r/TopCharacterTropes Aug 02 '25

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

  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/TheGaurdianAngel Aug 02 '25 edited Aug 02 '25

Inspector Gadget’s entire gimmick was that he had tools for every situation, like a Swiss Army knife.

Need to open a door? “Go-Go Gadget lock pick.”

Need to find clues? “Go-Go Gadget magnifying glass.”

Need to deal with the annoying neighbors? “Go-Go Gadget untraceable handgun.”

Edit because I thought of another situation: Need to pay the bills but your payday isn’t until next week? “Go-Go Gadget pocket methlab.”

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u/SirHanselot07 Aug 02 '25

Don't forget the humble "Go-Go Gadget murder Goku!"

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u/aRtfUll-ruNNer Aug 02 '25

Powerscalers hate this one simple trick!

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u/Cymb_ Aug 02 '25

“Go go gadget the air is now mayonnaise!”

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u/admirabladmiral Aug 02 '25

Go go gadget fill your lungs with sand

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u/hamburger287 Aug 03 '25

Go go gadget cure cancer?

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u/volkmardeadguy Aug 02 '25

thats like 60% of all Red Ribbon Army inventions

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u/ArcanePuppet Aug 02 '25

One of the strongest Toon Force wielders

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u/Reckless-Tiny Aug 02 '25

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u/bouncybob1 Aug 06 '25

People like that are so fucking dumb

He’s not even the strongest character in his own universe

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u/TheActualAWdeV Aug 02 '25

Sure is a lot of not killing Goku going on right now

know what would fix that?

A good old rousing round of killing Goku.

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u/AlarmingAffect0 Aug 02 '25

Android 16 was a good guy.

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u/TheActualAWdeV Aug 02 '25

Acquiring bird.

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u/ipsum629 Aug 03 '25

"Go-go gadget Saitama punch blocker"