Actually, the show's creators, Mike and Bryan, originally envisioned Toph as a typical buff guy (the one earthbending in the show's opening). It was the Head Writer: Aaron Ehasz, who thought that making Toph a 12 year old blind girl would be far more interesting. This was also the reason that the _Ember Island Players_ episode had the play portray Toph as a buff guy, as the play was basically the show mocking itself.

@@matthewmuir8884 Literally the best decision in the history of animation was made when Aaron Ehasz said "You know what'd be great..."

@@alexandrapedersen829 “...how about we get a blind girl to do the job, that’d be pretty unique, right?”

Well, in anime and similar story telling the most broken down person with disabilities are among the most powerful ones. Kinda expected cliché at this point. Martial artists are blind, bandages and patches are seals and what not >_

@@vincentgraymore whilst that’s true its almost always that “they have a killer reflex or god instincts” with the occasional “sealed away powers in said disabilities” Toph is unique because her blindness plays into her strengths instead of being a gimmick

This is the one thing school has successfully distilled into us

@@an8strengthkobold360 and a strong distain for standardized tests

BEST. COMMENT.

The Teacher: “My work here is done.”

my bio teacher absolutely despised that phrase because its not even entirely true

Yes it's like the perfect way to put him out of commission without making us think he's weak in fact it even gives him more character

Opposite of a powerhouse.... so a sourhouse? Powerlesshouse?

Good to see i'm not the only one that waits for red to mention one piece in every trope talk until i remember she didnt watch it

@@brittlekneesmgee3674 not as perfect as luffy casually getting eaten by a snake to stall him from fighting enel

So is Luffy... he is super reliable in a fight but he has character traits outside of his skills such as being gullible lol

@@Zunawe Her weakness is also a hidden strength. Yeah, she can't do much of anything on her own without something solid under her feet, but when she DOES, she's got perfect situational awareness. Her weakness is part of why she's the Powerhouse.

Which they used brilliantly in the finale. Where they need to get onto a blimp, she can launch them there, but doesn't know where _there_ is. Which has been rightfully pointed out as the conclusion to her 'learn to trust/rely on others' character-arc.

@@user-jn4sw3iw4h To add to her weakness also being her strength, it’s because she is blind that she’s the one to discover and invent metal bending. Other earthbenders wouldn’t rely on vibrations to feel the earth within the metal, but since Toph’s “sight” revolves entirely around vibrations, she’s the one to discover the secret.

can’t toph feel metal/earth that’s in the air? i feel like i remember that being a thing in a couple eps

This is why how she met (and lost to) Aang is so brilliant! Not only does it shows the dynamic difference between their elements and their impressive bending skills, it also highlights Toph's persona/disposition when faced with a fresh opponent.

I highly recommend it. The place can be wacky and a little unrealistic, but when you accept it as part of the fiction of the world, you can appreciate the true charm of the show is the chemistry between the members of the crew.

*Heists, not place

If you like that line you'll love every single Hardison (the hacker) and Elliot interaction

@@fullmetallemer6818 "Damn it, Hardison!"

10 gallons of crazy in a 5 gallon bucket...

This is the best comment in this whole comment section.

@@carotidartery2455 thank you. i actually had to think for a bit who goes where.

Does that make Lysosomes the Sixth Ranger?

Jesus, this is an A-Tier meme. GG

Delightful!

The Hello Kitty stickers just seal the deal.

strong but goofy, my kinda guy~~

Lancer: Why do we even bring him to these things?

"If there is nobody left to talk it is still a stealth mission!" "Wait, no..." (Powerhouse pulls a Leroy Jenkins)

@@lexvangraaf7870 so a himbo

Well technically she was “there” she just had to choose between one of her friends being captured and the rest of them being entombed.

Red didn't want to make us cry with that scene and we thank her for that

@@ThePa1riot not only that, but at that point she couldn't even see well enough in sand.

I always feel so sad for her in that scene. Poor girl, she tried her very best.

@@nora5602 and Aang reaction males it even worse. His anger is understandable but directed at the wrong people who aren't really in a condition to take it

All of it

Every single ass

Who cares about the legend of Korea if they could have made 10 seasons of melon lord

You know, I heard that Toph was going to fight the Firelord, but no one wanted a 16 second long finale.

