1 | '''Basic Trope''': A character using their special powers (especially for the first time) faints. |
2 | * '''Straight''': Bob uses his SuperStrength to pull a cart off someone and passes out. |
3 | * '''Exaggerated''': Bob uses his SuperStrength to support a collapsing cavern and is AsleepForDays afterwards. |
4 | * '''Downplayed''': Bob uses his SuperStrength to pull a cart off someone and gets woozy. |
5 | * '''Justified''': |
6 | ** Bob has super strength, but not super stamina. |
7 | ** Bob hasn't exercised his powers properly.[[note]]Doesn't matter if you have SuperStrength when you employ it at .01% efficiency.[[/note]] |
8 | * '''Inverted''': Bob takes a day off using his strength and passes out. |
9 | * '''Subverted''': Bob uses his SuperStrength to pull a cart off someone and passes out...but it turns out he had the flu. |
10 | * '''Double Subverted''': ...However, the next time he uses his strength, he passes out again. |
11 | * '''Parodied''': Picking up something tiny like a pencil causes Bob to pass out, but he can lift a car with no trouble. |
12 | * '''Zig Zagged''': Bob uses his SuperStrength and passes out, but it turns out he had the flu. The next time he uses it, however, he passes out. Sometimes he merely gets woozy. |
13 | * '''Averted''': No characters in the story have special powers. |
14 | * '''Enforced''': The author wants a [[RuleOfDrama dramatic scene]]. |
15 | * '''Lampshaded''': |
16 | -->'''Bob''': No one ever told me the side effects of SuperStrength include passing out. |
17 | * '''Invoked''': Similar to Justified, Bob passing out from using his SuperStrength is due to RequiredSecondaryPowers that kick in to avoid putting too much strain on his body. |
18 | * '''Exploited''': Bob's archenemy uses the fainting spell to capture him. |
19 | * '''Defied''': Bob learns his limits to what he can lift and what he can't. |
20 | * '''Discussed''': "I mean, even with your crazy strong muscles, there's gotta be something that'll be too much for you, right?" |
21 | * '''Conversed''': "Wow, he's super strong but that cart was all it took to make him faint?" |
22 | * '''Implied''': Bob, who has SuperStrength, is visible in one scene trying to lift a large boulder, and clearly straining to do so. In a later scene he's revealed to be passed out in a hospital bed. |
23 | * '''Deconstructed''': After he wakes up and is informed of what happened, Bob becomes depressed due to feeling he's not strong enough to face future threats. |
24 | * '''Reconstructed''': Bob trains himself to try and stretch his limits. |
25 | * '''Played For Laughs''': Bob lifts a cart, then promptly passes out... falling into the cart. [[DisasterDominoes Which suddenly rolls off with him inside.]] |
26 | * '''Played for Drama''': Bob passing out from lifting the cart is a major indicator that he's not as powerful as he used to be. |
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