and showing him that plunging the planet into perpetual war will kill everyone and leave him with no one to worship him.
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** One of Diana's most famous enemies is [[GiantWoman Giganta]], a woman who can [[{{Sizeshifter}} increase her size from 6'6" to several hundred feet.feet]].
** ''ComicBook/WonderWoman1987'': The climactic battle of the first arc makes it clear that Ares is far beyond Diana's capabilities. Diana is only able to win by using the Lasso of Truth on Ares and showing him that plunging the planet into perpetual war will kill everyone and [[GodsNeedPrayerBadly leave him with no one to worshiphim.him]].
** ''ComicBook/WonderWoman1987'': The climactic battle of the first arc makes it clear that Ares is far beyond Diana's capabilities. Diana is only able to win by using the Lasso of Truth on Ares and showing him that plunging the planet into perpetual war will kill everyone and [[GodsNeedPrayerBadly leave him with no one to worship
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Broadly speaking, this trope is any climactic combat or competition where the hero is the underdog. More specifically, it refers to conflicts where the hero is of much smaller in physical stature than the villain. The hero will usually win if he's WeakButSkilled in contrast to the UnskilledButStrong foe, or otherwise ''very'' good at DeadlyDodging. If the villain is ''much'' larger, the hero may attempt a ColossusClimb.
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Broadly speaking, this trope is any climactic combat or competition where the hero is the underdog. More specifically, it refers to conflicts where the hero is of much smaller in physical stature than the villain. The hero will usually win if he's WeakButSkilled in contrast to the UnskilledButStrong foe, or otherwise ''very'' good at DeadlyDodging. If the villain is ''much'' larger, the hero may attempt a ColossusClimb.
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* Toothless from the ''WesternAnimation/HowToTrainYourDragon'' movies is middling sized at best by dragon standards[[note]](twenty-odd feet from nose to tail-tip, max wingspan around fifty feet, and rather low-slung)[[/note]]. In the first film, he and his rider faced down what could best be described as a flying {{kaiju}} capable of swallowing them both whole, while the climax of the [[WesternAnimation/HowToTrainYourDragon2 sequel]] involved an even bigger aquatic creature with mind-control powers.
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* Toothless from the ''WesternAnimation/HowToTrainYourDragon'' ''Franchise/HowToTrainYourDragon'' movies is middling sized at best by dragon standards[[note]](twenty-odd feet from nose to tail-tip, max wingspan around fifty feet, and rather low-slung)[[/note]]. In the first film, he and his rider faced down what could best be described as a flying {{kaiju}} capable of swallowing them both whole, while the climax of the [[WesternAnimation/HowToTrainYourDragon2 sequel]] involved an even bigger aquatic creature with mind-control powers.
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* ''WesternAnimation/TheSuperMarioBrosMovie'': In order to win the Kongs' aid, Mario ends up in a duel against Donkey Kong, who demonstrates himself to be ''way'' stronger than Mario. And that's to say nothing of how ''everyone'' is smaller than Bowser.
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** This is often the case whenever Diana has to fight a mind-controlled Superman. As Superman sometimes edges Diana out in strength ([[DependingOnTheWriter by how much depends on the writer]]), Diana has to rely on her speed, training and tactics to win or at least hold out long enough until the villain's influence on Clark wears off.
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* ''ComicBook/WonderWoman'':
** One of Diana's most famous enemies is [[GiantWoman Giganta]], a woman who can [[{{Sizeshifter}} increase her size from 6'6" to several hundred feet.
** ''ComicBook/WonderWoman1987'': The climactic battle of the first arc makes it clear that Ares is far beyond Diana's capabilities. Diana is only able to win by using the Lasso of Truth on Ares and showing him that plunging the planet into perpetual war will kill everyone and leave him with no one to worship him.
** One of Diana's most famous enemies is [[GiantWoman Giganta]], a woman who can [[{{Sizeshifter}} increase her size from 6'6" to several hundred feet.
** ''ComicBook/WonderWoman1987'': The climactic battle of the first arc makes it clear that Ares is far beyond Diana's capabilities. Diana is only able to win by using the Lasso of Truth on Ares and showing him that plunging the planet into perpetual war will kill everyone and leave him with no one to worship him.
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* Comicbook/{{Asterix}}: The Gauls who remain undefeated against the entire Roman Empire. Asterix, in particular, is also an example of a very small man defeating opponents who are taller than he is.