@@laisphinto6372 legend of Korea my favorite show

I love that it's a clip of Kevin just throwing a piece of scrap metal at an alien.

Oh man I just love the fact that Elliot has more than one thing and it's always a nice surprise when his non-combat skills are the key to a plan. And honestly Hardison eating Elliot's sandwich is one of the funniest scenes of television I've ever seen.

💎gotta keep up the calories so they maintain the physique💎

Heck, even applies to Avatar. Toph is The Melon Lord.

@@TimdeVisser86 I personally hated the episode because I don't like the office (for reasons I will not get into) but I loved the arc of Hardison eating the sandwich.

Elliot is still a near perfect powerhouse, and this is a phenomenal realization.

Dang. It’s true

Bingo bongo

Smh too bad in part 2 the power house is the main character

@@scion513 Hey Ryan

@@scion513 Hello there Ryan

Stalling the impossibly strong bad guy so everyone can escape? Check Bringing the literal cavalry to save the day? Check Solving a political intrigue by whacking it with a stick? Check Everyone feels safer when he is around? Check He is a powerhouse in all important regards despite Gimli being the more stereotypical depiction of the concept

Gimli and legolas are Lancers for Aragon. They exist to give him something to bounce off of and interact with while he is doing Ancillary Main Protagonist stuff.

@@TheDownrankTrain gimli and legolas are lancers to each other while aragon is the smart guy

this is exactly what I thought of 😂😂

@@diobrando9842 this is the best take 😂

The Muscle: Raphael from Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Rico from Penguins Of Madagascar

I assume you're not talking about Pinhead when you say Elliot Spencer

Weird bit of trivia: most of the skills that Elliot has for no apparent reason are skills that Christian Kane already had, and the writers threw it in because why not.

@@theodorebricker7492 Seriously, off the top of my head I remember the singing episode and his many cooking moments. I think me and my brother had a game where we figure out how many careers Elliot could've had other then 'hitter'.

@@seasnaill2589 I loved the episode where he became a baseball star and turned out to be incredibly good at it, despite the fact that he openly dislikes baseball.

It was really bad in the Justice League cartoons though, the bad guys usually wouldn't know who anyone was, so they had no in-universe reason to target Superman. Just, "Let's shoot one off these dudes to make an example... eh, how 'bout the red-and-blue one?" And it's not like he would be talking back or resisting at the time, there's just a line of seven superheroes or so an every villain always chose Superman because the writers got off on emasculating him or something. Or maybe it was because he literally could solve every problem by himself (Clark has lots more skills than hitting things when it's his own show), and they have to remind everyone that this isn't the real Superman, it's the one from the N64 game with "Kryptonite fog" everywhere, who's weak against everything.

@@Wendy_O._Koopa to be fair, it’s usually because Superman is the first to rush them, even more than Hawkgirl though that’s probably just because he’s faster than her.

Yeeeees! I am absolutely *in love* with character designs that feel misleading at first sight

Another good example is Bart from Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency. She's a middle aged woman with little to no understanding of society, but if the solution is "kill it" she is the solution. Quite literally, as she is the universe's delete function.

@@maggienhan8725 first sight huh....

@@am5ters504 I don't see what you mean ....

Or Mob, from Mob Psycho 100. Quiet, kind, polite, soft-spoken and scrawny 14 year old boy who considers his godlike telekinesis lame because it would be cooler to have big muscles to impress his crush.

XD

What’s that from?

@@NicoEm Nice

That made me laugh sooo hard.

Ok, you win the comment section.

It’s even better to see it first hand, they match move for move and have fears in their own heads that the other one will beat the crap out of them.

@@harrogeorge7878 Well, in that situation, they would’ve either been panicking that they’d met someone who could kill them, or panicking that they might be falling in love. 😂

"If you can't beat them, kiss them".

If you can’t fuck em up, fuck em

I need a clip of the scene

There was also that one time he let himself get stabbed in the eye to make the stabber get grossed out

That sounds awesome!! 😂😂

Vaguely reminds me of a character I recall being named Captain Man in one of those shows that's like a sitcom aimed at tweens. But it's hard to recall a ton of details. I just remember he's invincible and kind of a dick

@@uncroppedsoop from Henry danger

So Achilles' whole purpose is to troll them so hard they forget everything to kick his ass? That's hilarious!

