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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''': ???
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23* '''Discussed''': ???
24* '''Conversed''': ???
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26Try 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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