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* '''Justified''': Super strength doesn't come with the [[RequiredSecondaryPowers skill and restraint to use it]].

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* '''Justified''': Super strength doesn't come with the [[UnskilledButStrong skill]] and [[RequiredSecondaryPowers skill and restraint to use it]].



* '''Played For Drama''': Bob accidentally kills someone due to losing control of his super strength, and has to deal with the consequences and his [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone his own guilt]] for the rest of his life.

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* '''Played For Drama''': Bob accidentally kills someone due to losing control of his super strength, and has to deal with the consequences and his [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone his own guilt]] for the rest of his life.
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* '''Exaggerated''': Bob gets angry, stops his foot, and causes a major earthquake.

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* '''Exaggerated''': Bob gets angry, stops stomps his foot, and causes a major earthquake.
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* '''Inverted''': Bob gets BroughtDownToNormal, and makes mistakes trying to use strength he no longer have.

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* '''Inverted''': Bob gets BroughtDownToNormal, and makes mistakes trying to use strength he no longer have.has.
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* '''Inverted''': Bob gets BroughtDownToNormal, and makes mistakes trying to use strength he doesn't have.

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* '''Inverted''': Bob gets BroughtDownToNormal, and makes mistakes trying to use strength he doesn't no longer have.
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* '''Straight''': Bob goes through a SuperEmpowering event and gains SuperStrength. for a while he has a tendency to break things when he tries to use them.

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* '''Straight''': Bob goes through a SuperEmpowering event and gains SuperStrength. for For a while he has a tendency to break things when he tries to use them.



* '''Downplayed''': Bob breaks a door handle off trying to open it, but the quickly adjusts.

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* '''Downplayed''': Bob breaks a door handle off trying to open it, but the then quickly adjusts.

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* '''Played For Drama''': Bob accidentally kills someone due to losing control of his super strength, and has to deal with the consequences and his [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone his own guilt]] for the rest of his life.



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Back Go back to DoesNotKnowHisOwnStrength.DoesNotKnowHisOwnStrength, and please don't slam the door this- CRUNCH ...never mind.
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* '''Justified''': Super strength didn't come with the [[RequiredSecondaryPowers skill and restraint to use it]].

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* '''Justified''': Super strength didn't doesn't come with the [[RequiredSecondaryPowers skill and restraint to use it]].
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* '''Justified''': Super strength didn't come with the [[RequiredSecondaryPowers skill and restrain to use it]].

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* '''Justified''': Super strength didn't come with the [[RequiredSecondaryPowers skill and restrain restraint to use it]].

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* '''Subverted''': ???
* '''Double Subverted''': ???

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* '''Subverted''': ???
Bob tries to turn the knob to open a door. It does become loose afterwards, but it operates just fine.
* '''Double Subverted''': ???Never mind; the knob just fell off a minute later.
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* '''Justified''': Super strength didn't come with the [[RequiredSecondarySuperpower skill to use it]].

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* '''Justified''': Super strength didn't come with the [[RequiredSecondarySuperpower [[RequiredSecondaryPowers skill and restrain to use it]].
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'''Basic Trope''': A character gains super strength and has trouble controlling it for a while.
* '''Straight''': Bob goes through a SuperEmpowering event and gains SuperStrength. for a while he has a tendency to break things when he tries to use them.
* '''Exaggerated''': Bob gets angry, stops his foot, and causes a major earthquake.
* '''Downplayed''': Bob breaks a door handle off trying to open it, but the quickly adjusts.
* '''Justified''': Super strength didn't come with the [[RequiredSecondarySuperpower skill to use it]].
* '''Inverted''': Bob gets BroughtDownToNormal, and makes mistakes trying to use strength he doesn't have.
* '''Subverted''': ???
* '''Double Subverted''': ???
* '''Parodied''': ???
* '''Zig Zagged''': ???
* '''Averted''': Bob adapts quickly to his new power.
* '''Enforced''': Having Bob go through such an ordeal makes him seem more human.
* '''Lampshaded''': "Darn it Bob, that's the third door you've broken this week!"
* '''Invoked''': ???
* '''Exploited''': Alice is Bob's archenemy and makes sure he encounters a lot of problems that brute force cannot solve elegantly.
* '''Defied''': Bob puts effort into learning to use his strength safely.
* '''Discussed''': ???
* '''Conversed''': ???
* '''Implied''': Bob gains super strength, and a mention is made later of needing to pay for a new door.
* '''Deconstructed''': Bob's enemies use the damage he causes against him and convince people that he is a threat to the public. He is forced to outwit the people he should be protecting to defeat the villains.
* '''Reconstructed''': Bob trains hard to master his strength enough that he won't cause any more damage, and it makes him much more able to fight.
* '''Played For Laughs''': Bob gets drunk, and causes damage to public property just by staggering around and falling onto things.
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