Obi-Wan is a hard character to pin down when you think about it. Sometimes he's a Leader, sometimes a Lancer, sometimes a Powerhouse, Occasionally the Smart guy. He changes roles continuously depending upon the situation. Ewan MacGregor killed that role though. One of the few good things about the prequels.

Would argue that in TCW Anakin is more of the designated power house. You don't send him to investigate or to do dimplomacy, you send him if you want to make things dead. Aggressive fighting style included. Meanwhile, Obi Wan is the master of defense. Depending on the opponent he's either stalling or trolling them into a weak position. And it usually works.

Well, out of him, Anakin, and Ahsoka, Obi-Wan is the strongest, so it checks out.

I wish most politics were solved that way.

@@sayerglasgow115 He is not the strongest, that would be Anakin, he is just more experienced and skilled than Anakin and Ahsoka, so usually comes on top

That's not a hot take

As an actual Bass in an actual choir, THIS. We don't usually get the melody but you try getting that emotional kick without the low harmonies backing you up. It just doesn't work.

You don't notice how wrong the sound is until you don't feel the rumbling of the bass singers in your ribcage

Aka Tim Foust, he is the bass

That's not a hot take. And probably why every team series has one.

What is this from?

@@voltronimusprime3833 The Expanse

Amos is the ONLY character in any series that scares me. I’m not sure why but my first reaction to him was . Shoot him now before he gets you.

I don't even know the source material and this is great

@@uncroppedsoop it's a really good science fiction series. The books are great (9 book series was just finished last year). The tv show is ok (great cast, some really great scenes).

When videogame writers become scriptwriters. We needed an episode where Worf had a Nerf gun.

They are not a powerhouse anymore, so it isn't about a powerhouse but the transformation of their role or actually how they feel about it.

He may be from a game as opposed to a book or show, but Reyn from Xenoblade 1 more or less embodies this. Starts out as the big protecter of the team but at the start of the final act, he starts to have an internal crisis over the fact that the people he was once meant to protect no longer NEED to be protected, and he may even be more vulnerable than they are - particularly the main character. It’s handled pretty damn well through a long one on one talk with another character - that essentially boils down to “they no longer need someone to protect them from harm; they need an ally to stand by their side. To fight alongside.” Real good shit.

You're describing my shadowrun character. he's a big orc and an excellent fighter, but he almost never gets to show his stuff. he makes more damage than anyone else on the team, but the ki-adept often is fast enough to use some non-lethal ammo and knock out the oponent, before i get to do anything. we only had one scene where my char got to shine and that was when we were fighting ghouls in the sewer and even than we had only one combat turn before some guy showed up and called the ghouls back. i was itching for more fighting and couldn't get it. in the beginning we had to fight more often, but now our Mage and the Decker handle most of the stuff. and i'm starting to rant so better to wrap this up. in short: if you play an rpg, be aware that the powerhouse often gets outpaced when the group progresses; if you are a dm, make sure that your powerhouse gets the fighting they need to stay happy.

jagen moment

“Captain, why is there a giant sentient metal mech coming towards our ship-“ *”ABANDON SHIP!”*

Yup

Cross it off your bingo card!

It’s simple. I see osp I click.

you SEE?

Vines: Loner

Eh sounds more like a sixth ranger

I love this

Journey to the West: powerhouse

Terrible writing advice: dark Lord

Y'know that answers my question on which role my characters fit into. If you were curious, basically I stuck my power-house in the support class for obvious reasons.

Toph: *Saves Sokka.* Sokka: _I had that!_ Toph: _Sure you did._

@@halodragonmaster This is just a repost of the original comment, word for word, i see no difference.

SUPERMAN AND BATMAN

Does this mean that Asta in Black Clover is a protagonist that's also a powerhouse? Yuno (the lancer): about to lose to Mars because his wind magic is at a massive disadvantage against Mars' mineral magic Asta: Saves Yuno in the nick of time using his anti-magic sword Yuno: I was just about to win Asta: What?! No, you weren't!

That's true

There is no legend of korra season 2 in ba sing se

Its tough to top it

A certain cabbage man would disagree

Debatable

Somebody can fill more than one role in the team. Goku was in the powerhouse lineup at the end.

