I said this in the reason for my edit just now but I figure I should put it here as well:
I removed the Authority Equals Asskicking example. The trope has been updated and split into three, and the link needs to redirect to one of the three, but I haven't played the game and I don't know which it should be. The example itself is also written rather poorly and needs to be reworded and reformatted. If someone who's played the game can make these fixes, that'd be great.
Authority Equals Asskicking: Inverted: The king is the only character whose health you can't upgrade. His squishiness is justified, being a child and all... the boss kings play this very straight, however. He does have a fairly powerful attack in New Little King's Story, but it leaves him very vulnerable and he's still ridiculously squishy, so it's often better to just let your royal guard handle things and only use his attack if there's a big, obvious opening or to help knock down obstacles.
I said this in the reason for my edit just now but I figure I should put it here as well: I removed the Authority Equals Asskicking example. The trope has been updated and split into three, and the link needs to redirect to one of the three, but I haven't played the game and I don't know which it should be. The example itself is also written rather poorly and needs to be reworded and reformatted. If someone who's played the game can make these fixes, that'd be great.