Basic Trope: A hero's will to keep fighting allows him to overcome even the mightiest obstacles.
- Straight: When all else fails, Captain Resolute overcomes the effects of Dr. Hate's Despair Ray through sheer determination.
- Exaggerated: Captain Resolute doesn't stop fighting even after the Despair Ray atomizes his body; his determination overloads the machine and defeats Dr. Hate from beyond the grave.
- Downplayed: Captain Resolute shrugs off a decidedly wimpy Hannibal Lecture from Dr. Hate's number one lackey, Mr. Dislike.
- Justified: The fate of Captain Resolute's entire world is at stake; losing Ironclad City, the Order of Dedicated Do-Gooders, Lady Willpower, and Corporal Toucan-Do would be too much for him to bear.
- Inverted:
- Captain Resolute's crippling depression prevents him from getting out of bed in the morning, much less fighting crime.
- Captain Resolute turns Dr. Hate's Despair Ray on him, but Dr. Hate's will to dominate the world is able to make him overcome its effects.
- Subverted: Captain Resolute feels fine tackling the Despair Ray... until it dredges up the memory of his inability to save his father. He collapses like a house of cards.
- Parodied: Captain Resolute has no superpowers or special training and fights crime by throwing himself blindly into peril, relying solely on "heroic vigor" to win the day.
- Zig Zagged: Captain Resolute vacilates between triumph and defeat several times before overcoming the Despair Ray.
- Averted: Captain Resolute doesn't come across a particularly robust challenge to his will when fighting crime.
- Enforced: "The fans love Resolute because he never stops fighting for what's right no matter what happens to him."
- Lampshaded: "Curses! His self-esteem is too strong!"
- Invoked: Lord Doubt secretly provided Dr. Hate with the Despair Ray to test the limits of Captain Resolute's endurance. If Resolute wins, he knows there's still some work to be done tearing him down; if Hate wins, a powerful enemy has been disposed of.
- Exploited: Knowing his heroic willpower is untouchable, Captain Resolute pretends to succumb to the Despair Ray to bring Lord Doubt out of hiding.
- Defied: Captain Resolute knows he can't handle the Despair Ray, and flees in shame.
- Discussed: "How can he take so much punishment?" "Denial, probably."
- Conversed: "Ah, the good old willpower trope. It's always nice seeing a classic trope every once in a while."
- Implied: Captain Resolute has a brief crisis of conscience when facing the Despair Ray, but puts on a brave face for the public.
- Deconstructed: Captain Resolute's inability to back down, spiritually speaking, causes major problems for his social life, eventually leading to his demise at the hands of the mad robot Termino.
- Reconstructed: The good Captain's example inspires many more to take up fighting crime in his memory.
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