All Might isn't the Powerhouse in MHA, Todoroki is. Deku is Hero, Bakugo is the Lancer, Todoroki is the Powerhouse, Uraraka is the Heart (kinda, Deku's kinda also the heart), and Yaoyurozu is the Smart Guy. All Might sits sort of outside the context of this paradigm, with him being the Mentor. Todoroki is the powerhouse because although Deku is powerful, he's also inconsistent with his Quirk usually wrecking his shit if he uses it at full power. Bakugo isn't because he's mentally fragile, prone to strategic errors and myopia despite being a combat monster. With Todoroki, if your plan doesn't have an answer for "Suddenly incased in a mountain of ice", you need to scrap the plan.

@@austinowings4904 I would have thought Deku was the smart guy who came up with the plan to play everyone together here, at least in the earlier seasons in the manga it kinda gets power creeped a bit.

@@austinowings4904 All-Might was the powerhouse of his generation. MHA is great because it is a sort of follow up to a classic Shonen Action series. All-Might was the protagonist in his time, Endeavor was the lancer etc. You are right that Todoroki is the powerhouse of the 1A generation, with Bakugo as lancer due to his rivalry being his drive etc.

Man I feel like that show went downhill as soon as All Might got taken off the table. I miss him lol

Captain Referencerica: "I'm proud of you, son"

I understood that reference

trope talk tropes? Oh my god the layers

She became self aware a while ago

She's becoming self-_referential._ You've heard of Infrared, but now here's Meta-Red.

You speak truth

@AINSLEY BOATRIGHT in the US, it's on IMDB TV, a free ad supported service.

​@AINSLEY BOATRIGHT Also, IMDB TV is making another season.

@@Bear_Incorporated I thought it was Amazon that was rebooting the franchise. Now I’m confused. 🤔

@@Bear_Incorporated wait, the fuck? seriously? halleliuhah

Saitama's other reason for not solving every problem is that nobody knows to ask Saitama for help when there's a world ending threat. He only solves a problem if it happens within earshot.

The Saitama

I don't know why, but I can't imagine Red being an inch over 4'11". She kinda gives off (fantasy) dwarf vibes, smaller, but can wreck your shit. Of course I could be wrong and she's 6'7", my mind's eye is notoriously blind.

@@whiskysmith9014 Tbf, she DOES draw herself sitting in a comically large chair proportional to her size.

sleeves are evil.

@@TimmyB1867 *sees people wearing sleeves* "How are they even comfortable like that?"

@@whiskysmith9014 she’s mentioned before on stream that she’s pretty short i think, maybe 5’3? something like that?

Levi

I keep them in my sleevies

@@Epicmonk117 I was gonna make the joke, but you beat me to the punch

Where is that from?

@@daniellins4114: Nerdcubed Plays... Just Cause 4

Elliot Spencer also, to the point where the directors would sometimes specifically tell Christian Kane to act like an older sibling to Parker and Hardison.

I forget what episode did he take over as the leader? I know Hardison had a try at it a few times (to varying degrees of success) but I don't remember Elliot doing that. I know on occasion he will see an obvious answer to a simple problem and absolutely confound someone on the team (earliest example I know is the second episode where Hardison tried to hack a camera but he just picked up a rock and fucking chucked it at the camera, and even in that episode he came through with an even funnier solution where he said so many words that they tricked a voice lock with what amounts to appetizers.) I have seen him absolutely double down when it is down to the wire, pulling out whatever skill he needs, but I don't recall him making the plan.

​@@gingerinajacket8519 In the episode where Nate Ford's ex-wife gets framed for the theft of the fabergé egg, Eliot puts his "extraction specialist" training to good use by putting together the plan to rescue Nate/Maggie from their captor while tricking said captor into thinking the fabergé egg is being handed over to him via elevator. There's hostage negotiations and a bomb involved. Eliot's plan goes off without a hitch and the day is saved. Basically it's one of the few times his special forces/operator training beyond "hitting stuff real good" gets highlighted.

I actually don't really remember him playing the big dumb brute. On his normal interactions he displays average intelligence and education. I don't remember him pretending to be an oaf (unless of course when he was playing a role for a grift). Thing is also, he has his expertise, like the others. Nate and Sophie know how criminal subcultures and big companies think, Hardison knows tech stuff, Parker knows security systems and Spencer's trade is recognizing military MO, the sound specific weapons make and that these guys where in the SAS based on how they walk.

