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tryer
Since: May, 2011
72.188.247.239
Since: Dec, 1969
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Since: Nov, 2010
Freezer
Since: Jan, 2001
122.177.147.136
Since: Dec, 1969

What's the trope for situations where a technique is hyped up to be extremely powerful, maybe even lethal, but fails so many times that you are left to wonder why people even bother learning it. Examples like The Spirit Bomb, Soifon's Bankai etc.
Edited by Elfhunter