Chuck, in Panty and Stocking With Garterbelt.When a whole civilization decides to get dangerous, this is a Superweapon Surprise. See also Giving the Sword to A Noob, Good Is Not Dumb, Scrap Heap Hero, Not So Harmless (the villain version), Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass, Lethal Joke Character, I Am Not Left-Handed, This Means War, Misfit Mobilization Moment, and Badass Bystander/ Heroic Bystander. Can overlap with a World of Cardboard Speech, The Coats Are Off, and/or a Pre-Ass-Kicking One-Liner. Sometimes preceded by Lock and Load Montage or a "Hell Yes!" Moment, depending on the circumstances.Īny Retired Badass can pull off this trope if sufficiently provoked. This was the Catch Phrase of Darkwing Duck, a bumbling hero who revealed his true competence and effectiveness from behind a pompous exterior after saying it. In some cases, they may even have been actively failing to demonstrate this much-hyped power before. Rather, these characters have always had that power, and it's simply that now they get to show it in a way that doesn't steal the hero's screen time. It's not so much that they pull the power from nowhere. In effect it can often be similar to taking a level in badass except that really, when you think about it, it makes more sense. did he just punt that guy through a wall?Ī moment in the story when all the quirky, eccentric supporting cast stop being quirky and eccentric and start demonstrating why you should respect your elders. Hey, what are they doing? Don't they know that they're outside the Competence Zone? They're prime C-List Fodder! Outnumbered, outgunned, the situation calls for heroism, and unfortunately for our heroes, the only people around are all comic relief, sidekicks or Mentors figures who've never really stepped up to the plate, when they aren't mere Boisterous Weaklings. The protagonist and his allies are in a corner the villain's kung fu is stronger than theirs.
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