History Main / PatheticallyWeak

* ''Manga/RankingOfKings'': One of the challenges the protagonist Boji faces in qualifying for this trope while living in an environment that greatly values physical strength. He can't use a real sword because even those made for children are too heavy for him, and the same can by said for a rock that a full grown adult could hold in a single hand. A flash-back to a fire that once happened in his kingdom shows Boji trying to help with the fire by pouring the contents of an adult-size dinking cup on the flames because it's the heaviest thing he can hold while it's full of water. [[spoiler:Boji's father had him specifically because he acquired a magical means of siphoning the physical strength of others, but could only use it on blood relatives and didn't have any existing family]].

* ''Manga/RankingOfKings'': One of the challenges the protagonist Boji faces in qualifying for this trope while living in an environment that greatly values physical strength. He can't use a real sword because even those made for children are too heavy for him and the same can by said for a rock that a full grown adult could hold in a single hand. A flash-back to a fire that once happened in his kingdom shows Boji trying to help with the fire by pouring the contents of an adult-size dinking cup on the flames because it's the heaviest thing he can hold while it's full of water. [[spoiler:Boji's father had him specifically because he acquired a magical means of siphoning the physical strength of others, but could only use it on blood relatives and didn't have any existing family]].

You would think that a normal-sized person who is capable of moving around in regular life should be capable of doing some mildly strenuous activities from time to time. But you would be surprised, carrying a 20-pound box up one flight of stairs and they are winded beyond belief. They can barely lift objects or confront obstacles even children would scoff at. They are on the lowest end of SuperWeight.

* On one ''WesternAnimation/PinkPanther'' short, the Panther is selling strength potions on a Wild West town and one of his customers uses his newfound strength to rob banks. When the potion runs out, Pink gives him another potion that makes him weaker instead, so weak he can't even open the bank door; a little kid is not only able to open the door, but also knocks him down with barely a nudge.
* In ''WesternAnimation/TheReplacements'', Shelton Klutzberry has an utterly scrawny figure and is shown to be unbelievably weak. At one point he is offended at the suggestion that he was too weak to have crushed Todd's robo-cat with his foot (which he didn't do, his offense more being everyone immediate assumption he wouldn't) and attempted to prove it by breaking an egg (seemingly believing it to be some sort of feat). First he wasn't strong enough to open the refrigerator door to get one, and when given one, he proves he really can't break it not even by jumping upon it.

* ''Anime/CodeGeass'': Lelouch is very [[TheStrategist strong in mind]], but is this in body. One of the most hilarious scenes in the series has Lelouch running after a cat for reasons that make sense in context (the cat stole a very significant piece of his Zero costume and it risked his cover being blown) and he was outraced by literally everybody else in the cast.

* Early ''ComicBook/GastonLagaffe'' strips portrayed Gaston as this (one strip had him training with ridiculously tiny weights), but his strength became more average later on. He's at least able to carry around a bowling bowl, or to lay his ExplodingCloset down, shovel the contents in, and put it back upwards.

* The ''ComicBook/LuckyLuke'': story "Athletic city" starts with young man Chet being so light and weak he was unable to move forward against a strong headwind, couldn't lift anything heavy, and ended up inventing machines to serve breakfast in his place. [[spoiler:On Luke's advice he puts his ingeniosity towards making training equipment, leading to him getting ''ripped'' in the span of one month and later on opening a gym.]]

* The ''ComicBook/LuckyLuke'': story "Athletic city" starts with young man Chet being so light and weak he was unable to move forward against a strong headwind, couldn't lift anything heavy, and ended up inventing machines to serve breakfast in his place. [[spoiler:On Luke's advice he puts his ingeniosity towards making training equipment, leading to him getting ''ripped'' in the span on one month and later on opening a gym.]]

* Spandam is shown as this in ''Manga/OnePiece'' despite being the leader of the Cipher Pol Assassins. While his subordinates are monstrously strong, it's noted that he's weaker than even an average mook Marine soldier.

* ''WesternAnimation/KampKoral'': [=SpongeBob=]. In "[[Recap/KampKoralS01E15HillFuSunsOutFunsOut Hill-Fu]]", he's so bad at karate that even an [[RidiculouslyCuteCritter adorable little bunny]] can effortlessly defeat him and slam him against the ground repeatedly.

* Mr. Burns from ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' [[StrongAsTheyNeedToBe varies between]] being about as strong as you would expect from an old man or so weak that he has [[Recap/TheSimpsonsS2E10BartGetsHitByACar great difficulty crushing a paper cup]] or that a [[Recap/TheSimpsonsS5E18BurnsHeir single sponge placed on his head causes him to sink into a bathtub and nearly drown]]. This trait actually becomes a plot point in the episode "Who Shot Mr. Burns" where Burns is completely unable to steal candy from baby Maggie and in the ensuing struggle the gun he was carrying went off. The way Burns screamed "get your hands off..." as he did added to the initial assumption that it was a bigger, nastier assailant.

* In ''Literature/{{Sorcery}}'', the fourth book, The Crown of Kings, shows you can get into a fight against a huge, ogre-like champion who lunges at you with an ax. You can choose to fight it, run from it, or cast a spell. If you choose to fight, to your surprise, he goes down automatically in one hit.

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