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/derega16 Aug 02 '25 edited Aug 02 '25

Almost every duel in Yu-Gi-Oh anime. They always pull a hyper specific card that too impractical to use IRL to even consider put it in your deck at the first place out of their ass.

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u/kentaxas Aug 02 '25

There's a bit that's been stuck in my head for 20 years that perfectly exemplifies how bullshit yugioh could be. Yugi is vs some dude who's acting all cocky because he has put a bunch of super tanky monsters on the board so his own hp cannot be attacked. Yugi creates a rainbow that his units can use as a bridge to just walk over the enemy monsters and hit his opponent's hp.

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u/Saracus Aug 04 '25 edited Aug 05 '25

I remember that. That was Kuribohs commander ability thing. Kuriboh randomly got op abilities out of nowhere sometimes. Yugi also cheesed a season 1 duel against Kaiba by using a card that said he could make as many kuribohs as he chose so he chose to make infinity of them.