| 1 | These characters are MoreThanMeetsTheEye. They are badasses but are lacking in traits typically associated with your average everyday Hollywood ActionHero so their true strength may come as a surprise to both the viewer and whoever is unlucky enough to piss them off. |
| 2 | |
| 3 | They're the badass you least expect. |
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| 5 | ---- |
| 6 | !!This character is a badass, but [[UnderestimatingBadassery you wouldn't expect it because they are]]... |
| 7 | |
| 8 | [[index]] |
| 9 | * ActionDad - a dad |
| 10 | * ActionFashionista - too obsessed with the latest trends. |
| 11 | * ActionGirlfriend - someone's girlfriend |
| 12 | * ActionPolitician - a politician |
| 13 | * ActionMom - a mom |
| 14 | * ActionSurvivor - someone who lacks the asskicking skills |
| 15 | * AdaptationalBadass - not a badass in the original |
| 16 | * AgentPeacock - too much of a girly male |
| 17 | * AlmightyJanitor - too blue-collar |
| 18 | * {{Ambadassador}} - an ambassador |
| 19 | * AmbiguouslyTrained - currently in a mundane profession |
| 20 | * AwakeningTheSleepingGiant - a neutral person/faction |
| 21 | * BadassAdorable - too cute |
| 22 | * BadassBookworm - too nerdy |
| 23 | * BadassBureaucrat - a paper-pusher |
| 24 | * BadassBystander - just some random passerby |
| 25 | * BadassNormal - a normal around a bunch of superhumans |
| 26 | * BadassOnPaper - unimpressive in person |
| 27 | * BadassPacifist - sincerely not gonna physically fight |
| 28 | * BadassPreacher - a preacher |
| 29 | * BadassSanta - Santa Claus himself |
| 30 | * BadassTeacher - just teaching his students until you threatened them and ItsPersonal |
| 31 | * BewareTheNiceOnes - too nice |
| 32 | * BewareTheQuietOnes - too [[TheQuietOne quiet]] or [[ShrinkingViolet shy]] |
| 33 | * BewareTheSillyOnes - Being the PluckyComicRelief |
| 34 | * BlindWeaponmaster - blind |
| 35 | * BodyguardingABadass - letting others fight for them |
| 36 | * BrilliantButLazy - [[LazyBum too]] [[TheSlacker lazy]] |
| 37 | * BroughtDownToBadass - BroughtDownToNormal |
| 38 | * BullyingADragon - not going to ''use'' their strength, right? |
| 39 | * CampyCombat - fights too flamboyantly |
| 40 | * CharlesAtlasSuperpower - a normal that can do superhuman feats after intensive training |
| 41 | * ChefOfIron - a cook |
| 42 | * ClarkKentOutfit - hiding it under their clothes |
| 43 | * CombatMedic - TheMedic |
| 44 | * CoolOldGuy - a man who is too elderly |
| 45 | * CorneredRattlesnake - weak and cornered |
| 46 | * CowardlyLion - [[LovableCoward too afraid]] |
| 47 | * CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass - [[TooDumbToLive too]] [[TheDitz stupid]], incompetent or ineffectual |
| 48 | * CuteBruiser - too cute |
| 49 | * DamselOutOfDistress - a [[DamselInDistress damsel]] |
| 50 | * DancingRoyalty - unskilled |
| 51 | * DeadlyDoctor - a doctor |
| 52 | * DeceptivelyCuteCritter - a cute little animal |
| 53 | * DorkKnight - too dorky |
| 54 | * EffortlessAmazonianLift - ''just'' a strong girl |
| 55 | * EmotionalBruiser - easily aroused emotionally |
| 56 | * FalseInnocenceTrick - just an InnocentBystander... right? |
| 57 | * FightingClown - too funny-looking or [[BewareTheSillyOnes -acting]] |
| 58 | * FluffyTheTerrible - given too cutesy a name |
| 59 | * GirlyBruiser - too girly |
| 60 | * GoodIsNotDumb - not that smart |
| 61 | * GoodIsNotSoft - a forgiving person |
| 62 | * GooGooGodlike - a baby |
| 63 | * HandicappedBadass - handicapped |
| 64 | * HeartbrokenBadass - too despondent |
