Basic Trope: Monstrous or abnormal appearance makes an individual weaker.
- Straight: Emperor Evulz, formerly a powerful foe, becomes a Clipped-Wing Angel when he tries to power up.
- Exaggerated: Emperor Evulz, once certifiably godlike, becomes weak enough that even the Tagalong Kid can hurt him.
- Downplayed:
- Emperor Evulz merely gains a weakness instead of becoming outright weaker.
- Emperor Evulz is only slightly weaker than before.
- Emperor Evulz lost a more minor ability, with the others intact.
- Justified:
- Evulz's new form is incompatible with some of his skills, depriving him of them.
- Evulz doesn't know how to fight after transforming.
- The environment isn't helpful for Evulz to be fighting in, such as spaces being too cramped.
- Evulz' new form wasn't meant for prolonged existence and/or the reasons he uses it.
- Evulz went insane turning into a monster, thus incapable of intelligently fighting.
- Evulz' new anatomy is ripe for exploitation, such as his horns getting stuck or being pinned by his tail.
- Evulz doesn't understand humanity, and thus can't use their own weaknesses against them.
- The armor Evulz wore in his old form no longer fits, and his new body doesn't have appendages suitable for wielding weapons.
- Inverted:
- Evulz becomes stronger by assuming a monstrous form.
- Hiro's humanity and normalcy makes him weaker.
- It's not that being a monster makes Evulz weaker... he's just stronger in a more human-like form.
- Subverted:
- Emperor Evulz seems to be weaker given his appearance, but ends up hitting harder than before.
- Evulz looks like he is transforming but it is really Hiro's beating caused his facade to crack and show what he truly is.
- Double Subverted: ...Except it turns out Evulz appearance is harmful to him, his newfound speed and power ending up tearing him apart.
- Parodied: Emperor Evulz, formerly the strongest being in all the Omniverse, ends up immediately dying upon transforming because he can't handle any passive elements of reality. Thus he's instantly collapsed under his weight, compressed into a two-dimensional form, practically explodes, his scattered pieces horrifically irradiated, etc.
- Zig Zagged: Emperor Evulz seems to be weaker upon transforming, but his monstrous form gives him new abilities... Which aren't good enough to cover the weakest. Until he trains with them, but he still doesn't reach his old power level- Until he transforms again into a luminous being but even then...
- Averted: While monsters and abnormality may be weaker than humans, being a monster or abnormal in general doesn't make you weak.
- Enforced: "We need to emphasis that Humans Are Special so... Let's have Evulz become weaker by turning monstrous!"
- Lampshaded: "Huh, weird... Figured transforming into a monstrous beast would make you stronger..."
- Invoked: Emperor Evulz, sick of existing, takes on a monstrous form so Hiro will kill him.
- Exploited: Evulz, wanting to keep his minions in line, threatens them with monstrosity so they'll obey out of fear.
- Defied:
- Emperor Evulz does everything he can to prevent turning into a monster.
- Evulz carefully spends a lot of time working out a monstrous upgrade that actually will make him stronger.
- Discussed: "So what is the deal with monsters being weaker than humans anyways? You think some of them would be surprisingly strong..." "Well, most likely their moral system is too different or their bodies being incompatible with human skills."
- Conversed: "Humans are actually pretty weak themselves, so why are we trying to convince people not to improve upon the base design?" "Well, its less being monstrous itself, and more how it robs them of potential possibilities. After all, a towering wolfman isn't going to be accepted amongst an all-human village, or possess the ability to use his clawed hands peacefully."
- Implied: Evulz, beaten plenty of times as a human, seems to get beaten the fastest as a monster yet why is uncertain as Hiro has gotten stronger himself.
- Deconstructed: Monsters end up as an endangered species because of their inferiority, causing them to hatefully fear humanity.
- Reconstructed: The monsters, recognizing their weakness, interbreed among themselves and humans to save their species in some form. Those that lean too much on their monstrous nature or a single one however end up easily defeated.
- Played For Laughs: Evulz, upon transforming into a monster, finds himself uncontrollably and randomly hiccupping.
- Played For Drama: Evulz's lifespan is greatly endangered becoming a monster, forcing him to act less human to preserve his own life.
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