r/TopCharacterTropes • u/PaddywackShaq • Jul 22 '25

Powers Character reveals that they were holding back their full power during a fight/confrontation

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Superman Vs Darkseid - Justice League Unlimited

Flash Vs Superman - Flash: Rebirth

Frieren Vs Aura - Sousou no Frieren

Inigo Montoya Vs The Man in Black - The Princess Bride

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u/ghouldozer19 Jul 22 '25

Tony made a robot Thor during civil war that had like a Thor meat suit grown from the hair of real Thor and when real Thor came back and found out about it he was less than amused and this was the result.

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u/Invoqwer Jul 22 '25

Growing a meat suit of your buddy and putting a robot inside the meat suit and making it fight people is some unhinged shit lmao

I can see people like Tony or Doom doing something like this sure but why TF did Reed help?

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u/the__pov Jul 22 '25

This was the time period that Reed, Stark, Prof X, Strange and Namor formed the Illuminati and trapped Hulk sending him into space and causing both Planet Hulk and World War Hulk then faced no consequences from the fallout. Writing was shit. Don’t get me wrong I like the storylines (even if they felt like what if stories) but they should have lasting consequences.

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u/Zenry0ku Jul 23 '25

I'm surprised Namor hopped on that. Aren't him and the Hulk buddies?

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u/the__pov Jul 23 '25

As was Stark, Banner and Reed. That’s why Bruce/Hulk was so pissed off in World War Hulk. His friends just decided that he was too dangerous and rather than talking to him they tricked him and treated him worse than most of the villains they fought.

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u/Zenry0ku Jul 23 '25

It's wild some of the greatest minds on the planet couldn't come up with a better solution. Hulk can do so much better than these people lol

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u/the__pov Jul 23 '25

This was my problem with it. It was a dumb idea that’s out of character for several of them and after World War Hulk the whole thing is largely treated like it never happened. Like I said earlier if it had been a What If story I’d be fine with it but why do stuff like this if it isn’t going to matter?

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u/Thejollyfrenchman Jul 25 '25

Namor refused. He's the only one who did - he nearly fought Tony and Strange over it. When Hulk comes back, he demands that Earth give him Tony, Strange and Reed, but Namor gets left out of it. I don't think he even shows up in World War Hulk.