* Comicbook/DoctorStrange routinely fights above his weight class (and he's a borderline RealityWarper on a good day, so you can imagine how powerful his foes must be) to defend Earth. He's taken on and beaten {{Physical God}}s, {{Eldritch Abomination}}s, and {{Dimension Lord}}s, largely by outthinking them or maneuvering them into a position where he has a fighting chance.
* There have been times where [[Characters/IncredibleHulkBruceBanner the Hulk]] is in the David position. Of course, he's usually still the stronger one.
* Comicbook/DoctorStrange routinely fights above his weight class (and he's a borderline RealityWarper on a good day, so you can imagine how powerful his foes must be) to defend Earth. He's taken on and beaten {{Physical God}}s, {{Eldritch Abomination}}s, and {{Dimension Lord}}s, largely by outthinking them or maneuvering them into a position where he has a fighting chance.
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* Comicbook/{{Asterix}}: ComicBook/{{Asterix}}: The Gauls who remain undefeated against the entire Roman Empire. Asterix, in particular, is also an example of a very small man defeating opponents who are taller than he is.
*Comicbook/DoctorStrange ''ComicBook/DoctorStrange'': Doctor Strange routinely fights above his weight class (and he's a borderline RealityWarper on a good day, so you can imagine how powerful his foes must be) to defend Earth. He's taken on and beaten {{Physical God}}s, {{Eldritch Abomination}}s, and {{Dimension Lord}}s, largely by outthinking them or maneuvering them into a position where he has a fighting chance.
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* [[Characters/SpiderManPeterParker Spider-Man]] versus [[MeaningfulName The Rhino]]. Taken [[ExaggeratedTrope Up to Eleven]] in two instances where he fought an enemy outside his RoguesGallery. One with Fire Lord, a [[PersonOfMassDestruction Herald of Galactus]]. For the most part, he [[NoSell tanks]] everything Spider-Man throws at him and Spider-Man only wins at the end through PopularityPower allowing him to KO Fire Lord even though it didn't make any sense. The hardest case of it being played straight was when he fought the Characters/{{Juggernaut|MarvelComics}}, a villain who has fought the ComicBook/XMen's entire lineup single-handedly and proven too strong for them to take head even for their strongest members. Naturally, their first fight ends with Spider-Man flattened and Juggernaut only stops because kidnapping his target would require taking her off life support. Spider-Man's second attempt fares no better and only wins by getting Juggernaut to walk into a pit of cement.
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* Unintentional evocation of this trope is the reason it's hard to write good Franchise/{{Superman}} villains. Unless you make them even more powerful than Superman (which gets boring after a while) or have them regularly exploit one of his weaknesses (The Kryptonite Man, Metallo, Ruin, etc.), many of Supes' villains [[VillainousValour end up looking better by simply being able to go up against him]] -- most notably normal humans like the Prankster, Toyman, and of course [[Characters/SupermanLexLuthor Luthor]]. Prankster and Toyman are generally in it for the laughs (the Prankster has been seen complaining to Characters/BlackCanary that she hit him harder than Superman ever does). Lex has been accurately described as "a man fighting God".
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* Characters/{{Wolverine|JamesLoganHowlett}} pings this trope quite often, especially when fighting alongside the X-Men. He is considerably shorter than average and while he is very hard to effectively damage due to his regeneration and unbreakable bones all he has going for him offensively are the blades in his arms, literal InvulnerableKnuckles, very low-end SuperStrength, and lots of experience. His successor [[Characters/X23LauraKinney X-23]] is in a similar situation, only she has less than two decades of experience and is vastly more delicate[[note]](while she does heal faster due to retaining most of her original skeleton, limbs take time to grow back and severe head trauma leaves her helpless for several minutes)[[/note]].
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* ''ComicBook/{{Wolverine}}'': Characters/{{Wolverine|JamesLoganHowlett}} pings this trope quite often, especially when fighting alongside the X-Men. He is considerably shorter than average and while he is very hard to effectively damage due to his regeneration and unbreakable bones all he has going for him offensively are the blades in his arms, literal InvulnerableKnuckles, very low-end SuperStrength, and lots of experience. His successor [[Characters/X23LauraKinney X-23]] is in a similar situation, only she has less than two decades of experience and is vastly more delicate[[note]](while she does heal faster due to retaining most of her original skeleton, limbs take time to grow back and severe head trauma leaves her helpless for several minutes)[[/note]].