| 65 | * HeartIsAnAwesomePower - [[BlessedWithSuck gifted with]] [[WhatKindOfLamePowerIsHeartAnyway a seemingly lame superpower]] |
| 66 | * HeroicNeutral - someone who'd otherwise mind their own business |
| 67 | * HypercompetentSidekick - a skilled sidekick |
| 68 | * IronWoobie - too sympathetic |
| 69 | * KickingAssInAllHerFinery - [[TemptingFate not gonna start a fight in that dress]] |
| 70 | * KillerRabbit - too cute and harmless-looking |
| 71 | * KungFuJesus - too [[MessianicArchetype Messianic]] |
| 72 | * LadyOfWar - too refined to get her hands dirty |
| 73 | * LethalHarmlessPowers - someone with primarily non-lethal powers |
| 74 | * LethalJokeCharacter - a JokeCharacter. |
| 75 | * LetsGetDangerous - not [[InformedAbility an actual threat]]... |
| 76 | * LittleMissAlmighty - a little girl, or [[OlderThanTheyLook looks like one]] |
| 77 | * LittleMissBadass - a little girl, or [[OlderThanTheyLook looks like one]] |
| 78 | * MamaBear - a mom (or a motherly person) |
| 79 | * MartialPacifist - a peace-loving person |
| 80 | * MoreDeadlyThanTheMale - a proper lady |
| 81 | * MinoredInAssKicking - so smart and sophisticated that they see ass-kicking as beneath them |
| 82 | * MuggingTheMonster - not going to hit ''back'', right? |
| 83 | * MuggleWithADegreeInMagic - an unpowered individual in the middle of powers |
| 84 | * MusclesAreMeaningless - too scrawny |
| 85 | * NerdActionHero - too nerdy |
| 86 | * NeverMessWithGranny - a little old lady |
| 87 | * NonPoweredCostumedHero - too ordinary |
| 88 | * NothingNiceAboutSugarAndSpice - too girly |
| 89 | * NotSoHarmlessVillain - a HarmlessVillain |
| 90 | * NotSoWeak - too meek to defend themselves |
| 91 | * ObfuscatingDisability - hiding it by being disabled |
| 92 | * ObfuscatingInsanity - hiding it by acting [[{{Cloudcuckoolander}} insane]] |
| 93 | * ObfuscatingStupidity - hiding it by acting [[TheDitz stupid]] |
| 94 | * PapaWolf - a dad |
| 95 | * PintSizedPowerhouse - too small |
| 96 | * PopCulturedBadass - too nerdy |
| 97 | * PregnantBadass - pregnant |
| 98 | * PrettyPrincessPowerhouse - a dainty-looking princess |
| 99 | * RealMenWearPink - someone who has less than manly pastimes |
| 100 | * ReligiousBruiser - a religious person |
| 101 | * ReluctantWarrior - someone who'd rather not fight |
| 102 | * RetiredBadass - retired |
| 103 | * SavageSetpiece - just part of the background |
| 104 | * SilkHidingSteel - too quiet and refined |
| 105 | * TheSoCalledCoward - a supposed coward |
| 106 | * SpecsOfAwesome - wearing glasses |
| 107 | * StrongerThanTheyLook - weak-looking |
| 108 | * SubmissiveBadass - subservient to other people or principles |
| 109 | * SuccessThroughInsanity - too insane |
| 110 | * SuperStrongChild - a little child |
| 111 | * TookALevelInBadass - not a badass previously |
| 112 | * TranquilFury - too calm |
| 113 | * UnconsciousObjector - already losing consciousness |
| 114 | * UnskilledButStrong - lacking the skills to apply his strength |
| 115 | * ViolentlyProtectiveGirlfriend - someone's girlfriend |
| 116 | * WaifFu - a petite female |
| 117 | * WeakButSkilled - lacking the strength to apply their skills |
| 118 | * WhosLaughingNow - originally a wimp |
| 119 | * WillNotBeAVictim - apparently already conquered |
| 120 | * {{Xenafication}} - previously not an ActionGirl |
| 121 | |
| 122 | Then again, [[WorldOfBadass anyone might turn out to be a secret badass]]. [[BadassUnintentional Even if they never wanted to be in the first place.]] |
| 123 | [[/index]] |
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