History Main / ThatOnePlayer

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* ''Film/TheWizard'' features two of these. There's Jimmy and Lucas. Arguably Lucas is more of ThatOnePlayer as Jimmy just seems to have his skills as an ExcusePlot.

* ''MonsterHouse'' has one of these, who gives the kids a vital clue as to how to handle the eponymous creature.

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* In ''[[VideoGame/PokemonTrozei Pokémon Shuffle]]'''s competitive events, starting from the Blazikenite one, pretty much anyone at the near-top (or outright number one) ranks whose Pokémon consist of simply a [[CastingAShadow Gengar]] (a common Pokémon capable of [[SuperMode Mega Evolution]] used to score lots of points), [[OlympusMons Arceus]], and two strong [[NonElemental Normal-type]] mons. This combination is considered DifficultButAwesome because you need to think fast (especially getting Double Normal to work without breaking your combo), but once you've mastered it, you'll soon become this type of player and the "Optimize" button means nothing anymore (that is, unless the target Pokémon is resistant against Normal-types). For a somewhat specific example, one Japanese player used this exact strategy and managed to score around ''150,000'' points! Assuming that Attack Power ↑ is used (making the base score around a still-whopping ''75,000''), such score is near-impossible to achieve (even if the RandomNumberGod is friendly towards you) unless you're using a "Home" button exploit that no longer works in the more recent versions.

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* The FightingGameCommunity has a small number of individuals who are just so many cuts above the rest that the title race in every tournament seems to be among them ''alone''.

* ''{{Pokemon}}'' is full of these players. A player may be the best in their circle of friends and probably holds their own in random online battles until they meet the one player that knows all the game mechanics, knows how to manipulate the stats for their Pokemon, and has their team set up to counter most common teams and set ups. Pokemon tournaments may as well be made for these kinds of players.

* ''{{Osu}}'', being a rhythm game, has several of these, most famously Cookiezi. Also he gets perfects on maps where he can't see the beats.

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* Konata Izumi of ''LuckyStar'' is seen playing a fighting game at an arcade in one episode. She beats a guy, much to his dismay of finding out who beat him. A strip similar in idea was: since she is [[OlderThanTheyLook excessively short]], the other {{tomboy}} misjudged her ability and got owned. On the next day, that other {{tomboy}} beat Konata-- but with such razor thin of a margin that she knew that Konata ''let her win''!

* Makoto Kousaka from ''{{Genshiken}}'' is like this with ''all'' video games, but his skill at fighting games (as well as ''VideoGame/PuyoPuyo'') makes other otaku quake.

* The song "Pinball Wizard" by TheWho is about a [[spoiler: psychosomatically]] deaf, dumb, and blind kid who still manages to be That One Player.

* Sora and Shio in ''Anime/NoGameNoLife'' turn this UpToEleven. Through teamwork, and years of experience from never leaving their house they are the greatest game players in the world to the point that they catch the god of games attention and win an invitation to his world where everything is based on games.

** At the same time, since the genre requires good teamwork at higher levels of play it's not unusual to find That One Player being shackled by a team that is only sub-par when compared to that individual, who will often be the team's superstar 'face'. Notable examples in VideoGame/{{DotA 2}} include Na'vi's Dendi and Neolution Orange's Mushi while League examples include SK Telecom's Faker and CLG's Doublelift.

* Beaglerush, who happens to be friends with Dslyecxi, is this towards XComEnemyUnknown. He regularly ([[ScheduleSlip kinda]]) releases episodes of him playing [[HarderThanHard Ironman Impossible]] gameplay, and considering the odds are stacked against him in such a manner, he does extraordinarily well. Sometimes the game just gives him the middle finger, but then there are times he beats missions that are UnwinnableByDesign difficult with only losing a single soldier.

-->-- '''[[WebAnimation/ZeroPunctuation Ben "Yahtzee" Croshaw]]''', on ''SuperSmashBrosBrawl''

** Moreover, the XCOM game has a notoriously difficult, intricate and insanely long mod called Long War (taking hundreds of hours for a single playthrough). The so-called "Ironman Impossible" of this mod is almost literally impossible - even for those who have bested its cousin from the base game. Not only Beaglerush played this mode for thousands of hours while losing a handful of times; he essentially regulates the ongoing development of the mod, its difficulty and the smartness of its AI by being so unerringly, frighteningly good. In the eyes of an experienced player, his winning streaks look no less improbable as hundreds of competitive chess games won by a single person in a row.