@@wjzav1971 It's not that he necessarily "play dumb", he's quiet and lets people make assumptions about him, and since he's quiet that assumption is usually that he's not smart enough to keep up with everyone else, which is only true if it's related to computers

Elliot is more Powerhouse than Big Guy specifically because he also has a well-rounded secondary skill set that allows him to support any of the other characters as well as defending them. He can also _replace_ anyone but Hardison in a pinch, being able to act, pickpocket, seduce, grift, and outthink well enough to get the job done.

I also love that she's a 'blind but uses other senses to compensate' character whom the writers always remember what she can and can't do. The other CHARACTERS on the other hand constantly forget that she's blind, usually with hilarious results. These are some of the funniest jokes in the show.

@@fugitiveunknown7806 "THERE IT IS!! That's what it'll sound like when one of you spots it."

@@christianconrad242 *waves her hand in front of her eyes with a goofy open mouth smile*

@@christianconrad242 "Why I think its a lovely picture of Appa, Sokka!"

I love the fact that the usual issue with Toph isn't "can she handle it", but convincing her not to just absolutely demolish the problem first scene =).

How did I not think of Brock Samson the moment I heard about this trope?

Yeeeeeeeees!!!!!!

I farted

Question: is there any Patrick Warburton character that does _not_ fit this trope? (Lemony Snicket doesn't count; a narrator has no agency.)

@@d.b.4671 his character in seinfeld maybe?

Christian Kane's career was playing mooks for hero characters to beat up, until he created Elliot Spencer. He's got mega chops for stunts.

Sweet! Where?

@@theoleadfoot2864 I think it's in the Secret Society episode?

True. However, I think that is seen as hindering the team because he is not working together with them.

I-

That sounds like a masochist covering up his kink. With a body so hard it must be tough if pain is a turn on.

I clicked for Thor tho...

@@killme2675 hey, still valid bro

@@marj2278 Indeed

I clicked for Toph because any discussion of Toph or anything tangentially related to Toph has my implicit approval.

We are but moths to a flame.

And "Infinity War" did the Powerhouse storyline exactly as Red described. Show PH get destroyed in the beginning to establish enemy threat (first sight of Thor is him defeated). Rest of cast struggles with enemy until PH returns (Wakanda fight) and PH only loses fight by holding back ("you should have went for the head").

Best fucking entrance ever

*cue 'Immigrant Song'*

But imo Marvel made the mistake Red just mentioned. They worfed Thor and Hulk repeatedly to keep introducing new threats. Phase 3 was literally just that. Thor gets his ass kicked by Hela, Ragnorak and Thanos and so does Hulk. Hulk even gets beat up by Thor to cement Thor as the big baddy. Then they solve the issue of Thor being too strong by making him a joke in Endgame

@@huzaifa8665 exactly! And that is why personally I don't like "the strongest hero alive" storylines, like Superman or Goku, for example. I like the characters themselves, but every storyline you always have to "Worf" them to make any story suspenseful. My favorite heroes are Batman and Spiderman. They have great ability but almost everyone of their villains can realistically beat them if they are not careful. But many others, unlike me, like those super powerful characters. So Marvel will keep giving us Thor, Hulk, Dr Strange, Captain Marvel, now Scarlet Witch, who are so powerful you always have to ask, "why didn't they do this and that would solve the problem immediately?"

An extremely lengthy ADVERTISEMENT* of Avatar

@@ethanchaotic As if we needed an advertisment

Ah yes

@Freerefill It's actually the tropiest show ever if you take a deep look and really think about it, but you really don't notice generally, because all the tropes are so masterfully executed that you don't mind.

@@corhydrae3238 As TV Tropes says, tropes are tools. You use your tools well, you build a masterpiece

Noya and Daichi are definitely the powerhouses of the team. Daichi maybe even moreso since Noya plays volleyball for his friends, quit volleyball for Asahi, and is sometimes swapped out in important moments, Daichi is almost always on the field and when he's not the team falls apart

If Leverage's protagonist is the combination of the leader and smart guy archetype, Daichi is the combination of the leader and big guy archetype

huh, I was literally just wondering what this would look like in a non-combat story but couldn't think of anything. Thanks a ton.

Franky also used to be the only crewmember that was both strong and reliable until Jinbe joined.

He should be the definitive example of a non-physical powerhouse, given how much of a Game Breaker magic is.

