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* '''Downplayed''': The Tropestar 5000 fires its main gun at General Torg's ship, resulting in a large explosion and cries of NoOneCouldSurviveThat, but Torg survives with injures, although a number of his {{Red Shirt}}s are killed.
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* '''Downplayed''': The Tropestar 5000 fires its main gun at General Torg's ship, resulting in a large explosion and cries of NoOneCouldSurviveThat, but NoOneCouldSurviveThat. Torg survives with injures, although but is injured, and a number of his {{Red Shirt}}s are killed.
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** The gun works by [[DeathOfAThousandCuts firing five million rounds per minute]], but Torg's ship's plating is strong enough to NoSell the individual rounds.
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** The ship is completely fine from the blast, but the gun ''somehow'' [[LudicrousGibs brutually decimated Torg and his entire legion inside.]]
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** Or, the destruction of Torg's ship wasn't actually caused by Tropestar's attack, but because a ReverseMole had activated a self-destruct mechanism.
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** Or, the destruction of Torg's ship wasn't actually caused by Tropestar's attack, but because a ReverseMole an [[TheMole enemy spy]] had activated a self-destruct mechanism.
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* '''Subverted''': Torg [[EvilGloating gloats]] to the Tropestar about how his new ship is invulnerable to their weapons. But TheCaptain reveals that he's upgraded the Tropestar's weapons, and takes out Torg's ship in a single hit.
* '''Double Subverted''': But Torg's ship [[HealingFactor reforms from the debris]].
* '''Double Subverted''': But Torg's ship [[HealingFactor reforms from the debris]].
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* '''Subverted''': Torg [[EvilGloating gloats]] to the Tropestar about how his new At first it would seem that Torg's ship is invulnerable manages to their weapons. But TheCaptain reveals that he's upgraded NoSell the Tropestar's weapons, and takes out Torg's attack, but [[YouAreAlreadyDead a minute later]], the ship in a single hit.
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** But Torg's ship [[HealingFactor reforms from thedebris]].debris]].
** Or, the destruction of Torg's ship wasn't actually caused by Tropestar's attack, but because a ReverseMole had activated a self-destruct mechanism.
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** But Torg's ship [[HealingFactor reforms from the
** Or, the destruction of Torg's ship wasn't actually caused by Tropestar's attack, but because a ReverseMole had activated a self-destruct mechanism.
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* '''Straight''': The [[CoolStarship Tropestar 5000]] fires its [[WaveMotionGun main gun]] at [[TheBrute General Torg]]'s ship, but only [[ScratchDamage deals minimal damage to it]].
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* '''Straight''': The [[CoolStarship Tropestar 5000]] fires its [[WaveMotionGun main gun]] at [[TheBrute General Torg]]'s ship, but only [[ScratchDamage deals minimal damage to it]].it]], [[NoSell if that]].
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** An ActualPacifist with some form of augmented toughness deliberately tanks a hit from a heavy weapon and replies to the hit by asking "So you're gonna keep ShootingSuperman, or you're gonna surrender or run away?" in order to demoralize their foe. The enemies wisely make a run for it or surrender.
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** An ActualPacifist with some form of augmented toughness deliberately tanks a hit from a heavy weapon and replies to the hit by asking "So you're gonna keep ShootingSuperman, or you're are you gonna surrender or run away?" in order to demoralize their foe. The enemies wisely make a run for it or surrender.
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* '''Downplayed''': The Tropestar 5000 fires its main gun at General Torg's ship, resulting in a large explosion and cries of NoOneCouldSurviveThat, but Torg survives just fine, although a number of his {{Red Shirt}}s are killed.
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* '''Downplayed''': The Tropestar 5000 fires its main gun at General Torg's ship, resulting in a large explosion and cries of NoOneCouldSurviveThat, but Torg survives just fine, with injures, although a number of his {{Red Shirt}}s are killed.
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* '''Zig Zagged''': No effect at first, and Torg gloats. Later in the fight his ship suddenly explodes due to delayed effect. However Torg himself survives unharmed...
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** The Tropestar's gun completely destroys Torg's ship, sending it crashing down in a spectacular explosion. However, Torg and his crew survive the destruction unharmed...
** No effect at first, and Torg gloats. Later in the fight his ship suddenly explodes due to delayed effect. However Torg himself survives unharmed...
** The Tropestar's gun completely destroys Torg's ship, sending it crashing down in a spectacular explosion. However, Torg and his crew survive the destruction unharmed...
** No effect at first, and Torg gloats. Later in the fight his ship suddenly explodes due to delayed effect. However Torg himself survives unharmed...
