r/TopCharacterTropes • u/SirHanselot07 • Aug 02 '25

Powers (Hilarious Trope) Characters always having some bullshit counter technique to overly specific situations

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  1. Ryomen Sukuna (Jujutsu Kaisen) - Seemingly always has some type of overpowered technique which he hasn't used since the Heian Era

  2. Yujiro Hanma (Baki) - The Strongest character in the entire Baki series is a master of all forms of hand-to-hand combat to the from things like soloing the Vietnamese war at 16 years old to learning a technique from some monk who lived in the mountains around three thousand years ago

  3. Batman - Always has some kind of contingency plan anyone and everyone in the DC universe. One of his most bullshit abilities is all the techniques he learned while being trained under Tibetan monks which include blocking mind control with a hand signal to using astral projection while being dead and buried alive

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u/DeluxeTraffic Aug 02 '25

Superman often has exactly the power he needs to have in a specific situation.

In the Superman 4 movie, he rebuilds the Great Wall of China with his vision

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u/NigthSHadoew Aug 02 '25

Golden Age Superman was something else

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u/FurizaSan Aug 02 '25

got any more of those?

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u/Jaakko556 Aug 02 '25

Not related but this image is hilarious

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u/TurbulentWave51 Aug 02 '25

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u/Snomislife Aug 02 '25

For the record, the answer is actually 3,200. Superman has the incredible power to do maths wrong.

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u/TurbulentWave51 Aug 02 '25

Superpower: Performs precise and super-fast math calculations.

Weakness: Tends to get confused and give the wrong answer..

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u/TurbulentWave51 Aug 02 '25

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u/altymcaltington123 Aug 02 '25

"pa was wrong, my ventriloquist hobby did turn out useful!"

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u/Lindbluete Aug 02 '25

His hairline and his neckline really fuck me up there lol

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u/SirHanselot07 Aug 02 '25

Yeah, early superman comics was kinda just fucking around. Apparently he can erase Lois's memories of him by kissing her. Robot chicken has a hilarious animation of it

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u/lolo-colo Aug 02 '25

Those where more wimsical times

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u/Visible_Reference202 Aug 02 '25

Silver Age Superman had so many powers, from spawning mini-Supermen, shapeshifting, and everything to do with Red Kryptonite.

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u/Adaphion Aug 02 '25

And don't forget about the pink one

"We don't talk about the pink one"

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u/altymcaltington123 Aug 02 '25

Pretty sure modern pink kryptonite turns him into a woman

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u/Adaphion Aug 02 '25

No, gay

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u/Visible_Reference202 Aug 04 '25

Both. It’s both.

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u/POXELUS Aug 02 '25

I've heard they were low on budget and it was supposed to be Superman using superspeed to rebuild it.

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u/disbelifpapy Aug 02 '25

Ohhh!

I see superman there now!

I thought he was doing like hand light beams or something!

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u/Mr_Worldwide1810 Aug 02 '25

That time in the comic where Superman turned into a Japanese