It works exceptionally well for Gandalf and LOTR's soft magic system, with Magical LOTR characters having a rather loosely defined but narratively established powerful characters.

@@thecharmingone3931 He would also be the physical powerhouse if he went that route. Like he smack people with his staff more than actually using it for magic.

Gandalf isn't even a human...

@@WadcaWymiaru Neither is Goku, but he is a powerhouse character. Character. Not powerhouse human

Brick Shithouse is by far my favorite

Meat shield

"Thank you again World of Tanks for sponsoring this video"

Muscly master murderer

Tank and jolly green giant are by far my favorites

Update on the continuation. It's good, but not as good as the original. It missed some of the charm because Aldis Hodge was doing other projects and Timothy Hutton had some allegations against him, so both had to be replaced.

I would like to see some variation of episodes where Worf gets knocked out first, not to show “oh look - these bad guys are bad news” but because Worf (as head of security) sees the bad guys doing their bad guy stuff, and they knock him down in order to keep him from raising the alarm. A case of knocking out security, instead of “taking out the big guy”

Luis Armstrong is really the powerhouse of jazz!

“The Armstrong name has been in the Armstrong family for generations!”

*Nanomachines, son*

Funnily enough, Fullmetal Alchemist somewhat subverts this trope. Of course Major Armstrong is absolutely a powerful Alchemist and a very capable fighter, but the show often goes out of its way to show how much of a softie he really is despite his muscle-man appearance. He may be one of the strongest in terms of physical strength, but at the same time he almost always ends up holding back to his own detriment. Though in I way I feel this subversion actually makes him a better character than if they made him a complete powerhouse fitting to his archetype. In some ways I feel like Colonel Mustang has traces of this trope, as nearly every time the anime actually lets him fight it's almost always completely one-sided. He is very much hindered by his weakness to water, which really is simply meant to be a mechanism to keep him from being completely overpowered. If the anime let him do his thing more often, a lot of the fights and conflicts would have been trivial. That being said, he still has way more leader qualities, which is absolutely fine. I love how Fullmetal Alchemist doesn't fully adhere to tropes, only using them when convenient or when it makes the experience better.

stretch armstrong wbk

Yeah we call it a main character. (with plot armor)

Groot

Yes. Just yes

Mirajane Strauss from Fairy Tail

You. You get it.

It's actually a really good show, my brother is so obsessed that he's watched all the way through multiple times, the thief is my favorite character personally, she's the 1 that told him to get over it

“If you get killed, walk it off.”

@@LocalMaple I understood that reference

It's really good, and I heard it might be getting a revival series.

@@rogernewman1476 The Thief (Parker) is also super-awesome in the fact that the actress playing her does almost all of her own stunts.

Isn't Aang 11? Toph is 12.

@@Luissv72 They were both 12 in Avatar.

in agent of shields it is the middleaged female pilot who does not want to be part of the action and is literaly called the chavellary and in NCIS its the teams token girl, if someone needs to be beaten up, she gets to play and the boys lay back and watch ^^

@@balabanasireti thx. Haven't seen it in a while

@@Luissv72 technically he's over 100

And she never stops being important. Even as Natsu becomes a Time-Eating fire demon and Gray conjures literally Absolute Zero Ice, she’ll still catch both of their attacks with her bare hands and tell them off for being idiots.

A mitochondria?

@@odd-ysseusdoesstuff6347 of the cell, yes

tru

Damn i accidently copied you. Sorry

Because it’s so reliably good?

"I see by screaming at you. AGGgGHHhHHH!!!!!! There. I got a pretty good look at your faces."

If you're gonna hit it, hit it till it breaks. -oikawa toru

Woah, we should like group up yknow? and-- HIT IT TILL IT DIES!!

@@jahimalnar7978 didn't expect to see an saoa reference here

@@jahimalnar7978 Very well, watch closely, for one day you shall tell your grandchildren of the day you saw the great Corvax in action. Now men, group up, and HIT IT TILL IT DIES

Reminds me vaguely of an old D&D adage "The best debuff is dead".