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* The {{trope namer|s}} is the aforementioned story in the [[Literature/TheBible Old Testament]] [[Literature/BooksOfSamuel Book of 1 Samuel]], where David kills the large and fearsome Goliath first by [[SufferTheSlings knocking him down with a rock launched from a sling]] and then [[OffWithHisHead cutting off the giant's head]] with [[{{BFS}} his own sword]]. Goliath, depending on translation, was either just under seven feet tall or just under ''nine feet tall'' and clad in nearly 150 pounds of bronze armor; David was in his late teens and completely unarmored.
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* The {{trope namer|s}} is the aforementioned story in the [[Literature/TheBible Old Testament]] [[Literature/BooksOfSamuel Book of 1 Samuel]], where David kills the large and fearsome Goliath first by [[SufferTheSlings knocking him down with a rock launched from a sling]] and then [[OffWithHisHead cutting off the giant's head]] with [[{{BFS}} his own sword]]. Goliath, depending on translation, was either just under seven feet tall 6'9 or just under ''nine feet tall'' 9'9, with it being believed the latter having come from the former growing in transmission, and clad in nearly 150 pounds of bronze armor; David was in his late teens and completely unarmored.
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* ''Fanfic/TheNewAgeOfMonsters'': 1.57 meter Hibiki Tachibana vs 105 meter Godzilla. A single human in a Symphogear (who is not even supposed to go up against any kaiju at all) against one of the strongest kaiju to ever live. Despite that, she successfully manages to stall him and even draws some blood before Godzilla loses interest and decides to leave.
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** Spider-Man has a ''lot'' of villains who massively overpower him, and is usually shown getting clobbered by them in a straight fight before coming back and winning by exploiting a specific weakness (e.g. water for Sandman, [[DumbMuscle room temperature IQ]] for Rhino). To simplify it, Spider-Man can [[https://marvel.fandom.com/wiki/Strength_Scale#cite_note-na:mwf-64 officially]] lift 10 tons over his head. The Lizard can lift 12 tons, Scorpion can lift 15, Doc Ock 24 (with three tentacles), Venom 30, Carnage 80, Sandman 85, and Rhino 100. These villains are all [[EvilIsBigger a lot bigger]] than him too, some of them are [[ImmuneToBullets bulletproof]] (which Spidey never is), and they usually have more versatile powers than his on top of their SuperStrength. Carnage is probably the biggest example as he also has a HealingFactor, SpontaneousWeaponCreation, and [[ComboPlatterPowers tons of other seemingly-random powers like being able to invalidate the Spider-Sense and hack computers with his tentacles.]] Spidey is always a big underdog against Venom, while Carnage has famously and repeatedly beaten up both Spidey and Venom ''together'' when they [[EnemyMine team up on him]], and is often referred to in-universe as being twice as strong as both of them combined (which is probably where the official figure came from: 10 + 30 x 2 = 80).
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** Spider-Man has a ''lot'' of villains who massively overpower him, and is usually shown getting clobbered by them in a straight fight before coming back and winning by exploiting a specific weakness (e.g. water for Sandman, [[DumbMuscle room temperature IQ]] for Rhino). To simplify it, Spider-Man can [[https://marvel.fandom.com/wiki/Strength_Scale#cite_note-na:mwf-64 officially]] lift 10 tons over his head. The Lizard can lift 12 tons, Scorpion can lift 15, Morlun 20, Doc Ock 24 (with three tentacles), Venom 30, Carnage 80, Sandman 85, and Rhino 100. These villains are all [[EvilIsBigger a lot bigger]] than him too, some of them are [[ImmuneToBullets bulletproof]] (which Spidey never is), and they usually have more versatile powers than his on top of their SuperStrength. Carnage is probably the biggest example as he also has a HealingFactor, SpontaneousWeaponCreation, and [[ComboPlatterPowers tons of other seemingly-random powers like being able to invalidate the Spider-Sense and hack computers with his tentacles.]] Spidey is always a big underdog against Venom, while Carnage has famously and repeatedly beaten up both Spidey and Venom ''together'' when they [[EnemyMine team up on him]], and is often referred to in-universe as being twice as strong as both of them combined (which is probably where the official figure came from: 10 + 30 x 2 = 80).