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* '''Parodied''': The Tropestar's main gun fails to kill a normal, unarmoured person. At point-blank range.
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* '''Parodied''': '''Parodied''':
** The Tropestar's main gun fails to kill a normal, unarmoured person. At point-blank range.
** The Tropestar's main gun fails to kill a normal, unarmoured person. At point-blank range.
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* '''Exploited''': Rather than trying to ZergRush the Tropestar, the Evil Empire sends only a few well-armoured ships against them, secure in the knowledge that the heroes' weapons are completely ineffective against them.
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* '''Exploited''': '''Exploited''':
** Rather than trying to ZergRush the Tropestar, the Evil Empire sends only a few well-armoured ships against them, secure in the knowledge that the heroes' weapons are completely ineffective against them.
** Rather than trying to ZergRush the Tropestar, the Evil Empire sends only a few well-armoured ships against them, secure in the knowledge that the heroes' weapons are completely ineffective against them.
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** An ActualPacifist with some form of augmented toughness deliberately tanks a hit from a heavy weapon and replies to the hit by asking "So you're gonna keep ShootingSuperman, or you're gonna surrender or run away?" in order to demoralize their foe. The enemies wisely make a run for it or surrender.
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* '''Reconstructed''': General Torg's ship [[StoneWall is insanely tough, but also has minimal firepower as a direct result of this.]] As such, it;s a race to find something that CAN put the ship down, as the heroes had previously been over-reliant on their superweapon.
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* '''Reconstructed''': General Torg's ship [[StoneWall is insanely tough, but also has minimal firepower as a direct result of this.]] As such, it;s it's a race to find something that CAN put the ship down, as the heroes had previously been over-reliant on their superweapon.
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** The only purpose of the WaveMotionGun is to throw up completely harmless clouds of dust. Everyone is still surprised whenever this happens.
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* '''Deconstructed''': The fact that the enemy ship is completely unaffected by their best shot [[CurbStompBattle shows how outmatched the heros are]], [[ShaggyDogStory and that all their efforts were for naught.]]
* '''Reconstructed''': General Torg's ship [[StoneWall is insanely tough, but also has minimal firepower as a direct result of this.]] As such, it;s a race to find something that CAN put the ship down, as the heroes had previously been over-reliant on their superweapon.
* '''Reconstructed''': General Torg's ship [[StoneWall is insanely tough, but also has minimal firepower as a direct result of this.]] As such, it;s a race to find something that CAN put the ship down, as the heroes had previously been over-reliant on their superweapon.
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* '''Justified''': The Evil Empire can only afford so many AceCustom ships with powerful force fields, so it gives them only to its generals and top officials.
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* '''Justified''': '''Justified''':
** The Evil Empire can only afford so many AceCustom ships with powerful force fields, so it gives them only to its generals and topofficials.officials.
** [[TheMole Someone]] leaked the gun's plans to General Torg, allowing him to modify his DeflectorShields to stop the attack.
** The Evil Empire can only afford so many AceCustom ships with powerful force fields, so it gives them only to its generals and top
** [[TheMole Someone]] leaked the gun's plans to General Torg, allowing him to modify his DeflectorShields to stop the attack.
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* '''Straight''': The [[CoolStarship Tropestar 5000]] fires its [[ WaveMotionGun main gun]] at [[TheBrute General Torg]]'s ship, but only [[ScratchDamage deals minimal damage to it]].
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* '''Straight''': The [[CoolStarship Tropestar 5000]] fires its [[ WaveMotionGun [[WaveMotionGun main gun]] at [[TheBrute General Torg]]'s ship, but only [[ScratchDamage deals minimal damage to it]].
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* '''Straight''': The [[CoolStarship Tropestar 5000]] fires its [[WaveMotionGun main gun]] at [[TheBrute General Torg]]'s ship, but only deals minimal damage to it.
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* '''Straight''': The [[CoolStarship Tropestar 5000]] fires its [[WaveMotionGun [[ WaveMotionGun main gun]] at [[TheBrute General Torg]]'s ship, but only [[ScratchDamage deals minimal damage to it.it]].
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* '''Zig Zagged''': No effect at first, and Torg gloats. LAter in the fight his ship suddenly explodes due to delayed effect. However Torg himself survives unharmed...
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* '''Zig Zagged''': No effect at first, and Torg gloats. LAter Later in the fight his ship suddenly explodes due to delayed effect. However Torg himself survives unharmed...
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* '''Zig Zagged''': ???No effect at first, and Torg gloats. LAter in the fight his ship suddenly explodes due to delayed effect. However Torg himself survives unharmed...
