Line #28 PlayingWith/DisabilitySuperpower


1	'''Basic Trope''': Someone has a disability and a superpower that counters the disability's effect(s).
2	* '''Straight''': Bob is blind but has bat-like sonar.
3	* '''Exaggerated''':
4	** Bob is blind, paraplegic, and mute, but has the superpowers of telekinesis, telepathy, and ESP to compensate for his disabilities.
5	** Every disabled character has a superpower that counters the disability.
6	* '''Downplayed''':
7	** Bob isn't the only one with a bat sonar, but because of his blindness, his is the most effective.
8	** Bob's sonar is helpful for general purpose tasks, but is useless during high action fights, driving, swimming, [[KryptoniteIsEverywhere and the like]].
9	** Bob has an enhanced sense of hearing, which makes life easier for him but does not fully compensate for his blindness.
10	* '''Justified''':
11	** Bob has a sonar and is ''blind as a bat'', because of a genetic experiment that gave him both traits.
12	** Bob lives in a world where anyone can train psychic powers. Naturally, blind people will train to "see with the mind" due to sheer necessity.
13	** Everyone has superpowers that suits their traits. Blind people have sonar, deaf people are immune to sound based attacks, the like.
14	* '''Inverted''':
15	** Bob has a superpower which enhances something he's talented at, but doesn't help his blindness at all.
16	** Bob is BlessedWithSuck, and his superpower makes him effectively blind for the purposes of normal interaction with the world.
17	* '''Subverted''': While the sonar allows Bob to "see" in the dark, there is a book with important information that he needs to read. If only he could "hear" colors.
18	** Bob isn't actually blind, he just wears a blindfold to hide his obviously abnormal eyes which can easily see through the blindfold.
19	* '''Double Subverted''': Luckily, Bob has a cellphone with a camera and a friend, Alice, helps him any time.
20	* '''Parodied''': Bob ''thinks'' he has sonar, but he is just an average blind person with trained hearing. While he tries to stop evil, he often trips or runs headfirst into obstacles.
21	** Bob would be utterly ineffectual in crime fighting except for the fact criminals sandbag because [[PoliticallyCorrectVillain they are afraid of looking like bigoted jerks]] for beating up a blind guy. The few who defy it [[EvenEvilHasStandards appall every other villain.]]
22	* '''Zig-Zagged''': Bob is blind and has bat-like sonar. Then his sonar fades away. Later, however, he gets medicine and/or a surgical procedure that let(s) him see. As a bonus, his sonar returns later.
23	* '''Averted''':
24	** Bob is blind, and doesn't have compensating superpowers.
25	** Bob has 20/20 vision and a radar sense.
26	** Bob is blind and has HealingHands. His power is both unrelated to his blindness and does not compensate for it.
27	* '''Enforced''': "We need a disabled person [[FiveTokenBand for the demographics]], but he can't be useless." "I know! Let's make him blind and give him bat sonar!"
28	* '''Lampshaded''':
29	** "So ... you are blind person who can see? That's convenient..."
30	** "So, with the sonar, does this mean you can still collect disability benefits?"
31	** "Hey, Bob? What do you think about your sonar power directly compensating for you being blind?"
32	* '''Invoked''': Bob undergoes a genetic experiment to gain his sonar.
33	* '''Exploited''':
34	** Bob offers his services as a guide for blind people without sonar.
35	** Bob is hired to find the MacGuffin, which is small enough for a person who can see to miss it.
36	** Maloni, Bob's SitcomArchNemesis, champions a campaign to restructure [[FantasticLegalWeirdness disability laws so people with superpowers that compensate get cut off from benefits]] purely [[BullyingTheDisabled to try to screw Bob over]].
37	* '''Defied''': Bob is blind, and is permanently worse off than anyone who has sight, and in no way gains any benefits or superpowers from his blindness.
38	** "Fighting crime while blind? That would be insane, even most sighted people aren't suitable. No I'll do good by continuing volunteer work on suicide hotlines."
39	* '''Discussed''':
40	** "No, I do not have super-sonar. I just have the fireball-shooting powers."
41	** "Can't you just pull some Comicbook/{{Daredevil}} crap and help us out here?"
42	* '''Conversed''': "Bob is blind, isn't he? Why is he so confident in his movements?" "Didn't you see the last episode? He has sonar."
43	* '''Implied''': Bob is blind, but apparently functions as if he were sighted.
44	* '''Deconstructed''': Even with his superpower, Bob has a much harder time than average folk.
45	* '''Reconstructed''': While life is still more difficult for him, Bob still saves the day.
46	* '''Played for Laughs''': Bob's sonar doesn't help him much; he sometimes trips and incurs AmusingInjuries.
47	* '''Played for Drama''': Bob is told that he can't be an example to blind/disabled people, because [[NoTrueScotsman he isn't truly disabled]].
48	* '''Intended Audience Reaction''': Bob's claims to have a sonar sense aren't plausible, which is a hint that he's ObfuscatingDisability.
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