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* '''Played For Laughs''': The BigBad openly admits how cool it is that Alice had martial arts training before gaining powers and gets a little [[FoeYay too excited]] before calming down.

** Alice still FightsLikeANormal, using her powers only against enemies that conventional tactics would not work.

* '''Plotted A Good Waste''': Alice handles namely equal forces on similar forces, but ends up coming across a one-in-a-lifetime event such as aliens or a supernatural foe, meaning she temporarily is augmented to fight on their level before the threat is finished and she no longers the power.

* '''Double Subverted''': she remembers them later.

** PossessionImpliesMastery.
** Alice still FightsLikeANormal, only using her powers when neccessary. Alternately, her powers have alternate uses not necessarily for combat that still gives her an advantage (such as flight) or evens the playing field (Alice now has a MacGuffin capable of allowing her to hit intangible or made-of-energy foes.)

* '''Inverted''': An UnskilledButStrong super takes BoxingLessonsForSuperman.

* '''Downplayed''': Alice, the kung fu master, gains the power of divination, but still FightsLikeANormal.

* '''Downplayed''': Alice, the kung fu master, gains the ability of flight.

** The superpowers do not substitute her fight prowess, but give her non-combat ablities that widen her skillset.
** her foes cannot be fought normally the way Alice is now and the powers even the playing field.
* '''Inverted''': Alice has SuperStrength, but [[UnskilledButStrong no special combat skills]].

* '''Straight''': Jason, a black belt martial artist, gains the ability of superhuman strength, speed, and ShapeShifting.
* '''Exaggerated''': Jason can turn his body into [[ShapeshifterWeapon any weapon]], though he hardly ever needs to and even carries swords and knives of his own.
* '''Downplayed''': Jason, the kung fu master, gains the ability of flight.

** Though Jason is already awesome, he was not yet in BadassNormal territory and needed the extra power to take down super powered foes.
** The formula which gave him his powers requires peak physical fitness and absolute loyalty in the imbiber in order to work: He had to be badass to GET his powers.
** The superpowers do not substitute his fight prowess, but give him non-combat ablities that widen his skillset.
** His foes cannot be fought normally the way Jason is now and the powers even the playing field.
* '''Inverted''': Jason has SuperStrength, but [[UnskilledButStrong no special combat skills]].
* '''Subverted''': Jason was a badass soldier but the process that gave him powers also took his memory so he lost the skills he once had.
* '''Double Subverted''': He remembers them later.

** Jason starts out as the BadassNormal, then gets a bunch of useless powers, like Meat Vision.
** Jason is a ParodySue who starts being the world's best martial artist, and then he gains ridiculous amounts of super powers!
* '''Zig Zagged''': Jason started out as a badass normal, and seems to go through empowerments and depowerments of various sorts at least once a week.
* '''Averted''': Jason never obtains any superpowers.

** "Jason is awesome enough as he is, but we can make him even more awesome."
** "Alright, Jason might be pretty badass for a muggle, but he's getting outshined by his super-powered partners. Time to give him an upgrade"
* '''Lampshaded''': "This guy was already a martial artist, but now he has superpowers?"
* '''Invoked''': Jason injects himself with TheVirus in order to make himself more powerful.
* '''Exploited''': Jason is part of a SuperSoldier program created by the government. The idea is to take people who are already badass, highly-skilled soldiers and give them powers.