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** Spider-Man has a ''lot'' of villains who massively overpower him, and is usually shown getting clobbered by them in a straight fight before coming back and winning by exploiting a specific weakness (e.g. water for Sandman, [[DumbMuscle room temperature IQ]] for Rhino). To simplify it, Spider-Man can [[https://marvel.fandom.com/wiki/Strength_Scale#cite_note-na:mwf-64 officially]] lift 10 tons over his head. The Lizard can lift 12 tons, Scorpion can lift 15, Doc Ock 24 (with three tentacles), Venom 30, Carnage 80, Sandman 85, and Rhino 100. These villains are all [[EvilIsBigger a lot bigger]] than him too, some of them are [[ImmuneToBullets bulletproof]] (which Spidey never is), and they usually have more versatile powers than his on top of their SuperStrength. Carnage is probably the biggest example as he also has a HealingFactor, SpontaneousWeaponCreation, and [[ComboPlatterPowers tons of other seemingly-random powers like being able to invalidate the Spider-Sense and hack computers with his tentacles.]] Spidey is always a big underdog against Venom, while Carnage has famously and repeatedly beaten up both Spidey and Venom ''together'' when they [[EnemyMine team up on him]], and is often referred to in-universe as being twice as strong as both of them combined (which is probably where the official figure came from: 10 + 30 x 2 = 80).
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* Fairly literal example in ''Fanfic/HarryAndTheShipgirls''. The Destroyer Fubuki having self-summoned during Blood Week, goes one-on-one with a Battleship Princess, who outmasses her by many tons, and wins due to an extremely lucky shot.
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This trope is named after the [[Literature/BooksOfSamuel biblical account of David and Goliath]] from [[http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1%20Samuel%2017;&version=31; 1 Samuel, chapter 17.]] (Note that in that story, David claims to have won only through DivineIntervention, so ironically, the TropeNamer is not an accurate example of the Trope.)
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This trope is named after the [[Literature/BooksOfSamuel biblical account of David and Goliath]] from [[http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1%20Samuel%2017;&version=31; 1 Samuel, chapter 17.]] (Note that in that story, David claims to have won only through DivineIntervention, so ironically, the TropeNamer {{Trope Namer|s}} is not an accurate example of the Trope.)
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* [[Characters/SpiderManPeterParker Spider-Man]] versus [[MeaningfulName The Rhino]]. Taken [[ExaggeratedTrope Up to Eleven]] in two instances where he fought an enemy outside his RoguesGallery. One with Fire Lord, a [[PersonOfMassDestruction Herald of Galactus]]. For the most part, he [[NoSell tanks]] everything Spider-Man throws at him and Spider-Man only wins at the end through PopularityPower allowing him to KO Fire Lord even though it didn't make any sense. The hardest case of it being played straight was when he fought the ComicBook/{{Juggernaut|MarvelComics}}, a villain who has fought the ComicBook/XMen's entire lineup single-handedly and proven too strong for them to take head even for their strongest members. Naturally, their first fight ends with Spider-Man flattened and Juggernaut only stops because kidnapping his target would require taking her off life support. Spider-Man's second attempt fares no better and only wins by getting Juggernaut to walk into a pit of cement.
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* [[Characters/SpiderManPeterParker Spider-Man]] versus [[MeaningfulName The Rhino]]. Taken [[ExaggeratedTrope Up to Eleven]] in two instances where he fought an enemy outside his RoguesGallery. One with Fire Lord, a [[PersonOfMassDestruction Herald of Galactus]]. For the most part, he [[NoSell tanks]] everything Spider-Man throws at him and Spider-Man only wins at the end through PopularityPower allowing him to KO Fire Lord even though it didn't make any sense. The hardest case of it being played straight was when he fought the ComicBook/{{Juggernaut|MarvelComics}}, Characters/{{Juggernaut|MarvelComics}}, a villain who has fought the ComicBook/XMen's entire lineup single-handedly and proven too strong for them to take head even for their strongest members. Naturally, their first fight ends with Spider-Man flattened and Juggernaut only stops because kidnapping his target would require taking her off life support. Spider-Man's second attempt fares no better and only wins by getting Juggernaut to walk into a pit of cement.
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* During his epic rise to the top of the WWE, {{Wrestling/ChrisBenoit}} faced off against {{Wrestling/TheBigShow}} in a Number One Contender's match, with the winner challenging for the WWE World Title. Show was more than twice Benoit's size, but Benoit used his brains to triumph over Show's brawn. He used his fantastic technical wrestling skills to maneuver Show into a position where the big guy was forced to tap out.
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* During his epic rise to the top of the WWE, {{Wrestling/ChrisBenoit}} Wrestling/ChrisBenoit faced off against {{Wrestling/TheBigShow}} Wrestling/BigShow in a Number One Contender's match, with the winner challenging for the WWE World Title. Show was more than twice Benoit's size, but Benoit used his brains to triumph over Show's brawn. He used his fantastic technical wrestling skills to maneuver Show into a position where the big guy was forced to tap out.
