Ser Loras: It's not a gift. No one gave it to me. I'm good because I worked at it. Every day of my life since I could hold a stick.
This quote is not really illustrative of the trope, Loras is skillfull because he trains, but this gets him nowhere close to the (near) superhuman strenght or abilities covered by the trope, and the dialogue reflects that, as it doesn't convey the notion of impossible feats and such.
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Does anyone else find the tone of the intro to be a little too derisive?
Super perfundo on the early eve of your day
Doctor Detective
It's my understanding that this trope is supposed to refer to a person training their body (or mind) enough to be counted as superhuman, but there seems to be rampant linking to this trope when "regular" super strength is present in a work, from what I've seen.
Something might need to be done, is what I'm saying. Maybe a header on this page clarifying what it means, or something like that.
In the Mandarin header, it is claimed that Iron Man used his own rings against him in a 2008 fight. This is not true (I went back to the issue and checked) and should not even be possible anyway; nobody except Mandy himself (Okay, and his son) is supposed to be able to use the rings.
The example given in the introduction that humans can't harness chi as well of Goku because of training is.. well.. not true. Goku's a Saiyan. Given the same amount of training to a human, you end up with.. Krillin. Obviously.
In the web comic "menage-a-3", would Gary's "swirly-go-round" technique be an example of this trope? He's taken a kissing technique that 'translates well down there' and turned it into his own version of a superpower. (at least the ladies seem to regard it as such!)