*hits* Powerhouse: "Are you a problem!?" Enemy: "I will kill everyone you love!" *hits* Powerhouse: "Are you a problem!?" Enemy: "Fuck you!" *hits harder* Powerhouse: "Are you a problem!?" Enemy: "Ah, stop it!" *Hits again* Powerhouse: "Are you a problem!?" Enemy: "N-, No" *Powerhouse grabs the enemy by the head with both hands and looks him/her deep in the eyes* Powerhouse: "What are you?" Enemy: ".........I'm an idiot sandwich"

Barbarian

_Guitar riff signifying that stuff's about to get done_

One punch man basically relies on comedy and super cool action scenes

@@crouchinglibcrab9527 Dragonball?

@@crouchinglibcrab9527 *cough Dragonball *cough

@@mr.preston1632 no it doesn't. Saitama is omnipotent within the story because he cannot be defeated. He is not, however, particularly smart or observant. The writer maneuvers Saitama out of the way whenever a new arc starts, shunting him into a B-Plot that converges with the A-Plot towards the end of the Arc. Ironically enough you can see this reflected most simply in the fighting game based on the anime; Saitama is a playable character in this fighting game and is completely immune to damage from other characters, and one-punches any other fighter. However, you can only use Saitama after a certain amount of time has passed, and you must fight off your opponent while you wait for him to arrive at the battle. This wait for Saitama happens all the time throughout the show; a new threat appears, kicks the shit out of all the heroes, but the one man who could solve the problem is nowhere to be found. The heroes manage to push through their limits and win what they think is a major victory, while Saitama obliterates the true threat behind the scenes. One Punch Man relies on narrative and character dynamics to entertain the readers. True there are lot's of cool fight scenes and stuff, but they aren't really the focus, because with a character who can beat any physical opponent, fight scenes can't be the focus. The audience instead watches and listens to characters talk about the world they live in, recite their tragic backstories, and interact with one another. When a villain starts getting too powerful, they push him off the stage in a dark corner, where Saitama can destroy him without revealing to the wider world that he is an unstoppable force.

Right?? Some of my favorite moments are: *Elliot:* Those guys are (insert random type of military/mercenary group here) *Hardison:* How the hell do you know that *Elliot:* It's the way they walk (or their clothing, hairstyle, etc.) *Hardison:* ???? *Elliot:* IT'S A VERY DISTINCT WALK

Anytime they need any bit of random information Elliot just pipes up and gives it to them. I love it. And it always ends with Hardison staring at him like he has 3 heads and the line "Pay attention, Hardison!"

Not to mention how wholesome he is when interacting with people he could see as family (ex: kidnapped little girl and old man working at "not walmart" )

"You ID'd a guy by his knife-fighting style?" "It's a very distinctive style."

"it's a very distinctive [blank]" is my favorite

I’m so happy someone else remembers this show

I didn't expect anyone to know what Leverage was. Holy fuck. I thought that was just a thing I watched because I grew up without cable and had no friends...

@@deadersurvival4716 1) Leverage is amazing. 2) And it's coming back (at least briefly). 3) Aaaaaaagh!

@@KariMaaren Wait, I didn't know it's coming back... WHERE?

@@deadersurvival4716 IMDb TV. I'm in Canada, so I don't know where or when I'll be able to view it, but if you're American, you should be fine. I'm not sure exactly WHEN it's coming back, but there's a trailer.

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One of the biggest things that sticks in my craw about How Media Analysis, Criticism, and Discourse Behaves In Our Modern Age(tm) is people saying tropes are bad, or denying that a trope even IS a trope because tropes are by default somehow bad. They're not. Spending time on TVTropes shows you that tropes aren't bad just by virtue of being a trope. There are bad tropes, yes, but so many of them are simply recurring things that happen in storytelling, and mostrun the gamut from common to fine to good to inject more of this into my veins. (The single biggest thing that sticks in my craw is the expanding, inane definition of "plot hole" that seemingly no longer actually encompasses plot holes but instead just nitpicky things the viewer doesn't like and CALLS plot holes)

those tropes exist because they are effectiv and great if used well . . . than people got lazy with it . . .

Is there a good place to watch Leverage or is buying it the only way?

Leverage is so good. I binged watched it in like 2 weeks. It is amazing!

@@TheLordofMetroids I just looked this up because someone else in the comments was asking. Apparently, it's on Amazon Prime by way of IMDB TV. Edit: it may also be on Hulu? I haven't checked but someone else in the comments mentioned it.

Ur completely right

Alleged sequel?!?! *furiously googles*

That show is so good!!!

Where can you watch it? I am someone who doesn't have cable and this sounds like a really good show.

