1 | '''Basic Trope''': A character demonstrates a lack of physical strength that seems at odds with their normal routine. |
2 | * '''Straight''': Bob can walk and run very easily, but lifting a 10-pound dumbbell is beyond his wildest imagination. |
3 | * '''Exaggerated''': |
4 | ** From the way Bob struggles to stand after Alice places a five-dollar bill on Bob's chest, you'd think that she had placed [[ComicBook/TheMightyThor Mjölnir]]. |
5 | ** Bob is physically incapable of performing mundane tasks that toddlers can easily accomplish without assistance. |
6 | * '''Downplayed''': Bob can lift a 10-pound dumbbell, but 20-pounds is too much for him. |
7 | * '''Justified''': |
8 | ** Bob is a young child. |
9 | ** Bob is a LazyBum who doesn't want to put any effort into exercising. |
10 | * '''Inverted''': Bob has SuperStrength |
11 | * '''Subverted''': We see Bob at the gym, unable to lift a set of weights. We then see that he accidentally put the maximum weight on. |
12 | * '''Double Subverted''': He goes for the lowest possible weight, and still can't lift that. |
13 | * '''Parodied''': |
14 | ** Bob is so weak that he can't even lift air! |
15 | ** [[BeyondTheImpossible Bob is instantly crushed by air and atoms.]] |
16 | * '''Zig-Zagged''': How strong or weak Bob is in a given episode [[DependingOnTheWriter depends on the writer]]. |
17 | * '''Averted''': ??? |
18 | * '''Enforced''': ??? |
19 | * '''Lampshaded''': ??? |
20 | * '''Invoked''': ??? |
21 | * '''Exploited''': ??? |
22 | * '''Defied''': ??? |
23 | * '''Discussed''': ??? |
24 | * '''Conversed''': ??? |
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26 | Try as you might, you don't have enough strength to click the link to PatheticallyWeak. |
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28 | %% Optional items, added after Conversed, at your discretion: |
29 | %% * '''Implied''': ??? |
30 | %% * '''Deconstructed''': ??? |
31 | %% * '''Reconstructed''': ??? |
32 | %% * '''Played for Laughs''': ??? |
33 | %% * '''Played for Drama''': ??? |
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