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* '''Downplayed''': ???The Tropestar 5000 fires its main gun at General Torg's ship, resulting in a large explosion and cries of NoOneCouldSurviveThat, but Torg survives just fine, although a number of his {{Red Shirt}}s are killed.
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* '''Invoked''': ???The Tropestar has a big gun that only produces a harmless but showy explosion to serve as a nonlethal deterrent.
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* '''Conversed''': ???"I'll just go get some popcorn while they fire that stupid crappy gun. It's not like it ever does anything plot-relevant, they just stand around congratulating themselves and then the baddy pops right up again acting smug."
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'''Basic Trope''': A weapon or attack that is said to be incredibly powerful, but never seriously damages anything stronger than a {{Mook}}.
* '''Straight''': The [[CoolStarship Tropestar 5000]] fires its [[WaveMotionGun main gun]] at [[TheBrute General Torg]]'s ship, but only deals minimal damage to it.
* '''Exaggerated''': The Tropestar 5000's main gun has never scored a kill, not even against Mooks.
* '''Justified''': The Evil Empire can only afford so many AceCustom ships with powerful force fields, so it gives them only to its generals and top officials.
* '''Inverted''': The Tropestar's guns never work against small mass-produced fighters, but always OneHitKill any ship with a named character on it.
* '''Subverted''': Torg [[EvilGloating gloats]] to the Tropestar about how his new ship is invulnerable to their weapons. But TheCaptain reveals that he's upgraded the Tropestar's weapons, and takes out Torg's ship in a single hit.
* '''Double Subverted''': But Torg's ship [[HealingFactor reforms from the debris]].
* '''Parodied''': The Tropestar's main gun fails to kill a normal, unarmoured person. At point-blank range.
* '''Zig Zagged''': ???
* '''Averted''': The Tropestar's guns are fairly effective against a wide range of targets.
* '''Enforced''': "There's no drama in destroying the enemy in a single shot. Make his shields stronger or something to prove how powerful the Evil Empire is!"
* '''Lampshaded''': "Let me guess... we didn't even scratch the paint?"
* '''Invoked''': ???
* '''Exploited''': Rather than trying to ZergRush the Tropestar, the Evil Empire sends only a few well-armoured ships against them, secure in the knowledge that the heroes' weapons are completely ineffective against them.
* '''Defied''': The crew of the Tropestar are constantly buying, discovering or upgrading their weapons to prevent this sort of thing from happening.
* '''Discussed''': "Why would they keep using the main gun again and again if they know it's not going to work? Why not try something different, like [[MoreDakka a lot of weaker attacks]]?"
* '''Conversed''': ???
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* '''Straight''': The [[CoolStarship Tropestar 5000]] fires its [[WaveMotionGun main gun]] at [[TheBrute General Torg]]'s ship, but only deals minimal damage to it.
* '''Exaggerated''': The Tropestar 5000's main gun has never scored a kill, not even against Mooks.
* '''Justified''': The Evil Empire can only afford so many AceCustom ships with powerful force fields, so it gives them only to its generals and top officials.
* '''Inverted''': The Tropestar's guns never work against small mass-produced fighters, but always OneHitKill any ship with a named character on it.
* '''Subverted''': Torg [[EvilGloating gloats]] to the Tropestar about how his new ship is invulnerable to their weapons. But TheCaptain reveals that he's upgraded the Tropestar's weapons, and takes out Torg's ship in a single hit.
* '''Double Subverted''': But Torg's ship [[HealingFactor reforms from the debris]].
* '''Parodied''': The Tropestar's main gun fails to kill a normal, unarmoured person. At point-blank range.
* '''Zig Zagged''': ???
* '''Averted''': The Tropestar's guns are fairly effective against a wide range of targets.
* '''Enforced''': "There's no drama in destroying the enemy in a single shot. Make his shields stronger or something to prove how powerful the Evil Empire is!"
* '''Lampshaded''': "Let me guess... we didn't even scratch the paint?"
* '''Invoked''': ???
* '''Exploited''': Rather than trying to ZergRush the Tropestar, the Evil Empire sends only a few well-armoured ships against them, secure in the knowledge that the heroes' weapons are completely ineffective against them.
* '''Defied''': The crew of the Tropestar are constantly buying, discovering or upgrading their weapons to prevent this sort of thing from happening.
* '''Discussed''': "Why would they keep using the main gun again and again if they know it's not going to work? Why not try something different, like [[MoreDakka a lot of weaker attacks]]?"
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