I had no idea a sequel was in the works! I Googled it and found out that the original series is on IMDb TV (free, ad-supported streaming service I previously didn't know about) and the sequel will be on there as well. Also, for anyone wondering, it isn't a direct sequel from the sound of it, more of a reboot with 4/5 members of the original cast because the dude that played the mastermind was accused of sexual assault. It has a lot of the original creative team behind it though!

I mean, Sandy did fight an entire army by himself so Monkey and Pigsy could do other stuff, so your not wrong

Yeah, I'd call Monkey more of a Lancer than a Big Guy

The first half of that sentence had me thinking that this was about Spongebob. Granted, Sandy’s probably the best fighter regardless

@@dementedvillian Same man!

@@dementedvillian Canonically, Sandy can beat both Wukong and Pigsy combined... but that's only if they're underwater. On dry land, he's at disadvantage against either of them. The power level here is pretty complicated and specific.

I was _just_ thinking about this, and also thinking about how poor Mike basically existed just to exemplify The Worf Effect. "He's _really_ strong, you guys- he's the second strongest soldier next to Levi-- annnnnd he's dead." At least they gave him, like... half a fight scene to establish his character (and showed him able to get the drop on Levi in the OVA/ backstory...)

Yeah, I always love seeing that. It's such a cliché, but it's unreasonably funny.

Reminds me of that guy in animated Sinbad where he just keeps putting his weapons on the counter until the main characters advanced the plot in a party and dragged him out after they're done.

oh youll love half life then

"We need you to remove your weapons." "Um... How long do we have? I have over twenty...."

Tackleberry and his date in Police Academy 2! 🤣😹🤣😹🤣😹🤣😹

“Aww see you made two mistakes bro. First, you flashed that fake ass FBI badge at me, and second...you spilled his coffee.” Later - “Where’s Elliot?” “He had to go home and change his shirt. He got some coffee on it...some blood...some teeth...”

What's this from?

@@robertyocum7200 The show Leverage, Episode "The Double Blind Job"

@@dehn6581 tyty

@@robertyocum7200 Red showed a brief scene of it, where Elliot had the stain on his shirt.

It sounds a whole lot like an anime on Netflix "great Pretender"

Go follow Seanan Mcguire on Twitter. She hasn't talked about it in a while, but it's her favorite show and she'd probably gush about it in a 100 tweet thread if you gave her half a chance. (I like Leverage too, btw but I don't have a social media following)

@@xk445g ya but IMO it just does it better.

Honestly one of may favorite shows ever. Worth binge-watching more than once.

Bruh same!

I think his more of a mischievous/anti-hero

Isn't pig demon the powerhouse ?

Nope! If you want 'guy who holds off the mooks' you want Sandy.

@@DanielPereira-ey9nt Pig isn't reliable enough to be a powerhouse.

More like he is not reliable at all, Monkey can't sleep for 1 minute without Pigsy messing everything up

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something different happens if a party member dies powerhouse dies: group loses allot of power and usually ends up losing to big bad the heart dies: the group splits up and goes in a darker path the brains dies: group makes a dumb plan that gets them killed the lancer dies: actually the group usually can hold on but they are severly weaker the leader dies: the group gets onorganised and either dies to the big bad or splits up

@@seankock7649 -So basically the Lancer isn’t that important?-

@@CombatSportsNerd usually the lancer is the one who even turns on the group

@@seankock7649 you're forgetting when the Lancer steps up to do the dead leader's job

Leader: Skipper Smart guy: Kowalski Big guy: Rico Heart: Private Lancer: King Julian?

He absolutely is. Either he's a swiss army knife or a WMD on his own.

@@rubiconprime1429 Julian is definitely the Lancer/Rival. I still remember the fish heist episode clearly.

Nah that’s accurate

Movies or tv show?

I mean, whe the trope gets called after you, chances are you are a pretty damn good example of the trope

@Dump Sockpuppet, sometimes this index is not an example

Remember that time worf got absolutely bodied by a barrel?

Red hit it on the head by saying that you have to establish that the powerhouse is tough first. That’s why it’s called The Worf Effect because ST:NG failed that. They *told* the audience how tough and dangerous Worf was, but they never *showed* us before the first time they had him one-shotted out cold.

@@andrewjohnson6716 Also, Dorn has said that avoiding this is what got him onto DS9.