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Since: May, 2014
Scorpion451
(Edited uphill both ways)
23rd Nov, 2018 01:10:00 PM
Also, The Worf Effect for the initial Curb-Stomp Battle vs the protagonists.
Djlewis12152
Since: Nov, 2018
27th Nov, 2018 05:45:08 AM
Thank you!
I have always noticed the trope in a tv show or movie where a villain is introduced and beats the snot out of the protagonists in their first battle. Over subsequent episodes the heroes overcome the villain who never seems to be as strong as the original encounter.