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* Gildarts from ''Manga/FairyTail'' has this and it brings [[spoiler:Natsu]] to tears[[note]]because it's the first time he's ever felt defeated, or scared of an opponent[[/note]].

* Gildartz from ''Manga/FairyTail'' has this and it bring [[spoiler:Natsu]] to tears.

** Especially powerful individuals can strike weaker ones unconscious through their mere presence, through the power of "Haki" (Ambition). Two other types of Haki enable users to gain split-second precognition and harden their defenses or strengthen attacks to harm immaterial or Haki-using enemies, but only one in a million [[BadAss inherently awesome people]] can use the Conqueror's Haki.

[[caption-width-right:300:His awesomeness could even blind his enemies.[softreturn]"Ah! My eyes! He's too awesome!"]]

** [[RuleOfCool Spiral Energy]] in general allows the heroes' hot-bloodedness to manifest itself as anything from giant drills to [[spoiler: galaxy-sized giant robots]]. Essentially, Pure Awesomeness surpasses all known laws of physics. [[spoiler:Which is why the Anti-Spirals are against the use of Spiral Energy: the universe [[AwesomenessIsVolatile won't be able to handle so much awesome and, as such, collapse.]]]]

* ''Reiatsu'' in ''{{Manga/Bleach}}'' tends to come off this way, even if it is given an [[JustifiedTrope explanation]].

* Cosmo sometimes works like this in ''Manga/SaintSeiya''. Prime offenders would of course include Gods whose mere presence and aura will paralyze anyone and repell attacks, but even main characters can be included, such as Phoenix Ikki whose mere aura can slap silly some enemies and more, but the most clear instance of this is when a wounded and armor-less Seiya is cornered by three Silver Saints, about to be killed, when the Sagittarius Gold Cloth comes to his rescue covers his body for the first time. This prompts a MassOhCrap for every enemy involved on the scene, followed by a Cosmo discharge that gives the three Silver Saints (not the weakest ones either) a CurbStompBattle.

* In an excerpt for Brandon Sanderson's ''Literature/WordsOfRadiance'', Lift describes her use of Stormlight this way.

* ScroogeMcDuck in ''TheLifeAndTimesOfScroogeMcDuck''.

* ScroogeMcDuck in ''TheLifeAndTimesOfScroogeMcDuck''. His sheer strength is almost super-human.

* A group of men once tried to rob a house, tying up the owner's wife. [[http://www.cracked.com/article_18751_6-insane-true-stories-too-awesome-chuck-norris-movie.html After taking one look at a picture]] of [[DolphLundgren the owner]], they dropped everything, untied her and ''ran''.
** This needs reiteration. They didn't even see the woman's husband. They saw a ''picture'' of him. And you can bet those men are spending the rest of their lives in a state of pure terror. Who was in the picture? Dolph Lundgren.

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* Motel Vontavious Porter was half man, half amazing and one half the tag team champions. The only man amazing enough to have three halves.
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* People used to lose their shit over Michael Jackson just standing on stage.
** And before him, Elvis. And before ''him'', Frank Sinatra.
*** Sinatra's early career subverted this, as the girls in his audience who were really, ''really'' losing their shit and fainting in the aisles were hired plants put there to create hype.
* A group of men once tried to rob a house, tying up the owner's wife. [[http://www.cracked.com/article_18751_6-insane-true-stories-too-awesome-chuck-norris-movie.html After taking one look at a picture]] of [[DolphLundgren the owner]], they dropped everything, untied her and ''ran''.
** This needs reiteration. They didn't even see the woman's husband. They saw a ''picture'' of him. And you can bet those men are spending the rest of their lives in a state of pure terror. Who was in the picture? Dolph "Ivan motherfucking Drago" Lundgren.
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"Whoa, Dude... that guy is awesome..."\\
"What do you mean? He isn't ''doing'' anything- whoa, he ''is'' awesome..."

* The BadassBoast that makes any enemy tremble and flee in terror? "[[DoctorWho I am the Doctor.]] ''Look me up.''"

* ''Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann'':

** [[RuleOfCool Spiral Energy]] in general allows the heroes' hot-bloodedness to manifest itself as anything from giant drills to [[spoiler: galaxy-sized giant robots]]. Essentially, Pure Awesomeness is a law of physics. [[spoiler:Which is why the Anti-Spirals are against the use of Spiral Energy: the universe [[AwesomenessIsVolatile won't be able to handle so much awesome and, as such, collapse.]]]]

Compare AwesomenessIsVolatile.

* The ''Literature/WheelOfTime'' has the Ta'veren, who bend probability and to some extent even ''reality'', just by existing. The Dragon Reborn, the strongest Ta'veren in the whole of the reincarnating Pattern, eventually becomes able to do it ''intentionally''.

[[caption-width-right:300:Legend tells of a [[DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment legendary]] warrior whose kung fu skills were [[ShapedLikeItself the stuff of legend]].]]

A SubTrope of ItRunsOnNonsenseoleum.

->'''Nick:''' "How can you make rainbows come out of zombies?"\\
''Juliet:''' "From awesome!"

->'''Nick:''' "How can you make rainbows come out of zombies?"
->'''Juliet:''' "From awesome!"

* The TropeNamer is ''WesternAnimation/KungFuPanda'', from the quote above, where the legendary warrior's pure awesomeness alone is sufficient to blind enemies. [[AllJustADream At least in his dreams]]. Also, the Sword of Heroes is [[AbsurdlySharpBlade so sharp]] you can get cut just by looking at it. An extreme case of AudibleSharpness.