History Main / AwesomenessIsAForce

The current list: [[TheHero Luffy]], [[CoolBigBro the late Ace]], [[OneManArmy the Yonkou: (Big Mom,Kaido and Shanks, and the late Whitebeard]]), [[TheAce Big Mom's son Charlotte Katakuri]], [[ShroudedInMyth the late Pirate King Gol D. Roger]], his NumberTwo Silvers Rayleigh, [[FemmeFatale Boa Hancock]], Don Chinjao, [[DiabolicalMastermind Donquixote Doflamingo]], [[FatherNeptune Fleet Admiral Sengoku]], Eustass Kidd and The late Kozuki Oden.

The current list: [[TheHero Luffy]], [[CoolBigBro the late Ace]], [[OneManArmy the Yonkou: (Big Mom,Kaido and Shanks, and the late Whitebeard]]), [[TheAce Big Mom's son Charlotte Katakuri]], [[ShroudedInMyth the late Pirate King Gol D. Roger]], his NumberTwo Silvers Rayleigh, [[FemmeFatale Boa Hancock]], Don Chinjao, Donquixote Doflamingo, Fleet Admiral Sengoku, Eustass Kidd and The late Kozuki Oden.

* In ''Manga/OnePiece'', especially powerful individuals can strike weaker ones unconscious with their mere presence, through the power of "Haki" (Ambition). Two other types of Haki (that can be learned) 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 inherently awesome people can use the Conqueror's Haki. The current list: [[TheHero Luffy]], [[CoolBigBro the late Ace]], [[OneManArmy the Yonkou: Big Mom,Kaido and Shanks, and the late Whitbeard]], [[TheAce Big mom's son Charlotte Katakuri]],[[ShroudedInMyth the late Pirate King Gol D. Roger]], his NumberTwo Silvers Rayleigh, [[FemmeFatale Boa Hancock]], Don Chinjao, Donquixote Doflamingo, Fleet Admiral Sengoku, Eustass Kidd and The late Kozuki Oden

* In ''Manga/OnePiece'', especially powerful individuals can strike weaker ones unconscious with their mere presence, through the power of "Haki" (Ambition). Two other types of Haki (that can be learned) 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 inherently awesome people can use the Conqueror's Haki. The current list: [[TheHero Luffy]], [[CoolBigBro the late Ace]], [[OneManArmy the Yonkou: Big Mom,Kaido and Shanks, and the late Whitbeard]], [[TheAce Big mom's son Charlotte Katakuri]],[[ShroudedInMyth the late Pirate King Gol D. Roger]], his RightHandMan Silvers Rayleigh

* In ''Manga/OnePiece'', especially powerful individuals can strike weaker ones unconscious with their mere presence, through the power of "Haki" (Ambition). Two other types of Haki (that can be learned) 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 inherently awesome people can use the Conqueror's Haki.

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* Common when people achieve a certain degree of celebrity status, such as music stars. 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 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? Creator/DolphLundgren.
* Back when Italy was still divided between various countries, a group of pro-unification patriots led by Carlo Pisacane landed in the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies and tried to start an insurrection only to be lynched by the people. Years later Giuseppe Garibaldi tried the same... And started the insurrection by ''asking the Sicilians to rise up in arms''. He would also justify the Kingdom of Sardinia, later the Kingdom of Italy, effectively taking over most of what is now Italy just by ''existing'', as they were the only ones capable of keeping him from a repeat performance.
* After escaping from his first exile, Napoleon arrived in France with 700 soldiers. As he marched to Paris, the numbers of his troops swelled from veterans joining him during the route and the regiments sent to arrest him ''mass-deserting the moment they actually saw him or received a letter asking to join him''. The only regiment that actually came close to ''try'' and arrest him was the one he met at Grenoble, and those dropped their weapons when Napoleon dismounted his horse, came within gun range and told them "If any of you will shoot his Emperor, here I am".
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A SubTrope of ItRunsOnNonsenseoleum, RuleOfCool. A SuperTrope to AwesomenessIsVolatile.

* In ''WebVideo/AHDotComTheSeries'', Super55 and [[Music/ElvisPresley The King]] are characters of this type.

* In ''Manga/RoseOfVersailles'' the protagonist Oscar meets a young Napoleon Bonaparte. She is terrified of him for no rational reason, and demands to know who he is. Seems that she subconciously recognizes him as a FutureBadass supreme.

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--->'''digitalcrypt''': ''As someone who has worked in IT and software for two decades, it is one of my favorite moments in any movie, anywhere. Little collections of ones and zeros think they can go off and misbehave how they want and have their fun...and along comes a human: "I think that's enough chaos for today." :-) (Too bad the job isn't always THAT easy. But the end result is the same, even if it takes a lot more time and work sometimes.) ;-)''

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* In the 3rd edition of ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'', many powers have the mechanical effect of bolstering allies or hindering enemies through the awesomeness of the power or the character using it.

* ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}}'':

* ''TabletopGame/AnimaBeyondFantasy'' features the Style skill, which is basically a measure of how awesome a character is. The example the book gives as a use for the skill is having thunder crash in time with your strikes while fighting during a thunderstorm.

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* ''WebVideo/SuburbanKnights'' has many instances of parodying this - the reviewers find they can do amazingly awesome things just because the character they're role-playing as (and in one case the actor playing the character they are role-playing as) possesses some form of Pure Awesomeness.
** It's ''broadcasted'' on Channel Awesome.

* Back when Italy was still divided between various countries, a group of pro-unification patriots led by Carlo Pisacane landed in the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies and tried to start an insurrection only to be lynched by the people. Years later Giuseppe Garibaldi tried the same... And started the insurrection by ''asking the Sicilians to rise up in arms''. He would also provide help to the Kingdom of Sardinia, later the Kingdom of Italy, because they were the only ones capable of keeping him from a repeat performance.

* In ''Manga/FistOfTheNorthStar'', Raoh has a few such moments, with the mere presence of his emissaries [[HopeCrusher sending his enemies in despair]] and [[HopeBringer lifting the morale of his loyal subjects]]. One defining moment was when some mutinuous soldiers of his were attacking terrified civilians that lived in his domain after hearing of his death, then Raoh appeared and the civilians started cheering while the mutineers ''lined up and kneeled for their execution'', without him having to say anything or do anything more beyond a single slap.

* When asked in Ybor Florida to describe [[Wrestling/RubyRiott Heidi Lovelace]], Solo Darling used non-descriptive terms, such as "She's about this awesome," and gestured with her arms as if it was a physical trait like height...and people immediately realized whom she was talking about.

* Really, anytime the entrance theme of someone particularly notable plays, especially during something like the Wrestling/RoyalRumble or a similar big match. Doesn't matter if they're old or young, big or small[[note]]Though being big would certainly be a factor[[/note]], heel or face... they usually have the power to stop a match with their sheer presence, and that's often ''before'' they even enter the room. Just ask guys like Wrestling/TheBigShow or [[Wrestling/KevinNash Big Daddy Cool]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RDIOk2u1dqo Diesel]].

* When asked in Ybor Florida to describe Wrestling/HeidiLovelace, Solo Darling used non-descriptive terms, such as "She's about this awesome," and gestured with her arms as if it was a physical trait like height...and people immediately realized whom she was talking about.

* When asked in Ybor Florida to describe Heidi Lovelace, Solo Darling used non-descriptive terms, such as "She's about this awesome," and gestured with her arms as if it was a physical trait like height...and people immediately realized whom she was talking about.
* Really, anytime the entrance theme of someone particularly notable plays, especially during something like the Royal Rumble or a similar big match. Doesn't matter if they're old or young, big or small[[note]]Though being big would certainly be a factor[[/note]], heel or face... they usually have the power to stop a match with their sheer presence, and that's often ''before'' they even enter the room. Just ask guys like Wrestling/TheBigShow or [[Wrestling/KevinNash Big Daddy Cool]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RDIOk2u1dqo Diesel]].

Sometimes a character is so overflowing with the awesome that they don't actually have to ''do'' anything for it. They are not just awesome; they kind of have awesomeness as a power. All they have to do is walk into the room, or in in the most extreme cases, ''stand there''. Their mere existence radiates an effect of awesomeness that causes tangible physical harm to their enemies, and makes men and women fall in love with them. All anyone else can do is watch.

This trope (in case the multiple uses of the word "awesome" as if it has an objective meaning didn't tip you off) is by its very nature almost completely irrational and often used for comedy. Do ''not'' try to ruminate over the meaning of this trope. Either accept the physical manifestation of RuleOfCool, or watch a more logical show.

* In ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'', a number of strong ninja, like Zabuza, Orochimaru, and [[spoiler:Sasuke with Orochimaru's power]], are capable of giving off a "killing intent" so strong that it paralyzes weaker enemies, despite apparently not being an actual jutsu of any kind. This is taken to ridiculous levels with [[spoiler:the First Hokage, who can literally cause the room he's standing in to crack just by flaring his chakra.]]

* 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 ''ComicBook/TheTransformersMoreThanMeetsTheEye'', we meet a race of aliens called "[[JustForPun Personality Ticks]]", parasites who feed upon the charisma of those with extroverted personalities. They are defeated when Rodimus and Megatron are called, and the sheer ''presence'' the two of them have basically causes the ticks to overdose on awesome and die just from them entering the room.

