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'''Basic Trope''': A NaiveNewcomer who is nonetheless a fledgling badass.
* '''Straight''': The son of Coach Billy, Clay T. Finnigan, is a fairly green boxer. However, he absolutely makes up for it by being able to match [[TheAce Flash]] [[TheBigGuy Young]]'s skill and talent, only being outclassed due to being inexperienced.
* '''Exaggerated''': Clay is a bonafide DittoFighter ''without having even met the people he copied those moves from'', but since he's starting out, it takes an experienced boxer to beat him.
* '''Downplayed''': Clay had been boxing for some time now, adding onto his fairly high skill, but he's still not in the know about how some tricks are done.
* '''Justified''': Clay is a natural prodigy at boxing, but since he's just starting out, he doesn't know how to counter any tricks.
* '''Inverted''': Cole Ramone, Clay's [[TheRival personal rival]], had been training his ass off ''since he was 5'', which had helped compensate for his [[HighHopesZeroTalent complete lack of talent for boxing]].
* '''Subverted''':
** At first, NaiveNewcomer Clay seems to be really skilled, but as it turns out, he's not...
** Clay seems to be a little confused, but he manages to counter some high level tricks...
* '''Double Subverted''':
** ...Because he doesn't know how to do them yet.
** ...Out of sheer luck.
* '''Parodied''': Clay has some ''serious'' StoryBreakerPower, yet can only be countered by even someone who's a tinier bit more experienced than him.
* '''Zig-Zagged''': Clay's skill and experience tend to fluctuate and are DependingOnTheWriter.
* '''Averted''': Clay's skill and experience are equal.
* '''Enforced''': "We want a badass character, but we can't have them ''too'' powerful. Plus, this one's gonna be our main protagonist, and of course they're gonna be a newbie."
* '''Lampshaded''': Flash remarks, "Clay, ya got a lotta potential, y'know that? Just give it time, learn all the tricks some of the older fellas might pull on ya. Yer gonna be as big a star as me one day, I'll tell ya!"
* '''Invoked''': Coach Billy sees a lot of potential within Clay, and he decides to enroll him into the boxing gym. He knows Clay's a fledgling, but he's a ''badass'' fledgling.
* '''Exploited''': Older and more experienced opponents exploit their experience by pulling tricks that Clay can't counter.
* '''Defied''': Clay is given training on ''ALL'' the tricks his father, a retired boxer, has seen and pulled off himself.
* '''Discussed''': Gymmates discuss about Clay's potential.
--> '''Flash''': Clay's got potential. Nudge 'im in the right direction, an' he'd be Champion material.
--> '''[[StoneWall Ulysses]]''': I can't argue against that. Clay still needs to wisen up to some of the things a more experienced fighter may throw at him, however.
--> '''[[FragileSpeedster Alicia]]''': I'm definitely sure Clay's gonna rise with us when we become champions. He's got everything but experience, and even then he could overcome that.
* '''Conversed''': ???
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You're pretty SkilledButNaive. I doubt you'd even know if there are some tabs up top that brings you to other pages.
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