** At the same time, since the genre requires good teamwork at higher levels of play it's not unusual to find That One Player being shackled by a team that is only sub-par when compared to that individual, who will often be the team's superstar 'face'. Notable examples in VideoGame/{{DotA 2}} include Na'vi's Dendi and Neolution Orange's Mushi while League examples include Singapore Sentinels' Chawy and CLG's Doublelift.

* Ami Mizuno in ''Franchise/SailorMoon'' manages to be this ''[[CrowningMomentOfAwesome on a game she has never played before]]''. She's just ''that'' smart.

* Every table top RPG can have that guy who has read every sourcebook and is CrazyPrepared for every challenge and has the right tactics for every situation and knows every metapoint and knows how to read the GameMaster. If they're the LawfulGood type, they'll use their vast experience and preparedness to help new players and avoid breaking the game. If they're not, they can quickly annoy the entire table or get less talented players killed as the GM struggles to make things challenging enough for That One Player.

* In ''VideoGame/TeamFortress2'', competitive level Scouts run through enemy ranks Scattergunning and Back-capping everything in sight. Competitive Soldiers have the tendency to blast the shit out of any player in their way (whenever they aren't flying over the heads of their opponents with tricky rocket-jumps). Competitive Demos won't let the enemy team go NEAR an objective. Competitive Snipers often are accused of aimbotting and are a #1 source of ragequitting. Competitive Spies are good at not only disappearing and reappearing without a trace, but also making ridiculously tricky backstabs even on the players that ''know'' they're there. There's a trend going on here...

* ''{{Pokemon}}'' are full of these players. A player may be the best in their circle of friends and probably holds their own in random online battles until they meet the one player that knows all the game mechanics, knows how to manipulate the stats for their Pokemon, and has their team set up to counter most common teams and set ups. Pokemon tournaments may as well be made for these kinds of players.

* Konata Izumi of ''LuckyStar'' is seen playing a fighting game at an arcade in one episode. She beats a guy, much to his dismay of finding out who beat him. A strip similar in idea was: since she is [[OlderThanTheyLook excessively short]], the other {{tomboy}} misjudged her ability and got owned. On the next day, that other {{tomboy}} beat Konata-- but with such razor thin of a margin that she knew it was Konata who ''let her win''!

* Sora and Shio in Anime/{{No Game No Life}} turn this ''{{Up To Eleven}}''. Through teamwork, and years of experience from never leaving their house they are the greatest game players in the world to the point that they catch the god of games attention and win an invitation to his world where everything is based on games.

* In ''[[VideoGame/PokemonTrozei Pokémon Shuffle]]'''s competitive events, starting from the Blazikenite one, pretty much anyone at the near-top (or outright number one) ranks whose Pokémon consist of simply a [[CastingAShadow Gengar]] (a common Pokémon capable of [[SuperMode Mega Evolution]] used to score lots of points), [[OlympusMons Arceus]], and two strong [[NonElemental Normal-type]] mons. This combination is considered DifficultButAwesome because you need to think fast (especially getting Double Normal to work without breaking your combo), but once you've mastered it, you'll soon become this type of player and the "Organize" button means nothing anymore (that is, unless the target Pokémon is resistant against Normal-types). For a somewhat specific example, one Japanese player used this exact strategy and managed to score around ''150,000'' points! Assuming that Attack Power ↑ is used (making the base score around a still-whopping ''75,000''), such score is near-impossible to achieve (even if the RandomNumberGod is friendly towards you) unless you're using a "Home" button exploit that no longer works in the more recent versions.

''[[OhCrap Everyone takes a step back]]''.\\

* In ''VideoGame/{{MarioParty}}'', despite many of the mechanics being luck-based, can create these types of players. One such example is Liam from the now defunct ZetaBetaOmegaFratBoys; out of all of the Mario Party games they have played, both uploaded and not, he wins the majority. The only one who beat him on-screen is Colton from JustAnotherLetsPlay, and Rob (from the same group) off-screen.

* Pablo "DJ [[FinalFight Mike Haggar]]" Bert from [[http://speeddemosarchive.com Speed Demos Archive]] qualifies, as he holds the run for VideoGame/BattleToads, and he plays it almost perfectly. And it's not a tool-assisted speedrun either because he clearly makes a few mistakes.

* The song "Pinball Wizard" by TheWho is about a deaf, dumb, and blind kid who still manages to be That One Player.