** [[FightsLikeANormal Jason never uses his newfound powers.]]
** Jason never wanted his powers to begin with.
** Jason avoids getting powers out of fear of becoming [[WithGreatPowerComesGreatInsanity mad wi]][[DrunkWithPower th power]].
* '''Discussed''': "Even with the powers, Jason can still kick the crap out of us."
* '''Conversed''': "Jason is my favorite character in this comic, not only is he a badass martial artist but now he has powers!"
* '''Implied''': Jason warns the BigBad that he is not superpowered but spent years in the military before gaining said powers.
* '''Deconstructed''': HowDoIShotWeb occurs as a result of new powers that Jason has no idea how to use or deal with.
** Jason finds himself dealing with unexpected side effects of his powers and dealing with the reaction of others.
** Jason is accused of relying on his powers over his skills the longer he has them.
* '''Reconstructed''': PossessionImpliesMastery.
** Jason still FightsLikeANormal, only using his powers when neccessary. Alternately, his powers have alternate uses not necessarily for combat that still gives him an advantage (such as flight) or evens the playing field (Jason now has a MacGuffin capable of allowing him to hit intangible or made-of-energy foes.)
* '''Played For Laughs''': The BigBad openly admits how cool it is that Jason had martial arts training before gaining powers and gets a little [[FoeYay too excited]] before calming down.
* '''Played For Drama''': Jason was a seasoned war vet with years of experience. He tries to leave his violent life behind, only to be captured by a MadScientist and given powers, once again forcing him into violent conflicts.
* '''Plotted A Good Waste''': Jason handles namely equal forces on similar forces, but ends up coming across a one-in-a-lifetime event such as aliens or a supernatural foe, meaning he temporarily is augmented to fight on their level before the threat is finished and he no longers the power.

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* '''Inverted''': Jason has SuperStrength, but no special combat skills.

* '''Double Subverted''': But he remembers them later.

* '''Implied''': Jason warns the BigBad that he is not just powerful but spent years in the military before gaining said powers.
* '''Deconstructed''': The former-BadassNormal doesn't know how to handle his newfound power, which ends up making him ''less'' badass...
* '''Reconstructed''': ... but slowly learns how, making him even more badass.

* '''Parodied''': Jason is a ParodySue who has both martial arts and super powers to a ridiculous degree.

* '''Parodied''': Jason starts out as the BadassNormal, then gets a bunch of useless powers, like Meat Vision.

* '''Implied''': Jason warns the BigBad that he is not just powerful but spent years in the military before gaining said powers.

* '''Exaggerated''': Jason can turn his body into ShapeshifterWeapon, though he hardly ever needs to.

** Though Jason is already awesome, more powers can only make him more awesome.
** The formula which gave him his powers requires peak physical fitness and absolute loyalty in the imbiber in order to work: He had to be badas to GET his powers.
* '''Inverted''': Jason has SuperStrength, but loses this power. Still, [[BroughtDownToBadass it doesn't make him any less badass]].
* '''Subverted''':
** Jason has his virus powers, but is powered down afterwards.
** It turned out to be AllJustADream.
* '''Double Subverted''':
** But he gets them back later.
** ...and then, he wakes up with super powers.
* '''Parodied''': Jason starts out as the BadassNormal, than gets a bunch of useless powers, like Meat Vision.
* '''Zig Zagged''': Jason started as a badass normal, and seems to go through empowerments and depowerments of various sorts at least once a week.

* '''Exploited''': ???

* '''Discussed''': ???
* '''Conversed''': ???
* '''Deconstructed''': The BadassNormal doesn't know how to handle his newfound power, which ends up making him ''less'' badass.
* '''Reconstructed''': The BadassNormal doesn't know how to handle his newfound power at first, but slowly learns how.

%%* '''Implied''': ???
%%* '''Plotted A Good Waste''': ???
%%* '''Played For Laughs''': ???
%%* '''Played For Drama''': ???

* '''Justified''': Though Jason is already awesome, more powers can only make him more awesome.

* '''Zig Zagged''': ???

** Jason avoids getting powers out of fear of getting [[WithGreatPowerComesGreatInsanity mad wi]][[DrunkWithPower th power]].

** Jason avoids getting powers out of fear of getting [[WithGreatPowerComesGreatInsanity mad wit]][[DrunkWithPower h power]].

** Jason avoids getting powers out of fear of getting [[WithGreatPowerComesGreatInsanity mad wi]][[DrunkWithPower th power]].

** Jason never uses his newfound powers.

** Jason avoids getting powers out of fear of getting [[DrunkWithPower mad with power]].

** ...and then, he wakes up with powers.

*** But he gets them back later.

* '''Subverted''': Jason has his virus powers, but is powered down afterwards.

* '''Double Subverted''': But he gets them back later.

* '''Defied''': Jason never uses his newfound powers.

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