Line #28 PlayingWith/OneRiotOneRanger


1	'''Basic Trope''': One soldier is sent in where an entire army would be used normally.
2	* '''Straight''': EvilOverlord Darquetoth sends an army to attack Troperland, and Troperland sends a single soldier named Clay.
3	* '''Exaggerated''': {{Satan}} sends every single demon in all of Hell on the world. Clay leaves no survivor, [[KillTheGod including Satan himself]] and TheAntichrist.
4	* '''Downplayed''': Clay is a trained soldier, and he's sent to deal with a small group of street thugs.
5	* '''Justified''':
6	** Clay is also the most powerful being in the universe.
7	** The army that Clay was sent to fight consisted of mostly weak/untrained soldiers.
8	** Sending a large number of soldiers would draw unwanted attention.
9	** Clay's a scout, and he's sent to investigate how much military force is needed. The townspeople may want the army to come here in all its glory, but what if another town needs their help as well?
10	* '''Inverted''': An entire battalion is sent to deal with the OneManArmy named Bob that EvilOverlord Darquetoth hired.
11	* '''Subverted''':
12	** Clay, who's sent to fight EvilOverlord Darquetoth's entire army, turns out to not be enough to stop him.
13	** Clay, who's sent to fight EvilOverlord Darquetoth's army does fine against the common {{Mook}}, but needs help dealing with Darquetoth's higher-ranking soldiers.
14	** Clay is [[TrainingThePeacefulVillagers for training the local militia up to standards]]. While he is a badass and a good leader he doesn't do it on his own.
15	* '''Double Subverted''':
16	** ... but Clay just needed to take a break, due to how much he's been working.
17	** ... but Clay gets an EleventhHourSuperpower that puts him on par with Darquetoth's higher-ranking soldiers.
18	* '''Parodied''': The ruler of Troperland sends Clay to completely destroy EvilOverlord Darquetoth's army and overthrow him. Clay is killed without him ever firing a single shot.
19	* '''Zig Zagged''': Clay is sent to deal with EvilOverlord Darquetoth's army, but when one of Darquetoth's EliteMook shows up Clay needs help from TheCavalry to defeat them. Until he gets better equipment/a superpower that lets him take on the EliteMook by himself... and then the next type of EliteMook shows up, repeating the cycle until it gets to Darquetoth himself.
20	* '''Averted''': The ruler of Troperland just sends their entire army right away.
21	* '''Enforced''': "We want to give the audience a character they can root for, rather than having an entire group for them to try to sympathize with."
22	* '''Lampshaded''': "Sir, an entire army is going to attack us very soon! What will we do?" "Get a hat and draw the name of one of our soldiers."
23	* '''Invoked''': "If an entire army can't win against another army, how about we just send one guy?"
24	* '''Exploited''':
25	** One of Troperland's generals send one guy in hopes the enemy forces [[PaperTiger consider them more of a threat based off of the one soldier Clay being sent alone]].
26	** EvilOverlord Darquetoth expects there to only be a single soldier sent, and sets up a trap that one person alone could never escape from.
27	* '''Defied''': Either Clay the soldier or the ruler of Troperland says "I don't care how good I am/this guy is, I am/he is not going in alone."
28	* '''Discussed''': ???
29	* '''Conversed''': ???
30	* '''Deconstructed''':
31	** SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome as one man, no matter how capable, cannot be in multiple places at once and is unable to stop the evil army.
32	** Sending in the one badass is actually a thinly-disguised UriahGambit - the ruler expects him to get killed so he can have a proper army do the job.
33	* '''Reconstructed''':
34	** But putting that one man in a vital position or choke point is an invaluable military stratagem as it frees up a lot of resources for defense elsewhere.
35	** Clay ''still'' manages it. Let's hope he ''doesn't'' find out about the UriahGambit, or else Troperland would be in ''serious'' trouble...
36	* '''Played for Laughs''': Clay, a young, scrawny soldier, is sent out to deal with EvilOverlord Darquetoth's entire army. The entire army either runs away in terror [[FriendlyFire or even end up killing more of their own troops than any other army has to date.]]
37	* '''Played for Drama''': Bob the OneManArmy is completely destroying Troperland's entire military, with everyone terrified of what they should do about the ImplacableMan they have to deal with.
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