History Main / OneManArmy

->'''Loki:''' I have an army.\\
'''Tony Stark:''' We have a Hulk.

->'''[[Characters/MCULoki Loki]]:''' I have an army.\\
'''[[Characters/MCUIronMan Tony Stark]]:''' We have a [[Characters/MCUTheHulk Hulk]].

'''[[Characters/MCUIronMan Tony Stark]]:''' We have a [[Characters/MCUHulk Hulk]].

->'''Loki:''' I have an army.\\
'''[[ComicBook/IronMan Tony Stark:]]''' We have a [[ComicBook/IncredibleHulk Hulk]].

Being one of these qualifies you as a CrewOfOne. However, [[DudeWheresMyRespect very few people will respect your ability]], or worse, seek to abuse it because "WeDoTheImpossible" is in effect. Contrast with the BadassArmy where each individual could be considered this but are part of said army, as well as the EasilyConqueredWorld where it's the severely, severely outnumbered enemies who are kicking ass and taking names. If one man ''makes'' the army, then you have TheMinionMaster. Likewise, if one man ''becomes'' the army, it's MesACrowd.

Compare ShowyInvincibleHero and TheAce. See also ConservationOfNinjitsu, which postulates that being outnumbered ''is'' what gives the character the advantage.

* In the pilot of ''WebVideo/HoganVsFlair'', the card features the "KevinNash Burial Gauntlet Match". It's pretty much Nash just destroying one guy after another after another with his [[FinishingMove Jackknife Powerbomb]], parodying the way the RealLife Nash would always insist on winning (and get his way most of the time.)

In a series aimed at younger audiences, they may simply defeat large masses of people rather than outright kill them. In playing this trope, it is useful to have TheEvilArmy try to ZergRush said character in TheWarSequence. This trope caters to everyone's inner {{Munchkin}}; 99% of {{First Person Shooter}}s ever made fall under this.

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Often goes hand-in-hand with ItsUpToYou. When the One Man Army is intentionally sent out to take care of the problem by himself, it's a case of OneRiotOneRanger. Compare and contrast PersonOfMassDestruction, who's symbolically treated like a weapon by the setting, and OmnicidalManiac, who is all too willing to push him- or herself into this territory. In the latter case, the OmnicidalManiac often gains his/her/its kill-count through using [[WeaponOfMassDestruction WMDs]] on hapless civilians rather than personally fighting enemy combatants. Villains who are like this aren't bothered by MookDepletion.

Compare ShowyInvincibleHero. See also ConservationOfNinjitsu, which postulates that being outnumbered ''is'' what gives the character the advantage.

* CyranoDeBergerac: Between Act I and Act II, Cyrano stands against one hundred men and kills [[ButForMeItWasTuesday eight of them]] (as you can see in RealLife, this was TruthInTelevision). Between Act IV and Act V, he manages to survive the LastStand of only one company of [[ProudWarriorRaceGuy Gascon]] cadets against ''all'' the Spanish Army.

Often goes hand-in-hand with ItsUpToYou. When the One Man Army is intentionally sent out to take care of the problem by himself, it's a case of OneRiotOneRanger. Compare and contrast PersonOfMassDestruction, who's symbolically treated like a weapon by the setting, and OmnicidalManiac, who is all too willing to push him- or herself into this territory. In the latter case, the OmnicidalManiac often gains his/her/its kill-count through using [[WeaponOfMassDestruction WMDs]] on hapless civilians rather than personally fighting enemy combatants.

* In Franchise/{{Bionicle}}, Toa usually work in teams, but there are occasions where they manage to demolish small armies. One particular example that stands out is Kopaka defeating three dozen Zyglak offscreen. What makes this even more impressive is that Zyglak are almost immune to [[ElementalPowers Elemental Powers]] which Toa usually use as their primary attack.

Being one of these qualifies you as a {{Badass}} and CrewOfOne. However, [[DudeWheresMyRespect very few people will respect your ability]], or worse, seek to abuse it because "WeDoTheImpossible" is in effect. Contrast with the BadassArmy where each individual could be considered this but are part of said army, as well as the EasilyConqueredWorld where it's the severely, severely outnumbered enemies who are kicking ass and taking names. If one man ''makes'' the army, then you have TheMinionMaster. Likewise, if one man ''becomes'' the army, it's MesACrowd.

'''[[ComicBook/IronMan Tony Stark:]]''' We have a [[ComicBook/TheIncredibleHulk Hulk]].

-->-- ''Film/TheAvengers2012''

Sometimes TheHero (or TheBigGuy in his band) will face a large horde of Mooks and tell their [[BigBad leader]] he's going down. The leader will often say, "YouAndWhatArmy", then discover that the hero doesn't ''need'' one. This one man can go around and kill ''thousands'' of enemies.

-->-- ''Film/TheAvengers''

Often goes hand-in-hand with ItsUpToYou. When the One Man Army is intentionally sent out to take care of the problem by himself, its a case of OneRiotOneRanger. Compare and contrast PersonOfMassDestruction, who's symbolically treated like a weapon by the setting, and OmnicidalManiac, who is all too willing to push him- or herself into this territory. In the latter case, the OmnicidalManiac often gains his/her/its kill-count through using [[WeaponOfMassDestruction WMDs]] on hapless civilians rather than personally fighting enemy combatants.

->'''{{SelfDemonstrating/Loki}}:''' I have an army.\\

* [[SCPFoundation SCP]]-[[http://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-076 076-2]]

'''[[ComicBook/IronMan Tony Stark:]]''' We have a [[SelfDemonstrating/TheIncredibleHulk Hulk]].