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Maybe those would be a Justified Trope?
Keet cleanup
Yes, but the first sentence makes it sound like it HAS to be inexplicable to be this trope, so I wanted to know if that was true, or if that part isn't actually descriptive of the trope.
Edited by pikachu17 17 pikachus all in a row.
I think it is still the same trope, even if an explanation is given, because it generally defies known physics.
Link to TRS threads in project mode here.
It's a valid question IMO; Made of Iron (abnormal ability to survive physical punishment with no in-universe explanation) is separate from Super-Toughness (explicitly having that ability), for instance.
Edited by Twiddler
I always thought SFWS was about Tactical Rock–Paper–Scissors where (for example) anti-armor explosive projectiles will do less damage to unarmored humans for reasons of game balance.
The first paragraph of the trope is "In certain kinds of games, it is inexplicably easier to destroy something made of armored steel, like a tank, than to destroy an ostensibly flesh and blood character (often a boss of some sort), even without specialized weaponry."
That makes it sound like the trope requires there to be no reason for this to be the case, but some of the examples have a reason they can break steel, for instance: in the second Star Wars example;
In this case it explicitly says that the Force gave him strength.
Should these examples be removed?
Edited by pikachu17