* A somewhat subtler form of this exists in ''Literature/TheLordOfTheRings'' and ''Literature/TheSilmarillion''. Middle-Earth in general was heavily inspired by folklore and heroic sagas. The characters' abilities have less to do with tangible physical characteristics like strength, endurance or skill and more to do with a more amorphous concepts such as "might" or "countenance." Hence, the greatest elves of the elder days could stand against balrogs and dragons simply because they possessed the might to do so. The actual tactics and details of the battles were irrelevant, the outcome was decided by a direct conflict of might.

** When she's later confronted by an InspectorJavert type who's been hunting her, and she realizes he's using powers, her reaction is essentially, "He's awesome too? No fair!"

* Similar to the above, ''TabletopGame/{{Exalted}}'' has the Presence skill, and its associated special techiques. A [[BadassPreacher Zenith Caste]] can make '''armies''' too awestruck to attack. Actually, almost everything the [[UpToEleven Solar]] Exalted do is a case of AwesomenessIsAForce.

* According to Creator/{{Tobuscus}}' Literal Trailer for ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedBrotherhood'', this is how Ezio kills a guard (it's actually an arrow that just isn't shown, but RuleOfFunny).
--> ''Guard says, "Stop," / Just kill him with your awesome.''

* After escaping from his first exile, Napoleon arrived in France with 700 soldiers. As he marched to Paris, the numbers of his troops swelled from veterans joining him during the route and the regiments sent to arrest him ''mass-deserting the moment they actually saw him or received a letter asking to join him''. The only regiment that actually came close to ''try'' and arrest him was the one he met at Grenoble, and those dropped their weapons when Napoleon dismounted his horse, came withing gun range and told them "If any of you will shoot his Emperor, here I am".

** And then there's [[FourStarBadass Creed]], [[MemeticMutation tactical genius]], who can use his [[CharlesAtlasSuperpower awesomeness]] to hide a [[TankGoodness Baneblade]] on open ground. Partially through camouflage, mostly through badassery. And the orks - the [[CrazyAwesome orks]] get this a lot.

* In TheTransformersMoreThanMeetsTheEye, we meet a race of aliens called "[[JustForPun Personality Ticks]]", parasites who feed upon the charisma of those with extroverted personalities. They are defeated when Rodimus and Megatron are called, and the sheer ''presence'' the two of them have basically causes the ticks to overdose on awesome and die just from them entering the room.
* Nowadays, Paperinik (DonaldDuck's superhero/antihero alter ego) is [[TheDreaded so feared by most of Duckburg's criminals]] that when they're caught in the act [[FriendlyEnemy they have a little chat]] before taking their tools and all the evidence and giving themselves up to the police. The few who don't are from out of town (and learn quickly to do the same), supervillains who actually have a shot at beating him, or [[StupidCrooks the Beagle Boys]].
* Scrooge Mcduck. He was so awesome that he scared the living daylights out of ''Wyatt Earp'' during his goldrush days already, and broke Earp by just slinging around with his number one dime.

* In the ''Manga/OnePunchMan'' fanfic ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12494528/1/The-Strongest-Hero The Strongest Hero]]'' [[StoryBreakerPower Saitama's immense strength]] is acknowledged by the world. As a result, pretty much all villains and monster give up as soon as they see him, as shown by the Brain and Brawn Brothers ending their rampage and surrendering because they saw him ''without him even noticing''. The only exceptions are those who, for whatever reason, don't know of him, such as the Sea Folk (who lived on the bottom of the ocean and anyway [[FantasticRacism believed themselves superior to any surface dweller]]), lord Boros and his Dark Matter SpacePirates (aliens from outer space), and Sonic (who ''somehow'' never heard of him, and stubbornly remains willing to face him even after finding out who the bald guy who punched him in the crotch was).

* Classical Chinese philosophy discusses a concept known as ''de'' (德) which is usually translated "inherent character; inner power; integrity" in Daoism, "moral character; virtue; morality" in Confucianism, and "quality; virtue" (guna) or "merit; virtuous deeds" (punya) in Chinese Buddhism. However the actual description of the effects of ''de'', particularly in the most ancient (i.e. pre-Confucian and pre-Buddhist) contexts include de's ability to instil a sense of awe or submission in other people; an amoral and innate quality of leadership, awesomeness or effectiveness that can occur as often or as easily in an evil person as in a good person, and is therefore more like "charisma", "awesomeness", "being chosen" or "being set above others". Later artistic depictions of the quality of ''de'' show historical figures of great power and merit subduing barbarian hordes or wild beasts with a mere glance, or even with shere aloofness.

** Gurren Lagann [[spoiler:(piloted by Simon and Viral)]] arrives [[BigDamnHeroes just in time]] to save the day. [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome All nearby enemies are destroyed by the awesomeness of its arrival.]]